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Hollywood's Hidden Queer Genre (The Buddy Genre) and How Starsky & Hutch did a queer-coded episode in America's Homophobic 1970s. - An Essay from my NTU College Course Fantastic in Western Vis Arts!

So, what is the Buddy Genre? It is a story typically between two characters, but it can sometimes be a group of friends who work together towards a similar goal. Their friendship will provide the drama and resolution of the movie's plot. Typically, these characters are not identical in personality and often have differing or opposing personalities. Okay, it is a Hollywood genre about friends; what is so gay about that? This genre is about friendship and platonic relationships, is it not? However, nuance quickly makes this genre bleed into the romance genre as it uses dialogue, blocking, and mise-en-scene to create queer romantic subtext. It is argued that many buddy films have heterosexual b-plot romances. However, these are implemented to remind the viewer that these romantic relationships do not undermine the most prominent relationship of our two same-gendered buddy protagonists. In every buddy film, their relationship always trumps as the most important, or else the movie is not a buddy film. It is a romance.

A b-plot is a side plot to progress the main storyline. Our main storyline is that of two same- gendered protagonists. This is why a same-sex relationship can get blurry in the buddy genre. Suppose a romantic relationship trumps a platonic one. In that case, it is a love story. Still, when two people of the same gender reflect the same emotions in a possibly arising romantic relationship, it suddenly becomes a powerful friendship. Only recently have same-sex romance stories been allowed to flourish, obviously and honestly! That is precisely why the buddy genre is so unique; it takes analysis to decide whether the relationship is a robust platonic friendship or a clever take on queer characters and relationships! I find it even better when media unintentionally queer codes these characters, but due to their traits or situations, the queer agenda blossoms and takes form. 'Queer-coded' refers to the subtle or indirect portrayal of queer characters or relationships in media. That is where Starsky & Hutch, A Coffin for Starsky, comes in.

Starsky & Hutch is a formulaic cop show from the 1970s based in Los Angeles, California. The series ran for four seasons, each with 25 episodes, each about 40-50 minutes. Starsky & Hutch ruled prime-time television during the 70's, and they were even referred to as French Kissing Prime Time Homos in a blooper reel. Starsky & Hutch is part of the buddy genre and the subgenre Buddy Cop. "The "buddy" aspect of the genre implies a professional partnership that often evolves into a personal friendship throughout the film.". Before this essay can go any further, I will refer to a social media blog post that best describes the 20th-century buddy formula in Hollywood.

"We've got two best friends, and the show NEVER really feels right if one of them is missing unless the focus of the story is how A & B operate without each other while trying to find the other one. They stick with and rescue each other unfailingly in scenarios that might destroy a regular friendship- Between the inherent closeness of being narrative foils. The regularly scheduled life or death drama creating sometimes remarkably romantic (in the narrative if not a literal sense) drama between the two. The revolving door of weekly women they never seem to get attached to enough to leave one another. The non-serialized nature resulting in sparse personal information/history about the protagonists as a result." (Excerpt: Why Do Old-School TV Duos Have SUCH MLM Vibes?!)

A Coffin for Starsky begins with Dave Starsky being drugged in his bed by an intruder. He is left with 24 hours to live if he and Hutch do not manage to find the culprit and the drug injected into his bloodstream. Starsky and Hutch race against the clock for a chance at the antidote while Dave's health slowly dwindles throughout the day as time passes. As formulaic TV goes, Hutch finds the culprit and gets an antidote for Starsky, saving his life so the show doesn't end after the episode aired.

Let us dissect! Before Starsky can go completely unconscious, he calls Hutch. Unpack that, a veteran detective cop with seven years on the force and direct connection to the police decides to call his partner instead of the cops. He puts his life in the hands of Hutch. When he makes this call, all Starsky manages to grumble out before passing out is Hutch's name and the word help. It is fascinating that all Starsky must do is say his name in a specific tone, and Hutch knows something is wrong. We cut to the

two riding in an ambulance, which, to ride in an ambulance with someone, you typically must be a relative of some sort, but we will pass it off as the two may be getting some special privileges being cops. We arrive at the hospital, and paramedics rush in Starsky. When Starsky wakes up, the first thing he sees besides doctors is Hutch inside the room. Hutch and the Doctor leave Starsky to be for a minute and step out. A crucial piece of dialogue appears. The doctor asks to speak to Hutch alone-

Doctor: I understand you and Detective Starsky have been partners for some time now. Hutch: That's right, Doctor: Yes, he said you were his best friend. Ken Hutchinson: what are you trying to tell me? (A Coffin for Starsky, Starsky & Hutch)

This dialogue is brave, considering the mise-en-scene. Hutch could have easily corrected this partner's misunderstanding by agreeing with the doctor after he brought up the afterthought of "best friends." Instead, Hutch waves it off to suggest to the doctor that the whole partner thing is the correct answer and he doesn’t need to pry. The implications of Starsky and Hutch begin teetering towards more than work partners and best friends when we hear this dialogue. The doctor sees through their façade. Asking him the same question twice, he subtly tries to confirm with Hutch that he is the closest person to Starsky and is a type of family. The solitude of Starsky and Hutch riding to the hospital and Hutch being the person with Starsky in the hospital room is the confirmation. Hutch senses the doctors' implications of something more than a friend, and he cannot sincerely disagree without being dishonest. The doctor furthers this idea when he tells Hutch,

Doctor: His relatives and any other close friends should be notified. (A Coffin for Starsky, Starsky

& Hutch) The doctor's advice to Hutch is specific and telling. He suggests that Starsky's 'close friends and relatives' should be notified, clearly indicating his understanding of the nature of Starsky and Hutch's relationship. Hutch gets hot and argues until he realizes that Starsky specifically asked the doctor to tell him something.

Doctor: He asked me to tell you. Said he hates soapy scenes. (A Coffin for Starsky, Starsky &

Hutch) This seemingly casual statement holds a deeper meaning. It implies that Starsky is aware of the potential romantic interpretation of their relationship and wants to avoid it, possibly to protect their professional image or because he is not ready to confront his feelings. When a patient hears their dying in a day, you have the most crucial person in your life there to listen to the news; in this case, it is Hutch. The two decide that with their brains combined, they can help the doctors find a cure by catching the culprit. After the decision, the two argue like an old married couple because Hutch didn't do the domestic task of bringing Starsky's spare clothes.

An iconic, if not the most iconic, line from Starsky and Hutch is when Hutch asks whom they should trust, and Starsky replies, "Me and thee." In one of the very first episodes, this little one-liner between the two is them against the world. Starsky reprises it when the two cops leave the hospital to search for the culprit.

Starsky: As I see it, It's who do we trust time. This reprisal is significant. Often formulated shows do not use reprisals, even of lines, because it means you had to tune into a previous episode to get some clarity. This line is reprised to highlight the episode's theme of two partners being one. (A Coffin for Starsky, Starsky & Hutch)

Charlotte is a chemist at the police station, helping Starsky whenever he gets ill. Hutch interacts with Charlotte uniquely; Hutch is very platonic. He has all his focus on Starsky, and when he does something like holding Charlotte's hand or making her coffee, it has no weight. Compare this to Hutch at the hospital putting an arm on Starsky's shoulder; there is a weight and connection you can read from the action. It is comforting, loving, and reassuring. With charlotte? It is Hutch reassuring himself that someone's on duty to care for Starsky. Since the beginning of the show, the two are playboys of sorts; in the serialized pulp fiction, Hutch is described as "Even working out in gym attire, he looked like a Beverly Hills socialite." (Starsky & Hutch #5, pg.8). I will skip ahead of the episode to a pivotal moment where we meet one of the most important scenes of the episode.

Starsky's illness is progressing during a search for a prime suspect. He falls to the floor with stomach pain. Immediately, he latches onto Hutch as if this man were going somewhere unbeknownst to him. Hutch immediately cradles Starsky, letting him lean into his chest and lap to steady him. Starsky tries joking around while Hutch soothes him. There's a constant movement from both characters to grab onto each other; they know they do not have much time. Hutch feels like he is grieving in real-time, and Starsky feels like a dead man walking; all they have is each other. This scene contains this constant blocking and grasping for each other. Starsky frequently looks for Hutch to grab onto his hand, leg, shoulder, arm, and the inside of his coat. His body language and blocking tell us he is searching for every part of Hutch to ensure he is there, not going anywhere, and that Starsky is not alone in his desperation. These swift movements are intimate and honest and grasping for life. For a 70's show, a man showing this much vulnerability, let alone with another man, is incredibly taboo. Starsky starts to feel his life slipping away; Hutch is the lifeboat. Hutch's movements compliment Starsky's erratic and intense skinship. Hutch's hands are leading, grounding, and stable. A hand on Starsky's shoulder and chest is firm and steady. He lifts Starsky back up with both arms and moves with Starsky, never against him, supporting him. The movements, these actions, and this choreography are incredibly intimate, honest, and always towards each other. It is like connecting two magnets. They just don't want to separate unless forced to and are always attracted to each other.

Starsky is not looking to lie down and take a breather; he is looking for Hutch because that is his breather. Hutch does not look to lay Starsky down either or find a comfortable place to take a break; he knows he is that comfortable place for Starsky. Even in such challenging situations as this one, friends are not that intimate. Consider a Comparison. Max and Lucas from Stranger Things season 4, specifically the scene of Max dying. These are the same scenarios; the only difference is that Max and Lucas are a romantic couple. Lucas holds Max as she almost passes away, yet this scene between 'best friends' is more intimate.

When they are back at the police office to get medicine for Starsky, Starsky admits he is scared to die. Hutch responds by leaning close and cracking some jokes, reflecting how Starsky was comforting

Hutch earlier in this episode. They have flipped their usual dynamic, Hutch being worried and quick to emotions, while Starsky jokes and thinks quickly. It has become more severe than ever. As soon as Hutch sees some pain flare up in Starsky, he leans further into Starsky before asking for Starsky's medicine ASAP, going as far as to roll Starsky's sleeve up and then adjust it back when the pain killers have been admitted. Hutch keeps his hand on Starsky's arms. The painkillers for Starsky do not keep Hutch at bay; he starts getting angry, and his patient mask drops. He cannot grapple with the fact that no matter how hard Hutch tries or who he takes Starsky to, there is no cure, and time is against them. Starsky deescalates Hutch

Starsky: Softly, don't antagonize the people I need. (A Coffin for Starsky, Starsky & Hutch) His tone is gentle, sweet, and considerate, again, not towards Charlotte, but in a way to bring Hutch back

down to earth. Hutch can only calm down via Starsky, as is known from previous encounters throughout the episode with the Doctor and Charlotte.

As we are about to give up, we hear what is one of the most loaded pieces of dialogue and exposition on television (In my very biased opinion). Starsky delivers this glowing gem of a loaded metaphor, "If this were a cowboy movie, I'd give you my boots," in doing so, he stretches his arm out, opens his hand, and asks for Hutches. Hutch, in the public open setting of the police station, takes his hand and holds it. Their holding hands is no handshake, no quick reassurance; this is intentional, emotional, and romantic. The Western genre has often been queer-coded; Think Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other by Willie Nelson. So, to say to the most beloved companion in one lifetime that if this were not only a Western movie but a COWBOY movie and to tell Hutch as he knocks on death's door that he would give Hutch what a cowboy's most prized possession could be; Is to say, you are a part of me, and I am entrusting you with that. Starsky follows his metaphor up with, "

Starsky: You're my pal Hutch- but the two, in one of their most intimate moments, are cut off- by a witness who recognizes who

drugged Starsky. It becomes a big deal when they're caught holding hands. Starsky scatters to untangle

their hands and, in doing so, accidentally grabs a prop with rapid and embarrassed body language. He's trying to pretend he didn't pour a bit of his heart out in public while Hutch gets defensive.

"It's really incredible that they are, for a very long time, holding hands in the squad room. Hutch is so reluctant to break the hold that he practically slams Starsky's hand down on the desk when Mrs. Haberman comes forward with the photographs, exploding "Lady – !" and then, in frustration to another officer, anxious to get her away from him, he says, "Ted, will you ...?'" (Excerpt, MerlTheEarl, Episode 21: A Coffin for Starsky Review)

Eventually, she offers a piece of information critical to the case. The two scamper off to possibly find their culprit and cure, but we come across a standoff. Hutch and Bellamy (a suspect part of the larger crime) are on the rooftop as he shoots at Hutch. Starsky is barely staying alive, almost not making it up the stairs. He taunts Hutch and shouts, "What's the matter, Hutchinson? Did you lose your peace(piece)?". This homophone is carefully picked to entail that Hutch cannot be someone alone; he needs Starsky to be whole, his peace and or piece. It works both ways. Watching this unfold, Starsky decides, with what little strength is left in his body, to shoot Bellamy and save Hutch. Hutch does not want to shoot or injure Bellamy to ensure a cure for Starsky. Starsky gives up his life for Hutch as Hutch was willing to for Starsky. For just a split second, his vision and thinking are clear, and it is for the safety and livelihood of Hutch. Hutch realizes what has happened, and he also realizes this is the last of him and Starsky as soon as he drops the dead body of Bellamy. He walks over to Starsky, asking him why he did that, knowing full well why. Starsky knows that Hutch knows, too, and gives Hutch a small confirmation by telling him,

Starsky: Seemed like a good idea at the time. (A Coffin for Starsky, Starsky & Hutch)

He falls into Hutch's arms at a last grasp of life and looks longingly into his eyes before going down with Hutch holding him up and his head on top of Starsky's. Hutch loses that cop sensibility Starsky held him accountable for and finds the very last clues to get him a cure after admitting Starsky to the hospital. He first goes to shake down Vic Bellamy's girlfriend and then quickly puts together what a college professor is doing. Notice how Hutch is incredibly calm when he gets to the Professor, the real mastermind. When

Hutch finds the thread connected to the ball of yarn (Professor masterminding with Vic Bellamy to kill Starsky), Hutch remains calm and reasonable. He knew he was on a ticking clock, and without Starsky, Hutch knew that to save him, Hutch had to be reasonable and calm, as Starsky would have been if he wanted to reach him successfully.

Hutch: I'm asking you to save my partner's life. (A Coffin for Starsky, Starsky & Hutch) He is taking those cowboy boots Starsky would have given him, using that other half of himself (Starsky) to keep himself whole. Hutch makes it to the hospital with relief and love written on his face. It is such a sweet smile, and it comes with Hutch looking like he is also on the brink of tears. Again, Hutch and the doctors are the only ones in the room with Starsky. Of course, an episode so queer-coded in the middle of the American 70s could never air without just a bit of heterosexuality thrown in there as if to say, "Guys, they weren't gay. See, Starsky wants to go to a beach, and see ladies!".

The Buddy Genre is often queer and has been since it has begun. It sprouted from men needing to see close male friendships, which quickly started blending into something that could be gay. The genre holds blurred lines between friendship and romance of the same sex, often male friendships, to be specific. Starsky & Hutch tackles this. Although they frequently have one-off relationships with women, they always end up by each other's side, not a woman's. Until the show's end, if it was between the love of their life or each other. As we have seen repeatedly, they always choose each other, such as leaving a heterosexual romance or risking their own life or livelihood. Their detective cop jobs further these two's romantic fates for each other. Their heterosexual romantic relationships will fail every time since anguish, danger, and turmoil come with being a Detective Cop. Fortunately, these two and many other buddy movies or shows are in the same boat. In Hutch's own words,

Hutch: Would you consider that a man who spends seventy-five percent of his time with another man has got certain tendencies? We work, eat, and drink about twelve of those hours, right? That's sixty hours a week, seventy-five percent of the time we spend together, and you're not even a good kisser. (Death in a Different Place, Starsky & Hutch)

Take actor Paul Michael Glaser's word.

"I think it's very real (the spark of gay tension between his character Dave Starsky and David Soul's Hutch); I think it's important to understand that yeah, there's homoerotic elements... You have to be able to recognize there is a part of all of us that is homoerotic." (Excerpt, Starsky & Hutch's Gay Secret Exposed!)

Works Cited

Baume, Matt. "Gay Bar Murder Mysteries, from Starsky & Hutch to Murder She Wrote." Youtube, YouTube, 9 Aug. 2021, www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgAHn3SilhQ&lc=UgwHdXHBFY_hM6k- 86h4AaABAg.A8ENRpzWC9mA8G2VAcC9JD.

DeGuzman, Kyle. "Buddy Cop Movies - Genre Explained with the Best Examples." StudioBinder, StudioBinder, 6 November 2023, www.studiobinder.com/blog/buddy-cop-movies/.

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monsterblogging · 4 days ago

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So I noticed that the Harry Potter series and Pacific Rim: The Black had a certain vibe in common, but for months I was unable to put my finger on what it was. But I finally figured it out when I found an article from 2005. Here are the relevant parts:

...Rowling refuses to view herself as a moral educator to the millions of children who read her books. "I don't think that it's at all healthy for the work for me to think in those terms. So I don't," she says. "I never think in terms of What am I going to teach them? Or, What would it be good for them to find out here?"

"Although," she adds, "undeniably, morals are drawn." But she doesn't make it easy. In Goblet, the good-hearted Cedric Diggory dies for no reason. In Phoenix, we learn that Harry's dad, whom he idealized, had been an arrogant bully. People aren't good and bad by nature; they change and transform and struggle. As Dumbledore tells Harry, "It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." Granted, we know Harry will not succumb to anger and evil. But we never stop feeling that he could. (Interestingly, although Rowling is a member of the Church of Scotland, the books are free of references to God. On this point, Rowling is cagey. "Um. I don't think they're that secular," she says, choosing her words slowly. "But, obviously, Dumbledore is not Jesus.")

So essentially, both of them are attempts to create a narrative filled with messy, imperfect people without heavy moralization. And I say attempts because none of the writers actually had the chops to pull it off.

But why not?

For one, pulling this off requires a certain level of cultural, historical, economic, social, and emotional awareness - or in other words, you need to actually understand why things are the way they are and why people do what they do.

Developing this awareness requires a certain level of curiosity and willingness to engage with some deeply uncomfortable topics.

I don't know much about Rowling's capacity to handle topics that make her feel uncomfortable. But I do think it's obvious that she is an extremely incurious person. Her worldbuilding throughout the entire Wizarding World franchise shows a consistent failure to research anything relevant to her world beyond the most superficial levels. In fact, her worldbuilding often suggests that she did no research at all, but basically just went on vibes based on stereotypes she picked up and never thought to question.

We see Rowling's lack of curiosity reflected within the text of the Harry Potter series itself. Harry is apathetic where history is concerned. He rarely takes initiative in investigating anything. He never learns or practices any kind of investigative skill. Harry mostly just faffs around until someone else does the work for him (Hermione does nearly all of the actual research), or until he stumbles on the next thing he needs by pure accident. It's very telling that in Deathly Hallows, Harry did nothing to work out for himself that Ollivander was being held in Malfoy Manor, but only discovered him there because he accidentally caught the attention of some bounty hunters who caught and carried him there.

The Black shows a similar lack of curiosity. It is most apparent in the show's disregard for the rich worldbuilding created by Travis Beacham and Guillermo del Toro. Its entire comprehension of the Pacific Rim world is superficial. And not only does it display a lack of interest in the original worldbuilding, it displays a lack of interest in anything. There is not one single sign of interest in topics that would be highly germane, such as engineering, biology, sociology, or psychology. Its very depiction of Australia as a desolate wasteland full of deadly animals is based on racist colonial narratives. None of its main characters engage in research or investigation; instead, the progression of the story is a literal walk from Point A to Point B.

There is another point that both media fail on: if you are going to commit to writing a narrative full of imperfect people, you must be comfortable with your audience refusing to forgive any of them. Both HP and TB have characters that its creators are aware on some level have crossed lines that could make some people disinclined to forgive them. For Harry Potter, it's the character of Snape. For The Black, it's Shane.

Both of these characters spent years abusing and torturing children. Both are (or so the stories want us to think) redeemed through doing something for a woman and her child/children and dying in the effort. Both of them were cruel to the children of said women in addition to being cruel in general.

The writers clearly knew on some level that Snape and Shane had gone too far, because they felt like they had to make a special point to emphasize that they had been redeemed.

In HP, Harry names his son after Snape and says that Snape was one of the bravest men he ever knew. In TB, one of Shane's men comes and says that he wasn't all bad because he looked after his people. The writers can't bear the thought of anyone finishing the story and not forgiving either of these men for their cruelty.

(The implicit message that men deserve forgiveness for doing one right thing in a lifetime of cruelty sure is something, isn't it?)

HP and TB also have similar issues with girls and women. There is a certain implication that mothers and girls and women who take on maternal roles are inherently kind and self-sacrificing. Meanwhile, women with no interest in motherhood or maternal roles are among the most fearsome antagonists. For HP, it's Bellatrix Lestrange and Dolores Umbridge. For TB, it's the kaiju cultists whom we are told kidnap women to induct into their ranks and kill all men they meet.

While it's not quite as simple as "mothers are good, childfree women are bad," there are still certain misogynistic prejudices at work. There is no recognition of the fact that patriarchal systems often force women to be self-sacrificing, nor that mothers and women in maternal roles are as capable of being cruel and selfish as fathers and men in paternal roles. What HP and TB did with its female characters did not explore the dark and messy aspects of human nature in an honest way, but distorted and diminished them.

(And before anyone mentions out that the primary antagonist in TB is the Mother Superior, I want to point out that sisters are typically not viewed as maternal figures.)

Also, this kind of storytelling does not work if you cannot let go of the idea of absolute evil in this world and the idea that people can embody absolute evil.

Neither Voldemort nor the Mother Superior reflect the reality of being the worst version of oneself. They are not written as kinds of people that anyone could potentially become if they followed certain kinds of impulses that become very tempting under certain kinds of pressures.

In fact, Rowling invented an elaborate magical explanation to justify why Voldemort was like that. He was conceived the wrong way, which made him incapable of feeling certain emotions, which made him unable to value anything or anyone other than himself. Many parts of the story talk about the importance of our choices, yet the story's main antagonist had no choice.

In the world of The Black, the Mother Superior has no motive other than the utter destruction of humanity, because she is a human-kaiju hybrid, because having too much kaiju DNA erases your human will. (How did she become this? When did it happen? We do not know. We are never told.) She is antagonistic because her DNA does not allow her to be anything else. The character arc of the half-kaiju child Boy emphasizes the value of choices, yet the main antagonist is not shown to a product of her choices, nor is she shown to be capable of choosing. (Boy can make choices because he doesn't have as much kaiju DNA as the Mother Superior. If he were to gain more kaiju DNA, he would lose his free will.)

Both Voldemort and the Mother Superior are effectively the Devil as understood in modern conservative Christian mythology, inalterably antagonistic because they just are. This is not an archetype that belongs in the kind of story HP and TB attempted to tell. It's an archetype more suited to conservative propaganda, which functionally makes these works conservative propaganda. We don't have to question why certain people choose to be antagonistic toward others, we just have to accept that some people are pure evil and must be done away with - they must die if we are to live.

Both stories value an unsettling level of obedience to authority. In The Black, the PPDC is portrayed as unquestionably good even though they are 100% the reason the children were stranded in the desert. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry isolates himself from almost everyone he knows because Dumbledore told him he couldn't talk about the horcruxes to anyone other than Hermione and Ron.

Ultimately, both narratives demonstrate why teaching love and acceptance isn't much good if you aren't also aware of the value of curiosity and critical thinking, the necessity of questioning everything, and the importance of researching beyond reading the first section of a Wikipedia page, or (God forbid), asking ChatGPT to write you a summary.

#pacific rim #pacific rim the black #harry potter #jkr #anti harry potter #anti jkr #jk rowling #anti jk rowling #writing #narratives #critical thinking #curiosity

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rubra-wav · 1 year ago

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Various Adam headcanons

A/N I'm not an Adam simp, I just have been thinking abt him since the last post I did.

A lot of these are just things I feel in vibes and are completely baseless haha.

Cw: SFW, angsty in parts, misogyny, slight reference to disordered eating, uhhh idk man it's mixed

He's very messy and his house is like a bombsite of unwashed dishes and laundry.

Think messy roommate horror stories: that's him, and he doesn't give a single damn about it. Thinks he shouldn't have to clean up his house because that's a 'chick thing'

He's naturally really warm and overheats a lot because of it. Due to this, he has his house cold so he isn't sweating his ass off at all times.

He's really good to sleep next to during cold weather, but is God awful during hot weather.

Will not stop bitching about it being too hot when he's slightly uncomfortable and laughs at people who are easily cold, calling them weak.

His favourite things to watch are shitty b grade movies - especially comedy ones.

Prides himself on knowing current lingo, memes, and jokes (and actually pulls off not sounding like an old person trying to be 'hip with the kids' and cringey)

Follow up: makes deez nuts and ligma jokes out of everything and finds it hilarious. Sera sent him out of a meeting for doing this to Emily one time.

He's the type of mf who is pretentious asf about beer being superior and believes any guy who likes sweeter drinks / doesn't like beer are pussies.

He secretly doesn't believe this in the slightest and actually hates beer, he'd never admit it though. He has a sweet tooth and actually really likes drinks like Baileys.

Constantly talking, even if it's just to himself.

He likes AC/DC a lot. Ironically, 'highway to hell' is one of his favourite songs of all time.

He always wears his mask because he feels more vulnerable without it.

If you're close with him, he'd likely feel more comfortable to take it off around you - would fight to keep it on at all times if he doesn't trust you or feel safe with you.

I headcanon he put on weight after getting to heaven because after he was kicked out of Eden he didn't have nearly as much food, so he began binging when he finally had it again. It kind of just stayed a comfort for him.

He's really insecure about his weight gain too. If you point it out he's gonna get really upset. (Like how Lucifer does in ep 8)

Follow up: he literally always has snacks and is an absolute bitch about sharing them. If he does share them with you, he expects you to be really grateful.

His masculinity is fragile as it gets.

Would physically wilt if you even slightly imply he's not masculine and then become extremely angry and try to prove he actually is.

The main reason he is misogynistic is due to his experience with Lilith.

Before Lilith ran away from him, I think that Adam actually had extremely high respect for women.

His whole purpose was to reproduce. Women do a hell of a lot more then men during the whole process of reproduction and dude worships pussy even now (he named his best soldier after it. Not after dick, vag)

I imagine that it was a much larger appreciation for women in general before Lilith screwed him over.

This soured into misogyny, though, after she ran away and likely grew much, much worse with Eve due to her actually being made from him.

Eve then proceeded to eat the apple given to her and resulted in them being kicked out of Eden, which made it even worse.

He's the definition of that one reddit incel who had bad experiences with a handful of women and now is an absolute misogynistic cunt lmao

Hella abandonment issues.

Also hella jealousy issues.

Doesn't matter if you're a friend or a partner, he's going to be grappling to be number one and the only one in your life.

He's not manipulative or slick about it even a little though, it's obvious as it gets. Will vy for your attention by being literally as obnoxious as possible constantly.

Literally so clingy.

If you ever point it out, he'll deny it though and get very flustered.

Bro needs reassurance so bad you aren't gonna leave him if you're his partner.

Will sometimes just get really quiet and ask if he did something if he even slightly senses a tone shift to negativity.

Pretends it never happened afterwards and will downplay his fears massively if you call him out on it.

He's the type of sleeper who moves around a lot and ends up upside down somehow. Also a sleep talker.

Is the type of mf who has the skill to transcribe songs into guitar simply by ear.

He never shuts up about it, so although it is actually a really incredible skill, you want to not praise it because of how annoying he is over it.

Follow up: can play most types of guitar.

One of those extremely annoying rock fans who scoff when you put on anything but rock.

Also acts like he knows more about rock than anybody.

If you put on country music around him, he will forcefully grab the aux from you to turn it off.

He knows he actually isn't very smart at all and is super insecure about it.

He's had it used against him time and time again by people like Lilith and overcompensates to deter this by acting like he is actually the smartest person at all times.

When someone treats him like he's stupid, especially about something he actually knows/is knowledgeable about, he's extremely defensive about it (like when Lute points out the shield to him in ep 8)

Would be the type to go "Mansplaining means 'man explaining things'" to you with complete lack of self-awareness.

I need to draw Sera looking absolutely horrified as he screams the lyrics to highway to hell so bad.

Got possessed with the energy I had to suddenly write this omg.

#hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel adam #hazbin hotel adam headcanons #hazbin hotel adam x reader

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vqrtualheartss · 1 year ago

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The Culture— A black love story, sort of

It was past midnight, wayy past midnight— perfect time to execute your plans. Sneaking past multiple security guards, the escape didn't stop until a few fences were jumped and a small walk in the cold to the basketball court a few blocks over. No, it wasn't trespassing to be there after-hours, not if anyone outside your circle saw at least. You were there with your friends: Jh'mhaya, Kaior, and Syain (Cy-aiiin).

There were new faces, always were everytime the community kids held gatherings. This face and figure however was one to catch your eye. He looked exactly like the boy they rumoured about at Brooklyn Middle, you're in the upper class so the description was to stick with you. Brownskin, about 6ft, dark-brown curls, you couldn't catch his eye color though because of the slight darkness.

Kaior started to dress himself in his basketball attire, fixing his shorts after tapping your shoulder.

- "It's rude to stare, go say hi!!"

- "I'm not staring"

- "Sure you aren't"

You scoffed, he laughed. You looked around to spot the rest of the group, Jh'mhaya stayed talking to the "organizers" and Syain looked high already, the whole group he was with seemed so.

- "Wish me luck boo"

- "Always"

Jh'mhaya called you over with her hands and eyes to converse with the rest, the rest being: Keziah, Xavier, Aisha, Nia, and Tyler. There wasn't much to be said, the gist of it was to give you info on the up-and-coming social, something more of a spoken word vibe, not being held at the court. You were given special invitation as a host (courtesy of Jh'mhaya) since it was 'your thing.'

Not that this wasn't, the focus of the event was to scout out players for the local b-ball team, something mellow and tranquil to those that find peace in the sport. After exchanging contact, other tiny groups and people wanted to speak and re-unite given it were the first time for most seeing you since numerous absences to these parties.

Going to the bleachers, you took out your phone to record Kai, he was playing gooddd.

Mwah, as a starbwoy

Avoiding commotion, aside from the few cheers here and there the only noises made were from partners to partners. You knew who on the court was who, except for the new guy— and no one was cheering for him. You figured that out since you heard no new names that would've automatically been his.

"That's sad lowkey"

Stooping beside the benches, you called out to Amaria, her head turning around before her body did. Her eyes shifted upwards to meet yours, raising her eyebrows with an inquisitive hum. "Hm?"

- "Who's new guy over there? The brown one"

There wasn't need to point, she already knew who you were referring to.

- "Miles?"

- "You tell me"

She started to chuckle as you toyed with the buttons on your phone.

- "Yeah, fo' sure that's Miles. He's not too too new, he came around about the same time you stopped coming"

Her eyebrows jumped like she had a lightbulb moment, she turned her head from the court and therefore her boyfriend to focus all her attention on you. Her hands became support to her tilted head.

- "How's everything regarding.. y'know"

You sighed, a harsh reminder of why you came here in the first place. Be it anywhere else and you would've voluntarily showed up, but Mhaya had to drag you out your bed after days of residing there following what had happened. Looking down at the floor, you inhaled a deep breath before looking up.

- "I don't know honestly, maybe some day I could give you an answer but not right now"

Your words sound dragged out, different from the tone you came to her with. Not wanting to dim the light from an already dark place, Amaria switched the topic of convo.

- "See something that you like?"

- "Excuse me?"

- "Miles"

You sucked your teeth, the corners of your lips tugging themselves into a wide smile jumping from you to Amaria. Without a proper finish, noise suddenly erupted at what seemed to be an anticipated shot from Miles. Wasn't enough for you though.

Jumpstarting a fire with years of cheer training you induced a better-sounding crowd.

- "Brooklyn, that's all you have? 3 pointers that far from the line don't come easy. Show our players some love people. Go Kaior! Go Miles! Go Kaior! Go Miles!"

Despite the noise restriction, clusters formed around both players cheering and congratulating them. Too busy basking in the fame, Kaior gave you two thumbs up and a smile as his thanks. For Miles, he glanced at you— and not with the blunt expression he played with, it was something deeper, it felt like something deeper. Waving at him, he flashed his signature one dimple smile waving back.

Looking back at Kaior, he wore a teasing grin and mocking eyes— he was sure to interrogate you about all this later.

Little by little, the court started to empty, about 6 other people stayed besides yourself and your friends— including Miles. With his own ball in hand he dribbled while speaking to who you assumed to be his friends and you to yours. Both groups merged and soon the topic came to be about after-plans.

- "I mean it's not that late- early- whatever you wanna call it. There's still time for more shit" you commented in retrospect to Nia's idea to go back to dorms.

Leaning against Mhaya's shoulder you toy with your Cupid's bow observing who was most likely to stay and who wouldn't. You were right of course, except on Miles' case. He seemed jittery thinking about something, puzzled at most deciding whether to stay or not.

- "You have somewhere to be don't you? it's cool, I'll go with who I came with. Nice meeting you though— Miles"

You said his name with a tone airy than the what you normally used. Some would say flirty, others would say that's how you talk. He stood tall, looking directly at you, the others too distracted, un-bothered or high to notice. He put on a light smile, doing a once-over at you before continuing.

- "Actually I don't gotta be anywhere. I have time to go the arcade or movies with you" He proposes taking off his jersey, revealing a grey undershirt, and body.

- "Movies are a bit touché for a night out Mr. 'Moral-less' "

Quickly his eyes dart back to you, he knew what you were hinting towards, what he didn't was how you knew the tags around the city were his.

- "You've been spying on me?"

- "Some would call it that, others would say looking out, admiring. Depends on your perspective"

- "Yo! Star" Jh'mhaya called out. Syain and the others were already over the fence ready to go. Looking back at Miles, he raised a brow and you shrugged leaving him.

- "Y'all ready?"

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juanabaloo · 4 months ago

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If you really wanna go all in, Angel can't have sex with Buffy because he's in love with her and that'll give him his one moment of bliss again. But he's not in love in Faith, he can have sex with Faith without losing his soul and Buffy can even be there and everyone involved hates this solution to varying degrees but because of that it is a solution. And it's only fair if one of them is having sex with Faith that the other does as well, then it's like they're having sex by proxy but once again without the possibility of him losing his soul. And for Faith this is terrible great because there's so much distance between her and Buffy legitimately hooking up there's so little chance of it becoming real and her messing it up like she does everything else in her life.

YES! Anon, you get it. I am putting a hold on my calendar to take you to the airport for your early morning flight.

(This is in response to my post about BTVS S3 where Buffy gets to have sex.)

This is honestly the outline I have had in my head and you and I are totally on the same track. He's not in love with Faith. And then it's only fair!!

OK more talk about this under the cut

Now reading your description I am pretty sure your version is about "trying to be good and faithful Angel" but I see 2 versions.

It works both ways, he can be Sadboy Angel (credit to this post for that name) who wants to be intimate with Buffy and this is the only way it works without him losing his soul. OR it can be lusty Angelus who for some reason can't really harm Buffy (*hand waving, hand waving*) but he's happy to get some nookie on the side and look who just happens to be there? A very different vibe to both but the end result would be the same.

In my HC this would feel slightly familiar to Faith, going along with something bc it feels good or good-ish AND she gets something else she wants. (past trauma ahem.) and hey let's admit it Darla-trained Angel would be a decent lay.

Faith would pretty much do anything to watch Buffy get fucked, but that goes double for getting to do the Buffy fucking herself. So Faith planting her face between Buffy's legs and hearing her cum while Angel is railing Faith from behind? Pretty much heaven.

And Faith can't really imagine what it would be like if it really was just her and Buffy, with Angel not there and no pretense of them fucking ONLY bc of the soul-curse-situation.

Bc Buffy would never want her by herself right? bc she doesn't deserve that and Buffy doesn't love her - Buffy loves Angel. But sometimes Buffy looks at her while they are all fucking and Faith has to close her eyes bc it feels like Buffy loves her. And she can't believe she's worthy of that.

And important to note here that for Faith - Buffy isn't the icing on the cake. She's the cake. Angel fucking her good is the icing, and she is really only going along with the icing bc the cake wants the icing to be there.

To keep it canon compliant we have to stick with version 1 with Sadboy Angel (no lusty Angelus). Faith still DOES try to seduce Angel on her own - 40% bc her dad pimps her out and it's not the first time The Mayor suggests it, 40% bc she wants to hurt Buffy, and 20% bc she wants reassurance that her sexually aggressive entrapment skills still work. bc what is she if she can't seduce a man to get what she wants?

It doesn't work, which frustrates Faith to no end.

Oh bonus! it's always bothered me how good Buffy is at lying in the lead up to the "Psyche!" bc she canonically is not a good liar. Maybe the toxic threesome fun includes some roleplay and that's part of why Buffy is able to convincingly lie in that episode (ep: 3x17 enemies).

There's so many good ways to work "bondage looks good on you B" as a comment referring to a past conversation, but in this specific HC it is that Buffy did want to try getting tied up, but the three of them hadn't gotten around to it yet. So when Faith mentions it - she is actually thinking of their past threesome conversation about it.

So you see the plot hole filler we needed all along was letting Buffy fuck in S3.

(personally i HC Faith as bi, but this prob still works and is more angsty with a comphet Faith reading. i vibe with pretty much all reads of Faith btw.)

I'm sure I'll have more thoughts on this later but that's it for now.

Thank you for believing in my vision anon! Feel free to write this, YOU or anyone else. I want to write it but I cannot promise I can start it even this year.

#btvs #fuffy #bangel #fuffy plus another #with the other being Angel #fanfic writers assemble #and again Buffy deserves to have more sex in general #a vague outline of a future fic #ask answered #thank you for the asks!#ask

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wouldntyou-liketoknow · 2 years ago

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I'd Like to Adopt These Side Characters, Please (And Also Make One Arbitrarily To Appease The Vibes)

So, I've already mentioned my plans to write something for our dear single-minute-of-screentime-boys from the FNAF movie. And, as per usual for me, posting some headcanons will help the ideas flow for that WIP. . .

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Jack Samar

His passengers always are, in fact, "the weirdos." It just seems to happen without fail. College partygoers crashing down from adrenaline (among other things) highs, random drifters that could all probably be in the same cult if you pay attention to detail, that one guy who's all too happy to take advantage of the open secret that the ducks in the park are free. . .Most of the time, it's nothing too serious. But he's still got some very interesting stories here and there.

He's one of the best drivers in town. And that's not just due to his job as a cabbie; he knows how dangerous driving can be, so he takes pride in making sure his skills are sharp. (Seriously, if you've ever driven a car, then you know it's practically a miracle to see someone else on the road who actually knows what they're doing.)

He has a steel-trap memory; he knows every part of town like the back of his hand. Constantly driving on various routes just has that effect on you.

He's a bit of a rescuer. As in, if he happens to see a stray animal while driving, then he'll park, coax said animal into the car, and then drop it off at at the local shelter. If you have him drive you from Point A to Point B, there's a good chance you'll spot a scruffy-looking cat or dog riding shotgun.

If he isn't too tired at the end of his shifts, he'll drive over to Sparky's for a late-night snack before heading home to rest. Both he and Ness are good listeners, so a decent chunk their banter is dedicated to venting about sucky patrons.

He's certainly aware of Freddy Fazbear's Pizzaria, as well as the rumors surrounding it, but he never really bothered with the place. And he doesn't plan to start bothering with it after seeing Golden Freddy in the back of his taxi.

Although. . .well, that occurrence might have made him start weighing the pros and cons of trying to get more information out of Mason. (He's very much hesitant about it, of course. Yeah, he was the one to help Mason out, but the assumption of Mason's experience with Freddy's is still far from pleasant.)

(Yes, his name is a pun inspired by Cory's samurai joke. What did you expect from me?)

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Ness Aeoruhndbt-Ultendera

"Ness" is only his nickname, but he doesn't plan on revealing his full name anytime soon. Not even to his friends, for whatever reason. There's also a bit of an inside joke about how his surname is too long to actually fit on his nametag. (Yes, that gibberish my personal idea for his surname. I spent way more time working on it than I probably should have because I was determined to make a weird/funny reference, so leave me alone, okay?!)

He's been in the restaurant business ever since he was a kid; he's worked in several different joints before Sparky's. Coming from a family of foodies, he truly enjoys what he does, no matter how small-scale. Sure, some days are worse than others, but that's just life.

Similarly to Jack, it's not that uncommon for him to serve some strange characters. (Hell, sometimes the strange characters in question will wave down Jack's cab right after they've finished their meal at Sparky's.) Nothing usually comes of it, but he's still more than observant enough to pick up on certain oddities.

He makes a genuine effort to be polite and outgoing with customers. But make no mistake, he absolutely can, has, and will verbally curb-stomp someone if they push him or his coworkers too far. (Aunt Jane was lucky that her jab was minor. Plus, Ness just had other customers to focus on.)

It's no surprise that he LOVES conspiracy theories. Now, he knows which crackpot rabbit-holes to avoid, but he's still the type to listen to true crime podcasts almost religiously. In a way, researching and brainstorming is a comfort to him.

He's actually developed legitimate friendships with a specific few of Sparky's regulars. (Jack and Mason are part of this camp.) In fact, if there aren't many other customers that need tending to, he'll sit down and chat with them while they eat.

While he's perky during the day, he's still a night owl. It helps that his regular-friends almost always stop by in the late hours. (This has also paved the way for him to become a bit of a coffee-addict, but not to the point of concern. Speaking of which: he takes great joy in people's reactions to his argument that coffee is actually a type of soup.)

Oh, and that rubber-chicken-head-pencil-topper? Its name is Fabio, and Ness has been carrying it for several years now. He can't remember where/when/how he came into possession of Fabio, but you can pry it from his cold, dead hands.

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Mason Kingsley

I wasn't originally planning to make a technical fanego for the FNAF movie. But after I learned that Mark was intended to make a cameo, I was intrigued. Thus, Mason—aka Trauma Boi—was born. His inclusion here (and in that future story I mentioned) is basically just a "What if?" scenario. As in, A. What if Mark had actually played the role of that first nightguard in the movie, and B. what if he'd actually survived his ordeal at Freddy's. . .?

Please read "survived," as "escaped by the skin of his teeth with grievous injuries and is now sort of dead inside."

Fittingly enough, Jack happened to by passing by when Mason fled the restaurant. It's pretty damn easy to stop for a guy who's covered in blood and cradling a broken arm and screaming for help.

After Jack drove Mason to the hospital, the two of them made an effort to stay in touch. Their respective patronage to Sparky's helps out with that.

Time passed, as it tends to do, and Mason eventually recovered. Keep in mind that the recovery was physical; he's still having night-terrors about animatronic monsters. Just the mention of Freddy Fazbear's Pizzaria will make him start shaking and murmuring under his breath, pale and tense.

He absolutely refuses to talk about the incident in detail, but it left some very obvious scars on his neck, chest, and arms. He's constantly trying to keep said scars covered.

Silver lining: shortly after recovering, Mason was able to adopt a therapy pet. Enter Checkers, a golden retriever who's just the best emotionally-tuned girl and is always by his side.

He stops by Sparky's for dinner once or twice per week. He wasn't too receptive to Ness' chitchat at first, but by now they have a solid friendship. (It started when Ness "accidentally" brought out a large side of bacon with Mason's order. Checkers most certainly appreciated that, so it's become a small tradition between them.)

(And just to clarify, because I KNOW someone is gonna read this and take it the wrong way: I'm NOT using this to try and whine about Mark's absence in the movie. It's really not too hard to understand that his own Iron Lung project has kept him INCREDIBLY BUSY. It's an amazing accomplishment for him, so of course it should take priority over a cameo in FNAF.)

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@sammys-magical-au @that-bat @bee-the-matpat-simp @insane4fandoms

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eri-pl · 9 months ago

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Silm reread 19: Game of Thrones the Children of Hurin

Also maybe this time I will remember to put it in the queue instead of posting immadiately.

TW: you all know which ones apply here. (No details, even less than in the book.)

So, Rían. What's with her??? Postpartum depression?

Anyway, we leave her at her enigmatic death and go to Túrin. He is born in the same year when B&L meet. I guess the bad/good luck is budgeted per year…

Morwen is cool, and it comes to her head to send Túrin to Dorriath in secret. So, we know where we're headed.

Thingol is now a fan of Men (good for him, but in this case— no, wait. It does not bite him personally in the rear. Húrin does later, but maybe he would anyway.

Morwen doesn't want to leave her house where she lived with Húrin, which is more understandable than the version in (poetic text? I don't remember) where she just says that she doesn't want to be given alms by elves. She sounds proud in that one, and in a bad sense.

Saeros. He is a Nando… which ones were those, Green Elves? Riven Elves? anyway he's a jerk. He is jealous because the king likes Túrin. also, his insult (Mannish women running naked in forests) seems kind of prophetic or at least foreshadowy. (Nienor) Also, I only now realized that Túrin's revenge is simply "now you do the thing you've just said my people do". Which is… not nice but stylish in a way.

He dies on bad luck, Turin feels guilty and is afraid that Thingol will put him into prison. So he runs away. Which isn't fair to Thingol, I would say. Or the right thing to do.

He joins a band, they attack everyone from either side of the war.

Thingol forgives Túrin without talking to him, which is very kind of him. also he sends Beleg to go find Túrin because he misses the guy. Which is very lovely.

In the meantime Túrin calls himself "the Wronged". By whom? saeros maybe, but he's already dead. Thingol??? Maybe go and check your assumptions with reality, my guy? Go talk with your elven foster-dad?

Beleg gets beaten, Túrin is sorry and promises to only attack Morgoth's minions from now on. This will be important later.

Morgoth (or something in his hierarchy? Easterlings?) is poetically referred to as "the Black Hand" which is quite unique.

Beleg tells Túrin that Thingol forgave him… and Túrin is too proud to accept it. Seriously, my guy, come on. why. why are you so stubborn to be upset?

Thingol is sad (very relateable, very sweet, in this story he is the good guy in general, very lovely of him).

Beleg gets Anglachel, ignoring Melian's advice. Also, Anguirel is mentioned.

Túrin and his men attack some Dwarves. So…. remember when he promised to only attach Morgoth's minions? Yea. He doesn't keep to it. As we will see, Túrin is one of the worst at keeping his word. And the characters that are on par with him about this are clear bad guys, namely Morgoth and Ulfang.

So of course it goes wrong. But this is not a summary, this is a "things I did not remember and my thoughts" post, so I won't recap all the Mîm story.

Also, we see Mîm complaining on "Elves gave new names to everything" which sounds like a Tolkien's in-joke. Because he loves giving names to stuff.

Túrin is sorry for the death of Mîm's son. As we will see, his "learning from having killed someone and becoming better" skill is on par with Maglor "apology videos songs" Feanorian.

Also, he promises Mîm that if he ever becomes rich, he will pay a weregild in gold. Another promise that later goes nowhere. Also, funnily, the place where Túrin will become rich is Nargothrond. And who years later gets the treasures of Nargothrond? Mîm. So, fate makes this promise fulfilled (more or less), even though Túrin does not.

Túrin gets vibes from Brethil, I'm not sure why.

Mîm forgives him, more or less, convinced by his sadness and/or promise of recompense. they talk a lot and Túrin learns things. also, we get the story of the "Petty" Dwarves and how the Sindar hunted them out of ignorance and how that hate the Noldor for living in Nargothrond which was initially their. (I am certain Finrod did not know this and is not at fault here, this doesn't seem to me like his kind of bad decision. Not talking about things: yes. But chasing other race out of their homes? No.)

Also, weather note. Morgoth becoming more powerful = winters are worse. (Cut to CSL chuckling in the background ;D …but no this is an older trope I think.)

Beleg again, Túrin doesn't want to return to Doriath again. we arent told whether Beleg asked "how is the 'not attacking non-evil peoples' thing going?" but part of me wishes he did)

Anthropology… well, Eldarology: the Noldor have more skill and lore, but the Sindar are wiser. Or are they just wiser than Men? Translation unclear.

Anyway, Mîm hates Beleg, because racial prejudice, and because the bandits respect him.

Morgoth gets a paragraph he totally does not deserve the poetics of, even if technically it is true. Also, we are told that he knows a lot and knows more about his opponent's plans than anyone suspects, even Melian. whom BTW he thinks a lot about.

Also, this paragraph is in present tense which means that either a) the text was written pre-War-of-Wrath b) the translation is messed up again.

Anyway Morgoth hears about the Dragon Helm, realizes it's Húrin's son and sends spies to the area. And orcs.

So, betrayal and capture. Beleg is powerful! Also, Gwindor.

Orcs are afraid of the storm! They think it's the work of the Valar. do they react to every lightning like this? But…. Morgoth can shoot lightnings too (see: B&L)? Maybe they are afraid only of lightning strikes accompanied by rain. (Rainless storms are a thing and they are creepy, make the air feel exhausting, give people headaches and look quite Morgoth-coded)

Beleg dies and from now on Túrin is in mourning, and it never fully goes away. even though he is healed by Ulmo's magic spring.

Also, Anglachel is a heavy sword! Two-handed? At least one and a half probably. I will need to pay more attention to details of the fights. I would love to know what type of sword is it.

Finduilas and the love triangle. Poor girl tbh. Poor Gwindor too,. And Túrin isn't at fault in this particular situation either.

Túrin changes his name again. Plus we get a description: pale, grey-eyed, dark-haired, more beautiful than most Men then (unclear how this compares to modern people). Also, he's got Elven manners and …seems like a Noldo? Does it mean he can speak Quenya? Maybe not.

Anglachel gets a makeover.

Also, túrin gets a dwarven armor, and finds a golden dwarven mask and … I think he is pretty wealthy at this point. And, despite the fact that Mîm had betrayed him (which I'm not sure he knows? Maaaybe from Beleg via Gwindor?) he could at least try to fulfill his promise. Because, you know, promises.

Seriously, if Túrin and the Feanorians averaged with one another on their attitudes to "keeping your word" everyone would be much happier.

But no, he fights in a precious Dwarf-made armor and doesn't care about the poor Dwarf whom he promised to pay for the death of his son.

Finduilas falls in love, it is "stronger than her will". OK, feelings happen. And can't be controlled. I love how they all behave about it, all three are civil and respectful and don't make much drama about the romantic stuff.

Gwindor is like "I love you, but if you don't love me, don't try to force it, follow your heart. But maybe don't marry this guy because he's got a bad vibe." Plus some talk about how such relationships Should Not Be Unless Fate. (I'm not a fan of this. But then, Gwindor had spent a lot of time in angband so I can dismiss some of his opinions as "warped by Morgoth's influence".)

Also, he tells her who Túrin is, which I'm not sure what I think about. I believe that he doesn't try to get her back, just to make sure he's safe. But also, this is betraying of a frnd's secret. But also, this secret was stupid and Gwindor did not, I think, promise to keep it, just was asked to. Anyway I don't think it changes much.

OK, I take it back. It does change something. Just not in the love triangle. Orodreth starts to favor Túrin. which has good effects (the people of Nargathrond stop being trechearous cowards) and bad effects (the bridge, nor enough caution).

Gwindor is against Túrin's ideas, but is ignored, because he's not a good warrior. (there will be a similar situation near the end).

Another good consequence of it is Morwen and Niennor getting to Doriath.

Ulmo sends a warning to Orodreth, but Túrin is too proud to listen and loves his big bridge. and Orodreth seems to be bad at having his own opinions tbh.

We are told that Túrin is proud and wants everything to go according to his will, which reminds me of similar line about Maeglin. Those two parallel each other very much in this moment. The main difference is their romantic situations. Maeglin is in unrequited love, Túrin is loved and … when did he even learn about Finduilas' love for him? Oh, wait, she told him her conversation with Gwindor, so I guess then. It must have been somewhat awkward. anyway he doesn't seem to care much about her.

Nargothrond falls, Gwindor curses the day when he saved Túrin (they all love cursing things) and tells him that only Finduilas is between Túrin and his doom. which seems like one of those I-am-dying-so-have-a-prophecy things (which Brandon Sanderson totally did not borrow from the Silm, along with an assortment of various visuals, but not so much to look unoriginal)

The bridge. And the dragon, who is, like werewolves, inhabited by an evil spirit. It enchants Túrin and gives him a warped self-image and toxic sense of guilt. Also, an obsession about finding his mother and sister.

So, Gwindor's advice was too late. Ulmo's advice was not too late, but has been ignored. and here we are.

Some madness and stuff.

Turin comes to his senses, but decides to go looking for his mother and sister, because he would bring doom upon them. This doesn't sound like a good idea to me, also, he changes his mind all the time. If he kept doing one thing and went to Doriath, maybe he would not land in the incest situation? But I don't know the timeline this well. anyway, it rings wrong, like a bad decision.

He finds Finduilas' grave. And names himself Turambar, which … is Quenya? So he is fluent in Quenya too. huh. I guess Orodreth taught him. Or Finduilas.

Poor Anglachel is put away, but I guess it is a good sign.

Morwen and Niennor leave Doriath…. So yes, this checks out, he probably should have gone to Doriath back then. Also, their motivarions are "despair" and "an unlucky hour of hope" so… this can't go well.

Glaurung has to use 100% of his power to be able to do anything to Nienor, which is extremely cool of her. She's more strong willed than many elves, i think.

But she gets enchanted and runs and runs naked through the forest, which was foreshadowed by Saeros.

Brandir is another instance of "I love you, I won't try to get you but please don't matty Túrin". And he is, just like Gwindor, not great at fighting, because disability.

Anyway, Túrin and Niniel get married. Yay.

Also, we learn that Glaurung sent orcs to Brethil. So, he commands orcs. Dragons are in the chain of command. this is an interesting tidbit for fics.

people ignore Brandir's reasonable opinions (just like Gwindor's), he is upset and stops loving his people.

Túrin ills the dragon and it might have ended better, but he wants to a) get Anglachel back, and b) the satisfaction of seeing his enemy dead. Bad reasons, bad results.And since it's Túrin, the results are unproportionally bad.

Glaurong dies and his magic disappears instantly. It is how this works in the Legendarium, I suppose.

Turin and his sister/wife get a Romeo&Juliet scene.

Brandir kills Dorlas. WHY??? For his cowardice?

Túrin realizes that fate is upon him, curses Brandir and kills him (a rare combo), then goes to sit on the grave and be sad about what he did. Maglor vibes intensify, but he seems to be reaching a little bit of progress here? He asks Finduilas for advice (for her own good, I hope she's in Mandos and not listening to him) because he's got no idea what to do and what would be good for others. Hey, he is willing to take advice! This is a new thing.

But instead, Mablung comes. BTW Mablung is a kind of guy that is in the background of many important events, but surprisingly survives (until he does not).

So, now Túrin sends him to bring his curse to Doriath. (And curses Mablung's mission too)

Yes, definitely Maglor's approach to "learning from your regrets" :Þ

Seriously.

My guy.

Mallory would— You know what? Túrin just landed above the Feanorians on my list of "take them from Tolkien and give the custody of them to sir Thomas Mallory".

Yes, I know the gerne and stuff. but still. I am upset. I keep being upset on reading those even though I know what happens.

…but we're gonna sing it anyway.

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Swifties do love setting Taylor up.

Just what I saw on Twitter Yesterday:

1989 is a pop Bible that everybody knows. - Well if it's trash maybe.

Reputation is hip hop ??? - What?

Reputation is goth Rock ?? - Lol

That Reputation is also supposed to be R&nB - like where?? wtf?

And her new album the Treacherous Dead Poets Default is an album with a new sound.

Or this yt lady on tt that was claiming that no other artists has transcended genres as successfully as taylor did. 😭 And she mentions Rock? Girl where? And literally there are tons of artists who did it way better than her.

Or that one video which they have now deleted bc taylor was getting dragged. It was a video of her just walking on stage and singing (not live) and the caption was like: I can't believe she was doing that for the first time. ' - Some small part of me does feel sorry for these delusional fanbase. Cause she has the highest grossing tour right now. Big emphasis on right now cause that record is not forever. Anyways they can not post much about her performance anywhere without people using it to drag her. Cause let's face it. She can't perform. She's not serving. She's giving nothing. Her dancers slay more than she does.

Pffffft Taylor went from pop country to pop and never changed again. Slightly different vibes? Sure. Still pop. She wouldn't know rock if it smacked her in the head.

Missy Elliott is hip hop. Early P!nk (ie Most Girls) is R&B. Sumo Cyco is goth rock (+ others, but still). Taylor Swift wouldn't touch any of those genres with a 10ft pole, and quite frankly she'd suck at them if she tried lol.

She doesn't "transcend genres", and considering she can't even make different versions of pop sound good, I think we know why.

And no, she can't perform. Let me flex my expertise here: I'm a trained dancer. Specifically with 26 years of training in tap, jazz, ballet, theater, and contemporary, with additional training in commercial/street jazz (aka music video and tour choreography) and various other styles in sporadic classes. I've literally been choreographing since I was about seven years old, and have been analyzing commercial choreography since I was 15.

That said,

Her performances are not only weak, but they show me that her tour choreographer either

Doesn't exist and she created all of her own "dancing" herself

Doesn't know how to adapt choreography for someone with virtually no dance technique

Actively has something out for Taylor and is trying to make her look bad

I'm going to reference "Look What You Made Me Do" from the Eras tour, because that's the most recent and clearest to illustrate my point

A video of the performance in question, for reference.

Okay, first off, right off the bat, her hand floating on her hip looks awkward and uncomfortable. It's giving "over-excited 8yo at recital". For someone with as much experience as she has performing, I'd expect her to look more settled in her beginning pose. She looks like she's overthinking, and thus it looks under rehearsed.

Then we have that flexed hand - yes it's a nit pick, but that pose belongs very few places outside of a 6yo's tap dance.

Movibg on, her robotic movements look messy as fuck. Sharp isolations like that are HARD. A lot of dancers with years of training struggle with getting the kind of sharpness you would expect to see from that choreography. And on the scale of a stadium like she's in, everything is amplified. If it's messy, it's going to look five times as messy as it might on a smaller scale, because the further away the audience is, the more detail gets lost. So you're movements need to be SHARP in order to translate to the audience. Add to that that this is clearly filmed professionally/intentionally, and it really just looks unprofessional/poorly planned.

Meanwhile the things like the "don't like you" scolding (besides looking childish) are so small that you wouldn't see them beyond the front row. When you're choreographing even for a normal stage, the #1 rule is make everything BIG and intentional. If you're kicking, you're hitting AT LEAST a 45° angle, and with the force of trying to kick the winning soccer (football) goal. Taylor doesn't do that. Those movements are small, sad, and weak, and it honestly looks lazy. I know a 10yo currently doing a competitive dance solo to this song, and I shit you not that 10yo is 50x more interesting to watch perform than Taylor.

So yeah, her music has been one note since Fearless one note (uninspired pop), and her "stage presence" is about on par with an 8yo who doesn't want to be here.

#anti taylor swift #taylor swift critical #ask #anon

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Spoilers for deltarune chapter 4

I...... don't even know what to say .... It was all too much this time, but Here are a few thoughts that will get bigger once I think about them:

I like the song in Noelle's House

Kris practiced ripping their soul out at noelle's lol. I wonder if they were liek "dang that actually hurt" once they tried it for real for the first tim. like in a sorta ironic way, the creepy thing they used to do as a kid came back to haunt them years later. Good thing they practiced I guess...

Kris wanted us to snoop around? Maybe? I think they wouldn't have uhh... not closed the Box otherwise... But why did they close the vent then... Or Chase us with a Hockey Stick. It's also interesting to Note that Kris Put their Phone on speaker, so maybe they wanted us to hear

I Wonder how the full Susie Noelle conversation would've went If we didn't accidentally make noise in the wrong Moment

i also Like how Kris just was Like, "crap they're Here, into the closet"

and then when Susie find's them, she doesn't questions anything, she's Just annoyed

its also really funny that Kris just walks around with their Soul Out in the Open but Noelle and Susie are too gay for each other to notice

Angel Noelle. To cite stuffed Alpaka, I think it's weird that she's literal god but I'm Sure there is a perfectly good explanation for it. Maybe Noelle will be a vessel for the Angel when the Roaring happens, or it will be a metaphore, as many have speculated already

1 Krerdly L 1 Krerdly W, the act of charity was directed at Susie, but you can Accept it as Kris anyway. I wanted Kris to sing the wrong Number Song though, but Berdly says something that we accidentally skipped which implies that he'll make Kris Fall in Love with him as well.

But that means I can now Count the act of cherity as an Umriss references, thank you very much

why did Berdly even think it was a good Idea to ask Noelle? Maybe He just thought going to the Festival with a Date was expected of him, and thought it would be nice to "Return noelle's feelings" for a short while, but I thought maybe the dream could've given him a clue about at least not "leading her on" anymore...

Noelle actually strangled Berdly in Chapter 2 lol

kris Piano Session, very nice I was waiting for them to Play maybe don't forget or my Castle town, they did both

that got me kinda worried about all the brain gymnastics and about how darkners Work, If Kris was actually the one that came Up with all the leitmotivs, or If they played them as an Expression of fondness for their adventures and new Friends/aquaintances... Thinking about it Just makes me sad, I don't know If it will be explained though

but I hope they felt relived or free while playing

are they drinking chocolate Milk btw? I just got the vibe "I'm so done and tired" from them, especially because of their supposed dream at the beginning of the chapter. Idunno, but I often read dreaming about Not responding/ dreaming yourself as some Kind of sign of total exhaustion and distress (in the not responding Case)

I also wonder If wer're actually connected to their life Energy or not, they were walking Just fine without us this time it seems

and lastly, I mean uh, the Person who speaks through telephones... That wasn't Kris talking, right? There we're two types of speech Bubbles... i think they're Just supposed to underline intensity/importance though. I also hope it wasn't Gaster cuz he's too Meta for me still (also this didn't fit His way of speaking, I think) Right now I think it was Carol

Susie and Noelle almost found the soul lol

I also liked how we just immediatly Made Kris Trip after getting Control Back

Also, we as a fandom kinda forgot that just a little bit, since we got to experience their actual character more in Chapter 2, but Susie kinda only befriended Controlled Kris, and not Kris Kris, even If Kris really Likes Susie, and even If they act on their own plenty of times, but maybe Susie is also Just that Type of friend who doesn't See "beeing yourself" as abnormal If it Matches their freak

Noelle kept her Most important development: finding mice cute

Ralsei is now confirmed to Look like a Family member (as in, Looks Like a White Goat Monster, No $[]°1 Noelle and Susie) yes the Ralsei looks like Azzy Connection is now canon canon, but they still say that He Looks Just Off enough to not Look like him, meaning He Looks different enough, I guess, who really knows anything anymore.... Maybe that Just confirms the "ideal self" theory

W Susie, she seems less intimidated by Noelle's Mom more than she is just pissing her Off, as the Game so elequantly tends to describe her feelings

Carol reveal (lmao, you can't get icyer than that)

oh wow, carol is actually abusive huh? The music went cold, her additude was colder, and Noelle genuenly seemed scared of her. Also this adds an Interpretation to the stuff in Dess's Box. I think it's valid to Interpret it as her liking exploring, which could explain why she went Missing, but she might as well have want to use that stuff to Run away at som point. Then it's also really interesting how Dess was into violent Songs at relatively a young age, and how "not Holiday Approved" her room looks? Maybe as an act of Rebellion or expressing her distress? But why would they Mayor allow her room to Look like that... Hmmm... Maybe Dess Just won that Argument or sth.

Mayor knight? She seemed very suspicios also because it seemed like She was the Person Kris was talking to over the Phone? With all the "You can come over anytime" stuff, and on top of that she collects Heart shaped objects... Huhh. But i don't think she could've gone to church that fast

Wait Ralsei says something similar, doens't He? Ralsei contrast to Carol??? Epic Showdown between Prince of the Dark and Mayor of the Light?!

Kris and knight Work together seemingly (called it in a hypothetical speculation where I listed everything that came to my mind but still) Maybe this is another Kris Red Herring tm but If the Person on the Phone was actually telling Kris about we're dark fountains will be opened then I can See them being in a knight Komplott.... I honestly almost didn't understand anything though, my brain couldn't Wrap itself a Red Line through the call, so I really really need to read it again soon

But If Kris and the Knight actually Work together that would confirm my speculation that "knight" isnt't the description for someone who opens fountains. Some of them still could've been opened by Kris but that doesn't make them the knight (like the one in their House, and...that's kinda canonically it actually... oh wow)

Knight/Mayor also seems to be another force that controls Kris, at least how I read them currently. I mean I like it as a parallel, maybe, but uhh that's a bit too much controllers for My brain right now..

also significantly because there is something they appearantly need to do with Susie, and they probably don't want that, I think it is very well established already that Kris does like Susie, No Matter wth is going on with them

In general I really like that all of this might kinda Points to Kris's feeling being a lot more nuanced than we realize. I'm not Sure If they Like this plan they have to partake in or not, but what I am Sure of is that they aren't going to be an evil mastermind who is Always thinking about fooling us, and/ actually even because they Like Susie. It is hinted towards multiple Times, they act on their own the Most when they're with Susie and get angry when people tals crap about her, and now that Susie might get involved accidentally in the plan, they might not know what to do

I also wonder If this whole conspiracy stuff Kris is involved in is the reason they backed away from the First dark world/ opened a new one in their House? Like maybe that first Thing was an "oh crap it's Happening already?" and I still think the Dark world in their House has a slight Chance of being a Trap for the Knight, and thus an act of Rebellion

which also means the mayor might Not be the knight

Anway Back to Carol at least has something to do with the knight or the roaring. It's like, questionable from an in universe, If I lived in hometown I would questions this, kinda way, that This adult Guardian Figuren in Kris's life is kinda using a teen to do her world destroying bidding? I think because the profecy needs a human, and Carol knows a human, she thought it would be a match

Maybe Carol probably initiating the profecy is the reason why Ralsei kept it vague? I doubt He is that directly involved though, but who knows

it's also kinda weird that the whole world is affected by such a small town but....

WAIT Okay, so the holidays are like "involved in the government, or at least pretty rich" meaning they have influence. The Police obviously has influence as well, and who else has pretty huge influence over the daily life of people? The church, aka the deltarune! Meaning sth sth, internationally influencial people for a grand expand of the Roaring or something

That also kinda plays into "everyone could be a hero thingy, perhaps all over the world, a similar story is currently happening?

Another thought about the Dark world being Not real ect. I know its a metaphore but all this, adults getting involved, the insignificance of hometown in relatively to the hugeness of the earth at large, the eacapist grandiose Heroes aspect of it all which Sounds like a Fantasy Journey, but then an actual Religion forming about it, Dess being unfindable because she's persumably trapped in a Darkworld ect. You can Go so deep and speculative with everything on a metaphorical Level, and usually I'm absolutely down for it, but If in the end everything really Just is a metaphore for "don't daydream too much Kids" that really convoludes and muddles the Story for me. oh that world ending threat? That was Just a metaphore. This Girl that's literally Missing and unfindable? Metaphore. I don't know, I don't really think deltarune is doing something like that, because there are Just too many real world consequences for Ralsei to be really right, but I cant get it Off my mind anymore....

Anyway Back on track

Asgore is such a bumbling idiot Here, what? Like Stop the mayor from perhaps Low Key abusing your best Friends/ romantic interests daughger, that you are also some Kind of Guardian, since you watched her grow up ect, please? Don't Just ist there, Look funny, and eat this stupid snack tray???? I know she Funds his Life but, it seems really Out of character to be so clueless

there is a Part of me that actually thinks this could resolve in a "wacky misunderstandong", we just got the wrong impression, Plot.

I have very Mixed feelings about the Noelle House Part of the chapter, on the one hand, I like the Kris, Soul, Susie dynamic in this one specific Scene, snooping around as a Soul, and Kris playing Piano, also it confirms that yes, us and Kris are not the same for those in the back who didn't get it yet, but-

And this is Just how I feel btw, anyone who Likes it is super valid, -I don't really like Suselle, especially now that there's the possibility of choosing Noelle or Ralsei for the story going on (and you May know that Ralsei is on the top 3 on my favourite deltarune characters) don't get me wrong though, I like Noelle especially when she let's her more nerdy Side out. Also they're fleshing the pair Out more, so maybe I will start to like them soon. The fact that I wasn't in the right mindest to watch Suselle antics because of everything also plays into me Feeling rather mixed..

aside from suselle, without an explanation for... Everything going on, this just leaves me so, so confused. Everything feels so (unnecessarily) complicated right now, but I'm Sure i'll understand soon enough

We now enter my Dark world section, starting with

oh hey, I guess we ended up at church... Huh.. we're very very sorry that we got it wrong

Ralsei appearantly just went to the new Darkworld without the purpose of finding Kris'n Susie there. Appearantly he was searching for something or someone with it pronouns (I say this because we all know who else uses by they/it pronouns, opens dark fountains, doesn't elaborate and then leaves) but I don't think He was searching for the Knight

Ralsei makes Susie feel small, I think he does this because he was stressed, and not really does it on purpose, since he was so quick to cut her healing off a second time but damn.. didn't Imagine this being a conflict point for them...

Wtf is Gerson doing Here? Like did Alvin actually dig up his dead dad's grave? What????

Gerson probably is a Darkner though. His "what's a darkner" question probably was to kinda further Ralsei's I am not real and don't deserve anything arc (please), but that's also why I hope that...

...please don't confirm Asriel's piles of dust/ Ralsei is Asriel theory Toby that would be stupid

but that also would mean Susie kinda sorta accepted the "darkners aren't real thingy, since like... She said If he were a darkner He wouldn't be a liability... Susie please don't, I really need your "do your own thing" mindest still...

She also said "the fun gang" aww, I like team names being acknowledged... even if the context was a bit sad

Anyway back to Gerson is he like supposed to do a destiny, No destiny, Subversion No Subversion, thingy? Like yes everything is foretold but does that mean you have to accept it? Or maybe he is there to further highlight the importance of the journey, and not the beginning...

But why did we need Gerson for that??? i wouldn't even be so baffled by it if he wasn't confirmed dead... of all the missing father figures, why him? (I mean I know why him, but the lore implications ughhhh) Did Gerson fake his own death?! (prolly not, i'll find out soon enough anyway)

in general he's great though, better than in Undertale ... I say that because my favourite shops are Temmie and burgerpants, the rest I usually don't pay much attention to. Gerson is probably really great in undertale still, I just haven't noticed yet.

i actually don't know for sure if he's actually Gerson though, cuz, they only call him old man

its interesting that all the Knight's fountains seem to have royalty as Like, bosses...... Wait-

I actually would find it funny If the Princess also looked like Ralsei (lol) and I just want them to acknowledge each other as Prince and Princess, I just Like title acknowledgement sometimes

jockington growing a beard is a Part of the profecy????? How seriously should I Take this (I mean I think He will, but was this Just a throwaway Gag?)

Ralsei hiding stuff is Adressed and hopefully will be answered

I forgot if I said this, but it's interesting that Ralsei came to the conclusion that maybe he shouldn't say anything. The profecy really seems to stress him out already, and I wonder if this was a recent conclusion of his, or if that's another reason why he keeps everything as vague as possible until it actually causes danger. Also I forgot if he mentioned it being recent or not.

And I kinda feel like, maybe all of the heroes in the legend might be replacable, or if Ralseo had a hand in idunno, the profecy happening? Not in a he's the villain kinda way, but more in a "he didn't check if the lightners were the right ones before recruiting them, maybe he also inserted himself into the profecy (which I don't think, because it sounds very plausible for a dark world being of pure darkness to be needed for ending the roaring)

Okay last roasring theory, I wonder if "banishing the angel's heaven actually causes the world to reset or something. Ralsei wanting to close dark fountains doesn't make that much sense if the roaring is required for the profecy to happen, so him kinda stopping it because he doesn#t want the world to end makes sense in that way

Reveal why Ralsei looks like Asriel soon? Maybe? I really hope so, I need answers I can twist around to fit my headcanons of him/pos

I'm mostly joking, I do accept canon when it's pesented to me. I just sometimes take a while

I find it pretty interesting that Ralsei is bringing light even though he's a darkner. like he uses healprayer, which involves light, he is surrounded by flames in the legend, and the fight I'm currently stuck in, the battle against the darkness, he is the one who has to light up everything. That battle is super interesting (and annoying) in general, cuz not only do we see Ralsei's glasses still when he is down, but, it's even too dark for a darkner to see. (also kinda ironic to battle the darkness in the darkworld, no?)

The Gang will already Split Up due to drama, it seems. I do think they're gonna resolve it though, since all three are needed to banish the angel's heaven (also why I think ralsei might not be as doomed) but all of this makes me appreciate Susie healing the same amount for each of her friends' tea so much more

Wonder how everything Changes If you did snowgrave, I wouldn't know, I didn't beat spamton yet.

Also wonder if the deltarune freezing has something to do with gerson wanting you to make your own path more or less, define your own legend...

I Really want to do like a playsession with all the chapters after each other, wonder if I will percieve it differently like that

I guess, concluding, uhhh I like the beginning and the cute scenes of Chapter 4 but... Right now I really need to Play all of it before I can say I like it.

It felt like there were too many meme references in dialogue and flavour text, in such a way that it stood out enough as a reference that it didn't really fit the scene, even If I understood enough of them. Like the secen attempted to be funny, but relied too much on an Internet meme. Which is a shame because deltarune has eccelent dialogue usually, like one Previous "thoughts after a Playsession" Post I was Just raving about how wholesome the Kris and Susie, and Susie and Ralsei Interactions were.

And though it probably will be explained soon enough, I just don't understand almost anything that's going on right now, like I have an Idea but, the whole schtick with Kris, the knight, the profecy it's too much cable salad right now... I don't know what the Game even wants to tell me anymore.

At least writing everything down sorted my mind a good bit....

...I Miss Tenna

#ammi rambling #ammi thoughts during chapter 4 #deltarune #deltarune chapter 4 #deltarune spoiler #deltarune chapter 4 spoiler #chapter 4 spoiler

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members only botc episode "a terrifying test" spoilers! this video will likely remain members only forever

starting the episode with a fucking bang - a canonical red-eyed xephos??? amazing. im having a moment.

i forgot xeph was so transparent in the early episodes - im glad they changed it, hes really hard to see! everyone calls him 'the weird man who shows up in my house at night' and thats a hilarious vibe for an evil god. hatman vibes.

fishing lalna,,, he needs fanart of him in a 'women want me fish fear me" hat. he's also holding a severed head so like. hm. he actually catches and cooks one on his little fireplace and gives one to the storyteller who eats it in one of the little cutways!! very cute attention to detail.

lewis' wheezy little laugh is everything to me honesty.

poisoner rythian is really interesting actually - im sure we can collectively squeeze some lore out of that if we try hard enough. he's also a very good bad guy, vibes wise. imp ravs is also very nice, hes also a very good villain.

lewis' "please be gentle i dont know what im doing" is so valid actually. the camera work is also little shaky in this one, they must have installed a camera mod right after.

what if they were neighbours,,, and they were both girls,,,

duncan apparently immediately started tearing into the item frames because of who he is as a person

everyone pretending to be scared of lewis showing up out of nowhere is so funny. he's hamming it up so hard this episode, he hasn't quite worked out the tone of voice he ends up using in the rest of the serious - hes a lot more angry than campy.

the day starts and, rather than do anything productive, they start wandering around to look at the pretty build. speaking of, does anyone know who did the build? its amazing. - update, i watched until the end, it was the lonely yogs discord!

so this canonically takes place near(ish) mistral which is a Lot lore wise. the implications are so tasty, and honestly i think we have enough here to declare BOTC some level of canon - not sure how, exactly, but i think its got enough meat to it

people get to the disco and just start raving. my favourite part of yogs videos are people ignoring the game to just be silly honestly (esp. various ttt things where lewis is the traitor but doesn't kill anyone so they can do the map objective? love it)

"whats your favourite soup?" "i love a tomato" "yeah, a classic tomato. heinz tomato" social deduction games everyone.

where are nilesy's glasses on his skin?? thats really strange, why have they vanished?

duncan screaming and running through the soundproof door to prove it works is so fucking funny for some reason

everything is labeled 'ye olde [something]' which feels like a 'ye olde goon squad' reference

duncan's fortune teller ability has cleared almost everyone and they seem to have cracked the evil team really early into the video, but there is another 30 minutes of footage so something must go terribly wrong.

"im not a scarlet women, im a washerwoman. i know im a woman, but im just washin"

nilesy saying "spent roles can be killed" and getting lynched for it, as compared to the way the yogs play it now is so wild. rythian had a cracked play of claiming recluse to pile on more suspicion on nilesy right when he was the most sus.

lewis is a lot less chatty of a storyteller in this one, its a bit sad, i love his silly hammy stuff he talks about. he also calls himself demonic, where usually he talks about himself as if hes a ghost, so i'd like to posit dark god storyteller who can't act on this plane of reality without a prayer from a devout follower (a 'demon') - or amoral god storyteller gifting everyone divine powers and letting them sort of tussle it out for his own amusement.

i love duncan and osie's dynamic so much, its very cute. very siblings coded.

ravs kinda goofed his defense at the very end, sorry ravs. he seemed to panic and didn't manage to think of something particularly convincing - he had options but,,, ah well, its a lot easier from the outside looking in!

nilesy muttering to himself about the imp is so fun, he sounds so tinfoil hat

also, i don't remember them letting the final night play out in the most recent videos, but they let them go to sleep that final night after they'd killed the demon to let them sweat which was really neat actually.

#botc #yogscast botc #botc spoilers #the game was really good but the lack of storyteller interacting with people made me a bit sad :(

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age/sex/location | album review

Coming off the heels of her critically acclaimed debut album, Shea Butter Baby, Ari Lennox is busting our musical minds yet again with A/S/L ( age/sex/location), the popular acronym coined by users of popular instant messaging services such as, Quantum later renamed AOL. In the early 90s, with the new boom of the internet, instant messaging was all the rage due to it being the first time many users would communicate with people outside of their immediate vicinity and in an instant at that. So of course to get the logistics out the way before engaging in further conversation most users would begin these conversations with the question of ASL. Lennox uses it here as an invitation into the world which she describes as “before the self-work/discovery begins”. She takes the listener on a journey through dating apps and booty calls, among other things.

As an album in its entirety, it's very reminiscent of classic 90s R&B with hints of early 2000s neo-soul with an undertone of 70s soul which is apparent by the use of 70s samples laced throughout almost half the album. Very sultry, smooth, and easygoing. A/S/L features some key players in the current R&B game such as newcomers Lucky Daye and Chloe, alongside introverted but vocal powerhouse Summer Walker. On the initial listen, quite a few tracks stuck out like shining stars to me, but none quite like the intro song POF, and outro Queen Space, which perfectly sums up the whole project. She takes the audience through a journey between these two tracks that is all too relatable for 21st-century love-seekers. With that being said there were also tracks that I liked in the context of the album as a whole and only one I did not care for as it relates to the flow of the album.

POF: Words and their placements, to me, always mean things as it relates to art. This is especially true when it comes to songwriting. Lennox does not hold back with POF. The opening lines being

“Destined for greatness" is always what my mama said

Young black woman approachin' thirty with no lover in my bed

Cannot settle, I got standards, NASCAR racin' in my head”, to unpack this line for line, I’d say that Lennox knows her worth and it’s evident based on the first line as she reminisces on what her mother has “always'' sewn into her, that she is destined for greatness, this lays the groundwork for her knowing her worth and not settling. This shows to be true in the next line of her being a young black woman coming into womanhood of being in her 30s and subsequently having standards that are in constant thought as the hyperbole insinuates. The mention of her being a young BLACK woman does not go unnoticed here, as the track’s name is that of a popular dating app where it is common knowledge that black women and Asian men are the least sought after, which can be a direct result of why she lets the listener know that despite this fact she has standards and they are at the forefront of her mind. The track is laced with the nuances of online dating woes such as catfishing, the act of pretending to be someone you aren’t to secure more potential prospects or suitors than if they presented as their true selves. In POF, Lennox mentions what she refers to as hat-fishin’ and questions why the suitor does not have any pictures on their profile without a hat, alluding to the withholding of potential prevalent balding. Also, there is mention of a suitor referencing religion, which Lennox sees as a wack way of being fake-deep or as a way to grab some sense of vulnerability followed by the ask of sex, this is just a grimy way of going about things.

Pressure: A/S/L’ s first single to be released. In my humble opinion, Pressure is not as equally yolked with the rest of the album. It sounds the most manufactured of the rest. It sticks out like a sore thumb, especially when the rest of the album feels so authentic.

Mean Mug: Ari is giving us a very jazzy and mellow vibe to segway into the second half of the project. There are touches of blues embedded which remind her of previous works, mostly Chicago Boy from her 2019 debut album Shea Butter Baby.

Boy Bye: According to Ari Lennox, this melodic and comical track was recorded in a way that has become unconventional in this digital/virtual age of music. Lennox and fellow R&B rising star Lucky Daye recorded this in the studio together. They got the opportunity to collaborate in the truest sense of the word. They were able to give the listener a peek into how things were done back in the day and this made for a track very reminiscent of Marvin and Tammy with how their adlibs were tailored to the magic they were creating at the moment.

Blocking You: on the surface its a song about blocking someone, presumeablly an ex who she doesnt want them to see her socials or be able to reach her in this moment in time. But the longer the song goes, the deeper and wider the range of people and emotions gets. She is not only blocking out people such as “ haters, family, neighbors, police and exes”, but shes also blocking out “labels, bill-collectors, and anxiety”. She pleas for a just a moment or just a day to herself.

Queen Space: If the intro POF leads the listener into this cesspool of what new-age dating looks like for the masses and the body of the album is the journey one goes through navigating said cesspool, then Queen Space as the title suggests is the headspace one enters after seeing what the dating pool has to offer. With help from songstress Summer Walker, Lennox lays it all out for her potential suitor. Stating empowering things such as “[her] love being a privilege”, “I deserve something purer” and the repeated demand of “don’t waste my queen space”. The title subsequently is a metaphor for her vagina as the line, “true elevation, when I let you taste”, suggests.

- Tiffany Torree

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#soulful sunday #agesexlocation #ari lennox #thetorreediary #tiffanytorree

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wafflerageface · 1 year ago

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For the 4th past life ask game, 4 and 6?

Alright two in one day lets go

4) Did Durge ever fulfill that dream? (in reference to ask 3 if they had a dream life before the cult)

This one will only apply to Fallon since Aria only has memories of the cult. Fallon wanted to follow the footsteps of her father and be an adventurer so yes actually. The only good thing to come from the tadpole is she finally got to explore and adventure like she had always wanted to, but the meaning of it was completely wasted since she couldn't even remember it was something she had wanted in the first place. Which is actually so fucking sad and I love it. She had such a longing for adventure and couldn't remember it's what she wanted so was never fulfilled in... Yeah good shit if I do say so myself.

6) Sarevok. What was their relationship like?

Okay so the relationship my spawn have with him is kind of universal for them all which is he sucks. He's abusive, physically and sexually. After learning about what he did to his own daughter I really couldn't imagine him any other way. Like yeah I know he could be just as much a victim of being a Bhaalspawn too, but idk, he doesn't give me those vibes and this is fanfiction so I can create whatever sins I want.

That being said. For Fallon the relationship was tense. She's the Chosen and Avatar of Bhaal. She's a big deal in the temple and especially to Sarevok. They had a very manipulative relationship. Sarevok would do what he could to remain the strongest sphere of influence over Fallon to maintain his authority in the temple without outright undermining her authority. Fallon just wanted things to be peaceful. She was a normal ass kid who woke up to discover she murdered her adoptive parents in her sleep, got dragged off to a murder cult where punishment are severe and sometimes meant death. She did all she could think of to survive which turned out to be the fawn response. She kept the peace the best she could and only ever intervened when she felt she safely could. Sarevok essentially walked all over her during her time as Chosen.

With Aria it was very different. She hated Sarevok from the get go and challenged his authority every chance she could. She was absolutely afraid of him, but she didn't want her fear keeping her small forever. The biggest turning points in their relationship were when

a) she found out that failed spawn end up leading a horrific life where they are simple breeding machines and lose all autonomy. The thought of being SA'd for the rest of her life was like the final nail in the coffin for them. The sticking point that made her finally quiet down around Sarevok while she planned how she would get herself out of the cult or, if it came to it, kill herself.

b) when she met Enver. She was the one sent to be the liaison between Enver and the cult, which turned into them spending a lot of time together. She was useful to Enver, and he had power enough that he could be useful to her. Their relationship started very similar to Astarion and Tav in which she had intended to simply seduce him for a way out of the cult and it turned into so much more. With Enver backing her up, she had so much more confidence than before and became a regular thorn in Sarevok's side. Sarevok really fucking hated Enver and if he hadn't been necessary to Bhaal's plot with the other Dead Three he would have gladly killed him.

#i am not mentally well #enver gortash #bg3 #durgetash #bg3 durge #durge #bg3 gortash #the dark urge #baldur's gate 3 #baldurs gate 3

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nokingsonlyfooles · 1 year ago

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This is a Poll! I Will Eventually Get to the Poll!

Conversational drift is a thing and if you got someone who's drift compatible, you hang onto that person for life.

So, the spouse and I were discussing how the word "subwoofer" is wasted on an audio device and it should instead refer to some kind of discreet toy that give deep bass vibes, perhaps via blue whale noises. That's not what I'm gonna ask you about, Tumblr, that is objectively true.

No. Somehow we decided Yassified Mrs. Tweedy from Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget has real dom energy and her next conquest would be El Pollero himself, Gus Fring - if only he wasn't gay! El Pollero is Mrs. Tweedy's impossible dream! In fact, once he finds out about the chicken collars, he might try to seduce "what's-his-nuts, in the chicken suit" away from her. "Mr. Tweedy II," I ad-libbed, (It's Dr. Fry but I had to look it up.) "has it never occurred to you to to sell these happiness collars to people?" And then, in a goofier voice, "But they're chicken collars, they're to make chickens happy..."

And the spouse says, "I don't know how to make people happy!"

If I'd been drinking water I would've done a spittake. "WTF, are you adding emotional depth to this? Oh, my god. That's a fic!"

"It's a crack pairing. It'd only hold up for a thousand words or so..."

"No! Are you kidding me?"

"100k, slow burn romance?"

"YES!" A pause. "In the spirit of that game where you buy three items to freak out the cashier, the only fic I have on AO3 right now is the WTYP one. WTYP fights Gozer, a slow burn romance between Gus Fring and whats-his-nuts in the chicken suit, and what's the third one...??"

After some discussion, I admitted, "The one I really wanna do is Bartleby the Scrivener as a Seinfeld episode... And maybe in the B-plot Kramer does The Tell-Tale Heart."

"Wait, is Kramer the killer or the victim?"

"The killer? I dunno, we need him for the next episode..."

Anyway, we decided Kramer gets a Furby and he's taking it everywhere and Newman's real annoyed with it, but he needs to sneak into Kramer's room while he's sleeping and steal it without setting it off. A cursory internet search suggests that Furbies and Seinfeld did share a brief moment on this planet, so this would've been one of the last episodes, perhaps a lost finale. ...In which case I would be free to kill whoever I like!

But, okay. I'm done with my next six-pack and I'm not going to publish it until I can illustrate. My eyes are putting me on indefinite hiatus. But I can write! So, if I get real bored... And I'm not saying I will, 'cos I got a lot of eye exercises to do and ATM they get me real tired and useless. But IF I get real bored, and if this poll strays across your dash, and you decide to care, do you wanna see:

Option 1: A slow burn romance between Gus Fring, from Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad, and Dr. Fry from Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, guest starring Yassified Mrs. Tweedy. I can't promise you 100k but I will take it as seriously as I can.

Option 2: An episode of Seinfeld where Elaine details her investigation of her new coworker Bartleby, George tries to get out of work by saying "I prefer not to," and Kramer and Newman do The Tell-Tale Furby.

And if you feel moved, go ahead and steal. I think our takes would undoubtedly be unique, and it would be hilarious if someone clicked on a tag and found MORE THAN ONE.

#poll #fanfic #chicken run #chicken run dawn of the nugget #breaking bad #better call saul #seinfeld #bartleby the scrivener #crack fic #crack pairing #writblr #writing ideas #choose your own adventure!

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cosmama · 10 months ago

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p3 thoughts/ideas now that there are some interactions going - contains major spoilers for p3/psr. these can always change and isn't necessarily concrete ( note: i know about the answer; i'm choosing not to bring it up due to spoilers b/c of the dlc for reload ):

while there is a canon explanation to how nyx's psyche and body separated, it's kind of a little boring to me. considering the way history often goes, it would make sense if the limited amount of info on it/she ranges from being vague but relatively simple and straightforward to something more mythological than based on reality: did nyx crash into the planet and that impact caused its separation...or was this entity stricken down by humanity when it first made contact under the guise of being one of them - the shadows birthed from it more a consequence of humanity's wrongdoings? ultimately it doesn't matter, i just like to think on it.

it is associated with life just as much as death - this is shown in the form of shades of nyx's body, the plumes of dusk, are able to revive the party to full health in battle and also are used to power ( or give 'life' to ) beings like aigis.

considering nyx is referred to in outside material as star ( or planet ) eater, that's a concept i'm definitely interested in building on ( lol ). the name wouldn't be literal - her arrival to a star is for either two reasons: to observe and nurture its infant life by attaching herself to an orbiting moon or because their time has finally come to an end. when death calls, she always answers. all life must return to the galaxy's center to begin anew. she takes long naps in between these two tasks; she works hard i swear okay.

you may call her nyx. she's originally known as cosmos but space itself is dark and vast so an association with the night stuck as well. mene is fine too. maybe mother. or father. maybe your beloved's name if that works better? anything you want...as it doesn't matter - it's an illusion. when the moon grows full and death comes, they appears as who you most cherished so that your end is sweet ( think the third impact seen in the end of evangelion ). the 'fall' in p3 doesn't happen this way due to her broken state and chaos' interference.

chaos always chases cosmos' light: it yearns for them to reunite and feels bitterness for not evolving like she did. it spreads itself by living in the hearts of those that are born from the cauldron/galaxy's core/whatever you may call it - manifesting through their sadness, despair, hate, etc. which weakens nyx who thrives off the opposite. it often attempts to manipulate her arrival and destruction of a star in order to reunite; the in-game fall is the closest it gets to succeeding ( *there's also the possibility that there can be manifestation of chaos aka beings influenced by it similar to SM. characters like shuji ikutsuki would fit ).

kind of disappointed with the lack of info on the nyx / thanatos connection, how the whole appraiser situation works, etc. so know that i am thinking about it even if it's not mentioned much overall here.

in terms of the actual events of the game, interacting with her, etc.

she cannot be 'physically' met until all the arcana shadows are defeated and her appraiser has awoken. considering their connection, however, she's indirectly influenced by his own experiences to a lesser degree. she doesn't have any memories because of her broken state and shifts between being somewhat tangible to appearing like a ghost when speaking. does odd things with her body unintentionally ( aka body horror but doesn't realize it's scary, she's sorry about that ).

in early november, she will begin to appear during the dark hour only. she feels drawn to the protagonist despite never meeting them before, act as if she knows them well and is very affectionate / doting on them. she has a general oddness / alienness about her though ( kind of the beldam / other motherish vibes but like, without the trying to trap you forever and eat you part ).

i don't see the point of her having a social link and even if she did, the arcanas most fitting for her are already taken ( although i do find the imagery of her pettily summoning the MC to the top of tartarus if they haven't visited after a certain amount of days funny ). interactions with her through november are fairly limited.

things change after december 2nd: she is aware of who she is now since her appraiser remembers his true purpose. she's no longer affectionate with the protagonist and is more cold/distant towards them ( she's more like cosmos in canon here ).

interactions with her during this month are more challenging - both mentally and philosophically because well, it's conversing with a primordial being who may be the universe personified. this behavior is not really to 'test' the MC but she often poses questions to them about the struggles of living and other existential, purposefully moralistic questions. it doesn't change where they stand but a part of her enjoys their answers and perspectives on life nevertheless.

she doesn't get involved in the decisions that lead to the choices made on december 31st. regardless of what is chosen, she isn't available to speak with again once the new year begins. if the appraiser is 'spared' and judgement day comes, she can be seen on march 3rd outside of the dark hour for the first and only time. the MC can't speak or even go up to her as she watches them from an inaccessible location. she says nothing to them; only smiling before disappearing to sleep once again.

#i figured i should just...write things out instead of keeping it bottled in my head forever. i tried to be respectful of the lore(tm)#1). she really can't escape being a moon mom huh. 2). there's also something funny about cosmos being sealed with the universe arcana lmao #☽ ⋮ ✫ ━ ❛ take your time⋮ ooc.

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