#LIKE ITS SO FUNNY HE'S SO OVERLY AGGRESSIVE

[bucklway]

how mello & near fail as proper antagonists from the perspective of a mello & near fan

the most interesting thing a character can do in a story is surprise you. to be caught off guard by a character, you need to already have an idea of who they might be.

for example, if a character is introduced to an audience as the greatest detective the world has ever known, someone who’s intelligent & calculated, the viewer might be shocked when that character makes many wild & risky decisions. it might catch someone off guard to hear that character say something like “i had to test this just in case, i never thought it would actually work..”

it’s such a small piece of information but it tells us SO much about the mystery of L Lawliet. L is known by many as the greatest detective, but his first true introduction to us, the audience, is his boldness, his capacity to take risks. his genius is so great that a shot in the dark for him results in a bullseye.

to introduce a character through other characters’ opinions of them is my favourite way to challenge the viewer’s expectations in a story. i think to be curious is to be engaged, a story should be setting you up with a million questions that are compelling enough to keep you interested bc you know they will be answered eventually.

it’s not very interesting when you know everything about the series’ antagonist right off the bat.

L as an antagonist is so compelling bc he’s shrouded in mystery, not only is light desperate to know his true identity & true feelings, but we are as well. this is where near & mello fundamentally fail as proper antagonists, every part of their characters work for me aside from the way in which information is learned about them. it’s such a harsh contrast from the genius that is L, it’s insulting to the viewers who are reading/watching bc they actually care about this story & its characters.

so why is mello and nears introduction so bad? simple, we receive too much information.

the scene in which they appear for the first time is literally set in the place where they live, talking to the man who is raising them, it’s insanely personal. compare it to how we meet L for the first time: through a computer screen, held by a man who’s identity is hidden by a mask & all we see on that computer is the letter L. sorichiro tells us he’s the greatest detective but no one knows his true identity. it tells you all you need to know about him at that point in the story, L is a smart detective who is overly cautious about revealing his identity. we aren’t told why he’s overly cautious or who the man is holding the computer but it’s enough to get us thinking.

this is the amount of information we get through mello & near’s introduction: their caretaker is named roger, he works at wammys house (the orphanage watari founded, which is also information that was revealed in the last episode) where mello & near live. roger reveals that L is dead, meaning that mello & near have some kind of connection to L. mello is devastated at the news but it’s quickly revealed that this devastation is most likely the cause of frustration that L can’t “pick one of them” what does that mean? don’t worry, this scene makes it very clear. mello & near were raised to be great detectives, one of them was meant to be picked so they could carry on his legacy but he hadn’t chosen one yet. near is cold, seemingly emotionless & fixated on solving puzzles. mello is loud, aggressive & overly emotional. roger suggests that they could work together on the kira case, near seems up for it but mello is enraged. he tells roger “you know i don’t get along with near.” which is such a funny way to establish something about a character, having them explain a fact about themselves to someone who already knows it. mello reveals some deeper insecurities about not being better than near & he runs away from home. near is officially the new L, working to defeat kira.

..so that’s way too much information, right?

that scene is like.. if in episode 11, when misa is being introduced thru the sakura TV tapes, we were also seeing misa’s perspective, watching her every move & hearing all of her opinions. the introduction of misa is interesting because the audience isn’t given the information that there are 2 notebooks yet, we are meant to assume that light is the one doing all of this even if it doesn’t seem like something he’d do.

mello & near fail as proper antagonists bc the narrative doesn’t take them seriously & doesn’t give them the time they need to establish themselves as threats.

i truly do think near & mello could have been amazing, i have my own ideas for how i would’ve personally taken the story after L’s death but this post is already too long lol!

[spinjitsuburst]

watching secrets of the forbidden spinjitzu while i get some stuff done and i like to think wu's overly harsh vibe at the beginning of the season is him trying to reclaim SOME sense of authority after his ninja literally had to raiSE HIM FROM A CHILD GFDHKJGKJ

[karusenka]

Matchup for @br4inr0tx

Hello! Im very sorry for the really long wait but I hope you like it!

tw. toxic relationships, abuse, violence, noncon

STRADE

Strade would see you as a perfect victim for him! When he first saw you at the bar the first thing he noticed was how short you are! I know you dislike your height but Strade loves it! I think Strade likes smaller people when it comes to height because like, look at Ren! He is so small! I know Strades' reason for taking Ren was because he is a beastkin… But I can tell you are Strades type! I think he likes people with different types of styles, so poor you! You got his attention!

He likes how you are intimidated by people around you, he could see it, looking how cheerful and overly excited he is, I would totally get it if he made you feel overwhelmed or even uncomfortable.

 He wouldn’t have much trouble kidnapping you, it would be pretty easy! Strade would kidnap you the way he normally does in the game. If you tried to stop him he would think how adorable it is! Its so cute that you think you have a chance <3 

If you ever started to be sarcastic and joke around him, he would love it so much! You are so funny! Even if it's hilarious to him, you would still get punished. Maybe he would cut your tongue a little bit! Make you taste some knife <3 Isn’t this wonderful? It’s so fun! (for him). It’s even more adorable if you start to apologize! It’s so cute!

I bet sometimes he would push your limits and make you unforgiving and aggressive. He would laugh at you! You are just so funny and adorable! He would stomp on your head a little bit just to remind you that you are just a pathetic pet to him no matter what and you can’t do anything about it <3

He would use your mental issues against you. Your depression and anxiety makes him happy, he loves your despair and pain! Also I bet he would cause you to have an asthma attack. He would save you at the last moment, when you are about to pass out or even die from the lack of oxygen! You look so good when you are so scared and in despair! 

If you are good enough he will watch some horror movies with you! Probably with Ren too, so sometimes you will have some nice time together! This is one of the moments when you can relax around him, so enjoy it while it lasts! 

Maybe after you’ve been with him for long enough, he would let you talk with him about conspiracy theories or other things! If you are good enough, he can even bring you some paper and pencil for you to draw things! You should appreciate that! 

Maybe if he has some console or something you are allowed to play games with Ren, but like I said it's not often… You have to be really good for him for you to access that!

Strade loves how masochistic you are! It really goes well with his intense sadism. Even if you are a masochist, the stuff he would do to you wouldn’t be so enjoyable… Or maybe you would be so fucked up after some time you would enjoy it so much that you would beg for more and more! 

 If you are good enough he will start to give you plushies… Of course you still have to sleep on the floor but at least you can hug onto something! Isn’t this great? He might get a little bit jealous after he gets attached to you, those plushies are the only comfort you would have for a bit, so for punishments I think he would take them away from you. 

After some time, Strade would let you sleep with him on a bed but only if you are very VERY good for him! It would be so confusing for you… One time he would be a comfort for you, so gentle… Patting your head and hugging you in bed, but then most of the time he is your nightmare, Strade is the reason that you suffer that much, HE is the reason that you do not have family and friends around you! You have nothing… Only him and Ren! (and maybe plushies)

Derek

When Derek saw you at the auction, he knew that he must have you! He was so thrilled when he won! He just couldn’t wait to start to play with you! You looked like an feisty one and he likes them feisty <3 Also you’re so short! It's funny! He likes being taller and stronger from others so of course he had to have you!

When the fun began, he made sure that you are only his! No one could touch you and if someone actually did something to you, he made sure that the person would regret it! 

Derek loves cutting you! Your whole body is covered in cuts! Also the cuts are pretty deep, it's a miracle that you survived! He doesn’t want you dead! At least yet. He wants you to feel despair! You would want to die, but he would not let you. You would beg him to stop and it would encourage him even more! You will suffer so much that your depression would just get deeper and deeper because of him and it will make him so so happy <3 Your suffering is his pleasure!

He loves to fuck you, of course without your consent! When you consent then it's all boring! Your crying and choking on his dick makes him so much horny he will just thrust deeper into your mouth. When you are about to pass out he finally lets you breathe but only when he cums into your mouth!

After some time when he took you home, he would actually get attached to you! I wouldn’t call it love tho. He starts to want to be close to you most of the time, Derek actually misses you when he is away from you! At first you would sleep on the floor, but later he wants to sleep with you! In bed of course. At first he would be far away from you (the bed would be huge) but after you fall asleep, he would get closer to you and even hug you! If you wake up then at least pretend to be asleep and do not mention it or you will regret it- overall don’t point out his attachment to you or he will be VERY angry.

Also when it comes to sleep, he will randomly wake up in a rude way of course, because it's funny for him! 

I think he would force you to have some piercings! Even if you have some piercings he might pull them out in a violent way and make you some new ones! Of course he would do it himself and make it as painful as possible.

If you ever scratched him he would rip away all your fingernails and of course make it hurt as much as possible, that's just typical Derek!

Even if he makes you very depressed, even if he hurts you and rapes you badly… Because of his attachment sometimes he can be good! When the time passes and you are with him for a while you get to have a good bed to sleep in and when Derek is away you can just chill… It's not so bad isn’t it? And you can get some affection from him but only when you sleep (or pretend to be asleep)

[tauforged]

you should go off about people screwing up quincy's characterization it would be funny

last time i did that it got me blocked by soooooooo many people its not even funny but i just find it So Funny how everyone is determined to characterize him as mean or aggressive or overly serious or rude when he is NONE of these things . were just copypasting arthurs negative traits (which are INTEGRAL to my enjoyment of his character, i have to be honest. hes a pathetic sopping wet cat of a man but he also sucks andi love that for him. i want to put him in a box and shake it violently before wrapping him in a towel like a feral cat) onto him ... hes a pretty damn chill guy all things considered. i do NOT have the brainpower to actually properly articulate how i feel about quincy as a character based on what we saw during tennocon or anything lijke that but please know that i have a deep affection for him and it makes me soooooo annoyed to see people misrepresenting him as mean and hating everyone when he is objectively neither of these things, the people around him just keep interpreting his confidence and attempts at being playfully friendly to lighten the situation as aggressive or condescending or antagonistic . i m h o

[my-silly-rabbit]

I love the video that analyzes William's voice lines bc they really show what kind of father he is. I'm tired of the dedication of him being a lazy wife beater recliner father. And don't twist my words,

He is still abusive.

But I love the depictions of him being a verbal passive aggressive father. he clearly has NPD. He's the type to smile at a kids drawing Infront of them but inside criticize it (and do it out loud if he's in a bad mood)

The lines in pizza sim with Michael are so bittersweet. "You may not recognize me at first but I assure you, it's still me~" he says this like Michael is supposed to be happy to see him again. He's still relishing in nis new form. Michael~ it's me~ your father~ aren't you happy to see me~.

He's the type to wear a mask (literally and emotionally) If he was openly a horrible person, he wouldn't have gotten away with murder so obviously done by him. He's a showman, a con artist. He's a silly fucking goober who has high charisma, mid intelligence and no wisdom.

Michael's only voice line talks to William with such monotone contemp. Like he's unsure what tone to use with his father so he lets his emotions of the events take hold. Then he lets his anger towards him slip. Its this under belly anger. I feel like the Afton's love hiding their pain like that. Let it seep out in that seething tone. They aren't the type to yell at each other. They are the type to think another's pain is funny. how do u think Michael learned that bullying his brother was ok? I don't think William did the same but he never stepped in. I feel like William saw it as "boys being boys" and it was all harmless fun....well his youngest sobs. He has no emotional awareness and I think needing to be the silly dad outweighed actually parenting.

I feel like he was the type to either "be your friend not your parent" or "your a clone of me, act like it." A mix of both. Discipline in the Afton household was far and few I feel like. That's why Elizabeth was so entitled and spoiled.

And people always ask "what about ms.afton? She must have been under his thumb or smth" mmm neh. I like to think she was just as bad. Sometimes both parents suck ass. I feel like he loved his wife. I refuse to think he was overly abusive with her or killed her. (and if he did, he didn't mean to. It would have been a third by his hands accident. just not fazbear/animatronic related) I feel like they got into spats a lot. She'd call him a prude and a workaholic and he'd be a hypocrite and say she's ever there for the kids. Then they apologize and snuggle on the sofa. Misery loves company.

neither were around for the kids emotionally. Neither truly cared. They just got absorbed in their own things then each other and that's it.

I feel like for a time, William tried to make being a dad his personality (likely to try and copy Henry in a jealous petty contest that only he knew about and was competing in.) Like I run a successful kids entertainment center. I should like. Think about my kids. Or think about what my kids can bring to me. Aka other kids and their parents. With money. to spend at my business. So for a good few years , I feel like he was the dad's dad. Cliche 80's Utah father. (That's why I love the comics i reblogged last night. Him as just like. A dad. Chefs kiss)

Like I'm rambling at this point so il cut it off by saying. He was never a good father. He was abusive. But there's other types of abuse. I feel like he was neglectful, self centered, emotionally distant and passive aggressive. Thinking about what his kids could do for him and not what he can do for his kids. He played with them, fed them, did dad things. But emotionally present or caring he was very little. Back handed comments and a fake smile.

And again, a feel like him doing anything dad like was mainly to mimic and copy Henry. He saw Henry as the perfect father so if he took his daughter trick or treating the he has to as well. Cutting valentines cards, "I made ten more then you~ my daughter is going to be the talk of her 3rd grade class. I did so well." *Has the stupidest grin on his face well Henry just smiles and nods, unaware William is trying to start a dad dick measuring contest. What ever gets him to actually parent. *

I do feel like over time William would enjoy being a dad but not for his kids but because it allows him to be a silly goober. He's just a big kid himself. So playing tag, drawing with them, letting Elizabeth dress him up and do tes parties etc I feel like he'd gain his own enjoyment. He just has this wall in his head that he can't just be in the ball pit for ... himself. Im cleaning it. I'm an adult man. I'm working.

Henry: it's been an 2 hours. Unless a kid threw up in it, Cleaning the ball pit shouldn't be this long.

Then it just pans to William drowning in balls, sending him a death stare.

He's so silly. he's just a theatrical doofus. A big kid at heart with a twisted clinical mind towards killing. For science. for the greater good. For him. He removes all emotions. And puts them to his performance. God sorry I'm rambling again. Aaaaaa heheeheheeheh I'm gay. Can you tell.

[hell-drabbles]

Hnhngngnhngn do you have any whb oc? Whatever it's self-insert or for reader pllssss I'm curious 🧐🧐🧐

Hmmm only one OC so far, mostly because I wanted to make someone that can make Bimet seethe just by existing. He does not have a name yet but he's a dancer, and the only dancer in a highly popular dance theater that he was gifted by Mammon. I have his appearance in mind, which is a rarity.

He's a real delicate looking man. Tall and thin with light, and I do mean light, pastel pink hair that trails all the way to the floor and then some. His hair is pretty wavy but is mostly weighted down by its own weight, so it's somewhat straight looking as you get higher, but the hair that's on the floor has those waves. This demon oc takes pride in the fact that he can dance with that thick and length of hair without getting it tangled in his feet, or tangled in other objects. There's not even a single knot in it after all his performances.

Dancer demon oc also has these pretty floral patterns painted into his hair that's on the ground. The flowers are usually purple, pink, and light blue. Though he will have different patterns in them depending on what kind of dance he's doing and what story he wants to tell through his dancing.

His eyes pretty much match his hair and eyelashes. Only furthers his delicate looking self. Seriously, he looks like if you so much as breathe in his direction, he'll scatter like a dandelion.

He had two horns and they're both white and just as delicate looking. They curve over the shape of his head and sort of swirl. Almost makes me think of a unicorn's horn, or a narwhal. Either way, he likes to hang little charms off the ends of them when he needs good luck in an experimental performance.

Oh and he likes to wear around eight to twelve layers of those robes at any given time. He does not get hot at all. If anything, he runs a bit in the cold side but nothing too bad. He also has a habit of not wearing any shoes no matter where he goes, on the account that his fans are always eager to carry him in a sedan chair, or litter I think it's called. He doesn't force them or anything, they just love his dances that much and they must carry him so that he can rest his feet.

Given his overly delicate and decorated appearance, it does feel like he'd have this secret hidden nasty side where he'd make all these passive aggressive remarks and secretly looks down on anyone, but no he does not. He's, uh, he's a very friendly man. Almost naively so and takes joy in the little things in life. His loyalty towards Mammon is such that while he earns a lot of money from his dances, he will not put a single cent in his pocket because none of it belongs to him. All the things he wears and how he decorates himself are the exception because they're needed for his dances. He himself is the spectacle his audience has come to see, so he must be presentable. And he has Mammon's permission to dress up as he pleases, so he goes all out.

He does like to see Bimet work himself up in a tizzy because this dancer oc is so... Well, he's clearly rich, his clothes and the theater say as such, and yet he claims to not have a single coin on him. It left Bimet conflicted for all of 10 seconds before declaring him a hobo. And yet Bimet is the only one that looks down on him. It's funny to the dancer oc because it doesn't really hold any weight to him. Bimet still comes and witnesses him dance. Whether he likes it or not, this "hobo" has him enraptured and it's funny to him every time.

He doesn't have a contract with Solomon, as he's not really a fighter or can aid against the angels in any way. He can provide a good distraction with his dances but that's about as far as he can go.

He's basically you're go-to man for information or just some silly gossip. He isn't swayed easily by his libido since there was a time he accidentally ingested aphrodisiacs but refused to cancel his performance. He danced right to the very end.

As such, he makes for an amazing hugging buddy that will not make it weird. He loves to give soft and delicate affection and is in desperate need of it.

He has a habit of hiding his mouth behind his sleeve. There's so much flow to his sleeves that he can hide little devils behind them. He needs his little worker bees to take care of the theater when he can't, after all.

His position is such that the demon oc could've been the right hand man of Mammon, or at least the right hand entertainment hand of his, but he never bothered to chase after such a position. He had no interest. Such a position would limit the amount of people that will witness his dance. And without those many different eyes and minds to take in and speak of his performances, the dancer oc knows his routines would grow stagnant and stale.

"Ho, so you would rot under me? Is that your implication?"

"Your wealth is ever expanding, but parts of it struggle to keep up with you, Your Majesty Mammon. I struggle to keep up with you. Staying in one place is simply more suiting for me and others that need their rest."

So yeah, that's the vibe I have for this unnamed dancer devil oc. I hope a perfect name for him hits me soon. I think he's neat.

[thenewwei]

I saw 3 films on the plane to Athens, Greece, and since I woke up in the middle of the night here in Naxos, let me give you some thoughts:

1. Barbie—honestly, I thought it was awful. It fails on nearly every barometer—conceptually it made no sense, and while I know little to nothing about the Barbie universe, it seemed very dishonest in terms of its examination of its source material. The beginning ode to Planet of the Apes about mothers and baby dolls-huh? Why is there a “bigger Barbie” and why is weird Barbie like 40 and looks like she’s 60? (I understand there were some Barbie variations later on with older and career-oriented characters, but still?) Aren’t we supposed to examine a world in which Barbie is a thin white blonde Cali teenager with a stereotypical surfer boyfriend, where there’s maybe one (or two) black best friends (Christie? Later Grace?) just like in the typical Hallmark movie, which by the way, are still being made and mostly still dominated by the same racial and sexual formulas? Is there actually an Asian Ken? And I still don’t understand why stereotypical Barbie had to go into the real world to see why she suddenly had feelings—because a real world girl was having problems? And which problems? The real world girl ends up being a know-it-all over-educated Cali teenager (a Hispanic one—triumph!). Even from a feminist perspective, I felt it failed. Okay, so the Barbie world is supposedly ruled by women, while the real world is supposedly ruled by men, and Ken has a euphoria moment when he goes into the real world. Both are highly exaggerated and utterly ridiculous, but even so, I don’t see what it has to say about sex relations that isn’t obvious. And while the America Ferrara speech about double standards about women was spot on, wouldn’t it have been even more subversive to have Ken rant about all the double standards that exist for men (like for example, how society expects us to be aggressive, insensitive and dominant, and then punishes us when we are?). Instead, it’s all just typical, dumbed down stuff for the “universal” audience. Which brings me to why this film was so high-grossing, despite being utterly boring, badly made and intellectually idiotic (even sadder because I really liked Gerwig’s previous film Lady Bird). For the same reason they are making Total Recall remakes—because people are drawn to brands and what they are familiar with. The more original Margot Robbie vehicle Babylon, meanwhile, though also sourced from typical silent movie world info, was an utter flop. Maybe it is time to stop watching overly-marketed movies.

2. American Fiction—this was much different than what I expected, but in its own way, very dishonest too. It was more of a family story about a wealthy African-American man from an upper crust New England family who needs to make sacrifices while dealing with a series of family crises. To get money he creates a “ghetto” black book that suddenly sells, versus his literary books, which are only known to literary circles and marketed in African American Studies sections simply because he’s a black author (this part is funny and spot-on). This is a side narrative, but utterly untrue to reality. Black books that go “Ghetto” these days (and for the past 20 years or so) are immediately shoved into the Urban Fiction section of a highly regimented publishing industry and are unpublishable except to be self-published or distributed by Urban Fiction labels. They certainly would not get this kind of interest from the major publishing industry. The one exception to this is Junot Diaz (remember there can only be ONE), and that’s only because he became big in the 1990s, when we had a real indie grit lit sphere, with Sapphire etc. Yes, this whole scenario could have been plausible in the 1990s and very early 2000s, when indie lit authors had agents and were working through the now bogus traditional model (only reserved for the upper class, apparently), and the original book Erasure (2001) was published by Graywolf (and is nearly impossible to get now because of this) but it’s utterly untrue now. The celebrated black authors are upper crust Colson Whitehead, he of Black Sag Harbor vintage, or people who rant about (and make boatloads of money and endorsements through) anti-racism and reparations platforms. Otherwise, to have a “black” lit book published you have to be a well-educated Nigerian, and God help you if you are born in America! “Ghetto” black authors, subjects and books continue to be discriminated against, despite the fact that they actually depict (if in a steretypical way) the majority of the black experience today. In fact, the class and race dichotomy is worse than ever! Even my own book, Good Americans, a short story collection, won an award in the Urban Fiction category (because it has the “n” word in it?) but bombed in all the short story categories, because it dares to explore the class divide. And my ambitious new book Bad Americans seemed doomed to self-publishing for the same reasons.

3. The Holdovers—this was by far the best film structurally and in terms of impact, although not at all original. It’s the typical story about a teacher stuck with wayward students over a school break and how two become close despite their differences and of course there’s the black cook too, and isn’t it nice that there’s no racism mentioned except that her kid was the only one who died in Vietnam. We learn things about the teacher and we can ponder what being a good teacher means and about the nature of honor and dishonor. At least it was coherent and somewhat moving, unlike almost everything else being produced today.

[beevean]

The reason I haven't watched Prime yet, other than the fact the trailers fully failed to catch my interest and everything in there honestly looked really ugly and oddly stretchy, is basically because Sonic allegedly is presented as an OOC idiot and all his friends as needless dicks. It makes me fear watching it is going to be one big They Would Not Do That teeth-grinding endeavour, which I know I am not going to enjoy in the slightest. I had the exact same in Boom RoL, with Sonic randomly bailing his friends out of a fight they could have easily won (but clearly asking them to turn tail because he was worried)... and his friends then suddenly becoming all aggressive and accusatory when shit hit the fan despite the fact that 1. Sonic was trying to help (even if it clearly was not necessary in a more meta player sense, but still, it's nice he was worried, I suppose) and 2. Sonic could not have known he would lead the party right to Lyric, yet everyone fully blamed him for Lyric's escape anyway without taking that detail into account at all. Prime seems to be doing the same with that shattered crystal, and it truly comes off as unfair towards Sonic.

But I must say, the more people are abuzz about Prime, the more my curiosity is piqued... in a "I wonder just how bad it actually is" kind of way, but still. Now I really am heavily debating if maybe I should give it a watch after all, but I just truly don't like how it appears as if the characters got completely stripped of everything that makes them likeable and Sonic gets the short end of the stick because of it😅

And of course the fact Silver is not in it, but we can't have everything. But still :<

You nailed it lol. It's exactly that: trailers and blurbs both failed to convince me it would be a good investment of my time. I mention Boom because I felt the same way when the trailers of RoL started to drop: I watched them, thought "wow this looks very unappealing" and simply never followed its development - and this was long before it turned out to be a glitchy mess lmao.

I still have zero interest in catching up. I have watched a few clips from my friends who did subject themselves to it, and I'm sorry, but every frame simply repels me. I don't like the overly stretchy animation, Sonic has some truly cringy lines, everyone's OOC, the concept alone is just wasted IMO - I don't care about a Jungle AU or a Pirate AU! The Eggman AU could have been great, showing on-screen what Forces didn't, but nooooooo we have to have the Chaos Council 🙄 yeah thanks, that's exactly what i needed in my life, gen z eggman.

Doesn't help that the praise I keep seeing feels rather shallow, about how cute characters are (first it was Nine, now it's Apple Metal or whatever the name is) or how funny the shipteases are. And sure, nothing wrong in enjoying mindless entertainment ofc, you do you. But again, I still think I'd be wasting my time. It's not even interesting in the same way IDW sparked some interesting conversations about Sonic's personality and morals in the games. Yeah, Sonic's a dumbass here. People like him being a dumbass. Okay.

Anyway, if you want to hatewatch, I recommend doing so with a friend lol. You could both make fun of it and seriously discussing about what works and what doesn't :P

[lovelandresort]

@jamboreeofsurprises tagged me to post my 10 favorite songs!! this is going to be insanely hard, so just to make it easier on myself, this is my CURRENT, RECENT top ten songs and not my all time. if i did all time i'd be agonizing over trying to remember every song i've ever loved LMAO

also because i'm annoying i'm going to say some shit about each song

matenrou - iri PLEASE GOD LISTEN TO THIS SONG SHE IS SO HOT!!!!!!!!!! my bestie introduced me to iri a year or two ago and i've been obsessed with her ever since. her voice is so deep and sexy and she has that exact type of casual calm charisma that makes me go wild for a woman lol. also whoever produces her songs just does bangers after bangers, it's definitely a little bit of that overly popular Lo-Fi Hiphop Beats genre so i wouldn't call it revolutionary, but it just makes for fun easy listening. i like her raps too <3

the loneliest time - carly rae jepsen i'm on tumblr i probably don't need to explain to any of you mfs why i like CRJ. actually i kinda thought the album this was from was mid but the standout songs were REALLY standout. shoutouts to bad thing twice, too

salamander - deco*27 it ain't that deep this one just gets stuck in my head like once a month lol. i also love a vocaloid song that kinda utilizes the fact that vocaloids are weird and can make weird sounds or sing strange vocal melodies that you wouldn't necessarily write for a human. the "ya-ppa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa daimondai da" in the chorus is a favorite bit for me

wait a minute! - willow i've loved this song ever since it came out :o it's so good

F wonderful world - ano i'm a sucker for this brand of cute front woman singing extremely dark lyrics lol. ano also did an ending for chainsaw man! she did the one about vomit kisses!!!💘

into free from dragon's dogma LOL reals will know ok. reals will understand. this scratches the same part of my brain as the metal gear rising soundtrack

E S P R - mikitoP mikito has been putting out some of my favorite vocaloid music from day one, but this one was really special!!! i feel like he's really peaked where his acoustic music is concerned. the bass tone, the drums really building the anticipation in the second verse, all of it is so well performed and recorded. also a really crazy use of SynthV, not to be mistaken with vocaloid!!! the voice synth is so mellow and melts perfectly into the music. i'm not always a "more human = better" person when it comes to vocal synths, but in this one, the naturalism of her voice is fitting and really cool. the lyrics are just also my favorite flavor of mikito, kind of fantastical but also really grounded in reality and a little bit bittersweet. my other flavor of mikito is "songs he wrote about his cat that sound weird if you don't know are about a cat" which to my knowledge he's only done twice but it's funny that it happened twice

tokyo shandy rendezvous - maison des this one just really wedged its way into my brain haha. KAF has such a weird cute voice

zurukunai? - punipuni denki this song is giving casinopolis!! it's smooth and sexy! i've been into kan sano's singing lately. she's got that exact kind of cool effortlessly pretty voice that i can't get enough of

juicy - doja cat i really don't even know what to say, this song is like a pacifier for my brain. it needs to be the version without tyga in it though or i get aggressive. did you know tyga opened a popup restaurant near where i lived in orange county called tyga bites? i heard it wasn't good. nuff said.

[istherewifiinhell]

LETS FUUUUUCKIIINGGGGGG GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

BAT TURTLES

Here yee here yee! Come one come all! New and long time fans, young (ish) and old. These are so god damn. PREMIUM. Grade A. Turtlefied Certified. Ninja Turtles. Who are Mutant Teens.

Long have we wondered. Must a turtles movie overly explain the concept and set up of the turtles. Or else be a sequel that could confusing or lower quality. Must there sadness about fathers, conflict between brothers and general. Condensed movie run time character arc things. Well. The answer is here. And its this. Who know who the fucking turtles are. And Batman too. So lets just get to do some fucking Movie Ass Movie shit.

(And okay side note I only know animated dc im not like. All up on it but. Yeah. Its batman. Hes over there).

There is a plot a foot! A foot plot! even. Turtle villain and bat villian team up that leads the guys to gotham! And due to it being. Ninja robberies. Misunderstandings abound. But then the team up of the. Two teams. And conflicts arise there. Until they work it out for the greater threats, and thematic culmination in your final action set piece. Delightful. Tasty. So so workable.

Anyway. HELLO ANIMATION. These turtles are so. Wonderous and goofy looking. We have distinct shapes and colouration going on, which is the hotness for modern designs. They have the all white eyes look which is classic and cool. Theyre a bit toned down in shape and snoot having but its a vibe, it looks great in motion.

The action is sick as shit. and a little bloody! your not in nicktoons anymore! hey some turtles arent for little kids indeed. people can be killed! But its not like. Aggressively so. Just enough to feel it. But also theyre doing great comedy animation too. all rounder.

So whats the real meat of it? Well. WOULDNT IT BE SICK IF THE TURTLES WERE IN GOTHAM? And yes. Yes it is. Due to the crossover nature and large cast. We dont really need large changes and arcs. Isnt it enough to see how characters would bounce off situations and others...

Hows our comic lover goof ball, with slight powers of 4th wall poking, enjoy the rogue gallery. What happens when our sciencey tech guy puts his mind to finding a secretive vigilante. What do our serious leaders in blue make of each other. What if an EXTREMELY self aware 16 year old with an attitude read ur entire gimmick from a mile away. What happens when 4 sewer raised teens end up in a rich dude MANOR with a whole ass bulter...

Like basically. All of them are allowed to be their cool funky selves without needing to push it into something thats gonna be the crux of a joke or problem. We get that Leo has the weight of his responisblity as leader stuff, but his still a teen, without him having to tear into anyone. Donnie's doing his tech stuff that goes over other ppls heads without anyone saying he "relies on it too much" or being pressured into fixing everything for everyone. Mikey is techincally, a joke in that. hes saying funny things, hes goofing. But no one needs to slip into anything down right cruel about it, nor does it make him a fuck up.

And Raph... my RAPHIE.... Giving the fucking. Crown of Raph understanders to these fine folks! Yes he's implusive! Yes he's the bruiser. Yes he finds his little brothers jokes annoying! (this is half the point of a little siblings joke. trust me). But also he loves his fucking family. He's nice to kids! And he doesn't have time for anyones elses dramatic broody horseshit. THATS HIS THING??

Delicious. Finally some good fucking food. And eh. Pish posh I really dont know enough about the other bat characters but know its Babs, who is also a purple smartie, and she was fun! Shes fun to see react back at the turtles. And The smallest angriest robin. Who yeah really idk him. BUT DELIGHTFUL. To force into contact with the turtles. This is a mandatory playdate you WILL be dragged into shenangans. Enjoy ur new older bro/cousin figures. They came free with ur fucking crossover.

Shout the fucks out. Watch this movie. They gave the turtle van a little angry mouth again. Fuck Yeah.

[the-acid-pear]

Yeah actually I'm still pissed about TBS 2 so let me complain about something. If my memory doesn't betray me there's only 2 scenes where slurs are used in the original movie (with the exception of the brothers and Rocco calling each other Italian and Irish (derogatory) that tv tropes brought up but i never picked up on???): When Rocco is with his boss and when Paul is in bed with a guy.

I'm starting with the second because it's simpler, just Paul being gay and homophobic, he is so too near the end, although i don't think fairies classifies as a slur? It is still derogatory and frowned upon. Either way, the scene is meant to be ironic because, well, he's gay and homophobic! And no one approves his behavior.

Now onto Rocco. Rocco is made to tell a joke and he's forced by his superiors to use derogatory terms, something that, despite being a joke kind of racist on nature, he's clearly uncomfortable about. The scene is meant to be awkward (and funny if you like the joke on itself which i did i won't lie), and being overly racist is shown to be something the villains do, not the heroes (Rocco), so again, the use of slurs is frowned upon.

This is all pretty basic stuff, pretty standard. Slurs bad! Being racist and homophobic is not good! We all got that, right? Well. The Boondock Saints 2 didn't. They missed the memo i guess.

I would go bald if i tried to go over all the times slurs are used in this movie, they are just thrown right and left on nearly every fucking scene for no reason at all. The brothers are so overly aggressive ESPECIALLY TO ROMEO whom they keep calling slurs to his fucking face and not in a haha just pals way while he just takes it is not funny but extremely awkward and shitty!

Like i don't know what happened while the brothers were out but they suddenly became the most hateful fuckers on earth, even if they don't mean it because they are actually still heroes. Which just creates a stupid dissonance with the first movie that shouldn't fucking exist at all!!

And yes this is a pretty fucking long post just to shit on the sequel but defend the first on its flaws. I just hate TBS 2 a lot. :/

[34goingon9]

Cheeseburger in Paradise

This story always gets me. The nature of its premise is so silly and wildly bizarre to the point that it’s almost comedic, except for the fact that it’s one of the scariest memories I have with my dad. It’s one of those stories that you just can’t make up.

My memory begins in the kitchen. My dad must have just gotten home from the bar in the evening around dinner time and he was one of the drunkest I had ever seen him. Many times I don’t think I realized completely the alcoholism and this time I thought he was being funny… until he wasn’t.

I come downstairs to my dad “cooking a cheeseburger.” When I say cooking a cheeseburger, I’m talking waving an overly oiled, greasy, sizzling hot pan at a complete 90 degree vertical angle with a handmade ball of meat slap-dab in the middle. American cheese is oozing down the sides burning a char in the corners of the overly processed slice of dairy. Scorching hot oil is ricocheting off the pan at his face and in every direction like a shotgun blast. My dad’s arm is conducting the cooking show like the inflatable figures outside of car dealerships instead of a well orchestrated symphony. Gordon Ramsay would NOT have been impressed.

“What are you doing?” I would ask my dad playfully.

“I’m CoOkiNg a ChEeSeBurGeR 🍔 “ My dad would respond slurring his words as he confidently waves the metal pan around like a flag.

This exchange would continue back and forth several times. Each time, things would escalate further somehow. Not always aware and somewhat naive towards the extent and unpredictability of my dad’s alcoholism, I remember giggling more and more at watching his performance and the way he was responding as he answered me. I think I even was trying to film him on my new state of the art 2 megapixel cell phone because of how outrageous things looked. I could tell that I was starting to provoke him after a certain point of repeating the same things back and forth to one another with his tone becoming slightly more aggressive, but I did not realize how much I was poking the bear or when I had crossed the threshold of no return. Suddenly, the bottle cap flew off and my dad exploded like mentos in a coke bottle.

“THIS is what I’m FUCKING DOING!!”

At this moment my dad took his eyes off the pan and turned them towards me. They were hollow and black but they also seemed to possess the same fire that was heating the pan he was using. I remember as our eyes met, I felt both the color in my complexion and my over all soul drain down from the top of my head and out my feet like someone opened a valve pipe. In this moment I also began to RUN as I saw my dad lunge towards me as he screamed. I dodged out of the way at the last second before my dad managed to grab a loaf of bread behind me.

Having the advantage of being a traumatized competitive gymnast with an adrenaline rush and my contender being a belligerent, stumbling troll emerging from under the bridge.. I sprinted ahead of him up the stairs. I ran past my sister into her room who was oblivious to what had just unraveled downstairs and hid behind her desk in the corner of her room.

My dad’s footsteps can be heard stomping up the stairs like some kind of “ fee fi fo fum!” in the stillness as I awaited his presence in fear.

He storms past my sisters room which is the first one you pass as you get up to the second floor. The two of us DID NOT get along and never had, but I can’t blame the ways she resented me because of the way I became her responsibility. Nonetheless, she knew her job was to protect me and she did so to the best of her angsty pre-teen ability.

My dad continues to pass my bedroom and turns the corner to his room. I cannot physically see him but I can sense his demeanor and movements like a looking glass and I know time is running out like grains of sand. After a short time of a drunkenly thorough search, he continues to move back through the hall and retrace his steps. I can feel him look into my room like a predator which is like a small cubby. He quickly moves on to the last room and finds that third times a charm.

I am frozen standing in the corner barricaded by my sister’s desk. My sister remains sitting propped on her bed interrupted by the hurricane that just came through her doors. My dad’s face appears in her doorway. He is standing there like the grim reaper but instead of being armed with a scythe, he has a death grip on his loaf of bread.

He sees me and makes a bee-line for it. My sister hops off the bed but my dad makes contact with me behind the desk before she can make the first interference. He screams his words that are still ringing in my ears like tinnitus from just moments earlier, only this time grabbing me and smothering the loaf of bread into my face as he viciously repeats ‘THIS is what he’s FUCKING doing.’

Natalija intercepts and somehow manages to pull my enormous and sloppy father off of me and ensures I can breathe. She puts herself in between us and is pushing him away with her arms outstretched and guiding him towards the door as she is yelling in utter hatred and frustration at him.

“GET OUT!!!! NO ONE WANTS YOU HERE!!! GO BACK TO THE BAR!!! GET OUT!! JUST GET OUT!!!!!”

I do not know why, but my dad listens to this and retreats back downstairs. The dust has by no means settled but the immediate threat is now at least removed from proximity. I am scared and I cannot stay as the risk is too high. My dad is unpredictable in every sense of the word, just like how he flipped at me just prior. There is a chance he could completely forget, or he could see me and immediately be set off again. I live in a household of Russian roulette and you never know when the bullet is going to go off in the chamber.

(Furthermore, though it’s a bit late to figure out how to fit into this story, I believe this was the night my dad was also taking wads of cash out of his wallet every five minutes and handing it to me. I think this added to the bizarre nature of his behavior and why I was particularly childish towards egging him on about “what he was doing.” Also, when I say wads of cash, this is not a childhood exaggeration. My dad had a high paying job and was able to be a functional alcoholic through his cocaine addiction. He had money and he always had plenty on him to spare just in case. My father was always generous with money and gifts to make up for his behavior but this night was not like that. I had probably amassed $1,000 completely unbeknownst to him for no reason. He just kept handing it to me like a broken ATM dispenser.)

Standing in my sister’s room, I am faced with a difficult decision but I know she is neither the target and able to assert herself in ways I cannot. I still have guilt towards leaving her that night, but soon after I must have called my best friend Jaime. I have no idea what was said in exchange, but it was without hesitation that her father arrived at my house to pick me up to spend the night with them. I faced the predicament where I could not go down the stairs and run the risk of my dad hearing me let alone know I was leaving. My trampoline was located below my sisters window, so I crawled out and jumped off the roof onto it. I can remember seeing Mike’s black Toyota Rav 4 off in the distance like a mirage but grass, not sand, was rubbing past my ankles as I ran towards safety that was thankfully not a hallucination or in my imagination.

I don’t remember the rest of this evening. I don’t know if any of us talked about what happened. I do know that the Spiegel’s home was a safe haven for me then and for years to come- even into present day. I mean that in the sense that they not just provided me safe shelter, but also showed me unconditional love and treated me like real family during a particularly sensitive time that I didn’t even understand how bad things were because it was my norm. Regardless, my dad cared more about his appearance to the world than my actual well-being and I remember the next morning being scared in anticipation towards his reaction. There were times where I had to leave overnight for my safety but would wake up berated by my father because in reality, I had exposed his secrets to the outside world which was a no-no. I do want to say this time my dad did not question this decision. This isn’t to say I got an apology either. Things were glazed over. Perhaps I got a sorry in the form of one of his coincidental next-day Bloomingdale hauls, but I don’t think that was even the case here. Either way, life resumed and it wouldn’t be long before the cycle repeated itself.

This memory is a painful one and has as much gaps as it has vividness.

Putting it down for now. But I did give him back all the cash.

[angelicbabysun]

10-25-2022

My crush is so cute. He is so funny and nice and sweet. Sweet like hmmmm a blueberry shaved iced from Snow City Cafe. We get along by teasing each other. It's not the teasing that's overly aggressive and immature but the kind that is funny and keeps you wanting more. He never talks about girls or boys in a sexual or wanting to be in a relationship kind of way. It makes me think he's not like those weird guys who are desperate to find someone to the point that its creepy. Trust me, I've met plenty. I used to not think about being in a relationship. Honestly, I'm good at being alone to the point where I'm happy with my own presence. Everyone should be. Anyhow, let's say he were to ask me out. I would actually be in shock to be honest because of all the mixed signals(assumptions) I make up in my head. The most important question then would be, Would I say yes? I hope I do. I hope my nervousness and fear don't get the best of me. I don't really know how to be someone's girlfriend. I've been single for a long time because I wanted it that way. I felt safer by myself. But now I'm surrounded with people my age who are mature and think the same way I do. I wonder how he truly feels about me. I wonder if he gets a little excited when he sees me like when I see him. Having crushes is so cute.

[dirt-grub]

what the FUCK is wrong with people

[pookacangetit]

Disney Song! Yuu [Cult Edition: Lost Kingdom, Now Localised]

... somehow, the Disney Empire continues to surprise me with its takeover. Yuu's largely aware of Kingdom of Hearts, but they are not willing to risk any lives after their necromancy incident. But with overly compulsive brothers and a curiosity that kills, perhaps it was a bad idea. (Spoiler alert: it was.)

MASTERLIST

"... Yuu." Sebek calmly intoned, terrifying everyone with his lack of aggressiveness, "You are an absolute natural disaster."

"What part of them and that is natural?" Epel questioned with an incredulous look as he pointed at the haunted-looking ruins in the distance, partially visible under the watery black void that made up the sky, "The thing's standing upside down!"

Jack's head suddenly popped up from within a hole in the ground, "EVERYONE SHUT UP AND DIG." His once fluffy white ears twitched furiously and sprayed dirt everywhere, "I don't plan on dying in a cave because one of us is a god!"

Yuu cautiously stepped up, "I can-"

"No singing."

Yuu stepped back down.

To find out how Yuu and their first years ended up stuck in a cave hosting the most terrifying ruins in existence- the upside down part was a bonus, it was very ominous and forebodding in general-, we'll have to go back to 5 hours ago...

✾✾✾

"Hey prefect, how did you know that forbidden song about necromancy?" Ace piped up, juggling between a determined Grimm and Deuce while he guarded his plate of omurice, "You know, the one that made you summon the skeletons of the Ramshackle ghosts."

Yuu blinked, looking away with an awkward laugh as they clutched their broom, "Funny story, I... didn't know it was a lost song? Like, I wasn't aware its origins tied to the lost song exactly...?"

They can't admit that the entire Twisted Wonderland was an alternate come-to-life version of a famous entertainment company back in their world, can they?

Ace hummed, scarlet eyes holding a curious glint, "Hmm, so... are there any other songs you know that might be actually lost songs?"

Yuu paused, "Maybe?"

✾✾✾

Currently, the Ramshackle prefect was trying to whack Ace with their broom with Deuce and Grimm's gleeful assistance, "- shouldn't have listen to you at all you stupid Ace-"

The low, mournful wail echoing from the ruins halted everyone's actions as hollow voices bellowed.

どんな時だって たった一人で~

運命忘れて生きてきたのに~

突然の光の中 目が覚める 真夜中に~

Jack let out a deep rumble, ears tucked against his head, "That is definitely not Yuu's singing, and what language is that?"

Yuu blinked as they listened closer, "It sounds... like a language from my homeworld."

Deuce glanced at the prefect, still staring at the ruins as though it would suddenly attack them, "Are you saying we're in your world??"

"... your world is really depressing." Ace got a smack on the back of his head for that.

Yuu snapped back, mind whirring in panic, "This isn't my world you dolt." But it isn't Twisted Wonderland either?? Did they somehow travel to another world??

静かに 出口に立って~

暗闇に光を撃て~

The dark atmosphere suddenly lifted as the ruins beamed a bright light, momentarily blinding everyone as they squeezed their eyes tight.

願いを口にしたいだけさ~

家族にも紹介するよ~

きっとうまくいくよ~

あなたはここに属していません~

Everything was the same as the first years crash-landed into the Ramshackle living room, but Sebek's loud swearing caught everyone's attention, "WHAT CURSED BEING DID YOU BRING BACK WITH US, GRIMM?!"

"Funahh, I was hungry and it was the only fluffy thing I found!" Grimm complained, though his words were muffled as he chewed on a tiny duck wearing a sailor's uniform in his mouth.

Yuu stared, wondering if they had somehow died or if Jade snuck mushrooms into their food storage again, "... is that fucking Donald??"

Yuu: I want to go home

Also Yuu: *travels to another dimension by accident*

Yuu: ... I thought I couldn't be more disappointed, I was wrong

[gokupowers]

do you have any tips for writing dave or rose?

!!!! i am no expert but!

dave: rambles, asks a lot of questions without waiting for the answer. his raps are truly shit. in terms of actions, i usually think of repressed closeted gay guys who compensate w hypermasculinity + the kind of people that are overly chill bc theyre super emotionally repressed. hes clearly a smart guy but he can't help but bring in a million references in all his jokes, and he remains very casual/flippant about most things (if he got stabbed, he would quip before reacting properly). later in the comic, he becomes more rambley but this is more clearly out of anxiety/habit than to be funny. it depends on which characterization you go with (early or late comic); pesterquest kinda makes him this shy blushing guy who poorly hides behind the cool guy mask, but 2009 dave was a genuine menace/vibe terrorist. like remember him and tavros' first interaction? thats p much what i think of most when i try to write him aggressively. for his rambles, i have ADHD and i have a rambley thought pattern so i just let my thoughts wander, though you might have to force yourself to do it. sometimes theres emotional beats i want to hit so i plan it out, but usually his main dialogue can be broken down into (genuine sentiment) (pop culture reference) (train of thought rambling to hide genuine sentiment) then rinse and repeat. he has a fixation on sex and dick jokes and hes very irreverent. sometimes he can be defensive. honestly the best tip is trying to remember his main character motivations: for me, i think his is being invulnerable. he's all about being the strongest person in the room; that can translate into social capital (cool guy persona/being perceived as cool), physical prowess, or whatever u want it to be. dave is a character that constantly wants to prove to himself and others that he cannot be hurt, even though he's actually kind of a sensitive guy (a pacifist whos forced to fight). his "coolness" (which is actually just being a fucking weirdo? i dont think dirk or dave actually know what being cool means other than apathetic. i def think he was homeschooled) is a mask and a compulsion, so keep that in mind! also, i think its good to have people as contrast to him bc hes so weird/aggressively chill to emphasize the weirdness of his own actions/behavior, cuz that gets lost when hes next to the other strilondes (karkat is a good comedic striaght man). one of the biggest flaws, i think, when people write him is when they make him this shy traumatized guy who can do no wrong. he clearly is capable of hurting people (and has done so!), usually as a result of his antagonistic bluster or violence. his whole character journey is about strength and confidence in a very masculine way, and that means that people can get hurt.

rose: she's literally susan sontag. most of her writing style is very similar to 70s-80s feminist scholarship, when most essays were about freud and phallic imagery. she has mommy issues and a penchant for passive aggression. like dave w irony and coolness, she hides behind big words/intellectualism and freudian psychoanalysis. they both deeply dislike not being in power/having control, though dave's comes from being conditioned into it and rose's is a genuine compulsion from her childhood. she has trouble being vulnerable/relinquishing that control. it should be noted that her psychoanalysis, while i think she's a smart girl, is almost entirely for show bc fruedian analysis is not really regarded as helpful/viable among contemporaries. she is constantly on the defense; she interprets her mom's well-meaning actions as cruelty, and doesn't trust easily/assumes the worst out of other people. when i think of her, i mostly just think: what would a lesbian with mommy/trust issues do? and its usually pretty straight forward from there. she pretends to be calm, but is prone to a lot of impulsivity and petty anger (blowing up eridans computer, blowing up her own planet/house). ironically, she's one of the easier characters for me to write, bc her character schtick is pretty much my academic writing. if you're struggling with dialogue or tone, just read some of sontag's writing LOL. like how in detective pony dirk plagiarizes a lot of derrida, i think rose would do the same with sontag. against interpretation is a good one if you're up for the read! also shes cuttingly sarcastic and smart/sees through things easily, but that can make her a really difficult person to get along with. dont be scared to make the characters unlikeable. cuz all of the HS characters kind of are unlikeable as people, esp if you dont know them well. like, shes the type of bitch to tell you john berger style all the flaws of marvel as a piece of military propaganda when you're just trying to watch chris evans' man boobs. for her, everything is deep/more than it appears on the surface. + her alcoholism is interesting because she hates giving up control, and alcoholism is what enables her to do so. i dont think most people understand inherently that she is a darker character. people do the whole horror terror stuff fine, but i mean that she is prone to cruelty and manipulation because its how she reacts to perceived danger. shes very girl dirk in that sense. people make her hyper-competent and hyper mentally healthy, but in my opinion? dont be afraid to make her a bitch, LOL.

if you get the chance lmk how your writing goes!! ^_^