#anyways i still wont watch season 8

[scovilletwothousand]

WARNING: OPINIONS BELOW

not to bring up old amd major fandom discourse but...

okay so watching the atla live action drove me back into my 2010 zutara era, and reading all that zutara fanfic made me think of klance (the other blue/red ship we should have had) so i was reading klance fic which made me realize i forgot most of the show and made me want to rewatch the show and im about to finish season 2 again and guys??? omg????

ok i was a klance girly thru and thru like everyone else but in the early seasons like 1 and 2 (and i realize what i'm about to say is blasphemous but bear with me) allura and keith had HELLA chemistry. like they had bonding moments and had like...a lot of deep talks and skinship (like the ep where they thought they were being tracked by zarkon, or the ep where allura gets over some of her galra hatred for keith's sake, etc etc) and were honestly more compelling than allura and lance or allura and shiro. maybe it's because i'm no longer a child/i'm looking at it through a more critical lens but the dynamics are totally different than what i remember in the early seasons.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S MEANT PLATONICALLY IN THE SHOW but the chemistry is real platonically or romantically. and for fandom that ships anything with a pulse, this ship really should have been more popular.

i think ppl were just so obsessed with wanting gay characters or characters with specific sexualities that they glossed over characters that had real chemistry. and only sticking to the skinny characters was whack. lance had hella chemistry with hunk and but i think y'all are too fatphobic to properly appreciate him. i blame the show for making hunk the least fleshed out of the main characters. hunk is more than comic relief!

also? y'all butchered my boy keith in fanon. he's got way more personality in the real show than in fanon, which like i understand that usually fanon characters have less personality but the difference is wild. canon keith is not nearly as withdrawn or moody as he is in fanon, he's just kind of a grumpy guy who knows what he wants and is incredibly determined to get it. he's not as emo or depressed (or repressed) as fanon makes him either

for the record, i'm still klance for LIFE but omg have a little fun sometimes. bi keith supremacy.

also, unrelated and completely off-topic sidenote, stop writing spanish into your fics if you can't speak it. i can't speak it even i can tell yall on some gringo shit. use italics or <brackets> like they do in comic books and webtoons. way less cringe.

[sturnsbabie]

DEAR GRACIE

PART SIX: BLIND DEAF MUTE CHALLENGE WITH LARRAY!

pairing: dad!nate x sls!reader

summary: in which sls was apart of the triplets collab with larray

warnings:swearing,throwing up,suggestive,pure chaos.

i was in la with nate and the babies staying with my brothers for two weeks. rightnow i was currently standing in the kitchen off to the side while larray does his intro because we were filming a collab together along with my brothers.

as it was now time for me to get into frame i walked into the video. “hey!it’s your favorite sturnioloooo.” i laughed.

“also dont mind the fit today i been dealing with the kids all day and we didnt do much anyways.” i said as i had on nates hoodie.it was oversized on me as i wore oversized clothes trying to hide the fact that im currently 8 months pregnant from the internet.

i stood there while larray explained how the video was gonna go and everything. we were doing the blind mute and deaf challenge. my brothers have done this before. i wasnt gonna have a role because im pregnant and also need to keep my eyes on the twins.

they started the video with their roles, chris was blind,larray and nick were deaf and matt was mute.

“ok girl you can help chris season the chicken you have that spice to you and youre a mom so you should know how to do this” he said as him and nick were vibing to the music.

i laughed as chris was putting the chicken out on the plate as i grabbed the seasoning putting some onto the chicken. chris started to open the pepper and suddenly nick screamed.

“stop chris!” he yelled and i rolled my eyes.

“nick shut the fuck up! hes doing what hes supposed to!” i screamed at him.

owen ran into the kitchen and tugged on my leg. “mommy hold u!” he said and i leant down picking him up.

“owie wanna say hi to the camera?” i asked him and he giggled.

“hi camwa”he squealed.

leo was asleep on the couch next to nate who sat and watched us film the video.

i had owen in my arms as they were trying to season and batter the chicken. they also had the oil heating up on the stove to fry the chicken.

nick was talking about the music to larray when chris yelled at him. “shut the fuck up about music im tryna cook chicken!”

“chris shut the fuck up you can cook chicken without them talking!” i said to him as he made me irritated yelling at nick for whatever reason.

“okay bossy” chris laughed and i slapped him on the arm playfully.

as we were getting the chicken mixture larray randomly blurted “i should call him.” he said.

“shit im gonna call him.” i giggled and covered owens ears.

“hey dadddyyyyy come here!” i giggled and nate came over to us.

“yes princess?” he asked.

“just wanted to see if you would come”i said pressing a soft kiss to his lips.

“i always do baby.”he said.

“you’re going to tonight.”i said giggling.

“not in my house he wont!” chris added in.

“hasnt stopped us before!” i laughed.

.•°♡°•.

its been awhile since we started to film and we were now getting ready to fry the chicken. we had the oil starting to heat up.

larray started to shake ass and i wanted to join in.

i started to shake ass and larray nate and nick all started to hype me up. nate was laying on the couch with leo but he still was hyping me up. i was eight months pregnant and could still shake ass that was talent honestly.

owen was dancing with us and squealing as he got excited.

“damn girl i see why you got pregnant now!” larray said as he was hyping me up.

“yep in the backseat of his car” i laughed.

we stopped dancing and i picked owen back up as we were getting ready to fry the chicken.

the boys were all talking as they were putting the chicken into the oil and suddenly the smell of frying chicken started to make me sick.

“here hold him!” i gave owen to larray as i ran to the bathroom emptying everything out of my stomach into the toliet.

nate ran into the bathroom and leaned down holding my hair for me. “you okay princess?” he asked as he had a bottle of water in his hand for me.

once i finished throwing up i stood up and rinsed my mouth out. “the smell was making me sick.”i said as i took the water bottle from his hand taking a few drinks.

“just makin sure baby.” he said as he pulled me into a hug kissing my forehead.

“i gotta go film the rest of this video” i told him i kissed his cheek.

“you sure youre able to?” he asked making sure if im okay.

“yeah.”i said with a small smile.

.•°♡°•.

while the girl was in the bathroom larray was having all kinds of fun teaching her son different things.

“owen how do u like mommy and daddy?whos ur favorite?” larray asked.

“i luv them buh i luv my mommy” he said.

larray chuckled as he thought of more things he could ask or show him.

“owen do this.” larray said as he started to show owen how to flip people off.

“when mommy comes back in you give her this finger okay?” larray asked and owen just nodded giggling.

“thats bad!” matt said.

“just let him do it” chris said.

“youre gonna get owie in trouble!”nick said.

larray wasnt listening though he was too busy dancing and in his own little world with owen.

suddenly the girl and nate walked back to the kitchen. the girl walked back into the frame of the camera and nate walked back into the living room.

when owen saw his mommy walk into the kitchen he looked at her and flipped her off because thats what larray showed him to do.

“owie! you dont do that!thats bad.” she scolded him while trying to not laugh.

“sowy mommy lawway show owie” he said looking at his mom.

“its okay owie i love you” she said as she leant down picking him up.

“i luv ya mommy” he said as he laid his head on her chest with his thumb in his mouth.

“mommy owie sleepy”owen mumbled to her.

“go to sleep owie.”she said as she kissed his forehead.

they finished up the video with a sleeping owen on mommys chest as they all tried the chicken and gave their honest thoughts. it was pure chaos but they all had a fun time filming.

taglist: @sturniololoves , @milesfordays11 , @freshloveee , @zayyluvz @luvr4miya , @delusional-4-fake-people , @stuniolo-simp4life

[flanzee]

what did u think of the anime ?? thoughts on wallace’s characterization ? seems to be heavily debated. love ur art !!

hello!!! :] thanks for liking my art EEEEEEEE

for a long time i saved my opinion about the anime because the first few days it came out it was a war zone out there and people with a different opnion would've be jumped on hahaaaaaa.... but ANYWAYS To this day I'm still neutral about it. Not what I personally expected. After my first watch I felt so devasted tbh LOL I took me a while to even get closer to it again and watch some of it for a second time. BUT with time, i slowly started to appreciate what I did liked about the show: the amazing animation!!!!! it's one of the things i praise of, alongside side the music (which i still listen time to time) Now everthing else... is something... I don't like how Scott was handled in this show nor The whole plot for the last 3 episodes ifykyk 😭😭😭 like at ALL. And something that people always praise about the show is how the Exes now had more depth and and were fun too watch but imo the only one who stands out was roxie and matthew...everything else felt half cooked... todd just being part of a Gag and istg i feel ike the Twins talked/did more in the comic than the anime 😭?!?! they didnt gaf about them even here LMAOO

I feel like this show could've been so good if the people behind it weren't thinking about "doing everything we can do in 8 episodes and conclude it because we are sure we wont get a season two!" you know?? and these last episodes are the prove of it and that they were running out of time

About Wallace's characterization, back then I've mentioned to my friends once that i felt like he was OOC at first. Him pretending that didn't cared about Scott did hurted a little ahaha. But after Bryan mentioned that he wasn't OOC, wasn't being a dick like everyone else was saying-including me lol-and that we should've be looking at his actions rather than his words[?]I stepped back and think "well Alright if he say hes not I guess i'll go with it. I guess. thats just his way to cope with scott's disappearance. I think. .... Ah. ... I get it now........... I see.......!!!!!!!" and understood that perhaps he's not the kind of person to admmit his real feelings, But Being with Another Scott the day after hes gone, Being in a Movie about Scott's life, Tell the director that there should've be a scene of him and Scott making out just to later have sex with the actor that played Scott and was also only interested on him while he was on his Scott custome WELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's true that actions says more than words!!!!!!!! wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[arsonists-oatmeal]

I had finished watching Transformers: Earthspark yesterday. Got a few notes, spoilers below:

-"Malto-bots" awwwww my heart -shit starts ramping up after the halfway mark of the season. which is classic and I did not realize how much I missed that type of pacing -oh, hello body horror in a kids show, didn't expect to see you here! -did not expect to get as invested as I did in the human parts of the plot, like how the rest of humanity is reacting to the Terrans. I think for a kids show they wrote that bit pretty well -speaking of: its clear from the get-go that the whole Terran plot is allegorical to a lot of things. Immigrant families, biracial families, being a first generation citizen, etc. I've seen a lot of media try to use aliens as a plot device for "bigotry is bad", but very rarely have I seen it actually like, show how it hurts people and effects how they see themselves, and show that you have to shut that shit down if you want to be an ally, and not just tolerate your racist uncle, friend, etc. I think this show did a pretty good job of that. It had made parts of me feel seen and heard for the first time ever. -The way they handled the Starscream thing was kind of weak though, imo -Man i wish we got to see Hashtag having more moments with the seekers, she'd fit right in -Nightshade!!! I like Nightshade, I think some parts were a little on the nose (like how they're the only person who introduces themselves with their pronouns), but its not as some people are making it out to be. Idk if its just me but I also feel like they got sidelined more than the rest of the characters, which is suspicious. But anyways, every group needs a mad scientist character who can be slightly unsettling and I'm glad Nightshade is there to fill the role. -Ok i get this is a kid's show, and there was already more nuance than i expected (which was none) about the decepticons, but I do feel like they didn't make the final leap in logic here. -"Ok not all decepticons are bad, but we still wont stop surveilling and locking some of them up because they chose to do bad with their second chance". Has anyone here heard of the word "REHAB"?? -Megatron is cool. Cool theme, no comments there -Really liked the fight scenes as well, especially the shots of the transformers fighting it out in the background where the camera focuses on the humans running away. It really shows the scale of things. Small detail but the fact that we've got several bots using their inbuilt guns' recoil in fights is really cool! Megatron essentially did a rocket jump. One critique however is that nothing really looked like it had weight. -Also I wished that they kept Karan Croft as the lead antagonist till the end. Like idk, show that this whole oppression thing is systematic in nature. Could have had Dr. Meridian change sides given the fact that he was being put in a similar position to the transformers by the humans in charge (he was also fighting for basic resources to live after his first defeat). -Also this one may be unpopular: It looks like at the end the Terrans get their own symbol/badge. Which I think sorta breaks the whole "the war is over, there's no more sides and factions" things that they keep repeating throughout the show. It just feels like they've created a third faction now, and the continuing dynamic is now autobots vs decepticons vs terrans. Which, no. You're going to replace your war with another.

Overall, good show, 8/10, I think it fumbled the ending. I know im not the target audience here but also its not like kids are stupid.

Also representation matters. The choices of having the lead human characters be a non-white biracial family, having the first nonbinary transformer, having the terrans be allegorical, it may not mean anything to some viewers, but for others it could be the first time someone has actually acknowledged them, has said "I see what you've gone through and I know it to be real and I will take it seriously". The diversity in the show only serves to make it better

[on-a-lucky-tide]

But imagine Vesemir collecting Lambert from Random Witcher No. 8 at the bottom of the trail to Kaer Morhen, and Lambert is scarily thin. His eyes are sunken, his cheeks hollow; Vesemir can pick out the vertebrae at the top of his back as he skulks towards the wagon.

"Name's Lambert. He tried runnin' four times. Fifth time I left him up a tree with wolves sniffin' round... he soon got the message. Little bastard won't eat anythin' more than a sparrow's helping though. Doubt he'll survive the choice, let alone the grasses."

Lambert scowls, but says nothing. His eyes are dull, his lips chapped. Vesemir exchanges a few more pleasantries with his colleague, but his eyes never leave Lambert as the boy lingers by the horse. He doesn't miss the curious hand that reaches out to touch the horse's flank, darting back when the cantankerous old beast stomps one hoof. The boy's frightened, probably feeling hopeless, but he still wants to connect with the world. That's a good sign.

Vesemir loads the cart with the supplies he bought in town, and offers to help Lambert into the seat next to him. He's rebuffed with a soft growl, and the boy climbs awkwardly onto the bench.

Once he has the reins in his hands, Vesemir introduces himself. "You can call me Vesemir. No need for sir or such."

No response.

Over the coming days, Vesemir talks, hums and asks questions. He's not sure Lambert is listening, but he does it anyway. Perhaps it's as much for his own comfort and sanity as Lambert's. He learns that Lambert flinches at loud noises and watches a man's fists as much as he watches their face. When he gives Lambert food, he always offers two helpings. He doesn't need to explain why. Lambert studies him closely the first time, before carefully tucking the first bundle of jerky in his pocket and nibbling on the second. For later, for now.

The boy has nothing. No spare clothes, no boots. The weather turns as it his wont to do so late in the season, and Vesemir has to coax the boy beneath his cloak with him. The rain would give him a chill and pneumonia up here would kill him. His tiny, bony frame stops shivering after ten minutes and then something miraculous happens. The boy falls asleep. He's barely slept a handful of moments since Vesemir collected him, but now he drifts off, tucked beneath Vesemir's arm, and Vesemir can do nothing but sit and guard him.

In those first few weeks, Lambert will grow to trust Vesemir. The man that hums folksongs and talks about the uses of the weeds at the side of the road. He wonders whether there's something better at the end of the trail. He may not have had a choice in coming. He may have screamed and yelled as the witcher dragged him from his mother's arms and tried to run back to her. But for the first time in his life, Lambert feels like fate might have dealt him a favourable hand. He lets himself hope.

It makes the betrayal all the more bitter.

It's in the fires of Vesemir's betrayal, amongst the ashes of hope, that Lambert forges the rage that will be his armour.

[thekatebridgerton]

The Rokesby books, the Smythe-Smith Quartet and the two short story books from the Bridgerton-verse were right there to be adapted but they wanted to do Queen Charlotte. Why? Don't know.

I was happy to just have a Kanthony honeymoon special. It didn't have to be six episodes. Just a two hour one would have been fine.

I would pay for a Kanthony honeymoon special!! And so would the rest of the fandom.

I get it, Queen Charlotte is Shonda's pet project and it's not like Bridgerton viewers did not want to see the backstory of what happened between her and King George, because we do, Queen Charlotte is an intriguing character in and on her own.

But at the same time it feels disrespectful to fans, who were waiting for the announcement of who is playing Sophie, or even a glimpse of the Polin season, only to get a lot of Queen Charlotte 'a Bridgerton story' promo material instead. Did we even get this amount of promo for Saphne or for Kantony??. last time I checked fans were given the Kanthony moving portraint AFTER s2 was released. Again, I assure you, I'm going to watch the QC spinoff, because in general I like period dramas and I think any colaboration with Julia Quinn probably has good writing (trust me, if it's as bad as Reign, you will hear my one sentence review of 'its as bad as Reign' but we all know it wont be).

Still, I'm allowed to point out this marketing strategy feels like a lot like gaslighting and taking advantage of the Bridgerton audience to push a spinoff that a lot of viewers wouldn't have felt interest in, if it didn't have 'A Bridgerton story' tacked on to it as a slogan. (Since a lot of people who don't like period dramas do watch Bridgerton, including my 40yo uncle and my grandma)

And maybe it's just me, because I've been listening to too much "slow burn" by Jmaya. But what is up with Hollywood romanticizing tragedy in love stories. It's a bit harder to watch a love story in any period drama where you know that one of them is going to either die or end up with Alzheimers. (yes I'm talking about Reign again, we all knew Mary was going to outlive Francis and we still fell for it anyway)

Which is, why I think Julia never wrote a full book for Violet and Edmund as part of the Rokesby series. Edmund dies, no amount of romance and epic storytelling will erase the enormous letdown that is knowing he dies and she has to move on with their 8 kids. But in the Bridgerton universe, Edmund and Violet's tragic love story has a purpose! It serves to give the 8 siblings something to hope for, an example of love to emulate, it's also the root of their insecurities and fears. With Queen Charlotte even that kind of payoff would not really be much of a consolation. (Yes she does get the guy and the crown, but if my history lessons don't fail me, her eldest son was..well, George IV.)

Which is why I do hope we get to see young Edmund and his older sisters Billie, Poppy and Georgiana. the whole 'going back where it all began' is the slogan for the Rokesby series anyway. It's kinda weird that Queen Charlotte is getting the tagline.

As a show it does look good, there is a certain snazzy romantic vibe to the trailer that I love, also Michelle Fairley is on it!. And we all know that any show where Michelle plays a disproving matriarch obsessed with upholding tradition, is going to be attention worthy. I am sure that once I watch it I will have lots of positive things to say about it.

But I would be able to enjoy Queen Charlotte as a stand alone so much more, if I didn't know Shonda and Netflix was purposefully starving the fans for Bridgerton content in order to create more interest in the spinoff. Like a cheap trick in a magic show, it makes the whole thing a lot less dreamy.

And that's the tea

[justhyunhoer]

Midnight surprise ♡

Masterlist

Pairings : hwang hyunjin X Lee min ho , hyunlix and minsung as besties.

Warnings: it's an AU, kisses, anxiety(not really), midnight date, holding hands.

Mid winters were going on when suddenly out of the blue minho and hyunjin decided to share the bucket list they made for the season , cause they didn't had any better thing to talk upon during their brake. Usually they sit with their group but today it turned out that they all were gone for some reason.

Minho's was simple : visiting his parents, buying toys for his cats , going to an amusement park with his bestie jisung , and a movie date with his friends.

Hyunjin was quiet upset cause the other didn't had anything to do with him, but anyways it wasn't like he was his boyfriend or something cause Hyunjin was too shy to confess, morely scared .

"What are your plans hyunjin? "

"Aghh, it's nothing much hyung . I just want to have a hot cup of noodles,late at night, when it's really chilly at..you know those red snack carts ?"

"Those type they show in dramas ?" Minho asked with an amused smile, which in response hyunjin bite his lips out of nervousness thinking whether the older found his wish weird or something.

"Yes, it's simple right..." His voice trailed down ,as this particular wish is always left unfulfilled at the end , and probably that will remain unchanged for this year too.

Minho noticed that hyunjin was quiet down after that and he knew that this simple wish of him was quiet difficult as their hostel restricted them going out of the university premises after 8 pm to avoid any kind of nuisance that would ruin their reputation (problems of the prestigious ones). Bit crazy but facts.

Challenge accepted

This was the perfect chance for minho to ask hyunjin out in a romantic way which he himself never thought of. It is challenging cause sneaking out of their dormitories wasn't easy at all but minho have to take the risk for his crush.

"Are you sure you want to do this, hyung!?" Jisung exclaimed after minho asked him for help . "I am , that's why I asked you sungie." Minho sighed and plopped down on his bed as already a week passed after their chat and the homework they gave was immense. But still minho managed to study the possible ways that they could sneak out,  but they were all too dangerous,  that's when he remembered that han mentioned something about his friends sneaking out or so not too long ago,

" Okay,  let's meet Chan , changbin and seungmin first, and then you can decide whether it's a good idea or not."

***

Now the task was easy as he just had to butter the security guard properly and done!

He'll  probably meet him around 9 as he had a night shift.

***

Minho left the room when jisung was still fully engaged in completing a work of music that their department assigned them.

"Ajjushi,  pleaseee..."

"No means no."

"I've never ever sneaked before ! Just this time , please."

"You want me to fall for that?"

"It's matter of love! Just this once, I promise I wont create any trouble,  pleasee..."

"Aghh, kids these days! "

With lot more pleading , minho received the permission . But there was a condition that if they won't return until 5 , they would get into a problem cause that's when his shift ends. This indeed was the safest way to sneak out without ending up into the principal's office.

Okay now I have to find a location and text hyunjin. Perfect!

-----

[12 :00]

Minho : hey, jinne. Are you free right now?

(few minutes later)

Hyunjin : yes, what's the matter?

Minho : nothing much , dress up warmly and come over to my dorm.

Hyunjin : why hyung? Is something wrong?

Minho : just come here! Stop questioning!

Hyunjin: okay hyungiee <3

-----

"What's up jinnie at this hour?" Felix questioned as hyunjin paused the drama they were watching on lix's laptop.

Hyunjin started jumping on the bed happily, making noises, leaving Felix confused. he decided to look at his bestfriend's then displaying mobile screen.

"OH MY GOD! HWANG HYUNJIN!" Felix got up and shook his shoulders with a wide amused yet happy grin. "Hurry up jinnie! You have to doll up!" Felix said pulling the taller down the bed and rumbled through their closet, looking for a suitable clothing.

"You have to make him fall for you today!" Felix said picking an outfit "But lix...WhY he wants me there at THIS hour?" Hyunjin said , thinking about every possible reasons , but found none. "Dunno, stop overthinking, jinnie." Hyunjin nodded and did his hair , honestly just combed it and ran his hand through them . Clean yet messy look. Perfect.

"Lix this won't do ! He told me to dress warmly " hyunjin whined and threw the crop top at the other's face . Felix just giggled and selected a creamish knitted sweater and regular blue pants. Hyunjin applied his cherry lip balm and nothing else. Finally after 15 mins he took his jacket and left .

His heart was beating abnormally if that's what it's said , he read the digits 501 and knocked twice. Minho opened the door and instead of giving hyunjin way in, he came out and locked the door behind him. His assumption was correct ,hyunjin came without a muffler and it was pretty chilly out there...more than usual.

Minho handed him two hot hand packs and settled a muffler around his neck , this action startled the younger. "H..hyung why these- What are you planning!?" His eyes widened at the time when minho said , "Emptying your bucketlist."

Minho held his hand and started walking away, "Are we- hyung! Noo!" He whined "Yes we are , you whiny baby." Minho smiled in his direction, feet never forgetting their way.

On their way down hyunjin again interrogated "but what If we get caught ?" His hot breath making little white fog appear in front of his lips. "Remember, I have muffler instead of tissues here." "You are tough lee min ho. " hyunjin teasingly sighed . "I know right." Usually minho would bicker back but today was different, right?

"Why are we following the normal way out?"

"Trust me jinnie, will you ?"

"I was just curious though..."

He pouted and followed him like a baby duckling following the mother duck. He felt weird when the security gave them a thumbs up when minho mentioned his name but also received a questioning look where the brunette nodded in response with a wide smile.

____

Felix : hey, sungiee

Jisung: yes ,lixiee

Felix : where are you ?

Jisung: at the dorm, why? ...Okay hyung took jinnie on a date !

Felix: date? You mean he's gonna propose him !?

Jisung: yes! And he didn't wanted to spoil it hence, I didn't told you.

Felix: you meaniee

Jisung : lol sorry, an don't you dare text hyunjin!

Felix : I won't!

Jisung : go to bed now, they'll be late...

Felix: are they ....

Jisung : nope.

Felix : oh okay

Jisung: go to bed nowww!

Felix : nope, gotta complete the drama first!

Jisung : I just can't-

Felix : heheheh byeee

_____

***

Minho never imagined the situation that they are in right now : walking side by side with hyunjin on a cold winter night with beautiful night sky , illuminated by the stars and moon. Cold breeze hitting their skin where hyunjin's half face is covered with the muffler that minho gave him, his pink tinted cheeks still slightly visible though an him taking little glances at the younger during their little talks , here and there. Everything was just perfect.

Right now they were laughing on a random joke minho said , to minho the laughing hyunjin in front of him was all he needed at te moment. The way his eyes almost disappeared and that smile he was flashing right now did things to minho .

"You look pretty, jinnie."

The sudden compliment from the older made hyunjin's heart skip a beat. A red color covered his cheeks which wasn't because of the cold weather.

"You didn't meant that, did you?" Hyunjin said hoping a 'I did' just to get disappointed by "You're smart hwang hyunjin !" Minho joked and laughed to recieve a "Yaah!" And a playful slap on his arm .

It was now hyunjin's chance to admire him... From last 20 mins he's trying to suppress the urge to hold minho's hand and honestly that was the only thing he needed to make this moment perfect, after all he won't ruin this already perfect moment , which was a night date with him by asking that . Well, that's what he thought.

"We're here! " Minho joyfully exclaimed and turned off the maps when he spotted a red snack cart and turned off the maps. Just few steps and hyunjin's wish would be fulfilled.

***

"Two hot noodles please! " minho cheerfully made the order when hyunjin was looking for a table which were settled there. They were 4 in total , two empty, and the remaining two had one couple and a group of employees. He finally picked one which was around a tree, which was a small round table with two chairs .

Minho came with their bowls on a tray and returned it later,

"Mmmm, yummy!" Hyunjin expressed with his entire body and the older giggled. "Eat well !" Minho said taking his first bite an had same expression as him.

"By the way, what were you doing when u texted you?"

"Watching a drama with lixie."

"Really ? Even when the work they gave to our departmentwas hectic? " minho widened his eye.

"They can always wait , lol." Hyunjin laughed and minho sighed, shaking his head in disbelief.

Their bowls were half empty by the time hyunjin halted their talks and beautifully smiled at the other, he was never this expressive (being dramaticis other thing ) but the happiness he was feeling today was just too much for him to contain. This sudden action of the younger made minho bit self conscious. Few seconds them admiring eachother and this time minho was the one who was flustered.

"Thank you hyung, I really mean it." Hyunjin broke the silence and it was one of the rarest times when minho's brain wasn't able to process a answer, just mesmerized by the boy sitting in front of him.

"W..wellcome....?" He blamed himself for stuttering and not looking in hyunjin's eyes. Before hyunjin can ease him for the same he clenched his fists and took a deep breath in order to muster up the courage for the thing he was planning to do.

Whereas hyunjin was just starting at his face trying to read what the other was up to.

"Hwang hyunjin, I know it's not the best way to ask anyone out , probablythe worst, but I like you and will you be my boyfriend ?" Minho literally rapped and white fog appearing in front of his lips as he relieved a sigh. He opened his eyes to meet the boy with widened eyes and a hand over his lips. Hyunjin's brain was malfunctioning right now.

Nothing changed for the last 5 seconds and then...

"It's okay hyunjin if it's a n-"

He was cutted off by something soft as cloud and plump, they were hyunjin's lips. Yes, right now he is being kissed by hyunjin who was bending over that small table to reach him , which minho gave in. He was on cloud nine right now. The kiss wasn't deep , just their lips pressed against eachother.

They pulled away soon when they heard cheers and claps around them, only to find out that people around them were cheering for them. They both were flustered for a second , blushing and smiling at the strangers.

Then hyunjin realized what he actually did, actually when minho stared speaking fir the other time, hyunjin's lips made their way to minho's without hyunjin knowing, in a hurry because his mind stopped functioning properly and the kdrama style response was all it thought about at that time.

They finished their remaining bowls without uttering a single word. Cause both of them needed some time to digest what just happened.

"I'll pay."

"O-okay."

Hyunjin prepared himself when Minho went to pay.

Hwang hyunjin, you got this. You're now lee minho's boyfriend. Calm down, calm down. He likes you too. YOU'RE DATING HIM NO-

His thoughts were halted when...

"Let's go." Minho smiled and offered his hand to hyunjin , which hyunjin grinned and held, now he was relieved, completely.

They started walking, hands in hand. This was a like dream to hyunjin: his crush asking him out, his pending wish (since years) getting fulfilled, more importantly him kissing his crush (now boyfriend) and right now walking hands in hands with him on a chilly winter night.

"Hyung, we're dating...?" It was a more like a question.

"Let me clear your doubt." Minho said , facing hyujin.

Hyunjin was confused, "hu-" it was now his turn to be cutted off with a kiss.

Minho tilted the younger's face with one hand and grabbed his neck with another and engaged him in a kiss, this one was a lot different than the previous one. This one was deep and passionate, filled with love. It wasn't a heated one but indeed was deep.

Hyunjin started feeling light headed, fully submitting himself to his boyfriend, resting his hands around his waist. After a minute or so ,both of them pulled apart to refill their lungs.

"Clear?"

"As Crystal."

"Good."

Minho ruffled hyunjin's hair and started walking away, hands in his pocket, leaving hyunjin behind. "Hey! Wait for me." Hyunjin caught up , clinging onto the others arm. "Your little rap was pretty good hyung! You can even beat Jisung if you try." Hyunjin joked, nudging.

"Muffler"

"Algetseumnida."

To minho, the sound of their laugh was beautiful, the night was beautiful, hyunjin's smile was beautiful, the way hyunjin felt was beautiful, his scent was beautiful, everything was beautiful, hyunjin himself was beautiful.

Their way back was full of jokes and teasing, no matter what their relationship with eachother is, one thing was for sure that they'll never miss a chance to tease eachother, specifically hyunjin.

***

Minho's room number was 501 where hyunjin's was 608. So today hyunjin got the chance to drop his boyfriend off (so drama-ish).

"Stop it hwang. "

"Let me walk you hyunggg, pweasee." Hyunjin tugged onto the others jacket with a whiny pout.

"Got it , got it."

Even though minho was acting this way from the outside, but truth to be told, he was loving it.

At minho's dorm:-

When minho entered the room , jisung was sleeping peacefully. But by the time he removed his jacket and shoes jisung was up on the bed. Ready to shoot loads of questions.

"It's 3 in the morning sungie, go to sleep, I'll you tommorow." Minho said knowing his friend way too well, adjusting himself I'm his comforter and turning off the lamps.

"Dang! Just tell me how it went then,"

"It was well. Wait, well is an understatement. "

"You better tell me each and every detail tommorow! "

"Got it, goodnight~"

Seems like neither minho or hyunjin were gonna sleep tonight.

At hyunjin's dorm:-

Hyunjin expected Felix to be waiting for him, excited to know what happened between them two. But as soon as hyunjin entered the dorm, he saw that te lights were off and Felix was sleeping like a 2 year old in front of the laptop screen, where drama was still playing on it.

He tucked the boy under the comforter on his bed properly.

Hyunjin went to his own later , somehow his hand unconsciously touching his lips. And te man was smiling like a weirdo , feeling of minho's soft lips was still lingering on his own. He spent the remaining night burying his face in pillow and throwing his legs up and down, remembering the events.

His head was replaying the scene where minho tilted hyunjin's face and the way his-

STOP IT HWANG HYUNJIN !

STOP IT LEE MINHO !

The case was the same with both. But eventually they drifted to sleep , thanks to the work their university gave.

(I saw a tiktok where hyunjin mentioned about his bucketlist and him wishing to have a late night snack at those red snack cart...)

[blorbosexterminator]

In the newest interview, alvaro said that big chances that professor wouldn't be in the spin off because it's berlin's project and focusing on his new cast or crew. He said this one (Berlin) is separated from LCDP. Does that mean that we wont get Palermo too? 😢 I mean, if the whole 8 eps are just about berlin having fun with strangers he pretends to be friends with, whats the point of watching? The only thing we can hope, maybe the plot would be good, but from the teaser, I too have a doubt about it.

I haven't seen that interview (if those are his exact words, "big chance" is a weird way to phrase it since shooting is done, he's either in it or he's not lol.) Anyway, I wouldn’t take too much away from his words. They are pretty much a rephrasing of what Pina has been saying. They might mean Sergio won't show up at all, or that Sergio will only show up through a cameo, not in as a central way as LCDP. And that makes sense to me either way. I would personally love a cameo but generally regarding Sergio, it makes sense that he wouldn't be present through all his brother's heists and gangs and day to day life (which was already established in canon).

So I wouldn't compare Sergio's situation with Martín. At least on a textual level. Once established that Andrés had met Martín, it would make zero sense that Martín wouldn't be there since we know from canon Martín has been on his side for ten years prior to the monastery flashbacks. And generally speaking, there is not a single character from LCDP that belongs more in Berlin the show than actual lcdp lmfao. Martín's entire construction in canon was in the framework of Berlin.

That's not to say the show won't be about Berlin having fun with strangers for 8 episodes lmfao. That will probably be it. But I'm still in the belief that Palermo will guest-star or cameo in the last episode, as a form of Berlermo's first meeting. And I think if Rodrigo agrees and Netflix grants Pina a second season, he might be a main character going forward. I don't think there is a lot to hope for from the spin-off but I still believe it will be better and more surprising than we imagine now.

[aamethyst000]

DID YOU ALL SEE THE NORTHERN LIGHTS?! (may 11,24 - 8:45pm)

DUDE!!!! the fckn northern lights were so gorgeous last night!!ive nerver been more happy to be alive than i did last night and propably tinght too!! the fucking colours were so goddamn pretty!! all that magick looking arouras. god i love the northern lights~ i hope the clouds clear up again tonight and that the lights are brighter!! right now, i am cleaning up my room and then rearranging them to fit me better and for "change of season" feeling. keeping myself occupied until the lights come out. the sad thing though is that there was a (very) young one just passed away not even 2 days ago. those parents are only a few years younger than i am. its baffeling. and very sad. i hope those two can recover well, and that no one bothers them about it. this village is already rude about the funerals that happen here. almost no one repsects them, and the ones that do, are a part of that family or it was one of their family members passing away. the respect never stays. anyway, enough about saddness and funerals, the northern lights will be going off soon enough and i want my room to be clean before that happens, and judging by last night, it wiill be cold af again tonight.

11:08pm - judging by the weather tonight, we wont be able to see the northern lights. im so glad the was got to see them last night, they were so bright. my mom got sick just 2 days before mothers day, which is gotta suck all round for her. poor ma, she says its not but what may have push her over was drinking the last cup of coffee last night at 2am. i also think she was slowly getting sick before that, but it was body soreness and even more insomnia. she didnt even smoke today, how bad she feels, which sucks because we dont have any meds for her to take to properly recover. got no fricken money either. its very unfortunate that this happens almost every single time. its ridiculous how often this happens, and even when we do get some meds for us, we still end up with nothing once one of us in the house get sick. so if my mother is sick right now, i wonder who in the house will be next. so far, ive been the only one in mums room, so it might be me. on another note, the moon tonight looks so pretty~ its too bad that the clouds wont clear up for tonight. such a shame. i was so exicted and preparing myself to go outside and take lots of pictures while also admiring it. the way that the lights looked right above us was amazing, like it was circling right above the village <3 if you want to see my northern lights pictures, go to my instagram: @photographer.amethyst

i am posting what ive edited there and they look amazing! if i do say so myself <3 there are a few people now, trying to message me about being a freelancer or not. hell, just to sell my photography in general. i only do this as a hobby, selling my picutres will be a last resort only. this is not my last resort. at least, not yet it isnt. but thats for another day. right now, im going to have a puff and watch youtube videos for the rest of the night. so i think that this entry will be short as well. just maybe.

1:05am - it doesnt seem to be like the night to watch the notrthern lights tonight. it kind of sucks but i am so glad i got lots of pictures to edit and post <3 i just find it weird that it is very cold out right now and i just want to go back inside and curl up in my penguins blanket, never come out of my little cuccoon that i have made for myself. i made a second pot for myself basically. my little brother isnt drinking coffee, which is okie, its his choice. but its just me drinking the whole pot for now and for however long my mother will be ill for. hopefully this doesnt last long, conidering that we do not have any medicine for her to take. unfortunatly. even though she didnt eat at all today, she seems to need to throw up, or feel like thorwing up. dry heaving and whatnot. it genuinly does sound like that shit hurts. lots of thought run through my head when she gets like this. lots of anxiety and worry as well. i wonder if this is how she felt with all of her kids while we were growing up, and to change perspective, i wonder if this is how she felt when she was looking after her mother(my gran) while she was sick for a bit too. if so, no wonder she does everything in her power to make sure that we feel better and recover quick with the medicine she manages to find for us. speaking of, i may have to use my savings to go to the store again to find some medicine for her there. anyway, i think ill stop for tonight, hope you enjoy today/tonights entry, have a good day/night, readers~

[bigearsbunbun]

3rd day in 10th Grade 8/31/23

I was pretty excited about today since the One piece live action was gonna be released today!TT

I woke up in a good mood and started my day with eating breakfast while watching The disastrous life of Saiki K.!! I ended up finishing the first season which felt refreshing I couldnt wait to come home after class and watch the 2nd season!!:D

I planned on wearing the males uniform today for the last time since I probably wont be able to wear it in the future because of some teachers:D though ive never announced this in my bio but Im actually genderfluid Ive always felt comfortable with both being feminine and masculine and wearing male and female clothes (clothes dont have gender but Im talking about the stereotypes of what society think they're supposed to be worn) anyway I messaged our teacher to ask permission for me to wear a males uniform so she doesnt scold me infront of everyone (though I think shes not that type of teacher but I just wanted to be cautious) later when I kinda doubted that she would even reply I almost unsent the message but then she replied saying "just for today, I'll open up to the other teachers about this" and I felt some of the weight on my chest was gone and skipped my way outside of our house hopping because of happiness...it really meant a lot that she said that....

then I got to school....it wasnt as crowded as before so it felt kinda nice... I then see some of my friends already chatting and after I dropped my bag in our classroom I joined them

Later when class starts....we answered the 7 intelligences by Howard Gardner...we answered this before last school year....though seeing my results nothings changed about me.... I got spatial-visual....butttt our past teacher never actually told us what was the suitted proffession of our intelligences so I was kinda shocked about mine...she said that people who have spatial-visual intelligence will most likely become an "artist,photographer,scultor, and etc" (I forgot what else she mentioned) and like isnt it crazy because I'm an artist...I also like taking pictures (but I dont really have a professional camera)....and I've always wanted to try sculpting....it was so spot on......no wonder my results never changed...

Snack breaaaaaaaak some of my friends havent been dismissed yet or already had their snack breaks so its just me and my 2 friends (that in the same section as me)...we decided to visit our past classroom...sighh even though it was a pain having to LITERALLY HIKE our way to our classroom because it was so high up we still made tons of memories:D while we were there I bought some turon(banana spring rolls) since the canteen was packed as alwaysTT

on our way back we looked up and saw some of our friends from the 4th floor waving at us so we decided to go to the 4th floor!! I met den there and hugged her when we saw each other!!....we talked about one piece shes so nice to chat withhhh and we also talked about the live action that just dropped (the release time was 3PM and it was currently 3:15)

after chatting I headed back to our classroom....the teacher was kinda busy I think and let our most reliable classmate(he was our president in 9th grade) handle us...we just had to take our height and weight...I was kinda surpised of my weight....it was 47.9kg like........wasnt it 51 last time????.....and it hit me....didnt I do fasting......well it was most likely that I was jealous of other peoples body and did it for the sake of looking good...........but honestly I kinda like that fact that, thats my weight...as for my height though....it didnt change at ALL TT IM GONNA CRY.....now that I think about I think I messed up the numbers because wasnt I 155cm last time..? NOW WHY AM I 152???WHAT WHERE DID THE 3CM GO??????AM I TRIPPING?....well I already passed it to the teacher so....sigh....Im not supposed to be 4'9 I WAS LITERALLY 5'1....oh well whats...done..is ...done.......i guess.....T.T ihatemylife

then class ended....we were in charge of cleaning but it felt like a breeze because this time in my new section there are actually people who HELP FOR CLEANING THE CLASSROOM.

I got out of the classroom as soon as we got dismissed my friends were already outside so I just joined them....then headed home:D

I took this photo while I was walking home...

its a lot later than when I really post my journal but I think it will probably change a lot in the future....I started watching the one piece live action right after I got home because I couldnt wait any longer><.(also ber months starts tomorrow, theyre gonna start counting down the days before christmassTT I cant believe its already been more than half a year already)

thats it for todayy thank you for reading<3 baiiii

[allyrose28]

Hello again Caryl fam. Long time no see. I took a break for awhile because spoil freakouts were taking a toll on me back in September. I probably will disappear for a bit again because well.....Spoiler freakouts.  Im getting Find Me freakout flashbacks (funny its been exactly a year so obviously end of January-mid Febuary is NOTT a time of blessings for carylers haha). 

I guess I just wanted to post because I too was sad when I read the spoilers at first. I am feeling better this morning and wanted to contribute to the amazing posts that have already been written by other users calming the anxiety over D0nnie. 

I want to start by saying STAYYY OFF TWITTER. I am not on it but I can imagine the gloating going on by the other side. Let them just let them. This may be their last chance to gloat about anything. 

I know this has been said by other users and written more eloquently than I could ever but I am going to try. I know many are still mad about Leah and how random it was. Yeah it was random, but in Kang’s mind, Leah was used for Daryl's character development. To break his hero complex. Can we all please go back to last year and remember how much we cried and freaked out saying Leah was the end of Caryl. Did Leah end Caryl? not at all. Can we remember the spoilers from last season? Spoilers sources saying Daryl was trying to have Leah come with him because he still loved her. Wishing they never left the cabin. Was there only for Leah and he still cared about her and wanted her to give him another chance. Do we all remember freaking out?.... then it turned out that he was trying to protect his family all along and Leah and Daryl were never meant to be.

The whole Leah thing...there was a reason to the madness of it all. You don’t have to like it, I sure as hell didn't...but i understood where Kang was trying to go with the story development. But this is still Daryl Dixon. Daryl Dixon who for 10 years has never had a relationship. It would make absolutely noooo sense for Daryl to jump into another relationship with c0nnie at this point in time. There is nothing it will add to the story. There is not enough episodes.

Some will argue with me and say “but there is a time jump and Kang loves to make up relationships in time jumps”. Can I say one off tangent thing about that.... People crucify Kang for creating Carol and Zeke during time jump but Gimple was planting those damn seeds since season 7 so if you want to blame anyone blame him. ANYWAY where was I... o yeah ok.  Fine say Kang did that with D0nnie...  used the time jump to put them in a relationship. I mean I personally would be pissed as a D0nnie shipper because she jumped  past all the best parts of a relationship... first kisses first time together.  But ok say she gave D0nnie fans everything they wanted for 8 episodes. How is that going to end? C0nnie will die or they will break up for some reason (Carol). Taking away everything  just as fast as she gave it to them, Upsetting all of them in the end anyway. All the while many Caryl fans will be dropping like flies because they will give up (including me i will stop watching). Kang, GImple, AMC as much as they piss me off sometimes... in the end they neeeddd us. They need our viewership for the spinoff. We know damn well the D0nnie fans wont watch it (maybe hate watch it). All the damage control Kang did with the Leah relationship... it wasn't to calm the D0nnie crowd, it was to calm US because THEY NEED US. I cant stress this enough. From a business point of view having D0nnie together makes no sense at all. Why would you piss off the audience you need for the spinn off. Why would you risk losing us? They saw how upset we got over Find Me spoilers there is no way they are sitting in the writers room thinking... “well I know we had to do a lot of damage control with Leah because we miscalculated how much patience Caryl fans have,,, but lets make D0nnie cannon for a few episodes. Im sure Caryl fans will understand.” They know DAMN WELL we wont understand. They know it will be many peoples final straw. 

Im so frustrated that Kang feels the need to do this and created this shipping war to begin with but whatever it is what it is.  So what can she do to appease that fan base she created because she still needs them until the finale? Well give them this reunion. Make it cute. Let them gloat. Listen Caryl fam...let them have this one. I have a feeling this is going to be the biggest moment their ship will get. And do yourself a favor. Don’t watch it. Just fast forward. After that...there is just no time to throw Daryl into another relationship. Looks like he got plenty of shit to do at the commonwealth. 

Kang has tested my patience to no end and I don’t feel the same love for her as I use to after 11a. I do still trust that Caryl is endgame. They just have to drag it out to the absolute last episode because that is what every TV show has done throughout history. Just again please stay off twitter and spoiler sites. Don’t read the reviews of the episode. This will be hyped up to no end and it will hurt like hell. We will get through it. Now I am going back to my hiding hole. Caryl on <3

[utilitycaster]

watch guide follow up: wanna watch everything that makes up canon lore and wanna know which eps need to be viewed (preferrably) one after the other and at which points a long break (in case free time is scarce) is okay and wont cut narrative momentum and all that.

So, just to set the stage...this is a thousand-plus hour series. I watched/listened to Campaign One after it aired pretty aggressively, and it took me 4-5 months; if free time is scarce, this is a pretty monumental task. I don't want to discourage you! But it's a lot, and because of the nature of actual play and the length it's really hard to say what can definitively be skipped within the main campaigns; I don't think most people have flawless episode-by-episode memory and I think people would disagree on some minor points regarding what is crucial to the plot.

To that point: Any existing fans reading this post and who disagree with my notes below are welcome and encouraged to come to my inbox or to make their own posts and tag me if they really want me to weigh in, but I don't think it is helpful to new viewers for there to be tons of conflicting info on this post. Please keep this in mind, thanks!

Anyway, to cover the canon lore:

Story of Vox Machina, a brief summary of the home game (pr-stream) campaign. You could probably skip it and pick things up from context clues, but it's like 20 minutes and provides some background.

Campaign One: Vox Machina (115 episodes although technically really 114). You can skip episode 12 as it's really more of a special but predates them numbering that separately. Because a former cast member who was highly unpleasant and was later found to be the subject of credible allegations of abuse and fraud was present for the first 27 episodes (he left after episode 27), a lot of people do skip them. I would however say that these episodes do contain canon lore and starting with 28 would be abrupt to say the least.

As for points where you can take a break, I'm going to have some advice on memory refreshes/means of not needing too many extended breaks below, but some potential stopping points are:

After episodes 13, 23, 36, 83, and 98. These are roughly where the arcs end anyway; the arc divisions tend to start on the episode with action, so I moved a few episodes that are more of a transition (still lore-relevant) to the top of those arcs if you are taking a break.

Canonical post-campaign one-shots, in order of in-universe chronological occurrence:

The Search for Grog

The Search for Bob

Dalen's Closet

The Darrington Brigade

Campaign Two: The Mighty Nein (141 episodes): The stopping points I would assign are:

After episodes 8, 18, 30 or 31, 47, 61 or 62, 70, 90 or 91, 99 (note - sort of in the middle of an arc but after this was the point of the Covid-19 hiatus, so like...everyone took a 4 month break after this one and so when it picks up it is very good at resetting the stage), 108, 113, 124, and the mid-episode break of 131.

Exandria Unlimited (as of now, the only season thereof), 8 episodes

Campaign Three, ongoing but as of today, 11 episodes.

There are also some specials of debatable canonical status that have not yet mattered to the plot, but if you get the chance, I would recommend watching Song of the Lorelei. It aired as a special after episode 32 of Campaign 2, if you'd like to watch it then; otherwise any time after that episode in your watch should be fine as currently it is standalone but may become relevant in the future.

As for taking breaks/refreshing memory:

I believe everything above - at the very least, all of the main campaigns and Exandria Unlimited - is available in podcast format. I listened to most of Campaign 1 in podcast form, and I've listened to a few episodes of Campaign 2 and 3 rather than watched them (technically I had the video playing, but I was working and therefore only paying attention to audio). I can't say you don't miss anything, but it can be done quite comfortably. So if you are very busy but do still have a commute, or household chores during which you'd normally listen to music or something, I'd do that to keep things fresh.

The Critical Role website has episode recaps and summaries, and for the second campaign, they have very good animated recaps of the arcs in broad strokes. Additionally, there usually is a small recap from Matt, the DM, of the previous few episodes' key events, done at the top of each episode. CritRoleStats live tweets each episode, and as of late has been collecting those tweets onto their site so you can skim that as well. In summary, there are lots of places to refresh your memory should you need to take an extended break.

[papers4me]

Momiji's curse has not broken yet. In the manga he is drawn as slowly increasingly taller than Tohru so his transformation to a man feels more natural. Tohru having a masculine name to offset her feminine sweetness is one of my favourite details about her! Also, how good is the moment at the end where Kyo pats Tohru on the head and she is shown very impacted by it (the panel with "Just forget about it"). It's those little details that are lost in the anime that mean so much.

Lets think back to how having a vision changes the direction of the shots & the emotions that you want your audience to have:

In the manga:

1- Vision: (showing human weakness)

2- Story direction: kyo had the nightmare of kyoko. Trigger: hearing tohru talk abt watching videos of someone is precious memory. Kyo laments that tohru wont ever hear her mom's words or see her talking & only console herself with a silent picture. This makes kyo thinks back to is guilt that he is able to tell tohru so much abt her mom but can't cuz then he'll have to confess in " his role in hurting kyoko" as he thinks. After the nightmare tohru notices kyo's pale face & worries & he comforts her. Both think that they're delusional in believing this is more than kindness & there's no way it's romantic love.

3- Result: the mode is set for the climax without he need for shock, cuz kyo is consciously battling his guilt & consciously stopping himself from loving tohru becuz he doesnt want to hurt her. Both kyo & tohru come out to the audience as immensely sympathetic, relatable & tragic. The audience cheers for them to be together despite fearing that kyoko indeed hated kyo somehow, the mystery is still there but is set at the back & the human weakness is forefront. The slow burn is driving the audience hearts & they're engaged 100%.

In the anime:

1- Vision: ( creates suspenseful drama)

2- Story Direction: kyo "forgets" kyoko's accident but remembers everything else, only the accident is forgotten? "weird" . he found sad tohru crying in her mom's death anniversary, comforts her & talks abt her mom a lot. She's wearing all black " this isnt a reminder that kyoko died?". He was visiting kyoko's grave earlier all by himself & not with tohru & co. cuz he felt guilty, for kyoko " but not the accident..no no.. he forgot that" ..." . Anyway, she takes him to her room, He panicked cuz of the hat, she panicked cuz of her mom's ghost. She SCREAMS! End ep with epic shattered kyoko picture. Next ep kyo remembers the accident, Trigger: the hat, not the funeral, or the grave nor tohru's black dress nor his words . JUST the hat. Tohru giggles downstairs & wonder why kyo is tired. tohru " forgot" kyo panicked in front of her.

3_ Result: setting the mood for the climax drama. The audience are so worried abt " the secret" kyo is hiding. OMG! will kyo confess? He MUST accepts tohru's love cuz they're sweet couple together! The suspenseful drama really pays off so much. But where is the focus on characters' weakness & depth???? The fact that kyo " forgot" the incident that is the reason driving him all the ep from its opening to its end is weird!!! I really wish the anime stuck to the " suspenseful drama" from the beginning & not showed how kyo remembered the accident itself many times in se1 to 2, not cuz this is the best writing, NO. but cuz at least kyo would be consistent. Tohru comes off way worse than kyo. She comes off dumb & cold. The fact that she isnt remembering that kyo collapsed is unbelievable. The fact that she never asked him what's wrong is the weirdest uncharacteristically bullsh!t that tohru has ever done.. remember tohru was worried abt a puppet in se02, horror house ep...

The anime successfully gets what they want: drama. really, the drama is perfect, not logical much but so perfect, also cool panicked shots & symbolism of broken picture....

Honestly, the only reason anime se3 ep 6, kinda worked is becuz ep 8 where kyo confesses his guilt is all focused on weakness & emotions. Kyo becomes sympathetic again & we understand his motivation. ep 8 is THE BEST ep in se3 hands down, perfect pace, deep & centered around emotions, not drama or suspense. wish I could say anything like that abt ep6 which was sadly.. a tohru's ep.

oh well~ with all its weakness, I still love the anime & i still think se03 is the best furuba season ever among furuba's seasons<3! the story is so good in se03, it's just, it could've been the best story ever for another 20 years to come, but the direction somehow thought today's generation has short attention spans & concentration issues so hit them with shocks before they get bored.. XD

[manet-boleyn]

How I would change The Tudor seasons

Hello! I am making this post since I wished there were much more seasons of The Tudor to flesh out characters and not rush through the reigns of the queens. All of these seaosn will have 10 episodes, just like how 3 out of the 4 seasons in this show had 10 episodes. 

SEASON 1 (1485-1509)

Introduce baby Katherine of Aragon, baby Prince Arthur, Baby Margaret, Baby Mary, and Baby Henry. This season will be focused on Katherine growing up and marrying Arthur (that is how the first or second episode will cover) and it goes up until when Henry and Katherine are crowned. Something like the Spanish Princess. Show baby Boleyns and how they grow up as little kids! But make them background characters. overtime, make Margaret show up less and less after she becomes Queen of Scotland. Also show Jane Seymour being born. 

SEASON 2 (1509-1522)

Show the struggles of Katherine is having with making a male heir while Henry keeps reminded her that the Tudor dynasty is still new. Show Mary Tudor marrying Charles Brandon and how he gets his titles Don’t show him too much tho.Show Mary and Anne Boleyn is French court, and how Anne flourishes. Do a sneak peak of a baby being born here and there, for Kateryn Parr and Anna von Kleve. Oh, and Mary I also. Show the affair of Bessie Blount in this season. Give much more friendship times with More and Henry also. The season ends when Anne Boleyn arrives at English court.

SEASON 3 (1523-1532)

Overall, something like the 1st season of The Tudors a bit. The first episode shows the affair of Henry VIII and Mary Boleyn and the love of Henry Percy and Anne Boleyn and both ending at the same time. It ends with Katherine of Aragon forced to leave court, and how Henry’s sister Mary trying to keep her sister-in-law in power and how Queen Margaret of Scotland wants Anne be queen. Show the first marriage of Kateryn Parr a bit and show when Katheryn Howard is being born. You can include Anne Boleyn knowing about this, saying that “child wont go anywhere in life” since Katheryn is so low on the noble status. This is foreshadowing. Show bits of Anna von Kleve of getting a betroth of the man. he main focus will be Anne Boleyn though as she becomes Henry’s lover and they wish to be married. Kill off Wolsey too and watch Thomas Cromwell come into power. Now Thomas Tallis also I hate him. 

SEASON 4 (1532-1536)

The main story will just be like the main story line of the original Season 2, since I feel like it is the best season out of the four. Things I will change is to introduce Jane Seymour much earlier in the season, with her struggle how she wants Lady Mary Tudor in the line of succession and her issues of breaking from Rome and how she becomes queen consort. Kill off Duchess Lady Mary Tudor Brandon, and possibly her last words can curse how much she hates Anne Boleyn. cough, foreshadowing. Show bits of Katheryn Howard as a teen and the predatory nature of her music teacher, so we can gain some sympathy for her since she is shown a dis-likable character in the show. Start to show more of Lady Mary Tudor a bit more too. Show the marriage of John Neville and Kateryn Parr and how Kateryn is good with his children, showing that she can make a great mother to stepchildren. The end of the season would be almost the exactly like the last episode of Season 2, since that is one the the best episodes. 

SEASON 5 (1536- 1540)

This is around the time of the original Season 3, which was the most boring season, so there is a lot of changes to this one. Jane Seymour will be shown more in this season, because I think many people view her as boring and I want to show her the sides of her that aren’t really shown. Show her as being more gentle and somewhat trying to get Lady Mary in the line of succession. Her struggles of not getting pregnant immediately should be shown more, as she is constantly reminded what happened to the last queen. The main focus however will be Thomas Cromwell. He starts to feel a bit guilty of what happened to Anne Boleyn because inside he knows they were innocent, however he had to serve his king either way. Season 3 only had 8 episodes, yet this one will have the standard 10 to flesh things out. It will show Cromwell’s positions in the monasteries and Aske’s rebellion. Kateryn Parr is shown to be nervous about this. When Jane is finally pregnant, her anxiety gets worse as she does not know if it will be a boy or girl. I want the viewers to know that at this point it is very stressful of Jane. Show the predatory nature of Francis Dereham to Katheryn Howard also and how it is r*pe, not a love affair like it is shown in The Tudors. Jane dies in the fourth episode and now Thomas Cromwell has to fond a new task, to find a queen for Henry VIII, who is so protective over his baby son. He wants to find a woman that would not be beheaded just like Anne Boleyn, since his guilt is piling up more and more. Soon, he chooses Anna von Kleve, who throughout the season is shown not to know sex education. At the end of the season, it is Henry screaming, “I like her not!” and it shows Cromwell’s worried face, touching his neck and the episode ends. 

SEASON 6 (1540-1542)

This season will show the reigns of Anna von Kleve and Katheryn Howard. The main focus will be on Cromwell still, as he tries to make Anna do anything to keep his head. However, Anna still does not understand and wishes to also divorce Henry VIII. Show Anna interacting with Henry’s kids, and have a flashback to Henry’s sister Mary, showing Henry is reminded of his sister from her. For Katheryn Howard, I am very unsure. If it is like the original show how she is claimed to be a “prostitute” by Brandon and someone else, then I would just say since all of this predatory experience from a young age, she thinks the only purpose she has is to be a sexual object for a man, which makes her story sadder. Or she can just go by the history of how she just comes to court and Henry VIII, who is now aging and weighing more, can see her. At the end of Anna’s reign as queen, Cromwell is imprisoned and the night before his head gets chopped off, he thinks about Anne Boleyn and says, “you got the last laugh”. When Katheryn and Henry marry, someone tells Henry about the gruesome death of Cromwell and Katheryn can secretly think, that’s what he gets for killing my cousin. Anna and Henry do not have sex at all, yet remain good friends. Anyway Henry treats Katheryn like an object until Culpepper meets her and actually treat her like a person,only to trick her for sexual purposes only. Everyone hears and she gets executed. This makes her a tragic character and much more realistic way. The season can end with that, or Anna saying how she is lucky she was not the second beheaded of the wives.

SEASON 7 (1542-1547) 

The season starts off with Kateryn Parr loosing her second husband and getting to know Thomas Seymour and falling in love with him. However she is quickly noticed by an again Henry, and has to be his sixth wife and also hiding her faith. Anna von Kleve visits regularly throughout the season too. Henry goes to war and Kateryn Parr has to watch over the children. Once again like Jane, Kateryn is very frightened to be beheaded and Anna tries to calm her down, saying everything will be alright. However, Gardner starts to find that Kateryn is a Protestant and he tries to show that to Henry VIII. he kills Anne Askew too. Kateryn is shaking in her boots now and Henry starts to hear these claims and almost arrests her. However, she is lucky and tells him how thankful she is that he is teaching her his ways of religion. Henry becomes more sick and Kateryn becomes somewhat of a nurse for him. Charles Brandon dies and Henry starts seeing visions of he people that he killed or died throughout his life. The season ends just like how the show ends, but Anna von Kleve is there. 

This is how I will change it! I might do even smaller portions focusing on each season on my take of what The Tudors should of done. what are your thoughts?

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Request List:

Requests are closed. 

Before you request: Please check this list to see if I have something similar. Please let me know if you’ve sent the request to other authors (I’ll still most likely do it), and try to be as detailed as you can. “I want Spencer Reid to bang Reader” isn’t super duper helpful to motivate my writing goblin. 

I try to get these out as quickly as possible, but I’m only a human enslaved to the goblins in my brain. 

Current Requests:

1.   * I finished cm season 14 so I got an idea: In e15s14 jj confesses her love for spencer but he is already in a relationship with reader (is also in BAU) and after the hostage thing Spencer and reader goes to Spencer’s and he tells her everything and reader gets sad and cries and it’s sad and they both start crying and it’s night and rainy and then they make love. I hope it makes sense. Would love it to be long with details and a lot of feelings 2.  I was hoping you could write a request: “Being weird together in museums is a love language” and maybe it’s just fluffy but it could definitely have smut too. I love your writing, and i hope you have a really good day!

3.   hiya! can I request I fic with Spencer x girl reader where she has an English accent and he really loves it! make it fluffy, smutty or whatever you want!! I trust you incredible writing skills :)) thank you!!! :)

4.    spencer reid x reader where she is a switch and thinks that spencer is a sub. one day jj and emily are trying to convince him to cut his hair and she whispers to him that she likes his long hair because then she can pull on it while he goes down on her and boss him around and he answer with something like ‘you wont be the only one bossing around’ and some smut after,please?? thank you 💙 5.    I have a request if you’re open to it! Could you write a maybe angsty fluff piece about a plus size reader and Spencer? Maybe wanting to move forward in a relationship but reader is nervous and self conscious and it starts an argument because he just wants her to stop talking negatively about herself and ends with some beautiful lovey smut? ❣️

6. So I was wondering if you’d be willing to write a Spencer Reid x Reader where she previously worked at the BAU and they dated but broke later broke up and run into each other year’s later and past feelings resurface and they decide to go give it another go? Maybe smut ensues at the end? You don’t have to but it’s just an idea because you write so well! Thank you!

7. I dunno if you like hotchreid, but picture this. Reid blowing hotch with his glasses on and when hotch cums he gets it on reids glasses. I dunno why but the thought of that is just so hot to me // Okay okay, counter idea, reader sits on reids face while he eats her out and his glasses get all messy

8. Not requesting but just planting this little idea in your head imagine dating Spencer and having a sweet moment where he is braiding your hair into to pigtails for you and when he’s done the very sweet moment turns very kinky.

9. Hi beautiful, (SPOILER FOR SEASON 8) I was wondering if you could write a Platonic! BAU (Mostly spencer reid) x reader where the reader is poisoned just like Erin Strauss, but while Erin does die, the reader makes it and everyone is super worried? I love your work and would love to see what you’d do with that request! Stay safe!

10. Hey bb can i make a request? Havent sent this to anyone else. Spencer meeting a jazz musician (preferably a bass play bc i play bass lmao) in New Orleans when he meets up with Ethan? Ethan and reader like play at the same club together and he introduces them? Smut? Fluff? I love your writing and I think you would do a GREAT job executing this!

11. Okay, I know your requests are closed but I just wanted to stop by and say if you’re ever in an angsty mood and need some inspiration- I just listened to a song called “sweater” but Spencer Sutherland and all I could think of is a fic about it with Spencer 😂 quite literally the lyrics are “that’s my sweater, why the fuck you got it on? We’re not together, should have left that shit at home” 😂 I’m just sayin lol

12. I have a request if you’re open to it! I keep having this reoccurring daydream where reader is a music therapist and dating Spencer and helps the team with a case where a child won’t talk and he’s just in awe of watching reader get the kid to open up and it’s just fluffy and sweet!

13. hi! i love your work!! i was wondering if you could write a kind of goofy smut? i’m imagining something along the lines of spencer and reader having been friends for a really long and being super comfortable and silly around eachother but that they’ve also kinda been in love with each other for a long time? when they tell eachother it’s not a big deal and they have sex but it’s really cute? if that makes sense

14. “sleepy girsl are so cute. When they mumble, their voices low and quiet? Adorable? Those big yaws and biiiiiig stretches? So cute! Resting their head on your shoulder and giving you that lazy smile before they drift off again? Oh my godddddd!!!!”

15. omg obviously u have like a million fics on the go cos ur amazing but if u added a praise kink fic to the list let’s just say i wouldn’t complain 😉😘ok but spencer being insecure about his body maybe after everyone’s complimenting derek or something and not wanting u to take his shirt off, and u just absolutely showering him in compliments and telling him all the ways he turns u on and loving on every millimetre of his body and sending him all subby ANYWAY (this is a rant but like also a request if u fancy)

- General Hotch ideas: Sub Hotch, Brat Tamer Hotch, Dom men in lingerie, Spencer calling Reader “daddy,” more about sub drop.

[strykingback]

Ok... Gotta say my Farewell to Vol 8. So If you dont like  what Im about to say best click off now or ignore it.

Ok so you decided to click on it,  Alrighty brace yourself 

This entire Arc was just fucking horrendous. No joke, this entire arc was just garbage entirely, no joke. The way how they made Ironwood into a cartoon villain making him into some albeist joke of people who are diagnosed with ADHD, PTSD, Actual Amputees’, etc. This was meant to be A FUCKING WAR ARC!!!

Which means I expected these few things from this Arc even though I was not watching it.

- Plenty of Character Deaths ranging from Main, Secondary, and Tertiary Characters.

- Stakes at An All New High. 

- Characters being forced to make tough decisions or risks that fail or pay off.

- Uneasy Alliances being forged.

- Tensions between Team RWBY, Ironwoods Group, and Salems. 

-SALEM TEARING ATLAS AND MANTLE A NEW ONE. 

- THE VILLIANS ACTUALLY FUCKING WIN THIS VOLUME. 

Instead We Got: 

-Ruby’s Group BEING INSIDE THE FUCKING HOUSE LIKE IN VOLUME 5 BARELY DOING FUCK ALL!!!

- Ironwood being “villainized” even further instead of turning him into a morally-grey villain. 

- Team RWBY “winning” through plot armor and bad writing like the Mary Sues they are. 

- Bumbleby Ship-Baiting... AGAIN. (Seriously. . . fuck off) (No hate to anyone who ships BB but at this point it was seriously getting annoying and tiring)

- Salem Just Getting Merked... NOT ONCE FOLKS. BUT TWICE!!!

- The Hound Getting Merked.....

Seriously no joke, this was such a bullshit, deadbeat volume. No joke it makes me so frustrated to see that this entire Volume was fucked up to no end. Yangs and Rubys argument did not feel like an actual fucking argument. 

What I expect from an argument was four things.

- Calling them Out On Their Actions. 

- Person A and B Debating About their Actions/Decisions which said argument intensifies. 

- Person A or B Starts a fight after saying something that pisses one of them off

-  Fight Between A and B, Totally Optional to have a bystander such as C or D end the Fight. 

Instead we get....a simple Argument that barely intensifies and only has Yang calling Ruby out on her abilities being a leader of a team. We should have Ruby also calling out Yang for sharing the information to Robyn and her “Happy Huntresses.” Which should’ve escalated to the point where Ruby says.  “Well that Gung-Ho Attitude is what caused you to lose your Arm!!” 

or Yang saying: 

“Well If you didn’t decide to...Oh I dont know have our faces pasted on EVERY VIRTUAL BOARD IN ATLAS FOR YOUR SHIT DECISIONS!” 

Not to mention to have Blake ,Weiss, and the Rest of ORNJ just look in awe or shock.... at seeing them argue to the point where they start fighting SERIOUSLY THATS WHAT A FUCKING ARGUMENT IS MEANT TO FEEL LIKE IN A WAR ARC!!!!

Moving on from that... anyways Cinders Past was just so so so SO LAZY.....

No joke her past was so boring it was to the point where I found it just uninteresting at all. Yet that brings up a good point hat I said once and I will say again. “How Come the FNDM praises Women that get beaten and show love to them rather than Men who also get abused like Adam whose EYE WAS BRANDED and MERCURY WHOSE LEGS WERE BROKEN BY THE FEMUR NO LESS.”

No joke for her it was just... a shock collar and she was berated verbally.....You know this actually makes Ellie from Last of Us Part 2 Look Better than Cinders. (Yeah I went there!)

Like if you want to do Twisted Cinderella with some RWBY Vibes.... heres how you do it. 

- Have Cinder be in Awe at the Sight of a Huntsman or Huntress fighting which inspires her to be a Huntress when Reeves finally tells her she can be one. 

- Show that Reeves does care about her and when he falls ill and dies Cinder is berated even more by the twins and the proprietor where she was enslaved. 

- What Finally causes her to snap and kill everyone was when she finds out her “sisters” burned her Academy Approval letter on their mothers order causing her to kill and murder which she is later on arrested and then bailed out by Watts who leads her to Salem. 

Seriously DO IT FUCKING RIGHT ESPECIALLY  WHEN IT COMES TO CINDER WHOSE PAST WAS IN SHADOWS FOR 8 WHOLE FUCKING YEARS.

8 YEARS AND YOU DROP IT LIKE A RAW PIECE LAMB CHOP!!!

Finally SALEM. Oh God how did they fuck up with Salem?! I will admit there was some moments that spooked me. However it was not enough to make me feel nervous for the characters as a whole. 

Like for example I expected her to wipe the floor with Atlas’ forces and just seriously showing destruction and chaos arriving. Instead last season it looked like she was JUST APPROACHING THE CITY. 

Which would have been a “Race Against The Clock/War” Volume since Salem would have begun her destruction of Atlas and even forcing her way into Atlas.... and then suddenly Hazel performs a Heel-Face-Turn that suddenly screams BS because seriously he should’ve had some sort of a better redemption that felt built up, then she gets  BURNED THEN NUKED BY OZPINS MAGICAL CANE OF SUPERPOWERED BULLSHIT. Which Held enough magic to unleash it....which could have been used during the BATTLE OF BEACON. However, I wont complain about it why?

Cause, I think the major reason is because If he were to use it in there he would be revealing Beacon’s Relic Vault as well to Cinder which she can use to open it and take the Relic of Choice. Which I believe was a pragmatic choice because you also have to think of the people who are still trying to escape or evacuating at the moment. 

Now the ultimate disrespectful thing the CRWBY did for their “Design a Grimm” contest was the Sulfur Fish. 

THIS DESIGN WAS SICK, AND THE ABILITIES WAS JUST JAW DROPPINGLY COOL!

However what does CRWBY do instead of giving a Full Scene where we see its Forms or attacking other soldiers/people. 

It gets... *Drumroll*

A Cameo sequence...thats it. A Cameo....Wow CRWBY you are shit. Just absolutely shit at writing and even giving the winner of the Design-A-Grimm Contest Winner an actual shot...while you overwork your animators giving Anxiety Disorders or PTSD. Great Show. 

 TL;DR: RWBY Volume 8 was one of the most boring, shittiest, and a snoozefest of a volume with such bad writing that it makes even watching The Last of Us Part II look good! 

If you are planning on dropping RWBY let me offer you an Alternative. 

Say hello to Meta Runner! A series that I find to be a favorite of mine and one that is actually better than RWBY’s garbage ass bullshit writing. 

To give you a brief synopsis, This series follows Tari a girl who wakes up in Silica City without any memory of what has happened except some brief flashbacks. To which TasCorp the antagonistic corporation seeks to use her for entertainment, while there is a mystery element about a famous gamer gone missing... and its up to Tari and the help of a Resistance force to find out this mystery. 

This series is done by Glitch Studios which many do know them as...drumroll please!  *drumroll*

The Youtubers SMG4! Who is well known for doing GMOD Shitposts! 

Its actually quite relieving to see a series that these two brothers actually want to share with us! They dont want to do it for money or for anything just for the sake of a good story! 

AND THATS WHAT I LIKE!

Oh did I forget to mention that Meta Runner is backed by:  Epic Games

Crunchyroll 

AMD Lastly.... and hold onto your butts...

THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT!!!

You know you hit it big WHEN THE GOVERNMENT BACKS YOUR SERIES!!! Come On you cant help but smile at that! So far the Third Season is being worked on at the moment but no release date at the moment so it could be sometime this year or next year. 

So if you have any plans on watching that I highly recommend giving it a watch. Anyways 

Fuck RWBY Volume 8. Fuck the Canon. Fuck Everything about RWBY!