#backstories are somewhat of an issue rn

[leezuhh]

i hate the event structure that so many gacha games have where specific storylines will be locked behind temporary events because what do you MEAN nu carnival has extremely essential character background/lore locked behind an event that legit hasn't rerun since i started seriously playing it last winter

[ruby-red-inky-blue]

ngl I am a little annoyed with how the good faith response to criticism from fans who liked the show is often "i get why you didn't like that but canon is what you make it! You can pick and choose!"

like, I get it, and I plan to, and if nothing else it's a much more mature response than I've got from other people, but it really doesn't address my two biggest issue with the show at all:

Yes, I can ignore that it ever happened to characters that I like, but the show is still out there with all those odd misogynist and racist messages in the writing and casting unadressed. And at best, it is reinforcing a bunch of industry stereotypes, and it's not unique in that of course - but with the way the show is being lauded rn, I'm genuinely worried that a lot of people are seeing harmful things they believe to be true given the stamp of "revolutionary and progressive, actually". People are falling for the virtue signalling, and it's not a push in a good direction. To be fair, I've often got this comment when I was criticising narrative decisions that were at least somewhat removed from those issues... but idk stuff like the changed backstory and the removal of Bodhi and Jyn from the larger narrative is still part of that problem.

There was already so much potential in the backstories that were implied in the movie and the supplemental publications (which were canon for half a decade, so anyone wanting to argue with me about how "Gilroy didn't have to use your headcanons, grow up" can shut up right away, thank you). And not only is it a huge bummer that we didn't see any of that explored, and not only is it extremely annoying that Andor and Rogue One do not add up to a satisfying whole - it also means we will now never get any of these stories outside of fandom. Had Andor not been made, or been deemed (correctly) too expensive and disappeared into a drawer, Disney would not have resisted the urge to make more money off these characters forever. And if a show had been deemed too expensive, or not buzzy enough - we might have had a novel, or even a series of novels, and the characters might have shown up in other franchises. And yeah, we can still have these stories in fandom, and that's great... but this means that these stories will now only ever reach the people already searching for the crumbs. Stories like the one known former Separatist on the Rebellion's side, stories of the one good guy who was thoroughly broken down into doing whatever people told him to for that same, much less unambiguously good Rebellion? The one story of a soldier and a cog in the machine for whom breaking away from a bad system was actually hard, and not just an easy choice he made in the opening act of his first movie? That will not be a part of Star Wars in the public eye - maybe never. And much as I love and support fanworks (which almost always offer something better than the canon stuff if you know where to look!), I think it's legitimate to be angry at the decisions that were made here. Star Wars already told every conceivable version of a Han Solo-esque storyline. There was so much narrative and political interest that was lost here.

No criticism of the show is attacking the community any individual person built connecting to someone else over how they liked it. And the show had its moments, and a lot of people worked very hard on it (and others wouldn't even watch a two-hour film to prepare).

But I still think at the end of it all, it's legitimate to say that between what was canon before and could have been turned into a show or a novel and what we got in the end, I think we got a very short end of the stick. And "you can just ignore it" doesn't help with that. It's about the iffy messages and the lost potential, it's not a lack of ability to compartmentalise when I write my next fic or read someone else's. I'm not complaining because I think I have to delete all my fics and bookmarks because they're not canon anymore. Hell, I've been ignoring a canon ending to write fic for years - why stop now?

I'm complaining because there was so much potential here, and instead we got a show that is so murky in its supposed "progressive revolution" that right-wing pundits and mainstream progressive media alike try to claim it for their own views, with a story that is far less satisfying and cohesive than the one we already had.

[magewritesstories]

CONTENT WARNING: This is literally just me hating on the 2nd and 3rd affiliate of the Workers. I'd love to hear y'all's opinions on this. Obviously mention of canon-typical things, e.g. violence, drugs, rape, etc.

I just read the 3rd & 2nd Affiliate chapters, plus the summit meeting and be so fucking for real rn, what is wrong with these people??!?!?

like i know the whole point is that you start out hating the gangs and then you grow to like them, like with Big Deal and God Dog, but the workers are just human garbage and there is no coming back from that???

like look at the line-up we have: a rapist drug making nepo baby (Vivi), some guy with stockholm syndrome that protects rapist drug making nepo baby (Xiaolong), an annoying gaslighting narcissist that blames all the horrible things she does on daddy issues (Mitsuki/Neko), some guy that can't get a fucking hard on and follows around annoying gaslighting narcissist so that he can bang her, like dude take some viagra and pull yourself together (Ryuhei/Nomen), pshyo twins who run this hell-on-earth (Eugene and whatever his brothers name is), some random buff dude with a inferirioiryt complex bc his dad wasn't a cheating asshole but just some deadbeat (Samuel), a murderer that kills people because they aren't strong enough (Kazuma/Hyottoko) a dude who's family was killed so he starts working for people who pay oney to the guy who killed is family (Magami/Daruma)

Like the only two people I somewhat get are Samuel and Xiaolung (the guy has stockholm syndrome but still)

Like??????? No excuse they can give me as backstory will make up for the horrible, horrible things they've done. Especially when it's something as dumb as 'Well, I could never get hard until I met her so I joined her hell brigade and started commiting horrible crimes.'

And I know that the people in the circus were also human garbage, but they were still human. But like the people Vivi drugged and raped were innocent, like that girl that Daniel befriends.

Anyway, yeah, the Workers instigate a visceral rage in me and I hate all of them. Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

─── MAGE

[aifastic]

I hate that my psychiatric meds are in big part responsible of the fact I don't write as often as I used to. Because I'm somewhat stable, but at what cost 😭 (Though current issues don't help at all not to be blocked, honestly).

Anyways, I'm just so mad that I haven't written past half of chapter 4 of Penthouse Bloke in almost 5 years, and I'm already thinking fondly of an ASMRtist saga (possibly??) in that verse dsvxvzvx

And the backstory of how Medic and Heavy got together, which was going to be a spinoff involving a (short) amnesia episode but then I wrote Reaching Out and grew tired of the theme and Idk where I stand rn. Pretty tired of memory loss as it's been a huge matter in my life these past 10 years or so.

And Helmet Party Western!AU longfic was going to be about Engie and Solly's adventures after escaping Bee Cave. They were going to meet Demo too, and probably all the other mercs, which I used to be planning but I'm too worn off to think about anymore.

And the chapter of Finding Home I was so enthusiastic about was the Halloween one, where Speedwagon would get to share stories with Demo about the supernatural and the team is surprised Speedy takes Merasmus and everything in stride.

I share these bc right now I'm unsure on when (or if) I'll get to work on these stories again. I hope I get to, for real. Lately it's very difficult to express what I want to write, in writing. At least I can make a Tumblr post about it hahah. I hope y'all are still around to see the future development of these and other installments, and if not, I hope at least you enjoyed what's currently up, and remember it fondly in future times.

[sunnysidesevenup]

(In reference to the dating Sim post)

I've been thinking about this, and honestly it kinda depends? Knowing what I know now about all your ocs, I feel like it's obvious the answer is Arlo or Tilly, for good reason! They're very silly little guys, but also have personalities and backstories that I can see making for some pretty gut wrenching angst potential in their routes. But if we're assuming that I know absolutely nothing about any of your ocs and it's my first time seeing all of them? Then honestly... Probably Eilo or Ali.

I dont really know how to explain it much besides. Whimsy and enchanting people with magical minds is absolutely my style. Ali's way of speech is actually really fun to me and would immediately draw me in, I would love to try to understand cryptic messages from the cloud with her. She's got little fairies in her head and so do I, share your strange somewhat unsettling thoughts with me 🤝 As with Eilo, he's just. A guy. A silly guy who I can hold in my hands gently. Unfortunately with his power I can also imagine there being gut wrenching angst in his route BUT I WOULDN'T KNOW THAT so I would fall into the trap of the happy guy who's full of magical thoughts ready to run into the forest with me because the woods are calling

Arlo would probably make me mad if I didn't know anything about him I would become an Arlo hater until I was compulsively reading his wiki page at 3am, in which case I would speedrun his route in a day

I feel like a nerd for typing all that out

DON’T FEEL LIKE A NERD AHAHFDBSH I COULD LITERALLY KISS YOU RN /J

Dudeeeee yeah I could totally see people absolutely HATING Arlo before playing his route. Some people might assume he’s a tsundere or something at first but then rapidly realize, wait no. Where are the tsundere qualities. Where is his “it’s not like I like you or anything!” moment, why is he JUST MEAN??? I can imagine his route is like the SLOWEST of slowburns possible, and you’ve gotta unravel all his trust issues, at which point he rapidly becomes like, the sweetest route in the game. I can easily imagine his overly romantic gestures lmao 😭

Elio’s route is definitely the “omg look at the sunshine child!!” and friendship to lover’s route, and then you get hit with like. devastating grief. congrats. Also you are like, required to help with his brother’s trauma during the route lmao, if you don’t then you will not progress at all.

Ali my beloved. The most whimsical of routes. I can easily imagine players having to decipher what the hell she’s even saying in order to answer any questions. Honestly probably the route that gets the most tutorials written on it outside of Tilly’s.

You know those games that have like, most of the bad endings being just not ending up with the person you wanted and/or they dislike you, but then one route has the most INSANE bad endings possible? Yeah, that’s Tilly’s. His route is incredibly fun, but also the easiest to mess up I imagine. Like oops sorry you did ONE thing wrong and now you’re locked in to the most insane choices and none of it is going the way you want. You gotta keep both yourself alive AND HIM. And the rest of the game is just like a normal setting or something 😭

[aquaburst3]

Last night I read someone's article analyzing Honest Fellow and his place in society. While I don't personally agree with most of OP's points as per usual, like the fact that I think Jamil is more on par with Ruggie rather than being "rich" and on par with characters like Riddle and Vil when it comes to wealth, one interesting one they mentioned is how all of the Halloween one shot villains so far served as one of the character's dark reflections. I honestly see that.

Rollo=Idia Both lost their brothers in tragic accidents. While Idia was able to deal with his anger and grief in a healthy way, Rollo was never able to accept or cope with his loss. He directed his anger towards himself for not being able to save his brother outwards, doing the flower thing in order to get rid of the one thing that stole his brother way in his eyes—magic. (Strictly talking about the canon versions here. My own take on the character is slightly different, even if they share the same backstory. Plus, I'm handling Ortho FAR differently in mine to the point he will seem like a different character. Rollo doesn't reflect Idia very much in mine as a result.)

Honest Fellow=Ruggie Both come from impoverished backgrounds and have been screwed over by society to varying degrees, clinging to wealthy benefactors. Both also have UMs that control people in different ways. While Ruggie is fully willing to swindle, steal from and take advantage of oblivious rich people, he has his limits about how far he'll go and has compassion for others, even those from rich backgrounds. Honest Fellow wallowed his resentment, and took out his anger for his circumstances by willingly taking part in a plot that would turn people, especially magic users and from privileged backgrounds, into puppets. This is likely due to thanks to Ruggie being able to go to NRC and Leona helping Ruggie grow past his station while Honest Fellow was not, it's still no excuse or make Honest Fellow's actions any less fucked up. Plus, Leona also cares about Ruggie and treats him with respect whereas Honest Fellow's boss treats him like trash. (Granted, I don't think this arc was well written. Hell, I have plenty of issues about how Honest Fellow was handled as a character, especially about him not paralleling his canon counterpart. Neither here nor there rn.)

I did something similar in my stories as well, albeit unintentionally somewhat. One example is for Addie (Yuu)...even if she's only a rival rather than outright villain like the above examples. There's also the final boss for her as well. But considering the first one won't show up until the next arc of my fic and the last one I want to keep under wraps, I will leave it at that for another post at a later point. However, the more I think about it, Destan, my "twisted" Narissa OC that shows up in the middle of my Savanaclaw rewrite fic who harassed my "Yuu", is Vil's dark foil.

Undercut thanks to spoilers to the next arc of my fic

Both are actors and Hollywood (or the fantasy version of that) nepo babies. Both feel like they are mistreated by the entertainment industry, Vil with being typecast as a villain and Destan for not being casted in hardly anything. Both have powerful UMs that can be deadly in the wrong hands, being connected to the Evil Queen in different ways. (Vil with his ability to curse anything or anyone he touches, and Destan's making him basically a Heartrender, aka being able to control another person's heart...literally.) What separates them is that Vil is kind, considerate and genuinely cares about others, wanting to help people become their best selves, while Destan sees others as pawns to get to help him become famous.

Yes, Vil is a polarizing and super flawed character. He's domineering, overly critical, controlling, harsh, impulsive, temperamental among a whole other laundry list of things. Also, yes. He did try to poison Neige. Double yes, the way that he treats Epel isn't it. However, at the end of the day, he wants to help out those in his dorm become their best selves. He gives others personalized body care. He helped others with their makeup in the first Halloween Event. In Epel's SSR dorm uniform story, when Vil needed help tinkering with magiwheel for one of his plays, he asks Epel, since he knows about his skills in that area and that it's something he enjoys. He put in a lot of hard work into his routine and wanted to win against Neige in legitimate means. He only resorted to the poison shit after he was disheartened by others loving Neige's shitty performance that he put no effort into. (Handling that differently in mine, but strictly talking about the canon here.) He's also the only person who overblotted so far who actually apologized to Yuu and tried to make it up to them.

If you include my writing as well, he genuinely cares about Addie's wellbeing and sees her as a friend by the end of his arc. He will even help her with something at one point during Pomefiore thanks to empathizing with her circumstances. He also apologizes for when he says something horrible to her and tries to make it up to her.

You can make the argument that he is using her and Epel to aid his VDC team, however, he never coerced them to do anything. He was up front about his conditions, both with her and Epel. They both have free choice. They are able to say no and back out at any time. Hell, she even agrees to help take down Neige at one point. While he could've been clearer with Epel about what everything entailed, that's more do to his own misunderstanding than anything on Vil's part.

Destan is the complete opposite, being like if Vil completely gave into his ire from the get-go and did anything to get the roles he wanted. He doesn't go out the way to help others around him. He only sees everyone as pawns, including his "friends". Rather than earning his goals and trying to accomplish them through honest means like Vil, he's taking the lazy and worst way out. Destan's whole plan is forcing Addie to be his girlfriend in order to be spotted with her and be thrusted into the spotlight like that. He will not take no for an answer, and will do some nasty shit to make her comply. How she gets out of that situation, only time will tell.

Destan also represents her ex that cheated on her. Both he and her ex boyfriend saw Addie as a sex object and a tool to put themselves in the spotlight. His UM being a nod to her ex being a "heartbreaker" is not subtle.

I admit, making these one shot villains dark foils to the NRC boys is genuinely clever writing and is one aspect that makes those events seem more engaging compared to most of the other ones. The fact that these guys are able even have darker foils goes to show you that most of the NRC boys are more like the Dregs from Six of Crows and more morally grey. It also proves that most of these guys have potential to be so well rounded they seem like real life people than characters based on cartoon villains if they just had more consequences for their actions and were handled differently in general. (Minus Ortho and Grim, who I think are poorly written characters. Ortho has no personality outside of being the "child character". Grim is poorly constructed and makes zero sense. King from The Owl House is what I imagine Grim would be like in the hands of a far more competent writer. But I'll save that for another post.)

I would say "great minds think alike". But since I think Yana is a highly overrated and terrible writer, I think it's a "even a broken clock is right twice a day" situation. xD I'm genuinely curious how the game will handle these "dark reflection" foils in future Halloween events and which characters Yana will pick out to be those. (I, for one, can see a twst version of Ernesto being Azul's thanks to him basically being Azul without any of the latter's positive traits or conscience. Same goes for a twst version of Jack Skellington for Kalim. Have no idea about who Jamil's dark foil could potentially be, though.)

[alice-the-demon]

okay, got it!! just one more question if you dont mind tho

I was thinking of making said oc part lust and part wrath but toning down the powers of course. like the lust part only being able to somewhat control people and the wrath part only making the imp slightly stronger than the average imp. but since you'd prefer to keep things simple, I'll just have to ask you relating to the backstory I already came up with for the oc: if they are a fallen angel who did something horrible (as in attempted murder or something) due to being jealous over someone they were obsessed with/lusting after, what kind of demon would that make them in your opinion? I saw that your example of a fallen angel turned into a lust demon because they attempted to S/A someone, but I mean if the angel were to hurt someone else to be able to be with their person of interest. sorry if Im not making sense, I'll try to put it simply if that's better; if an angel falls due to hurting someone that they were jealous of because that person was dating someone that the fallen angel wanted for themselves, what kind of demon do you think they would become?

-waning anon (Im on my laptop rn so I cant use emojis lmao)

I'll try to answer this in the best way I can lol

In this case I say that it depends on the reasoning on why that person hurt another one.

I mean: what was the main thought they had to make them act that way?

Were they doing it out of Lust? It means they're possessive of their partner.

Out of Pride? It means that they have self worth or some kind of inferiority issues.

Out of Wrath? The person is impulsive and jumps to conclusions without thinking twice.

To understand which kind of Demon that person becomes you have to understand the main reason why they acted that way.

[endermen-impasta]

My Sona (and their story) Post!

(Probably could be a separated AU tbh)

References!!!

Backstory:

Their name is Glitch (or Virus) and they are kinda like FNAF Glitchtrap in FNAF stuff. Virus is a type of computer virus (of course) but there is a way for people to see them in real life. Before I get to that part, Virus can interact with the real world, sometimes messing with people, to a person that could see them, they look like they're messing with things for example covering themselves with a blanket. Though to most people it doesn't look like anything at all, and just looks like no one is there and nothing moves. Sometimes driving the only person that could see them, crazy.

A way for real people to see Virus is a computer chip or any type of computer part, surgically or forced into the head. (Sometimes it will be violent) After a few weeks, Virus would appear at any time. Setting a limit on how far they can move around the person who has said computer chip inside the head.

Now this is where it gets somewhat complicated, because Leo is involved in this story.

(first drawings per usual)

I would like to think Leo got Glitch as a tagalong while their chip was completely smashed. Before this time Glitch was holding on the broken yarn because they only existed on that computer chip. Somehow the computer chip was out in the middle of Leo's brain, by a possible mis-teleportation or by having a possible head injury during the Kraang battle. Somehow, someway it got to the center of Leo's brain. Now no one knew about this, because it didn't draw any blood and didn't cause any physical issues. Nor did it appear on any scanners at the time. (That's all I can explain rn)

(Onto more on Glitch in my rottmnt universe.)

Glitch is able to take over Leo's body with the help of three things in the moment. One: Leo is asleep or unconscious. Two: Glitch has a strong emotion to where they can push past Leo's consciousness. And Three: Leo pushed Glitch to the front (either purpose or accidentally but he can take back control at any time)

Which with Glitch, the powers (more mystic than ninpo) carry onto them as well. Their powers are very mysterious at the moment but, seen in a ref sheet above they can make objects. Sometimes Glitch can also use Leo's mystic ninpo abilities to make a nice combat strategy. So, that's nice.

(reference)

That's all I can think of rn. Have fun, and chapter one story links below!

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[cathygeha]

REVIEW

From Air by Jewel E. Ann

Wildfire #1

Immersive, emotional, heart-warming, wonderful story that drew me in, made me care, and left me with a smile on my face

What I liked: * Reading a new-to-me-author that I would gladly read again

* Jamie: RN, homeschooled, quiet upbringing, lost her parents, good friend, traveling psychiatric nurse, wants to experience new places before settling down, mature, wise, caring, a person I would like to have as a friend

* Calvin: smoke jumper, difficult backstory, emotionally reserved, voracious reader, somewhat blocked off from others, likable, “broken”, loves deeply, caring, good friend, intriguing

* Supporting characters that were important and that I would like to see again: Maren, Will, and Melissa for sure…perhaps a few others

* Edith: Calvin’s grandmother who played a big part in Calvin’s life

* The development of the relationship between Jamie and Calvin ~ fun, flirty, quirky, sometimes difficult, and ultimately perfect

* The psychological and emotional issues dealt with, honest open communication of the main characters, the support of community and friends

* The plot, pacing, setting, and writing ~ Excellently crafted book!

* The growth of both main characters as they processed new information and dealt with past and present issues

* Being reminded of taking student nurses to Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino and wondering if perhaps Dwight was in that prison/facility

* All of it really except…

What I didn’t like:

* Who and what I was meant not to like

* The emotional pain some of the characters experienced and the causes of that pain

Did I like this book? Yes

Would I read more by this author? Definitely

Thank you to NetGalley and Montlake for the ARC – This is my honest review.

5 Stars

BLURB

Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Jewel E. Ann parachutes into the burning, hazardous heart of love in a sexy yet dramatic romance set in Big Sky country. When Jamie Andrews moves in with a house full of firefighters, things start heating up fast. Battling the wilderness of rural Montana, these guys are always charging into danger—for a living, for duty, for the rush—and since Jamie is a psychiatric nurse, they fascinate her analytic mind. She can’t help but fixate on Calvin, a grumpy, enigmatic smoke jumper ten years her senior. She makes playfully tormenting him her pet project, trying to get him to open up. It turns out he gives as good as he gets. When something smoldering between them sparks, they’ll have to keep it quiet, which makes Jamie start to wonder about Calvin’s secret, the one he won’t explain. She’ll learn more after life pulls them apart. But as she follows the truth like a trail of flame into the dark, will it lead her to hearth and home with Calvin…or will it all go up in a blaze?

[chisatowo]

Ok *looks at band swap ras* time to finally figure out what your fucking deal is

[heartfullofleeches]

So you don’t have to explain them in depth rn if you don’t want to but I’m curious do the Cafe tag crew have backstories?

Saber is a model with mommy and daddy issues

Clyde was in the foster system and treated poorly for being a harlequin rabbit. He works different delivery jobs

Pauline was a former cook at the cafe and now owns a farm

Shauna is the daughter of a club own who runs a more mature of the cafe. She's also just recently come out as trans

Doc is a medical student who used the cafe to get over their fear of humans

Trick is an archaeologist and a foster parent when available

Scout lived alone in the mountains with his grandmothers and pet wolf until they all passed away

Prince is the son of a chief police who adopted him after his birth mother asked her to take him in and had a rough childhood

Wisteria is considered somewhat of an abnormality in this world being a plant and near immortal, and has tried to make a place for herself with helping with various gardens around the city

[snoozingredpanda]

Happy pride month! Can I request some gay headcanons for benni and nox? Gotta support my fave wlw (Preferably happy ones bc of benni's backstory)

Omg happy pride month I totally forgot it’s June and not May anymore 🏳️‍🌈

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Women <3 (Benni, Nox)

Fem!Reader

Warnings: a lot of gayness, mentions of past homophobia, general yandere behaviours, happy headcannons because I need some love in my life rn

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Benni

• Benni was a very confused child. She was raised in a home where being straight was normal and anything else was sinful.

• So when she started developing crushes on women instead of men she started to freak out. She probably knew she was somewhat gay from around age 12, but kept it to herself all the way until she got kicked out at 16.

• After that, she felt quite content with herself. She didn’t properly label herself for awhile, figuring things out before coming to the conclusion she’s was bi. Despite this, she always had a deeper attraction to women than men, due to the unfortunate events that happened in the past.

• Benni never had any relationships until collage life, where she meets her darling, eventually becoming completely obsessed with the land you walk on.

• The fact you’re a woman makes it all the better. You’re so pretty, and cute, and amazing, and everything she could’ve asked for.

• She’s not at all ashamed to walk down the corridors holding your hand, proud that she’s yours and you’re hers.

• If you’re not okay with that, or you’re not out yet, she’ll tone it down for you. She doesn’t want you to feel uncomfortable, and knows that your family could be unsupportive like hers. She wouldn’t want you to be in any danger, of course.

• Obviously, she ends up telling you about her childhood, and expects you to tell her everything’s okay, that it’s okay to be gay. So please tell her or she’ll be very sad.

• As well as this, Benni has struggled with gender identity before.

• She’s always wanted to be masculine, dressing in ‘boy clothes’ and always having her hair no longer than her shoulders. It wasn’t until middle school when a random boy shouted a trans slur at her did she really start to think about gender.

• It kept her up at night, wondering why she was feeling the way she was. She kinda wanted to be a boy. She wanted to be tall and muscular, and to play football with the other boys, but since she was a girl, they took the piss out of her for wanting to play.

• After months of thought, she realised she was happy with her gender, just not her body. She liked being a girl, she just wanted to be a more masculine girl.

• So she started to work out, eat healthily to promote growth, and eventually achieved a body she was happy with, and thankfully she was blessed with features such as broad shoulders and a slightly deeper voice than most girls.

• So the moral of the story is to tell her how handsome she is, how perfect she is, how much you love her body. She’ll feel so good about herself if you were to, and happy Benni is best Benni.

• Right?

• Pride month is something that Benni started participating in when she first started dating you. She would make posters to hang up around the collage, and made a website so people could anonymously email her to talk about their sexuality and gender issues.

• She kinda became the LGBTQ guru in the collage, and a lot of people looked up at her.

• And every school has those horrid kids who think it’s funny to make jokes about being gay, and let me tell you she was not letting that pass.

• Ok she could’ve done it in a better way than putting cocaine bricks in their lockers but it did the job and got them expelled so 🤷‍♀️

• All-in-all, Benni is very proud to be bi, especially with you at her side.

• Maybe one day she’ll even confront her parents. Show them how successful she is while being ‘sinful’. Or maybe she’ll just set their house on fire who knows she’s unpredictable.

Nox

• Nox went through 17 years of her life thinking she’s aromantic and asexual.

• She had literally never been attracted to anyone, man or woman. Not even a celebrity crush.

• In high school she ended up getting with a random guy just because all her peers had boyfriends and girlfriends and she felt kinda left out. She just felt incredibly awkward, especially when he tried to take their relationship further.

• She was just sitting there as he sucked on neck, a sort of startled look on her face. And then he wanted to go down on her, but she said no cause she was really uncomfortable, and he was a rude boy and hurt her feelings by making fun of her body.

• Now say sorry. Nox is perfect the way she is so what if she has a little bit of chub?

• 😠

• Anyways.

• She just didn’t have any loving feelings towards anyone, until little old you made an appearance.

• She’s like what the hell why are you so freaking pretty?

• Like, her heart rate has tripled, her palms are sweaty, her cheeks are red. It’s like she’s the main character of a romance novel written by a man who’s never felt the touch of a woman.

• That’s the main reason she starts to get obsessed. She just so curious as to why you’re making her feel this way. It’s like you’re soulmates, that you’re the only one in the world able to make her feel positive emotions.

• To put it simply, she’s Y/n-sexual. She just isn’t attracted to anyone else but you.

• However, she doesn’t know how to explain this, but she wouldn’t be able to date you if you were a guy. She’s basically a lesbian that’s hard to please in the romance department lmao

• But the fact you’re a girl doesn’t bother her. She doesn’t give a crap about what other people think; so what if she’s dating a woman?

• Plus why tf would she give up your tits just to please some homophobe?

• Yes she’s a boob girl.

• Are her family supportive? Her brother is. Her parents? How would she know they’re dead 💀

• She doesn’t do anything for pride month. If you want to go to a parade or something then she’ll go and watch from the sidelines, giving you small encouraging nods, and after that she’d probably take you out to dinner or something to treat you for being such an amazing pride warrior.

• But to be perfectly honest there’s not much to say about Nox’s sexuality. She likes you and that’s that.

• And she loves your tits.

• So.

• 🤙😎🍒

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🪄thoughts on Dr Strange: Multiverse of Madness🪄 long post and will contain spoilers under the read more

Disclaimer: I enjoyed the movie but this somewhat review will contain some major criticisms.

When Martin Scorsese said MCU films aren’t real cinema, and the MCU fans consume films like one would enjoy a theme park. I don’t think he’s wrong but I don’t fully agree with him either, but, MoM is the best example (if there was any). I’m not sure how to properly put this into words. I’ll give it a few days to see if I can do this thought justice. But know that I genuinely think MoM is the best example for this opinion.

Goddamn that plot was MESSY. Three act structure whomst???? (Extremely derogatory). My film studies teacher would have destroyed that script, gave it a D- and a whole month to rework it because that’s how much time it would need. There’s a Lad Bible interview Cumberbatch and Olsen did. They were describing how often things would change, how the morning of the shoot they would get brand new info. It’s very evident in the pacing of the movie.

MoM would need a 6-episode show, with 45-60 whole minute per ep, to fully do justice to the characters. The lack of character development, or effective character development was a little sad. The pacing is my biggest issues with this movie because they’re just bringing in SO many things into one film when they cannot afford that rn

It’s basically a horror movie in a lot of ways. It was visually stunning and absolutely lovely in so many ways. The music!! (And that fight scene w the music ohmygod) I love it.

Spoilers here on out.

Dr Strange, sir, I’m sorry this wasn’t your movie. Literally so many things happened, I wish I got to see how you processed the snap and the “dust for 5 years” thing. I’m glad you gave us a better quote to express love I love you 3000 was kinda ????, (like a friend said, it’s superior). “I’d love you in any universe” was wonderful (and I might get the exact wording wrong, sue me, I’m still drunk)

WONG MY BELOVED. You deserve to be Sorcerer Supreme!! Ur amazing and can do no wrong. Beloved <3

America Chavez!! You’re super cool and I cannot wait to see the cool shit you do. But also, I’m going to acknowledge that they’re brining a new character without putting in the work? To me it seems like they introduced her with no personality and a tragic back story. Do MCU women have any real backstory other than “a tragic event thats entirely (female characters) fault or something they should feel shame/take blame for?”

Replacing Irondad-Spiderson with a Strange & Chavez, Father-Daughter relationship I see. It’s cute, fanfics will be fun. Can’t wait to block the inevitable ship name.

Christine, I’m glad that in every universe, you’re prioritising yourself and your sanity instead of dating a man too afraid to be vulnerable. Good for you, girl!!

WANDA. I have so many thoughts!! You might get your own post??? She’s so powerful, I love it. Even though I think it was a horrible way to show her power, watching her destroy the Illuminati was awesome. The whole bit where she used her Intelligence and the reflections was a 11/10 better way to show her formidable nature. I think there’s some major cognitive dissonance in her motives. If she knows that she can create her own world through sheer emotions, then why would she need to go to another universe??? If you’re telling me she feels guilt, and that’s why she won’t hurt the humans on earth-616, then how do you explain her being ok with taking away another Wanda’s babies for herself? Anyway. Thinking thoughts. Feel free to explain I guess? Idk.

The fucking Illuminati!!!!!!!!!! This is a whole thing bro

First of all, REED RICHARDS??? THEY KEPT KRASINSKI’S CASTING HIDDEN?? Alleged Tom Cruise was a fucking phenomenal distraction, I’m in AWE. Andrew Garfield could NEVER!!!! Everyone else on that cast list we had strong inklings but ufh Mr. Fantastic that was GG as fuck. (Also I think I read Tom Cruise and Haley Attwell were dating so maybe the whole Tom Cruise Ironman came from him visiting her on set? Idk)

Now to shit on it.

You’re telling me the smartest man in their universe, Who voted on killing their Strange for Dreamwalking the darkhold magic, didn’t anticipate Scarlet Witch’s power????? Even if he did anticipate it, why would you tell her about Black Bolt’s power!!! God that was DUMB. Good to see u Mr. Jim Kraskinski but you deserve to be noodle string cheesed. The fam service is great tho, and I really hope we see Kraskinski-Blunt and Evans in a new Fantastic 4 movie

CAPTAIN CARTER I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!! Thank you for not bringing Steve into her narrative in any way what so ever. Thank you for the “I can do this all day” It’s lovely!!!! She’s Amazing and strong, but like I said killing her off was just meh move. I like that you did it that way? But idk,,, I want to see more of her so maybe Marvel will listen to their fans again and give us more!!!

Black Bolt, why did I think Ben Affleck played you?? You died in a super fucked up way and honestly, thank you for that. Your death was refreshing and will scar at least one (1) child, and idk if that’s a good thing but, parents definitely need to adhere to the movie ratings on this one.

PROFESSOR X!! I love you, I missed you, you were dressed like your husband (Mr. Magneto) when you died why was that??? I hate that Wanda killed you but I missed you. So much. I love you.

CAP MARVEL MARIA YOUR AWESOME but I wanna see more of you also if ur Cap then where Carol and did you still have a kid? What happened?? I wanna see more!!!!!!

Okay I think that’s mostly it. Closing notes, could do better, y’all threw character development out of the window. Randomly introducing new powers, characters and strengths is a little weak in terms of writing. Employee foreshadowing instead of expecting your fans to watch over 20 hours of content. It was good but you could do a lot better.

I will not watch it in the movies again, and I watch NWH like 3 times full priced tix.

[trixstriforce]

hello :) i saw your posts about lu and idk if you were gauging interest in people hearing your opinions. personally i would be super interested in reading what specifically about every lu character is ooc! i am similarly frustrated with the current dominance of lu characterizations in fandom as a ww fan. ive been following for a while i just logged into this side account because i am scared to ask on main :( i hope you do not mind the somewhat bare blog. thank you!

oh my god oh my god oh my god someone wants my opinion??? do u wanna make out???? u do not understand the power u r giving me rn u do not understand how annoying and nitpicky and very passionate i can get specifically about lu bc i care so much about link its unreal and also bc i just like things like linkedmaze, dimensional links, and minaslinkverse better characterization wise bc to me they have shown the "found family links meeting up" thing a lotttt better than lu when i still read it

but to be fair i STOPPED reading around the part where four split due to the way the lu community reacting to the person with DID, a very stigmatized disorder who genuinely just wanted Jojo to acknowledge they messed up in the past and present and didnt like the vauge ass apology she gave making me actually disgusted. ppl talk about accountability then rallied against 1 tumblr user who was uncomfortable bc ppl liked Jojo's comic so she doesnt have to explain that now she respects nonbinary ppl and understands how past things were wrong for her to say we just infer this bc lu good :/ like hey maybe Jojo owned up to it afterwards or something bc she made 2 apologies that would make a YouTuber blush so i was done w/ the community and it was only rlly after that and after i played a few of the actual games + read some mangas i realized wow actually i do not like lu as much as i thoguht i did they butchered my boy, also i feel i should say it literally wouldnt matter to me do what u want in ur au but lu is now a fandom of its own and its influenced a lot of other aus and interpretations of link so i do take issue w/ how ooc these guys end up being

OK HERE R THE MOST BASIC ISSUES W/OUT GETTING INTO EACH LINK RN:

for one i dont know for me having link as a secret hoarder who would rather DIE than use the full scope of his abilities around OTHER HEROS is just no bc thats fucking stupid levels of wanting to appear normal around OTHER HEROS possiblly the ONLY other ppl to ever understand what u r going through

for me having every single link act like a frat boy/standard teenage white boy who is emotionally constipated is a no??? have u SEEN link he is so sociable and kind and understanding to other ppl WHY r the links like this, so many fics just...make them stew in their issues for angst and not trust the others and be incredibly insecure about the other heros(which is lu canon for at least hyrule and wind i think?) and like ok that is definitely fine for 1 link but why r they all like this in the games link is clearly not like that he wouldn't be this closed off and wouldn't hesitate so much like my dude he just inserts himself into other ppl's lives to make them better than leaves he wouldn't pussyfoot around other heros like what

also another major issue is the mergings just lead to certain characterizations or important backstory for certain links(FOUR. LEGEND.) being completely erased and the nuance of their journeys lost like when u merge links who r canonically 100s of years apart not just in the timeline but in the GAMES? yeah u lose things that make that link special

also bc u mentioned wind waker i found it kinda fucked up that wind waker link was delegated to The Kid TM even tho his entire journey was about moving on from the past to a brighter future and he took on the mantle left behind by the hero of time on his own volition and did what Time COULDN'T do which is kill Ganon but he is constantly underestimated and made into the Kid Who Wants Approval trope specifically around Time which sucks ass ngl he deserves to be an equal him still being a kid while the others got to grow up, including Four who's first journey arguably would have been a better fit for this archtype of wide eyed kid, is just side lining one of the most interesting links especially considering most of the other links were YOUNGER than him when they started

this is all general stuff plus 1 of my issues w/ Wind bc ur a Wind Waker fan bc as a Spirit Track fan i feel a kinship, im gonna make another post for specifically each link breaking down my issues w/ how they r portrayed later bc rn it is 8am and i ment to just say haha ty for the permission but then my inner ranter came out i am INCAPABLE of being normal about lu especially after i actually experienced zelda games bc lu was my FIRST introduction to zelda outside of smash bros lol

toast if u r reading this say rip to ur dms bc i am once more gonna talk to u about a comic for a videogame franchise u only know about due to my rambles and forcing u at gunpoint to learn about link...godspeed comrade

[thatoddgent]

Some more head canons while I try to get over my creative block, and also cope with some shit going on rn :))

TW: Infertility, abuse, trauma. All set in the past, talked about in reference to backstory.

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- Sister Imperator was intended to be Nihil’s prime mover, especially since they were committed to one another (at least were thought to be) romantically. This however couldn’t happen because they found that Sister had immense issues with infertility, which caused a drift between her and Papa Nihil. Another sister was chosen to bare his children but the romantic aspects were kept between the two almost exclusively, until Nihil picked up the habit of hopping from woman to woman behind Sister’s back.

- When sister discovered that she was pregnant, she actually had planned to tell Nihil after his show as a way to celebrate both him being in the scene and the gift given to them. She took her pregnancy very seriously and was absolutely ecstatic, which left her heartbroken when she was finally met with evidence of her suspicion of infidelity.

- Nihil shut out his prime mover after the incident, which did nothing but rid his boys of a real mother and leave them to be raised communally. He was only ever involved with them when it came to scolding or teaching them about his duties, he never publicly showed affection or much care towards them.

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- Each of the ghouls have characteristics left over from their lives before they died, whether it be accents or things in their appearance, they’re more apparent in their more human like forms. They keep memories from their past life as well, which can lead to certain issues on occasion.

- Cumulus has a southern accent, and though it’s toned down a bit over the years, she still uses a lot of slang and slips more into it when she talks quickly or gets emotional. She’s also a bit muscular on her arms and legs, from doing a lot of lifting and such (which she stills does around the ministry when needed) in her past life, where she smuggled illegal goods to help her family get by, despite it going against her morals.

- Cirrus has a habit of getting very defensive due to an abusive upbringing as a child, with a few scars still visible on her new body. This is why she’s seen as more sassy and protective, a new found confidence makes her want to stand up for herself and others. She’s become victim to night terrors, she killed her abuser in self defense but even now the guilt haunts her, Cumulus has always been there to walk her through the aftershock.

- Sunshine was also a victim to abuse, being assaulted both sexually and mentally by family and people close to her. She was always skinny due to neglect when she was younger, but instead of becoming bitter or defensive she tries her best to be optimistic and always be a ray a sunshine for those around her. She’s also somewhat child like in the sense that she never got to experience the wonder most children do, finding joy in the smallest things and being blown away by any new sights and sounds introduced to her.

[endversewinchester]

Alright! Hard talks. I’ll add my thoughts tomorrow because rn I’m kinda tired.

This is just info on how talking through Floo works. Nice bit of canon to have.

Let me just say I love the mom-dad dynamic that is going on between these two all book long. Whenever the topic is something more complicated, Remus is around either during the conversation or afterwards to soften what Sirius said, and I love this.

Kreacher you little shit.

This is pretty much the first fully domestic convo they’ve had. Before it was about the war, about Harry’s visions, and Sirius shared a bit of his backstory with us to explain why he was behaving the way he was.

This is the first time we get to see them just talking about minor stuff (at least the boys think it is minor as of right now). Just a teen curious about his father.

This is a great shot of the mom-dad dynamic. Lupin is trying to be sensible. He saw Harry at school, he knows how he is and how his friends are. He understands why seeing the father he carried practically as a god behaving like that is a big shock, so he tries to be reasonable (which doesn’t really work, because Harry too is “just a kid” and never acted like that).

Sirius otoh is practical about it. He acknowledges that memory isn’t one of the best, but he’s more about justifying James. “Yes, he behaved like that BUT they were rivals from day one because Snape was jealous of your dad ( he was. Not for the reasons Sirius quotes though) and big on the dark arts and so that makes it okay.

Which doesn’t work with Harry either because in that memory Snape wasn’t involved in dark arts or anything. He was literally just existing, and Sirius himself started the mess. But still. Mom-dad dynamic.

The bombastic side eye. Criminal offensive side eye that Lupin gave him there makes me chuckle. It is a massive lie. He doesn’t regret bullying Snape, he hates Snape to this day. But I think it is sweet that he doesn’t want to set a bad example to Harry.

Because here’s the thing, Sirius could have kept his line of thought there. “Yeah well he was a racist asshole and he deserves it”. Harry dislikes Snape, he would buy into it eventually. But Sirius doesn’t. He acknowledges it was wrong, and doesn’t try to encourage Harry to behave like that, or see his actions as good.

And then Lupin comes in, but this time he switches up. He uses what Sirius said earlier to try and mediate. Do I think he believes what Sirius said? After that bombastic side eye? No I don’t. And I think we all know that the real reason for the Snape and James war was Lily, not some silly popularity jealousy. But having Harry hate his dead father who he looked up to doesn’t sound very fair to Harry, or to James’ memory, so he plays along with Sirius somewhat.

And oh look. Sirius switches up in response! “Ok yes we were dicks sometimes” which earns him a smile from Remus for telling the truth.

Then they have some genuine bonding over James, which I think is cute and sad at the same time. And then we get to see more coparenting in action.

Sirius acknowledges Harry’s feelings further in his way, and then he looks at Lupin for validation on how he’s handling this, and what would be the best thing to say. It’s cute because it’s wolfstar but it is also cute that Sirius is trying really hard to parent well.

And here we get some character traits. Lupin’s self awareness is on point, but so is his self hatred. We need to remember he spent 13 years as the sole survivor of his friend group (as he believed the Sirius he knew never even existed), and so he has a lot of survivor’s guilt and self esteem issues. He didn’t stop James and Sirius and so it is his fault that they are here right now discussing the sins of their dead friend with his horrified son. But Sirius with his loyalty does very much what he did to James earlier. He gets protective. “Well actually you did call us out sometimes”, not letting him linger on that self hatred.

And we also get to learn that James grows past that stage and turns into a better person. Good enough that Lily went from hating him to loving him, and eventually marrying him and having Harry. It is most likely that version of James that people refer to when they complimented him to Harry all his life.

Here’s where it gets complicated, because we are talking about seventh years now. Legal grown adults in Harry Potter canon. By this point in the story, we are at the first wizarding war or very near it. Though their main issue is Lily and will remain Lily for the rest of her life, there is a lot more going on in the world around them and they are doing a lot more.

The fact Lily didn’t see the bullying (which are now fights) makes me think these happened during missions for the order. Not that James wasn’t relishing on going at the guy that wanted his girlfriend, because he very much was. But there is a broader context, and with that broader context Snape stops being a victim and he becomes a death eater. It’s a war now.

But Harry doesn’t know any of that. He is still thinking about school level Malfoy bullying. The type he saw on the memories. So it’s not enough, and you know what? I won’t fault him for that. He is allowed to dislike his father’s flaws, even with the broader context. I think the realization our parents aren’t perfect happens to all of us at some point in life or the other. He is entitled to his run.

And Sirius well. Sirius got a bit protective. I understand that too. Because sure, James was an attention [bleep] and a bit of a bully but he was also the guy that saved him from an abusive household. That taught him he didn’t have to be what his parents wanted him to be. That took him in as a brother and gave him love on a level he never had before. As he says earlier “the world isn’t split into good people and death eaters” and this is a good example of that.

I think that’s a lot to process at 15 though. Especially when you are fighting a war against Hitler himself. What do you mean people have nuance? So Harry is taking this well enough.

Remember when Sirius said her regretted bullying Snape?

Yeah.

Knowing what the adults know, Harry and Voldemort are connected and occlumency is the only way to keep him safe. Snape stopping the lessons over a childhood grudge that Harry didn’t cause and risk losing the war is a bad move.

I understand. His worst memories. He panicked. Still. Broader context. War. Harry needs to be good at this or everyone dies, so I understand why Lupin and Sirius freaked out.

I love Lupin being the mediator tbh. I really do. “Yes I know you love Harry and you want to protect him but sit tf down, padfoot”.

And yes it is for the best if Lupin speaks with Snape instead, please and thank you. I don’t know why he told Harry to talk to Snape. He won’t “kill him” as Harry suggests, but he won’t want to continue the lessons either. It’s best if Lupin gets Dumbledore to do it.

FFS Filch. The timing!!!