#and seeing how simple the gymnast performances are

[colorisbyshe]

LeBron James' athlete, young son had a heart attack yesterday and it really just illuminated how fatphobia doesn't just hurt fat people.

Like, a lot people were blaming the vaccine because... why else would a fit teenager have a heart attack? To be clear--I know a lot of these people would be blaming the vaccine even if he was hospitalized because, idk, he went skydiving and his parachute didn't deploy. They'd blame the vaccine if he lit himself on fire. I know that.

But a lot of people who //wouldn't// blame the vaccine were also baffled and looking for explanations as to why an athlete so young could have a heart attack.

What people don't understand is a lot of "wellness" and "fitness" culture is fucking kill yourself. The pursuit of thinness, athletic ability, and obvious muscle tone is dangerous and can be lethal. A lot of it involves starving yourself, dehydrating yourself, and then pushing your body past its limit. People try to min-max their physical form and end up destroying it.

And I know this isn't specifically about fatness but I think there's a massive issue where people see someone with some flab on their stomach and feel comfortable saying "Oh, you're gonna die young, put down the cheeseburgers" as if a. having fat on your body is a consequence of bad choices and isn't just... some people's natural state and b. making a 'bad choice' (that would harm literally no one else) makes it okay to predict and mock someone's death.

But we cheer on young people, often EXTREMELY young people (a lot of sports have people peaking as teenagers, in their early or mid 20s) working themselves to death, permanent injury, or brain damage. And we can sometimes recognize that's happening--a celebrity with a too prominent rib cage or too hollow a face--but when muscle is involved, we assume that's a sign of good health.

When most muscle that prominent is a sign of extreme dehydration, extremely taxing diets where people starve all day and then have three course dinners, and likely dysmorphia and disordered thinking and/or eating.

A lot of sports--and not just the full contact sports that we associate with injury like football or wrestling--are extremely dangerous. But people would rather demonize fat people for just existing, not even knowing what choices did OR DID NOT come into play, than like... investigate why we need young people pushing themselves so fucking hard to throw and catch a ball.

To be clear, this is me both saying leave fat people alone AND hey... maybe we need more protections for athletes. This is me saying the same culture that is used to punish fat people is killing non-fat people as well (or at least putting them on the brink of death).

We need to change our understanding of wellness and fitness. Both in the sense that we need to stop demonizing people for being "unwell" or "unfit" (whatever the fuck that might mean) but also to stop promoting actually unhealthy things to reach the VENEER of wellness and fitness. A lot of people into fitness and wellness are at infinitely higher risk for health problems than fat people and are often actively encouraged to continue this dangerous behaviour.

Athletes who can dribble a ball real well but are having heart attacks at 18 are not well. They are deeply unwell. And we need to pull back, as a culture, on using them for entertainment if this is the cost.

[pinkpigtailsprincess]

My SpiderVerse Dr ೀ⋆｡ 🎀🪼⭐️

?? . . . “Alright Let’s Do this One last Time” … 𓈒 ݁ ₊ > 📟

╭ ‧₊˚ CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTER

Name: Anastasia Aya She

Nicknames: Ya/Yaya,Spider-She,

Age: 14/15

Blood Type: O-

Birthday: 2/14/09

Ethnicity: African American/Soulaan

Race: Black

Zodiac sign: Aquarius

Pronouns: She/her/They/Them

Gender: Girl (im lowk curious i might b genderfluid tho)

Sexuality: Asexual + Omnisexual

Height: 5,9 (put me on the court‼️)

| ‧₊˚ SPIDER-GAL! 🌺 ⋆.ೃ࿔*

spider suit !! ⭐️

Spider name: SPIDER-GAL 🌺

special abilities ⭐️

pink venom; because of the kind of spider i was bitten by i can lace my webs with the pink venom from the spider

intuitive adaptation; The user can instantly learn and understand the workings and mechanies of anything, regardless of how simple or complex. They can comprehend the complexity and exactness of events. organisms. objects, subjects. fields. powers, ete. without the need of long-term or special education, or explanation.

Almighty Mind: The user possesses an almighty, supreme and omnipotent mind, meaning the user has a mind on the same scale as an Omnipotent being if it were to have one. This means that the user has unrestricted and absolute access to all aspects and segments of the mind on an omnipotent and infinite scale.

honorable mentions; matter manipulation,gymnastics,contortion,and all the other little spider powers!!

Earth: 999

spider suit details + color scheme ( I HOPE YALL SEE THE VISION LIKE I DO I TRIED MY BEST I SWEAR)

╰ ‧₊˚ ANASTASIA SHE ୭₊˚ 🌺

POPSTAR by day , SUPER HERO by night!! 💫

she has a crippling case of arachnophobia…(big sigh),She attends a prestigious performing arts school,she was bitten by a pink widow spider (made it me self🤭),shes a yamanba gyaru (if you didn’t already notice)🪼

villians; Venom (lowk frenemies),Black Cat,Chameleon,Mister Negative!!

Spiderverse friends: (pre ATSV); Miles Morales,Penny Parker,Cindy Moon,Scarlet Spider

Theme Song; Va Va Voom - Nicki Minaj

[searchingforakeythatdoesntexist]

It started as it will end, with a garden with this post -> link

"Stuntman / Stuntwoman / Stuntperson: a person employed to take an actor's place in performing dangerous stunts on purpose"

Day 12 : “Funnier my way” - Good Omens, Gymnast/StuntPerson AU

Aziraphale *angry*: You're being silly! Hurting yourself like this...

Crowley *pouty*: Naaah. Stunt person, that's what I am!

Aziraphale: Well, Dear, it is dangerous. *sigh*

Crowley: *sigh loudly* It's not if you're doing it professionaly. And I am. Very professional. Me.

Aziraphale: ...

Crowley: ...

Aziraphale *kindly*: Does it still hurt?

Crowley *softly*: ...Yeah. Still hurts. But doing it my way is funnier, Angel.

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Don't forget to 💕/ reblog ;-)

Personal challenge: a simple sketch each day

Goal: forcing me to keep things simple - inking, shading, just a few sashes of colour

Improvement pursued: to get the movement, the emotion, finding how to add depth, learning how to leave things barely finished

Max time allowed: 2 hours instead of 8-20 on my previous projects - well, 2 hours for the complete sketch, then 1 more hour for editing their lovely quotes - AND drawing the Minisnake!Crowley.

Today's theme chosen by me: Well, this time it definitely feels like it's the theme that HAS CHOSEN me. I was scrolling on Tumblr and found this old "Gymnast Vs Stuntwoman" video I have already seen on YouTube months ago. But my GO-rotten brain made me think "WOAAA this is splendid AziraCrow Arrangement's vibes, doesn't it'". Aaaand... Voilà.

Trivia: when I started this Challenge, I wasn't very comfortable with Aziraphale soft curves - partly because I always tried to draw unrealistic bodies and "healthy" (whatever that means) silhouettes, and partly because it reminds me of my own bigger roundnesses and I can't stop feeling ashamed about it. But now I like to draw realistic Aziraphale more and more, sometimes plushy, sometimes a little bit more muscular (you'll see it in my future Ice Skating Tribute). It is a long road for me, but I like it a little more each day .

Trivia2: I love so much their wings tattoos. And I am particularly proud of the winged-sword because when I imagined it, it only took 10 minutes doing it. I am having so much fun in this Challenge, because I don't have time to think or hesitate. It's very refreshing for an indecisive and perfectionist artist like me.

How did it start? I reblogged here but my brain didn't want to stop...

"Hey, Good Omens Fam, listen, listen.

Is it just my Good-Omens-rotting brain speaking, or there is some Aziraphale/Crowley's Arrangement vibes here?

Feels like a kind of funny Fem!AU to me...

Aziraphale: If I may? *performs their gymnastic routine with a perfect sense of timing, beautiful and powerful, everything is neat, calculated, an rightful Angel in disguise with their sculptural body and their lovely blond curls*

Crowley: My turn. *performs the exact same gymnastic routine with an almost-perfect sense of timing, failling clumsy and weirdly sensual, everything seems chaotic but it IS (?) calculated, an bloody Demon in disguise with their messy gestures and their red disheveled long hair*

Aziraphale: ...

Crowley: WOT? Job done!

Aziraphale, *sincerely concerned* : Mate, didn't you just hurt yourself on this last jump?

Crowley, *blushing*: Ha! No way. I am a professional. Very professional, me.

Aziraphale: ... ... .... *raise eyebrows*

Crowley, *blushing A LOT*: ...Yeah. Still hurts. But my way is funnier, Angel.

Aziraphale: Oh dear. 🥺🙄😌"

And YES, the stuntwoman dit it ON PURPOSE - almost of it. See for yourself, they are so lovely, having so much fun together.

[jennibeultimate]

hiii this is random but !! ive been watching the olympics gymnastics and im kind of Obsessed and wanna get into watching gymnastics not just once every 4 years ?? wondering if u have any advice on where to start !! coz i know Nothing lol :))

Hi, you're welcome!

There is plenty of gymnastics to watch all year round. The Olympics is the highlight though every 4 years!

Btw I also got into watching artistic gymnastics by seeing the Olympics (20 years ago 🤯, when watching was depending heavily on terrestrial broadcast).

I am not really sure if I am the best to explain artistic gymnastics and tbh I am not following gymnastics as closely as 10 years ago but I still try to give some advices. I hope it helps. Pls ask if anything is unlcear.

I think in short the best advice is to just watch as much gymnastics as you can 😁 With time you will see and understand more about the sport.

A short and incomplete introduction into artistic gymnastics:

Let's start with some basics:

There are different kind of gymnastics, but I assume anon talks about artistic gymnastics as this was the most prominent discipline that gets most attention.

The governing body of gymnastics is the FIG. You can find a YouTube channel, an Instagram account and a Twitter account.

There are two shortcuts for artistic gymnastics. Men Artistic Gymnastics = MAG and Women's Artistic Gymnastics = WAG.

Male gymnasts perform on 6 apparatus (Vault, Floor, High Bar, Parallel Bars, Pommel Horse and Still Rings), female gymnasts on 4 apparatus (Balance Beam, Uneven Bars, Vault and Floor). The All Around (AA) competition is the most prestigious as you have to be good on all apparatus.

I would not bother with understanding everything about the points for the start, but for the basics there is a Difficulty Score (D-Score) and an Execution Score (E-Score) for each routine. The execution score will be deducted starting by 10,0. The difficulty score is open end. How the deductions on the E-score work is far too complex to explain in a simple post but you can watch out for landing errors, going out of bounds on a landing on Floor and Vault, pointed feet and bend knees, just to name some common errors. A fall is easy to spot and is always 1,0 off. The D-Score works different. Each element has a value starting by A and going up to H. A has 0,1 difficulty and H has 0,8. The 8 most difficult elements count towards the D-Score. There are some different requirements on each apparatus what you have to fullfill, but it would lead to far here to explain.

Competitions:

Artistic gymnastics has a World Championship every year except in the Olympic year, so that's the event to watch out most besides the Olympics. It always happens some time in October each year. Next World Championship 2025 will be in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Before the World Championship there are multiple other competitions to watch. There are championships on continental level (European Championships for example), World Cups and national competitions. And more but these are the competitions I would put my focus on. The Nationals of the USA are probably the most hyped and easily accesible via YouTube. European Championships have various broadcasts on TV but also have their own streaming site here Most events have some form of livestreaming or videos accesible afterwards.

Watch just as much as you can from competitions. You can always rely on Youtube videos. Also old videos are fun to watch.

Gymnasts and countries I recommend to keep an eye on:

I will focus on those who compete at the Olympics this time, but tbf getting into gymnastics at the Olympics may be the worst time as a lot of gymnast you'll see at the Olympics retire afterwards. So next year you might not see many returning ones...

There are plenty of amazing gymnasts but the post is already far too long, so I'll point out a few of the best and a few of my faves. (There sadly is a picture limit per post on Tumblr)

WAG (Women's Artistic Gymnastics)

I guess this name is familiar but always worth mentioning: Simone Biles 🇺🇸(superstar of the sport, called "Greatest of All Time" GOAT and frontrunner for the last decade - most decorated gymnast of all time. Olympic AA champion 2016 and 2024, World AA Champion 2013,2014,2015,2018,2019,2023)

Rebeca Andrade 🇧🇷 (World AA Champion 2022, Olympic Silver Medalist 2021 and 2024, Olympic VT Champion)

Qiu Qiyuan 🇨🇳 (2023 Uneven Bars World Champion - great Beam and Bars worker - just won Olympic UB Silver 2024 few hours ago)

Some others worth mentioning (sadly not pictured):

Kaylia Nemour 🇩🇿 (2024 UB Olympic champion - first African gymnast to win a medal at the Olympics)

Sunisa Lee 🇺🇸 (2021 AA Olympic Champion, 2024 AA & UB Bronze Medalist)

Flavia Saraiva 🇧🇷 (the most fun floor routines and gorgeous beam)

Elsabeth Black 🇨🇦 (fan favorite, 2017 Worlds AA Silver Medalist, 2022 Worlds Beam silver medalist)

Team USA is without a doubt the strongest nation in WAG. Not only did they win most of the team competitions the last decade, but also with quite a margin. Team Italy and Team Brazil have fought their way up to the top with Italy having a balanced team of gymnasts who can score evenly on all events and Team Brazil having superstar Rebeca Andrade who contributes massively with huge scores. Team China imo has the prettiest gymnastics of everyone but their weakest event Vault prevented them from winning team medals since 2014. Their strongest events are Beam and Uneven Bars.

(From left to right: Team Italy, USA and Brazil)

MAG (Men's Artistic Gymnastics)

Zhang Boheng 🇨🇳(World AA Champion 2021, Olympic AA Silver Medalist 2024 - tbh the best AA gymnast atm but battling with injuries and lost the AA final by a few tenth despite having a fall)

Daiki Hashimoto 🇯🇵 (Olympic AA and HB Champion 2021, World AA Champion 2022 & 2023)

Shinnosuke Oka 🇯🇵 (Olympic AA Champion 2024, World Junior AA Champion 2019 - the surprise AA Olympic Champion. Just 20 years old with a bright future)

(Shinnosuke Oka (left) and Daiki Hashimoto (right))

Zou Jinyuan 🇨🇳 (Olympic PB champion 2021, World Champion - the cleanest execution on parallel bars and overall you'll ever see)

Some more MAG gymnasts worth mentioning:

Carlos Yulo 🇵🇭 (first Philippine gymnast to win a world title and Olympic title - great AAer and Floor and Vault specialist - 2019 FX World Champion, 2024 Vault and Floor Olympic Champion)

Ilia Kovtun 🇺🇦 (2021 Worlds AA Bronze medalist & 2023 Worlds AA Silver Medalist)

Team China and Team Japan are those to watch out for the titles. They have the best teams and are far off all other countries atm (with Russia's team banned who won in Tokyo 2021) Team China is very strong on Still Rings and Parallel Bars. Team Japan is very strong on Parallel Bars

(Podium from left to right: China, Japan and USA)

Team USA unlike in the women competition are not frontrunners, but have received the Bronze medal at this games with hitting 18/18 routines. Other teams to watch out are Team Great Britain and Team Ukraine. Team Ukraine are the current European Champions are strong on Parallel Bars and Vault. Their weakness is High Bar which costed them the team medal in Paris. Team Great Britain has strong gymnasts on most events, most prominently Vault, Pommel Horse and Floor.

(Team Ukraine at the European Championship 2024 - from left to right: Nazar Chepurny, Stelmakh, Oleg Verniaev, Igor Radivilov and Ilia Kovtun)

About artistic gymnastics fandom:

If you wanna talk about gymnastics you can join the fandom, called gymternet. (The experience to see your faves suffering together may sting a little less 😅)

Tbh I am maybe not the right person to ask about fandom side of gymnastics (I am mostly active in figure skating fandom). There are a couple of "fandom" sites I use to follow gymnastics news: The Gymternet (link here) and The Balance Beam Situation (link here) (this one is a bit more on the "drama" side with the reporting)

For more fandom stuff you should better ask someone else for advice.

______

And while I am at it I also recommend watching rhythmic gymnastics, it's different but very beautiful. And the competition at this Olympics is about to happen from 8th to 10th August 2024! (Tbh by now I follow RG much closer than AG)

[kasienda]

Adrino Mixtape - Music

Thanks to @bbutterflies for organizing Adrino week! I'm loving all the adrino artwork and stories!! Feeling absolutely spoiled and well fed!

Read on Ao3

Day 1 - Music

Nino knew that Adrien could play the piano, but he had been banned from the mansion, and Adrien didn’t usually perform in public, so Nino had never had the pleasure of experiencing it even though they had been friends for more than a year. 

There was an old upright piano in the back of the drama room that was never used. Several keys were chipped, and others didn’t work at all. Nino found Adrien sitting there, alone, his fingers ghosting across the tops of the keys.

Adrien’s eyes were closed, no doubt hearing the music in his head. Nino was surprised at how badly he wanted to hear the notes implied by Adrien’s movements, but he also never wanted to make Adrien uncomfortable. Everyone else in Adrien’s life did that, and Nino always aspired to be the exception. 

Adrien started, his hands dropped down to his sides. “Hey! I didn’t realize anyone was here.” 

“I don’t mean to crash your solitude. Do you want me to go?” Nino jerked his thumb back the way he had come. 

Adrien offered him a smile. “No, please don’t. Do you…” Adrien licked his lips. “Do you want to hear it?” 

Yes! He wanted to hear it so badly! 

“Only if you’re willing to share,” Nino said.

Adrien lifted his hands again and began to play. It was terribly out of tune, but that didn’t matter because Adrien’s fingers danced across the ancient keys, up and down creating a waterfall of delicate cascading notes.

Nino didn’t know the song. It didn’t sound classical like Nino was expecting. It was something else, starting off soft and simple and then building in complexity and intensity.

Adrien’s whole body moved with the music, expressive in a way Nino had never seen his friend, like Adrien was finally at home and in his element, totally relaxed when no one was watching. 

Adrien wasn’t just playing a song, he was living it. And Nino understood that in his soul. It was exactly how he felt sitting in front of a mixing board with a tune of his own haunting his head and robbing him of sleep until he brought it into being. 

Watching Adrien play, Nino felt understood in a way he never had before. 

Adrien’s fingers performed gymnastics as the song built in tension, crescendoing into the climax, before releasing like a wave returning out to sea. 

The final not lingered in the air, and neither of them moved or spoke until the final echo had faded. 

Only then did Adrien open his eyes and turn to him with a soft smile. 

“Any notes?” he asked.

Nino had to blink. “What?! No! You’re amazing! I had no idea! We need to start a collaboration.” 

Adrien laughed. “I see how it is. Just like everyone else, you want something.” 

Nino’s face crumpled. “Mec! I didn’t—“ 

Adrien’s teasing smirk stopped in his tracks.

“Ugh. You totally got me.” 

Adrien chuckled again. “But seriously, did you like it?”

Nino nodded. “You’re really good. Umm… thank you for sharing it with me. What even were you playing?” 

Adrien cheeks bloomed in heat. “Umm… it’s from an old video game. I can send you the original track.” 

Nino nodded enthusiastically. “Will you okay it again? Am I allowed to record you?”

Nino was already making plans to make a remix of the original track — that he hadn’t even heard yet, but that didn’t matter — to make it sound more like Adrien’s playing. Though maybe Nino would add his own twist to it. 

Adrien hesitated. 

Nino stopped in his tracks again. “I don’t have to.” 

Adrien smiled reassuringly. “No, it’s fine. Just, if you post it anywhere, I need to be uncredited.”

Nino smiled. “You got it!” 

This was going to be amazing! It would be more amazing if Adrien had access to a better piano. Maybe he could get a fundraiser going to get the school a new piano - a digital one that would be easier to maintain. 

His thoughts faded away as Adrien started the song again.

[hollowsart]

Who is to say Harley isn't also lying when she says certain things about herself, a trait she could have picked up during her time with Joker who is a notorious chronic liar.

so her saying random stuff about herself and why she is able to do certain crazy things like having some wild ability to perform immaculate gymnastic feats.

From all we actually know, she was an ex-criminal psychologist who went to work at Arkham for her own personal reasons. I highly doubt a criminal psychologist would know gymnastics. cheerleaders from a high school level also wouldn't know how to do a whole lot of crazier gymnastic level tricks that one would see in more professional and college level cheer-leading.

I want to see a Harley comic that tells her story in the way of: She learned some things from her time with Joker, but she wasn't that great at doing a whole lot and wound up being Joker's own little punchline. She wasn't very acrobatic. She was just a criminal psychologist.

(cut for length, but PLEASE GIVE THIS A READ)

the story following her from her point of leaving Joker and going to try and find herself. Learning to do more than merely shoot toy guns and be the pretty little lever puller or sexy distraction for Joker to use so he can get away scott free (before she escapes and tells him off and he has some cruddy excuse to keep her at bay).

We follow Harley as she seeks out other villains that are more limber and acrobatic and have some level of gymnastic skill and seeks training from them. She's still not great, but she's determined to get better. All the while, she's helping them with her psychology. She's highly intelligent and able to help them with any sort of problem they may be having.

I could even see her trying to get some lessons from Grayson (Nightwing?). Knowing he has some acrobatic skills and all from the way he moved in all their encounters. She gets him to keep this a secret from Batman. just between them. Maybe she even spills a little info to him about herself. personal stuff about how she may or may not be feeling like she could do good and help people. Like that's where she originally started and why she became a psychologist in the first place. but she got carried away, grew too fascinated with the criminally insane, finding them more interesting than the simple everyday man.. and that was her downfall to how she ended up where she was now.

She definitely gets a lot of the skills she needed from learning and training with all these people. learning about herself and developing a new sense of self. At one point even joining Catwoman on some runs and trying her best to keep up and imitate some of her movements while jumping from building to building, climbing up walls and more. She struggled and slowed Selina down, but Selina was patient enough to give her some pointers and advice.

Harley thinks too much. she's too logical. She needs to think more freely and have some faith.

genuinely I don't like a lot of the comics and media that make Harley seem more like a careless blonde bimbo type. where she is a ditzy airhead without a brain and without any care for others. making her out to be like The Joker only female and more stupid.

SHE WAS A PSYCHOLOGIST. SHE IS INCREDIBLY INTELLIGENT AND I WANT HER TO BE SMART AND SHOW THAT SIDE OF HERSELF OFF.

She KNOWS what she is doing. she is VERY AWARE. She isn't just being a little goofball clown without a brain.

I wanna see more of Harley depicted like this. where she's cunning, calculating, but FUN. She knows her intelligence and shows it off every now and again to the surprise of many. Even Riddler would be thrown off but have some respect for her because of the level of intelligence she shows to him. Solving some of his own riddles he deemed difficult. She thinks differently and that's a very useful trait.

[salty-an-disco]

feel free to use this ask to talk about hero?? or contrarian or per chance both :? mayhaps about their hobbies?

*bounces excitedly*

(this is in the context of a general post-leaving the construct AU where the world is relatively modern)

I feel like Hero would get into carving. He really likes the movement of knife to wood, finds it relaxing, and likes getting to see a simple piece of wood slowly transform into a recognizable shape. Maybe not all that recognizable, at first, but he’s still getting the joy of creation! I think he’d especially enjoy carving all kinds of animals. He never saw any animals before, and now not only does he get to see them, he can try to replicate their shape! (I specifically made him take a carving knife in that crows cabin on my fic cuz of that; he took it for Hunted, at first, but Hunted will let him keep it after seeing how much he enjoys carving)

Contrarian would try out all kinds of things once outside, that’s for sure. They’d go bowling, try rollerblading, juggling, magic tricks, and just all kinds of stunts just to see what it’s like (Cold often tags along too, those two are a dynamic duo to me). As for what sticks, though, I think they’d really take to spray painting and performative dancing. I also hc them as really athletic and flexible, despite not having much in terms of physical strength, so I can also seem them taking gymnastics classes then dropping it once they get bored and trying something else.

As for both you say? OwO

Hero frequently goes along with whatever Contrarian’s into atm (it gives him a chance to try new things, and more time with Contrarian! win-win!), and even ends up taking to some of the things they try. I can see him really enjoying bowling too, actually. And everytime Contrarian sees some animal-themed object (mugs, toys, other wooden carvings, etc) he takes a photo to send it/show it to Hero. Hero has a whole collection of animal-themed mugs that are all a gift from Contra. Contra also keeps all of Hero’s carvings on a display shelf; Hero asked them to at least pu away his very first ones, but Contrarian insists it’s important for an artist to display all their stepping stones with pride (also, it kinda looks like a penis, and they find that hilarious).

[so-this-is-hell]

What type of roles do each of the deadly sins have? (By roles i mean job applications just to be clear)

OH BOY HERE WE GO

Ok so note this part is where shit is a little fucky because I’m trying to iron out the sins but I have NOTES

Lucifer

Lulu is essentially the overseer of hell and the ultimate judge of things, usually you do NOT want to be presented before Lucifer because it means you fucked up so badly that not even Minos wants to judge you. This is added with their ringleader aesthetic and more trickster way of performing magic, they are the ultimate power in hell and will let you know.

Leviathan

Being the secondary power of hell, the original prisoner of the place and one who can navigate the abyss. Leviathan dips her toes in a lot of things but she’s mostly the head of weaponry and magic, as her body is essentially covered in knives. Because of this she’s the knife thrower or more finesse performer.

Mammon

Being literally named Money, he’s the economy. He runs banks, treasuries and entertainment in hell. If you see commercials in hell, it’s because of mammon. He’s mostly the buffoonery in circus (clowns, jesters, mimes), and thus he has a soft spot for clowns and jesters.

He also creates Homunculi, which takes the form of weirdly sentient robots or flesh golemns that follow orders.

Belphagor

The sleepy genius is the head of hospitals and technology, she’s the reason why there’s smart phones in hell. Granted she often has to update hell to human’s standards and gets some things wrong, which is why the internet is fucking horrendous half the time in hell… but like that’s a torture for sinners so win win? She’s also the contortionist and gymnast, considering she was born before the invention of wheel chairs she knows how to move herself around without her chair.

Beelzebub

The gluttony demon is the head of food, nothing too thrilling. Farms, food factories, and party houses where people can indulge as much as they like on empty calories and empty serotonin. Beelzebub is the acrobat and trapeze artist and often hosts parties in hell, mostly to keep the peace among the sins and try to bridge gaps.

Iblis

The Strong man of the circus and the head of transportation, he mostly oversees trains and gates and such and works with leviathan to keep gates of hell regulated. He and his wife Babel are also the creators of the species of imps, thus imps are considered a bit more revered in wrath. His ring also has fight pits and mines for coal to run the trains so yeah.

Asmodeus (spoken as one person as the job is considered for one person)

The animal tamer and breeder of hell, his job is simple. He makes potions, breed demons, make new types of demons, run the nightclubs and bars, and oversee the more feral type of demons. He also oversees political marriages, although he finds marriage dumb as hell. He’s also the one who oversees succubi, one of the only species of demon who commonly still go to earth without being summoned.

Belial

Since she’s Lucifer’s kid and the future ringmaster, her parent has made her the carnival barker of sorts. She runs limbo with Minos and Charon, overseeing souls and sorting them while also overseeing demon contracts with mortals and even making deals herself. She’s the sin that everyone considers the weakest one, since she’s the sin of betrayal and she happens to be less eager to murder than the others. But don’t let that fool you, she is still feared in hell… just not AS much.

Overall they are all rulers with their own set of retainers, armies and such.

Hell they are more akin to emperors while right under them are often 3 kings who do things to keep their stations running. Example being asmodeus has a king who can turn off the fertility of people whenever.

[irlwakko]

OKAY my thoughts on the punishments that Mal gave all of the alters in Total Drama All Stars! Because @fraudulent-cheese asked and I've been waiting YEARS for someone to ask me about my theories!

(Disclaimer: I know the writers probably didn't put this much thought into this. I know that I'm being one of Those Total Drama fans and I categorically Don't Care because I have so much fun thinking about this.)

The reason I use the word "punishments" first of all is that 1. I need an easy name to call them to group them all together and 2. I do genuinely believe these are punishments Mal gives the alters as revenge for forcing him into dormancy. Because I ALSO think that Mal scaled them to how much he hated/blamed that particular alter.

(As an aside, there's a LOT to be said about Mal spending a formative period of time in juvie and then modeling his punishment for the alters after a jail, as Manitoba says. I wish we knew more about Mal's time in juvie so I could talk about this more.)

The first person we see is Mike, who's just all alone surrounded by (it seems like) miles and miles of nothingness. And I think his punishment is the worst, but we'll circle back to him.

Chester's punishment is really obvious: he's stuck selling skateboards because it's a symbol of the youth nowadays, which he absolutely hates. There's also something to be said for the fact that Chester's working a retail job, wherein you have to be constantly standing, and we know Mal took away Chester's mobility aid (which he had in the innerworld in Season 4 and did not have in Season 5). He probably didn't think Chester was capable of escape, but also put him in a position where he'd eventually become so physically incapacitated that he COULDN'T escape.

And ALSO, to skip ahead a little (sorry I have a lot of thoughts on this), Mal knew that even if everyone began to escape, Chester's legs would give out long before they reached the tower (which requires five people to enter). Mal was counting on the assumption that the others would leave Chester behind once he became unable to walk (more on this later!)

Second up is Svetlana, and though I don't know why Mal picked fish, I know why he picked butter: simple, because Svetlana's a gymnast. You can't do gymnastics if your hands are covered in butter. Being unable to do gymnastics would not only physically incapacitate her but also completely demoralize her. More than the physical impediment, the hopelessness of the situation would keep her from escape. I also think the reason he kept Svetlana under such close surveillance (the ears everywhere) was because he knew he might need physical control of her in the future (which we see when he forces her to co-front in order to fight off Alejandro).

Third is Vito, and Vito is my FAVORITE of these because his "punishment" isn't a punishment at all. It plays to all of his strengths! We already know that Vito loves attention; he would love to perform. Secondly, it's obvious by his reaction to his own joke that he REALLY enjoys cheesy jokes. Third-- and this is where I go from reaching to REALLY reaching, but bear with me-- in a very literal sense, Mal chose Vito as the mouthpiece through which he can speak to the rest of the system (the puppet is the only way we see Mal communicate with the alters, outside of the mirror he uses to talk to Mike, and only once).

Also, on rewatching the full scene to write this post, I wanna say two things I noticed: first, Vito seems... not all that surprised that the puppet can talk. He does clarify that he "didn't say nothin'" after puppet-Mal starts to talk, but he's mostly startled that it flew into the air and caught on fire. Everyone screams in terror when the puppet starts talking except Vito. Maybe Mal communicated more with Vito than we saw on camera. Mal must sleep, but we never see him sleeping, so it could totally happen then (<- completely delusional). And second, especially compared to everyone else, Vito doesn't seem all that enthusiastic. His exact words are "Woah, uh, sure" (in comparison to Chester's "I'm with ya", Svetlana's "hoorah!", and Manitoba's "took ya long enough"). It seems like he mostly just follows along because that's where his "audience" is going and also because he wants to find the club district.

So finally Manitoba! It seems like, besides Mal, Manitoba's the alter who feels the most animosity towards Mike, so it's understandable that he'd give Manitoba the job of destroying Mike's dreams (besides the fact Manitoba has lasso skills, I also think any other alter would probably refuse.) (Also, I think Manitoba's the gatekeeper/dreamkeeper/etc. of the system, so he'd be the one with easiest access to the dreams, but all the reasons I think THAT is a different essay for a different day.)

Also, like Vito, Manitoba's "punishment" actually plays to his strengths instead of to his dislikes and weaknesses, so like Vito, I think Mal doesn't feel too much hatred towards Manitoba either. Also understandable! Because it seems like Manitoba has a lot of the same criticisms of the system's inner workings as Mal does.

So what ARE the criticisms Mal has? They show through at the very start and very end of the journey-- how Mal punishes Mike, and how Mal sets up the guard tower.

(By the way, just for the record, I HATE the reset button. But for this post, let's accept the reset button as canon fact.)

The system has been Mike's coping mechanism and support system for as long as Mike can remember. And as much as Mike hates to admit it pre-season-5, he DOES need them. In Season 4, he got through situations that would've been impossible for him to navigate without Vito and beat challenges that would've been impossible to surmount without Svetlana and Manitoba (and he loves Chester too, even if he isn't always the most outwardly useful). That's not even to mention the emotional support (as shown by Svetlana's "Mike is the best" pep talk in Season 5) that he probably received from them over the years as well. As much as he hated them, they're so important to him.

The worst possible punishment Mal can inflict is cutting off all of his access to that support system.

To be fair, he did this to all the other alters too. But for Mike, it was the only thing he did. He felt that taking Mike away from the alters on its own would be enough to incapacitate and demoralize him. And he probably knew that it would prove a point-- you need them. You need us. And now it's too late.

But keep this in mind-- when Mal went into dormancy, he left behind a system that was constantly fighting amongst itself for control, that couldn't agree on anything (except for getting rid of him), and was bickering every time they interacted. So this is the lens that Mal constructs his prison with.

He doesn't count on the system working together! What he hopes for is that, even if one of them managed to escape, they 1. wouldn't bother looking for the others and would try to do everything themselves, which would leave them shut out of the tower, and 2. even once they did realize they needed to gather up everyone else, they would be too distracted by infighting to actually do anything to take him down.

And that's probably what season 4 Mike-- the Mike that Mal knew-- would've tried to do. He wasn't counting on the fact that the system would now be working towards functional multiplicity by the time he came out of dormancy! And it caused them to defeat him much sooner than he would've anticipated.

(Quick note: I know integration =/= death in DID, but I used the term "kill" here in some places because I feel like that's how Mal would view it. Literally none of this has anything to do with accurate DID because Total Drama is so so inaccurate and the absolute worst.)

Also, here's a theory I like: I don't think Mal would've just built a self-destruct button on his own life. He wouldn't build a button capable of killing him and then put it in a place where someone else could access it, even if the chances (in his mind) of them accessing it would be really remote. So I think the button was set up in such a way that whoever pressed it would become the core. It wasn't truly intended to be used by anyone except Mal. It was a final failsafe measure. Even if the system managed to work together long enough to free each other, reach the tower, and ascend the stairs, Mal was hoping that-- upon realizing that this button could give any of them the life they so desperately wanted as of pre-Season-4, and that if anyone but them pressed it, it would kill them-- the alters would return to squabbling, fighting for their lives, for long enough for Mal to intercede and ultimately take control. Just like Mal never counted on them working towards functional multiplicity, he also never counted on them being able to agree upon integration.

Why didn't Mal just press the button at the first opportunity? I don't know. Dramatic villainous timing? Lingering feelings of affection for the other alters? Perchance.

Anyway. I know TDAS is a horribly written season in literally every other aspect, and also that the writers probably didn't put THIS level of thought into things, but I read too deep into Total Drama as a hobby so I will be putting this much thought into it forever and ever and ever. :)

[sketchfanda]

Chestnut Stud across the Multiverse: Lost Phone

Tracer paced herself as she commenced her early morning jog through the currently quiet streets of Satan City, any few passers by or locals out and about turning heads her way as she ran by. Really who could blame them with how hot she looked and her quite daring ensemble which out her petite yet toned athletic frame on display. But most,especially thst sweet,glorious, juicy jiggling booty of hers out here for all to see, truly it was a work of art. The sun making her sweating skin have a glistening sheen as the currently off duty scpd officer was feelin her adrenaline pumping, rushing though her veins and nerves as she passed through the city park. The scent of freshly cut grass lingering in the air before she paused,running in the spot as she noticed Something gleaming in the sunlight on the greenery as she bent over to pick it up. Quirking a brow behind her amber goggle shades as she found the mysterious item was a smartphone. Seems someone lost their cell, unlucky fellow, as she placed it in. A pocket of her shorts and finished her run, returning to the simple quaint apartment she shared with her girlfriend Emily who greeted her as she came in closing the door behind her. “Hey Lena,nice run this morning?”

Tracer shrugged her shoulders as she took off her headphones for her workout music run,placing them on the counter as she followed by fishing out the phone. Placing it on the coffee table as she began to do some post run stretches. Emily looking between the book she was reading and the sight before her as her lover casuall displayed her gymnastic quality flexibility. “Went about usual ‘til I got to the park and found this. Might drop it to the lost and found so the owner can come looking for it…” Emily simply nodded, purring as she sipped her coffee mug, looking back and forth between her reading material snd the wonderful view of her girlfriend’s backside. Those wonderful back muscles flexing and that meaty set of buns contained I thin those tight shorts. Especislly when she performed a splits, massaging her legs as she swayed back and forth. Humping and grinding her groin against the smooth floor while the freckled ginger babe tilted her head at the phone on the table. Curiousity overtaking her as she picked it up to examine it, looking it over as she found it was a simple press and swipe to unlock it. Perhaps something in its contents might give a clue about its owner, what harm in helping out her girlfriend right? The contacts list was certainly a puzzle, that was for sure. No.18,Bulma,chichi? Just among the few names that came to mind and they were on a list dubbed “Booty Calls”? Was the owner some sort of Casanova gigolo? Her curiosity continued to make her browse through the contents on this cell as she decided to check the gallery for any pictures or videos that might give more hints to this unknown fellow as she noticed they were separated into numerous folders. A few them entitled “For the Ladies’ only”, “Regulars”,”18′s surprises”, it made Emily all the more puzzled and curious all at once as she tapped the first folder. Eyes widening and jaw about to drop at the sigh before her, thumb swiping through the pictures before her.

““Oh my god, Lena you’ve to see this? I think this phone belongs to a guy and he’s got it loaded with dick pics…and this fellow is BIG!!” The ginger cutie quipped,eyes dazzling with a twinkle of Pervy mischief. Lena rolling her eyes at her other half being so casual in blatantly invading someone’s privacy. Even if Emily did seem so adorable being such a minx, omly for her girlfriend to hold the phone toward her and present the screen to her. ““Look at this,it’s like before and after,here he is relaxed and here he is when he’s all erect and hard…” she spoke with excitement as Lena widened her eyes in shock. Lifting her shades up to get a better look as she saw Emily hadn’t been kidding. None of their dildos had thst kind of length and girth on them, biting her lip as her face blushed. How did this guy find any kind of underwear to contain such a slab of meat? She couldn’t help but make her crotch hump and ground against the floor,her cameltoe rubbing thriugh her shorts against the delicious friction. Almost as if visualising and simulating what it’s be like to do the same against such a dick. No calling it just a dick didn’t seem right, this was definitely more of a cock. She’s met and locked eyes with her lover as they seemed to start having some silent, telepathic competition. Getting up from her splits as she sat beside her on the couch, the couple looked at the cellphone screen together and began to browse the folders thst clewrly had naughty pictures or videos. If this guy had pictures displaying snd showing off that prime piece of manhood, what else was on there?

“Bloody hell, I think I know that guy…” as she and Emily saw the owner of that titanic cock, some sort of shortstack but Herculean muscles fellow. Visible from head to toe,he wasn’t what you’d call overly macho handsome or a total pretty boy Prince but he sure as hell wasn’t ugly. And the women in the pictures and videos with him certainly weren’t complaining, not with how lustfully they deepthroated his cock or the expressions they wore along with the sounds they made as they outright mated with the guy. It was quite a variety some of which were threesomes and more, with a hot as hell blue eyed blonde babe showing up regularly and frequently throughout. Then it hit tracer where she knew him from, he was thst rookie cop in the department who was making his way up the ranks. They say he was super human,able to subdue and handle felons with just his own bare hands and what the deuce?! Some of the women in these pictures were fellow officers!! But wasn’t he married? Seems wifey didn’t mind at all and she could see why, the guy was a machine. As she and Emily shared another look, rubbing their thighs together as they felt arousal flowing down, all warm and sticky. Once more seemingly having a telepathic conversation as they grinned and shared a quick little kiss. Emily accessing the camera mode as she set it to switch between pictures and videos as her lover stood before her doing a little stretch to warm up and a sexy little dance. Her back to her as she bent her spine and stretched her arms above her head.

“Alright luv,let’s make a surprise for handsome….” The ginger cutie quipped sensually as Tracer looked over her shoulder with a saucy wink and smile. Daintily kicking off her shoes, thumbs hooking the waistband of her shirts as she shook and tweaked her ass at the camera. Those twin globes jiggling and shaking as they clapped like erotic thunder. Lowering her shorts to expose her ass, as she gave her fingers a sloppy lick and delivered a swift left to a cheek. Hissing at the delicious sting before she went and took her shorts off completely. Sticking her booty out towards her voyeuristic camera woman as her slit was exposed, her arousal glistening. Following uo as she removed  and threw her tanktop aside and turned around to present herself fully exposed. Hands running uo along her body as she began to caress and play with herself, showing off her flexibility as she did a standing splits and woild turn to shake her ass more than once. Emily snapping pictures or recording this striptease as the pair giggled, Lena licking her lips as she took the camera, blowing a kiss at the lens before she turned it around to show Emily on the couch. The freckled redhead babe giggling, unable to help herself stay calm at the naughty thing she was about to do. As she lifted up and pulled off her sweater, followed by unclipping her bra, shedding it to expose her freckled kissed perky tits. Jiggling them playfully as she got up from her seat, swaying her hips as she removed her jeans, panties and all. Doing sexy poses as she she blew kisses at the camera, twirling around to show off her own thicc, juicy curvy form as she displayed meat in all the right places. Before laying back onto the couch as she recline to spread her legs. Bending her knees as she presented her anal pucker and her gushing slit, fingers prying the netherlips to show off the most pink piece of heaven.

Tracer moved closer with the camera as she set it to selfie mode,turning it around as she sat beside her lover. Who wasted no time in caressing her pussy, moaning as she teased and prodded the sensitive pleasure spot. “Mm just look at this love. You got my girlfriend here all wet for your cock and she hasn’t even met you…” Lena sensually teased, as she and Emily shared a sloppy erotic kiss, adding plenty of tongue for their amateur camera show before eher ginger lover took the camera to aim it at her pussy in turn. The bootylicious officer moaning deepthroated gasps and cries of passion as she played with herself. “Aaahn if You wouldn’t mind doing for us what You do all the women in your gallery…” the pair paused in their erotic session as they heard knocking on their apartment door, milt hitting pause on the video as they went to check through the spy hole who was interrupting them just when they were really hitting their stride. Emily looked first before looking at her lover with giddy surprise as she made her have a look see herself. There in the other side was the blonde and their compact stud who owned the cell phone. Though in some of the pics and vids he did have hair but thst was neither here or there,as Tracer opened the door enough for her and Emily to poke their heads through as the former spoke. ““Hey,what’s gong on? What can I do ya for?” The blonde with him quirked a brow as she seemed to notice their perspiration and blushes. All the while the shortstack fellow rubbed the back of his head nervously.

““Hey Uhm Lena right? It’s me Krillin,we work in the same precinct? Listen I kind of lost my phone and 18, Uhm that’s my wife here…” he spoke, gesturing to the blonde bombshell. So she was this no.18? And she not omly liked him sleeping around with other women but sometimes did them together with him? That just made their pussies so damn wet. Their naughty erotically hazed minds visualising the short king naked easily given their earlier voyeurism through the contents of his phone earlier. Seeing him up close and in person, he looked even better than his pictures implied. As he finished what he was saying, getting their attention again. ““She’d checked a tracking app earlier and it says it was here. So do you have it?” The couple looking at each other before they grinned and popped their heads back inside. Opening the door fully to allow Krillin and 18 to come on inside. Taking in the view and the decor as Lena spoke in response.

““Oh wouldn’t you know it? I think we got it right here. But see we have to be sure it’s yours so we need just one bit o proof to confirm you’re the owner alright.” Before Krillin could enquire what it was,he and 18 heard the door shut, turning to see Tracer and Emily naked as the day they were born. Saucy sensual smiles on their faces as tracer leaned against the door seductively while her lover dangled and waved the phone, taking delight in krillin’s aghast response, looking so cute with his eyes bugged out and his jaw looking ready to fall off and hi the floor. 18 on the other hand grinned a minx like smile of her own clewrly liking where this was going and what the implications were here as she fished out her own smart phone. Both her and Emily accessing the cameras  as Lena walked over with a predatory gleam in her eyes, leaning close to the shortstack fellow. At 5′4′’ to his 5′1′’ their height difference was a mere 3 inches as she draped her arms around his shoulders, face leaning in close to his, their lips inches apart. “I’m going to need to see that cock of yours..” soon as she said thst,she seized the advantage from his shock as she pressed her. Outh to his,catching him in a liplock. Emily purring as she licked her lips at seeing her girlfriend do Something so thrilling and taboo while 18 undid the buckle and fly of her own jeans, sliding down past the waistband to caress her own pussy. Icy blue eyes looking with voyeuristic intent as she watched Tracer’s tongue invade her man’s mouth, her hand sliding down along his shirt to grope and rub his crotch. The tomboy law girl purring as she could feel the prize contained within, as Krillin glanced at his wife with a silent plea.

“Now now Krillin only natural to go with the flow, give them the proof they asked for..” Krillin’s expression became deadpan at his wife’s teasing remark because of course this was happening. Sighing as he began to unbuckle and drop his pants, boxers and all, Emily and Lena gasping with sensual delight as they saw that gifted cock in the open, in all its lengthy,girthy flesh and blood glory. Despite his mood, his shaft began twitching and rising to soon stand so firm and erect, you could hammer nails into solid wood with it. Tracer purring as she got his shirt off of him and now had him as naked as she and Emily were, sloppily making out with the short king, tongues dancing as she grasped and began to stroke his fuckrod. Kissing her way down along that wonderfully sculpted physique of his, thinking to herself how did his uniform or clothes contain such a body before as she was soon kneeling on the floor, face level with that cock in her hand. Taking the plunge as she began to assault that shaft with kisses from head to base, not even leaving his smooth golfball sized gonads untouched. Licking,sucking and blowing on his meat as she took it into her mouth, making herself nearly suffocate in trying to see how much deepthroat she could achieve. Emily and 18 licking their lips as they played with themselves,watching Krillin groan and Tracer’s booty wiggle and shake. The blonde cyborg bombshell prepping and propping her phone on a counter as she let it continue to record, stripping herself naked and throwing her clothes aside as she went on over and around Emily. Getting behind her as she wrapped her arms around her waist, making the ginger beaut gasp with surprise and delight as 18 pulled her closer to her,their bodies pressing together as the deadly beauty captured her lips in a kiss. Reminding Emily of her presence in Krillin’s little porno collection on her phone was there for a reason as she gladly began to return the sloppy kiss, making out with her as their lovers got sexually acquainted.

Did they ever of course as the walls of the apartment soon filled with the echoing cries of Lena’s howls and moans of orgasmic passion and the slapping of skin on skin. “Ohh blimey yes!! Oh fuck me,right there!! Harder you stallion!!”Among such words whenever she could get her brain working to say some actual words and sentences as Krillin had her on her hands and knees as he fucked her doggy style. His cock jackhammering into her pussy as his hips pistoned away like a well oiled machine. The former monk turned law man’s primal switch flipped as Tracer’s lust was too good to resist. Eyes glued to her jiggling ass, an ass that’d been the source of much gossip and locker room talk. Unable to help himself as he suddenly withdrew his shaft, Lena pouting at feeling her pussy empty before a look of shock and surprise as she felt him penetrate her asshole!! Gasping as she came so hard, her pussy squirted like a geyser before she soon felt the momentum take her along,a look of ecstasy anf fucked stupid bliss forming on her face. “Oh god yes!! My ass!! you’re fucking my ass!! Dont stop fuck it,fuck my pussy!! my mouth!! it’s all yours luv!! fuck me hard then fuck Emily!!” She barked and howled as Krillin obliged her,pumping in and out of her donut hole before suddenly switching back to her pussy then vice versa. 18 and Emily keeping themselves occupied as they sat on the floor, pussies pressed together in a lewd kiss. Scissoring intensely as they watched their lovers go at it like animals in the heat of mating season. Emily soon having her turn as she rode Krllin cowgirl style, unable to stop her hips from moving as her pussy was invaded by the length and girth of his cock. Tracer and 18 on either side of her as 18 made out with her husband while Tracer played with her girlfriend’s tits and made out with her. The ginger cutie amazed and overwhelmed she was managing to stay concious taking such a massive shaft compared to the sort of toys she and Lena used on each other. The couple switching out or going 2 on 1 or 3 on 1 if 18 got in the mix whenever Krillin came and he didn’t cum easy enough. Oh no the man was a stamina machine and damn how long could he stay hard for? It was unreal as it was thrilling!!

Seconds became minutes which passed on their way to hours as Tracer found herself pinned on her own couch in a mating press, Krillin folding her like an accordion as he plowed and piledrove into her hungry,horny pussy. To Lena scissoring her lover as Emily’s head hung off the edge of the couch, taking a powerful facefucking from their new best sex friend to often having one sit on his face and the other riding his cock. Often times Tracer especially loved when he’d fuck her ass, making her booty cheeks jiggle and his the rush of his balls smacking her clit, especially when she’d be made to eat out either Emily or 18 especially when their pussies oozed with excess of Krillin’s jizz. The pair uncaring how much time passed, the high noon sun shining as they felt their final climax hit, slits and assholes overflowing with spunk as they joined 18 in delivering a triple team blowjob to Krillin, who sat on the couch like a king which to the cyborg babe wasn’t far off the mark. The compact stud shuddering and groaning as he came,his load erupting as he showered the horny couple and his wife with a healthy coating of his seed. Their faces and tits painted and their mouths catching their favourite treat as he went limp, his cock entering its relaxed state as Tracer and Emily got on the couch and sat between him. Sandwiching him and hugging him,planting idle butterfly kisses on his person as 18 picked up his and her phones. Ending the stream and placing them safely down,looking at the afterglow scene before her. “I’m just going to hit a shower,feel free to join me because we know that’s just round 1...and this isn’t going to be just a one time thing...” the deadly beauty quipped, Lena and Emily grinning with erotic delight. Who knew their day would go so well from the former finding a simple,single lost phone just this morning?

[fumikomiyasaki]

𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

Name: Erena Ryūjin

Based on: Monkey D. Luffy

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: Non-Binary (She/they)

𝗔𝗴𝗲: 18

𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆: 26th of March

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻: Aries

𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 153 cm

𝗘𝘆𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿: bright blue

𝗛𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿: Black with Orange gradient

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𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗦

𝗗𝗼𝗿𝗺: Nakaumi

School: @deaths-academy-of-combat​

𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿: second year

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀: 2-A

𝗢𝗰𝗰𝘂𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Dorm Leader

𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯: Gymnastics

𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁: Mixed Martial Arts

Homeland: Unknown (kinda drifted across many sea cities)

Sexuality: Asexual Demiromantic

Weapons: Her stretchy arms most of the times but if she is really force to have a weapon... she results to a simple sword.

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𝗙𝗨𝗡 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗦:

𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱: ambidexterous

𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱: Meat on the bone, Kebab, just in general anything meat

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱: Its hard to find something she doesn't eat

Likes: the seas, adventures, meeting new people, being known, her straw hat,

𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀: swimming ( she can't), unnecessary violence, seagulls,

𝗛𝗼𝗯𝗯𝘆:  Keeping a photobook, tending to ships, photography in general,

𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: stretching herself inhumanly so, convincing people of her ideas, getting into trouble, kleptomancy

𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬:

Erena as a young girl didn't really have a home... she actually did have parents but got kidnapped by pirates a long time ago... yet despite that, watching them from where she was trapped she was fascinated by what they all did... they wanted to sell her to someone who can have her a as a child worker for a scheme but she broke up in a more unconventional way... however she was still lost on what to do and so tried just to survive with what she had... becoming a poor street thief who tried to get by where she could... however one day this landed her into trouble with a circus, where she got caught sneaking in without paying to see the show and the head clown wanted her to work off her debt... this is where she met Slice... working with him for a while and finding out about her unique magic, which made her a great performer for the circus for a short while with how much she can stretch her arms... however she never wanted to stay a performer... and Slice knew that too... both didn't really have a choice in the end. The town they stayed in got attacked but in the commotion they met Shanaya... who saved them both out of this situation and after Slice lost his mentor in the commotion... both decided to be mentored by her and go along with her for a while... untill eventually they started their dorm.

Erena is despite the hardships very optimistic and always smiling... its hard to get her down, but if she is angry you know something went wrong... Some people would call her reckless when she calls herself moreso fearless... even her confidence is hard to get down, she has no hesitation to walk up to a stranger and strike up a conversation. Its why she became such a good leader of the dorm cause she strikes in first and tries to face any situation headon...

Unique Magic:

A Devils Taste

Similar to her inspiration she can just stretch all of her limbs very long.

[50books50movies]

Suffs

Suffs (2024, The Music Box Theatre): I don’t know if the comparisons to Hamilton that have thrown around in reviews have done the show any favors. It’s an easy comparison to make:

-award-winning musicals that transitioned from off-Broadway to Broadway runs

-helmed by a singular vision

-inspired by a book that the creator read about a moment in American history

-where characters are played by actors who look and speak differently than their historical counterparts.

Obviously, these two works must be paired in conversation. And since the 1776 revival flopped on Broadway after trying some of the same casting tactics as Hamilton (casting all female, transgender, and non-binary actors as the American Founding Fathers), it fell on Suffs, at least to the public, critics, and producers, to prove that Hamilton wasn’t a singular event and that you could make a commercially and critically successful musical based on American history with ahistorical casting. (As I said, the comparison is superficial.) (Furthering the narrative, Phillipa Soo was original cast in Hamilton and in the off-Broadway cast in Suffs.)

Digging below the surface, one can see similar bones upholding Hamilton and Suffs inherited from ancestors like Les Miserables. The story is mostly focused on the brash Alice Paul/Alexander Hamilton, who is contrasted against her more conservative colleague, Carrie Chapman Catt/Aaron Burr. Paul is buoyed by her three friends: Doris Stevens, Inez Milholland, and Ruza Wenclawska/John Laurens, Hercules Mulligan, and the Marquis de Lafayette. Their uphill struggle to gain women the vote is opposed by the tyrannical President Woodrow Wilson/King George III, who has a signature solo in each act. Paul and her colleagues encourage each other to finish the fight/not throw away their shot, and the musical is as much an exhortation to the present and future as much as it is a walk through the past.

And yes, we thus have the setup for easy, smirking barbs about how the one credited to a man about a man’s story is one of the most successful, critically acclaimed musicals in history while the one credited to a woman about women just won two Tony Awards and won’t see any productions in other cities, much less other countries, any time soon.

Beyond that jab, however, is the follow-up uppercut that Hamilton is just a better musical than Suffs. Many actors are making their Broadway debut in Suffs, and you can feel the rawness in the simple choreography (likely affected by the period-appropriate costuming). The play launches jarringly with the ensemble number “Let Mother Vote;” there wasn’t even a reminder to the audience to silence their cell phones to prime the audience, and so of course a phone rang in the second act. The pace fails to give the audience a moment to cheer for the first Woodrow Wilson solo, “Ladies;” instead, the scene transitions right into “A Meeting With President Wilson.”

If we fall into the compare and contrast game, then one might hold Suffs wanting in its lack of songs that stick and work outside of its context; there are no displays of verbal gymnastics like “Satisfied” or “What’d I Miss.” I struggle to hum a melody from Suffs the morning after; I would say that it’s surprising that Suffs won the Tony Award for Best Original Score, but that is also dictated by the level of competition this year.

That’s not to say Suffs is a bad musical; the house was packed for the performance I attended, and I was moved by the story and songs. The American suffrage movement presents fewer moments of bombast compared to the American Revolution and the country’s founding; there’s no Battle of Yorktown to provide a first act closing number. Instead, we have a great and fiery number in the second act focused on the Silent Sentinels, who protest Wilson’s unwillingness to publicly support suffrage and decision to incarcerate Paul, Smith, Burns, and Wenclawska at Occoquan Workhouse.

The cast is strong across the board; standouts were Hannah Cruz, who embodies Inez Milholland’s magnetic personality; Jenn Colella, who gives needed nuance to Carrie Chapman Catt, Grace McLean, who delights in chauvinism and convenient ignorance; Emily Skinner, who lights up the stage as socialite Alva Belmont; and Lucy Bonino who lends a quiet strength and anchor to the show as Paul’s closest friend, Lucy Burns.

And then there is Nikki M. James, who is incredible as Ida B. Wells. Wells is the focal point of Suffs’ departure from comparisons with Hamilton, as how the show directly challenges how the suffrage movement justified compromises to placate southern members at the cost of Black activists seems to be in conversation with how Hamilton tried to make the slave-owning George Washington an abolitionist in “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)” by having him answer Laurens’s question:

Laurens: Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom

Washington: Not. Yet.

Though Paul is Suffs’s protagonist, Suffs also shows how Paul’s story intersects with Wells’s. The play sides with Wells when she directly criticizes Paul and friends for asking Black activists to wait their turn on racial justice without resolving their hypocrisy. The suffragists who demand that the men who control their political and economic lives stop deferring to hear their call for suffrage because tariffs, war, and campaigning for re-election take priority then tell the Black activists that actually enforcing Black men’s suffrage and stopping lynchings must wait until women’s suffrage has been won. However, Suffs has a refrain on this as well: it’s important to remember who the actual enemy is and not to succumb to these divisions that only benefit conservative forces that want to preserve the status quo.

The play mostly handles these transitions in focus with deftness, and James is able to balance steely resolution, doubt, righteous indignation, sorrow at the future, and hope for the best in her limited time on stage. The play would be greatly diminished if James’ Wells, Anastacia McCleskey’s Mary Church Terrell, and Laila Erica Drew’s Phyllis Terrell had been excised so the focus could be solely on Paul’s story.

Similarly, the play reminds us of how little we know and see about the larger story of the suffrage movement and intersectional need for change by dropping a last moment revelation that Catt was queer and romantically involved with Molly Hay. It might seem like a random point to include in “If We Were Married (reprise),” but it reinforces the point that suffrage is just one direction of necessary change and that our focus on Paul limits what we know about the other activists’ motivations and struggles.

Given the high cost of Broadway tickets (our seats were in the theater’s penultimate upper tier row, and they were still more than $100), we have to be very selective in what we see. Recommendations from Helen Shaw of New York magazine haven’t steered us wrong yet, and we’re glad that we saw Suffs on her advice. If nothing else, it’s led me to teaching myself about the suffrage movement, since my formal schooling was woefully inadequate on this subject.

[catboy-bride]

my ada wong headcannon masterlist

warning - this is kinda long and yes it will be going all over the place, small tw for a vague mention of self-harm

also please feel free to add any of your ada hcs, i wanna hear them !!

general stuff

mtf trans

even though "ada wong" was initially a pseudonym (something she used actually pre-transition), she pretty much considers it her real name at this point

she's originally from hong kong but spend a fair amount of time in mainland china as well as a few countries in the former soviet union as a teen

speaks several languages besides english but is most fluent in mandarin chinese, cantonese, russian, polish, spanish, french, and japanese

things about her that make me want to scream and cry

she has very specific methods she uses to ground herself in order to keep her composure

tensing every muscle one at a time from her jaw to her feet, and if interrupted it can make her lash out 

she pinches herself to force herself to focus

she avoids certain foods that she associates with her life before abandoning her original identity

she also just avoids eating things that she didn't make out of a general paranoia of being poisoned

double or even triple checks that her weapons are on her person as well as their functionality due to a past slip-up

paranoid of wiretaps/people having hidden microphones and obsessively searches people (usually leon) which she often does under the guise of initiating romantic interactions

repeats the same phrase in every language she knows as another way to ground herself and it can again make her lash out if she is interrupted

over time she's trained herself out of showing any emotion which leads to really unhealthy was of emotional release that typically involve indirect forms of self harm

she was really upset by luis' death, as she had grown to see him as a friend and even possibly as a lover, but had to disguise her feelings to avoid showing weakness to krauser and wesker

in fact she very seriously thought about going to desprate measures in order to save luis through the use of one of the virus samples she had collected, but decided against it because she knew how wrong and twisted reanimated human life could be

she's saved leon more times than he or even the audience knows, even on smaller missions, if she learns that leon is out doing government work, she will (directly or indirectly) keep an eye on him to make sure he's okay

no matter how much time has passed, she still can't fully explain why she saved leon the first time in 1998

other tidbits :3

ada was a gymnast from early childhood into her teen years

part of the reason she dresses in a very hyper-feminine (specifically in re2 and re4) was to curb dysphoria, even to the point of being impractical, although overtime she learns how to make the outfits practical (ie; the blade hidden in her heel in damnation)

learned how to play violin, flute, and piano when she was younger but only really remembers how to play piano

she is a very giggly (but emotionally unpredictable)

her ideal date would be either going to a very fancy opera/orchestra performance or a very simple home movie night

she's only genuinely ever really let her guard down around leon and to a slightly lesser degree luis

she's been "romantic" with many people but has only really had a few intimate relationships, those being with wesker, leon, and luis

wesker was absolutely smitten with her for a while and she very much used that to her advantage

she's a vers top c:

ik this is more of a leon hc but she was leon's first

she enjoys classical music but sometimes listens to shitty 90s/2000s emo/rock because it reminds her of leon

she cannot stand certain textures of fabric

a lot of her clothing is custom made because it's hard to find clothes that are cute and practical that also use fabrics with palatable textures

in re2 she clocked the shit out of leon even before seeing that he was binding so she kept trying to drop hints that she was also trans but since leon is a little bit bad at picking up on implicit tone she eventually had to just straight up tell him

[lemme-just-oops]

Aah hello!

I love your prompts and I wanted to ask about how would the sorcerers react to an MC who is a professional ballerina!

Alpheratz: He says he will drop by to see your performances if he has the time. He always finds the time. But he does not really like dances and music, as he was only able to hear one genre his entire life. What you do is up to you and he recognized the effort that goes into it.

Arcturus: He wants to watch you prepare and he may try a few moved too, because they look elegant and simple. When he discovers that it takes more energy and muscles than he has, he admires you even more and states it. But that foes not stop him from trying to join your choreography once in a while. But it is so irregular, he barely manages.

Pollux: As a musical kid, he likes dances. He likes dancing. But he does not like his tendency to break a few legs when he tries to do that. So, as a responsible sorcerer, he watches and cheers for you whenever he can! Some of your movements frighten him, because he can count how many times he would have failed trying that.

Sirius: He says he does not like plays, and yet he watches every single one. Always gets the best seat as well! When you ask him why,he says that it simply is interesting to overhear what those "rich folks" talk about to feel more prestine and powerful. And because he likes to spill champagne over those who make rude comments about the performers, just because he can.

Spica: He learnt ballet privately, but he knows how strict the staff can be regarding basically everything in your life. So, he does worry about you sometimes. But when you assure him that you are fine, he believes you. And he is ready to help you in any way he can. Whether this may be training with you, introducing you to a few influential people or buying tickets; possibly all of them.

Vega: He does gymnastics, you do ballet. Only that he does gymnastics as a hobby and you are set to expectations. To him it can be bothersome to watch your performances, because everything in the building tends to be loud. And since you'll be preparing for your performance, he would sit in his seat alone and might feel lonely. But he will try to attend a few, at least. Maybe with Spica, because he is the only other sane person he knows.

[jiinjiinjarra]

BTS // BTS Live HYYH (花樣年華) on Stage: Epilogue // Program Book // 2016 // Pt.1

Scan Cr. jiinjiinjarra (me)

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PROFILES:

Height

🐹: 179 cm

🐰: 178 cm

Weight

🐹: 63 kg

🐰: 66 kg

Lips

🐹: 2.3 cm - 2.6 cm

🐰: 1.8 cm - 2.0 cm

Hand

🐹: 18 cm

🐰: 19 cm

Foot

🐹: 265 mm

🐰: 270 mm

01. User Manual part.2

🐹: If you see me, scream. Then you will see me really surprised.

🐰: Feed me good food and make me laugh

02. Your favourite fragrance

🐹: Blueberry smell

🐰: Simple soap smell. Whether or not it smells like perfume, it has a smell that anyone can call soap smell

03. Words that I made to represent me

🐹: MHGW (The Most Handsome (and eating-like) Guy in the World

🐰: Sentimental Vocal Kook

Q&A:

01. Describe your appearance.

🐹: I am good-looking. I mean I have high sell-esteem, which makes me look more handsome.

🐰: Without makeup, my eyes look really kind. I have a big nose and small mouth. (But the combination is not that bad.) 

02. Distinction of BTS concerts?

🐹: If you come to BTS concert, you have no time to stay in your seat. We have to move, but audiences have to move. It's a perfect opportunity for those who want to lose weight.

🐰: The reason that our concert is special is because there is always something to show for our audience. If you want to know what they are, find yourself. In addition, each member has all different characteristics, so when we talk or perform on stage, enjoyed by fans you can see different attractive points.

03. How do you recover physically and mentally after a concert?

🐹: Sleep and eat. Basic needs of humanity.

🐰: I try not to forget the loud fans' cheers that I've just beard. This gives me power. And steep! 

04. During a concert. who has the best match with you?

🐹: Every member. We giggle at each other when we see someone doing the choreography wrong.

🐰: Honestly speaking, when we do perform with all BTS members, we are perfectly matched. I still feel nervous and have more to learn. So, I have to focus on developing myself rather than thinking about best matches with other members.

05. In the last concert. I appreciated that (A) (B)!

🐹: A: Rap Monster / B: making me laugh with the wrong choreography

🐰: I felt really grateful for our members' hard efforts. The best performance cannot be made with only one person. Looking at every member working so hard gave me power.

06. In the last concert. (A) was really awesome for (B)!

🐹: A: BTS / B: communicating with fans

🐰: Jimin and J-hope showed really cool gestures on stage. They looked awesome. They are my source of passion.

07. What do you want to show to fans in this concert?

🐹: Sexy Seokjin

🐰: I want to sing sentimental songs without background music. 

08. What if you could be another member during a concert? 08-1. Who would you want to be? 08-2. What would you want to do?

🐹: Jimin. I want to do a sexy dance.

🐰: J-hope and Jimin. They can freestyle songs, so I envy them. I want to freestyle along with songs. I envy them especially on stage. 

09. If you could choose the concert venue. where would you want to perform?

🐹: Olympic Gymnastics Arena (Korea)

🐰: Dorm stadium! A really big dorm stadium. I can imagine the loud cheering voices of our fans and shining A.R.M.Y Bombs on the stadium.

10. What impression do you want to give to fans about this concert?

🐹: It is a concert where we are excited to talk with fans.

🐰: I want this concert to be remembered forever and remind them of the power that we had when we debuted. Of course, I am performing really hard, but I think I lost the feeling that I had had for "No More Dream". I will do my best more.

11. If you could book tickets by yourself, which seat sections would you pick?

🐹: Standing ticket. You cannot enjoy the concert in full sitting still. (I won't buy the ticket. I have applied for college courses online and I found myself to be really unlucky.)

🐰: I've never done that before and I don't know how to do it. I don't know about seat sections either. However, I wouldn't choose the standing section. Ha ha ha. 

12. What do you want to do most after the end of the concert?

🐹: Good sleep

🐰: Shower with warm water! It's so nice. It reminds me of the concert. 

13. What is the biggest difference from your first concert?

🐹: I don't think about what I should do on stage anymore. I think I know how to relax and enjoy the performance.

🐰: I feel relaxed more, but not enough. I got better, but it's such a fine line.

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[nevermindtheweights]

@meatymidnightmultiverse

There was a note in Sumire’s locker. A simple folded up sheet of paper with the writing types upon it. Given it was the final weeks of the school year and for third years at Shujin, it was quite the find to have in there. If the redhead opened it, she would find words there.

[You don’t know me but I am a fellow 3rd year. I have admired you over the course of the school years and felt too... nervous and unsure to come forth during them. However, as the year is coming to an end, I would like to speak with you. You’re a beautiful and talented gymnast  and student. I have always admired your performances when I was able to see them too.

While I understand this may be an odd message and perhaps something you may be weary of... It would mean a lot to me if you could meet me on the roof of the school after school.

Thank you.]

How odd... Would Sumire go to see whom this mysterious admirer was?