#NASTY. AND GAY KISS. ahem anyway

[thespacequail]

Darling in the Franxx (ep. 17)

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..........Well then, I didn’t think they’d go there, yet here we are.  Im still waiting on that huge revelatory twist, but we are getting close, I can almost taste it.

>Ok so, everything is going great, the kids are doing fine, then the Nines show up to ruin EVERYTHING.  They tell them Papa sent them and he’s worried about them, they are all happy to tears and this is a LOAD OF BULL SHIT, you can see it on their smug little grins, bunch’a assholes if you ask me.   Anyway they are going to stay with the gang for a bit to, as I said before, ruin everything.  02 tells Alpha to go fuck himself.  It was a good scene.

>HIRO IS GROWING HORNS!  REPEAT!  HIRO IS GROWING BLUE HORNS!  HE IS TURNING INTO A KLAXXOSAUR PERSON JUST LIKE 02!!!  *ahem* We’ve all kinda assumed this would happen for a while, what with the saurification comments and the high yellow blood cell thing (which still means nothing but a lot of people are interpreting it as meaning the cells that make up bone marrow, as such having a high amount means he would grow bony structures easily, i.e. horns. Fine, I’ll go with it.).  The whole scene is really cute and I like what they’ve done with their relationship and how it’s portrayed, the bit about Hiro’s drawing being awful but 02 loves it because he made it was particularly sweet and reminded me of some good times (which was immediately followed up by remembering why those times are no longer good and I was made sad.  But that is neither here nor there.).

>Then the plot dictated that the Nines needed something specific to fuck up, so one of them bumps into Kokoro and she drops her baby book.  Question: how did she not realize it was gone?  She clearly carries it everywhere, why was she not freaking out that she lost it when she went back to her room? Why did she take it to the bathroom anyway?  Oh right, the plot, whatever.  So the Nines are like “How dare these kids learn about sex.  Papa didn’t brainwash people for them to understand how their bodies work.”  Jeeze, this is like the worst of both Catholic AND Public school when it comes to sex-ed.  But the menacing cut to Kokoro being innocent, I’m just thinking “Oooooh she ‘bout to get shanked for this.  This ain’t going to go well...”  Then we go to Kokoro and Mitsuru in the greenhouse and...Imma need another arrow for this one.

>Kokoro really wants to get it on with Mitsuru, and I’m not saying that like a joke, like she ACTUALLY wants to fuck him.  She leans in close, then closer, says some stuff that only horny teens in hentai would say, and then she starts taking off his shirt.  Meanwhile I’m just sitting there like *insert blinking guy gif* “I’m sorry what?  Is this really happening right now?”  I just didn’t really know how to process it.  But Mitsuru kinda panics and pushes her away, and that makes sense cause like, Kokoro is the only person who knows what sex is, and Mitsuru still has a few issues he needs cleared up first.  Then Zorome shows up to break the tension, nothing else really to say about it, it plays out about as you’d expect from a show when teens get caught about to do the nasty.

>TWO BROOOS, CHILLIN’ IN THE HOT SPRINGS FIVE FEET APART ‘CAUSE THEY’RE NOT GAY!  Hiro and Mitsuru finally have their heart to heart, well I say finally cause its been years for them, only a few episodes for us, feels like years, whatever.  They talk about love and stuff and they patch up their issues, everything is good.  It is a good scene and was important growth for them.

>Everyone is in the exposition room, I mean the living room, and they address the Kokoro and Mitsuru situation.  There we go Futoshi, that’s the emotional response I was expecting from you, kinda figured he wasn’t actually totally over it like he acted beck at the snow base.  Time for the Nines to be fuckers.  Kokoro reveals she wants to make a baby because that’s how she wants to leave her mark on the world, ok, that’s cool.  Turns out sex is banned, and Alpha says humans evolved to not have/need reproductive organs, also that way they don’t need to worry about gender.  Man I really want to punch this guy in the face.  Ikuno’s got me covered, pimp slapping that hoe, even the Nines respect the backhand with a whistle.  I highly respect that the LGBT character is the one to say gender is still important, but man, she would have murdered him right then and there if she didn’t get held back.  Personally, I’d have let her.

>Hey look, the adults are back.  Kokoro gets reprimanded cause sex is bad m’kay?  They don’t like the Nines either, but can’t do shit cause the Nines out rank them.  Turns out only kids have reproductive organs in order to pilot the Fraxx, but then they get removed later? It’s not clear, cause after that Nana has a break down cause she’s relapsing through puberty, so does that mean she still has a uterus from when she was a parasite?  I feel like there’s some logistical minutia that’s getting glossed over that I don’t think they’ll take the time to explain.  But GOD FORBID they don’t give Alpha every conceivable chance to be a douche.  He says she should be replaced with a new Nana, the fuck does that mean?  Also he chastises them for working with Dr. Franxx, doesn’t he also work for APE?  Or is he implying that he does secret experiments that APE doesn’t like?  I’m confused., but the Dr. is intrigued by the kids having the urge to fuck, that came out wrong, he’s interested that they have the original biological impulse to reproduce, so I guess that’s what Al-fuck meant by humans evolving past that.  Interesting.

>I knew I was right about the Klaxxosaur Princess (it was obvious but shut up, let me have this).  A couple of APE guys ask her to surrender, it does not go well for them and they get brutally murdered.  Ooooooh she has the same widescreen aspect ratio thing they used to do with 02! Oh I like her.  She calls them “human wannabes”, does that mean she’s a real human and APE is something else?  I’ll theorize later.

>Back in the exposi-I mean, living room, the kids talk about the fact they have no idea what sex is.  02 doesn’t have reproductive organs apparently, but she thinks it’s cool that the rest of them do and can “leave their mark on the future”.  Ok, don’t think that was necessary, but whatever, just add it to the list of character traits I guess.

>Mitsuru goes and makes up with Kokoro, they kiss, I’m thinking “and then they fuck”, AND. THEN. THEY. FUCK.  Wow, they actually went through with that, that’s pretty ballsy (heh) for a story like this, but good on them for not leaving that hanging, or worse not showing anything of it.  Like I’m actually glad they showed the shot of them in bed together, people have sex, teenagers have sex, it happens, sometimes you just gotta show it, or at least what can be shown on a daytime airing TV show aimed at a young adult audience.

>Finally, we got Ape up in the death star, talking evilly about how evil they are and how the world will soon be their’s (not really but you get the joke).  The Nines show up one last time to be dicks before the episode cuts out.

A’ight, Imma pose some theories: +APE are aliens that enslaved part of the human race +The Klaxxosaur Princess is among the last original humans +She preserved what she could of humanity by putting them in the Klaxxo-cores so they could fight back +Dr. Franxx is trying to undermine APE’s efforts and restore the enslaved human species to their original form/abilities/want’s to let people fuck again +The squad is going to get order 66′d in the next episode or two now that Papa knows what’s up.  Obviously they wont do it, but it will happen.

One theory I don’t personally believe, but my friend posed and is just crazy enough to be possible, if not really dumb, is that Hiro’s original partner is not actually dead, and will be one of the ones piloting Hringhorni.  That’s some hot anime bullshit right there, but Hiro resurrected by the power of boners before, so crazier things have happened.

[carolrance]

I saw this thing. I’m answering this thing... even though nobody asked.

So, I saw someone answering this and thought it was sorta cool but I don’t think people will respond anymore so I’m just doing it myself. Self love, ya know.

Talk about the first ship you ever had. Uhhh… I can’t remember which came first Mulder & Scully or Usagi/Mamoru. (The latter being really icky to me now that I’m older, lol.) I think it was Mulder/Scully… I was in primary school for both of these so it’s confusing cos that was a really long time ago.

Talk about three of the most important ships throughout your life. Mulder/Scully (The X Files). I honestly don’t really feel like “talking” about them cos I don’t think it’s very interesting. Also, I have no idea where to begin. Naomi/Emily (Skins) – I fucking can’t stand them now, to be completely honest. I actually sorta hate Emily. By they (and Skins in general) did have a rather huge impact on my life. Now, I feel like I should put Dany/Doreah but really I think more importantly in terms of my life, it would be Marissa/Alex from The O.C. Does that sound stupid? Maybe. But that pairing (as shitty as they treated Alex and the whole relationship by the end) had a fairly huge influence on me. I think it was my first femslash ship that I was totally open about. (I totally shipped Jo/Rachel (and Jo/Rachel/Paul) from S Club 7 (DON’T EVEN!) but back then I didn’t even think it was serious…even though I had a whole website about it, lmao.)

What’s your current OTP? Oh my… Dany/Doreah forever & Marg/Sansa (ASOIAF/GoT). Michelle/Naomi (Skins). Carol/Helen (Episodes). Amanda Rollins/Olivia Benson (SVU). (With a bit of Rollins/Lindsay on the side. SVU/Chicago PD). Niska/Astrid (Humans). … So… Like… A lot? A lot of old OTPs are still OTPs now? Bo/Lauren (Lost Girl). Meg/Veronica (Veronica Mars). Katniss/Johanna (THG). Lou/Tess (Lip Service). Quinn/Rachel (Unreal). Jessica Jones/Trish Walker (Jessica Jones). Virginia Johnson/Lillian DePaul (Masters of Sex)………I think even my few het ships I’m still not totally over (Chase/Cameron, Mulder/Scully, Martin/Sam, etc) but I mean, I don’t really care either.

What’s your current NOTP? Any of the above characters paired with men. Simple. I have a lot of nOTPs tbh. Most canon ships are NOTPs lmao. Although… I guess Patsy/Delia is a current NOTP of mine. Don’t shoot! I just don’t care for them. They are boring to me.

Do you have any poly ships? I was sorta into Marissa/Alex/Ryan (The O.C.). I started a fic about them. And the aforementioned Jo/Paul/Rachel.

How do you feel about love triangles? Lazy. The thing is, they’re a real thing. I’ve been a bunch and they’re just uncomfortable. No matter what, somebody gets hurt. I just feel like in TV/films they’re SO LAZY. An easy way to create drama for drama’s sake. And one faction of fandom is always upset. And usually they’re really shoddily designed so it’s like one girl, 2 boring ass boys fighting for her WHO WILL SHE CHOOSE?! BLAH……. Boring. “The triangle’s not a friendly shape, okay? It’s pointy. It’s got edges. Triangles hurt people, man.”

How do you feel about RPF? Nope. I’m a bit of a hypocrite cos I spent a great deal of time in my childhood sorta straddling the very thin line here with the whole S Club 7 thing. And, I’ll admit, I did enjoy this April Pearson/Lily Loveless fic once.

Have you ever shipped yourself with a character? No. Usually my favs feel a little too relatable which is why I’m attached to them, not cos I wanna bone them. Also, way too much drama. I mean, fictional characters are almost always exaggerated people.

Do you have many ships that never got together at all? All? LMAO. Okay, let’s see… Sam/Martin did, briefly (Fuck Without A Trace tbh. What a horrid little show.) Chase/Cameron were together and that ended badly as well. Carol/Helen, also ended horribly (so far). Mulder/Scully… that’s difficult. They’re difficult. Marissa/Alex, ended horribly. Naomi/Emily, technically… hmmm. Well, as of S4 they were back together but I didn’t buy it and I pretty much loathed Emily by that point so fuck em. That ended badly too. It ended horribly if you count S7–which I don’t cos I never watched it. If I didn’t see it, it didn’t happen. Bo/Lauren. Okay, this may be the only bright light in all my ships, lmao. They were together and then not, then together, then not, then END GAME. So, I guess the ones that never got together??? Basically just look above at my OTPs and see all the ones I didn’t mention here ending horribly lol.

Do you ship any characters that have never met? ONLY THE BEST ONE: MICHELLE/NAOMI.

Talk about your favorite first kiss. Like in canon onscreen? Or in my head? Big diff. Chase & Cameron maybe. I loved that episode. Mulder & Scully’s first (onscreen) kiss was a bit weird. I don’t remember Sam/Martin tbh. Hmm… Marissa/Alex was hella stilted and awkward prolly cos it was on FOX and like Mischa Barton is a terrible actress. Bo/Lauren’s first kiss was pretty good. Yeah, I really liked that one. Mostly cos it didn’t fade to black immediately (ahem, Carol/Helen) and it wasn’t set to ‘I Kissed A Girl’ (Naomi/Emily)… Okay, in fairness that was only the American version. The one I saw had Lily Allen playing instead… But still. I loved that episode but it wasn’t the best first kiss I’ve ever seen.

Have you ever been disappointed when your ship finally got together? Yes, when they get together only to end even shittier. Which is basically all of them except Bo/Lauren.

Has a ship ever broken your heart? All of them. Canon and otherwise. My heart breaks on a regular basis.

How do you feel about will they/won’t they? Ugh. Useless. Generally, it’s queerbaiting when it’s my femslash OTPs. When it’s het, I’m just like, “As if these two lonely, outrageously attractive co-workers wouldn’t have banged already. Like, give me a break and just do it already. Who believes this shit?”

Have you ever “shipped at first sight”? Lemme think… Probably? I can’t actually recall any specifics however. Not Mulder/Scully, I know that. The first time I saw them, it was New Year’s Eve and I spent the entire show huddled on the sofa in my friend’s basement with her and her cousins, shaking and screaming, lmao. The X-Files really isn’t great TV for easily scared children with big imaginations, lbr.

Talk about a ship you initially disliked. One that I like now that I disliked previously? Erm. None. I don’t flipflop on ships, lbr. It goes like this: I am oblivious/indifferent to ship, depending. I see ship. I ship ship. I love ship. And it’s only then that this can diverge. Either I stay in love forever, or I end up positively hating the show/pairing and I stop shipping it, or it just kinda dies out over time. Normally it’s the first or second, rarely the third.

Talk about a pairing you’ve stopped shipping romantically. And now just ship them only as friends? Or stopped shipping them and dislike them now and don’t want to have anything to do with them? The latter is clearly Sam/Martin. I just hated how the characters were written and the show was fucking awful after S3. The former… Ah, the former. I think this really has to be Naomi/Emily. I am 1457% Naomi/Michelle, no alternatives accepted. Naomily is toxic imo. Like so incredibly nope. I am -100000% Naomily. I stopped shipping them mid-S4, probably during Katie’s episode. I was just like, “Nope, this is pretty gross and not healthy and what the fuck?!” I gave up completely at the finale when it was so fucking stupid. I think by then I’d already had my Michelle/Naomi dream… Anyway. Like, I literally cannot handle Naomi/Emily anymore. At most, I can deal with them as friends. But even then, sometimes I wonder if writing them that way in my fics is pandering in some sense. It’s not intentional pandering to Naomily stans… but, now I look back and wonder? They’re just so awful together romantically. I shudder.

Talk about a moment which made you question an entire ship. Hmmm…. Carol/Helen in Griffith Park in 4x09 when she makes Carol give back her bra. That whole episode was really nasty and really awful and not funny at all. I really dislike the writing there. It was just… Helen was just disgusting really and it made me really uncomfortable about shipping it. I have other examples but it only asked for one.

Have you ever shipped something despite yourself? She-Ra and He-Man. I had no idea they were brother and sister when I was little but I thought they were cute together. Oops. It wasn’t until a few years back when I mentioned them at a party and everyone was like, “Errr, you do know they were twins, yeah?” NO. I DID NOT.

Talk about a ship you feel alone in shipping. Carol/Helen. I feel like the few people that shipped it with me on tumblr here were really turned off by their breakup. And also, it’s been on hiatus forever. Also, I suppose Claire Dearing/Zara Young from Jurassic World, lmao.

Is there a ship you just don’t get, but have nothing against? Most het ones? Like, just… why would you be with that puffy wonderbread boy when you could be with this other hot lady and have 10003x times more chemistry and interestingness? (Like I mean, I’m totally talking about Erin Lindsay and that gay dude she’s fucking, when it would be so much better if she was with Rollins, lmao. You go watch the crossovers episodes and tell me I’m imagining that.) Other het ships, I have definite things against the men.

Which of your ships have the best chemistry? OH GOD. Now, ermmmm…. this depends almost exclusively on my own headcanon/bias so obvs others aren’t likely to agree. Cos, well, Michelle/Naomi have hella chemistry LMAO. Like just look at this photo. Clearly. Okay, seriously… Bo/Lauren. Like hands down, undoubtedly.

Which of your ships deserve better writing? Every single one of them. Especially Dany/Doreah lmao.

Do you mostly ship canon pairings? Clearly not.

Have you ever shipped a pairing before you even started watching the show/movie simply because of gifs and graphics or similar? Skins. Lost Girl. Actually, hmm. I saw gifs of LG but I guess it wasn’t until I saw Zoie Palmer at a film premiere I went to that I was like, “WHO IS THAT?!” And then I realised I had to start watching that programme.

Have you noticed a pattern in your shipping? Is there a romantic dynamic you’re more drawn to? Blonde/Brunette. Like, it’s really obvious. But not 100%. Otherwise, I don’t really see any substantial patterns.

Is there a ship you’ve shipped for most of your life? Mulder/Scully.

Does shipping come easily to you? Neither here nor there. If it clicks, it clicks.

Do you need to ship something to really enjoy a movie/book/tv show/comic? Most of the time. But then sometimes shipping gets in the way of my enjoyment cos it becomes all about the pairing.

Name a couple of fandoms in which you have no ships. Fortitude? Honestly… I don’t even know. I watch a bunch of TV I have no particular interest in shipping anybody. Oh! Here’s one NASHVILLE. I honestly do not care who’s with whom. It’s irrelevant.

Talk about one of your favorite headcanons for a ship you love. Dany/Doreah – Doreah is alive. That’s it. That’s the headcanon. (And bonus, Dany takes Doreah to Lys and burns down the pleasure house Doreah was sold to as a child.) I have to add that most of my fav headcanons revolve around one half of my OTP still being alive. Which is both sad and really telling. (Like… Doreah, Margaery, Naomi, Meg, Marissa, Lillian… Ouch.)

Share five must-read fics. I’m trying really hard not to rec my own shit cos I just love my headcanons too much. Okay, here: They Will Crown You, They Will Take Your Legs by (Netgirl_y2k); tie your handlebars to the stars (and throw away the map) by (majesdane); my heart is gold and my hands are cold by (quinnking); If you’re gonna shoot me down, do it gently by (aphrodite_mine); I Can’t Get Out Of Love (a love i had a grip on; now it’s gripping me) by (doreah) hahahahahahahahaaaa i will do whatever i want when i want to force this pairing on everyone

Name your favorite fanartist(s). IDK??????????

Share your favorite fanmix for your OTP. Dany/Doreah: actually… oops. my fav fanmix for them is on my ipod and nowhere else lmao. it’s really good hahahah. anyway… um. so i’ll choose one that’s not mine: i’ll send a storm (most of mine are either doreah-specific or based on my fic which is a lot of headcanon and this one has excellent musical choices. that first track is killer.) Meg/Veronica: song of solomon (your poetry in motion) Chase/Cameron: i’m all second chances Michelle/Naomi: can’t get out of love Bo/Lauren:  it’s killing me, it’s killing you, a page from the book of my fantasy

Recommend 1-5 shipper blogs. Pass. I don’t even know any…

Do you create fanmixes/gif sets/fanart/fic/fanvids and so on for you ships? Used to. Obvs.

Do you have a favorite trope and/or AU for your OTP? Half of it not being dead.

Do you like and use ship names? I generally stay away from them unless I to find stuff/want people to find my stuff on tumblr. I find them cloying.

Is there a fictional relationship you’d really want for yourself? Hell no. Real life is difficult enough.

If you could change one thing about your OTP, what would that be? They would all be alive. Sensing a pattern? Also, being canon would be nice.