#Trial by Fire Academy Series

[chiinferno]

Anwar Zain

A mixed-breed Half Elf attending the Ilumvalos Institution. Due to being 25% Orc, 25% Goblin and 50% Elf, he tends to get bullied by the other "pure" Elves, causing him to wish he could have just been born as an ordinary Elf... He's become pretty close friends with Lindra Borgrost and Estelle Aelia.

[theverybestofbea]

academia films & shows 🩶 🎬

— the holdovers (2023)

a cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go, set in 1971, during christmas time.

— the umbrella academy (2019 - present)

a family of former child heroes, now grown apart, must reunite to continue to protect the world, science fiction meets preppy academia.

— mona lisa smile (2003)

a free-thinking art professor teaches conservative 1950s Wellesley girls to question their traditional social roles, gives off a similar vibe to the dead poets society.

— the goldfinch (2019)

a boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the met, in a rush of panic, he steals 'the goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.

— dead poets society (1989)

john keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious new england boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.

— a series of unfortunate events (2017 - 2019)

after the loss of their parents in a mysterious fire, the three baudelaire children face trials and tribulations attempting to uncover dark family secrets.

— mary shelley (2017)

life and facts of mary wollstonecraft godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet percy shelley, resulting in the writing of frankenstein.

— tik, tik...boom! (2021)

on the brink of turning thirty, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out, about art students during the 90s.

— the ministry of time (2015 - 2020)

a warrior from the sixteenth century, the first female university student from the nineteenth century, and a paramedic from the twenty–first century join a secret agency to prevent people from changing spanish history using time-traveling doors.

— romeo + juliet (1996)

shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of verona still retaining its original dialogue.

— jane eyre (2011)

amousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.

— little women (2019)

jo march reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the march sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.

— the dreamers (2003)

a young american studying in paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a french brother and sister, set against the background of the '68 paris student riots.

— my policeman (2022)

the arrival of patrick into marion and tom's home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previously.

— deadly class (2018; cancelled)

a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of late 1980s counterculture, which follows a disillusioned teen recruited into a storied high school for assassins.

— shadow and bone (2021 - 2023; cancelled)

dark forces conspire against orphan mapmaker alina starkov when she unleashes an extraordinary power that could change the fate of her war-torn world, at the same time, a group of thieves gather for a new mission.

— kill your darlings (2013)

a murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: allen ginsberg, jack kerouac, and william burroughs.

[fantasyinvader]

I've been thinking about Edelgard's supposed depth according to the creators, the fact she's meant to both be a cute girl and a brutal dictator in-line with the series past villains.

I feel there is something here. Like, which way is the gap moe supposed to go? Are we supposed to see her as this conqueror only to see she's the cute girl, or is the cute girl the surface and the conqueror what lies underneath? Considering how the game treats the Flame Emperor being unmasked as this major reveal, I'd say it's the latter of the two. We are meant to be taken in by the cute girl lord, especially since Dimitri and Claude are initially assessed as having a hidden darkness and having a fake smile initially. Not to mention Rhea. It would make sense why the devs expected most people to pick the BE's as their route, since Edelgard is not only presented more favorably (though she does drop her views on the other nations if praised after the prologue, a hint of where her character is going) and she's a cute girl that will draw in male players.

The we consider the route split and it's various symbolism. Byleth defaults to Silver Snow, symbolized by the game's own take of Buddhism's banner of victory. The devs even pointed out the importance of Byleth's flag, saying that it was the true Fire Emblem of the game to them symbolizing people coming together to fight for you because they believe in you. This would mean that the player walks the path of Nirvana/Enlightenment, the path of the righteous if you interpret the Safflower/Crimson Flower route as being a path of thorns. Safflower would mean that the game uses attraction to try and ensnare the player into going down this route, with the player being the one to ultimately decide to join her or not. Edelgard is presented as both a temptress, tying into the story behind the banner of victory, as a false messiah considering her signature weapon bears the Crest of Maurice aka the Beast. It's said to be the representing the animal path in the Japanese, the opposite of Enlightenment, while the path of thorns reading would make it out to be a sinful where Byleth was lazy.

Byleth is supposed to fight Edelgard, no matter how painful it might be for them or the player. It's the central conflict the game was designed around, especially it's main musical theme Edge of Dawn. it depicts how Edelgard and Byleth's relationship plays out, Edelgard hoping Byleth will choose to walk beside her only to lie to them and end up as enemies. The music doesn't play in the Flower route, but it's also baked into Apex of the World, Edelgard's final boss theme that also plays in Azure Moon. The musical choices of Engage would also suggest the heroic Emblem Byleth is from the Silver Snow route through the pieces that make up Trial of the Academy, with the other routes being relegated to a DLC Emblem with the three lords.

i also feel that the game questions if the player is turning a blind eye if they join Edelgard. The first part of the game establishes the Flame Emperor as someone helping TWSITD with their acts in order to reap the rewards before being unmasked, with TWSITD saying they're doing these things for her benefit. The idea of the path of the beast would suggest Byleth/the player sides with Edelgard out of ignorance but when the Japanese script has Edelgard being called out by Dimitri for ignoring shit, something she admits to doing in Hopes, it really looks like the game is questioning if the player is doing the same thing.

Seriously, if Edelgard is told to her face that the people who experimented on her did so in order to create a weapon against the Goddess and her children by the person who did the experiments and killed her siblings, saying the nobility did it in order to make a strong emperor to rule over Fodlan after they stopped her father's attempts to centralize power and took it for themselves, that makes her look beyond stupid if she isn't intentionally ignoring the truth.

Really makes the case that Edelgard is initially meant to be seen as the cute girl, with the tyrant being her depth. It's not meant to be a case of "and actually, you discover she's a real sweetheart if you join her." No, Flower is meant to be a route where you didn't do the right thing and moved to stop Edelgard, instead ignoring everything to join her. You ignore who Edelgard actually is, instead focusing on her waifu-status, as well as the reality of what you are really doing.

No wonder the Korean fanbase said "she tricked me" back when it was revealed she was the most hated character there.

[readerwithnosleep]

Book Series Specific Award Show Time!!

The categories are:

Most character development.

Least character development.

Best couple.

Best friendship.

Best chapter.

Best female character.

Best male character.

Best book of the series.

Most heartbreaking moment.

Most underrated character.

Most overrated character.

Plus an honourable mention.

The series of note in this case is the Zodiac Academy (plus additions from the connected series’) as it has quickly become my favourite series. For now that is.

SO! The results!

The award for Most Developed Character goes to:

🐺Seth Capella (ZA) because holy shit i hated this dude two books ago. I would basically skim his chapters when they appeared and now I'm smiling at the page when he comes on.

🐍Ryder Draconis (RB), like damn this man went from getting murderous, or horny it depends on if Elise was there or not, every time he saw the main group to being Nebular Allies with his worst enemy and walking around with DISNEY TATTOOS.

The award for Least Developed Character goes to:

🐲Darius Acrux (ZA), I really don't like this dude sometimes because his lack of change brings me such uncontrollable anger all the time and I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL- he. does. not. deserve. Tory. Like, they are perfectly matched but that means squat when he treats her like a clueless little girl all the time.

The award for Best Couple goes to:

💙🦇BlueLance (ZA) because THESE TWO have the best and purest relationship and they are so cute but also so fucking hot and sooo fierce when fighting for one another. Nobody can even attempt to come close to them.

The award for Best Friendship goes to:

🐍🦅Ryder and Gabriel (RB) because the friendship between these two was utterly heart breaking during how it began to fully form after the first Elysian Mate bond but the devotion to eachother that they end up with is UNMATCHED in the Ruthless Boys series.

💙❤️‍🔥Darcy and Tory (ZA), these two have such a strong relationship, I mean their bond transcends the effects of the shadows from the very first moment that they use them. They were my rock, my fall-to relationship throughout this whole series and it hurt when they were separated and at odds the most.

The award for Best Chapter goes to:

🦁💜🐍Chapter 21 - Warrior Fae (RB) was SO FUNNY. Leon was a genius and that's all I'm going to say. 🦇🦅Chapter 19 - Warrior Fae (RB) was so fucking bizarre but so absolutely hilarious that it makes sense that why 'Orio' and 'Noxy' are bonded by the stars because what other friend would not double over in laughter when that happens.

💙❤️‍🔥Fire trial chapter in Darcy's POV (can't find what chapter it was) in The Reckoning (ZA) because they were so damn badass when they literally WALKED. THROUGH. FIRE. Like, goddamn. I would gladly join the A.S.S. and bow to Tory and Darcy.

💙🦇Chapter sex ed - The Reckoning (ZA) when many readers where reading the chapter through the gaps in their fingers and tears of disbelief and laughter. It was so bloody funny!

The award for Best female Character goes to:

💜Elise Callisto (RB), while yes there was limited amounts of female characters that were actually good in the Ruthless Boys series, Elise was still a complete badass and she deserves more recognition then I'm giving her in this.

💙DARCY VEGA (ZA) because this girl is amazing in every way. Imma just sum up her brilliance in this quote in which she cut Seth down to size; "Iron is made stronger in the hottest part of the fire, Seth. You didn't break me, you forged me.” I am in love with her.

The award for Best male Character goes to:

🐍Ryder Draconis (RB) because he was tied favourite with Gabe but since we barely see Ryder in the other books there is more excitement at the prospect him popping up in them.

🦇Lance Orion (ZA) THIS MAN OWNS MY SOUL. I would be his doormat if he asked me to. If he told me to. Even if he looked at it, I would materialise into it and feel honoured when he stood on me.

The award for Best Book of the Series:

3️⃣The Reckoning - (ZA), this is my comfort book. It is before all the awful shit stars to happen at the scarily fast rate that it does for the rest of the series. Plus, BlueLance forms.

5️⃣Warrior Fae - (RB) because this is where everyone gets all mushy squash and the ✨group activities✨ were great. And when they actually got on there was some absolutely amazing scenes between them all and it warmed my wounded heart.

The award for Most Heart breaking Moment goes to:

🚨🦁THE CAVE WITH EVIL, SIREN, THERAPIST BITCH AND LEON. (RB) That scene made me bawl my eyes out at like five in the morning and it was NOT pleasant. Not fun.

🐉💙❤️‍🔥Y'know what? Nobody talks about it and it annoys me. When Catalina is given a star divorce by Darcy and Tory, that shit was heart breaking because of how unhappy she was for YEARS until that moment. It was a happy moment only because she had escaped.

The award for Most Underrated Character goes to:

🐉Catalina Acrux (ZA) because this woman was so strong and despite that she treated the twins, Orion, the Heirs and both of her boys with so much of the motherly love that most of them were missing growing up. She deserved every little speck of happiness that she could carve out of the world.

🍰Middle Kipling (RB) HEAR ME OUT! He provided so many weird ass moment that had me in tears of laughter every time. For example, the wedding?? That was peak comedy.

The award for Most Overrated Character goes to:

🦟Melinda Altair (RB specifically) I did not like her one bit in the Ruthless Boys series, I mean she outed them and almost got Ryder killed, brutally, many times. Idc that she is Elise's or Caleb's family, she was a bitch in those books.

🧛🐟Caleb Altair and Max Rigel (ZA) the only times that these two are not completely unbearable are when they are with their ships. If it wasn't for Seth and Geraldine they would be such extremely pointless wet blankets. Granted, they have some leeway with this because they are useful in the seventh book but other than then they are just kind of... there.

Now, finally the honourable mention goes to...

🐀Eugene Dipper! I loved this little guy when he appeared in both series'. He was funny and he became a much stronger Fae by the ZA books and I think he deserves a mention because he managed to escape Lionel's grip.

[the-judicial-assistants-notebook]

So in the ask Tumblr ate I said

So I too have problems with the Apollo trilogy. So I will list them. But I don't wanna be too negative so I will list positives of the other games.

Apollo Justice sees Phoenix get character assassinated and how come NO ONE DECIDED TO HELP HIM GET HIS BADGE BACK!? Also the magic panties jokes just make me uncomfortable, especially since Trucy is a minor

Dual Destinies had one case that is discount Big Top (I hate game Big Top as much as the next guy, but I was introduced to Ace Attorney via the Anime where it was amazing) and Turnabout Academy, where we find out that parents of a student have been bribing the teachers to give the student good grades without the student knowing. Um...THAT ALREADY HAPPENED!? WHY IS THAT NOT ACKNOWLEDGED!?

Spirit of Justice has amazing concepts executed poorly. That's also why it's my favorite of the Apollo Trilogy. I love media with missed potential. I like rewriting

Now for postives

The first Ace Attorney everything felt grounded and nessasary. No case felt like filler.

JFA has Farewell my Turnabout. Excellent case and I love fictional kidnapping plots. It was so emotional

TandT. Mia's first case, adorable Phoenix, the first non-murder case (though it turns to murder), my favorite defendant (Ronnie!), Iris x Phoenix, more Fey clan drama, Godot, Miego, AN EXCORISM IN THE COURT!???? I LOVE THAT GAME!!!!

Investigations! Flashback case! Mini ziska protecting Miles from her father by diverting his ire. Miles getting attacked by Kay. Franziska wanting a Swiss roll but not admitting it! SIBLING INTERACTIONS!

Investigations 2! The only appearance of my favorite Ace Attorney character, Yumihiko Ichiyanagi, known as Sebastian Debeste in the fan translation. Great character development for most characters, long cases, playable Gregory Edgeworth! Also I like to believe after the events of the game Hakari Mikagami remains Yumihiko's mother figure and Edgey becomes his father figure. But this game you constantly felt in danger, and you faced dangerous people. And there was a kidnapping plot! Logic chess is amazing and KAY AND EDGEWORTH ARE PRECIOUS! If not father and daughter than brother and sister

Bonus!

In Project X Zone 2, Phoenix just wants to go home. He can't because a Bounty Hunter will kill him. He is one of like, three sane characters, the other being Reiji Arisu (original to the X series) and Chrom (Fire Emblem)

Maya is HERE for the action! She says M. Bison has a butt chin TO HIS FACE! She is having waaaay to much fun!

Apparently during the trial, Phoenix had to tell Majima not to punch the judge

Lastly, I leave you with this offical art by Fire Emblem: Awakening's lead artist

2/2 Oh I forgot to add. I played the fan translation of The Great Ace Attorney and loved it. Best depiction of Sherlock Holmes

Responding under the cut so this doesn't get insanely long!!

My issues with AJ tend to be more from the standpoint that I find the cases to be slightly poorly constructed and uninteresting personally and less that I dislike the characters/characterisation of preexisting characters. I get where the character assassination viewpoint comes from, but I don't really agree/mind it very much. Phoenix has shown many instances where he will close himself off from his friends and simply refuse to talk because it hurts him too much to do so (not telling Maya what's up in JfA springs to mind immediately, but there's also the whole Dahlia/Iris debacle that happened which he just never brings up), so I think AJ Phoenix is just that pushed to the extreme. He's also got that tendency to mimic people he's around a lot, and we know he was hanging out with Kristoph very often during that time, so I think he picked up much of his slippery, oblique nature from him as well. Plus, he's been shown to go through extreme personality shifts; it's not that strange to me to think he'd have one when his life was falling apart around him. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not huge into AJ Phoenix, but while I may not like him very much, I do understand where it comes from. He wasn't even meant to be in the game at first so like. Eh. I'm mostly just glad he's still around.

As for the no one helping him get his badge back thing, I think they were trying to help. But the whole Dark Age of the Law thing doesn't happen in isolation; a failing legal system affects an entire society, so while I think his friends were trying to assist him as best they could, and as much as they would let him (because Phoenix isn't the type to readily accept help either. It has to do with that whole being closed off thing he does, and you can't really help someone who won't let you/doesn't want to be helped. At the end of the day, Phoenix is an adult and allowed to live his life as best as he sees fit), they probably had their own issues to figure out. As the future Chief Prosecutor, Edgeworth definitely would have been caught up in the entire mess that was the Dark Age and likely would have had too many more pressing cases to handle to really dedicate his time to Phoenix's plight. Phoenix probably decided it'd be faster and better for everyone if he took care of it in his own way. It's heavily implied that Edgeworth did help with the whole Mason system that comes in at the end of AJ, so I think they were probably working on it together in the background of the games anyway. I don't have much to say about the magic panties gag, that shit is weird, you're right HAHAH I don't think anyone who's played the game has found it funny so like ??? Don't know why it's there, don't like it, next.

I actually don't mind Big Top tbh; I think it has many interesting themes about secrecy, grief and responsibility. It's just a little long and has some WEIRD decisions made character-wise. The only thing I remember about DD's version is Trucy weeping, and Phoenix failing to fly back to be with her though she's been arrested (this is the bigger character assassination imo. Wtf, Phoenix. Even if you'd be late for the trial, you could still fly home). Shockingly enough, I liked Academy (in comparison to the rest of DD anyway). It's the single case which I actually found a semblance of enjoyment from in DD; it was funny and largely inoffensive, if not much else. Yeah, I'm pretty sure they were fine reusing Sebastian's backstory because it didn't play /that/ huge of a role in AAI2 and because AAI2 was never officially localised and therefore would be less popular/well known. I'm not particularly surprised; they've done worse than reuse a plotline.

SoJ is a complete mess in my opinion, but I'm glad you liked it <3

Mmhm, yeah, full agree on the original trilogy. It's great. Same with Investigations 1; I adored every single character introduced in that game. I thought it was super fun. I largely dislike the adjustment made in Kay and Edgeworth's relationship in AAI2, but I've spoken about that at length, so I won't go into it here. I found AAI2 slightly draggy and chaotic at times, but I get why people love it, and I really liked Sebastian and Justine. It was a lot more high stakes than usual, and I love that we got to see more of the prison system and the like, that was cool. It's a good one. I like it.

... Phoenix is being hunted by a bounty hunter?? Poor man can't catch a break. CHROM??? FEA CHROM????? Omg, it's him. Omg. I love you, Chrom. AND LUCINA!!!!! LUCINA, MY DAUGHTER!!!!!! That's soooo cute haha. This game seems like loads of fun. I like it so much.

[silvertsundere]

Silver Talks AniManga (10/09/23)

no zom next week cause it'll be a recap and post will be 1 day late since jump will be on monday instead of sunday 😠 anyway start of new serialization round this week so that's fun, all the artists are newbies so good luck to them surviving the trial by fire

blue - finale/completed green - new series/new to me

Anime

Pokemon Horizons Ep21

it's funny how this worked out cause I called she was gonna catch hatenna before we even got the episode titles for this so great job myself. regardless it was a good ep, good to see riko get some spotlight and her finally catching a new mon too. some action next week with the baddies coming back so that should be nice

Atelier Ryza Ep11

nice ep, it was nice to see ryza get to show off her big brain and get recognition from (most of) the village. considering where it's gonna end next week I won't be surprised at all if they announce a cour 2, I expect it to happen even, but we'll see soon enough I guess

Zom 100 Ep7

nice ep, good to see that bastard get his comeupance cause seeing how he treated akira had me HEATED god. shizuka is very cute also, lots of good shots of her this ep. no ep next week cause it's gonna be a recap (oof) but hope that means 8 and 9 will be on time

Manga

Tenmaku Cinema Ch21 (Finale)

it's really a shame tenmaku couldn't last longer while something like nue is gonna outlive it by a bit. I really liked it, only a 7 cause it got axed prematurely so it had to rush quite a bit but it was quite good regardless. tosh's art is as good as ever and you could really see tsukuda's love for movies and knowledge coming through. the only complaint I have is how fast the mom plot got resolved since it wasn't really set up beforehand but that's a result of it getting axed early. it's a shame the jp readers didn't like it but I'll be looking forward to this duo's next work. tenmaku is getting a special chap in some months (I assume it's gonna be them after the timeskip) and next year they're doing a one shot so that should be good

MamaYuyu Ch1

new serialization round babey let's go. the only thing this author has done in the past was a one shot around this time last year but it wasn't related to this new series. the first chap was... alright. felt like a one shot really. it had some weird paneling but with some neat ideas for them a couple of times. the art's good for the most part but some of the chosen angles led to some goofy lookin faces. the monster design near the end was CRAZY tho. not really much more to say about it tho, the chap didn't set up that much. we know there's demon lords and heroes and that they've been fighting since forever but they've been at peace for 18 years now. curious to see where it's going from here since, well, they're at peace. is it gonna be isekai with the mc going to other worlds to help them? is his world gonna get invaded by more demons from other worlds? will it just be slice of life? who knows but we'll see how it goes in the next couple chaps

Dandadan Ch120

figured this chap would be to wrap up the reiko plotline, and set up the next arc, but it was fun seeing her tease momo like this. cool to see the next big baddie is a human (looking) guy since it's just been monsters so far, he has a sword too so expecting some pog stuff

Blue Box Ch116

nice chap, it's good to see taiki fired up and finally going all out against someone. it was also good seeing some progress on the ayame kyou romance cause I've been saying that was gonna happen for ages and there's been little crumbs before but today there was a really big one

Martial Master Asumi Ch12

time's flying in mma and skipping right to the fight, all while hiding nito's super move, but it makes sense, no much point spending time in a "training arc" when nito has trained all his life. looking forward to the fight next week

Cipher Academy Ch39

good chap, setting up the next arc and also giving us tayu's backstory and also saying that all this time she has been holding back which is very spooky. I'm also curious who iroha is gonna convince, my guess it's yosaimura since she said no right away but they have a really good relationship but we'll see. other guess is anonimity but I doubt it

[medea10]

My Review of Carole and Tuesday

How did I get into this anime? I’ve been wanting to watch this anime for the longest time. It’s just that when it first came out it was in ‘Netflix jail’. And not just regular Netflix jail, “Japanese Netflix jail”. After it was finally released, I found myself caught up in other ventures like Komi-san, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, and Violet Evergarden. I know, I sicken myself for that.

It’s important to note that in this story, people have the capability to live on Mars and the planet is now a terraformed, human-thriving place to live. We have AI technology to thank for that. Okay, now I see the connection to Shinichiro Watanabe directing this anime. I’ve been wondering for years why the genius behind Space Dandy and Cowboy Bebop would do this.

We start the anime with a young girl named Tuesday running away from home with nothing but her guitar and the clothes on her back. She leaves her affluent family behind and ends up in the metropolis Alba City. There she meets a keyboard player named Carole. Carole has been on her own her whole life. During the day she’s at part-time jobs (that she usually gets fired from) and at night, she plays the keyboard. Carole and Tuesday’s meeting was fate. They both connected when they jammed together. After playing on a stage for a few minutes, someone recorded their surprise performance and uploaded it online. The video became a viral sensation and caught the attention a man named Gus who wants to be the girl’s manager.

Aside from seeing the misadventures of Carole and Tuesday, we occasionally see things about a famous model named Angela. She has aspirations of hitting it big in the music industry as well and goes through all kinds of trials to be on par with all the AI generated music these days. But of course, Angela isn’t the main focus of the story, Carole and Tuesday are. They don’t even meet for real until the 8th episode. But Angela who already has name-recognition feels a little threatened by the mellow melodies of Carole and Tuesday. Let’s watch these talented ladies make some music!

BETWEEN THE SUB AND THE DUB: As I said before, this was indeed nabbed by Netflix back in 2019. Sure, it’s no problem now. But count back four years and you’ve got months of pirating or waiting depending on your patience. It eventually aired and as a collective everyone moved on to the next big thing. In later years, it looked as though Sentai Filmworks licensed it as well. Is that what Sentai is going to continue doing? Are they going to take every single Netflix anime series, license it, and redub it? Legitimately asking here! They just did that to Kakegurui. If they do, for the love of God, please don’t let them redub over the songs. And thank you Netflix for not trying to butcher the songs. I always get worried when watching a musical anime that it’s going to happen. Long story short, I loved both the sub and the dub. Here’s what you might recognize these folks from.

JAPANESE CAST: *Tuesday is played by Kana Ichinose (known for Maki on Kaguya-sama, Maaa on Made in Abyss, and Yuzuriha on Dr. Stone)

*Carole is played by Miyuri Shimabukuro (known for Inca on Fire Force and Yuuna on Tsurune)

*Angela is played by Sumire Uesaka (known for Nagatoro on Miss Nagatoro, Shalltear on Overlord, Chloe on Miss Kobayashi, Dekomori on Chunibyo, Aya on Tonikawa, and Mitsuki on Yuri is my Job)

*Gus is played by Akio Ootsuka (known for InuYasha’s father on InuYasha, All For One on My Hero Academia, Rider on Fate/Zero, Gouhin on Beastars, Kyouraku on Bleach, Blackbeard on One Piece, and Skull Knight on Berserk 2016)

ENGLISH CAST: *Tuesday is played by Brianna Knickerbocker (known for Rem on Re:Zero, Kanao on Demon Slayer, Filo on Shield Hero, Akane on Durarara, Wiz on Konosuba, and Misha on Misfit of Demon Academy)

*Carole is played by Jeannie Tirado (known for Lutz on Ascendance of a Bookworm, Norman on The Promised Neverland, Fana on Black Clover, Kanae on Tokyo Ghoul :re, Riko on Love Live Sunshine, Zera on Fairy Tail)

*Angela is played by Ryan Bartley (known for Allister on Pokemon Journeys, Ram on Re:Zero, Takechiyo on Yashahime, Yuna on SAO, Yusa on Charlotte, Futaba on Magia Record, and Gilda on The Promised Neverland)

*Gus is played by Jason Marnocha (known for Samurai Sword on Chainsaw Man)

DISLIKED CHARACTER: Mamoru Miyano or not, I don’t like Ertegun. To be fair though, there are a lot of Mamoru Miyano characters I hate. Look, the point is I don’t like this guy.

Yeah. His first couple of appearances left a nasty taste in my mouth. Even when it seems like he’s a better man with Carole and Tuesday after losing all his money, I would always be suspicious of the guy. At least with Cybelle, we never see her again after the shady shit she did. This guy, we see up until the end of the series.

SHIPPING: Tuesday sure has had her fair-share of love interests. Well, she had one. But Cybelle was too much of a stalker fan. We actually see another stalker who loved a singer too much here too. But because it’s Angela, they took care of things before she was shot on stage. The Cybelle thing kinda got crazy when she gave Tuesday a hickey and set off a booby-trap that injured her. Yeesh, this woman!

But then we see Tuesday seem a little interested in an investigative reporter named Kyle. She doesn’t have to say anything, her facial expressions and the redness of her face says it all. But one night, she was planning to give him a gift and sees him kissing another girl kinda shattered her.

Now if there’s anyone with an interesting love life that we only see a little bit of is Gus’s. Probably because of his prior marriage to Marie…who is now marrying another woman. This show is totally rep’in the LGBT+ community and I’m lovin’ it.

GUILTY PLEASURE: Yeah, I really like that Mermaid Sisters song.

Admit it to yourselves. The second you heard that song, you found yourself humming it the rest of the day.

HALFWAY POINT: Before the midway point, Carole and Tuesday made it onto the hit reality-competition show Mars Brightest. If I were to explain it, it looked like an American Idol, The Voice, America’s Got Talent mish-mash. The girls made it through to the top 8 out of over 200 contestants. But they were up against some really talented singers including several influencers plus Angela who is doing her singing debut. Their non-use of A.I.’s with their music might seem like it would cripple their chances of winning the competition, but the judges and the audience have fallen in love with the duo. It wasn’t an easy ride here. Before their semi-finals match, a disgruntled Tuesday fan set up a booby-trap that burned her arm. Cybelle was all kinds of red-flags and I pray that’s the last I see of her.

After the semis, Tuesday is kidnapped. Tuesday’s mother (Valerie Simmons) orchestrated this to bring her back home. Tuesday’s mother is a politician and in the middle of an election to become the leader of Mars and doesn’t need her “disobedient” child causing mayhem in the middle of a crucial campaign. Thankfully, Carole, Gus, and Roddy were able to break in and bust Tuesday out (with some help from Tuesday’s brother). Unfortunately for Carole and Tuesday, this bust-out happened on the day of the Mars Brightest finale and they had to hurry up to the studio to perform live. The good news was they made it in time. The bad news, they were disqualified for not being present during the broadcast. But they were allowed to perform despite being disqualified. Their performance was so moving that they were actually given a record contract.

Gus however put an end to them getting a contract from that Mars Brightest judge Catherine. Gus has been in the business a long time and would feel it would be better for the girls if they had a little more freedom when it comes to their music. And so, they all go on a journey for an elusive producer named Tobe. They lured this secret guy out and after scaring the shit out of everyone with an axe, he agreed to help the girls produce.

I know I should have put this in the sub/dub section, but I fucking love John Snyder’s voice. No one ever says anything about this guy and he plays a grizzled, old fuck better than most voice actors. But aside from that, we’ve also got Tuesday’s mother waging a war on illegal aliens in her presidential campaign, a stalker getting a little too crazy for Angela, and Ertegun being financially bankrupt.

ENDING: It’s been well established at the beginning of every episode that Carole and Tuesday were going to cause a monumental moment that will cause a seven-minute “miracle”. So, it should go without saying that the girls hit it big by the end of this series. But what do we have to look forward to before then? Angela’s agent Mr. Tao being arrested. Angela’s mother having a heart attack. Carole and Tuesday working on an album. An Angela A.I. clone. Carole’s friend detained for being an illegal alien. The Mars election. The Grammy’s. All of that happening within the final couple of episodes may seem too much, but I think it all ended quite nicely.

First, let’s get to the Angela stuff. Everyone still sees Angela as the golden child in the music industry and nearly everywhere else. Mr. Tao expanded that by creating an A.I. of Angela. His experiments do go really in depth and can get unethical. Added pressure from her mother Dahlia hasn’t helped her one bit as it just gave her severe stress. Angela ends up getting hooked on pain killers and other medications. But a sudden collapse from Dahlia changed everything. Angela learns from Dahlia that she isn’t really her mother but loves her regardless and then she dies. Angela was a wreck at this moment and still attends the Grammy’s to perform. She gets the Best New Artist award and performs…I think.

I’m not sure if she actually performed or if it was all in her head. Angela’s psychosis almost went to Perfect Blue levels. What we are sure of is that she collapsed on stage as she overdosed on painkillers. Angela’s mental state was out of control that we don’t know if she’ll ever sing again.

The Mars election has been a big thing since the halfway point. Tuesday’s mother Valerie has been climbing up in the polls with her controversial illegal immigration stances. Truth be told is that, she doesn’t really support zero tolerance deportation, that’s her campaign manager pulling those strings. Her manager is not only behind the support for deportation, but also devised a terrorist attack and blamed it on illegal immigrants. Tuesday’s brother Spenser has been trying to save his mother from making a big mistake by continuing with this election any further. Spenser thankfully wasn’t alone as he was with that journalist that Tuesday took a liking to, Kyle.

As for Carole and Tuesday, these two ladies have really been riding their luck and it’s been going pretty well for them. They were able to write the last few songs for their upcoming album, they were nominated for a Grammy, and a notable singer wants to sing with them at the award show. Crystal was a singer the girls have met once before and now she wants to perform with the duo at the Grammy’s. And it was a success!

The girls are happy here, but they can’t help but notice the state of Mars and what could become of it. Tuesday’s mother could become the leader and put in a military state. Carole may never see her friend Ezekial again. Not to mention Angela’s slight fall from grace. The duo wants to do something. They plan with their closest allies to come up with a one-night performance. Gus, Ertegun, and the rest will get in contact with people they can trust. All Carole and Tuesday have to do is write the perfect song to unite everyone who will listen. Easier said than done! Although, this series has shown that these girls were able to make lyrics and music and having it turn out successful. Will it work? We get a conclusion in the final episode for most issues surrounding this series. Valerie listens to her son and drops out of the election, but not before telling off her campaign manager. Mr. Tao got his revenge on some enemies. Tao also paid Angela a visit and gave her a little bit of closure. Both he and Angela are genetically engineered children.

And as for this special moment, many special singers came for this occasion. There were big superstars like Crystal. Past acquaintances from the Mars Brightest competition like Pytor and GGK (not Cybelle thankfully). A singer from back in the day, Flora. And even…Desmond?! I thought Desmond died! And best of all, Angela came too. It seems she’ll go back to singing for fun, like when she was a child. Carole and Tuesday brought those feelings back to Angela with their songs.

All of these artists together on one stage. This was the seven-minute miracle. This song united all who listened. And at the end, we get the message that this’ll be continued…

gasp

In your memories.

D’oh! Cock-tease! I came in thinking I was going to love this anime. I was not disappointed in that department. Netflix has a reputation for putting out hit-or-miss animes. This is definitely one of the best…after Violet Evergarden.

First, I want to talk about the music. Nowadays if the anime is a musical, the character’s seiyuu will do the singing. And that should be an expectation when I see big names like Maaya Sakamoto, Mamoru Miyano, Megumi Hayashibara, and Sumire Uesaka. But there were different singers for nearly every song. I don’t think I’ve heard this since watching NANA and I love it. Another unique thing I saw with Carole and Tuesday was that the girls did not have a spat that almost breaks up the group. We did not see that at all. These girls got along and did their music.

Next…this anime got really current with a lot of things. Yes, I know this anime is set a possible century from now…and for some reason Instagram still exists, but it can still feel relevant. Music is mostly done through A.I. influence and nowadays, it’s starting to look a lot like that. Everything is now thanks to things like A.I. generated art and Chat GPT. And of course, the big thing that stuck out at me was politics. I am in no way an expert in the subject. That wasn’t even my major in school (although coming really close to minoring in poli-sci). I’m just a regular U.S. citizen that keeps up with the news. Seeing the portion of the anime where Tuesday’s mother is talking about cracking down on illegal immigration on Mars really strikes a chord. Yeah, pretty much every administration has their way of dealing with that issue and all of them really did a really lousy job.

I’m pretty sure this anime was making a point with what the Trump administration was doing with the MICE officers. Pfft. I know this really stands for Mars Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but seeing officers wearing uniforms that say MICE on it, I couldn’t help but chuckle a bit. Another bit that was struck during Carole and Tuesday was when it came to artistic freedom. Yeah, this is another thing that I’m noticing a lot of recently. Political figures cracking down on what artists can and can’t do or make an example of. Nowadays, I’m seeing certain states ban books, songs, and other such things. Seriously, just because Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton sing about rainbows, that needs to be banned? Tennessee, do better! And Florida, you’ve never been good. Just do the whole world a favor and drop in the ocean.

Yeah, I’m gonna stop my rambling here. This anime has been a treat and I encourage anyone who loves music to definitely check this out. Netflix has the whole series available for streaming. Now, if you don’t mind, I’m going to crack down on some Bungo Stray Dogs.

[camdennightingale]

Tag people you’d like to get to know better!

Tagged by @randomisedmongoose, thank you, this is very sweet!

Last song: (well it’s the current song technically) Great War by Sabaton. My favourite band at the moment and has been for about two years now, I think that’s a record! If you want the song directly before this one, it was Holst’s Jupiter because I like classical music when the mood takes me and I love that particular piece!

Currently reading: About two thirds of the way through an old favourite fanfiction series called The Vengeance Saga, less edgy than it sounds. It’s all but a comfort food for me, I think I first read it when I was 13? Or started reading it anyway, I didn’t finish it first time around.

Currently watching: Just finished the mighty Prehistoric Planet binge and adored it. Now that’s done, I’m diving headfirst into Foundation with my family, getting ready for season two!

Current obsession: Tbh, it’s probably Prehistoric Planet and dinosaurs in general! It’s inspired me to remake my old dinosaur hunter ocs, brought me back to Prehistoric Planet (my most deeply beloved), and even reminded me of a book series called The Extinction Trials. Rather good, highly recommended!

Time for the ol’ no pressure tags!

@electricpentacle @borealopelta @reticulathefirst @smolsleepyfox @the-wandering-fire @williowpane-academy @queenofswordsanddumbshit @amen-and-a-tank @coffeelovinggayidiot

[flux-goodra]

Ok so uh hi new guy here. Had some ideas for a RWBY Pokémon trainer AU kinda thing. So uh here goes.

These are my team ideas and how they got them thoughts for Team RWBY. This also includes Delta Pokémon and Megas from the fan game Pokemon Insurgence.

Ruby’s Team:

1. Budew that Yang helped her catch as her starter from a young age. By the time the show starts it’s already a Roserade.

2. Zoroark, formerly Summer’s Pokémon. Fiercely protective of Ruby and loyal to the family.

3. Scizor. Formerly Summer’s as well, a reliable battler and the mega on both Ruby and Summer’s teams.

4. Type-Null. A mysterious Pokémon Ruby found at Beacon in a lab belonging to an ex-professor who had been fired from Beacon (a reference to the villain of Grimm Eclipse the video game). It would evolve during the events of Vale’s Fall.

5. Drilbur, a Pokémon Ruby befriended at Mountain Glenn during Volume 2 and evolves into Excadrill during the fight at Haven Academy.

6. Delta Emolga aka Little, a strange Pokémon that Ruby encounters when separated from everyone on Ever After.

I would say in this AU that because of how Tai supposedly falls apart from the loss of Summer, Ruby ends up growing closer to Pokémon to the point where she can hear them similar to N and Iris. I would also say that in this AU that silver eyes allow the ones with them to activate bond based gimmicks like Megas without the components, so long as you are aware of them. For that reason alone, that kind of thing is very rare to find in Remnant.

Weiss’s Team:

1. A Snorunt that becomes a Froslass before the beginning of series 1. A gift from Winter and has gone through the same sort of upbringing as Weiss so they’re MIRROR images of each other.

2. Hisuian Sneasal, a gift from Winter to congratulate Weiss on getting into Beacon but one with the lesson of how to be around those with more “wild and erratic behaviour” like Weiss’s classmates. Becomes a Sneasler upon the return to Atlas

3. A Ralts caught during the school trip to the Forever Fall Forest. It would help Weiss with her emotions as her withdrawal from them would only cause Ralts harm. As Weiss learns to accept her emotions and come into her own, Ralts would evolve into Kirlia by Series 1’s end with the acceptance of Blake; and into Gardevoir when Weiss speaks out for her classmates at her father’s party in season 4. This would become one of her Megas during the Hound’s attack in Volume 8.

4. Zangoose, a Pokémon given to her by Raven as form of an apology for the kidnapping (and also to curry favour with Yang). A brutal fighter but becomes loyal seeing how Jacques affects Weiss, and how Weiss defends him from Jacques attempting to “get rid of the vermin”.

5. Absol, a Pokémon caught in Atlas that comes to warn them about Tyrian. It would later come out of it’s pokeball when Ironwood turns on them and any additional time they were in serious danger. It would come bearing a mega stone, as it was secretly once Klein’s Pokémon.

6. Kubfu, a gift from Willow after the attack on the Schnee manor. Given to Weiss for her strength and courage. It would evolve into the Multi-Strike Urshifu in Ever After from experiencing the vastness of the ocean.

Blake’s Team:

1. Litten, a gift from Ghira to ensure Blake would have the strength to follow her convictions. It would be a Torracat by series start and evolve into Incineroar during the battle at the Belladonna Manor.

2. Riolu, a gift from Kalli to ensure Blake was surrounded by those she could trust. This little one would be the first indication that something was wrong with Adam and the White Fang. It would evolve into Lucario in the fight where Blake and Sun meet on the ship in vol 4; and become her mega during the final fight against Adam.

3. Starly, a common Pokémon she catches during the forest trial back in Vol 1 which she uses to find the shrine with the relics in record time. It evolves in the fight with Roman’s mech (that looks like a tyranitar in this au) into Staravia; and evolves again into Staraptor to save Blake and Yang from Adam in Vol 3’s Fall of Vale.

4. Axew, a cute little fella she catches in Menagerie while scouting for Illia. It evolves into Fraxure in the charge against the White Fang at Haven; and into Haxorus to save her from the acid spitting Grimm at Schnee Manor. It is also shiny and Blake finds the mega stone for it in Ever After.

5. Sobble, found in the fountain of the town from Volume 6, evolves into Drizzile while fighting the mech and then into Inteleon against the Ace Ops.

6. Johtoan Sneasal, befriended in the dust mines of Atlas after it got its leg caught in rock and was freed by Blake. Very loyal and one of the few to keep up with her on rooftops. Evolves into Weavile after being given a razor claw by Robyn for telling her about Ironwood’s plans.

Yang’s team:

1. Jangmo-o, her starter given to her by Tai (the child of his own Kommo-o). Yang’s sparring partner, evolves into Hakamo-o in the Yellow Trailer and then again into Kommo-o in the final fight against Adam. Can use it’s Z-Move.

2. Teddiursa, a Pokémon she caught in Patch, is an Ursaring by Vol 1, evolves again into Ursaluna in Volume 4 to give Yang the fire to go back into the world.

3. Impidimp, a Pokémon she catches during her recovery period in Vol 4. Becomes Morgrem when she confronts Raven at her camp and becomes Grimmsnarl against the Ace Ops.

4. Murkrow, a gift from Raven (a child of Raven’s Honchkrow), the behaviour of it is a glimpse at how Raven would’ve raised Yang, evolves into Honchkrow during the rescue of Oscar.

5. Blitzle, a Pokémon caught in mistral to help tow her bike to the farm in Vol 6. Strong and hardy, it evolves into Zebstrika to save Ruby from Neo in Vol 8. Yang would find it’s mega stone in Ever After.

6 Torchic, upon arriving in Atalas and getting their licenses, Qrow would approach Yang to give her this little floof and exclaim how proud he is of her (cause we need more of them together I swear to god). After some training with her team it would quickly become Combusken during the Vol 7 training montage and become a Blaziken to shield Yang from the Oscar-Hazel explosion in Vol 8 and would be gifted a Mega Stone by Willow for her efforts to protect her family from the Hound.

[malecftmaxrafe]

This is not an actual cuestion but, could you make a list with all the books of Cassandra Clare? If it is a problem it's okay. Sorry if I have bad English I am using the traductor 😁

My english is not good either 😅

But yes, here is the list:

The Mortal Instruments:

City of Bones.

City of Ashes.

City of Glass.

City of Fallen Angels.

City of Lost Souls.

City of Heavenly Fire.

The Infernal Devices:

Clockwork Angel.

Clockwork Prince.

Clockwork Princess.

The Dark Artifices:

Lady Midnight.

Lord of Shadows.

Queen of Air and Darkness.

The Eldest Curses (w/ Wesley Chu):

The Red Scrolls of Magic.

The Lost Book of the White.

The Black Volume of the Dead (no publication date yet).

The Last Hours:

Chain of Gold.

Chain of Iron.

Chain of Thorn (january 2023).

Complementary:

The Bane Chronicles (w/ Maureen Johnson & Sarah Rees Brennan).

The Shadowhunter's Codex (w/ Joshua Lewis).

Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy (w/Maureen Johnson, Sarah Rees Brennan & Robin Wasserman).

Ghosts of the Shadow Market (w/ Maureen Johnson, Sarah Ress Brennan, Robin Wasserman & Kelly Link).

Extras:

The Penultimate Hours (A collection of short stories covering the various characters in The Last Hours, originally released monthly in the leadup to Chain of Gold.)

Secrets of Blackthorn Hall (Secrets of Blackthorn Hall is a multimedia, serialized novel that is being released online for free here: @secretsofblackthornhall The story takes place months after The Dark Artifices. Art by Cassandra Jean.)

We Jace you a Clary Christmas (A Holiday Compendium of Clace Extras).

Others:

Shadowhunters and Downwolders: A Mortal Instruments Read (Is a collection of pieces by YA authors writing about the series and its world.)

An Illustrated History of Notable Shadowhunters & Denizens of Downworld (Art by Cassandra Jean. This anthology showcases beautifully illustrated portraits alongside never-before-known details from Cassandra Clare about all your favorite characters.)

All the Stories are True: Classics Reimagined in the World of the Shadowhunters (is an illustrated, collaborative project by Cassandra Clare and Cassandra Jean that involves pairing characters of Shadowhunters to retell classic fairy tales through illustrations.)

Upcoming:

The Wicked Powers (undated trilogy).

Not about Shadowhunters:

Magisterium (w/Holly Black).

The Iron Trial.

The Copper Gauntlet.

The Bronze Key.

The Silver Mask.

The Golden Tower.

Sword Catcher (september 2023).

[v-thinks-on]

I’ve concluded the entire V.F.D. plot could be removed from A Series of Unfortunate Events and not that much would really change...

Count Olaf pursues the Baudelaires and kidnaps the Quagmires for their fortunes, not for anything V.F.D. related anyway.

As far as I can tell, the author didn’t even have the idea for the V.F.D. until The Austere Academy (which only includes a quick reference to it by the Quagmires that doesn’t really change anything). 

The Baudelaires would still be looking for the Quagmires in The Ersatz Elevator and could end up in The Vile Village just as part of the “it takes a village to raise a child” program.

Count Olaf could still frame the Baudelaires for his murder in The Vile Village; Jaques’s identity doesn’t really end up mattering in the story anyway and Olaf’s goal is still just to get their fortune.

The Baudelaires are then forced to go on the run and end up in The Hostile Hospital and could break into the records room in hopes of finding evidence of Olaf’s past crimes, and find the suggestion that one of their parents may have survived the fire.

After the hospital catches on fire, they have nowhere to go but to sneak into the back of Olaf’s car and go with him to The Carnivorous Carnival, and Madame Lulu can just be torn between helping Olaf and the kids.

As he leaves the carnival, Olaf still traps the Baudelaires into escaping with him into the mountains on his search for the Quagmires and the Baudelaires’ possible surviving parent.

On The Slippery Slope, the Baudelaires can still run into Quigley searching for his lost siblings, who he knows are high in the air (hence mountains).

The burnt-down V.F.D. base in the mountains could instead be the home of a family friend or one of their parents’s childhood home (raising some questions about their parents’ past for later).

The man with a beard but no hair and the woman with hair but no beard could be cut from the story as a whole with little impact (sorry).

For The Grim Grotto, the Baudelaires can still end up being rescued by a submarine, which could just be exploring the area underneath a factory (also relevant for later), and of course they’re pursued by Olaf in a vessel of his own (take or leave the weird, unexplained question mark).

The framing of the The Penultimate Peril would of course have to change, but a lot could actually stay the same, with everyone brought to the hotel in an attempt to put Olaf and the Baudelaires on trial (rather than a V.F.D. gathering).

And, of course, The End, non-sequitur that it is, would be essentially unchanged (and could possibly even answer some established questions about the Baudelaires’ parents, rather than new ones for this book).

[chiinferno]

A.X.E.L.

AXEL is an Ancient Robot created by Robert Tanner during the Golden Age of Robotics. Although he was passed off as having been built to fight in the popular Robot Battle Rings that were all the rage at the time, in reality, he was designed to be a secret weapon to fight against the Shadow and his army. AXEL is powered by a special, and rare energy source and can be recharged with Quantum Energy. Since his creation, AXEL's lifelong dream is to have hair. This later evolves into a desire to appear more human-like in general, as well as a passion for Hair Styling.

[eznii]

im putting this here because im bored but anyway if anyone wants to see all the media ive ever consumed then go ahead >>

bolded and underlined  interests are media i am in love with

just bolded interests are media i actually like

italicized interests are media that i dislike or don’t care about

and all the rest are media im indifferent about/dont remember well :)

GAMES:

ace attorney

alicia online

all the homestuck games

among us (lol)

ark:survival evolved

assassins creed (first 3 games)

creativerse

danganronpa

disco elysium

doki doki literature club

dont starve together

dragon age

fez

friday night funkin

hades

horse isle 2

howrse

jackbox games

minecraft

moonbase alpha

persona 4 and 5

portal 1 and 2

robot unicorn attack

scribblenauts

shelter 1 and 2

slime rancher

star stable online

stardew valley

subnautica

terraria (kinda)

the sims

the stanley parable

the witcher (1 so far)

undertale/deltarune

wobbledogs

BOOKS:

all for the game series

beast quest series

brothers lionheart

curious incident of the dog in the night time

carry on/wayward son/any way the wind blows series (rainbow rowell)

cinderella is dead

gentleman’s guide to vice and virtue

good omens

grishaverse

hitchhikers guide to the galaxy series

locked tomb series

lycanthropy and other chronic illnesses

narnia series

omniscient readers viewpoint

percy jackson series  (minus the kane chronicles and the trials of apollo)

rainbow magic fairy series

sherlock holmes (assorted stories)

song of achilles

warrior cats (minus the latest two series)

wings of fire

witcher series

MOVIES:

https://letterboxd.com/eznii/films/ (my letterboxd account for literally every movie i remember watching, the ones with 5 stars are the ones i like the most)

SHOWS:

a series of unfortunate events

arrow

austin & ally

bbc ghosts

bbc sherlock

body of proof

bones

brooklyn 99 (acab)

bunk'd

castle

derry girls

dirk gently

doctor who

dog with a blog

elementary

euphoria

first kill

galavant

ghost whisperer

good luck charlie

good omens

h2o: just add water

hannah montana

hannibal

hbo betty

heartstopper

i am not okay with this

jessie

kickin' it

killing eve

kommissar rex

lab rats

letterkenny

leverage

leverage redemption

liv and maddie

lucifer

macgyver

mako mermaids

medium

merlin

my babysitter's a vampire

my cat from hell (lmaoo)

one day at a time

our flag means death

parks and recreation

prehistoric planet

powerless

pushing daisies

riverdale (only s1 tho)

schitts creek

sonny with a chance

squid game

stranger things

supernatural

taxi brooklyn

thats so raven

the addams family

the blacklist

the curious creations of christine mcconell

the flash

the good place

the mentalist

the suite life of zack and cody

the suite life on deck

the witcher

tuca and bertie

umbrella academy

what we do in the shadows

wizards of waverly place

zeke and luther

ANIMATED SHOWS:

6teen

adventure time

american dragon: jake long

arcane

avatar (the last airbender and legend of korra)

camp camp

carmen sandiego

centaurworld

clone high

danny phantom

daria

dreamworks dragons

family guy

fantastic four

futurama

gen:lock

gravity falls

harley quinn

hilda

infinity train

invader zim

johhny bravo

kick buttowski

kid vs kat

kim possible

kipo and the age of wonderbeasts

lolirock

love death and robots

miraculous ladybug

monkie kid

moomin

motorcity

my little pony (gen 4)

over the garden wall

owl house

phineas and ferb

randy cunningham: 9th grade ninja

rapunzels tangled adventures (not caught up yet)

rick and morty

rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles

rwby

samurai jack

she-ra and the princesses of power

sonic boom

south park

star vs the forces of evil

steven universe

supa strikas

teen titans

the dragon prince

the midnight gospel

total drama island

voltron: legendary defender

wander over yonder

ANIME:

aggretsuko

ajin

another

ao no exorcist

assassination classroom

banana fish

beastars

boku no hero academia

brand new animal

castlevania

cowboy bebop

danganronpa

darling in the franxx

deadman wonderland

death note

death parade

demon slayer

devilman crybaby

dr stone

fairy tail

flip flappers

fruits basket

full metal alchemist (brotherhood)

ghibli movies

ghost stories (english dub)

girls' last tour

great pretender

haibane renmei

haikyuu

hunter x hunter

interviews with monster girls

inuyasha

inuyashiki

jojos bizzare adventure

keep your hands off eizouken!

kill la kill

komi-san cant communicate

little witch academia

madoka magica

mirai nikki

miss kobayashi's dragon maid

mob psycho 100

neon genesis evangelion

no.6

no game no life (smh)

noragami

one punch man

ouran high school host club

parasyte

pop team epic

promare

puparia

re: zero

revolutionary girl utena

revue starlight

saint young men

school live

sk8 the infinity

so im a spider, so what?

soul eater

spy x family

steins; gate

sword art online (smh)

that time i got reincarnated as a slime

the disastrous life of saiki k

the promised neverland

toilet-bound hanako-kun

tokyo ghoul

toradora

violet evergarden

way of the househusband

wolf's rain

wonder egg priority

zombie land saga

PODCASTS:

alice isnt dead

archive 81

ars paradoxica

death by dying

dreamboy

girl in space

imbalance (taz)

kaleidotrope

king falls am

love and luck

marvel's wolverine

mbmbam

scp archives

stellar firma

the adventure zone

the bright sessions

the magnus archives

the orbiting human circus

the penumbra podcast

the strange case of starship iris

the two princes

time bombs

welcome to night vale

wolf 359

wooden overcoats

zero hours

COMICS:

17776

amaranth

avas demon

castle swimmer

fangs

heartstopper

homestuck

lore olympus

lovebot

muted

scoob and shag

YOUTUBE:

aphmau’s mc diaries

all the life series (3rd life, last life, double life)

brian david gilbert (+ his polygon series)

ena

freemans mind

gayle

half-life vr but the ai is self-aware

half-life: alyx but the gnome is alive

hermitcraft

monster factory

penny snapcube dubs

red vs blue (rooster teeth)

scp confinement

the gay and wondrous life of caleb gallo

the most popular girls in school

the walten files

MUSICALS:

a very potter musical

beetlejuice

dear evan hansen

firebringer

hamilton

heathers

the guy who didnt like musicals

MUSIC:

100 gecs

glass animals

idk how but they found me

lemon demon

lil nas x

marina

mother mother

my chemical romance

panic! at the disco

the hoosiers

they might be giants

twenty one pilots

weathers

UNRELATED INTERESTS:

astrology

dinosaurs

greek mythology

horses

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MID YEAR BOOK TAG

thanks for tagging me @the---hermit <33

number of books i've read so far : 45 (not counting dnfs and books i put on hold)

best book you’ve read so far in 2022 : i'm not gonna count rereads for this bc surely we all know those take the cake; my faves have gotta be beach read, the anthropocene reviewed, the love hypothesis and a marvellous light

best sequel you've read so far in 2022 : again - not counting rereads (the dream thieves and the raven king), the one i enjoyed most was probably lovers like us

new release you haven't read yet, but want to : oh definitely book lovers and we all fall down

most anticipated release for the second half of the year : the atlas paradox. period. (though honorable mention to the sunbearer trials)

biggest surprise favorite new author (debut or new to you) : oh idk this is quite hard, i was surprised by how enjoyable i found ali hazelwood's writing, but i gotta say i love loved freya marske's writing that made me give a historical fiction story 4.5 stars; overall though, i'd say emily henry is def among my faves now (even though people we meet on vacation wasn't really that good for me. but beach read? LOVE.)

newest fictional crush : augustus everett, need i say more.

book that made you cry : :) no book has ever made me cry (yet)

book that made you happy : well obviously the ones i mentioned as my faves, but also my beloved rereads of the dream thieves, the first two aftg books, also top secret and the charm offensive (idk, i've been in a huge romance mood this year) + i reread the vampire academy which was my ride or die when i was younger so you know it sparked so much joy

most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received) : i adore the design (both the colors and just the visual image) of exciting times and cursed bunny (this one is GORGEOUS irl, both the front and back cover), but the prettiest is def the one i bought for myself on my bday when i of course went to a bookstore with my best friend - all that's left in the world (it's even prettier irl)

what books do you need to read by the end of the year? : oh don't get me started lmao - lemme just list 15 that come up first bc u bet i have plans for this year asdbhjnkql; the tarot sequence, under the whispering door, hepdale rain trilogy reread, iron widow, the atlas six reread & the atlas paradox, the house in the cerulean sea reread, the picture of dorian gray, bunny, cursed bunny, portrait of a thief, kingdom of the wicked, alone with you in the ether, the locked tomb series (reread #1 and read the next 2), the cruel prince

Tagging : @upside-down-uni, @hold-fire, @dutch-polyglot, and whoever sees this and wants to do this (i mean it)!

[vamlau]

VAMLAU (vam•laow): Vampire Academy Miraculous Ladybug Alternate Universe

A Guide To A Fic I Will Never Write

Vampire Academy: A book series by Richelle Mead, released between 2007 and 2010. Adapted into a movie (bad) and a show (bad). Miraculous Ladybug: You know this one.

The VAMLAU features Miraculous characters in the world of Vampire Academy. No Vampire Academy characters feature/exist in this AU.

Oh, and you can just call me Vam.

Icon by Ceejles

RELEVANT VA GLOSSARY:

Moroi - good, living vampires. Moroi drink blood regularly and feel weakness in the sun, but age and die in a lifespan that is only slightly longer than a human. Each Moroi has an elemental magical ability, such as Fire, Water, Earth, Air, or the mysterious and rare Spirit. All Moroi have the ability to compel other Moroi, Dhampirs, or humans, but Earth and Spirit users have the most natural control of this. Moroi are pale, thin, and tall.

Dhampir - the offspring of a Moroi and another Dhampir (or, in the distant past, a human). Dhampirs have enhanced strength and speed, but do not require blood or have any weakness to the sun. Dhampirs do not have magical abilities, and two Dhampirs cannot have children together. Dhampirs typically work as protectors and guardians to Moroi and train for this position until they are 18. Dhampir are indistinguishable from humans from a distance, and are generally shorter, stronger, and more tanned than Moroi.

Strigoi - evil, undead vampires. Any Moroi, Dhampir, or human can become Strigoi if drained by a Strigoi and fed blood from it. Strigoi are ruthless and emotionless, without a connection to elemental magic while retaining a strong control over compulsion. Strigoi drink their victims to death and prefer the blood of Moroi above all others. Strigoi are deathly pale, with red irises.

Royals - some Moroi are of Royal Families. The Moroi have an appointed monarch, always from one of these 12 families. The head of any Royal Family is called a Prince or Princess, and any other Royal Moroi is given the title of Lord or Lady. The Moroi monarch will typically name their own successor, always from a family other than their own, but if no successor is named then a series of trials will determine the next ruler.

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tagged by @christianfoxymc for 10 favorite characters from 10 different fandoms, thanks for the tag!

1. Dewey Duck (Ducktales 2017) 2. Meg McCaffrey (Trials of Apollo) 3. Winter (Wings of Fire) 4. Sunny Baudelaire (A Series of Unfortunate Events) 5. Kellar Haines (All The Wrong Questions) 6. Jackie Sanders (Greenhouse Academy) 7. Aaron Mitchell (The Mitchells vs. The Machines) 8. Goldilocks (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish) 9. Mirabelle Harris (The Kicks) 10. Piper McLean (Heroes of Olympus) (the only reason i'm not tagging anyone else is because. i do not know anyone else. but i will start tagging people in these games once i do! also if anybody wants to be tagged, pretend i tagged you. then i'll tag you for real next time. this is a foolproof plan.)