#hot characters with plot

[kiokodoodles]

the gacha game isn't supposed to be deep. they reel you in with cool looking characters. they are only designed to market and make you play the game. the story and characters are supposed to be silly and not so serious. it is not dee—

[tossawary]

Trying to judge Kakashi for his teaching fuck-ups is hard because everything keeps getting skewed by everything that is wrong with this man and also everything around him. He ends up being graded on the triple wonky curves of: 1) "You know, I'm not sure that you specifically could have done much better." (Child soldier as a preschooler, isolated genius prodigy fast-tracked out of childhood, violently orphaned twice, war veteran, late teenage years and nearly half his life spent in black ops, he's only like 26 years old, etc...)

2) "I'm not sure that the average Konoha ninja could have really done much better in Kakashi's shoes." (Inconsistent prior Academy training for students, little to no apparent teacher training or solid child development resources for genin team teachers, inconsistent oversight from neglectful superiors, promotion exams where it's apparently normal-ish for participants to be either killed or permanently injured, etc...)

3) "I don't think anyone could have handled this situation well, honestly. It was fucked up before Kakashi showed up." (Sasuke.) (Also Naruto if his personality had been slightly different, after 12 years of neglect and shunning. What the fuck.)

[tricoufamily]

just some ivy league kids trying to figure out necromancy

[thebrainrotsreal]

Listen there's a half chance the hands and stuff do not work this way, but simply?? pretend they do ig ??? Had to get some Vlad out of my system, so behold my fav ghostie on the planet! Wine drinker, petty plotter, my love, haha!

[koalemoslepus]

I WENT TO TALK TO HECTOR NEXT TIME I GOT ON CAUSE MY BEST FRIEND TOLD ME Y'ALL THOUGHT HE WAS BORING -

ARE YALL SERIOUSLY OUT HERE -

TELL ME RIGHT NOW -

THE FUCKING

HAS ALWAYS LOVED YOU

YOU ARE ALWAYS WRAPPED IN HIS EMBRACE

HE JUST WANTS TO COMFORT YOUR BODY WITH HIS WHOLE SELF

HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN WATCHING YOU WITH AN IMPOSSIBLE WISH TO EXPRESS HIS INTENSE IMPOSSIBLE YEARNING

Loveswhenyoutouchhisknobs,damnnearwhispersfilthysmutinyoureartosaygoodbye,hessoshybutsuchagoodflirt,sosexyandautisticphantomoftheoperaesqueobessedwithyouIwanthimsobadufhshdjsjfndndnd

SERVICE SUB

COMES DAMN NEAR PRE CUFFED COLLARED AND BRED

HEALTHY REPRESENTATION OF ACTUAL BDSM DYNAMICS CHARACTER

IS BORING TO YOU BITCHES

Ill fucking take your A/C then

[inklore]

people complaining about colin having the ‘beauty filter’ on in the first couple of episodes is annoying only because: that’s the point. he’s not supposed to look like himself. he’s supposed to look like this brand new suave man, he’s perfected his act, his wardrobe, his expressions to be what society wants. but after he kisses pen you can see him start to slowly look like himself again as he slowly descends into the depths of his true feelings for pen and realizations he’s making for and of himself.

[randomwriteronline]

Still thinking abt @crystaltoa 's narrative and destiny in bionicle essay and at some point it struck me that oh shit is this why Lesovikk never achieves anything?

Because his destiny was to die, basically, he's technically been retired from the narrative before even entering it. He should by all accounts be the equivalent of a name in the flavor text of a Skyrim history book, just there to give additional context to the culture or language or history of the Matoran Universe. He could leave! He could sit back and watch it all unfold from the safety of his "narratively dead" status. But he doesn't know that, and so he wallows in grief and misery for 90 thousand years as he runs in circles desperately trying to insert himself back into a story that just doesn't respond to his presence. He can't save his team because Destiny says so, he can't return to his Matoran because he technically shouldn't exist anymore, he can't kill Karzhani because he's an actual character with a role to play and he can't just be decommissioned by flavor text.

Even in The Powers That Be, where the influence of the narrative is waning and retired characters are being brought back into the story through the Red Star, his only victory is undone (Idris and Sarda notably do not appear even in mentions in the serial despite them having formed/regained a bond with him previously, implying they have since returned to the Mahri/Voya communities while Lesovikk hasn't for whatever reason) and he remains unable to pursue his goals, at best becoming Velika's scapegoat.

He's like a vengeful yet ineffectual ghost stuck in a house that has moved on without him, repeating old motions in the hopes that he will somehow solve his unfinished business soon.

The Myths and Legacy version's conclusion for him (while I still don't enjoy it personally) does fit this reading. He shows up so suddenly on the Red Star but is it strange? Does it even matter? That's where he should have been to begin with, of course the story would twist and bend itself to accomodate that. While Velika is horrendously cruel about it, revealing Lesovikk's purpose in the narrative exorcises that guilt he's been dragging around for nearly a thousand centuries and gives him solace: he fully detaches himself from Kopaka and Pohatu to join the living dead he has so much more in common with, and finally he realizes that little plot point that he'd been stuck on for so long and is finally at peace. By tearing himself to shreds and blowing up a spaceship but at peace nonetheless.

[transingthoseformers]

Considering how shitty lots of the Primes turned out to be i like to think Primus has a bad case of 'i can fix him'

I'm writing this down for situations btw because you're right

[clizzzzyy]

renegade nell is filling the willow-shaped hole in my heart at the moment

[joy-girl]

I love the Uchihas!!!!! They're so deranged and passionate and I love them for it!!!!!! ❤️

[your-local-femboy-bitch]

I love it when Vergil said "I am the storm" and approached all over the place.

[cozylittleartblog]

clara doodle because i've been dying of bronchitis (am fine now) and didn't draw for like a week !! yippie !!

[darcyolsson]

tbh one thing about me is that i just love things that are a little bit "bad". music, movies, tv shows... i don't know what this says about me. don't get me wrong i still hate a good concept executed badly, like, some of my most behated tv shows are the ones which started off great and then fully fumbled their potential, but i can really get into things that are like "okay so this is a little bit silly but hear me out". i think i'm just so willing to look past flaws as long as it's really obvious that the cheesy aspect is intentionally being leaned into, and in tv/movies i need to get the sense that the realism or "good"ness is being sacrificed for a reason, either as intentional worldbuilding or to make the story more compelling in other ways. many people hate me for this

[hey-heigo]

i keep thinking about the polaris-chihiro roleswap au. like it's making me crazyy

the base implications of byakuya's crossdressing as polaris in the togami novel canon is to demonstrate his determination to win at any cost, even go so far as to do something as 'demeaning' as wear a dress

the most-widely accepted reason, both in the game and in fan theory, for chihiro's crossdressing was that it was to evade the shame that came with being identified as a non-masculine boy

^^ to reflect this in the au version: chihiro follows this line of thinking, but also adopted more of canon byakuya's reasoning for choosing his appearance in the togami novels. rather than adjusting his appearance to try and explain away his discomfort about being perceived as effeminate/non-masculine, he leans into an appearance to appear non-threatening and boyish -> not quite masculine enough to be taken seriously, not quite feminine enough to be ridiculed and totally shunned -> good way to get his dad's business competitors to underestimate him and let their guards down

^^ because of this, instead of canon byakuya's over-pompousness and selfishness, he takes on more of a 'sweet prince' kind of demeanor, as in being very friendly and polite and taking advantage of weaknesses that he catalogs in those around him. there is the idea in his head that he needs to constantly reassure himself and others that he is above them, both as a way to help retain the benefits of the 'pampered innocent rich boy' persona and also to eliminate any misgivings he might have regarding his own self

like canon byakuya, he's kind of twisted, but he's more subtle about it

au version: polaris's intentions with crossdressing started very much the same as the togami novel canon and maybe even with the reasoning given for canon chihiro's crossdressing - a method to protect herself from people who would have regarded her differently as a male - but she got comfortable in it and withdrew from the heir competition because of it, while also trying to hide that reason

looking only at canon chihiro's dialogue about herself in regards to the chapter 2 motive, there's no clear indication that she's referring to the need to 'become comfortable being a boy', and moreso the indication that she needs to become stronger/more self-confident in preparation of being outed by monokuma, so that when she starts getting attacked for 'being a boy', she can defend herself (shoutout to @/rainbow-crane and this post for this analysis!! highly recommend reading)

with regards to this in the au version: polaris, though really enjoying life more as polaris polanski vs. as byakuya togami, might conflate the worry of being outed with being discovered by the togami family - like the idea of 'i moved out of my parents house and socially transitioned without telling them and i really dont want to deal with it if anyone outs me to them' but coupled with the fact the parents are extremely rich and powerful and don't take well to shame being brought upon their name...her paranoia is justified

^^^ as it is, she's slightly different from canon chihiro. she wouldn't be fine with being outed to her classmates, per se, but if it happened she's confident that she'd be able to handle it (and if you consider how far she got in the competition before willingly dropping out, the reasoning for her confidence is clear). however, the main concern is if people were to find out who she was related to, and if that information were to find itself back to the togami cong.

^^ also bc of that. she does this weird mix of catty rudeness coupled with genuine good intentions. like she can act as self-absorbed and superior as byakuya does in canon, but is much more willing to take initiative to help others. a weird combination of refraining of letting people get too close while also understanding the importance of community and group work (and also showing off) - she'll often see herself as a keystone in any given operation

like canon chihiro, she ultimately just wants to be able to get along with her peers without worry

tl;dr: tags by @//byakugay-tgirlmi

[Image ID: screenshot of Tumblr tags. Tags describe: "listen. grabs your face. Togami is the manifestation of what would happen if Chihiro detransitioned and became a man. Okay."]

[mementomcri]

i think one of the things that i love about brilliant minds so far is that their queer representation doesn't feel secondary or forgotten for long stretches.

wolfnichols is centered (as much as you can in a procedural) and never an afterthought. even with carol's story with morris and alison running in parallel it never felt like a throwaway or like they were trying to cram it in.

their disagreements don't feel like they're just for the Plot or to create drama. there's so much intention there. there is ensuing character development that occurs as a result and it really works. like these characters are in their mid/late forties and while they certainly still have issues to work through, i also appreciate that they're written in what feels like a mature intentional manner --- not just throwing hurdles and conflict at them for the #angst.

it's been incredible to see the growth of queer rep in the procedural genre over the last decade or so, but wolfnichols really does feel a bit first of its kind to me. the queer storyline is given to the main character and for once the gay relationship is given the same grace and thought as its straight counterparts. ( and not to go off on a tangent, but i also love that wolf & carol's platonic relationship is framed and shown as the strongest in the series as well ).

i love a slow burn (even if i probably would not classify this as a slowburn, we do see them go from strangers to a romantic relationship). i love to see relationships develop and far too many times in other shows the development feels jerky or sudden. i had the fear of that in episode 8, but in retrospect you can see it's just a honeymoon phase. (do i still think they could have written their relationship development even slower??? ... yes, but i'm not that mad about it)

the rest of the season also really proves to me that they're willing and wanting to explore so much development between the two. they're not just getting them together mid-season 1 and then wiping their hands of the responsibility of developing them further bc 'well there!! they're together !! be happy !! we did it !!' i love that they're going to experience setbacks. they're going to have to work through things together and in the end it's going to make their bond stronger.

we all love angst and relationships that have hurdles (it makes for a great story to watch lbr !! ), but i love that it doesn't seem to just be for gratuitous plot devices and they don't feel manufactured. there are real repercussions and real growth that comes as a result. which of course, just makes me SO interested in how season 2 might go.

[sh-teacup]

Me when s*ntinomand on my for you💔💔 me when m*rimand on my for you💔💔