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randomthefox · 4 months ago

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Whoops wrong video, it was supposed to be "Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (Almost) Got Shadow Right" by the same guy, it shows the movie is a good adaptation of SA2 that respects Sonic, and good on its own.

My responses must have been confusing then lol

My finger is hovering over the eject button.

Wrong, it's a bad movie.

Well I agree with that part. Ignoring the elements that were adapting the video game source material, this movie was beat for beat the exact same fucking movie as Sonic 2. What makes Sonic 3 the worst of the trilogy so far is that they butchered the narrative of SA2, where as the classic Genesis games had a lot less material to fuck up.

Wrong, because the movie still doesn't even explain WHY Tails is living on Earth. Tails is NOT AN ORPHAN. Tails HAD A HOUSE with a chair and a computer screen in it that he used to watch Sonic on. Literally why the fuck is Tails living on earth with Sonic and them? This doesn't make any sense. I don't know why Knuckles is either honestly, he was living on his own just fine for a decade. Did he not have a home on some alien planet? The opening of Sonic 2 showed he was partnered with some random alien dudes who attacked Jimbotnik, what happened to them? Where was Knuckles before he walked out of that ring and confronted Jimbotnik? Why is Knuckles living on earth instead of just going back to where he was before? None of this is explained.

It literally doesn't make any sense why Tails or Knuckles are living with Sonic and his humans, and neither the movies nor the Knuckles show bothers actually providing an answer.

I think you mean really cringe dialog.

I fucking hate the way these movies characterize Knuckles, it's so fucking annoying. Even removing the comparison to the video game character - why is Knuckles just Dave Bautista's character from Guardians of the Galaxy? That whole fucking "break glass" exchange is INSUFFERABLE and it lasts forfuckingEVER.

If by "fun" you mean "frustrating and honestly pretty racist" then yes, I agree.

"Except for Tails, who literally doesn't do anything for the entire movie."

Except that scene was stupid because why couldn't they have just brought back Rachel and her husband? Why did they need to bother disguising themselves in the first place when they could have actually just had Rachel and her husband in person? Did they think they wouldn't be willing to help? Why not? They could have easily just called them or warp ringed to their location and invited them to participate.

Literally the only reason the hologram disguise technology is introduced is because it gets used for terrible slapstick jokes, and to enable the stupidest scene in the entire movie. None of which was necessary because you could have removed the hologram disguises from the film and nothing about the progression of the plot would have changed. The movie actually would have benefited from its removal, because all the interactions between Tom and Maddie involving the hologram disguises contribute is unintentionally implying that their marriage is on the rocks and they don't actually love each other anymore.

Except this wasn't a problem he had in the previous movies. There was nothing in Sonic 1 or Sonic 2 that implied that Sonic was not in control of his emotions and was prone to allowing anger to consume him. This idea that Movie!Sonic succumbs to anger and vengeance is completely invented by this movie, and it actually contradicts his characterization in the previous movies because Sonic has seen his loved ones harmed before and he DIDN'T suddenly feel consumed by anger and revenge. There's literally no build up to Sonic's thirst for revenge against Shadow in this movie, it comes out of nowhere and is wildly out of character for the movie's version of Sonic.

This movie literally substantiates itself on the assumption that the audience doesn't actually remember what happened in the previous movies. Nor in previous scenes within the same movie.

Debatable. The only action scene I liked in this movie was the fight between Super Sonic and Super Shadow. And even that scene was ruined by cutting away from the fight to have bad comedy interludes with Jim Carrey, and was punctuated by a dialog exchange between Sonic and Shadow that had by far and away the worst fucking writing and vocal acting in any movie that I have ever fucking seen. It is The Room "you are tearing me apart, Lisa" levels of absolutely fucking atrocious. So it's kind of hard to give the action scene the gold star with that in mind.

No it doesn't.

No they don't.

Shadow being able to single handedly defeat all three of the heroes just completely removes any sense of tension or stakes from the movie. It just makes every confrontation between them and Shadow redundant and pointless because we know Shadow is just going to win. Meaning there's literally no way that Sonic can ultimately defeat Shadow that won't feel contrived and stupid. And yeah, no surprise, when Sonic finally defeats Shadow it feels contrived and stupid. Super Sonic gets the chaos emeralds punched out of him by base form Shadow, but then all of a sudden Sonic gets really extra super duper angry and punches Super Shadow so hard he gets launched to the moon. Because the script said so.

To say nothing of how it completely misrepresents the character as he exists in the video games. Shadow is WEAKER THAN SONIC in the video games at worst, and an even match for him at best. In the movie he's stronger than Sonic and Tails and Knuckles all combined. That doesn't make Shadow seem like a big bad threat, it just makes the heroes look weak idiotic and incompetent.

In so far as this movie isn't loaded down with a pointless and stupid B plot about a wedding between two characters we don't care about? Sure, I guess.

Oh fuck OFF x3

Jim Carrey is the WORST PART about this movie. Easily half an hour of this fucking film is just Jim Carrey being INSUFFERABLY unfunny. There's literally nothing else on screen except Jim Carrey for ENTIRE SCENES and it is TORTURE. It is AGONIZING. The fucking dance sequence is so offensively bad that I wanted to walk out of the theater and was ripping up the fucking seat to try and force myself to stay.

"Best part of the movie" what fucking PLANET are you FROM dude? Have you seen any other movie before? In your LIFE? Have you ever seen another JIM CARREY MOVIE in your life???

HALF AN HOUR of this movie is literally just Jim Carrey going "ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLRIGHTY THEEEEEEEN" TO HIMSELF back and forth over and over and over and over and over again. And NONE OF IT is funny AT ALL.

His name is pronounced "eevo" not "eyevo."

Dude pronounces the name wrong, D minus see me after class.

I literally could not POSSIBLY disagree more. Holy shit dude.

Jim Carrey is the WORST PART about this movie, and he's SO MUCH OF this movie. Like I mentioned before, the Super Sonic vs Super Shadow fight is INTERRUPTED by an unfunny scene of Jim Carrey slapsticking with HIMSELF. And it's INSUFFERABLY bad.

What the FUCK my dude? What fucking PLANET are you FROM dude?

"Jimbotnik goes through a well deserved redemption arc."

But Sonic Frontiers totally ruined Eggman whereas this movie got the character right and portrayed him respectfully and authentically, amirite?

(sorry, Frontiers haters catching strays)

Yeah, like every single scene with Jim Carrey in it for example.

Does this guy not realize he's contradicting himself? He just said that Jim Carrey was the best part of the movie because he's so funny. And then he turns around and says the weakest element of the movie is the comedy.

Which is it? It literally cannot be both. Either Jim Carrey is the best part about the movie, or the comedy was bad. It cannot be both, dude.

I agree with all the parts where he's explaining why the movie is bad.

Because the movie is very bad and literally nothing about the plot makes any sense or holds up to scrutiny whatsoever.

No they don't, because they change everything about his character and his background. In the games, Shadow was created by Gerald for the sake of trying to save Maria from a terminal illness. Shadow exists entirely for Maria's sake, and thus he is entirely devoted souly to fulfilling her will and wishes for humanity. He's only a villain in SA2 because he thinks that Maria wanted revenge due to Gerald altering his memories. And the instant he realizes he was mistaken he changes and works to try and undo what he's wrought without a second thought.

In the movie Shadow is just some alien who crashed in Ohio like the Venom Symbiote from Spider-Man 3. He has no connection to Maria whatsoever, they just happened to meet due to contrived writing. Maria doesn't even have any reason to be on the military base where Shadow is being kept, she's just there due to contrived writing. They have no spiritual or moral bond due to Shadow literally existing for Maria's sake, they just are friends due to random happenstance. And when Maria dies she doesn't even have any final words imparting her wishes onto Shadow. So Shadow is just motivated by being sad and upset, which is NOT his motivation in the video games whatsoever.

The movie demonstrates that the filmmakers don't under literally anything about the character of Shadow or his background, wtf are you talking about?

How and when could he have possibly even seen that happen?

"Shadow progressively learns about emotions" what the fuck are you talking about??? When was it ever demonstrated that Shadow didn't understand emotions and needed to learn about them? What fucking movie are you talking about, the one you invented in your head???

I did actually like that scene, except for all the parts where Keanu Reeves was talking because his acting is absolutely fucking atrocious. It's also really stupid why Shadow is being all like "I don't know where I belong or why I came to this planet =c " like, why not? There's no explanation for why Shadow just randomly has amnesia. Why wouldn't Shadow know or remember why he was in a random meteor that crashed into Ohio in this movie? The implication is obviously that he's a product of the Black Arms aliens somewhere else in the galaxy. So why did they send Shadow to Earth with no memory of who he was or why he was sent there? That actually makes no sense. In the games it makes sense why Shadow is having an existential crisis because he's a savior baby who was created entirely just to try and cure Maria, and they failed. So he has no purpose in existing. In the movie it doesn't make any sense why he's having this existential crisis because he just has amnesia for no reason.

I liked the part where Maria told him to stop being a whiny little bitch and touched his sexy sexy chest though. That part was good.

Nooooo they don't.

Shadow literally says that he's been living with the pain of Maria's death for 50 years. The implication is that he was reliving the memory of her dying for the entirety of the time he was in containment. Gerald literally COULD NOT POSSIBLY have had anything to do with that fact. Gerald ONLY woke Shadow up allowing him to escape. And then he basically just told Shadow "yeah let's kill everyone on earth and also ourselves because it's really fucked up that Maria died" and Shadow goes "okay" even though he KNOWS FOR AN ABSOLUTE FACT that Maria would not have wanted him to do that and Gerald DOES NOT DISPUTE THAT FACT.

Shadow's desire for revenge actually doesn't make any sense in the movie, and it was NOT programmed into him by Gerald. You are taking an aspect of the plot from the video game and applying it to the movie, when the movie actually does not demonstrate that aspect. In the games, Gerald literally programmed Shadow to think Maria wanted revenge ("I designed his mind to be perfect, pure.") But in the movie Shadow KNOWS that Maria did NOT want revenge, and all Gerald says in response is "yeah who cares what Maria wanted, she's dead and that sucks."

If I wanted to be petty I'd say this fails the challenge but I'll be fair because all he said was that it was a "twist" on the way it was done in the games and not that it was an improvement or anything. Like I mentioned above, I like the scene of Maria and Shadow stargazing because it was also a twist on how the same scene was handled in the game. In the game Shadow and Maria are in space looking down on earth, whereas in the movie they're on earth looking up at space. I actually enjoy that. So I won't be a dick and say this video failed the challenge based on this line.

Even though he is objectively wrong and the way the movie handled the relationship between Gerald and Shadow and Shadow's motivation of wanting revenge literally doesn't make any fucking sense compared to the video game.

Except he already knew that. He literally says to Gerald that he doesn't think Maria would have wanted them to destroy the world. Nothing about Shadows memory of Maria and her wants and desires was altered or changed in this movie, so Shadow just suddenly going "oh yeah Sonic, you're right, Maria wouldn't have wanted me to kill everyone and also die" just comes off as really asinine writing because it happens literal minutes after Shadow ALREADY SAID OUT LOUD that he KNEW Maria wouldn't have wanted him to do this and Gerald just told him "who gives a shit what Maria would have wanted, she's dead and that sucks."

It comes off like Shadow is just a mindless drone doing whatever the last person he spoke to told him to do. Gerald says "let's kill everyone, Shadow" and Shadow says okay sure. Sonic says "hey, don't kill everyone Shadow" and Shadow says okay sure.

ACTUALLY NO HE FUCKING DIDN'T THOUGH???

SONIC LIVED ALONE IN A CAVE BY HIMSELF FOR TEN YEARS AFTER HE LOST LONGCLAW

NOBODY SUPPORTED HIM AND HELPED HIM THROUGH THE GRIEF OF LOSING LONGCLAW, HE WAS ALONE FOR TEN YEARS LIVING IN HIDING AND CONSTANT FEAR OF EVER BEING DISCOVERED.

He just fucking got over it. By himself. Alone. Which actually undermines the point your trying to make because Sonic and Shadow were both left to stew in the grief and resentment of their loss all by themselves, but Sonic just got over it and Shadow didn't.

what the FUCK are you TALKING ABOUT? What movies did you fucking WATCH?

yeah, for ten fucking seconds. And they interrupted it with Jim Carrey "comedy" cut aways. And the lyrics only play during the initial transformation sequence and them flying off, and NO lyrics play during the actual fight itself. Also the fight it just against some random robots which had no establishing moments explaining their existence, there's just suddenly robots now. And Sonic and Shadow carve through them completely effortlessly, while instrumentals of the song plays in the background. It fucking blows ass, I honestly don't know why they even bothered. It's very clear they only included the song out of a sense of obligation, and not passion.

AWWW YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE, I FUCKING KNEW IT

I FUCKING KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN, LIKE IT ALWAYS DOES

YOU FUCKING LIED TO ME, I KNEW he couldn't fucking get through a video talking about why he thinks this stupid god awful movie is good without shit talking the video games.

9:45 practically the end of the fucking video and he COULDN'T FUCKING RESIST shit talking the video games.

You FUCKING TOLD ME to my FACE that "He judges the movie on its own and doesn't put down the games" WELL WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS? HUH?

HOW IS THIS NOT PUTTING DOWN THE GAMES?

This video FAILS, into the fucking trash it goes.

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separatist-apologist · 10 months ago

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I Knew You Were Trouble

Summary: After a disaster on Earth sends humans to live on colonies on different planets, Feyre Archeron's life has become impossibly difficult. The Federation meant to protect and provide for human refugees has abandoned them on a hostile planet that forbids them from hunting and has segregated them from the rest of the population.

When her older sister starts an accidental fire in an attempt to revitalize the barren land, Feyre comes face to face with one of the infamous, dreaded Horde Kings. They strike a bargain- her servitude for her sisters life. Now, trapped in his horde, Feyre has to acclimate to a new life and the demands of the man who took her- and hope she can survive him.

Based on the book Captive of the Horde King.

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Rhys stepped into the tent, dragging in the cold air with him. Feyre was waiting, standing in the middle of the tent in the nightdress that she hated. She’d had a whole speech planned for this moment (mostly yelling) that immediately evaporated from her mind when he entered their shared tent. She’d forgotten, for one, just how large he was.

He was also covered in an inky black substance that looked suspiciously like congealed blood. Feyre wanted to face him down, but…she turned her head, unable to stomach the sight of it.

Behind her, Rhys barked out an order, causing two males to drag the large bathing tub in a moment later.

Steaming buckets of water filled it nearly to top, the heat warming even Feyre’s bones from where she stood. She didn’t look when he undressed with a grunt, his heavy belt hitting the floor with a loud clank of metal and tinkling of gems. His boots went a moment later before she heard the soft splash of water and a louder groan.

“You left.”

She turned, then, hands on her hips. He was looking at her through narrowed eyes, nostrils flared with what appeared to be indignation. Rhys only jerked his chin upward, his silence frustrating. It was tempting to start yelling again, but Mor’s words filled her head and instead, Feyre marched to the tub despite her roiling stomach, took the clean rag, and poured a small amount of soap into it. It wasn’t lost on her that he tracked her every moment with a wariness that felt, frankly, unwarranted.

Dipping the cloth in the water, Feyre began wiping at the blood on his bare chest. Rhys’s clawed fingers curled around her wrist, highlighting the difference in size between them. “You don’t need to do this,” he murmured, eyes searching her face.

“I want to,” she lied. In truth, Feyre wanted to be nowhere close to all that blood. The color was helping a little, though beneath all the black was his own blood from a deep gouge across his chest.

“What happened?” he asked.

Feyre bristled. That was none of his business and yet when she tried to jerk away, he only tightened his grip. “Tell me.”

Feyre swallowed hard. “There are…other creatures who live on your planet. People, I guess? I don’t know what they are, but we fear them because if they capture us, they…” She didn’t want to say that, either. Their eyes met and Feyre knew Rhys was aware of the kind she spoke of, just as he knew what they did.

“Gerutan,” he murmured. “What did they do?”

“We keep our gate locked but sometimes…anyway three people were outside the gate and dragged away. A woman, her brother and her mother. They…” Feyre swallowed. She didn’t want to remember it, didn’t want to picture the wounds all over their bodies. The rape of the women that had left them wide-eyed and mute.

“I am familiar with their ways, kalles. Were you harmed?”

Feyre hadn’t realized she wasn’t really looking at him anymore, but right then, she saw the promise of violence in his gaze.

“No,” she breathed. “It wasn’t my family. I was just…the only one who was willing to end their suffering.”

His lips formed an oh as he realized what she’d done. “That was brave.”

“It wasn’t,” she disagreed, forgetting he was still holding her wrist. He released her so she could continue wiping away the blood sticking to his chest. “I prolonged their suffering because I didn’t know how to give them a merciful death.”

“It haunts you.”

“Wouldn’t it haunt you?” she snapped. Rhys only watched, nostrils flaring.

“I will teach you, then.”

“You’ll what?”

“Teach you,” he repeated, clearly cemented in his decision. “So next time you hold a knife to my throat, you are not so afraid.”

Feyre narrowed her eyes. She didn’t believe him for a moment. “You’re going to show me how to kill you?”

A dark laugh rumbled from his chest. “No, kalles. You cannot kill me. I will teach you to kill others.”

“You don’t think I could kill you?”

He reclined back in the tub, inclining his head as he closed his eyes. “I trust if you did manage to kill me, I would have deserved it.”

There would be no prying more out of him, at least on that front. Feyre would believe it when she saw it, though. She expected he’d put some rusty knife in her hand, show her a few maneuvers just to say he’d upheld his end of things and then send her on his way. Feyre dunked the rag back into the dark water to continue washing him.

“Where did you go?”

He peeked open an eye to look at her before closing it again. “Reports of gerutan near the horde,” he murmured, chilling her blood. Here, too? “We hunted them down.”

That explained the gash on his chest. Feyre was careful as she removed his own blood, too, breathing through her nose to keep the revulsion down. Was it his blood that disturbed her, or the fact that he was injured? Feyre didn’t know and didn’t want to examine it too closely

“Are they dead?”

His smile was savage. “They are.”

“Good.”

He peeked open that same eye, watching her as she slid lower. Feyre was intentionally ignoring his cock which was easier in the dirty water. She didn’t have to see it, at least. Rhys, though, wasn’t having it. Dipping his hand in the water, he grabbed her wrist again and cleaned himself using her.

At least he wasn’t erect, she reasoned. Why did it disappoint her?

It didn’t.

“I told you I would not touch you until tomorrow night,” he reminded her, as if that was supposed to make her feel better. Feyre sighed, rising to her feet so she could wash his hair. They both had to wait for the water to be dumped and fresh water brought in. It was never going to stun her how wasteful it all was.

She didn’t make eye contact with the very naked Rhys as they waited, gaze pinned to the fire crackling at the back of the tent. It didn’t seem to bother him. Perhaps because he knew she was about to wash his hair, too. When he got back in the tub, too smug for her liking, Feyre dunked him as he spluttered out a kasikkari why?

Feyre laughed, causing the very wet Vorakkar to turn, face slack. “Again,” he murmured as the smile faded from her face. “I want to hear you laugh again.”

Feyre immediately scowled. “You can’t demand that.”

He appeared thoughtful for a moment. “What about a bargain?”

It was on the tip of her tongue to say no, but Feyre was curious what he intended to give up in order to see her smile again. Last time he’d handed over her name in exchange for a bowl of broth, and that was apparently sacred to him.

“What kind of bargain?” she questioned, squirting soap into his thick, dark hair. Rhys groaned softly when her nails scraped over his scalp.

“I will send three beveri to your village each month. If they skin it well and dry the meat, that’s enough to survive on without having to ration it out.”

Feyre’s heart galloped in her chest. “They won’t know how to skin it.” She’d tried to show her sisters, but Feyre still didn’t know how much they’d absorbed. She could see Elain and Nesta hacking away, frustrated with the gross process of removing skin from meat.

“I’ll send a warrior to teach them,” he murmured, “but you will give me two things.”

“What do you want?”

Craning his neck, Feyre saw exactly what he wanted. “This is your home, now. I would like you to make yourself part of my horde as my Morakkari.”

Feyre almost told him she had no say in the matter, but it was clear that Rhys wanted more than just forcing her into being his wife. He wanted her agreement, her participation.

“And what else?”

“You will eat,” he informed her with a relish, backing her into a corner. “Not just broth, but meat too.”

He had her. If Feyre declined, she was actively participating in the starvation of her sisters. She also proved to him that it was never about her family—it was always about thwarting him. In truth, it had always been about both. He held her gaze without blinking, mouth pinched as if he expected her to decline.

“Deal,” she whispered.

He exhaled softly through his nose, his disbelief plain even as he turned back. “Good.”

Feyre continued washing his hair, and then his body again because she knew he wanted her to, and this time when her fingers dipped beneath the water, she saw his cock was semi-hard, though mostly unthreatening. He’d promised to wait until tomorrow, and in some ways, it felt like the best she could have hoped for. He’d brought her to be his wife, and…

And why?

She could have picked a better moment to ask than when he was drying the water from his naked body, but Feyre simply blurted out her thoughts without thinking that he’d turn that massive, muscular body toward her and she’d look at him.

Really look at him.

“You want to know why you?” he asked, incredulity seeping into his tone.

“Yes,” Feyre replied breathlessly, eyes stuck on his muscular torso. “There were others…right?”

“No,” he replied flatly.

“Lovers, surely,” she prodded. His eyes narrowed.

“Yes, lovers,” he agreed. “No one who ever made me want a wife.”

“Until me.”

He nodded his head, sliding his hand down the same torso she was struggling to drag her eyes away from. He’d realized she was staring, which meant Feyre had to physically turn to not look at him, even though she wanted to.

She’d forgotten he didn’t sleep in clothes. Rhys merely walked into her field of vision, flopping himself into the bed so he could lay on his back, one hand behind his head.

“Until you,” he agreed, tail resting against his powerful thigh.

“Why?”

He shrugged powerful shoulders. “You were not afraid of me or my warriors, though you should have been. You were brave—no one else would have faced down a Vorakkar, especially knowing I might have decided to take blood as repayment. And you were loyal, not telling me who started the fire despite your fear.

“I wasn’t afraid of you,” she lied.

He smiled.

“Of course not,” he replied. Feyre remembered that first day, though, and how he’d called her brave. He’d already been decided by then, had known he wanted her simply from all that? Feyre’s heart thudded all over again, her own thoughts betraying her.

No one had ever looked at her and found her special. Strange, perhaps. Slightly off-putting for sure. But special?

“Lay with me,” he murmured, interrupting her thoughts. “I have missed your warmth.”

“Will you tell me about your hunt?” she questioned, curious about this part of his life.

“Are you bargaining with me?” he replied, eyes bright with unmistakable hope.

“No. Just asking,” she replied, laying beside him so their arms touched. She suspected he would have preferred if she laid against him—would have likely given her something for it—but Feyre was content just to talk to him. “I met Morrigan.”

He chuckled. “Tell me everything.”

Feyre did, thinking that just as soon as she finished talking, Rhys would reciprocate. However when Feyre turned, out of breath and things to say, she found his eyes were closed and he’d put himself to sleep. She was tempted to poke him in the ribs and ask why he’d bothered when he wasn’t going to listen anyway.

She had the sneaking suspicion hearing her talk had been the whole point. She’d accidentally lulled him to sleep. Feyre hadn’t realized she was staring at him so intently it pulled him from whatever dreams he’d been happening. Rhys didn’t open an eye as he murmured, “thinking of stabbing me again?”

“No,” she admitted. She’d been thinking about the curve of his mouth and how soft he seemed when he slept.

“Then lay with me,” he grumbled, turning to his side to drape a heavy arm around her. “I’ll find you in my dreams.”

What did that mean? Feyre was antsy, afraid to sleep and wake up for her wedding—the tassimara—that would be happening tomorrow. There were too many unknowns along with too many things she was afraid of.

Like sleeping with him. Reaching between her legs, Feyre was frustrated to find that even without the salve, her skin was mending itself quite nicely. It was still sore, still delicate, but not as bad as it had been that first day.

Wiggling from beneath Rhys’s grasp, Feyre gave up fighting him and slathered in on her thighs. Something told her she was going to need it tomorrow, if only to make fitting him comfortable. She’d seen the size of him, and in her mind Feyre couldn’t help but compare him to Isaac in her mind.

Which was unfair, given the girth and length of the Drakkari male sleeping soundly in the bed that belonged to them both. Still, she did, because she’d enjoyed her time with Isaac and it was the only frame of reference she had. He’d been…well at the time he’d seemed quite prominent to her. Now, though…

“Why must you torment me,” Rhys grumbled as she stood there, mind consumed with what it would be like to lay beneath him. “Get in bed, kalles.”

“You’re not the boss of me,” she retorted. One of his eyes opened, narrowed to a slit as he watched her march back to the bed like it had been her idea anyway. He grabbed her around the waist, dragging her against him.

“I am,” he replied, burying his face in the nape of her neck.

“If you’re hoping for obedience, you’re going to be disappointed,” Feyre informed him, her words interrupted by a yawn.

“Sleep,” he mumbled. Feyre wanted to argue, but since he’d been gone she’d barely slept at all. Every noise woke her up if the cold didn’t pull her from her dreams. Even with the heavy furs, there was something about having his solid form beside her.

Feyre slipped into dreams easily, tumbling deeply and when she woke, it was to bright sunlight and her piki quietly trying to rouse her. It might have been pleasant had Mor not sauntered in, eyes painted gold and her lovely body on display, to announce, “WAKE UP MORAKKARI!”

“I hate you,” Feyre grumbled, tossing a pillow in Mor’s direction. In response, Mor gripped her by the ankle and pulled her out of bed.

“You don’t,” Mor replied cheerfully. “The Vorakkar has informed us that you agreed to eat everything he sent over. How did he convince you?”

Feyre pushed herself up only to plop back down on the cushions at the table. “We made a bargain.”

“What did he give up this time?” Mor asked, glancing at the piki with a knowing smile. Were they conspiring? All three watched, prepared to tell Rhys if she didn’t uphold her end of things. Her defiance was at an end—Feyre knew if he said he’d send food to her village, he’d do it. She wondered if he’d ever let them join the horde, too.

It was worth asking once they were married, she decided. Nesta would hate it, but Elain…Feyre thought Elain would love how open everything was. She’d be able to plant things, could possibly work in the kitchen if she wanted. Elain would like the simplicity of horde life, Feyre thought. And Nesta would get used to it.

She took at first bite of fresh meat and had to bite back a moan with the flavor burst against her tongue. She’d never had fresh meat like this—dried meat, yes, but actual fresh meat? Sometimes she’d gobble down half raw, unseasoned meat simply because she was starving and food was food.

This was something else.

Mor looked immensely smug, crossing her arms over her chest. “Was it worth it?”

“Yes,” Feyre admitted, deciding she would never tell them what Rhys had given in return. She didn’t know if they’d approve, besides. She often felt the expectation was that she assimilated completely while Rhys simply continued on as he was.

If he wanted to be her husband, then Feyre wanted to see him adhere to some of the human customs and ways, few as they were. Wasn’t that fair? Why did she have to do all the giving while no one else did? It was just another thing to talk to Rhys about when everything was said and done.

Feyre ate until Mor physically made her stop, brown eyes wary. “I don’t want you to throw up.”

Feyre didn’t think that was the worst prospect. If she threw up, would he still want her? Probably, actually. He’d tell her it was a cultural show of love or something stupid and she’d never know if it was true, or he just wanted to get her naked and beneath him.

Feyre sat still and let the piki work, grateful that Mor produced a longer dress for her to wear. It was still a little too sheer for her liking, though Mor was quick to remind her that it would be dark out, and no one would notice too much.

No one cares, was the tone, though. Feyre wanted to not care, too, but something about everyone seeing her body felt deeply violating. She wanted to tell this to the people around her, but they didn’t understand. Nudity was just another normal part of their life here.

Before the dress was slid over her body, Feyre was made to stand totally bare while Nuala and Cerridwen painted her body in the same golden swirls Rhys was covered in. The markings of his family line and his horde, Mor explained solemnly. She had enough grace to only look when she needed to, helping them with their lines when they were confused about the order.

And to tell Feyre to stop moving when her piki took that animal hair brush and unceremoniously began painting her nipples gold. Feyre had protested, and Mor, cheeks flaming, had explained it was simply part of the ceremony. When he took her to bed, he would lick the gold paint off. Custom this, tradition that—it sounded like he wanted to taste her and needed an excuse to do so.

By the time they finished painting her face and weaving beads into her hair, night had fallen and Feyre was hungry again.

And nervous.

But mostly hungry.

Rhys came in a moment later, eyes sweeping over the scene before they fell on Feyre. Mor rolled her eyes, punching him lightly on the shoulder as she barked what sounded suspiciously like an order in the Drakkari language. Rhys’s upper lip curled, but he otherwise remained silent.

For a king who didn’t accept feedback, she sure did let the people around him tell him what to do.

“Am I satisfactory?” Feyre heard herself asking. She tried to sound defiant, proving that she didn’t care if he liked how she looked, but she knew he caught her insecurity. Rhys took a step toward her before clenching his fists at his sides.

“You look like a Morakkari,” he finally said, a tendon straining in his neck. “Come.”

Feyre could see firelight in the distance, mere pinpricks in the rolling hills beyond the camp. It was clear no one but the pair of them were there. Feyre took just a moment to admire him in the glowing light from their tent. He’d painted over his markings with the same gold and beside the two weapons he had strapped criss-crossed over his back, he wore only a pair of well-made pants with the same beading clinking over the seams.

He looked like a king to her. Granted, Feyre didn’t know what kinds were supposed to look like, technically, but she assumed they must have carried themselves the way he did. There was a confidence to him that she found herself drawn to, even when it would have been to feel nothing for him at all.

The air was too cold for her liking. She half turned to see if she could find a cloak, but Rhys caught her wrist and pulled her toward him. “No running, kalles. Not anymore.” “I wasn’t…” she started, her voice embarrassingly breathless. He arched a brow, catching her tone, but otherwise didn’t comment on it. They simply walked beneath bright stars, their only point of contact his fingers wrapped around her wirst.

He took her to his pyroki. Feyre balked, digging her sandaled feet into the ground. “Please,” she whispered when the beast turned its blood-red eyes on her.

“Bryaxis won’t hurt you,” he murmured, releasing her arm to hoist her up onto the creature by her waist. “He is loyal to you as he is to me.”

Feyre didn’t bother to ask him how he knew that. Rhys swung up on the beast after her, one arm wrapped around her middle to hold her firmly between his thighs. There was no point in wondering if he was erect—he was, just like always. Feyre might have squirmed away had it been possible, first of all, but Rhys’s body radiated heat and she was cold. The horde king wrapped his arms around her.

“No fear,” he murmured, lips brushing the shell of her ear. “Just as a Morakkari should be.”

She’d take his word on that given she was very afraid, personally. What did Feyre know about being a wife? A queen? Nothing. She knew nothing at all, truly, and in a few moments she’d be shoved center stage before people who expected something greater than she currently was.

Panic rose in her throat. Could Rhys feel it? His large hand spanned over her thigh and as she began to spiral, Rhys’s thumb began to rub reassuring circles over her skin.

It helped a little. Feyre focused on breathing and keeping her limbs relaxed, hoping to avoid any more chafing. They weren’t going far, besides—the lit pyres that dotted the hillside came into view rather quickly, illuminating the gathered crowd of the curious horde.

They’d only seen glimpses of her. Only heard snippets of her voice, likely yelling at their leader. As their faces came into view, Feyre felt more than a little shame over the whole thing. There was a wariness to them as a whole as Rhys slid off Bryaxis before lowering her before them.

Reverence, too. This was Rhys’s choice, and even if it made them nervous, they would respect it. Feyre vowed she’d try harder, if only so they didn’t look at her with such careful expressions. It felt reminiscent of the human village and how everyone found her strange and a little off-putting. It made friendships nearly impossible.

She didn’t want to live the rest of her life just as lonely and isolated as she’d been before. Seeing Mor’s face in the crowd alleviated some of her fear. The Drakkari female flashed her a beautiful smile before offering a subtle thumbs up, which Feyre had taught her days before when they’d exchanged information between their two cultures.

She couldn’t help her own half laugh, fear slipping as her face split with a smile. People were watching—Rhys was watching, too, and when she glanced up at him, she saw what looked almost like awe staring back at her.

He’d told her he wanted to see her smile, to hear her laugh. It was in her nature to do the opposite—to scowl up at him and suppress the small moment of joy she felt. But Feyre wanted to do something easy, something appreciative…so she smiled up at him, too.

His fingers curled over her shoulder, squeezing lightly as if to say thank you. Feyre exhaled, her breath clouding in front of her face, as the crowd bowed their heads in respect while parting so the pair of them could pass. Long tables laden with more food than Feyre had ever seen in her life was arranged in rows of three, all before an erected dais with a heavy chair seated atop it. That was clearly where Rhys was supposed to go, but there was nowhere for her. He made his way up while his horde took seats on comfortable pillows, still holding Feyre’s shoulder.

Did she sit at his feet, then? That felt strangely humiliating. She hovered for a moment, trying to decide if she’d just sit and endure or if she’d defy him before everyone and take a seat at one of the tables.

His arm snaked around her waist and with a definitive jerk, he ended the debate raging in her head to pull her into his lap. He chuckled, as if he knew what she’d been thinking, but said nothing at all. Sitting was the permission his horde needed to begin eating and talking while Rhys surveyed, lord of it all.

“Did you eat this morning?” he questioned as food was brought to them on a tray?

“Yes,” she agreed, watching as he took a piece of fresh meat from the golden platter. Rhys brought it to her lips and Feyre opened, noting how his fingers lingered on her lips for just a moment too long.

“I will have beveri sent in the morning. Five, to celebrate my new Morakkari. Your village will eat as we do.”

Feyre felt tears prick at her eyes. Twisting in his lap, she said, “You didn’t have to do that.”

“I know I didn’t,” he replied in that self-assured way of his. “But you would want me to.”

Feyre took a gulp of the heady wine rather than answer him, the golden goblet placed in her hand by the man she was supposed to marry. When did that happen, besides? As she drank and ate and watched, Feyre began to suspect that this was all that was necessary. A simple declaration letting everyone know she was claimed, a feast and then…

And then.

As she drained her goblet, it occurred to her that she could get so inebriated she was barely aware of what happened at all. He could do whatever he liked with her and she’d be blissfully unaware and half asleep.

He wouldn’t.

He could have taken her at any time, at any point, for any reason at all. And he hadn’t. He’d thought about her comfort, her enjoyment, and to Feyre, she assumed that meant he wanted her to enjoy it. If she lost herself to oblivion, he’d simply wait.

And maybe, deep, deep down, Feyre was curious. Her mind wandered once she said her goblet down, pleasantly warm and overall relaxed. Eating turned to dancing as musicians struck up a tune that was familiar enough that people cheered when they heard it. Someone began singing, deep and throaty, in the Drakkari language she was coming to appreciate while the drums picked up, holding a beat lively enough for people to dance to.

Behind her, Rhys smiled in her hair as a child tripped over their own tail in a clumsy attempt at dancing. Feyre, too, couldn’t hide her giggle as she turned to bury her face in his bare chest. Touching him felt easier, felt safe, even.

She didn’t know how long they watched in silence like that. Only that with each passing moment, Feyre’s regrets began to melt away. Reclined against his body, she didn’t notice he’d begun to get agitated as the night deepened and the drums began to pick up. His fingers, once passive on her knee, began sliding further and further up her thigh while his mouth remained pressed to her neck, inhaling the smell of her softly.

Feyre didn’t try to stop him, though she didn’t encourage him either. She simply allowed him to move that hand over her cold skin, higher and higher with each pass until the clawed tips were in danger of ripping a hole through the thin fabric.

Feyre squirmed backward when he began ruching the material up over her legs only to find his rigid erection pressed against her spine. Rhys groaned in a huf before his teeth tugged at her ear.

“It’s time, Morakkari. I will wait no longer.”

“Time?” she asked as he swept her up into his arms. His horde watched the way they had been all night, but no one tried to stop him. No one was going to interfere.

“Yes,” he agreed, his voice rougher than she’d ever heard it. “I’ve waited long enough. No longer.”

Feyre took a breath. Was she afraid?

No.

Excited.

#did i mention he was big???? surely a reasonable amount of times #feysand

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twistedastrology · 1 year ago

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- let's talk about pop astrology. -

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u can tell from the singular period in the title that this is not gonna be very positive So let's talk abt why i absolutely hate pop astrology!!!!!!!

and to be fair i will recognize what good pop astrology has done, it popularized the subject ofc and it is partially the reason i got into astrology, so while i cant be Too mad at it, i Did get into astrology thru pop astrology to essentially disprove pop astrology soo... 😵‍💫

real quick btw, and this does actually have significance in this post im not just promoting it to promote it, i have an ig now for my astrology stuff- @twistedastrology on ig go follow me there if u fuck with ig-

But if u saw my about me post on there, you'll have seen the slide where i talked abt why i actually got into astrology- to save you some time ill put it here, but please do go follow me on ig anyway if u like what i do and wanna support me 😵‍💫

like i said, when i got into astrology, i instantly noticed how many of the same keywords were regurgitated for everything.

that's what i notice most in pop astrology.

pop astrology is where everyone says cancers are crybabies, leos are narcissists, aries are hotheaded and impulsive, capricorns are cold and unemotional, geminis are two-faced, etc.

unfortunately and also fortunately at the same time, i have ungodly pattern recognition in just about everything, so of course i was gonna notice the same thing being said about the same sign and the same house and the same planet over and over again-

and to clarify before we continue (random disclaaaimeerrrrr- hey. dont do Anything that i say in this song-), this is what i personally have observed and experienced with pop astrology, im not sayin that it's All like this, but im talkin abt the very surface level, shallow kinda stuff.

that kinda stuff is what made me not resonate with my rising sign and be incredibly confused by my sun sign-

i would read "what ur like based on ur rising!!!! Cancer: U cry too much." and feel so shitty bro- id have to go look at every other sign to see which one i resonated with more and it was very rarely one of my big 3.

so naturally i was incredibly confused abt astrology but for me, that didnt deter me.

the stereotypes and stuff offered by pop astrology are incredibly harmful and play a huge part in making people not believe in astrology as a whole.

say someone's an aries sun and they read one of those posts for aries sun right- the post says something along the lines of "ur incredibly impulsive, ambitious and extroverted!!! u probably cant control ur anger" and it doesn't resonate whatsoever because guess what their rising sign is capricorn (side note: why do i always manage to default to aries/capricorn in my examples im gonna laugh 😭😭😭) and their saturn is in cap too-

but ofc they wouldnt know their rising or their saturn sign bc those aren't focused on in pop astrology- it's all sun, moon and rising-

the sun, in my opinion, is actually one of the least important placements in a natal chart- and i can do an entire post on my take on the sun dont worry i actually rly want to- but to explain why i think that real quick, the sun is the culmination of the chart, it's not its own placement.

so every other placement in your chart has influence over it, that's why i never related to taurus sun stuff because i dont have any other earth placements in my chart and mercury in gemini is my dominant planet- so i had to look at gemini sun stuff, but i didnt know that until i was like knee deep into astrology.

stereotypes are not only harmful, but also largely inaccurate.

and pop astrology also loves to convey the understanding that astrology can be segmented into little pieces, when it absolutely cannot.

"what drives u based on ur mars sign!! cancer mars: ur family :))))" Die.

BUT- say someone Does actually relate to that!!! there's 2 possibilities: they relate to it and they have mars in cancer OR they relate to it and they Don't have mars in cancer

in both of these scenarios, we are completely overlooking the rest of the chart-

you can't make astrology bite sized without also stripping it of all depth. but you can't deliver in depth astrology without it being overwhelming.

kind of a lose-lose, huh?

here's where we need to understand astrology as if it is a science.

astrology is literally an ecosystem, this is how ive always viewed it. you can't interpret one planet on it's own without taking into consideration the aspects it has to it, the degree it's in, the signs that the planets aspecting it are in.

this is scary, yes, and a great way to ward off beginners, absolutely. But if you think it's scary, then you're overlooking the beauty of learning about something that's an ecosystem.

the beauty is you can't interpret one thing on its own, because everything else will follow.

you cant sit down and learn one thing, because you'll learn a whole slew of things and feel like it's never ending- which can be overwhelming for some and satisfying for others.

imagine walking on a floor covered in wires that are tangled with each other. you kneel down and try to pick up one wire and while you can see part of it clearly, it also brings up like 500 other wires for you to untangle as well.

that's what learning astrology is like.

in my experience, i picked up mercury, and mercury brought with it gemini, saturn, what sextiles are, what conjunctions are, the sun, degree theory, aries, and it just kept going.

and the more wires you pick up, the more wires they bring with them.

this is why i hate pop astrology so much- they're picking up one wire, cutting both visible ends of it and ripping it out of tangled mess that is the floor we stand on.

now we don't know where the rest of that wire is because it was forcibly removed from the bunch.

SO! this is why i try so hard to make these posts and explain how literally Everything depends.

"what about mercury in this sign?"

"ya sure! so here's what i think it Could mean, but ultimately it depends."

"depends on..?"

"the entire rest of the chart."

"oh."

anyway i think im abt done yapping now but i hope this made sense- i think the next post i do will probably be the sun one so be on the lookout for that- and again i have an ig for astrology stuff now, link is at the top here- and i have plans to eventually probably make a tiktok as well for astrology but im still figuring that out so ill let you know what happens with that But!!!

thank u for reading i appreciate u and dont be afraid to think in depth abt vast concepts, that is where the mind is exalted 🙏🙏

#astrologer #astrology #astro community #astro observations #zodiac #outer planets #saturn #cancer zodiac

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fantasyfantasygames · 1 year ago

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We Were The First

We Were The First, Starfather Games, 2009

You know how some sci-fi settings have one particular alien species that is "the eldest", first in the universe to attain starflight, providing wise guidance to the newer species? No? Well, it's an older trope, it's not as in vogue any more, and it was already getting subverted by the time Babylon 5 came around. But this game puts an interesting twist on it.

You see, in this universe, humans are The First Ones. The game is set in the distant future, after humanity has made contact with dozens of other life forms. We also have a Great Disaster in our past, perhaps even the destruction of Earth itself. We Were The First (WWtF, not to be confused with W:tF) has your characters attempting to make peaceful contact with strange aliens and help them avoid the kinds of mistakes your people made in the past.

Violence is a failure state. The entire combat system goes like this: "You can shrug off any harm done to you. If you try to harm someone else or win a fight, you succeed. However, you lose something important that you have gained or could gain this session." The few weapons you bring with you are immensely more powerful than anything you're going to run into, so someone who attacks you just wastes their time. The moment you start striking back, you've lost. Negotiation, give-and-take, and empathy-building are the game's key subsystems.

Core stats are fairly simple, consisting of Professions (Diplomat, Trader, Spacer, etc.) and some Resistances (Tenacity, Wisdom, and Calm). The complex part is your relationships with others. Each relationship has a rating from 1-3, and a Sentiment (love, curiosity, deference, obsession, etc.). You have to have some positive-emotion Sentiments and some negative. You can even have multiple relationships with the same person - You might have Love 2 and Curiosity 1, or even Love 2 and Hate 3 and Obsession 2 all with the same person. It can be a fair amount to keep track of. Luckily it borrows the Exalted 3rd rule of "If it makes sense that you have a particular rating with this person, just write it down when you need it. It doesn't have to be on your character sheet beforehand." Really, the relationship system is very close to Exalted's "intimacies". Building and changing them is a core part of the system.

The random alien and planet tables are my favorite. They flow together such that one roll modifies percentages for other rolls. Certain types of aliens are more likely on certain types of planets, and certain planet types are more likely around certain star types. Communication type, sensorium, mobility, closest Earth equivalent for visual description purposes, linguistic compatibility, emotional spectrum differences... they cover a lot. You roll up how many governments there are, what types they are, who they send as their first-contact teams, what their religions are like, and more. For some people this would be overkill, but they're really well-designed and I like them.

The biggest place where WWtF fails is that it doesn't explain why the ship is entirely humans. Why don't any of the other alien species in the Galactic Unity come along? A few half-assed rationales are given, the best of which is that they have their own ships with different life-support systems, but even that doesn't hold much water for me. It feels like a plot hole. If you can get past that, this game gets a strong recommend from me.

WWtF is distributed as a file package is compatible with Obsidian, Zim, TiddlyWiki, and other desktop wiki things. You can theoretically also just open it with a web browser.

#ttrpg #imaginary #indie ttrpg #rpg #review

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boatsthatfly-art · 25 days ago

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Wow! That backstory just, Ow That hurts my bones and feelings (same anon from before) also sorry for mixing up the stuff!

Love his/her design and I am gently brushing her hair in a bathtub and giving them words of affirmation. Keep having a blast!!

its cool dw bout it im so fucking glad he resonates with you so much!!

man i could just dump all the nico lore for you… its not really spoilery since hes not a main character (a symptom of Lack Of Personhood/Detachment From The World)

Nicholas Marlow Slaudner is born March 9th, 2M90 on Tenoumer to a single mother (a single BUTCH mother) Nadine Slaudner.

In his teenage years he suffers with self harm issues that he quickly moves on from and is embarrassed and unsure why he ever did so. He very briefly enters a romantic relationship with a friend, though ultimately they both decided that Nico and him just really liked each other. hashtag not gay

in adulthood Nico moves to Earth for further schooling, earning his pilots license. In college he meets his future wife Nora, immediately falling crazy in love with her. They marry and have all three of their children, Morgan, Kurt, and Alice (Lyn) while on Earth. Soon after the birth of their third child, the family is moved to the planet Haeden.

[It must be noted i am skimming past a large chunk of Nora being a crazy person. she cheats on him with a woman and then kills her in a streetracing accident. she goes to jail briefly. alice is conceived during a conjugal visit. its all very juicy but thats for later.]

far above being a Wife Guy, Nico is a Plane Guy. this dude is obsessed with planes and histories and builds and all kinds of intricate details about the planes and spaceships he flies. He is an avid hobbyist modelmaker, filling his home office with dozens of scale model replicas of aircraft he loves. much of his free time at home is spent on this.

Working as a pilot, Nico is very often absent from home. He will be away for days at a time, only coming back briefly for 2 or 3 days. He is not very close with any of his children, sharing most of his interests and hands on creativity with Lyn. Morgan is raised partially by his own mother and the three of them share their own special familial bond. She becomes a space trucker, a much less glamorous blue-collar career than his Commercial Piloting. Kurt becomes an aerospace engineer, though deathly afraid of flying. Lyn (our main character,) runs away at age sixteen and is found dead two years later.

[Morgan absent from above photos because Nora hates her and planned these photos around her presence.]

The loss of their third child triggers a collapse of the marriage. Alone in the house most days, Nora’s life becomes consumed by alchoholism, writing for days on end without sleeping or eating. Nico suffers a crisis of conscience, believing that his indifference towards her cruel and unhealthy treatment of their daughters is what led to Lyn’s death. (thats right, “please dont leave me” did in fact end in her me getting leaved.) Nico believes they are good for eachother, but bad for everyone else.

He leaves Nora and moves into a condo on his own. This time away from her allows him a brief time of freedom where he does in fact realize he has never lived how he wanted to and explores transitioning. This dream is painfully squashed almost immediately when the medical bloodwork reveals a very serious terminal illness. He drops it and moves on to slowly reconnect with and mend the relationship with his exwife before remarrying her, wishing to spend his final days with the love of his life.

Nicholas Slaudner dies at the age of 54 on February 29th, 2N45. He does not live to learn that Lyn is alive.

NOW. In dyke!nico timeline, NICOLE! has HER!revelation far earlier while her wife is in jail. They are divorced because Nora “doesnt want to be with another woman” despite having JUST cheated on her with another woman.

This is largely due to Nora’s (<-TRANSGENDER) extremely deep self-hatred and archaic misogyny. She has had numerous surgeries to hide herself in the form of “the perfect woman” and is discomforted by Nicole’s lack of femininity. She doesnt shave her body, hasnt changed how she dresses at all, and does not do a “voice” to sound more womanly. This is intolerable for Nora, who leaves her for a big masculine man, something Nico knew would happen and was subconsciously a reason she was repressing so hard.

This goes on for some time, eventually ending with Nora cheating on her new man with Nicole and leaving him for her.

Thats all fake though. a bright and beautiful fantasy world invented to in my head bring a stark contrast to just how sad and fucked the true canon is. Estrogen truly could have saved her. but it didnt. It’s something worse than death, to simply never have been given the chance to exist at all.

anyways. enjoy him. or her. congrats anon. on getting all this out of me

#nico #stellacide animus

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cosmicswritings · 2 years ago

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Saw your thing for writing requests, please just ignore if that's off the table!

Starscream or OP in any universe gets the other to genuinely laugh.

Okay, I think I have the perfect post war idea for that. I’m going to do TFP (it was hard to find which universe but oh well). Actually, you’re lucky because I’m going to also make and IDW version of this prompt because an idea LITERALLY just popped into my head. I’ll tag you in both <3.

Also this fic was so fun to do thank you so much!!

Eventually, Starscream knew he’d have to contact Cybertron to let them know that their prized pet had gotten loose.

Most people thought that Optimus had perished when he’d jumped into the Well of Sparks, and in his own exile so did Starscream. He wasn’t too upset at that at all actually, in fact, that was the one thing he could celebrate while on the run from the predacons and the rest of Cybertron in general.

Yet, Prima worked in many ways because living in his humble cave on an energon-filled, yet desolate planet systems away from Cybertron, he did not expect a confused, clueless and very much alive Optimus Prime to find him.

That had happened a month or so ago, and Starscream could not shake him off. Optimus - or Orion - was clearly lost. Starscream had thought to kill him at first, or even send him to bounty hunters for some energon rations or something but…little by little, he had a change of spark. He didn’t know what it was about clueless Optimus that made him less prone to violence or at least want to change his ways.

Truth be told, that answer was simple. Starscream was lonely, and he’d lost everything.

Everywhere he went, people looked upon him with disgust and hatred. Not that he didn’t deserve some of it, but it hurt. Especially when he had, during the conclusion of the war attempted to change and defect from the Decepticon cause. No one believed him, and the Autobots had treated him poorly because of it.

That said, as clueless as Orion Pax (or Optimus) was, he didn’t look at Starscream like he was a monster.

He looked at him like he was a savior and perhaps, one of the most beautiful things he’d ever seen. And that is why Starscream could not bring himself to harm him. He knew eventually Optimus’s memories would return, or that someone would come for him, but until then, he could indulge in the new friend he’d made.

Presently, Starscream found himself sitting against one of the trees outside of their cave. Truth be told, they did not spend that much time in their cave; it was where Starscream hid. However, given they were the only ones on the planet, being outside suited Starscream more. He was used to living in the woods like this, being beneath the trees and in nature. During his self banishment, he’d found himself there before and it was a comforting setting to him.

There was a datapad in his hand, a book downloaded from an Earthling database. As much as he hated to admit it, Starscream loved Earth books and stories.

In the distance there were heavy footsteps heard growing closer and closer. Starscream retained his calm demeanor, as he already knew who the mech was approaching him.

“Starscream,” The voice was soft, yet filled with excitement and curiosity. “I know it’s going to be another cold night, so I found some firewood. I can regulate heat much easier than you can…you on the other hand…”

He stepped in front of Starscream, who was still leaned against the tree. He hadn’t faced him yet.

“Or, you can just sit next to me and warm me. You are a big, loveable hunk of metal, we don’t need fire to stay–”

At that moment, Optimus had fully made it in front Starscream, still holding large tree trunks in his arms. Starscream’s optics made contact with Orion’s yet, his vocalizer paused as he attempted to speak. A breathless noise came from the depths of his audio system that eventually, burst into laughter.

Orion tilted his head in confusion.

“Is something funny, Starscream?” He asked quietly.

“You–your head–our audials!” Starscream stood and practically ran over to him. “Were you rolling in a meadow?” Somehow, some way, when searching for fire wood, Optimus had accumulated a rather large amount of flowers upon his head. He was more than likely pushing through some trees as he did so, and did not even realize that he had grown a sort of crown of flowers.

Orion smiled rather bashfully and inclined slightly as Starscream approached him, messing with the makeshift flower crown on his head. “You are many things Orion Pax, but you manage to get more an every day.” He still chuckled as he spoke. Never in his millions of years did he expect to see Optimus Prime with flowers on his head. Somehow though, it seemed fitting.

“Cute, is that a human term?” Optimus asked, confused.

Starscream chuckled. “Yes…yes it is. Ahh there, now you look better.”

Optimus smiled, dropping the pile of fire wood and taking just a flower or two from his audials and somehow placing them upon Starscream’s head, fashioning them tightly.

“Now Starscream, we both look ‘cute’.” Orion said, gaining more confidence.

Starscream smiled, feeling that familiar rush of energon flush his facial chasms. He hated to admit that after all this time, he started to grow feelings for Orion Pax. Well, maybe it wasn’t such a bad thing.

Hope you enjoyed and as always, requests are open! I loved writing this!!

#starscream #starscream tfp #optimus prime #transformers #starop

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polarbearcub-seven · 1 year ago

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I found this review of the pokemon black and white anime on YouTube and the guy in the video said "Now here are two characters I would like to murder I mean make disappear for a while haha." Referring to Georgia and Burgundy. I'm sorry?! When he said that, it sent shivers down my spine. This might just be my opinion but I think murder is not something to joke about and what makes it worse is that the dude was probably an adult in his 20's or 30's and Georgia and Burgundy I think teenagers (12-16 probably). Even if they are fictional characters, I still think it's rather in poor taste to joke about murdering teenage girls, or any character of any age or gender. He said he wanted to "make them disappear for a while" because he hated them and thought they were annoying. You know what, it's perfectly fine to hate them and find them annoying. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I think wishing them death let alone MURDERING them is going too far.

The video is from early 2013 however so I wonder was it more normal back then to wish harm to fictional characters or anybody on the internet. I mean what do I know, maybe it was more accepted back then especially since back then was peak Iris hate era. All in all, there are certainly fictional characters I dislike, but I never would want to wish them death, let alone murder them. Just because Georgia and Burgundy are mean girls doesn't mean they don't deserve to live their lives and exist on planet earth. Geez, some haters are intense. The fandom NEEDS to STOP doing this!!

What are you guys's thoughts on this? Feel free to like, comment, reblog, and share. <3

#pokemon #pokeani #best wishes #pokémon black and white #anipoke #pokemon best wishes #pokemon burgundy #burgundy pokemon #pokémon georgia #georgia pokemon #fandumb #toxic fandom #Anna's opinions #Anna's headcanons

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siilvan · 1 year ago

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5. How far is your oc willing to go to get what they want?

well... this entirely depends on the context. typically, she's not willing to pursue anything if it means harming, or even just inconveniencing, those around her. she cares very deeply about how her actions impact others, so she tries not to pursue things that'll lead her down a less righteous path.

that being said, when there is a goal she feels she has to achieve, no length is too far. she very quickly became judge, jury, and executioner after discovering her father's war crimes; although the killing was deserved, she did technically commit patricide and murder the commander of the KCT. if the truth ever got out, she'd probably be labeled a criminal. i'm not sure if it's also a war crime. 😶

6. How easily could your oc be convinced to do something that goes against their moral compass?

piggybacking off the last question: not easily! petra's got strong morals and clings to them pretty heavily. she often questions her own goodness and uses her moral compass as a gauge of it – if whatever she's doing aligns with it, then she can calm down the voice in the back of her mind comparing her to the worst people.

again, that being said, there are times her moral compass conflicts with itself. take someone like makarov (the aforementioned worst people) for example; while his long list of crimes indicate that a bullet through the skull would be a mercy, petra struggles once confronted with information about his past. he's a bad person now, but it's hard for her to shake the idea of a good person who can do a lot of good things still existing somewhere inside of him.

at the end of the day, she picks the greater good over personal gain, though. hence why she hates him.

19. How does your oc behave when enraged?

petra's not one to often get enraged – frustrated, angry, even spiteful, but enraged? it takes something severe to push her to that point. if anything's bad enough to enrage her, then chances are the "proper" response to said thing is going full scorched earth. if she's enraged, she's not thinking in the long-term, she's thinking about here and now.

if it's an enemy who caused it, then she won't rest until said enemy is wiped off the face of the planet. no compromise. she's stubborn as a mule and perfectly willing to fight dirty in a situation that calls for it. she'll destroy herself for the sake of taking care of who/whatever caused her rage because, chances are, that's what it'll take.

20. Does your oc have a tendency to get jealous? If so, how does this manifest?

i'd like to claim that she's not the jealous type, but petra is prone to insecurity and self doubt that can lead to jealousy at times. she doesn't often get jealous of the people around her, though. she's more of the type to revel in her friend's successes and cheer them on, regardless of how she feels.

when it comes to a romantic situation, however, she is a little more prone to jealousy. not in a controlling, possessive way, but in an insecure, dejected way. whenever she's jealous, she questions herself a lot and starts nitpicking at things no sane person would even care to notice; it's her way of breaking herself down, so the inevitable heartbreak hurts less.

she typically does a good job of hiding her jealousy, though. she does a pretty good job of regulating her emotions in general, so she's more used to putting on a happy, confident front and shoving those unpleasant feelings down. however, she's still human and has her limits. eventually, she will break and have it all come crashing down on her.

#sylph.replies

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dumuzithemessiah · 9 months ago

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How Nibirian Age + truth about a lot of things

Age 0-2 - Newborn

Age 3-4 - Toddler

Age 5-8 - Child

Age 9-12 - Teenager

Age 13-15 - Adult

Our age 13-15 is like 18-21 in humans so Nibirians age quicker compared to humans and other alien species out there.

We stop aging after 15 completely and look young for the rest of our eternal lives basically.

A lot of alien species out there ages differently than humans do so don’t be that surprised as most species aren’t offended over things humans hate while humans thinking everyone should all hate something just because humans hate it!

Nibirians don’t have biological incest problems as it’s not uncommon for a sibling or cousin to get married as we don’t have any biological problems with it plus with deities we’re all related to each other somehow…

Marduk[[Pronounced Mar-duke]] is both my descendant as I am the first god and he’s also my sibling via rebirth as King Enkai and Queen Ninsin whom are both male and siblings too!

Marduk is also my beloved husband and true soul mate as he is also immune to my nightmare aura!

Nibirian prophets said my true soul mate would be immune to my nightmare aura!

My nightmare aura scares almost everyone as it’s a power I have that I use to scare off threats to me or those trying to harm me!

Nightmare Aura makes those who see it immediately become afraid and terrified to the point of hallucinating and ultimate fear at extremely levels of it!

But love is just different and different things are accepted on Nibiru and Nibiru is a much larger planet around the size of the sun or bigger.

It’s also the most advanced planet in the multiverse with other Nibirus in the multiverse being the same.

Our children come out normal so incest isn’t a problem and in fact a lot of planets do incest and have no biological problems with it so it’s mostly solely humans and Earth creatures that have biological issues with incest!

We’re obviously against illegal things like rape and pedos obviously that anyone is against and one of the things the Fell Goddess Ishtayr did to me is rape as shapeshifting made that rape possible as female Nibirians which she wrongfully took the form of a goddess but her being good at magic should’ve been a major sign she wasn’t a true goddess!

Female Nibirians can shapeshift out a dick for same sex mating with another female as same sex breeding is possible in Nibirians which is why most of us are either gay or bi and never heterosexual as heterosexuality only exists in lower advanced species! Male Nibirians can get pregnant obviously as I had countless children I cannot remember their names with Kosmin which we bred solely to create other deities! Which over time now has countless generations of deities!

I also have six sons with Marduk! Adadi, Shamash, Utu, Ninrae, Qupit, and Yorupit! Adadi, Shamash, and Utu are triplets, Ninrae is a single birth, and Qupit and Yorupit are twins! In the future when things are safe again Mardul and I do plan on having more children together!

The main branch of the Nibirian Royal Family all have the Water Type as their core typing! This is deep down because of me as I willed myself originally into existence in the Obyss! The Obyss is also called the deep black ocean and surrounds the multiverse! Originally all there was the Obyss! Obyss is the accepted English term for it and comes from the words abyss and ocean!

So the Obyss is also called the Cradle of Holy Four Kosmos Deities as that’s where us four are from!

But yeah back on the topic of Nibirian incest I will say this: It’s always with consent except for the time with Ishtayr and that is onto one time in millions of billions of years as Nibiru is the oldest planet being around since the First Universe as being a magical planet it just survives throughout each Universe’s lifespan so that would be like zillions upon zillions upon zillions of years how long Nibiru has been around!

We’re in the Eight Universe meaning the Kosmos regenerated at least seven times? The Kosmos when created made a loud bang..

Now you humans know what “The Big Bang” actually is as it’s the Kosmos regenerating with the first bang being when it was first created!

And no one is telling humans to be okay with incest in Earth species either but I’m saying you should accept other species out there in the Universe who don’t have biological problems with incest as who they love is who they love as long as it’s done with consent!

I waited way too long for a true lover so I will fight to be with Marduk! My Marduk has a pretty bright fuchsia mane aka hair on yazata and tenshi which acts like hair even though we have fur obviously! He also has special sectoral heterochromia in both eyes with cherry red on the bottom and orange on the top!

My Marduk is an Electric/Light/Wind type as his three main types!

I am a Ice/Dark/Plant type as my main three types which given that my true birthday is December 25 those there elements represent the night of my rebirth!

So the Holy Four Kosmos Deities main three typing are:

Dumuzi: Ice/Dark/Plant

Kosmin: Dream/Light/Electric

Lumuzi: Fire/Light/Poison

Geshtinonna: Fighting/Dark/Ground

Two dark typed and two light typed so it’s even! Geshtinonna is very physically strong although we’re all modified now and are super deities in order for us to fight Ishtayr! So we got modified for the sake of the future of all other lives out there!

Nibirians ain’t got boobs either as they only come out in both genders for mating purposes..

Males also have more of a what would look feminine to a human body type as our hips are “girlish” by human standards while females have thicker arms and more strong yet straight bodies!

Females have shorter eye lashes too and males have them longer which humans actually have going on too with the eyelash thing but that trait in humans is probably from the elf gene as all humans have elf in them although the elf DNA was from traitorous evil elves!

BNon traitor elves stayed pale to light olive skinned as for some reason the skin of evil elves became darker for their evil actions so nothing like regular animals in nature with being black as that’s from the sun not doing evil deeds! Think of Megaman Legends/Rockman DASH morality system as that is similar to the situation with evil elves being darker than their good counterparts!

Evil elves had dark brown red hair and more bluer green eyes and are pretty ugly with how they acted as one would expect with evil elves with the term evil being used to describe them!

Regular elves have various shades of red for hair including magical reds like rose reds, ruby reds, and certain pink shades! They many shades of green for eyes colour! Edguar whom is an elf I know has pale olive skin, peridot eyes, and rose red hair!

Elves also have more Nibirian body types so they have big heads, large eyes, tiny noses, long pointed ears, noodle thin arms and legs, small torsos, and good size hands and feet! Their mouths are small when closed but big when open!

Good elves left with the Nibirians when my kind had to leave because a war between two planets got too brutal and had to be broken up!

Earl and Aeva are the only two evil elves left and they work for Ishtayr which says plenty how evil they are! They lost all their kids whom were all evil anyways including Yahweh Yehovah whom literally manipulated others into killing innocent elf children and when I personally caught him I sliced him up with frosty wind magic causing the elf who got lied to come back and I told him the truth and he was horrified and never did anything bad ever again!

Elves even though they’re magical and all are still technically a species of human as the evil ones bred with other different homo species which explains why many human races look different and why humanity is more advanced as they evolved from the genes of their evil elf parents!

Sadly when the last evil elves on Earth they wanted to change and become good but their human offspring killed them out of evilness and hate!

They should’ve had the right to redeem themselves…

But humans took that from them and those elves were still the parents of those humans…

But yeah that is what really happened…

So the false Christian god Yahweh gets his name from Yahweh Yehovah the evil long dead son of Earl Yehovah/Jehovah and Aeva Yehovah/Jehovah!

Letter J is only 500 years so yeah Jesus is a fraud and lot of the myth of Jesus comes from the Nabatean version[[One I read did seem close]] of Dumuzi’s store aka my story though even that story is still off from what happened as the Jewish king did hurt me a lot but when Marduk found out he electrocuted the Jewish king by striking him for hurting me whom I am Marduk’s wife btw and husband and wife aren’t gendered neither are King or Queen like they are in human language which is another cultural difference but Marduk literally struck that Jewish king with the biggest and strongest lightening bolt for hurting his beloved male wife!

Also Enkai and Enlil only fight cat like as when they actually goof off they chase each other around and the only time they actually got angry with each other they chased each other around the palace and Grandma Ki whom is male as terms like mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, aren’t as heavily gendered as they are in human language but Enkai aka my rebirth father knocked my ice creme cone out of my hand! What a waste of coffee ice creme! Which yes we have coffee and tea and a lot of things that humans didn’t yet so yeah RIP my long wasted ice creme..

Grandma Ki sent both Enkai and Enlil to their rooms and the two brothers made up later and get along fine so their is no family split actually as that was 100% a myth! My kind never gets that aggressive with each other!

Ishtayr is not a true deity but looks like a thin whitish dull rose quartz coloured maned yazata in her current form but lacks fur so looks like a really ugly Sphinx cat like actually ugly not just her evil heart but she even looks ugly physically! So even though she is referred as the Fell Goddess and the Reincarnation of the Great Evil Herself! She was reborn as Enkai and Ninsun’s child but we should’ve payed attention to the signs she wasn’t really one of us…

Ninsun is Enkai’s true mate and he has long white hair, white and black wings, normal lemonade yellow fur, dark red eyes with bright slit red pupils, pied white and black markings, and small eyebrows! Ninsun is a full albino yazata! He wears elegant clothing that looks like a cross of traditional Japanese clothing with some Greek mixed in!

Enkai looks like a long haired strawberry blond haired yazata with a intense copper orange that goes around his head like Colress from Pokemon’s blue streak does! He has both eyes sectoral heterochromia with bright royal blue on top and lime green on the bottom! He is a scientist deity who while has made mistakes he regrets is still a good ruler! He just needs help from other deities in the Nibirian council to help him with some decisions as even though he is King now we still have a council that other yazata and even tenshi and demons get to have a say in making decisions!

Demons are good guys and resemble anthropomorphic bipedal advanced animals and like all Nibirians they are 2’0”-2’7” so yes Nibirians are quite a bit shorter than humans! They are all good and many demons fight for peace and order! Many demons also look cute! Male Nibirians are shorter while females are taller!

I am 2’3” btw in my true form! So back on the first topic should say how tiny children are based on the 2’0”-2’7” adult height range! That also means humans have been aggressively lying and hating on those not only just different from them but also those whoa do good unlike humans who have a well known history of killing those different from them! Especially for their hateful lying beliefs!

All Nibirians are multidimensional magical beings so that is why we get confused for spirits sometimes!

We don’t have war on Nibiru except for that time during the First Universe and that was because we were attacked by The Great Evil Herself whom eventually reincarnated as Ishtayr! That says a lot how much better as there is also no crime, no poverty, no starvation, everyone has a home somewhere though some choose to live on other magical planets due to immortality and such! Nibiru is a magical fantasy yet surreal!

So yeah you humans? You caused many of your own problems by acting selfish, hateful, believing in hateful lies, spreading war, breaking the law, acting actually racist and blaiming other races because you don’t wanna blame your own kind, acting racist by Universal and Multiversal Council definition which means hating on other advanced species aka aliens other there because your sad narcissistic asses fail to see flaws in your own human nature and how bad your own kind really is!

Nibirians like myself and others aren’t to blame at all for your kind’s evil actions! Evil spirits are not the same as demons!

As I just explained what demons are just now you should realise evil spirits were originally evil humans who worshipped lies and died hatefully! They will try to manipulate others into believing their man made religion of lies and will say lying stuff blaming demons or falsely claiming to be one! Be warmed they aren’t demons as a demon would never act like that!

And the fact I also killed Yahweh Yehovah on spot body and soul should say that I only did it to protect elf innocent children from being killed!

I am the real Messiah and my name is Dumuzi and Messiah means “Hero of Rainbows” and “Rainbow Hero” even though I don’t have light in my body so the rainbows are more lunar/moonbows but yeah?

When I made myself exist I split my own soul a bit three times to create Kosmin, Lumuzi, and Geshtinonna. Kosmin and Lumuzi were made from the shed light and all the light I even had normally while Geshtinonna was made from the female essence in me…

Remember that episode of Kirby Right Back At Ya? Think of that episode how that works! Like with Lololo & Lalala! That’s why Kosmin and Lumuzi are light types while Geshtinonna still is a dark type!

Also her name is Geshtinonna and not Geshtinanna as Onna is the Nibirian equivalent to the name Anna…

Enkai is Enkai not Enki.

Nergael is female and is not Nergal.

Ninsun is male.

Ninsun is male and my sibling.

So yes deities got misgendered by homophobic Sumerians.

Gilgamesh and Enkaidu are both male and are also my younger siblings. Gilgamesh is a tech genius btw.

But anywayss post is getting big so I’ll leave this info for now.

#truth #nibiru #dumuzi #gods #goddesses #deities #god #messiah #nibirian

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causenessus · 9 months ago

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[ 💌 ] INCOMING MAIL !

A LETTER FROM REE — TO — NESS HAS ARRIVED BY CARRIER PIGEON ♡ °⋆ 🕊️🕊️🕊️📮

ANYONE WHO ISNT NESS DNI DNR DO NOT LOOK. SCROLL AWAY I’M ABOUT TO GO TO SAPTOWN AND I AM EMBARRASSED THESE ARE MY DEMONS DO NOT PERCEIVE ME OR THIS ASK EVER. THIS IS FOR ONE PERSON ONLY. AND IT’S SUPER LONG ! YOU DONT WANT TO SEE THIS OR READ IT. LEAVE. THE DOOR IS THAT WAY.

ask/note: the last time I logged on I saw that you weren’t doing so well and attempted to write a suna + noya how they comfort you style fic and failed…MISERABLY. this is probably late and might not be of any use to you but the ghost of letters came over me and it’s spirit is whispering in my ear to write this (it’s my forte: letters, and I’m sure I could do it way better than writing when writers block is hitting more than it’s ever…. hitteth ,,,, <- ignore that)

dear ness,

first of all ! when I say you’re THE sweetest I mean it, so so so genuinely. you exude warmth and kindness and I truly believe without you tumblr would be a dull and soulless platform

second of all ! whenever you say something self deprecating about yourself I feel like knocking someone out. deep desires to harm someone or break something and just violence. crimes of some kind

I KNOW IT MIGHT NOT SET IN FOR YOU BUT IF I NEED TO SAY IT 100x FOR IT TO SEEP INTO YOUR BRAIN PROPERLY I WILL!! I KNOW YOU’RE AN OVERTHINKER!! I’M GOING TO HOLD YOUR HAND WHILE YOU OVERTHINK!!

there is nothing you’ve put out that I’ve ever disliked in the slightest if not loved entirely — when you said wdo inspires a lot of try again, to say I’m honored is a huge understatement and I believe you are out of everyone’s league; you’re an incredible writer and we don’t deserve you (I’m glad we have you though)

besides your writing, I cannot imagine a world nor a universe where I would enjoy tumblr as much as I do without you existing. I hate to mention wdo so much but it’s hard not to seeing that it was the first time we properly interacted sorry 😭 ..by the time I got to working in that fic I didn’t feel like I belonged on here and you made me feel welcomed :) I don’t think I would still be here or have met everyone that I did without you and I can’t ever thank you enough — you are kind and down to earth and so considerate, and I would give you the world if I could <333

third, last but not least, IT IS OKAY TO NOT BE AT YOUR BEST ! if you need a break we’ll be here when you come back !! you were the catalyst that made tumblr my home and if the apocalypse happened and wiped out everyone on the planet I’d be the last one standing — my motivation to survive was to be there for every causenessus post

IT IS NORMAL TO NOT UPLOAD EVERY DAY OR UPDATE FICS !! EVEN PUBLISHED AUTHORS GO MONTHS WITHOUT TOUCHINGN A PIECE OF WORK !! FANFICTION AUTHORS SHOULD BE SPARED!! ESPECIALLY YOU!! you’ve grinded and given us all these great fics, anyone impatient can take that time to go and reread ur other works instead of complain, I’m sure cold kisses and new grounds wouldn’t mind

I hope that no matter what happens outside of this silly little app: ur aware that my dms are open 24/7 and I mean that when I say it. It won’t require an apology or small talk — if you need to vent or a boredom cure I’ll always be here !!! always !!! I’m a no judgement zone and I CARE ABOUT YOU IMMENSELY AND I WANT YOU TO DO WELL ! I WANT YOU TO BE WELL ! I pray this letter feels like a bouquet of flowers on your doorstep with handmade chocolates from and a real sized suna placing it down there to give you the biggest hug of the century because it’s the bare fucking minimum for all the hard work you do (and before you say anything about slacking off, living is hard work — and I think you’ve done a spectacular job <3) ! this ask is the longest I’ve ever sent I think I set a record 🙂‍↕️ at the very least I hope it made you smile :)

with all my love,

ree.

REE THE MOODBOARD???? THE PICTURES???? REE I AM GOING TO SCREENSHOT THIS AND FRAME IT ON MY WALL /GEN I DON'T WORK IN FRAMING FOR NOTHING!! THIS IS SO SO SWEET <3 AND DW OMG :( THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO WRITE COMFORT AND IT'S TOTALLY OKAY IT DIDN'T WORK OUT!! (i am looking at the five discarded fics in my drafts rn)

ree i cannot i'm going to throw up /pos and i've only read the first paragraph!! REE I THINK YOU'RE OUT OF EVERYONE'S LEAGUE <3 you are genuinely so so sweet and creative and just have the most beautiful mind ever the way that you put so much effort and creativity and imagination into every single thing you do like look at this letter!! look at how you formatted it and matched color palettes and i just cannot tell you how thankful i am for you thank you so much ree <3

and omg no don't worry about mentioning wdo too much at all!! REE IT WAS SO GOOD I COULD NEVER NOT BE HAPPY TO SEE A REFERENCE OR READ SOMETHING ABOUT WDO!! and i'm so so glad that i could help you feel more welcome BC YOU'RE LITTERALLY OUT OF ALL OF OUR LEAGUES!!! IT'S LIKE IF I?? IDK LIKE OPENED THE DOOR AND GREETED UMMMMMMM TOM HOLLAND AT THE DOOR?? AND TREATED HIM LIKE A STRANGER AND THEN HE WALKED INTO THE PARTY AND BUSTED IT DOWN AND EVERYONE LIKE KNEW HIM AND CHEERED HIM ON YK??? like you are so amazing!!! you didn't need an introduction you just needed to come into the haikyuu fandom and bless us all with your writing yk !! (i'm so sorry i cannot find the words in my head to describe my vision for what i'm trying to tell you and i have no idea why tom holland was the first person that came to mind but i hope you get what i mean!!!)

and omg please ree thank you so much for reminding me of how okay it is to take breaks and not post everyday <33 you are so so sweet and i hope that you've been doing well after taking your breaks and everything!! i am so sorry it took me so long to get to this BUT I AM SO HONORED TO HAVE RECEIVED THIS LETTER AND I CANNOT BELIEVE I AM JUST NOW SEEING YOU MOVED BLOGS?? BUT I THINK I FOUND IT AND WILL BE FOLLOWING IT ASAP AS SOON AS I FINISH SAP YAPPING IN THIS ASK!!!

ree i cannot tell you how thankful i am for all of our interactions and the memories we've made and for helping me with the stupid "a (technically an)" or "my" struggle during the makings of love notes and for literally just always being there for me!! please know my dms and everything are always always open to you too and i love you so much!! i hope you see this despite already moving blogs 😭 and i'm so sorry i'm just now finding out about it!!!! but you are the literally the best ree i am so thankful for you <33

#answers <3 #i heart ree <3 #ness' first aid kit <3

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comradecowplant · 3 months ago

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I recently started Planetes & am overall really loving it but omg it's taken me like 2 weeks to get through episodes 17-19 because of Hachi rn....

I really really hate the trope of cold, borderline sociopathic detachment from ~frivolous~ things like caring for others or maintaining a certain standard of ethics being necessary for overcoming particularly harsh or highly technical conditions. It's true that being an astronaut, especially on such a breakthrough mission, requires immense skill, focus, sacrifice, level-headedness, endurance, etc., but the idea that such qualities are exclusive to callous, emotionless misanthropes is just fascist propaganda. Hard, imperfect choices & sacrifice will almost assuredly have to be made at certain points along the road, but like the revolutionary who picks up a gun to do what ugly but necessary things must sometimes be done, it must come from a place of love for your people and a sincere desire for a better world. Not by valorizing selfishness or harming others or literal fascist collaboration. Hachi literally glosses over actual Von Braun's nazi party affiliation and identifies with him???? I cannot stand any amount of reverence for that dude, and it's not uncommon for liberal fellow aerospace enthusiasts do the spineless "well yeah he was really bad for that, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't honor him for his science blah blah blah" & I just couldn't disagree more. There was nothing uniquely genius about his mind or anything necessary to nazi collaboration for advancing the field of rocket science, if anything it makes him a less disciplined or genius to take such a nazi loser shortcut. Maybe he jumpstarted the science by months or years or decades-- we will never know-- but someone else somewhere else WOULD have invented some shape or form of V-2 & the advancements that sprung from it. Ironically whatever decade in scientific advancement being a nazi provided to the general field has essentially been squandered on the last 3 decades of stalled & failing projects and the stripping of NASA, ESA, & post-Soviet Roscosmos for parts to private firms ran by some of the world's most vile cretins. It's capitalism, imperialism that halts science & innovation, that prevents the billions of minds with the potential to contribute to solving problems that are snuffed out by poverty & oppression. That prioritizes resources only for vanity projects, war, and misery profiteering instead of using technology to improve lives, heal what's been harmed, & guarantee sovereignty & status to the people whose precious resources the work relies on. It's not that we need to defer space progress until we reach some utopia free of all suffering-- such a world will literally never happen, science isn't actual magic, even under the highest form of communism-- but the world that would make such a vision of advancing space exploration possible would simply necessitate a liberated, decolonized world with socialist food/housing/healthcare security, an intense focus on education & literacy, general poverty alleviation, and long-term centralized planning. We need energy sources & science that doesn't exist yet, and to ensure that our impact on the planet we come from is a symbiotic one. Humanity will not make it long here on earth, let alone in the stars, without it. I really do believe we CAN have the high-tech super future, and without techno-libertarian space feudalism or turning the DRC into a sacrifice zone or rewarding the worst anti-social impulses in people, it just might take a little more time and patience-- and beautiful collaboration!-- to get there the correct way.

Anyway, Hachi is a fucking asshole, hope you die on the way to Jupiter babe ✌

#planetes #dani talks about tv #we're imbibing deeply in the devils lettuce this friday night so pardon me if im not making my point so eloquently lol #chinese century baby in 200 years no one will remember failed spacex but china will have a mars base i believe it in my heart

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crystalmaiden77real · 3 months ago

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Which of Sonic X's Adaptational Changes are Good or Suck?

4/21 good fundamental differences in the universe and main cast. 21 divided by 4 is 5.25! So it was very heavily a bad thing that it was different. SatAM and Underground had a better score than this. The actual score of SatAM is 3 and the actual score of Underground is 1.69. Last time for SatAM I divided the adaptational change number by the amount of bad differences instead by accident.

This show early on acts like Sonic needs to power up with a Ring to be able to spindash through even regular robots because he uses it before doing so. Why make him a wimp? All it does is add boring padding between him being in the action and getting handed the Ring. It’s not like he needed to be more flawed, because his personality is flawed fundamentally in this show.

Bad

I hate that the Rings aren’t explained to protect Sonic from harm because there goes the only way to explain how the heroes don’t die or get injured, let alone how they survive being up in space without bubble shields. Maybe they still do, it’s never said that they don’t, but the problem is that when Earth is a separate planet that’s more realistic, it’s harder to believe that even it has a bunch of protective Rings everywhere that are just invisible like when Sonic absorbs them to explain why the heroes survive slapstick.

Bad

When Sonic’s first sent to Earth, he looks shocked and the camera pans out to show a modern city with cars which means that’s what he’s shocked by as if he’s seeing it for the first time. But there were modern cities in the backgrounds of places like Casino Night Zone, so this means that in Sonic X his world is technologically backwards, which is degrading to it for nothing. The show hardly spends any time in that places anyways and doesn't show the entire world so it's just a minor thing.

Bad

When he sees humans he gets all confused and doesn’t even know the term for them, which means he didn’t grow up in a world with humans on it, so a lot of padding gets spent with people like him hiding from humans and with a human trying to find out where they live, and with a whole episode where Sonic has to rescue Cream from people researching her, though that was interesting and used the story potential in a way that wasn’t just padding, so there it was worth it. But that was one episode where this was good.

It’s also responsible for the heroes getting stared at by a whole crowd and eventually pulled at, and Amy getting pulled a few times because she had to pretend to be a plushie. And it also makes you ask why those humans 50 years ago made Shadow to look just like Sonic’s species, but never get an official answer.

This was a while after Sonic Adventure came out and suddenly established subtly that humans have been sharing a planet with him for quite some time, because they are used to non-humans and don’t recognize them all and think of them as the exception.

It’s more unique to have a world where humans always shared it with anthropomorphic animals, because tons of franchises based on the latter have their worlds only consist of them, to be immediately believable to everyone. This chooses Believability over Creativity and part of the Appeal of the whole series.

All of those are important writing components that can make or break a story single-handedly, so it’s not inherently bad to choose one over the others since there’s nothing inherently wrong in a vacuum with the concept of there being 2 separate worlds for humans and non-human people. Whether you hate this depends on which writing component you value more which is subjective, preferring any one of them is valid. I care more about creativity and appeal so I think this change is bad. There’s 2 things wrong with it – it’s uncreative and misses some of what’s good about the series – so it ends up being bad, but only barely. So it’s no wonder this doesn’t make me angry.

Bad

All of the game characters constantly hang out in one mansion and have meals there for two seasons. Most of them live there the whole time. Amy gets her own place after a while but since we never see it, it doesn’t matter. Neither does this because the plots would’ve been the same either way if they always ate at their own place and just always happened to hang out at one house anyways with Chris visiting. There’s nothing inherently wrong with a mansion or main characters like this being in it a lot.

We wouldn’t see their bedrooms either way and since it’s a mansion they still could’ve had bedrooms that showed their personalities anyways and they’re never inconvenienced or helped by being separated from their old possessions, in a way that’s either interesting or bad. The characters get served meals fit for the rich 3 times a day a lot as a result, all of the cooking is being done for them. So in-universe it was good.

But this shouldn’t be the norm, the characters deserve to get to have separate houses from each other, and there’s no way this could be the permanent norm in the games, because they’re only getting fed by that family because they’re aliens and they don’t know a rich family who would regularly feed them in the games. But it could happen, because Sonic’s a celebrity so some would invite them to dinner with them. So this doesn’t even need the adaptational difference itself to exist for the pro of it to exist.

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Sonic is barely in the show compared to the other characters in the first season after the second episode. He’s supposed to be the protagonist of the series and he’s one of if not the most interesting character in the show, even though he is a jerk.

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Technology works less the closer an Emerald is to it unless the Emerald’s powering something specifically designed for it like a giant robot. When technology like a construction crane touches an Emerald, it causes the crane to go out of control from the power, and the TV footage of it has static keep happening. This is interesting and new and emphasizes that they’re powerful Cosmic Keystones more which is respectful. This however doesn’t cause something bad OR good to happen that matters to the main characters and thus plot.

This just applies to a few episodes, but it’ll be counted because it’s a difference in how the universe works as a whole based on the Emeralds being different. That’s why I won’t include separate points in this list for Chaos having an electricity power once and Emerl’s whole mishandling - they’re not main characters, and the Sonic Battle “ adaptation’s “ not most of the show. This isn’t meant to be an exhaustive list of every difference no matter how forgettable and minor. I’d have to see the whole show again for that.

Good

When Emeralds are close to each other a lot of energy discharge results. So in one episode they can create a huge pillar of light that tells Eggman where they are to make a plot around it start. So good thing for the heroes that’s not usually the case. So, this is only bad in-universe. There’s nothing actually bad about it for the audience. It’s just interesting and new, doing something extra with the Emeralds, that emphasizes their power more and respects them as Cosmic Keystones of the cosmos. This just applies to a few episodes.

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When two Emeralds are in the same room in Episode 23 they cause a huge amount of electrical sparking. This is only good in a vacuum, having all the same good things as above, but it contradicts earlier episodes. One time they were all in a little containment thing, why didn’t they spark?

Bad

Sonic keeps beating Eggman’s mechas in one hit at the end of the episode in Season 1 by powering up with a Ring. In the games, they take 8 hits. Later not even a Ring is needed for it; most of the SA1 bosses including Perfect Chaos are beaten in one hit. Most of the average episode isn’t about action so it’s lame to end the action so fast instead of having a longer fight and cutting out padding to make room. It’d be boring because all it’d consist of would be Sonic doing the same attacks we already saw in the games while we’d know nobody would get hurt instead of using the environment against the robot or making it attack itself.

I’d still rather see that be the content of the episode than just see characters moving their mouths with pointless dialogue, because it’d involve things happening and it’s an action series. In Season 1 most of each episode has all the action reserved for the end so you’d save yourself the boredom by skipping to there. In the games the story has a balance of action and talking, even when it’s only because the action’s in the gameplay. But having almost nothing happening most of the time is accurate when just considering the cutscenes.

Bad

It hardly ever shows the impact when anything gets hit by an attack. Usually when it does it’s just a freeze frame of it and then a new camera angle which ruins the immersion so it isn’t satisfying to see. This even ruined the tournament arc. If there’s hardly any fighting or hitting shown there’s no real appeal to seeing it instead of a different story in Sonic X. What’s the point of an action show like this?

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Amy swims once. Good for her. (She's also shown cooking, that's nice but since she lives on her own in the games it can already be assumed that she knows how to cook for herself.)

Good

Amy’s shown changing into multiple different clothes in one episode in a montage because she wants to do that as soon as she can get access to a clothing store, yet she doesn’t wear something new the whole show after this so she still prefers her red dress. This expands on her character with her love of fashion and gives us visual variety.

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Sonic either has no social intelligence or is a jerk to the point where he isn’t normal as for no reason he doesn’t tell his friends stuff and that backfires on them a lot. His friends look for him for an episode because he didn’t tell them where he was gonna sight-see, so they get kidnapped. He doesn’t tell his friends why he’s gonna start illegally destroying stuff that was powering the things lighting up the city when it was in darkness even though this makes him look like he’s gone rogue.

What kind of a Sonic would intentionally distance himself from his friends at every opportunity, to the point of refusing to stand with them in a group? He wasn’t next to them before the solar eclipse, and was sitting above them. There's like 30 examples of how much he fails at social skills. It’s engaging when it doesn’t inconvenience anyone in just a frustrating way with nothing good about it, but usually it does!

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He's also dissonantly cheerful especially in Season 3 no matter how dangerous things get so that he doesn’t seem to care about his friends and is too unrealistically confident that it’ll be fine. He was smiling and sounded happy when he said about Chris being gone and facing a Metarex with just Cosmo, " He's gone too. " There's enjoying the adventure, and then there's just being TOO cheerful to the point of taking you out of it and making you wonder if he’s neurodiverse.

His idea of calling out Shadow for trying to murder Cosmo all episode was to cheerfully say that he's " quite a mystery, " rather than being mad. This is completely unrelatable, and not even in a debateably good way where he’s just different because he’s so much better than us. This is just off-putting and creepy. I’d rather he be relatable and fit the bare minimum required for a well-written character of seeming like a real person.

Bad

Eggman gets surprised to learn that he was born on Earth. This raises the question of how he ended up on Earth when he was too young to form permanent memories. Without explaining why, it makes it less good that Gerald is still related to him because now that’s confusing. And there was never even any story about when he came to Earth, it wasn’t actually taken advantage of, so it wasn’t worth it.

It gets more confusing since time speed is so different between the 2 worlds, because if you think about it this means that either Eggman was several decades Maria’s senior despite the two being cousins, or he’s much younger than he looks, perhaps from mad science or magic gone wrong.

Bad

Rouge is very incompetent. She always fails to get the jewels and that failure is so often. Even the one time she looked like she got one, it turned out to be fake and she found out. This is just frustrating with nothing good about it. She was already flawed enough, and it’s not like she was overpowered. It also looks like Amy and Tails are incompetent because they usually just need Sonic to save them, but they're going up against Eggman's mechas, so it could really just be that his mechas are really competent. It's still a shame that they aren't usually shown fighting something on their level.

Bad

Amy’s meaner in Season 3. Even early on she showed signs, bickering with Knuckles in the first season a lot in one episode. She gives an order and when Tails says he's supposed to do that she says just do it. She also snarks about Knuckles being stupid.

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Tails having a crush on Cosmo for just one episode is hardly used so it ends up just a pointless tease that never benefits him or shows anything good happen because of it. In fact it just makes him even more upset when he has to kill her. What was the POINT of the show shipping Tails with Cosmo if she'd, one, not be able to understand and enjoy his engineering and techno babble to make an ideal life partner for him that he’d enjoy having long conversations with from a common interest, and TWO, she died at the end anyways, and three, THEY DON'T DATE at any point!

It’s also implied the crush is only a result of a love spell because it only starts then. Oops, it’s actually brainwashing. It's good because the idea of them being in love made people happy, but if you never enjoyed yourself imagining them as a couple, just got impatient at them staring at each other with no kissing, you got nothing out of this but misery, and most Sonic fans haven’t shipped them, unless most Sonic fans watched Season 3. I doubt the ratings of the last season were at over 4 million people. Of course Tails does deserve a girlfriend, but he never got one in the show itself so that isn’t even the adaptational change here.

Bad

Sonic would’ve beaten Dark Oak as Super Sonic so he’d never scatter the Emeralds like that. Super Sonic’s not a wimp. He could've flown straight thrown him and made him explode and I wouldn't have questioned it. He beat the Death Egg Robot, that was way bigger than Dark Oak. Super Sonic can beat Perfect Dark Gaia, Perfect Chaos, the Biolizard, Metal Overlord, but a guy no magical powers who's way smaller than that? Couldn't do it, he ran low on Rings before he could beat him. And this version of Sonic beat Perfect Chaos in one hit. And yet he can't one-shot Dark Oak. Cosmo does.

Bad

Shadow has no excuse for working for Eggman in Season 3. He’d still have his morality even with amnesia. So he seems either evil or stupid, and I go with the latter because sadly it's less OOC. I can't bring myself to despise it though because it's a reference to SA2 which was almost the only Sonic game I played until I grew up, so a lot about how I view Sonic may come from that, like the fact that I don't view Sonic vs Eggman as the be all end all, that Eggman doesn't have to be fighting Sonic most of the stories, because he never fought him with a mecha in SA2.

That and the Monster of the Week formula was the standard after SA1 with only a few exceptions in the canon games, so why would I see it as always a problem that a villain other than Eggman's being used? When even Sega of Japan and Sonic Team think just Sonic vs Eggman could get boring, I don't see how someone's not a real Sonic fan if he knows that. That'd mean Sega and Sonic Team aren't real Sonic fans.

Bad

Oh yeah the show shows Knuckles getting angry a lot. This makes me remember him as uncharacteristically hotheaded but it was justified by the context though to the point where Game Knuckles would've acted the same way - of course he'd get mad at Rouge trying to push his buttons, and of course he'd get mad at Sonic when he thought Sonic was being selfish. Of course he got mad when all of his friends were pressuring him into playing baseball when they could just beat up Eggman for the Emerald. So the real problem is putting him in too many situations where he gets mad. I found his anger cathartic.

Which differences make me noticeably more upset than the rest of them? Rouge constantly failing, Amy's mean in Season 3. That's really it, that's all I outright despise. No my biggest problem with the show is that it's boring.

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