#also also mari is highkey built as fuck.

[carbonateddelusion]

@intrusiveprince

This is Mariposa (they/she)! Their whole deal is obsessive love over their childhood friend, Rea (they're t4t girlies). They're also the daughter of a god of suffering and evil, Teuflisch, but they don't know that.

She was a relatively normal person (albeit still harboring deeply obsessive, repressed feelings for her memory of Rea) until her girlfriend raised her hand to hit their child, Polilla. Something went awry in Mari's brain and she snapped, dedicating herself from that moment onward to the planning of her girlfriend's murder. After the deed was done, she found herself feeling empty and lost... and then she rediscovered an adult Rea working at a coffee shop, and it was love(?) from that point onward. Mariposa's yet to make an actual move or even become her friend, being too fixated on making sure everything is PERFECT and lines up correctly for them to be lovers, but that doesn't stop her from obsessively stalking Rea. Something she is.. surprisingly good at, for someone who literally glows at least.

I'm still developing her but I love her a lot <3<3

I should mention though, Teuflisch and Rea are @peapod20001 's characters, not mine :> and so are what species she is (devil, clown, and reaper)

[nat-20s]

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I got five words for you: jonmartin pride and prejudice au

More words on this- i think i deserve aus where Jon is the one that starts pining real hard real fast while Martin is like UGH this FUCKIN GUY...oh wait...unless...... and what better au than one of the best love stories ever imo. like god pride and prejudice slaps so fucking hard it is the MOLD which all "not technically enemies but definitely people that didn't want to end up at the same parties to lovers" has been built and "grumpy character that's secretly a ball of awkwardness but cares SO SO DEEPLY about His People" with "Personable and charming character that's deeply sarcastic but also secretly just as flawed and complex as grumpy character" is SO FUCKING GOOD AND ALSO!! THEY!!!!

My casting list:

Mr. Darcy- Jon (self explanatory, bad at first impressions, full of love)

Lizzie Bennent- Martin (also self explanatory, funny and sarcastic, lowkey highkey judgemental, kind of goin through it tbh!!)

Mrs. Bennet- Martin's mum, but like. Less awful. Still not great, but at least slightly cares about the wellbein of her son.

Mr. Bennet but not really, mixed with the Gardners- Simon Fairchild. is NOT married to martin's mum, but is the uncle figure that sort of fills a couple of roles

Jane Bennet- Sasha :-) (she's Martin's older half sister in this au, and he ADORES her. Shared mom, different dads)

Kitty/Mary- not in this au lmao

Lydia Bennet, sort of- Gerry. Is actually a live in nurse to Martin's mom, but ends up in the shitty situation that Jon secretly helps out with

Charles Bingley- Tim!!! foot loose and trauma free because his brother is fine in this. speaking of,

Caroline Bingley- Danny. I'm so sorry danny u were probably a nice dude in tma canon before you got got but in this au you're petty and low key in love with jon. that's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes okay

Charlotte Lucas- Basira. Not a cop in this, obviously. But like..getting married for practical reasons rather than romantic? that seems very much a basira move to me

Mr Collins- Daisy lmao. WILDLY different personalities, but fufills the narrative role of proposing to Martin initally to end up marrying basira instead. Instead of being a pastor, works security for Lady Catherine

Lady Catherine- Gertrude. Not actually related to Jon, but basically took him on as a ward when his parents died. She doesn't technically control his estate, but she considers herself in charge nonetheless. Expects him to marry her nephew

Anne De Bourgh- Micheal Shelly. Justification is that i mostly thought it would be funny

Georgiana Darcy- who else but Georgie? Not Jon's sister, but she is his other best friend, and she DO be wingmanning

Colonel Fitzwilliam- Melanie! I feel like she would absolutely think she was hyping Jon up when in reality it's like *activates Martin's rage mode*. Also idk i feel like the original character were also mlm/wlw solidarity and I want that to stay

W*ckh*m- okay I want to say this beforehand, but he is NOT a romantic interest for anyone in this au, and he uses/ manipulates people in an entirely different way than wickham does in p and p, with all the focus on the financial aspect. He's a schuckster, not a seducer. But yeah anyway it's elias/jonah. Ugh.

so. yeah. There's definitely some alterations I would make to the original canon, and im not sure if it would be regency or semi modern or anachronistic, but yeah. What it says on the tin. Pride and Prejudice au.

[prairiedust]

Gimme Shelter livewatch under the cut.... I was on my phone when I wrote it so apologies for the typos

“Patchwork Community Center: Care Given to All” with a huge, lurid heart. Hmmm.... patchwork having two meanings here.....

Pastor (?) has 2 Timothy 2:22 tattooed on his arm! “Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” (NIV) Are we looking at growth and found family in this episode?!?

Oh that’s the alleyway!

Hitting mythology themes— Connor is an Anglicized version of an Irish name— Conchobar mac Nessa is maybe the most famous bearer of the name, from Irish mythology— he’s the king who lusted after Deirdre and had her locked up until she came of age, which is probably neither here nor there as far as this poor Connor is concerned...

That thing has a big lurid heart on his overalls better run lol— Oh shit it’s an evil Teddy Ruxpin!!!! Thanks Davy Perez!!!!

That’s the thing animal control uses to manage aggressive animals??? Is this saying something about the Patchwork people?

And that’s it for the cold open.

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The uh, the mcfuckin what, the Camelot Palace Casino? Is this a tour of the legends of Ireland and Britain all of a sudden? What’s with hitting this theme so hard so fast?

Uh-oh the whole Highway to Heaven reference has me side-eyeing Dean’s suggestion for Cas snd Jack to leave the bunker... Dabb even “spoiled” that line in a tweet lol... in that show the cop and the angel got their (vague) assignments from the big guy.......

Oh SHIT “we’re standing in what I call ‘the trap zone’” Perez is coming for my whole life with this episode!!!! And they’re doing highkey “season one totally-normal Winchester investigation questions script” I love it!!!!

“Slasher flick” Oh we’re revisiting Mint Condition. This is fine.

AND TOMBSTONE THIS IS NOT FINE DAVY! We’re running the good times backwards what did I say about this being the flipside of Last Holiday!

H2H again but this time it’s sus... plus I’m with Zack, I totally want the cozy murder spinoff I imagined Adam and Michael doing plz

Oh the Cas and Jack dynamic here is so sweet.

Pastor just leaving his door open like there’s no such thing as a thief bless his heart. They must be torn up about Connor but Pastor was the last one to talk to him so he’s sus I don’t make the rules.

Oh no Red’s a THIEF!!! Who ever would have guessed. Okay I did NOT expect that jumpscare because of the way Connor’s murder primed me, that was masterfully done.

That’s vaguely an Ohio Star quilt square on the sign behind her except um I forget what that tilted square in the center turns it into? It’s chiming with something... I’ll have to look that up later.

“Divide and conquer” no never split up in a slasher movie that’s how you get murders use the buddy system!

Gonna stop a sec because I just realized that Zack is two-faced. The British dandy was an act. The killer is wearing a Cinderella mask. Ok I’m gonna make a prediction that Zack is actually the killer, a la the demon in Repo Man...

Okay there was definitely a beat after Dean said “Glad soneone’s taking charge” [ofHell] and the focus shifted to Sam. Hm.

“We’ve got to set her up for her own death” so meta, these writers are gonna shred us.

I love being shown how much Castiel has changed throughe Jack not understanding the Kool-Aid reference. And the cats line lol. That’s both amazing and poignant.

That’s a log cabin pattern in the cafeteria. Home. Makes me think back on other quilts we’ve seen this season and if “weaving” is the right metaphor for writing lol. I mean, the action of “patching” is synonymous with “mending” or even healing, but patchwork is also a craft with a long, long history in America (idk if quiltmaking is called patchwork everywhere) of taking a few often mismatched fabrics and cutting and sewing into something beautiful. There are generally two kinds of quilt tops— patterns, like we’ve seen so far in this season, which are carefully planned and involve precise measurements, and “crazy quilts” which also require skill but are often more freeform and piecemeal. But both aspire to be beautiful. That’s an interesting way to conceptualize a serial text... as both creating and mending....

That prayer was sweet and not at all what I was expecting.

I get the finger-cutting for Valerie (stealing=sticky fingers) but not for Connor? Tenuous connection still betw lying and writing? It’s evocative of Se7en but the killer seems to have the same MO for all the killings (I attended CSI for a while.)

Snow White is making me uneasy. Oh she’s the preacher’s daughter... we’ve seen that in early days, too.... oh.... oh....

It’s not the AV guy despite having seen all the AV equipment around Valerie. That’s too easy.

“A saint is a sinner who keeps trying-“ no scroll back, the important part was “we all have to take care of each other.” That’s a theme in the series.

She’s all in pink....

dean and amara on the same wavelength about food lol

Ha ha inversion of “oh you’re a fan of religion? name all seven gods then.”

Castiel’s testimony just wrecked me.

“Members serve the gift of food” hmmm the signs in this episode are tip-top

Gonna just watch for a while.

Oh crap “each is a finger” oh it’s about the sins of the father— No Cas no, you’ve fallen for the misdirection!

Oh okay good, Chuck’s not done snuffing worlds. That had me REALLY WORKED UP ha ha because Amara has no reason to lie right?

That was a really good conversation.... and implying that Former Death bent the truth...

Oh fuck I’m gonna cry “I wanted younto see that your mother was just a person” YES! DISMANTLE THIS MYTHOLOGY AMARA!!! Name it!

THE MYTH THAT YOU’D HELD ON TO FOR SO LONG did they just— THEY DID

rigging the game— ftfoh with the casino metaphors already we know the house always wins except when it doesn’t

Lying, lying, lying,

Do we even know Snow White’s name yet? And why was Connor a liar? Because I think we can make a guess at this point.... ah ha ha her name is sylvia— “forest spirit” she’s Mrs Butters— and she’s after hypocrites— but the killing isn’t supernatural, just churchy?

Oh shit SHE IS A DEAN MIRROR IF SHE STABS JACK I’LL FLIP A DAMN TABLE

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Okay so “Dad” steps in and stops Sylvia’s attack on Jack...

Why is that Zack? What????

“I’ve been lying to you” oh here we go

Oh it would be death #3, remember what Dabb said about threes a long time ago, two attempts that are unsuccessful and one that satisfies the parameters— but no he’s a jack :((((

I have to stop watching for a while.

Okay I finished it. Holy cats do I have some Thoughts about this episode.

What I loved: Revisiting Dean’s anger, BUT the parental mirror here (in retrospect, at least for me) was a John mirror-- all the mothers (exc for Rowena) in this episode are dead. And Pastor Joe didn’t apparently embrace his wife’s faith until she had died, and then his vision was radically different than his wife’s was-- much like John’s reasons for becoming a hunter were vastly different from Mary’s... but much like “patching” this subtext was possibly even more “healing” than having John back in the 300th ep... This was... looking at a child’s anger when they’re in the middle of their own family mythology. Am I implying that Dean’s anger is immaturity? Eh, it’s... unripeness. I have an old meta in my drafts about the heroine’s journey and why Mary’s story conformed to it while feeling totally unfulfilling in her actual character arc and I’m so glad I sat down and examined that rather than finish it. I have a lot I want to say about Cas’ testimony too, but that has to sit a while. ALSO also, Cas has already thrown away his shot by making the Empty deal, right?....

LANGUAGE! Cas saying “I found myself lost” is a bonkers sentence, right? It’s like when people say someone “turned up missing”-- AND it does not have the same meaning as “I realized I was lost”-- you get a double whammy of the connotation “to search for.” I loved loved loved how language was such a big deal in Last Holiday and then again here, I need to rewatch while paying closer attention to Sylvia and things she says... but these two were sister episodes in so many ways, that when I said there was a “lack of narrative mirrors” in Last Holiday, that’s only because the lens for that kind of reading is Gimme Shelter. That is not the first time spn has played with a “coin” or paired structure-- I think the first time I noticed it was Fan Fiction/Ask Jeeves but I was a transfer student from another fandom at the time lol. But of course, we get a huge truth bomb at the end of the episode, and again that splashy cymbal all over lying...

What I got wrong-- Zack wasn’t the killer but he’s fishy as hell-- he stole Sylvia! Is this part of Rowena’s “people generally end up where they deserve to be” except she’s built in an express lane? “Do you need a driver” is that his actual job now? Taking unripe souls to Hell Orientation? What’s up with him being there... the other shoe did not drop. So there is a third episode out there somewhere where this might get wrapped up? The conversation between Dean and Cas can easily be something that happens offscreen, and I don’t think that it would be the first time we miss an “important” conversation, especially since we know roughly what will be said and how it will wrap up-- it’s an “open text” of a sort. Maybe a fanfiction gap lol, I can’t wait for the codas.

Also, the fingers thing being Sylvia’s father’s favorite analogy is where she got her MO, something that I definitely didn’t see, although it fits right in with her father’s slightly pithy character. I think it’s interesting again how we’re playing with threes and fours. Three fingers got cut off but it was apparent that Valerie (valorious one) wouldn’t die until finger #4.... Jack really seems to be our last hope.

[truly-a-birb]

Watched Wonder Woman and oh boy here’s a shit review I guess (soft spoilers under the cut)

First of all about the female lead: nothing out of the blue honestly. It’s not like she had a ~womanly breakdown~ nor did it paint her as solely a mary sue so i mean just. she’s a human character good job DC

I mean I could celebrate this as a feminist win or smth but i’m just. not gonna touch that really. cause. yeah

CGI: Good till the end. Last part really distracted me from the “realism” of the story and the end battle sequence where she kills a bunch of dudes? too much CGI there. Like before Ares goes and actually tries to fight her? It was great. The whip was a bit distracting in earlier scenes cause obvious CGI is obvious, but it’s ok.

on the battlefield it’s also p obvious so :/ but also there might b more I missed since i was watching at a drive-in theatre

Gayness: no gayness at all, but i’m gay for wonder woman ;0 (wonk)

Plot: stereotypical superhero plot, with every single little twist and turn kinda obvious. But for a simple plot DC nailed it quite well(for once lmao) for such a basic plot, I have to say. I’m glad that the plot was simple this time! Nothing too convoluted to do like Batman v Superman! Nothing too hard to do like Suicide Squad! God Bless!!!

Ares has a final form it’s w i l d y’all

highkey hate the ending where it goes “lol love saves the day :^)” cause like. love for this one dude showed her how ok humanity is and she just pummels the shit out of Ares like ok I guess ending it before that would be fine or even before Ares but i guess not

Characters:

Wonder Woman was p complex, with Diana slowly coming to terms about humanity and that they are not pure good nor evil. Although the bs ending of “love trumps all” was kinda shoehorned in :/

Steve White Love Interest was ok but I kinda tuned out during the romantic subplot and since we were at a drive-in theatre I just watched Baywatch for like a good 5 min. Loved watching Dwayne Johnson beat up a man. Liked the dialogue between him n WW tho that was nice

The three guys going along with our duo were interesting but not terribly incredible. I still like them tho

Everyone else was kinda lackluster but still had “quirks.” They can’t all be winners I guess. :/

Bad guy was the stereotypical “I AM TRUTH. I WILL TEAR HUMANITY APART. EVERYTHING THEY BUILT SHALL FALL. AND FROM THE ASHES OF THEIR WORLD, WE SHALL BUILD A BETTER ONE.” kinda deal so :/  but he’s not as bad as apocalypse from fuckin X-men Apocalypse lmao ALSO THEY DIDN’T HAVE ARES HAVE SOME COOL FINAL FORM WHERE HE COVERED HIS FACE OR WHATEVER SO I HAVE TO DEAL WITH SOME OLD-ASS WHITE DUDE IN A EUROPEAN ACCENT AS THE “BIG BAD GUY.” DISCUSTING ares just looks gross as fuck basically l o l like the big baddie is built up so much and then. they drop it. and don’t give the man a decent final form. sadness

Cinematography: First and second act of the movie is great!!! Finally DC has gotten down “show don’t tell” for the most part.

Action shots are typical n kinda slow.

Some scenes are still too dark for a night scene, so I can’t make out what’s going on. The jokes aren’t infantile like Suicide Squad (g o d) so the movie does well with the “subtle” humor. THE FIGHT SCENES. oh my god when you finally get to see wonder woman kick ass it’s so great??? like holy shit she could destroy an army and it builds up so much for you cause now you’re thinking “god if she can wreck mortals like this how about the fight with Ares?? cause Ares can kill gods?? how’s she gonna beat him???”

but then the third act drops all that momentum. Third act is predictable and gross and the slow-mo slows down the final fight too much and CGI gets in the way. Then there’s some bs about “love saving the day” even though White Love Interest kinda just dies. He’s gone. rip rop

Really reminds me of like Kubo and the Two Strings where they start out so good with such a great beginning and a nice middle but the end just kinda falls flat, which sucks so much.

Audio: no clue, since again I was at a drive-in theatre so who knows

Final thoughts: So as the second DC movie I’ve seen, it’s good. This isn’t on a “Dark Knight Rises” level yet, but for this new era of DC flicks, Wonder Woman is conventional but pretty solid. good like 5/10 my dudes.