#fictional character ask

[princesssarisa]

Character ask: The magic mirror (Snow White)

Favorite thing about them: I like its mystical truth-telling power. I also enjoy the fact that it's open to so many different interpretations in different adaptations of the tale. What it looks like, what it sounds like, how it speaks (from a face carved into the frame, a spirit that appears in the glass, the Queen's own reflection, etc.) just how sapient it is, whether it likes the Queen, dislikes her, or is neutral, and whether it's an entity itself or has an entity trapped inside it varies from version to version. This way, it never becomes boring.

In the Disney film specifically, I like its eerie, otherworldly appearance and voice, and the sense of emotionless moral neutrality it conveys.

Least favorite thing about them: Well, it serves the evil Queen and tells her where Snow White is.

Three things I have in common with them:

*I usually tell the truth.

*I think Snow White is beautiful.

*I've been inside a castle before. (In my case, a few crumbling old ones in Ireland.)

Three things I don't have in common with them:

*I'm not a mirror.

*I'm not omniscient.

*I don't speak in rhyme.

Favorite line: From the Grimms' tale:

You, my queen, are fair; it is true.

But Snow White, beyond the mountains

With the seven dwarfs

Is still a thousand times fairer than you.

From the Disney film:

Famed is thy beauty, Majesty.

But hold! A lovely maid I see.

Rags cannot hide her gentle grace.

Alas, she is more fair than thee!

and

Over the seven jeweled hills,

Beyond the seventh fall,

In the cottage of the seven dwarfs

Dwells Snow White, fairest one of all

brOTP: I suppose the Queen, in a way.

OTP: None. Except in the anime The Legend of Snow White, where the spirit imprisoned in the mirror, Speck, does have a love interest, a female spirit named Mylarka who's imprisoned elsewhere, but who reunites with him in the end.

nOTP: Any human.

Random headcanon: It was a gift to the Queen from whoever taught her the art of magic. Its creator meant her to use its omniscient power for good, to ask it questions about the needs of her people and use it to become a better ruler. But instead, of course, she only uses it to satisfy her vanity about her beauty, and to learn who her rivals are so she can eliminate them.

Unpopular opinion: I don't think it represents the king. Not inherently, anyway. This seems to be a popular reading of the tale among scholars: that the mirror is a stand-in for the absent figure of the Queen's husband and Snow White's father, and that the Queen's jealousy of Snow White's beauty merely represents the true source of conflict between stepmothers and stepdaughters, competition for the husband/father's love. That's a valid reading, of course, but I don't think it's inherent. I'd sooner argue that the mirror represents the male gaze in general than that it specifically represents the king. And I don't think it inherently represents the male gaze either, unless you think the only reason why women ever envy other women's beauty is because beauty equals male approval. Some adaptations have it speak with a woman's voice instead of a man's, after all. Or even with the Queen's own voice (since it is a mirror), making it seem less like a symbol of other people's feelings about the Queen and Snow White, and more of the Queen's own inner knowledge of Snow White's superior beauty.

Song I associate with them: Its instrumental theme from the Disney film's soundtrack.

Favorite picture of them:

From the Disney film:

Assorted fairy tale illustrations:

Hans Conried (a.k.a. the voice of Disney's Captain Hook) in the 1977 special Disney's Greatest Villains, which was later incorporated into A Disney Halloween.

The spectacular mirror puppet (voiced by Patrick Stewart) in Disneyland's 2004 stage show Snow White: An Enchanting Musical.

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FICTIONAL CHARACTER ASK: HANK MCCOY (THE BEAST)

ASKED BY @obufalo

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@soviet-supersoldier @positivelybeastly @professorlehnsherr-almashy @maedelin @princesssarisa @rei-ismyname

Favorite thing about them: He is one of the earliest examples I saw in my childhood of a beastly character whose narrative arc was not about 'going back to a human form to signify becoming a better, more emotionally mature person after becoming a monster due a moral failing' but rather became a Beast due to a genetic factor he was born with, and whose story explored getting accomodated and adapt when one's body changes, whose appearance is really indendent from his morality, and who has to accept they will not come back to what they were once, instead needing to embrace his new self as genuinelly beautiful and good.

Least favorite thing about them: I'm not a fan of some Avengers and New Defenders stories presenting him as a fillandering womanizer who took his then girlfriend Vera Cantor for granted. Thank goodness at least she called him out for it and the two broke up amicably in universe.

Three things i have in common with them:

* I love Shakespeare;

* Ocasionally I enjoy a bad pun;

* Sometimes I would pretend not to care for what other people thought of me and being alright lonely, while inside I was burying insecurities and a need for friendship and validation;

Three things i don’t have in common with them:

* I never played american football;

* I don't have a doctorate in chemistry and genetics;

* I'm not born and raised in the United States;

Favorite line:

From X-Men Adventures

"Morph, what a brave final act you had, lad, we should all leave the scene so heroically."

"I'll remember you Morph -- as a true X-Man. There'll be a reckoning for this, my friend. The Beast swears it."

From X-Men: The Animated Series: Beauty and the Beast

"The progress of medical science, much like the construction of a great cathedral, is the work of many hands."

"Perhaps you self-appointed social engineers don't realize the crucial role mutation plays in species evolution."

"I'm sorry, gentlemen. Your anger at the inexorable alienation of late-20th-century life is sadly misdirected."

"It was so much easier when I was consumed with my work. I could pretend that what other people thought of me didn't matter."

"We have to face it. I am a mutant in a world that fears and despises my kind. I thought for a moment we could live in that world together, but I know now that we cannot. Someday, with work and hope, the world will change. Until then, if you care for me as much as I care for you, you'll understand why we must part. Carry my love with you always."

"This is a beginning."

From X-Men Evolution: The Beast of Bayville

"Thank you. But from here on in, I'm not just Mr. McCoy. You can call me Beast."

From X-Men Evolution: Retreat

"Out here, in this place... I'm enjoying the animal I've become."

"As a wise young girl once told me... we are who we're meant to be. So I guess the students aren't the only ones who learned something on this class trip."

brOTP: Bobby Drake (Iceman) and Warren Worthington III (Angel)

OTP: Carly Anne Crocker

nOTP: Trish Tilby

Random Headcanon: James Earl Jones is his favorite Shakespearean Actor.

Unpopular Opinion: So far, Hank always been in ensemble team books or duo books, with a couple short stories being focused only on him. I say is about time he received a staring solo comic book series!

Song i associate with them:

Just One Person

Favorite picture of them:

Pin Ups

Felipe Massafera cover Art

Boris Vallejo portrait

Miguel Mercado Cover Art

Dustin Nguyen Art

X-Men Evolution Hank McCoy, my first encarnation of the character

Wolverine and the X-Men encarnation

The Animated Series/97 Encarnation

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Character ask: Beth March (Little Women)

Tagged by @princesssarisa. Thank you so much for this, as I love her and have a lot of feelings about her that I want to share.

Favorite thing about them: She is the kindest character in the whole book, and this turns out to be her biggest strength. She may be so shy to the point that talking to people outside her family is extremely difficult, but she doesn't let that stop her from helping those who need it, whether it's helping the Hummels when the baby is sick with scarlet fever, or talking to Frank to try and cheer him up. And this has an enormous impact: everyone adores her, to the point that they all miss her when she first gets sick, and make sure to show her how much she means to them when she's on her deathbed. She may not have "achieved" anything like her sisters do, but she still matters, and that means so much to me.

Least favorite thing about them: When she tells Jo to take her place after she dies. Like... Beth, sweetheart, no. No one could ever replace you. And Jo doesn't need to be more like Beth to be worthy of love. The fact that Mr. Laurence says something similar after he returns from Europe with Amy and Laurie doesn't help, either.

Three things I have in common with them:

*I've always been really shy and awkward, and tend to mostly keep to myself.

*I love music.

*I always try to be kind and help people as best I can.

Three things I don't have in common with them:

*I do want to get married and leave the house someday.

*I'm not much of an animal person.

*I can't play the piano, but I would like to learn how.

Favorite line: Once again, there are many, but I'll try to keep it simple.

When she starts to overcome her fear of Mr. Laurence for the grand piano:

"I'm Beth. I love it dearly, and I'll come, if you are quite sure no one will hear me and be disturbed."

When she gently calls out Meg in the way that only she can:

"You said the other day that you'd be perfectly happy if you could only go to Annie Moffat's."

When she commends Amy for her behavior with the rich girls and once again shows that she's not an impossibly perfect saint:

"Yes, we all do, and love her for being so ready to forgive. It must have been dreadfully hard, after working so long, and setting your heart on selling your own pretty things. I don't believe I could have done it as kindly as you did."

And finally, her reaction to Jo's poem about her:

"Then I don't feel as if I'd wasted my life. I'm not so good as you make me, but I have tried to do right, and now, when it's too late to begin even to do better, it's such a comfort to know that someone loves me so much, and feels as if I'd helped them."

brOTP: Her sisters, especially Jo, as well as Mr. Laurence. (I also feel like in crossover land, Lucy and Frodo would absolutely adore her, and vice versa.)

OTP: None.

nOTP: Mr. Laurence, or any member of her family.

Random headcanon: She's either on the autism spectrum, has social anxiety, or both, and her angelic image is an attempt to not be a burden to her loved ones and to try and make up for the fact that she can't mask.

Unpopular opinion: If any of the March sisters are aromantic, it's Beth, not Jo. Beth never wants to get married or have children, and Jo does change her mind about that after a while, which I guess might rub some people the wrong way. This isn't to say that you can't have whatever headcanons you want, but this makes more sense to me. Also, I don't normally say stuff like this, but if you think that Beth "needs to die" just because she's not a normal girl, you're ableist, plain and simple.

Song I associate with them:

"Stuck Inside a Cloud" by George Harrison.

"April Come She Will" by Simon and Garfunkel.

"marjorie" by Taylor Swift.

Favorite picture of them:

These illustrations by Pablo Marcos Studio:

With Mr. Laurence:

As the postmistress:

When she gets scarlet fever:

The snow maiden:

With Jo, before she reveals her doom:

With Jo at the seashore during THAT scene:

The last time we see her in this version:

These illustrations by Michael Adams:

With Mr. Laurence (this version is more affectionate):

With Meg and Jo watching over her on her sickbed:

This black and white illustration of her with her cats on her (first) sickbed:

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Character ask: Amelie Wilson

Not requested by anyone, but I did it for Klaudia, so it only seems fair to do one for my other favorite OC.

Favorite thing about her: She helped not only save Marley from a lonely life (and also from a tragic afterlife walking in chains, if my version of the story applies to the same mechanics as Dickens's), but also kinda helps to flesh out Marley as a character in general.

Least favorite thing about her: Probably the fact that since I created her as a love interest for Marley, I haven't thought much about her interactions with the other canon characters. I'll probably do so while developing the story a bit more.

Three things I have in common with them:

1. I think Marley deserves so much better (and I'll forever debunk the rumor of his death)!

2. I don't have too many friends.

3. I have long, wavy brown hair.

Three things I don't have in common with them:

1. I'm not in a relationship, much less engaged.

2. I don't live in England.

3. I don't plan on ever becoming a gardener or having a vegetable garden in my backyard.

Favorite line:

When she first meets Bob Cratchit: “I’m Amelie, his fiancée. And my fiancé is most certainly not dead!”

brOTP: The Cratchit family, Fred, and Scrooge after he redeems himself.

OTP: Marley, of course!

nOTP: Mrs. Dilber or Old Joe.

Random headcanon: Much like me, she enjoys watching Poppin Candy videos on Instagram, but unlike me, she hasn't ever bought anything from them (I bought a party platter from them once). She does enjoy creme-filled Oreo-type cookies, though.

Unpopular opinion: I'm sure a lot of Dickens purists think a lover for Marley doesn't need to exist, since that's not the way Dickens initially wrote the story. But I think he needs at least one person to truly love him. In the original book, Scrooge, after all, despite being his "sole friend and sole mourner", was “not so dreadfully cut up” by Marley’s death. (Amelie certainly would be.) In some adaptations, Marley also claims that Scrooge's chains will be longer and heavier than his own- so he would have had to have been a little better at least. So yes, she was a necessary addition to at least my version.

Song I associate with them:

Before she meets Marley: “Goodnight My Someone”, from The Music Man (here sung by Joanie Bartels).

After she meets Marley: “May I Have the Next Dream with You” and “Love Me Tender” (specifically these versions, also both sung by Joanie Bartels).

Favorite picture of them:

Why, this one, of course, of her with her two best female friends.

And this edit I made of her with Marley:

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happy late birthday to this guy

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BLORBO ASKS GAME

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[am3ya]

the issue with shipping aro/ace characters isn't putting them into relationships, it's the fact that no one adds how their sexuality impacts the relationship at large. And how it'll always be different from your average romantic relationship in some way.

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Fanfiction: where you can take a break from being sad about the world by being sad about fictional things instead.

[princesssarisa]

Character ask: Fiyero and Boq (Wicked)

I'm not really a die-hard Wicked fan, but here goes. This is for the musical only, since I haven't read the novel.

Warning: spoilers below.

Fiyero

Favorite thing about them: That despite seeming like a silly playboy at first, he proves to be a kindred sprit to Elphaba, who loves and respects her as she is, who tries to help and defend her when no one else in Oz is willing to do so, and who ultimately sacrifices everything for her, even (nearly) his life.

Least favorite thing about them: That he leads Glinda on by not breaking up with her even as he starts to fall for Elphaba, and then goes along with their engagement even though he doesn't want to marry her. He should have ended things between them long before it reached that point.

Three things I have in common with them:

*I can be snarky.

*I dislike fakeness and selling out.

*I can seem like just a fun-lover, but really I think and feel deeply.

Three things I don't have in common with them:

*I'm female.

*I'm not royalty.

*I was never a partying troublemaker in college.

Favorite line: His joke when Elphaba tells him she realizes he's not as shallow and self-absorbed as he seems:

"Excuse me, there's no pretense here: I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow."

And these lines from his dialogue with Glinda at the beginning of Act II, where he calls her out on her tragic flaw of choosing fame and popularity over everything else:

"You can't leave because you can't resist this. And that is the truth."

And when she objects that no one could resist it: "You know who could. Who has."

brOTP: His horse Feldspur in the movie, and probably Boq, especially if we keep the Scarecrow and Tin Man's friendship in mind. Not to mention Dorothy, even though their interactions are kept offstage.

OTP: Elphaba.

nOTP: Glinda.

Random headcanon: Hmmm... In the movie, he really did eat grass as a child. He's not just joking when he says he did.

Unpopular opinion: I like him better than Glinda as a romantic partner for Elphaba. Of course I understand that Elphaba and Glinda's bond is more central and more fleshed out, I see the appeal of Gelphie as a ship, and I know how much Gelphie means to countless fans. But personally? Without denying Glinda's importance to Elphaba, I prefer Fiyero as her love interest. He embraces her values and comes through for her in a way that Glinda only does at the very end, and no attempts I've read by Gelphie shippers to dismiss that fact ring true for me. As a couple, Fiyeraba reminds me in many ways of Esmeralda and Phoebus in Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame (these Stephen Schwartz musicals have recurring themes!), and I don't see many fans putting down that pairing, even though they're a bit underdeveloped too, and even though Esmeralda's friendship with Quasimodo is more central to the plot. On the contrary, the fans hold up their love as the main example of healthy love in that story! Besides, if we don't think Elphaba really loves Fiyero, then "No Good Deed" loses its power. If he's just "comphet" to her, why should his apparent death break her so much that she resolves to really be wicked and kidnaps Dorothy? And the reveal that he's still alive is what snaps her out of her breakdown and lets her reconcile with Glinda in the end. I have nothing against shipping Gelphie, but I can't dismiss Fiyeraba as just "boring comphet" the way most of the fandom seems to do.

Song I associate with them: "Dancing Through Life"

"As Long as You're Mine"

Favorite picture of them:

Norbert Leo Butz

Aaron Tveit

Andy Karl

Derrick Williams with Stephanie J. Block (more actors of color should play the role)

Adam Garcia with Idina Menzel

Jonathan Bailey in the movie

Boq

Favorite thing about them: Well, when we first meet him at least, he's a sweet, adorkable character, and if the Tin Man we know from The Wizard of Oz is a mostly accurate portrait of how he behaves on his journey with Dorothy, he never really loses those qualities.

Least favorite thing about them: First that he leads Nessarose on (a recurring flaw among the young men in this story, it seems) and lies about why he asked her out, even if his reason is to avoid hurting her. And later, of course, that he becomes such a bloodthirsty witch hunter, out to kill Elphaba for turning him into tin even though she saved his life by doing so.

Three things I have in common with them:

*I can be socially awkward.

*I'm not always good at standing up for myself.

*Sometimes I want to blame people for doing things that made me uncomfortable, when really those things were good for me.

Three things I don't have in common with them:

*I'm female.

*I've never had any romantic entanglements with witches.

*I've never been turned into tin.

Favorite line: His verse in "March of the Witch Hunters," even though it's his darkest moment:

And this is more than just a service to the Wizard I have a personal score to settle with El... With The Witch!

It's due to her I'm made of tin Her spell made this occur So for once, I'm glad I'm heartless I'll be heartless killing her!

And the Lion also has a grievance to repay If she'd let him fight his own battles When he was young He wouldn't be a coward, today!

brOTP: In the Shiz days before things go bad, Fiyero, Nessarose, Elphaba and Glinda (especially in the deleted scene from the movie that shows them all hanging out together). And after he becomes the Tin Man, Dorothy.

OTP: None.

nOTP: Nessarose or Glinda.

Random headcanon: When he sees Elphaba "melt," he'll be unexpectedly horrified; he'll find himself remembering their days at Shiz and the girl she once was, and realize that seeing her die horribly doesn't feel as good as he thought it would. (I'm basing this on the Tin Man's close-to-tears face after the Witch melts in the 1939 Wizard of Oz: we'll see if Wicked: For Good has Ethan Slater react in a similar way or not.)

Unpopular opinion: Even though he's far from blameless, nothing justifies Nessarose stripping him and all the other Munchkins of their rights and forcing him to stay with her, then trying to magically brainwash him into loving her. He may deserve some karma for lying about his feelings for her, but he doesn't deserve all that.

Song I associate with them:

His part in "Dancing Through Life"

"March of the Witch Hunters"

Favorite picture of them:

Christopher Fitzgerald

Riley Costello

Ethan Slater in the movie

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FICTIONAL CHARACTER ASK: BABA YAGA

@professorlehnsherr-almashy @amalthea9 @princesssarisa @tamisdava2 @thealmightyemprex @angelixgutz @adarkrainbow @grimoireoffolkloreandfairytales @softlytowardthesun

Favorite Thing About Them: How much a neutral force she is, that can either ruin your life or guide you help you with any truble that could be ailing you. It all depends on her motives and demeanor. If she feels like helping you, she will. If she feels wicked, you're as good as destined to be her next meal...

Least Favorite Thing About Them: I wish she wasn't so obfuscated by the historical figure of Rasputin the Mad Monk when western media searched for Mystical Russian Antagonists. Like... Baba Yaga is right here, a fictional character you can write whatever way you want. You don't need to go out of your way to fictionalize the real events that led to the Russian Revolution!

Three Things I Have In Common With Them:

*Like in some portrayals, I enjoy drinking tea;

I can either help you or ignore you depending on my motives and demeanor;

I have a vengeful side;

Three Things I Don't Have In Common With Then:

I'm not a centuries old woman;

I'm not russian;

I don't live in walking house with chicken legs;

Favorite Line: From a tale called The Water of Life, where she first asks:

"Hail, brave young man, do you search for adventures or runs from misadventures?"

Then warns three princes about the dangers of the Three Boatman and the Boats:

"In the first, they shall cut your right arm

In the second, the left leg

And in the third, they shall make your head roll away."

brOTP: The Gingerbread House Witch from Hansel and Gretel.

OTP: She may have a crush on Koschei the Deathless.

nOTP: Any child characters who interacts with her.

Random Headcanon: Her favorite ingredient to make food and potions are mushrooms she forages in the woods.

Unpopular Opinion: There needs to be more movies and shows exposing her, she is a very underrated character.

Song I Associate With Them:

Baba Yaga from Mussorgsky's Pictures from An Exhibition

Intro from Bartok the Magnificent

Favorite Picture of Them:

This illustration by Ivan Bilibin

Illustrations for Babushka Baba Yaga by Patricia Polacco

Her portrayal in the direct-to-video animated movie Bartok the Magnificent, which was my introduction to the character:

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Character ask: Samwise Gamgee

😊 I'm surprised most of these are LOTR related, but I'm not complaining

Character ask: Samwise Gamgee (The Lord of the Rings)

Favorite thing about them: His undying loyalty towards Frodo. While everyone else gets separated from him through no fault of their own, Sam is with him the whole way through, and will not leave his side no matter what happens, which plays a major part in the quest's completion.

Least favorite thing about them: His temper. It doesn't really flare up all that often- mainly whenever it looks like someone's insulting or about to hurt Frodo- but it does keep him from playing nice when it would be a smart idea, like with Faramir.

Three things I have in common with them:

*I love plants.

*I'm very loyal to and would do anything to keep my loved ones safe.

*Once I set my mind to something, I'll try my best to see it though.

Three things I don't have in common with them:

*I'm female.

*I'm not a hobbit.

*I'm not as good a cook as he is.

Favorite line: Again, there are many, but I'll try to keep it simple.

When he talks to Frodo about his conversation with the elves:

"Leave him! I never mean to. I am going with him, if he climbs to the Moon, and if any of these Black Riders try to stop him, they'll have Sam Gamgee to reckon with."

His response to Frodo's prediction that he'll be either a great wizard or a warrior:

"I hope not. I don't want to be neither!"

When Frodo can't go any further, so he carries him the rest of the way:

"Then let us be rid of it, once and for all! I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you! Come on!"

The very last line of the series, after he sees Frodo off for the very last time:

"Well, I'm back."

brOTP: The other hobbits, especially Frodo.

OTP: Rosie.

nOTP: Sauron or Gollum.

Random headcanon: He's just as traumatized from the quest as Frodo is, it just manifests differently, and in a much less obvious way- his need for things to go back to normal as quickly as possible, as he does get married and has no less than THIRTEEN children rather quickly.

Unpopular opinion: His and Frodo's friendship is amazing, but I wish people would focus on his relationships outside of Frodo more. I also feel the same way about him that I do with Jo: I love both of them very much, and they deserve all the love they get, but they're also a bit overhyped, especially at the expense of my beloveds Frodo and Beth.

Song I associate with them:

"Candle On the Water" from the movie Pete's Dragon.

Favorite picture of them:

Sean Astin in the early 2000s films:

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Raj Koothrappali from The Big Bang Theory for the character ask?

Sure!

Favorite thing about them: He's so relatable, all the way down to him being the quietest out of them all and often not knowing what to say in social situations.

Least favorite thing about them: The fact that he still has some "stereotypical Indian" qualities to him despite being an otherwise well-rounded character.

Three things I have in common with them:

I'm socially awkward.

I love karaoke and video games.

I have issues with my parents sometimes.

Three things I don't have in common with them:

I'm not of Indian descent.

I'm not a physicist with a PhD.

I don't live in my own apartment.

Favorite line:

From The Precious Fragmentation, after he and his friends chant the "One ring to rule them all" rhyme: "Holy crap, are we nerdy!"

From The Adhesive Duck Deficiency: "If I could speak the language of rabbits, they would be amazed, and I would be their king." And later on: "I would be kind to my rabbit subjects. At first."

From The Clean Room Infiltration: "Amy, good luck getting these guys excited about a dinner with a theme. I gave up when no one cared about my Tom Hanks-Giving."

brOTP: Everyone in his social group, as well as his dog Cinnamon.

OTP: The girl I believe he meets in the audience after the end of the last episode (more on that later).

nOTP: Any of his exes, his family, or his dog.

Random headcanon: After the show ends, he gets closer with a girl he meets in the audience at Sheldon's speech, and eventually starts dating her and then marries her. He deserves love, too.

Unpopular opinion: He deserved to get a love interest first, not Howard.

Song I associate with them:

"My Heart, My Universe", from The Thespian Catalyst:

"Thor and Dr. Jones", from The 2003 Approximation:

Favorite picture of them:

His expression in this one is contagious.

With his dog Cinnamon. She's so cute- and I love his purple jacket in this one too.

Again, he looks great in purple.

With the hat that he, for some reason, only wore in the pilot episode.

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Fictional Character Ask: Esmeralda

TAGGED BY: @princesssarisa​

Favorite thing about them: Esmeralda is a energetic and free spirited bohemian, who loves singing and dancing in the streets illuminated by the sun and can teach calculus and writing to his pet goat Djali. She also shows compassion to Gringoire and Quasímodo, marrying the first to save him from hanging and giving water to the second after he has been whiped for trying to kidnapp her under Frollo’s orders. And speaking of Frollo, the fact that she constanly  stands up to this villain every time that he tries to assault her is simply badass.

Least favorite thing about them: Oh my god, she has so much potential, and yet she wastes all of it in her belief that Phoebus loves her. That asshole Captain of the Guard gives all the signs that he doesn’t care for Esmeralda at all, and yet she mistreats Quasímodo because Phoebus isn’t with him, and when her mother Gudule tries to hide her, she ruins their chance to escape by screaming Phoebus name, calling the atention of the guards who them kill her mother and take her to hanging. Esme, dear, you apeared so much more inteligent in the beggining of the book, but them you disapointed me with your stuborness and lack of self-preservation for the love of a guy who doesn’t deserve it.

Also, the fact that in the book she is not actually romani, but instead a white girl who was stolen by the romani as a baby, is just racist bullshit.

Favorite line: In the book Esmeralda sings two songs, one in spanish and other in french.

In Chapter III: Kisses for Blows, she sings a spanish song about a founded treasure:

Un cofre de gran riqueza 

Hallaron dentro un pilar, 

Dentro del, nuevas banderas

Con figuras de espantar.

Alarabes de cavallo 

Sin poderse menear, 

Con espadas, y los cuellos, 

Ballestas de buen echar,

And in Chapter VII: A Bridal Night, she sings a french song saying that her parents are birds, a metaphour to the fact that she doesn’t know where she was born and who are her parents:

Mon père est oiseau, 

Ma mère est oiselle. 

Je passe l’eau sans nacelle, 

Je passe l’eau sans bateau, 

Ma mère est oiselle, 

Mon père est oiseau.

Also, from Chapter VII: A Bridal Night, her definitions of friendship and love (that would appear in the 1939 movie adaptation) are very beautifull: 

It is to be brother and sister; two souls which touch without mingling, two fingers on one hand.  

Oh love! That is to be two and to be but one. A man and a woman mingled into one angel. It is heaven.  

brOTP: With her pet coat Djali, Clopin Trouillefou and Pierre Gringoire.

OTP: In the book, the 1956 film adaptation, the Parīzes Dievmātes Katedrāle latvian opera and the Notre Dame de Paris french rock-opera: With health and safety and with Quasimodo.

In the 1939, 1982 and 1997 film adaptations: With Pierre Gringoire.

In the 1923 Silent Movie, the 1996 Disney Animated Movie and its subsequent Theater Musical Adaptation: With Phoebus.

nOTP: With Frollo.

Random headcanon:  In the 1997 Parīzes Dievmātes Katedrāle latvian opera, we see the scene in wich Quasimodo’s mom gives birth to him and she says is afrayed of being rejected by her husband, to whom she simply refers as “my duke”, for giving birth to a deformed son. So her friends decide to exchange baby Quasimodo for the already newborn Esmeralda (them called Agnes by her birth mother Gudule). In novel and the 1956 Movie Adaptation, inside the comunity of Court of Miracles, the character who uses the title of “duke of Egypt and Bohemia” is Mathias Hungadi Spicali, the leader of the romani. So my headcanon is that Esmeralda was raised by Mathias Hungadi Spicali and his late wife as their adoptive daughter. While her adoptive mother was very close to her, Mathias was more distant due to frustration for having a daughter instead of a sun. But when Clopin leads the attack against the chatedral to save Esmeralda from being tacking out and hanged, Mathias participated in it with determination, because deep down he loved his daughter despite not showing it very often.

Unpopular Opinion:  I like Esmeralda better in movie and theater adaptations, where she usually is a bit less naive and evolves to get over her passion for Phoebus and her fear of Quasimodo’s apearance, and the subplot that says she was secretly a white girl is cut off entirely. In the book, i feel frustratred and annoyed with her.

Song I associate with them: 

The medieval spanish songs Si la Noche Haze Escura, Allá se me ponga el Sol and Dime Ramo Verde,  that i usually imagine as songs that she would sing while sad in prison:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNVqPJO_Ekw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFkFeR8g2wE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G3jA0uLdDU

From the 1996 Disney Animated Movie and its subsequent Theater Musical Adaptation:

Rhythm of the Tambourine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIES75RJtqg

God Help the Outcasts (just an iconic classic):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE5MahcaYow

Esmeralda:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpLYvyzFY2E

Someday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhVxgMV6dNo

From the Parīzes Dievmātes Katedrāle latvian opera:

 Kvazimodo dziedājums, an Aria in wich Quasimodo gives Esmeralda’s name to one of the chatedrals bells after she gaved him water:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFvA_oU_wtw

From the Notre Dame de Paris french rock-opera: 

Bohémienne/Zingara:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNCylkiJoZ8&list=OLAK5uy_mzJLYtPM7Gu8Bm9p0zZ7MSDW3ANmciaHA&index=6&t=0s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fjQjVtRJEY&list=PLvnRgeTgxudUXdY9SNzLLHXDdGHsR3NVd&index=5&t=0s

Esmeralda tu sais/Esmeralda lo sai:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LK86FAwheQ&list=OLAK5uy_mzJLYtPM7Gu8Bm9p0zZ7MSDW3ANmciaHA&index=6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JfAifVXsm4&list=PLvnRgeTgxudUXdY9SNzLLHXDdGHsR3NVd&index=5

Belle/Bella:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TfBCI8Y1F4&list=OLAK5uy_mzJLYtPM7Gu8Bm9p0zZ7MSDW3ANmciaHA&index=20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6qSxPrNMj8&list=PLvnRgeTgxudUXdY9SNzLLHXDdGHsR3NVd&index=18

Ave Maria paien/Ave Maria pagana:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRZ5bTIWm-k&list=OLAK5uy_mzJLYtPM7Gu8Bm9p0zZ7MSDW3ANmciaHA&index=22

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNj2BRRW3-M&list=PLvnRgeTgxudUXdY9SNzLLHXDdGHsR3NVd&index=20

Favorite picture of them:

These two book covers of the Mahiette editions:

These two Rowland Wheelwright illustrations, portrayng when she dances during the 06th of January festivities and when she gives water to a wounded Quasimodo:

This awesomely beautifull fanart by alicexz portraying the God Help the Outcasts scene from the 1996 Disney Animated Movie:

Salma Hayek with a lofty look in the 1997 Movie Adaptation:

Dita Kalnina in the 1997 Parīzes Dievmātes Katedrāle latvian opera (composed by Zigmars Liepiņš), depicted singing alongside Djali:

Diana Savelyeva from a russian production of the Notre Dame de Paris french rock-opera, to this day the only actual romani actress to be cast as Esmeralda:

Argentinian born italian singer and actress Lola Ponce from the original cast of italian production for the Notre Dame de Paris french rock-opera, singing the Pagan Ave Maria number:

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Why are there not, like... platonic x reader fics. Like, I don't wanna date these characters, I just want to hang out with them and crack jokes and banter and get takeaway and play videogames and maybe even hug and bop them on the head and just have affectionate platonic physical contact??? I want to read a fic about being friends with them, and yet all I can find is romantic reader insert fics.

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I will sell you my fucking soul for more Orpheus. I'm on my hands and knees

dont talk to me abt mr UDAD Orpheus… i love him so much he makes me ill & now ill HAVE to draw him more..

for now take this doodle of him & Eurydice