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[devintrinidad]

Reply to something you made in that post talking about wondering if I should've made my Yuu befriend others beside Ace and Deuce:

You mentioned in the comments about fics like that tend to follow the story to the letter. Honestly, I agree. I noticed that too. Granted, there are exceptions. I bookmarked a few on my own account. But, yeah. I find that a lot of them follow the plot beat for beat, rarely changing the canon drastically.

I try to make the events of the story differ from the canon. But, I think that's partly due to both wanting Addie's actions have an impact on the plot like any protagonist should and it being a fix-it for the game, so I scrap and change elements of the game that just don't work. Hell, I even came up with my own worldbuilding, since the canon one is so terrible.

While I think I'm too late down the rabbithole to change that, it's something I wonder about if I had a complete do-over that I would change. Because it would be nice to try something different. But, at the same time, I'm satisfied with her befriending those two along with others like Vil and Jack.

Still need to read your fic, though. I never gotta around to it yet. 😅

Yeah, while I do love twst and what people can do with it, it’s very taxing to read, over and over again, about the events of Heartslabyul, followed by Savanalcaw, and so on.

Like, what if someone scrapped the Overblots altogether? Or wrote them out of order? Or approached the Overblots from a different angle than just beating them with magic? What if the mc was like an actual licensed therapist who helps in the aftermath? What if the mc never enrolled as a student at NRC and instead made a living in the town below and watched form afar as the town begins the rumor mill of supposed Overblots?

Like, there’s so much potential!

That’s why I normally don’t read rewrites of twst because I already know the formula. Even if the mc is interesting, it doesn’t hold my attention for too long. That, and I risk contaminating my own story with someone else’s ideas by accident.

Anywhoozles, you don’t have to read my fic if you don’t want to! If you do, though, feel free to drop a comment here on tumblr or on ao3! It’s always a joy to read what others think.

[silyabeeodess]

About the Pomefiore arc as well...Something I never got about TWST? Why aren't Neige and Vil stepbrothers? It seems like an extremely obvious writing choice that would've fixed at least some of the writing issues with Pomefiore. I mean…

Align Vil more with the Evil Queen.

Make Vil's rivalry a lot more personal and give it more weight.

Help to explain why Vil's so frustrated with Neige outside of him getting the parts that he wants. If that was the case, then Vil might be still bitter about his father marrying another woman with a son that he doesn't like. Vil might still try to give out the olive branch to Neige for his father's sake, but even then he still feels frustrated since Neige still irritates him due to everyone seeming to always adore him while his efforts are ignored. Deep down, Vil might feel like Neige is stealing his father's love and affection, even if he feels childish for even thinking that.

It would make Vil poisoning Neige have a lot more impact. Vil poisoning Neige is wrong either way. Let's face it. Poisoning family is a lot more shocking than doing the same to a guy you used to be coworkers with.

It's still something that baffles me. While it might've been to try something different, the game struggled to make the Japanese audience sympathetic towards Neige even after that half assed explanation in the next arc (been here long before the ENG version came out, and witnessed that happen), so it's not like trying to remake the wheel worked out anyways. Sometimes the most obvious option is the best one.

I can see that being an interesting decision by the writers that would've taken their characters in another direction, but I can also see two reasons why they weren't written that way: Neige's relationship with the dwarves and how it would affect both of Vil and Neige's upbringing by placing them in the same family. I'll continue below the cut since this does have small spoilers for the Japanese version.

In Book 6, Vil confesses that Neige and the Dwarves have lived together since they were children and hints that was likely a hard and humble life. The first thing this backstory does for Neige is give him a reason to know the dwarves personally, mimicking Snow White's seven as a found family rather than as just the friends they're described as in Book 5. Moreover, the reveal that Neige has had a hard childhood does give him a bit more sympathy, granted, later than we as an audience would've wanted in order to care about him. It also gives more to Neige's personality as a Snow White parallel besides being a chipper lookalike: He's someone who has started from humble beginnings. While Snow White was born as a princess, due to the queen's actions, she wasn't treated as one and had to work hard from a young age. It's implied that Neige had to do something similar, but for the sake of his own family and survival rather than being it forced by someone else. He's an actor not just because it's what he's good at, but it's what supports the people he cares for most.

Meanwhile, Vil's upbringing was the complete opposite: His father was also a famous actor and his family was well-off. If anything, having Neige start out this way would make him even harder to sympathize with because it would remove all struggle from Neige as we presumed in Book 5: Not only would he have been the darling actor loved by everyone, getting all of the best roles and taking the spotlight, it would've also given him a silver spoon to suck on from childhood.

It's possible that they could've had Neige's mother also be someone of humble means and have them both work hard to survive prior to the marriage, but it would still pale things since Neige would be living a charmed childhood from then on. The only way I see that it wouldn't would be by also giving either Vil or his family members a more villainous role in the past, making them Neige's oppressors just as the queen was Snow White's. Again, it would be an interesting dynamic with them as step-siblings, with one possibly not truly being truly accepted by the family: However, it would also make Vil harder to sympathize with as a protagonist, since he'd have started out as a petty bully with his actions just getting worse rather than someone becoming frustrated and losing patience, then doing something awful in response to those negative emotions.

I think the thing that affects Neige's acceptance by the audience the most, as you also mentioned being frustrated by, is the timing of the reveal of Neige's backstory. It's explained all too late and quickly becomes barely a footnote as we players are soon swept away by the attack on NRC by S.T.Y.X. We needed a bit more of an expansion on his and Vil's long-term relationship and (one-sided) rivalry. We needed at least hints in Book 5 that Neige too has struggled to get where he is, and anything as small as overhearing him get excited at the fact that he can cover a bill or buy nice things for his family would've helped. The writers could've done something similar with Neige that they did with Ruggie or Deuce when explaining that their families weren't in the best financial situation and each therefore had to come up with their own ways of getting by. (This also would've allowed Deuce to act as a middle-man between Vil and Neige, as someone who wants NRC to win, but has sympathy for where Neige began.)

[darkspellmaster]

Quick question, what Disney characters or just ones in general would you compare my OC/Yuu, Adriana, too?

Tiana and Jasmine, with some Alice in there, with some Cinderella given her willingness to help others in her own way and not easy to manipulate, a person who seeks out truths, and is willing to work hard to get what she wants.

[nessataleweaver]

fic: Oh well it’s lovely weather for anything together with you (Shadow & Bone) (modern AU)

Presenting my present in the Darklina Discord Server Secret Sankta Exchange 2022. My recipient was @aquaburst3​, I hope they like it!

Title: Oh well it’s lovely weather for anything together with you

Rating: teen

Summary:  Keramazov Children's Home's biggest fundraiser every year is the Keramazin Carols by Candlelight, one of the biggest Christmas concerts in Ravka. As one of the former beneficiaries of the Home, Alina works the concert as a volunteer nearly every year. She's usually on the sound or stage crew, but this year she's assistant to actor and part-time singer Aleksander Morozova. 

"Mr Morozova? It's your ten minute cue."

"Aleksander, Alina.  How many times must I tell you to call me Aleksander?"

"At least once more," Alina grinned cheekily. She couldn't call a prestigious older man by his first name! No matter how many times he asked her to. Ana Kuya would climb out of the audience, never mind she'd retired five years ago, and smack Alina with her walking stick. It was only ten years, but Ana would still insist that was enough to count.

As she helped Aleksander with his microphone, helping attach the pack to the back of his waistband under his suit coat - and trying not to be distracted by how well-shaped his butt was - she asked curiously, "Are you disappointed to be singing 'Sleigh Ride' and 'Jingle Bell Rock'?"

"Why would I be?" Aleksander asked, turning to face her.  "They're both great songs."

"But didn't you want 'Holy City' to show off your range?"

Aleskander's eyes widened.  "You caught that?"

Alina nodded, abashed. Apparently she'd given away how closely she watched him.  For professional purposes, not because he was the most gorgeous man she'd ever met. And very talented. And incredibly nice.

"Well, Botkin's been performing it here for twenty years, so he has seniority." Aleskander shrugged. "It's a little disappointing, but he's an excellent singer who's always done the song beautifully.  It's not like they gave it to Pytor Lantsov or something."

Alina giggled. Lantsov had irritated everyone on the stage crew with his incessant demands, acting like the superstar he hadn't been for twenty years.  He'd irritated almost as many of the performers, acting like the sex symbol he hadn't been for twenty-five.

"You've been a wonderful assistant, Alina, but that ends in an hour or so. I was wondering... well, it is lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you."

Alina looked up at him. "I'm sorry?"

"Or maybe supper after the show?  Or lunch tomorrow before I head back to Os Alta?"

Alina blinked at him dazedly.

An explosive sigh came from behind, making her jump and turn to look at her brother, and Aleksander to look slightly murderous.

Mal rolled his eyes and told Aleksander, "Sorry, excuse us a second." Then he put his hands on Alina's shoulders. "Alina, I know you have trouble seeing this stuff, so let me make it clear for you. This man looks at you like you're the Christmas star, and you're apparently the only person on the crew who hasn't noticed he's been simping over you like a shepherd over a baby lamb. He is asking you out on a date."

"Oh!" Alina exclaimed. Why would he do that? Well, if Mal said Aleksander was interested then he probably was. Mal was very good at detecting that sort of thing.

"Do you want to go out with him?"

"Oh yes, absolutely," Alina immediately replied.

Mal turned her around by the shoulders to face Aleskander again. "So tell him."

"I'd love to. All of those!" Alina answered, giving Aleksander the smile that she genuinely didn't realise turned her into the human equivalent of a sunbeam.

Aleskander smiled back, and Alina would swear afterwards that she heard angels singing - only to be reminded that it was the Kermazin Children's Choir finishing their set. His smile was so dazzling that Mal took two steps backward from the impact, and remained in deep denial about it for years to come.

A frantic voice came on over Alina's headphones, and she gasped. "Aleksander, you're on stage in sixty seconds!"

Aleksander said something un-Christmassy and dashed off to the wings, though not before pausing to blow Alina a kiss.

All the reviews said later that Aleksander was the most joyful performer of the night, radiating a happiness that infected nearly all the audience.

When the whole cast came out at the end to sing 'We wish you a Merry Christmas' and throw streamers at the audience, Aleksander pulled Alina on-stage with him, hidden behind Tamar and Tolya and Nataschka, and took a selfie with her with the fireworks above their heads.

A week later, Alina watched the New Year's Eve fireworks from the balcony of Aleksander's penthouse, after an absolutely wonderful ride in Aleksander's sleigh bed.

[thosebrookfieldgirls]

What was Kris reaction to Leona's reason for asking everyone to come. Also are you also surprised that this event references the Lion Guard?

Listen... Kris knows who she's dating. There is ALWAYS a motive if Leona is actually wanting to spend more time with his classmates. While she doesn't necessarily agree with how much he avoids extra work, she can also agree that etiquette classes sound annoying and she wouldn't want to teach them either.

Also yes I was. While there had been some lion guard speculations @aquaburst3 and I had thrown around at some point I never thought the game would all but say LEONA of all people was the lion guard. It made me giggle a lot thinking about it.

[valiantroyalty]

@aquaburst3

Any headcanons about Jamil/Jasmine?

Jasmine is allergic to coconut anything and she tells Jamil that just to rile him up.

She often watches him cook food as that’s a learning method.

* he asked one day and she’s like “teach me to cook? Why I thought you’d never ask!”

he. Teaches her how to play basketball!!

when further enoigh in their relationship Jasmine convinces jamil to “take a break” and she (happily) watches over Kalim.

Jasmine gets really angry over Jamils servant position and how unfair it is. So she’s just “marry me” bc she loves him and knows that’ll get him out of it.

he accepts?? And gives her one of -his- rings!!

je tells her she’ll get a better ring but she’s just “!!no! Your ring is perfect! It’s mine now❤️”

she often sneaks from her room to Jamils during the night and Kalim sometimes catches them like that.

she!! Braids his hair!!

[nomadicism]

In that one Voltron post about Keith in Voltron Force, you mentioned that "I don’t think that many western writers would ‘get’ that archetype". What do you mean by that exactly?

Hi! Great question, thank you for the Ask!

I’ll start this off by stating that when I say something like “western” or “American”, I don’t mean to conflate the two. The latter is a part of the former, and the cultural context is relevant to why I said “I don’t think that many western writers would ‘get’ that archetype.”

Not “getting it” comes down to DotU Keith’s original archetype is that of the super sentai team leader, and that’s not a thing that exists in the western popular media culture (we have something different in place of that). And, kind of like how westerners frequently misinterpret ronin and samurai, if you don’t grow up with it—both the culture that created it, and as a common story type within popular media—then you probably won’t ‘get’ it, at least not without a lot of study and work and awareness of what super sentai is about (and that’s true of anyone’s perception or experience of another culture’s media). It takes time to ‘get it’, and in some case one might not ever fully get it (and that’s okay).

The more I try to figure out super sentai—and the +40 years of popular Japanese culture around it—the more I realize that I have more to learn. Just like with super robot stories—while it’s really about selling toys and entertaining people—there’s something else to it, like the why of how its entertaining. That something else is the cultural time-and-place conditions that gave rise to super sentai and super robot in the first place. Those conditions did/do not exist in the west. Different cultures have different kinds of heroes, kind of like how Superman was borne out of the time-and-place conditions of his creators.

Super sentai team leaders (and for this, I’m including anime with super robot combining mecha team leaders that are based on the super sentai formula) are similar to pre-80s American super hero team leaders in comics, and thus some of the difficulties in writing them also happens in super hero comics too. This is how DotU Keith becomes Voltron Force Keith-with-all-the-toys, even though the story is supposed to be about the next generation of Voltron pilots or whatever (I never got the feeling that they made up their mind about that). It’s an awkward merging of two similar but different types of stories that come from different cultures. I don’t say that to imply that such a merge can’t be done, it’s just easy to do awkwardly (or worse).

What follows is some breaking that down a bit more:

VF Keith (and later iterations of Keith to a certain extent) is an example of the American tendency to de-emphasize the team-aspect of leadership, as well as the leader’s soft skills, while emphasizing solo action hero skills and lone wolf traits, and adding Marks of Specialness. I’m not sure if other western cultures have the same kind of Individuality vs Collectivism dynamic that we do in the U.S., but that’s something I see at play in how Americans write team leaders. It’s not a problem in the “Action hero has a backup team” story (and I think that type of story comes from the placement of the Individual over the Collective), but it doesn’t work well in a super sentai story where the Collective is structurally more important than the Individual, and the Leader is important b/c of his innate personality-based traits or virtues that inspire and bring together the Collective to save the day.

Technically, a super sentai leader doesn’t have to be a great leader, or the most qualified. He just has to inspire through personality and by being a virtuous paragon. It can be hard to quantify what a virtuous paragon is, but it is not the same thing as a moral paragon in the western sense, even though the virtuous paragon occupies an analogous place in a story. One could say that I’m splitting hairs there, but there is a distinction between “virtue” and “moral”.

So at first, DotU Keith had the super sentai team leader feel as he wasn’t changed too much from his counterpart in Golion. The most noticeable change to Akira’s character as Keith in 80s Voltron were that his spiritual traits were de-emphasized due to broadcasting/syndication rules at the time. Those spiritual traits are not a requirement for a super sentai team leader, but within the context of a Japanese story, they help define the leader’s soft skills and shape the kind of virtuous paragon he’s supposed to be. (that’s a tangent into some heavy cultural analysis though).

By the time we get to Voltron Force (nearly 30 years later), we run into the 90s Superman problem with DotU Keith (e.g. how do we make the boy scout relatable? plus edgy characters are en vogue). Voltron Force’s solution to that problem was to keep adding new traits/skills/marks of specialness to Keith in order to make him “more interesting” (in some cases, those traits/skills/marks of specialness were already present in other characters). The assumption is that “more interesting”, is how to get people (in this case boys aged 7-9 or 9-12) to pay attention to and relate to a character that was never meant to stand out in that way to begin with.

In the context of super sentai, of course Red Leader is the bestest Japanese Everyman and will lead his team to victory, but he doesn’t get all the toys, and he needs the team to come together to form the giant robot at the last minute. And since he doesn’t get all the toys, then that means that he doesn’t get all of the traits/skills/marks of specialness that are associated with having all the toys, nor does he get into conflict situations where resolution is completely dependent upon his ability to be the solo action hero or lone wolf with lots of toys. This is where Voltron Force goes wrong with Keith…and VLD S6-S8. (Arguably that could be S3, but a lone wolf/solo action star temporarily stepping into the moral-or-virtuous paragon’s leadership role can totally work as part of a growth arc.)

The problem here is the conflation of leadership with being “the most interesting” or being the solo action star, or that to be “the most interesting”, one needs to be edgy lone wolf. That’s literally not the point of a team-focused story, and that is not the place of a super sentai team leader.

In DotU, Keith doesn’t need to be the martial arts master brawler, that’s Hunk. Keith doesn’t need to be the tricksy-ninja, that’s Pidge (DotU de-emphasized that from Golion where Hiroshi had a ninja lineage). Keith doesn’t need to be cynical one that sees through the enemy’s tricks, that’s Lance. Keith doesn’t even need to be the heart, that’s Allura (in some cases the super sentai team leader takes on a larger heart role, but the real heart will always be the female character). Part of the super sentai team leader’s archetype is that he’s got a few things he’s great at (usually one combat skill set + driving/piloting + tactics), and he has flaws that are made up for by the rest of the team, as each member embodies the other archetypes that make up a super sentai team.

One of those flaws is a certain kind of naiveté, for example, Lance wouldn’t have gotten hit by a rock from behind by Lotor during a duel, as he never would have agreed to the dual in the first place, as Honor™ is not an innate part of Lance’s being. Honor is a virtue, and as the virtuous paragon, Keith’s sense of honor plays into his naiveté. Duals are honorable! Lotor gave his word, he must have honor! HAH. No. Honor in this context is an innate quality, and that’s very important for a super sentai team leader, even in an odd-duck combining mecha show like Voltron. 

Not to be that weeb with a “the Japanese prize Honor” take, but they kind of really do when it comes to how to define villains and heroes within certain types of stories. Virtuous, noble, and honorable villains (or antagonists) exist, and they get a completely different kind of death (arc resolution, sometimes in an eastern tragedy this leads to the hero’s catharsis) than a villain who is dishonorable, or without honor (those are not always the same thing). The western concept of honor is different (that’s not a value judgement, and of course variations exist b/c not all western cultures are the same).

In the US—when we’re not appropriating samurais for cowboy westerns—we tend to make honor into more of an aristocratic thing (thanks England), and that’s exactly what Voltron Force does to Keith when they slap on a secret Arusian lineage and special parental legacy of an Arusian Honor Guard. That completely undermines Keith as a virtuous paragon. He doesn’t need any of those things…and again, wasn’t the story supposed to be about Daniel, Vince, and Larmina anyway?

A secret lineage would be the kind of thing you’d give to one of those three, in which case, that would be Daniel or Vince, since Larmina is already related to Allura, even though Allura told everyone that her entire family was killed by Zarkon when Keith et al first met her and Coran. Being Arusian and royalty were Allura’s toys, Keith didn’t need them, he already had enough toys. This is a way in which the writers didn’t ‘get’ the archetype, and tried too hard to make it into something else.

The DDP and Dynamite iterations of Voltron still “give other characters’ toys” to Keith, but it’s not a problem b/c those iterations are separate continuities that begin (or reboot) in a way that is not super sentai. A few of the super sentai trappings remain, but they are much more like American super hero comics, and that’s fine.

In DDP Voltron, Hunk’s martial arts prowess is given to Keith, but Hunk gains a different archetype in return (that I really love and wish I could have seen more of). Hunk still has combat skills, but his archetype is not the big dude kung fu brawler. Even though DDP Keith has gained DotU Hunk’s toy, he’s still well balanced between solo action star and team leader, since he is only team leader b/c that’s what he was assigned to do. He’s not there to inspire his comrades through innate virtuous qualities. He’s there to lead a hail Mary mission for the most powerful weapon in the universe that everything thinks is a space fairy tale.

Dynamite Voltron Keith is okay, but he kind of falls into the solo action star trap in parts of Vol 2. VLD started off strong with a different archetype for Keith, but ended up giving him all the toys as was done with VF Keith.

Any continuity can do what they want, and use different archetypes for the characters, but if part of the goal is to start off with that DotU feeling (or like actually continue the DotU story), then those writing should try to get a better understanding of why all the characters (not just Keith) are the way that they are in DotU (and Golion). And also question why there is this inclination to single out Keith as a solo action star, rather than one part of a five person whole. The inclination isn’t right or wrong, it just is, and it has consequences for characterization.

[voltronfandomhag]

Do you ever think we could get a Funamation or a dub that stays more true to the GoLion story? I seen similar treatment to other anime like Sailor Moon before, so it could be possible. But the other part of me thinks that sort of thing would be caught up in a lot of red tape like the Macross franchise.

That would be nice and think the interest is there. Voltron is the most popular it has been since the 80s and I believe many fans would enjoy a true dub of the show DoTU was adapted from. But I agree with you there’d be a lot of red tape due to the number of parties involved. While I think it’s possible, I wouldn’t get my hopes up.

[thegirlinthefandom]

The 21 Tag

answer and tag 21 individuals

I’m so honored to be tagged by the lovely and amazing @aralcle!!

1. Nicknames: There are a lot, Steph, Stoof, Stepania, Step on me (my older cousins), Stefunny, Stevie. Whatever you can come up with for the name Stephanie, I have been called, and I welcome the creativity.

2. Zodiac sign: Cancer, the “Nooo that’s the thing I’m sensitive aboutttt” sign but with everything.

3. Height: I am 5′5 

4. Hogwarts house: Slytherin, but everyone thinks I’m a Hufflepuff but then they get to know me better and understand that ambition is my strength as well as my downfall.

5. Last thing I googled: How to write a speech outline

6. Favorite musicians: Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, Rita Ora, Jonas Brothers (I’M SO GLAD THEY’RE BACK), and a lot of pop tbh, if it’s catchy and fun I probably like it.

7. Song stuck in my head: Delicate by Taylor Swift

8. Following now: 4,847

9. Followers: 6,255

10. Do I get asks: not too often anymore but I’d love to receive more!

11. Amount of sleep: it ranges from 6-12 depending on whether I crash at 8:30 pm or 1 am. I don’t have a good sleep schedule please don’t ever use me as an example.

12. Lucky number: 11, 7, 13

13. What I’m wearing: floofy pants and a t-shirt

14. Dream job: director for my own animated feature film

15. Dream trip: Italy, Greece, and Croatia since my friend has been to Croatia and told me it was beautiful. 

16. Favorite food: Burgers and fries, nothing can beat it okay, they’re my weakness and my happiness food.

17. Instruments: I play piano but not well so

18. Languages: English, Armenian fluently, I’m learning Greek and wanna relearn Spanish soon.

19. Favorite song: I’ve been working on my comic so much recently that the playlist I made for it is all I listen to and my favorite song on that is Epic III from Hadestown.

20. Random fact: I’ve been singing ever since I was a kid and I tried to write an EP album in high school. It was terrible, my friends were too nice about it.

21. Aesthetic: I found this one , and honestly most Annabeth and princess Aurora aesthetic boards work too.

I’m not gonna tag 21 people bc I haven’t been on this site for a while and I’m only gonna tag a few people <3

tagging @bluethisisforyou @fawnmist @suachun1 @scintillatingbluefishies @fontsizearrow @m-laruelle @always-the-lame-beauty @bloodstainedtragedy @aquaburst3 @yssamaria @breeeliss @gayspacecousin

[entamewitchlulu]

answer 22 questions, then tag 22 ppl

tagged by @freckledtilikum​!!

nicknames: Homura zodiac sign: Taurus Height: 5′5″ Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff Sexuality: queer Last thing I googled: executive dysfunction definition Favorite Musician: i have like a billion but Lindsey Stirling is always high up there Following Now: 119 Followers: idk it was somewhere around 1400 last time i checked Do I get asks: i used to get more but i barely get any now lol Sleep: at least 6-7 hours, sometimes more because i never get up when i want to Lucky Number: 13 What I’m Wearing: black jeans, old purple choir t-shirt, black sweater Dream Job: author Dream Trip: Ireland, followed by Japan Favorite Food: c a r b s Instruments: flute, ocarina, tin whistle Languages: English, and a smidgen of Spanish and Japanese but not enough of either to carry a conversation (but just enough of both to mix them up together) Favorite Song(s): right now?? “Am I A Girl” by Poppy, “Face My Fears” by Utada Hikaru, “Star Divine” “Re;Create” and “bonds of the stars” by the cast of Revue Starlight Random Fact: I’m a black belt Aesthetic: forests, flowers, soft/pastels, flowing hair, unicorns/dragons, floating orbs of light in the middle of the woods, the sound of rain, lolita dresses, steampunk/elvish fashion, stars, vibrant colors/rainbows, magical girls, violin music

um I’m tagged @freddie-mercurey, @excuuuseme-princess, @changeling-droneco, @aquaburst3, @theabcsofjustice, @skarmew, @dark-angel-of-muses, and i guess anyone else who wants to play?  also a tag is not an obligation but do know that i love you

[devintrinidad]

🐭To be honest, I was a little intimidated to talk at you first, since you seem fairly big in the TWST fandom rn. I quickly got over it, since you seem chill and nice. Then again, I'm kinda biased, since I know that I can come across as intense as Vil at times. xD

Hi!!!

Oh my gosh, intimidated??? That’s new… I don’t think I’m big in the twst fandom actually??? Am I? I don’t get a lot of interaction from other fans, but I guess I’m just pretty isolated unless other people reach out.

Heheh, you’re intense as Vil? That’s pretty neat! He’s a great character and deserves more love!

[silyabeeodess]

I also think that Jamil has a lot of traits that line up with Jasmine as well. They both feel trapped in their circumstances and want to see the world. They have similar sounding names.

True, I remember that being a big part of the main film with the relationship between Aladdin and Jasmine as well:

The song from the musical, "A Million Miles Away," also illustrates this really well.

[devintrinidad]

Your one reply to my one post got me thinking. If you could ship any of the TWST boys with a Disney Princess/Hero, who would they be and why?

Hey, Devin here!

Oooooffff, that's a good question! I think you mentioned one of the more popular ones like Azul/Tiana, Alice/Riddle, etc., so I'll go with one that is pretty cracky (???) but could work if written/executed properly.

Don't laugh, hehehe.

But what about Floyd/Moana?

Like, Floyd is all about freedom and independence. He does what he wants to do whenever he feels like it. He's like the ocean in that way. One minute as calm as a sleeping baby and the next, as temperamental as a hurricane.

On the other hand, Moana (whose name means ocean!!!), she also likes independence and freedom, but she still adheres to the rules and restrictions of tradition and what's best for her people. Of course, she does go out of her way to leave her island so she can rescue her people, but again, that's because of tradition--that little bit of rebellion was just a bonus.

So, they're kind of like opposites in a way? Floyd is inhibited, while Moana is more restrictive. Both crave freedom and independence in their own ways and regard consequences quite differently. I suppose if they were ever paired together (romantically or otherwise), Floyd would teach Moana to not put so much emphasis on her people's needs over her own while Moana would teach Floyd about thinking before doing.

Plus, I think it would be fun if Floyd were trying to flirt with her, but the ocean decides to interfere if it thinks Floyd is getting too rowdy (like sending a tidal wave his way and splashing him). Also, can you imagine a "kiss the girl" sort of situation where Moana is on her small boat and Floyd is in his merform and he's leaning up to meet her halfway as she leans down? Peak romance, hehehe. Or Moana swimming with Floyd as both humans or when he's in his merform?

I bet Floyd would also have fun with Maui while Moana would try not to get on Jade's hit list.

Both of the Tweels would definitely be after Hei Hei if only just for the bit and to bother Moana.

Thanks for the ask and I hope that you have a wonderful day! :D

[devintrinidad]

By the way, remember how I talked about those edits a while back? Well, by the looks of things, it seems like I'll posting those chapters up along with the first chapter of Pomefiore (third arc) sometime within the next week or so. If you are still interested in reading my fic, I rec you to do it then.

Thanks for telling me! If I have the time, I might check it out!

[silyabeeodess]

Which Disney heroines would you ship the housewardens + Jamil with and why?

I'm sorry I can't really answer this: I'm not much of a shipper, so I don't know. Typically, if I do ship characters, there has to be some canon basis behind the pairing.

[valiantroyalty]

@aquaburst3

Any headcanons about Snow/Vil?

I actually haven’t thought much about headcanon wise except:

Snow gets easily flustered and tries to run away (but quickly comes back to apologize)

Vil braids her hair!! It’s extremely curly though but he makes it work bc he’s skilled

since she knows Vil isn’t a fan of animals she tries to keep them away while she’s with him.

* but at the same time quite conscious of herself as she’s half fae, particularly bird. She makes noises and flutters about. She tries to stop but it still happens.

when they first met Vil asked if she knew who he was. Her response: “are you meine Prinz?” And no one can take that from me

since she comes from a time Where there’s only plays and the like, snow is a bit fascinated with movies and pays attention whenever Vil talks about them or his work.

sweets!! She makes him sweets!!

Vil helps with snows extreme social anxiety. It’s more difficult than you’d think

snow gifts vil little trinkets bc bird brain

Vil managed to poison snow (unlike Neige) prior to their relationship.

She calls him her Prince bc she lad never thought of him as anything else

Vil helps keep her in check with her UM (and ultimately when she overblots)

He also helps with her homework as English is not her first language and she started to learn recently: he translates between German and English

papa crowley does not approve but gives in every time snow looks at him like 🥺