#i have........... inclinations. towards certain dynamics. apparently.

[softredrobin]

not plot related (well.........) but here's lumen in her nice (first date!) outfit. i wonder who said date is with..................... (rambles in the tags as always!)

[indignantlemur]

in an alternative reality in which the andorians contacted humanity first, would they get along or would they get frustrated with each other?

Thank you.

Hey! Thanks for the ask! I think first contact between Humans and Andorians would have been guarded, but ultimately positive - I just don't think it would have been as positive as first contact with the Vulcans turned out to be. (Also, I answered a very similar question on AO3 a little while back, but somehow neglected to copy it over to my directory, so I hope you don't mind if reiterate parts of that answer here!)

I think Andoria would have encouraged Earth to take a more military-minded developmental route, and possibly even gone as far as to take Earth as a protectorate planet until such a time as Earth was up to speed and able to stand as an equal ally. After all, these silly little pink things are far too friendly for their own good and their idea of space travel is to strap themselves onto a bomb and hope for the best, apparently, which is utter madness. Someone has to look out for them, and Spirits know if Andoria doesn't do it, it'll be someone with far less savoury intentions.

I do not, however, think that Terran civilization would have benefited as much as it did with Vulcan influence. Don't get me wrong, I love Andorians and I love writing about them, but Vulcans were what Humans needed at the time of their first contact. Earth had been ravaged by constant conflict and war, the environment was in shambles, the economy was even worse, and the Human population as a whole was suffering from the fallout of weapons of mass destruction. Vulcans and Humans have similar enough physiologies that sorely needed medical improvements were rapidly adapted and implemented by Humans after first contact, which contributed significantly to the general disposition of Humans towards Vulcans. Meanwhile, Andorian physiology is radically different from Human physiology and would have rendered much of their potential medical relief useless. Of course, Andorians would have helped with the other aspects of Earth's problems once diplomatic ties were established, especially if Earth was a protectorate, but I think they would have been wary of giving too much powerful tech to a species that nearly bombed itself out of existence less than a century ago. Not to say that Vulcans weren't equally wary, but I think Andorians would have been even less inclined to share certain technologies than Vulcans were until Humans had proven that they were stable and sensible enough not to do anything stupid with them. Warp technology comes to mind, for example.

I also suspect that instead of Humans exploring space on their own ships in the ST:ENT era, we might have seen blended Human/Andorian crews on Terran-made ships based on Andorian designs. Such an overt affiliation with Andoria would have coloured a lot of first contacts with other species - some for the better, perhaps, but definitely not all of them. Certainly, Human-Vulcan first contact with Andorians on board would have been a disaster.

I think unless relations between Humans and Andorians were handled carefully, there would be every chance of the relationship becoming somewhat patronizing, in much the same way that the Human-Vulcan relations became condescending after a while.

Now, I don't think that Andorians would be the same kind of condescending as Vulcans, but I do think there would be a vaguely proprietary, older sibling-ish overtone to the relationship between the two species. Very much an 'I taught you everything you know' sort of dynamic - at least until Humans invent something uniquely Terran in origin and surprise Andorians. I do think, however, that whenever Andorians held back technology or information they would at least be more upfront about it. Instead of saying figure it out yourselves they would probably outright say something more along the lines of by figuring out the principles of how this works on your own, you can take those principles and adapt what you learn to solve other problems, but if we just give it to you, you might not. Which is true, given that a surprising number of humanity's most clever innovations started out as research for something else. It would also be much more reasonable to the Human mindset, even if some would grumble and complain, versus the Vulcan's enigmatic and vague answers.

I think Humans would get cranky eventually anyway, of course, but I think it would be more about the Andorians' hands-off approach rather than the Vulcan's stifling and controlling one. Humans like to explore and discover things on their own, equal parts bravery and optimism, and while the Human species as a whole tends to think most aliens are friend-shaped until proven otherwise, I think Andorians could respect a lot of common Human traits and values. Likewise, I think Humans could find quite a lot about Andorian culture to embrace as well.

Ultimately, I do see Earth and Humans as a whole eventually settling into almost the same place that they do when they finally become fully independent of Vulcan's influence, if with a slightly more militaristic slant to things.

It's hard to say how the cultural influences would pan out without sitting down and figuring out how every single Human culture views key Andorian values, but overall I think the short answer to your question is: yes. We'd get along, and get frustrated with each other.

Hope this answers your question - and if I've missed something, feel free to hope back into my inbox! <3

[bladedwoe]

Now, as every mother says, she has no favorites between her children. They are all loved equally. Astrid says something similar when it comes to her "family". No member is favored more than the other, what kind of leader would she be if that was the case? But... that doesn't mean Astrid doesn't feel more inclined towards certain members on certain days. Arnbjorn is one example, Gabriella is a close second, Babette and Nazir are also up there. But the Dark Brotherhood has a few family members that are... erased when the DB enters.

Astrid is not above being petty or removing members from her family. Once Astrid got in the position of leader, she kept a tight hold onto her title. There has been instances where a DB member got out of line, so she got rid of them. But that's more apparent and often gets the rest of the DB involved. But there's been more silent ways Astrid has gotten rid of past DB members. Specifically, if a DB member has been showing signs of disloyalty, talking bad about Astrid behind her back to the wrong person, talking badly about other members of the DB, or is becoming really, really sloppy with jobs, they become a liability in her eyes. Thus, she can't trust them. So she gets rid of them to keep her leadership in order and to not show any self-percieved weaknesses.

(I really like the concept of Astrid in a leadership position and how the family dynamic functions in the DB under her "rule", so I wanted to ramble a bit. I got a little inspired and I miss my girl, Astrid, so here's a small headcanon!! Hope to see you guys soon during the summer if I have more time to write! Miss you guys <3)

[lazykcdoodler]

Thoughts on Louie and Della's Relationship + which of the triplets is my vote for Most Likely to hold any sort of longterm grudge against their mom (and why it would be Huey)

I was looking through the Della Duck tag in my blog, when I came across some discourse about the Della-Louie relationship dynamic that I reblogged a while back. I was reading thru the comments and saw someone's HC about how S3 Louie might still hold a small grudge against Della for stealing the Spear of Selene.

And I'm like, no?? If any of the kids in S3 and beyond would hold any sort of substantial grudge against Della for taking the Spear, it would obviously be Huey.

Wait, why did I think that-

Then because Huey's not explored enough, I had to take a step back and think about why I thought of him as the most likely candidate.

First, to work thru my thoughts on Louie and Della's relationship, and why he's less likely to hold a grudge against her in the long run. To start things off, he and Della already had their big clash and make up in the S2 finale. Remember this?

Their small arc in S2 did important things for their character development. That's not to say that they'll never argue again, or that they won't ever have problems. I can certainly see Louie using the Spear as ammunition for a future fight, if things came to that. But Louie and Della have other traits in common, aside from sharp scheminess and their tendency to think that they're the smartest people in any room.

Louie and Della are communicators. Yes, they're both sly and manipulative. But their success in that department comes from their ability to understand people. Dewey might've inherited Della's impulsiveness and natural charisma- but his inclination toward dramatics, his need to be well liked by others, and his desire to stand out among his family and peers, all mean that Dewey is more likely than Louie (but not Huey) to keep secrets and his personal feelings quiet. Della and Louie? Much less so.

It took Louie less than a year to voice his insecurities about his capabilities as an adventurer to Huey. When their mom came back to the Manor, Louie voiced his personal concerns in the very same episode. Louie is a crier. He complains a lot. He's an excellent orator. By far, Louie is the easiest triplet to read as a character, because his thoughts and his intentions are made known to the audience very quickly.

On Della's side of the equation, it's strongly implied throughout the series that she served as the emotional translator between Donald and Scrooge. Don't get me wrong; Scrooge and Donald love each other very much, and they understand each other in a way that very few others do. But when wires get crossed and either of them clam up on their hurt feelings (or fight about other things to avoid the elephant in the room), Della comes in to mediate. She voices whatever the other person won't say out loud. But that deserves its own post.

Regardless of any trouble between Louie and Della, I'm sure of three things. 1) Della and Louie love and care about each other, 2) Della is trying her hardest, Louie doesn't like getting into fights, and he admires passion as a trait in other people, and 3) in spite of everything- despite how agreeable Huey is, or how Dewey's such a momma's boy- out of the boys, Della's relationship with Louie is probably the healthiest in the long run. When it comes to his feelings, Louie is the most emotionally honest triplet. If he beats around the bush, it won't be for long.

While Dewey and Della ride the same wavelength (which causes its own problems), she grounded Louie in Timephoon and said those infamous words because she's been in Louie's place before. She knows what scheming and selfishness got her and her family, and she doesn't want Louie to do the same thing. Because she knows she was harsh- and she knows she might've been too harsh, since she just began learning how to be an authority figure- Della is probably less confident with her ability to handle Louie properly. Which means she's more likely to go to Donald for help with Louie's issues, far more often than she might for Dewey and Huey. Louie will always let Della know where she stands with him. And while she won't take his shit, Della will listen and reciprocate his emotional honesty with her own.

Huey is not good at emotional honesty. Don't get me wrong, he's great at helping other people. But unlike Louie, Huey is as emotionally transparent with his insecurities as a steel bear trap.

So. Why Huey? As I mentioned above, he and Della have stuff in common. They enjoy video games and exploring. They're both outdoorsy. Della is giving this her best shot, and Huey's a kind kid. They get along fine, so obviously things must be fine. Right?

Rrriiiigggghhhhtttt. So, why do I think that Huey's the most likely of the triplets to have any residual resentment toward Della for taking the Spear?

Dewey admired Donald's commitment to his family, but he had to learn to respect him. Louie respected Donald's passion and work ethic, but he had to learn to admire him. Huey never had to learn any of that; Donald has held Huey's respect and admiration from Day 1.

Huey's uncle has a terrible temper. He's easily misunderstood by others. He's the hardest worker on the planet, but he's often underappreciated. Huey can relate. This intrinsic understanding is the root of Huey's longstanding admiration and respect for Donald's character and Donald's efforts. Despite their pre-series financial insecurities, Donald successfully raised three boys on his own while providing them with a relatively middle class lifestyle. Despite everything, Donald is rich in the love of his family and friends.

When it comes to Donald's difficulties with public society, out of his brothers, Huey is the most empathetic to their uncle's plight. He might not be a father of three, but Huey holds the best understanding of the responsibilities that Donald undertook on their behalf.

And therein lies the rub.

Huey Duck is the Responsible One. He works hard, takes his duties as the eldest triplet very seriously, and helps Donald wherever he can. Whether by serving as a vocal translator during a bank transaction, taking charge of his siblings when their uncle is away, or speaking in Donald's defense when his brothers call him boring or lame, Huey tries to makes things easier.

Della probably did some of those things for Donald when they were younger, and vice versa. I'm 99 percent sure that Donald has been teaching her how to AdultTM since she got back from the Moon.

(Because her impulsiveness got her stranded for 10 years).

Huey and Della love each other. They get along great. They have plenty in common. But Huey Duck is by-the-book, and naturally inclined toward hard work- just like his Uncle Donald. Della ripped up the book, took a shortcut, and had to learn to become hardworking the hard way. Huey Duck is the Responsible One. Della had to take a crash course in becoming a Responsible Authority Figure after Louie's scheming almost erased the family from history.

There are many reasons to admire Donald, but his ability to wrangle the three of them is probably near the top of Huey's list. If Donald wasn't responsible before the SOS Incident, he certainly learned to be. Huey has his own lifetime of trouble dealing with Louie's cons, Dewey's impulsiveness, and their collective recklessness and disregard for Huey's work and Huey's passions. They're difficult and infuriating, but Huey tries. And whenever Huey tries, his respect for Donald probably rises. Because Donald isn't their sibling- he's their uncle, their guardian, their first parent since the day the triplets hatched. While the triplets probably had honorary family in their lives long before they met Scrooge (apparently, Mouseton and Duckburg are very close to each other), Donald was HDL's only parent for 10 years.

Because Huey's mom was reckless, and got stranded on the Moon.

At least Huey knows where Louie and Dewey got it from. (It's bad enough, coming from them).

But Huey Duck is the oldest. He needs to be a figure of strength and capability. He needs to be a leader, needs to provide support, needs to be a good role model. His family relies on him for that sort of thing. Mom's been through a lot. Uncle Donald has been through a lot. Huey spent ten years watching his uncle go through a lot. Huey needs to set an example. He's the oldest- which means he needs to extend a hand, make an effort, and bury any proverbial hatchet even if it kills him a little.

(Huey wants things to run smoothly. Huey doesn't want to be a burden for others. Canonically, Huey locks away a lot of his own problems and internal anxieties...until his control slips. Huey hates it when that happens).

Let the record show that I love Della Duck. She's one of my favourite characters. I love how hard she tries, and she's come amazingly far. I'm sure Huey appreciates her efforts.

I'm not saying that canon Huey holds a grudge, or that he secretly resents his mom. I just think that out of all the triplets, he's who I'd pick as the most likely to do so. And unlike Louie and Dewey, Huey knows how to hide certain thoughts and feelings successfully. Huey can be anxious, but he can't be mean (he's already weird and nerdy, he can't afford to be mean). Huey has spent his entire life honing his control over his less...socially acceptable emotions. (Hello, Duke). If Huey has grudges about Della and the Spear or anyone and anything else, I have faith in his ability to hide those negative thoughts for a long, long time.

Until he can't.

[silver-mist]

BTS In The SOOP EP4 - HOBI’s REVENGE (The full recap)

I havent done a recap since Ep 1 and technically that wasnt a recap but more for fun. However, after watching today’s episode, I felt inclined to share some thoughts as I found this to be such a lovely and heartfelt episode that truly exemplified not only each member and how they are as well as dynamics between them so im making this exception. This may be a long read for some but if you make it to the end then ❤️and feel free comment. Welcome to a summary/analysis of my thoughts throughout this episode full of cute moments between certain member “ships”. I put that in quotations to point out that I look at these platonically in a friendly way (with the exception of 1 lol) but also as a way to emphasize how each member looks to another as different likes and circumstances arise. We all can fully see that OT7 truly have a special bond unlike other idol groups who pretend for years only to be discredited later. However, it shouldnt come as a surprise that some members are closer to some than others and that isnt a bad thing, just like we all may have that 1 or those 2 people we wanna tell first when you have a major life event or need to just talk. That is the main reason for my recap today, to talk about these and how it genuinely warms my heart because even though they may not act like their full real selves here, after all, this will be seen on broadcast by the general public and not just fans, this is probably the closest we get to their domestic normal selves, no narrative, no event or photoshoot to prepare for, just them doing things as they go. 

We start off after the dinner scene where everyone has dispersed into their own thing. Cue to V sitting by himself in the main house about to sing karaoke. As anyone who has followed him along the years, you already know that he often prefers his own “me” moments and its just cute to watch him start singing to his hearts content that its even pointed out by his hyungs as they sit outside further away chatting. Its nice to see him happily enjoying whatever he feels like doing with no care in the world but I do shy away from calling him an introvert as he can be the social butterfly. 

We then cut to Namseok sitting outside, drinking some beer, having a heart to heart. The rap line has obviously been close for a long time but the way Hobi speaks about his chat with Joon that night and how it feels natural and not awkward shows you that they gravitate towards one another vs possibly some other members in terms of lets say normal adult discussions where its not about jokes or laughter but just growing up and responsibilities or random hobbies and its a beautiful thing to see. Between Hobi wishing he could sing (I think he has a lovely voice and should try it out even when he thinks he isnt good) to Joon talking about writing in a journal or feeling like this is a break they should have where they retire, its cute, its normal non celeb talk, and just a moment between 2 likeminded friends. I’ll finish off this scene with another *Joon should just not touch things in general* moment when he drops the mosquito defector and all Hobi does is smile and reply... 

(Friendship Goals...)

Jimin decides to join shortly after but doesnt have a beer in hand, the hyungs are quick to point that there is some in the other fridge but Jimin dismisses it and goes to sit as all he wants is to be in their company awww. He mentions that he will take some cold medicine and Hobi immediately questions if he’s feeling unwell to which he replies that he is in fact not feeling well. This cause an immediate reaction of concern from the hyungs as Joon tells him to put his hood on to evade a bit of the cold air and Hobi insists in a serious manner to not disobey and do as they say after jimin says its fine. Double awww 🥺

Their night ends with Minimoni heading out to another mini tournament of ping pong because why not, Jimin trying to convince Hobi to watch them because awww, and Joon telling Jimin to not torture Hobi like that 😂. Joon reading the room and knowing its not his thing cracks me up, baby mochi just wants him around haha.

The scene then cuts to the next morning where we finally see Yoongi waking up from him sleep nest in the search for water. He is still out of it as he cutely blames someone from taking his water to only realize a few moments later that that someone was him 😂.

Lil meow meow cutely wobbles out of his camper to go get a drink only to suspiciously look around like he’s spotting the cameras. Perhaps to make a Yoongi Part 3 impromptu advertisement??? We all know how good he is at those 😂. He finally asks himself “What should I do”. Story of my life he probably thinks in his mind... meanwhile I go, just rest. 

We then cut to another episode of the Chronicles of Jin: The “It’s still Hot” saga where I genuinely wonder why he still chooses the tent when im sure another arrangement is possible but do you boo. As always, the forever RJ representative cutely wears his pj’s as he heads to the main house not before stopping to do the most random thing ever... 

The editor’s caption speaks for itself lol.

He finds his way inside to stumble upon baby Tae still kinda sleepy looking complaining to the sink where dishes were left unwashed the prior night. His annoyance cracks me up and then he starts to play with a mini skillet/stove? and we finally get a moment of Tae cooking... yayy. He cutely complains as the rice is not staying together and tests out the sugar level to then realize it needs more and its adorable. Hobi wakes up and heads downstairs to encounter Jin at the piano again and cutely heads towards Tae to smack his butt and ask for some food, cue VHOPE cuteness, which later continues when Hobi wants to time Tae’s food with his jog haha. Tae again complains about the dishes and proceeds to drag a chair closer to the stove because I guess the 2 second distance from the table is too much? 😂Cute..

Back to 2Seok which to what I have seen in videos is not often, agreeing to go for a jog as well as disagreeing on how to go about it. Jin is like America (we go out to the store in sweats with unruly hair and not give an F LOL) and Hobi is like Korea (Where everyone dresses nice no matter what the occasion) Side note* this is my perspective as an american who has visited korea, they just do fashion better over there and I want to buy it all ☺️. I guess Hobi ends up finally convincing Jin to change because next thing they are out and about in their morning jog.

Back to baby Tae and random inexplicable moment of the episode #2... He removes the plate from the chair then proceeds to sit on the floor to taste his treat when the chair is now empty...🧐😂

2seok is now on their jog down the road and Hobi stops to rest on the side with Jin judging him “We only ran for 3 minutes and you already want to rest?” LOLOL. He then proceeds to take some of Hobi’s water and insists on carrying the bottle back because it makes him look good on camera. LMAO Jin, stay humble always... 😂. Hobi just does a literal SMH.

Cutscene to the view where different rooms are shown at once and I spot the second room next to Jungkook in the floating house with the door open.. Hmmm who opened it I wonder? Was someone using the room??

Back to V being his cute self enjoying his “me” time. He proceeds to play again with the rc boat and I almost panic a little at what seems like he may fall into the water trying to place it there. Good thing he doesnt but he gets the wrong control remoter and rushes back to get the right one. Once it finally moves its like all is right in the world. Cute. We get a short glimpse of him in the floating house and seeing that Jungkook is still fast asleep.

We then see Yoongi back at the top house heading in to read his book, shortly after the 3 amigos V, Hobi and Jin are walking in as Jin previously mentioned he was hungry, cue to start of meal prepping. 

We finally see the final member we havent seen wake up, baby mochi in all his fairy like self is still in bed. Tae is the first to open the door to his room and proceeds to cutely jump over him, play around, get pushed back and complain and then just lay on top of him with his butt facing the door. Excuse me while I melt in cuteness..my VMIN heart... ❤️

Only to literally do a 180 and LAUGH my ass off when Hobi walks in, sees them there and just goes NOPE.. walking out 😂

Apparently 2seok have decided on their meal plan and the ever so helpful ray of sunshine seems at a loss on how to set the charcoal on fire, note that he could have asked Jin but he heads to Yoongi for help (Bring in some SOPE love :)). Either way here I was hoping Yoongi would just chill and it seemed like that was the plan until he saw Hobi’s lostness and eagerness to help so he decides to step up again and help out. It’s kinda evident he didnt plan to when he goes “Oh ok” after being told what they plan to eat but proceeds to jump in at Hobi’s lostness in terms of making a fire. Cute. 

Cue back to Hobi disturbing the soulmates and whatever little cute slaps Tae was giving Jimin to probably wake up to ask him to fetch the torch because hes finally done running between the houses like last episode lol. The ever obedient Tae obliges immediately, Jimin remains in bed. 

Were back at the main house and maybe not every caught on but its ADORABLE how Joon goes out with the plan to play with the boat like Tae but leaves it abandoned to see where all the other members are. Note, he is for some reason limping all of a sudden and I think it may have to do with why he left early for personal reasons, I hope he was ok. Potential theory, could Jin slapping the boxer bag have anything to do with it? 🧐.

Anyways, even with his leg issue he literally walks around to the other house, checks on all members and ends up back at the main house sitting next to Jungkook, encouraging him as he is building a glider and then ultimately telling him he will keep him company by sitting next to him and reading a book. Even takes care of him by bringing him a drink. Awwww KookieMonster ❤️

anddd were back to the others in the upper house. 

SOPE taking the lead with building a fire..

TAEJIN figuring out the fish with Tae sporting an adorable hat and looking lost but still willing to help his hyung. Cutely Tae later makes Hobi aware on how this is his first time putting a knife on a fish and learning that a fish’s life is previous. AWWWW.. 

Its the little things that I like to point out, the members gravitate towards who they feel more in tune with. Tae to help Jin and Suga to help Hobi although the opposite would have be interesting to watch lol.

We then get Yoongi thawing out the ribs, Hobi trying to get veggies and LITERALLY pulling out the roots of a poor plant 😂, Yoongi legit pulling up a chair to read while cooking (poor thing haha), Jin crying because hes wasting the fish fillet as hes still learning, Joon adoringly looking at JK while he continues building his glider like a big brother, JK finally giving up and whining that hes gonna ask Hobi for help (HOPEKOOK cutely building a glider? yes please), JK looking over to see what Joon is reading, giving up again and ultimately moving out with Joon looking up like “You leaving me?” and then looking at the camera LOL. 

The 3 cooks up in the upper house are busy in their own thing when Jin asks for the location of the wrapper with SOPE rapping in return making a joke about them being the “rappers” haha. 

Back at the main house Taekook are cooking together. It makes me laugh at the difference between the hyungs cooking above. For starters, JK is cooking sausage for some time but I legit wanna teleport myself over there to tell him “Hey, cut it in pieces, you are burning the bottom of it but the inside is still raw” 😂... thankfully he does that eventually.... Meanwhile little sweet Tae is getting fancy on us and bringing his wine habits into the mix making an appetizer and struggling to open the Jamon packet even though (as the camera clearly zooms in on) the scissors are right next to him...These two are funny. 

Finally someone acknowledges that Jimin is still alive somewhere LOL and its none other than Yoongi who says it out loud in the kitchen then passes by his room but instead of waking him up just cheers him on then walks away haha (YOONMIN ❤️)

However that lasts for about 2 seconds before Yoongi comes back and ask Jimin to gather the others from the other house for lunch as the other members are busy and Jimin listens obediently by rolling over and calling Joon and with a hoarse voice letting him know Yoongi’s instructions. Poor Jimin, he sounds unwell 🥺. Joon goes to gather the younglings, Tae makes it up and decides to decorate the cheese with a red umbrella only to look dissatisfied and make it a blue one lol. They then have some random cuts of moments because JK’s sausages appear on the table but we never see him walk up and then he magically walks out the house but dont show any of that.. hmmmm. I’ll leave my thoughts at that since some people might understand what im alluding to :). 

Yoongi is taking out the ribs and accidentally drops a piece and we get the following reactions;

Yoongi: little scream 😱

Joon: Just use the 3 second rule 🙂

JK: Just wash it and then recoat it with more sauce and that should fix it 😄

To which Yoongi can only look slightly flabbergasted at the suggestion and throws it back “Do you wanna eat them?” hahaha

They all finally gather at the table including Jimin and I see that both him and Joon look a little off, I hope they got better soon after but for sure they seemed sick. Jin sweetly talks about always wanting to make the dish he prepared and how complicated it is and refers to it being a hard dish to make for a Family (the BTS bond is one of a kind). All the members admire the sampling of food, Jimin calls out the cuteness of Tae’s umbrella on the cheese, JK helps Jimin break the ribs apart, Tae tells everyone to try his appetizer, the member’s cutely all aww and ohh when they find out he cut the melon 💜, everyone but JK and Tae seem to know the dish, Hobi and Jimin cue to immediately try it for their friend so he doesnt feel left out, after trying it he cutely asks Jimin how it tastes and waits for his response, another awww, soulmate responds with its diff (which probably isnt his taste but eats it anyway for him ) lol and it zooms out with someone asking (sounds like Jin?) what they will have for dinner to have another member whom I cant tell reply LETS STARVE.  These clowns 😂but I get it, it took like hours to cook each meal.

They get ready to clean and apparently prep something for dinner with Joon washing the dishes and eventually asking Jk for help who is busy cooking rice eventually summoning Jimin who heard his name with Jk cutely smacking his butt to tell him Joon called him to then Jimin telling Joon not to worry and he will take over ( I reread this whole sentence and ran out of breath haha but then again im not here for proper grammer.. oopps). This leads us to a sweet domestic Jikook moment where he asks JK to help him dry the dishes and the other obliges and they just fall in routine.. just cute.

Joon heads back to the main house to pack and I honestly think he probably was heading for a doctor check up, he just seemed out of it 🥺

Jimin gets done with the dishes and ends up next to Tae as the soulmates cutely discuss the game he is playing and Tae announces his kills and loses.

Jimin is then next to Hobi in the other house who is getting ready to customize his shoes, he asks Jimin to join but he doesnt seem enthusiastic to the idea so Hobi just goes “I’ll just do what I like” and to me sounding a little sad since this isnt the first time hes asked Jimin to do an activity with him lol. Before walking away Jimin starts singing a song about it. Yoonjin are back again as buddies down the lake fishing and we get a sweet after interview of Yoongi admitting he is not interested in fishing but he does it because Jin invites him. You KNOW you only do those kind of things for your closest friends or family and that was sooo sweet. YOONJIN goals!

Back at the house we see that Jimin ultimately decided to join Hobi and we get cute JIHOPE moments. Im glad because I honestly got the vide since the beginning of in the soop that he wanted to spend more time with Jimin and hadnt had the chance. They both decorate a shoe each and are careful not to splatter on each other. I also spy with my little eyes... an Iphone?? tsk tsk tsk.. all the others are at least trying and Jimin is like nope hahahaha. If that was indeed a samsung then my bad.

Next thing we know JK and Jimin are harmonizing and sounded just beautiful, can we get another subunit please? I know they did Who and We dont talk anymore but a legit korean song.. anyone? Ok.. moving on haha

Now here is a group I havent seen hang out together often, I  know yoongi mostly keeps to himself but I was wondering if we would see any interactions longer than just passing food or related to meal prep between Yoongi and JK/Tae but here we are, the 2 kiddos singing and the hyung just watching on. Yay..

We later see Jimin revealing his excitement over the art project and im glad he enjoyed doing that with Hobi.

Hilariously enough, not long after, while deep into another song, Yoongi tells Jk that he needs to get out to pack. Jk’s reaction? Proceed to continue singing and kinda ignores hahaha. Cue to the camera angle still showing JK doing his thing and an exasperated looking parent *aka yoongi* just staring at him like 😐

They all head to pack their belongings and we fast forward to them playing games in the upper house. While Jimin is packing he walks out and asks to no one in particular where his hanbok piece is, then sees Jk playing in with the VR and proceeds to go up to tickle him cutely (domestic much? 🥰). This is ironically followed up by mischievous Tae wanting in on the fun by standing up from his spot and moving behind JK and after what seems like thinking it over, carefully tugs his pants down but not with the intention to actually pull them. JK laughs at this and goes “You shouldnt do that” hahaha. Which begs the question, did he know who tried to pull a fast one on him? LOL  

Everyone is back to their usual roles, the 3 cooks prepping the dinner, the maknae line just doing their thing between JK still in the VR game and Vmin cutely playing games in the corner. Yoongi seems like he NEVER rests, poor thing. He sees them prepping the ramen and suggest they add meat and ends up cooking meat. He is such a DAD and im all for it. While all this is happening there is a whole ruckus in the background and we hear the maknae line having a blast but only get a short glimpse of what is happening when the camera is still on the cooks. Apparently Jimin is now on the VR game and Jk decides to mess with him by taking a controller away and putting it behind his back, as Jimin tries to reach out to find it somehow, mischievous Tae is back at it and steals the other and moves it all the way to the other side presumably above the food shelf LMAO. I gather from the way that Jimin reaches UP and not straight out when reaching towards JK and the controller that this is DEF not the first time this has happened and when it has JK played the “I am taller and you cant reach this” stance, so of course Jimin’s instinct is to reach above his head hahaha.

They finally get down to eat and they all run to the table, I spook a cute Jikook moment of JM sitting next to JK and pulling the chair up leaving little room LOL, then Hobi still needs help so Jimin proceeds to go in to help with JK not far behind and a cute JiHopeKook hug alongside a Jikook sweet moment (I see that waist caress there JK 👀🥰😂😏) and they all make it back to the table with their meals ready. Tae makes sure to remind Jimin there is also meat for him to grab. Aww, ive lost count of the times that these two have been looking out for the other and its just so subtle but sweet af. 

Its time to finally go homeeeee. They all decide on who’s going in what car and then suddenly Jin remembers to check his fishing rod. 

Now... you may be wondering why I called this Hobi’s revenge. Well well well.. I want to say that slowly, Hobi decided to butter Jin up by hanging out all day long to eventually go full betrayal mode muahahaha. I kid I kid. But as life turns out, Hobi was presented with an opportunity to return the favor of Jin’s BV4 master plan to abandon him in New Zealand. Well well well... how the tables have turned. He tells his plans to the other nearby and they immediately agree 😂. Cue to a total pandemonium... Hobi rushing them in, Yoongi slowly walking to his car because of course he aint gonna run, Jimin trying to drag his suitcase, Tae running from the house in a cute manner probably going hehehehehe as he hears the plan, Jungkook walking up to them with no idea whats going on, having like 1 second to understand it, and then immediately running unsure of what to do until Jimin goes “Help me load this in!”. 

Jin finally approaches and they get in in time and start driving off. Jin finally goes heyyyyyyyy and cant believe what is happening, shouts out Yoongi, like you cant do this to me LOLOL. You can see Yongi’s big ass smile through the windshield which is even funnier. For a second he stops and it seems like Yoongi decides to have mercy on him, even open the door for him to stick his suitcase in. Hobi, Jungkook and Jimin seem to believe it as they are seen walking back up away from the car guessing the plan is a no go. That is until Yoongi goes full AGUST D and says “Who's the king, who's the boss?”... JK but lets just pretends he says that 😂, and literally does start driving off. Jihopekook see this and run their asses back to the car like little kids and laughing all cute as can be HEHEHEHEHE and they end up leaving Jin there LOL. Revenge is a dish best served cold and you just got served Jinnie.

Legend says Hobi slept well that night. 

The end. 

Hope you had fun reading this long post, probably will never do another since it took forever but I had fun making these gifs and pics and typing in my 2 cents hahaha. Borahae everyone 💜

[invisibleinorange]

Chapters: 4/? Fandom: Bridgerton Rating: T Warnings: Presumed Character Death, Suicidal Ideation  Relationships: Colin Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington,  Eloise Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington(besties),  Bridgerton Family Dynamics, Simon Hastings/Daphne Bridgerton Characters: Colin Bridgerton,  Penelope Featherington, Eloise Bridgerton, Anthony Featherington,  Benedict Bridgerton Additional Tags:  Bridgerton, Polin Summary:  Unexpected bad news arrives for the Bridgerton Family (and friends) regarding Colin's travels. This will be a series that is set after "The Duke and I" or season one of the show. It is a companion piece to "Goodbyes". (#I’mHereToKillYouAllWithFeels)

---

Anthony and Benedict had expected a lot of different reactions from their younger sister, dead silence was not one of them.

They stood there though watching as she read the letter, complete and utter disbelief and confusion clear on her face.

Eloise Bridgerton was certain that Penelope Featherington told her everything.  Sure, Colin had always been nice to Penelope but so were the rest of her brothers.

If there had been something out of the ordinary, she would have picked up on it.  If one of her brothers was taking more notice or spending more time with her, she would certainly picked up on it.

Colin had barely broken off his engagement to Marina before he departed.  Why would he have been so concerned about Pen?

This whole thing felt ludicrous and the only rational explanation was that this was some cruel prank.  Sure, she knew that Penelope was incredible but her brothers were all idiots.   As much as she might have loved to have her best friend have become a sister, she’d never seen it as the remotest of possibilities.

Reading the letter, she felt almost guilty for having never given Penelope enough credit for being capable to grab the attention of one of her brothers.

After a long moment she raised a hand as if to tell her brothers to not even say a word.  She was going to get to the bottom of this.

“You had both better hope that I don’t have cause to leave Gregory my only brother when I return,” she muttered and then with was gone, leaving the safety of the drawing room toward the one person who could answer any of the questions she had.

--

The reason Penelope Featherington could get away with more than most was because no one actually ever paid her much attention. No one cared what she did honestly and that was why it was so easy to keep herself shut away in her bedroom, convince herself that it would be so much easier for everyone involved if she just disappeared.

There were certain things that she had to get in order though.  She had forced herself to sneak in the night to allow Lady Whistledown to honor Colin but after that, she’d begun to get her affairs in order.

She had every intention of it being the last thing that she ever sent to print. She intended to have the secret die with her so that those she loved could at least keep some self-respect.

There were other letters that she had debated putting together too but somehow the words that were the most important were the most impossible to put together.  Her family wouldn’t even put on a show of missing her. The only person left who might actually miss her was Eloise.

She kept plenty of things from her over the years though and perhaps, it was for the best if she never knew.  

The saddest part of it all was that her mother never learned.  The necessary toxins were still easily accessible in the home.  Penelope had listened when Marina had detailed what all she’d consumed.  Surely, if that could nearly kill her if she doubled it, it would actually do the job. If it didn’t work, she was pretty sure she would just throw herself into the sea.

Her normally healthy pink skin was pale, her hands trembled as she wrapped her hand around the deceptively sweet smelling cup of tea. She raised it to her lips, prepared to take a sip.

Her plan was interrupted by the door opening with a slam.

The look on her face must have said it all because all 167.6 centimeters of Eloise Bridgerton came at her with a horrified force, knocking the cup out of her hands letting it shatter and spill against the floor.

“What do you think you’re doing?!” the brunette bellowed.

It was enough the send Penelope crumbling into the ground, curling into herself.  She was shattering and a part of her felt selfish for this all. She no longer had the strength to lie though.

“I want to join him,” she sobbed.

Eloise was completely taken aback but she still descended to her own knees, wrapping her arms around the red-head trying her to best to calm the storm.  She didn’t have to understand any of this to understand that there wasn’t a chance in Hell of her letting Penelope actually harm herself.

“You will not,” she ordered. “I won’t let you.”

“This is all my fault,” Penelope cried.

Eloise didn’t see a possible scenario where that could be true. The letter that her brother had written was still clearly imprinted in her mind along with the millions of questions that followed.

She was starting to think her brothers might have been right to share it.

A loud sigh escaped her lips and she forced her friend to look her in the face.

“My brother would not want this no matter what happened between the two of you,” she said resolutely, knowing that without a shadow a doubt.  

It was Penelope’s turn for confusion to show across her features.

“Nothing happened between me and your brother.”

Eloise couldn’t help but wonder if this was one of those situations where someone protested too much. Sure, she’d clearly missed something but her eyes were wide open now and she just wanted to know the truth.

“Then why did he write to you?” she couldn’t help but ask.

If Penelope could have turned paler in that moment, she was pretty sure that she would have.  Eloise wasn’t sure if she swooned, she’d have been able to keep her up right.

“He … wrote … me?” she asked.

Eloise nodded.

“Before he left,” she said. “It just doesn’t make sense to me because you’ve never given me any inclination that you had any passing fancy for any of my brothers and – I know I’ve been busy with my investigation but surely, I would have noticed something.  Surely, if you were this in love with my brother, you would have told me.”

She didn’t say it because it was of no relevance now that Colin was gone but she was a bit hurt with the thought that she wouldn’t have been told. As much as it might have been weird, there was no one she would have rather had become a sister. In many ways, she’d always felt as if they were sisters.

Her words shamed Penelope.

“I didn’t tell you because he wouldn’t have felt the same. I’m not like you and your sisters. I don’t have Lords and Dukes fighting over my hand. The only men who ever dance with me at balls do so out of pity.  Yes, I … believe I loved your brother but he never would have loved me. Maybe he didn’t marry Marina but there would be another next season or the next.”

Eloise’s loyalties were completely and utterly torn. Did she defend her brother’s character? Did she argue her best friend’s virtues?

“ You’re incredible, Pen.  Maybe the men and the Ton are idiots but that doesn’t change the fact you are one of the smartest, kindest and most loyal people that I’ve ever know. Even if I am furious at you for not telling me all of this, I’ll keep telling you as much.”

There was a pause, the folded letter retrieved from where she’d stashed it in her haste to get there to investigate.

She extended it toward her friend after a long moment of thought.

“I was going to say my brother was daft but apparently you both are when it comes to romance. I’m sorry that he’ll never be able to tell you as much himself.”

--

My Dear Pen, Everyone in my family has a bit of a label to them. I love them all dearly. It’s sometimes a big heavy trying to live up to their accomplishments. Being clever has always been my method of disguising my discomfort in my own skin at times. If you are reading this, I was a coward who couldn’t be man enough to utter the very words that have taken to plaguing my every waking hour. When I am with you, you disarm me.  I am in awe of you to the point that it terrifies me. I’m not completely sure that you recognize how magnificent you truly are. I know that you think that no one takes notice of you but I do.  You’re also my sister’s most beloved friend and as such I may have taken for granted the fact you would always be there. I know that I have acted beastly in recent weeks, throwing myself head first at an ill-fated engagement with little consideration for your own circumstances, ignoring you when you sought to warn me and taking our friendship for granted. I cannot apologize to you enough. I am completely and utterly undeserving of the repeated forgiveness you have bestowed upon me. I had hoped I might throw myself at you for your mercy once more. I know that you are facing bigger issues than my own selfish need of your company though. I understand now that this is why you spurned my request at the ball.  I was wounded when you took leave of me but struggle to find sleep, I knew just how foolish I might have been to think that you would even want to spend the night dancing and talking with a rake like me. You have always deserved the attention of a man not a boy. You deserve someone who would  put you above his own boyish whims. You deserve to be cherished always. By the time I return from Greece, someone else will have seen how magnificent you really are. Perhaps one day, I will grow into the man that you have always had faith that I could be and when I approach you won’t feel need to take leave of me. I will never be as good as Anthony or Benedict but if when we can meet again you so  much as deem me worthy of friendship, I will not take such opportunity for granted.

Your most humble friend, Colin

[electricbluebutterflies]

November prompts 37 + kabby, PLEASE

This ended up being about body issues and power dynamics and... it’s THEM, what can I say. Post-s2-grayspace (canon-friendly for once), PG13ish, and also on ao3.

The way he pulled his body in, out of shyness or shame or a desire not to disturb the air around him.

It has been years since he’s let anyone look.

Avoiding being seen is near impossible – the Guard offered little privacy, and years past finding his ways around it, Marcus has made his peace. But he knows how to make sure it doesn’t matter. Change clothes as quickly as possible, keep his back to others, don’t give anyone reason to pay attention. What matters is his body is capable, not how he feels about it.

Even here on the ground those old habits have held. Communal showers are a layer of hell, but also generally deserted in the middle of the night, and his habits veer nocturnal anyways. The only other people likely to use this space at this hour are those whose sleeping arrangements and sexual inclinations are in disconnect, and desperate lovers tend not to pay attention to anything outside each other. He’s not worried anyone will notice him.

It’s become a ritual these last few weeks, since the situation stabilized enough for routines to develop. Every third night, around when the moon is highest, he cleans himself quickly but thoroughly. Eyes closed as much as possible, avoiding everything he can. Safer this way. Always safer.

First the ritual of undressing. Boots kicked off, everything else carefully removed and neatly folded. This part is done slowly, always, checking himself for any bruises or scrapes he might not have noticed. Tracing the scar on his forearm after he sheds his jacket, tracing the invisible pain lines on his thigh when that too is visible. He should’ve died by now. His continued survival on the ground feels like some kind of cosmic mistake, a life intended for someone else, some other man who’d actually earned it. He hasn’t. But nothing’s managed to get him yet, not for lack of trying, and-

He hears the door click open and a single set of footsteps follow. Dammit. He has memorized the insomnia patterns of roughly two hundred people and he still cannot pin who this might be and-

“Whatever you’re doing, don’t let me stop you.”

Great, the last person he wants anywhere near him when he’s in a spiral. Cosmic mistake, he is convinced.

Marcus turns his head and somehow, in the time it’s taken him to convince himself this is not the cause of the inevitable heart attack and/or brain aneurism that will probably kill him someday because why wouldn’t his death be tragically boring and mundane, Abby has managed to completely strip down. Not that he ever needed to know this, but it turns out her I-am-so-done-with-you expressions look almost the same in that state, her arms still crossed under her full breasts and her eyes still trying to glare right through him.

If he had any sense left, he’d give up and run. He has never been able to make the right choices.

“What?” she says, like this is all perfectly normal and maybe for her it is. “You’ve seen me naked before.”

Yes, and that was in an emergency-medical sort of context and that focuses one’s mind in appropriate directions. This current situation has no such pressure, and he is looking. She has a softness to her despite everything, subtle curves and a certain stubborn femininity to her and-

It’s just as well the rest of his body isn’t facing her. This could get awkward.

He knows not to blame her for his physical reactions. The fact that his prick is suddenly very awake is his own failure as a man, not because she’s meant to provoke him, and somehow that realization is progress but still unhelpful. His normal strategy of just ignoring that part of his body until it behaves is not going to work fast enough here and-

“While you’re here and being weird, could you help me do my hair?”

On second thought, she just might be trying to provoke him. One can never know with that woman.

Abby has maneuvered herself under a showerhead now, turned it on and apparently decided to take advantage of the middle-of-the-night hot water tank. She moves her body like she knows he can’t look away, as if this is the most normal thing in the world for her, and he suddenly wonders how much of this is planned. He wouldn’t put it past her, if she were trying to seduce him, to do any of this. He wouldn’t-

“Could you close your eyes?” he asks, trying to gauge how cooperative she is tonight.

“Why? I’ve seen you before, you don’t have any weird scars or-“

“Other reason.”

Her eyes light up, practically glowing in the badly lit space. Frightful woman. “I trust you not to do anything I don’t initiate,” she laughs. “And I won’t make any comments.”

Marcus isn’t sure how much he believes her, but he is not going to undo the past few months of trying over this and he turns his body towards her all too aware she will look. All too aware she will see every detail he would hide, every minor flaw. He wouldn’t have voluntarily done this before… he’s not sure when they changed, really. Somewhere between falling to the ground and him overreacting to things he knew she’d do and both of them nearly dying a couple times, they got comfortable with each other, or at least he got comfortable with her. She’s never had the issues he does, he’s sure of it, nothing in her current posture suggests an attempt to hide or-

At least she isn’t subtle.

As strange as this all is for him, it’s made easier by the fact that Abby has always been an easy person for him to read. She wants what she wants and likes what she likes, and he doesn’t have to ask what’s running through her mind as she slowly looks him over. Some part of her, some dominant force in that impulse-driven black hole of her mind, wants him all over her right now. And he’d almost let her, if she asked, and-

“You wanted me to do your hair?” he asks, trying to distract her. It’s not an issue of want so much as this doesn’t feel like the right time or place for their inevitability. When they happen, and he’s known for weeks now that they would build to this, it needs to be better than testing the stability of partition walls.

“I want you to do a lot of things right now,” Abby counters, and he’s never seen her this playful for this long and it’s almost terrifying. “But yeah, if that’s what you’re comfortable with…”

He moves behind her, takes soap in hand and does what he can. Her hair is thick and surprisingly tangled given it was in her usual braid just minutes ago, and she makes pretty noises as he touches her. Frustrating woman, he’s not doing anything that should provoke her and yet-

He kisses the top of her head, their size difference just enough to make that easy, and she makes a high sound and no he cannot let this go further. Not like this, not tonight.

“Are you scared of me?” she asks as he works a knot out of the lower part of her hair, brushing his fingers against her back more than necessary.

“Why would I… you think that’s what it is?!”

“Ruled out everything else, so… yeah, I think you’re scared of me specifically because I see right through you and you think I’m going to say something and-“

“I am like that with everyone.” And yet he is having this conversation with her, because she’s right, she does see through him, no one else has ever openly noticed how he is and-

“That’s not comforting.” Abby turns her head, looking up at him through her curtain of wet hair. “If you… if something’s wrong…”

“It’s not like that. I can want to keep people from looking and still go on with my life.”

She rolls her eyes. “No wonder those rumors had legs.”

“Rumors?”

“Why you never did anything more than casual sex. And I’m not judging, personal preferences happen, but…”

She is definitely judging, he knows her too well to believe otherwise, but that’s clearly not the point here.

“I would prefer not to let myself be vulnerable,” he says after a few moments’ silence. “That’s all it is.”

“But you’re here with me.”

“You already know too much,” he murmurs. “If you wanted to go after me, this isn’t where you’d start.”

“Wouldn’t be any fun to take you down. You’ve gotten boring.” She leans up and presses her lips to his jaw, and it’s somehow heartbreaking and all he can do to pretend otherwise. Thank goodness for his beard and bad lighting. “Not that I mind, turns out I have so much free time now that I’m not focusing my entire life on outsmarting you, but…”

“Is there a compliment in there somewhere?”

“I would not have let you touch me three months ago. I would not have voluntarily been this vulnerable around you three months ago. Right now I am not at all worried what you might do and you’re less than a foot away from me and half-hard. This is my trust fall.”

“I am… you can ignore…”

“See that exactly is my point. You’re not trying to get pity sex out of me or… I doubt you would’ve done anything forceful even at your worst but I can’t rule that out. You are not a threat to me anymore and you’re barely even a pest most days and that’s weird as hell and-“

“I’m trying,” he murmurs. “You make me want to try.”

“I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that,” she says, reaching around him to shut the water off. “I’m not your salvation, Marcus. You need to find that in yourself. Not in me.”

She walks away, swinging her hips as she walks over to where she’s piled her things, and he feels like lightning just struck him. Like this is the kind of thing that could only ever happen between them, because no one else will ever see him as thoroughly as she does. There’s a safety in it too, a certainty that everything that happened tonight will stay between them because for a person of her position she has very few friends and who would she even tell about this and-

“I’m not sure what you did, but thank you.”

She glances over her shoulder at him, hands paused as she tries to put her bra back on. “I’m not sure I did anything at all, but you’re welcome.”

[amaranthbirate]

2, 5, 9?

Ahhhh thank u for the ask!!

2. When you were creating this character, what was their original draft? Are they the same character you intended to make? 

Heehee, well it is known notoriously amongst my party that my idea at the beginning for Amaranth was leaning more towards the more brooding, unfriendly loner rogue stereotype. As the game went on for a while, it become more obvious that she wasn’t that (although the character development did line up pretty well with what was going on for her before the game started). She developed into a character who fiercely loyal and protective of friends, is pretty extroverted and hedonist and likes to joke around. I will admit a lot of the comic relief part is me just liking to make my friends laugh during the D&D session, but also Amaranth is just like that. Some of the characteristics I had in mind at the beginning are still there such as that she has a lot of anger issues and is an alcoholic.

5. What was the first time you really connected to this character, if ever? Why do you think this moment made the character special to you? 

Hmmm.... I think it might be during the first arc when Amaranth goes to help Ditto out of her Fear Pit, and afterwards when they have their downtime in the feywild. It helped sort of establish her having a concrete relationship within the party, and helped me round out the initial character concept to a salty ex-pirate who really has a heart of gold, and is very Ride or Die with these people.

9. What are your character’s relationships like with every member of their party? Bonus, if you want to write a short blurb on your character’s opinion of them.

Ohhhh man, there is a lot i can say about character relationships, and they are all interesting! I will try and keep it brief lol

Ditto- I feel Ditto is the first connection that Amaranth made, and it might be to the fact that both of their personalities mesh pretty well. They are both Chaotics, so if left alone, things may explode (they even did an impromptu heist together). Even beyond that, they have both lived off the streets in various cities, and have had to steal and do crime to get by in their own way, which is a reason that Ditto was the first person that Amaranth had opened up to in a while. Amaranth a lot of times will grab Ditto if there are shenanigans to be had. The two of them joke around a lot, but also 100% have each others backs.

Kriv- Amaranth and Kriv have a Rogue and Paladin dynamic, but not in the standard way which makes it a lot of fun. They will also sometimes get into shenanigans, Kriv has helped Amaranth steal booze from a kitchen once, and also they got into a wrestling match in a tavern. I would say Amaranth and Kriv tend to enjoy partying it up. There are a lot of Sibling energies in their relationship. Amaranth’s protectiveness for Kriv is that of a sibling variety, and she has no qualms about teasing him. Beyond that, Amaranth and Kriv are the two Melee fighters in a party, there is a weird comradery that comes with that (speaking from my own perspective). They do have times where things might clash between them, sometimes stemming from Amaranth’s recklessness.

Erwyn- What I love about the development of these two’s relationship is there are some great parallels. Erwyn reminds Amaranth in some ways of her own brother. She feels a certain big sisterly protection about him because of that. Amaranth doesn’t know it, but Erwyn had a sister as well, so I can’t exactly say his feels on the matter, but there are apparently similarities. Amaranth is confidant of Erwyn’s abilities, even though he is more withdrawn about them, and is definitely *points* “look what my elf can do!!” While protective of everyone in the party, she tends to be more hyper vigilant about Erwyn, partly because the last few times he died she wasn’t even there to like. attempt to stop it from happening. She tends to be more gentle around Erwyn for certain things, but will still drag him to a loud tavern to party with everyone (but will still buy him hot chocolate when they are there).

Voski- While Voski is still an enigma to all, she and Amaranth have their moments. Amaranth definitely trusts Voski to have her back, and will usually default to her in most social situations since Amaranth doesn’t really have that delicate sensibility. Besides that, Amaranth bonds with Voski in her own way, a lot of times enjoying the music that Voski plays. She also trusts Voski’s discretion about certain things, Voski being the first one to know about her being a pirate, and other information, and has gone to Voski when she didn’t feel safe sleeping alone in her room, wanting the tiny hut for protection. I think Amaranth is less inclined than than others to bristle at the dragonborn’s bristliness.

[spnsmile]

Go Green /Writers Month Prompt: Cute Meet

It’s the championship of the CWCar series season 15 in the Texas Motor Speedway 5000 with the grand stadium already packed of a hundred thousand screeching fans cheering on their favorite motorist despite the warm and smoldering late afternoon heat in the stands. The excitement is palpable amidst the roaring engines, the clatter of gears, the clamor of the overly enthusiastic crowd, and thundering of thousands of impatient feet. The reek of burnt rubber and oil blends with the sweet aroma of food and snacks brought in as everyone awaits the beginning of the race.

From the commentator’s box booms the voices of the resident commentator Gabriel Novak, with his partner Chuck Shurley both watching the monitors and the race bar with quick eyes and witty remarks ready at hand, entertaining the crowd until the official time starts.

“We have commentator expert Castiel Novak with us here, and yes people we got similar last name not because we are husbands, but because we are brothers,” Gabriel is saying dynamically, fully equipped with a headphone like his partner and his brother, while twirling a pen in his hand, “so ladies and gentlemen, the three gentlemen here are still available,” the crowd jeers and throws caps in the air.

Two large screens show the media coverage from above, screening the top drivers with their respective colored uniforms and teams, close up one after another. Chuck takes the mic.

“It’s time for the season 15 of Texas Motor Speedway which will turn on the lights in half an hour, the track is really hot with a bit of wind but we all know that once the sun is down a different kind of blaze is going to ignite the night, with the speed of more than 2 hundred miles an hour.  Last week was about survival with ten racers out of the league— tonight is the judgment. The last time our series was in glory was last year, when this everything-in-one-package, Dean Winchester—” 

The widescreen shows a very handsome man with clean-cut light brown hair wearing a fit blue racing suit and matching black sports cap in the middle of wearing his gloves. The crowd goes wild and Dean Winchester lifts his eyes to the screen, revealing a pair of deep green eyes that sparkles brightly. He smiles at the camera with dimples showing, corner of his eyes crinkling. Crowd screams.

“And he kills,” Gabriel comments, “Way to win the crowd, what an ace heartthrob, Dean Winchester—"

“No wonder the number of our crowd’s tripled in digits—he sold tickets for the next five years—” comments Chuck lightly. “What can you say about his track record, Castiel?... Cas—?”

Gabriel and Chuck both look at Castiel who is staring at the screen unblinkingly.

“Cassie?” Gabriel calls again.

Castiel half glances at his brother then nod, acknowledging the question.

“He is certainly a very beautiful man,”

Gabriel and Chuck exchange glances. The camera doesn’t cut from Dean who stares up the commentator’s box before walking back to his racing car where his team is making last-minute checks.

“He is, he is,” Chuck says after the pause, “He’s the first local winner in the series and is the defending race winner here in Texas.”

“Remarkable,” Castiel narrows his eyes, “I think I found a favorite.”

“You have to fall in line,” Gabriel‘s lips quirk up, while Chuck laughs and goes, “Is that a dib, Castiel?”

Castiel more or less inclined his head, eyes not moving from the screen.

“I think my brother knows what’s he’s talking about, he’s the expert,” Gabriel pipes on, “But tell you what, Dean Winchester has to gear it up if he wants to defend his title. He’s three points behind the point leader, Dick Roman who’s a season favorite too, a powerhouse, not to mention Winchester’s just two points ahead of Amara, your sister— a very fearsome racer—"

“It’s a family race.”

“—in order to win this year’s championship.” Noise from the crowd, a little boo, and more thumping of feet.

“I don’t doubt Dean Winchester will win, he’s got the best asset I’ve ever seen,” Castiel shuffles through the paper containing the participant’s information, “Very good statistics and talent. He’s got both my hands down in winning this race.”

“Castiel, your type is showing.” Gabriel snickers on the microphone. Castiel scowls exactly as Gabriel hits the monitor tab showing the commentator stand on the widescreen too. Gabriel focuses the screen on Castiel who squints at the camera then turns to his brother.

“I don’t have a type.”

“Oh, yes you do. Or at least, now Dean Winchester knows who’s late and at the end of the line of his great wall of China long list of fans. That, people of Texas, is my brother with the fierce baby blue eyes— our expert guest on the field—"

“Gabriel, we got ten left,” Chuck whispers to his friend who nods but there’s the crack of another microphone—static sound that made the trio look at each other—then a rough voice deep has the stands both screaming again as Dean Winchester’s face appears on the second screen. He has apparently approached one of the reporters on the field, smiling boyishly at the screen with his attractive vibrant face making everyone swoon.

“Uh, hey—hey, Gabriel!” he waves.

“Hey, Deano, my man!” Gabriel looks down his watch then up at Dean in surprise, “Aren’t you supposed to be in your racing car, now?”’

“Oh yeah, just saw something… uh, curious—our race expert—Cas—Cas Novak?”

Chuck and Gabriel turn to Castiel already watching the screen. He doesn’t speak even when Chuck prods him to, he just stares at Dean Winchester, two monitor screens showing their faces, staring at each other.

There’s a hush that fell in the stadium.

“You think I’m gonna win this, Cas?” Dean’s face is shining with a playful curl on the corner of his mouth.

“It’s Castiel,” Castiel replies, voice gravelly, “and yes,”

Dean presses his lips and forces down his smile, but the wide monitor couldn’t possibly hide his apparent blush that reveals the number of sunflower freckles on his cheeks. Castiel inhales as Dean swipes his tongue on his bottom lip.

“Yeah, so uh… if I do, would you come down here in the pit road to congratulate me? Say hello?” he sounds hopeful.

Gabriel and Chuck raise eyebrows at each other. The whole arena has fallen silent. Castiel doesn’t look away from the Dean on the screen his deadpan expression not changing. Then he touches his mic-

“It’s go green.”

Dean flashes a vibrant smile too blinding— just as all the lights turned on in the race track. Hearts skipping beats, Castiel and Dean gaze at each other from great distance, wordless and yearning but was cut short when Chuck leans on his microphone and shouts— “Texas Motor Speedway turns on the lights—!”

“Idjit!” they heard Bobby Singers, Dean’s manager, shout somewhere on the field on the microphone. "On your pitstop, boy! Flirt later!"

Dean waves cheekily and dashes off. There’s a pandemonium of cheers and shouts as the race cars get in their line. The monitor clicks back to the race with Dean Winchester climbing his car now wearing his helmet. He slides in his race car with ease and with the help of his team managed to get in line.

Gabriel whistles.

“Well, there goes your second lead racer, he is definitely a man with a mission. One thing for sure, and we are certain, from the last spot on the line comes an outstanding leap— Castiel Novak makes it to Dean Winchester’s number one spot~” Gabriel and Chuck exchange high five while Castiel clears his throat with a serious case of coloring on his face.

Two minutes later— the flag of the track is raised and brought down in the air

“And— we got a go green from Texas!” Chuck cries—but the race track is already burning fire. Sharp sounds speeding wheels on the track—people screaming—and crashes— groans from the stands— it was a long haul, tiring and dangerous with cries and cheers and embraces along the way.

In the end, there’s only one victor celebrated in the middle of the flash of lights and media attention. Only one guy to take the glory. He stands there carrying the championship cup with a wreath of flowers around his neck, waving and shouting with his team.

Then they find each other. It's the eye contact at first, then drawing close towards each other second, and shyly they stepped in flat ground, facing each other finally after the long night.

It’s Dean Winchester’s win.

“Hello, Dean.” (x)

[gravityfissure]

[meta] What, if any, games, movies, books, tv shows, etc. have you drawn influence from for your character?

Okay so round 2, much in the same vein for Arthur there are... A lot. Possibly even more things that influence and inspire where Otto’s muse and views comes from. That said in writing this there are also a LOT of similarities between the characters I can pick out certain attributes and to be honest there’s a lot of crossover with the traits and characterisations highlighted.

Namely: playful and proactive, self-serving yet loyal to those that meet his criteria as to who is deserving of it. A grifter by nature that will approach almost any situation if he feels he’ll get something out of it while equally hoping that one day someone might actually bother to ask him (and maybe give him a true reason) to stay.

Dorian - Dragon Age: Inquisition

Uh, the heir of a famous magical dynasty? A flair of magical talent that made him the envy of his peers? Studied at one of the best colleges for the magical arts before being kicked out and privately tutored before eventually vanishing and being found by Magister Gereon Alexius who offered to take him as his apprentice eventually becoming a fully-ranked enchanter. A pariah for opposing every fault his homeland is renowned for?

It’s been years since I’ve played DA:I and Dorian always was one of my favourite characters but tbh I completely forgot his background and it’s only in revisiting it now I actually realise the similarities in the framework of their characters/development/story line. Not to mention the fact they both enjoy playful flirtation and witty banter and oppose the things they don’t fit into their view of the world. They will probably do the right thing, but that doesn’t mean they might not take their sweet ass time in actually getting into a situation.

Isabela - Dragon Age II and Inquisition 

AND AGAIN. Isabela’s a great character - a pirate scourge of coastlines and nations around the world who values fun, freedom and getting ahead in life. They both value solving situations in clever and devious ways and getting ahead even if it means being somewhat selfish when they’re dealing with other people, example: Otto conning Deirdre out of $28k when she tried to cover for Regan or those plans he has to try and record a banshee scream? They’re both always down for trying to squeeze that little bit extra out of a person. If it one ups them in life and people are gullible enough to fall for it well... They really did it to themselves didn’t they?

But that doesn’t mean there aren’t depths to that hardened persona they both present. There are actual feelings and things hidden behind the wall and appearance they both present to the world. And underneath it all they’re both afraid of being left behind, but figure it’s best to push people away before they decide to leave of their own volition. At least that way they can say they have some control over the situation.. 

Sera - Dragon Age: Inquisition

Apparently this is a DA characters list but you know what sue me. x) So NEXT on the list is Sera, an elven archer who is incredibly impulsive and reactionary. She takes pure delight in humbling the established authority she views as arrogant and selfish. It’s less about what’s right in the grand scheme of things but more about what’s right in that very moment. She doesn’t believe in actions taken for a greater good, instead viewing it as just another excuse to hurt others undeserving of such treatment because it’s easier than making the truly hard choices in life. 

Felix Dawkins - Orphan Black

Look Felix is one of the many fascinating characters on Orphan Black. Don’t get me wrong there are SO many and it’s a great show. But Felix is a character whose very existence proves that you can have a very effeminate, boisterous, loud, witty gay character and not have him be limited to the perpetuation of the sassy gay friend stereotype. Why? Because he has a whole complex personality beyond just that aspect of his life. He’s got to deal with real life issues on top of all the drama clone club brings into his life and he deals and he survives and he cOPES.

Not to mention he’s a positive representation of foster children being happy, positive representation of LGBTQ+ characters and gives positive representation of sex workers. Not to mention on top of all that representation you see how he’s smart as hell, the only person who knows Sarah well enough to keep her on track. The BEST uncle to Kira and one of the most supportive characters on the show. 

Sarah - Orphan Black

Felix’s foster-sister, another character that shows the positive and complex dynamic that foster families tend to have while also demonstrating the fascinating found-family dynamic with clone club. Sarah’s interesting because she’s a natural chameleon, she’s street-smart and tough, a born outsider living on the fringes by her wits while in possession of a dark sense of humour that sees her by.

Sarah and Otto have a rather morally ambiguous compass, they’re both characters who swing between being very self-serving and selfish and acting for the greater good when they decide it’s needed. Not to mention the act as if they don’t care about other people’s issues (see clone club) when actually it transpires they both might just care a little more than they actually let on.

Garcia Flynn - Timeless

Unfortunately Garcia fits the my favourite character type: tall, dark, snarky, sassy antihero motivated fiercely by love and willing to do things of questionable morality against a greater evil, self-aware and doesn’t make excuses for his behaviour, but isn’t wringing his hands over it either.  A character who so dearly loves the people in his life (see revenge for his wife and daughter) so much so he’s still fighting for them 5 years later just to be alive and not even to have anything to do with him again because he knows the things he’s done are enough the he could never go back to being that person for them. The man who loved his mum and went on a trip just to make her happy and save his brother. When he truly cares for someone he does EVERYTHING for them while somehow having none of the toxic jealous possessive business, despite his  well-attested Garbage Drama in other departments, and just generally being a mature adult and an essentially good person who has gone down some really dark places and is finally rediscovering what he’s buried and lost. Look man, I’m a suuuuuuuuuuuuucker for found family, enemies to lovers, and villain becomes weird family member. And he covers all of those, so yes. 

There’s a lot of that I’m planning and drawing on for Otto, this weird currently antagonistic little self-serving shit who is out for his own ends but maybe along the way finds some semblence of a conscious and maybe has a fair few moral dilemmas and self-questioning moments along the way? Who maybe finds friends (and even love?) Who has to deal with FEELINGS and things he’s repressed for years because of the things he’s done just to survive the life he fell into? Uh, yes give me give me give me.

Jesse Custer - Preacher

Okay, so this one’s kind of another given. Jesse’s another character I’m fascinated with because before Genesis’ arrival he was a down upon his luck preacher. A man who was trying so hard to fit into his dad’s ideal and not let the life he had before affect his day to day. Except it all goes to hell in a handbasket because of course it does.

Jesse essentially gains the ability to make anyone do anything he says. And that power? It’s addictive, and we see the struggle he goes through to learn how to control and manipulate it to his own end. To begin with he tries to right wrongs, to tell people to stop doing the bad things they’re doing in their lives and fix them so they’re better people but with each act that power and god-complex grows. It goes to his head until we meet the moronic messiah Humperdoo and Jesse eventually agrees to take his place. The messiah-complex and power corruption is complete, and the repercussions of his choices are devastating especially with how they impact Cassidy or Tulip and the repercussions in Angelville.

Much like Otto’s own magic, the more its used the more enticing it is to carry on using it for more and more things. At first it was small deeds, little acts of good until Otto in kind started to realise that good deeds weren’t enough to make a change. They weren’t enough for other people around him and with each act it grew and grew - and it continues to grow. The question is to what level? And if it ever got out of control, would he ever know how to stop it?

Crowley - Good Omens

An overall non-threatening demon, who tries to be “evil” in his own way to fit into the role his society (other demons) expect of him. Crowley wants to save the world (for his own reasons) and can be rather self-serving in certain moments. There’s plenty of times he tried to convince Aziraphale to run away with him and let everything else forgive the irony but for lack of a better term “go to hell” but he always comes around in the end (typically to a Queen track) to help when it really counts for something.

 Not to mention his flare for the dramatic, very rarely thinking things through, with many of his own plans backfiring on him.  

Sound familiar?

Wrench - Watch Dogs 2

Part-hacker and full-fledged anarchist who wears a freaky mask with LED displays capable of bizarre emoticons. He's vulgar, crude, entertaining and an absolute adrenaline junkie who lives on the edge. He's jokingly called the wrench because he's the wrench you throw into somebody's gears to grind them to a halt.

The final one on the list, because it’s a side I haven’t yet played into so much but I’m curious to given means and opportunity to. Otto does have some inclination towards an anarchistic nature, if a system doesn’t seem to work he isn’t afraid to speak out or more likely act out against it. Whether it’s in the greater good or not isn’t so much relevant rather that he would happily take a torch and burn something to the ground if it meant starting again with something new and better in its place. It’s definitely something I want to explore more down the line.

I also find it interesting the whole concept of “hiding behind a mask” which is something wrench quite literally does. Both have built personas to defend themselves from people breaking through and seeing that what actually exists on the other side is a rather shy and awkward person who tries to “act out” and be “dramatic” in an attempt to get attention from a world in which there’s so much noise how could anyone ever feel like their voice mattered let alone be heard unless they started shouting “HEY, LOOK AT ME” at the top of his lungs?  

[thaumaturtles]

Why do Karkat and Caliborn have so many apparent similarities?

This might seem like an odd question at first, considering Hussie is known for using “prototype concepts” and mixing and matching them to make more refined versions down the line. For instance, his comics on the poorly namedTeam Special Olympics site featured much intentional homophobia, racism, bad dialogue and worse art, and Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff was a later execution of those concepts which made it clearer that he was lampooning bad webcomics. To use an in-universe example, Nepeta was used as the in-universe avatar for audience engagement long before Calliope was a blip on the horizon. So, why am I bothering to ask this? Karkat was obviously just a proto-Caliborn, right? Well, let’s look at the facts:

They both type in gray

They both type in all caps and use the rudest possible terms for things

They both have candy red blood and are in some way related to lime blood (Karkat through mutation and Caliborn through his sister)

But those are all superficial similarities. Let’s go a bit deeper.

They’re both pretty sexist. Much as I love Karkat, he does say some shit that displays a pretty condescending view towards women in canon. You can point out that he was initially meant to parody internet trolls, and that he’s overcompensating due to Alternian culture, and that he Lives In A Society and whatnot, but regardless, he’s pretty sexist during most of Act 5.

They both serve as a “typical” example of what their race is like, and display elements of their culture (or lack thereof, since Caliborn makes it clear that an asocial species would have no need for culture) despite not being very typical themselves. Karkat is a mutantblood who doesn’t even experience the quadrants correctly, and Caliborn never dominated the way he was meant to

They both make friends with Jack Noir, though for entirely different reasons. Karkat makes friends with Jack because his natural inclination is to try to be friends with everyone, no matter the circumstance, while Caliborn forms an uneasy alliance (note that he explicitly calls him not a friend) with Jack because they’re equally bloodthirsty.

They both have an interesting dynamic with one Gamzee Makara. Admittedly, because of his level of importance, nearly everyone has some sort of relationship with Gamzee, but it is interesting that it’s concilliatory on both ends: Karkat pacified Gamzee during Murderstuck while Gamzee took care of Caliborn during his childhood.

Finally, the biggest bit of similarity between them: they’re both terrible at art. This is, honestly, the main reason I made this post. In Homestuck Book 5: Act 5 Act 2 Part 1, Hussie mentions that Karkat is the only character who’s as bad at art as Caliborn, going on to say, quote, “The fact that Karkat and Caliborn have a bit of overlap in personality and typing style may correlate somewhat with their artistic sensibilities as well. Like there's a certain part of the brain that's overactive in both kids, and possibly in all very special boys of their ilk. “

What, exactly, did Hussie mean by this? He’s previously not shied away from describing Caliborn’s brain as broken in some way, and it’s clear that Karkat deals with serious self-loathing issues; could either of those be it? Does this mean Caliborn’s self love isn’t nearly as unflappable as we thought? Is it a mask? Was he just saying Karkat and Caliborn are extremely “left-brained” in the traditional sense? This seems less than likely, to me. While I do think Caliborn is pretty left-brained (the jury’s still out on whether he can draw a CURVE, for the sufferer’s sake), Karkat, much as he fronts like this LOGICAL, NO-BULLSHIT, CUT-TO-THE-CHASE MACHO MAN, is far more in touch with his emotional side than anything else. In all honesty, he doesn’t even strike me as one of the more intellegent Homestuck characters, at least not in the traditional sense. (Please note that saying a character whom I adore very much and identify with heavily isn’t as smart as other HS characters is like pulling teeth for me).

I do wonder what exactly Hussie meant there, though. The word “special” is of course loaded, both within Homestuck and without. I’m sure I needn’t tell you of its perjorative, ableist meaning, considering I brought it up in the second sentence of this post. It’s very likely that Hussie is just making an off-colour joke here. Let’s act as though he isn’t for the sake of exploring this a little more though. Within the comic, the first thing I think of when hearing the word special is Special Stardust, which is of course inextricably linked to cherubim. Gamzee is a frequent partaker, as are Caliborn and Calliope. However, another place it’s used, especially with the context of a “special mind”, is with Jake English. (Caliborn is even the one to tell him this!) Our other major page, Tavros Nitram, is also linked to special stardust and also behaves similarly to Jake, which might lend water to this theory.

So, then, one must ask, what exactly is being said here? it’s suggested that Karkat and Caliborn have... something in common with one another, and furthermore with Jake and Tavros, but what? On this page right here, Caliborn says their shared uniqueness is because they have to work harder than everyone else. This makes sense, as we see Caliborn’s journey to Lordship is a long and arduous one, and we also see Jake and Tavros having to struggle to reach their full potential as Pages. Karkat has to fight his inner demons for a long time, and by the end of the comic it’s clear he still has a long way to go. I doubt that that’s what Hussie meant, considering he specified “a part of the brain that’s overactive,” but I do think it sheds some light on matters. I especially think it might give us a new theory relating to the Knight class: If it’s truly meant to be a counterpart to Page, then maybe that means they ALSO have to work hard to reach their full potential? This might just be a reflection of Karkat’s personal journey though, considering Dave managed to get a handle on Time shit fairly early in the game.

This post was the equivalent of me violently shrugging and stating self-evident facts for a few minutes, but it’s also getting a bit long in the tooth, so I think I’m gonna end it here. I’m open to feedback/counter-theories/telling me BKEW already came up with this theory in 2012

[sponfawn]

MTH - Buttercup & Mitch, Floyd, Lloyd, and Harry

This one goes out to a certain anon~ So this is surprisingly one topic that I haven't thought about extensively regarding MTH, but it’s a really interesting dynamic to think about. I wasn’t sure if by pre-breakup interactions between BC and the guys, anon meant like pre-relationship as a whole, or post-relationship but pre-breakup. So I thought about both. Disclaimer: because we don’t really have much to go on in terms of pre-relationship interactions, this is gonna be a bunch of conjecture based on how the characters currently behave and interact. I also gotta be honest, Harry and the twins tend to kinda clump together in my mind. I know what they looked like at 5yo, but in terms of current characterization they’re similar enough that they exist as a group in my head. Tho Harry does end up as the butt of a lot of jokes, more so than the twins. I guess that’s to be expected when your name is Harry Pitt.

This may have been stated in MTH in one of the early chapters, in which case, nevermind. But I feel like Buttercup probly started hanging out with the guys more starting at around when the Girls were 7 or 8? Blossom began her dance lessons at around 6 or 7, and I think 7 is around the age where kids in school start solidifying more who they consistently hang out with, and start subtly drifting a bit from siblings of about the same age. And as they got older (like maybe around 11/12) is really when Buttercup more clearly diverged from her sisters’ friends. In middle school, Blossom and Bubbles were both in choir apparently, and Buttercup rejected that completely. I’m guessing around that age or a year or so older is when they started wanting to form a band together, and then freshman year they actually started to play together as No Neck Joe. I think the guys started liking her pretty early in their collective friendship. I can imagine them all kinda realizing that they all had a crush on her. It’s possible it caused some mild conflicts between them, but I can’t imagine it lasted long at all. Then they came to a mutual agreement to prioritize their respective friendships with her. Honestly when Mitch and she started dating, I feel like Harry and the twins saw it coming and resigned to it without fuss. I just can’t see those 3 getting all pissy over it. Awkward? Yeah. Disappointed? Yeah. But not angry.

From what we see in their interactions after Butch becomes their buffer, I think they used to interact as a group much like how they did in chapter 9 at the Boys’ apartment, and in the video clip. Lots of ball busting, ribbing, general goofing off, and comfortable banter. Tho obviously with one difference being the current distance between Mitch and Buttercup. At this point in the story, while Buttercup and Mitch are starting to relax slightly around each other, they still kinda skirt the edges of the group and avoid much direct interaction. In group settings, Mitch was probably in a similar position that Butch currently inhabits, at least in terms of his closeness to Buttercup. That’s not to say that Butch is just a Mitch replacement tho. More that Harry, Floyd, and Lloyd are both relatively close to, and distant from, Buttercup. They’re in her closest friend group, but were never the closest to her within said group. Mitch and BC were BEST FRIENDS before ever going out, and that is the most obvious shift in the group as a whole. In my mind, Mitch likely interacted with her in less rough ways compared to Butch, both in term of rough housing (knowing that even if he could dish it out he wouldn't be able to take it), and dirty jokes aimed at/about her. I mean the guys have probly liked her for many years, and since they all were trying to hide their crushes i doubt any of them made many jokes suggesting any kind of attraction towards her. After Mitch and Buttercup started going out, that inclination would have probably increased (at least for Floyd, Lloyd, and Harry). Tbh, from the video Mitch was so earnest and sincere that I doubt he ever made dirty jokes about them as a couple, anyway. I feel like he’d be shy/awkward about that, especially knowing that she’d be flustered about it.

Based on the scene in the mall where the guys ask Buttercup to hang out with them for anti-prom, it’s pretty clear that not only is she just as shitty at communicating with her friends as she is with everyone else, but Mitch is as well. (To refresh memories, they're like “We don’t know what we did to piss you off, but whatever it is we’re so sorry and please be our friend again”, and she’s internally like “oh shit, that’s right they didn’t actually do anything and it’s not their fault, it was Mitch who told me”). I can understand why Mitch wouldn’t wanna talk about their breakup and the fact that he spilled the beans on all of them. But I bet it’s been lonely for them. Aside from the jealousy they probly had over Mitch being the one she chose to go out with, it was probly like being 3rd, 4th, and 5th wheels around them at times, cuz they were best friends even before dating. And in this situation, it wasn’t just feeling like an awkward entourage, it was like they fully lost one friend and the other one refused to clue them in as to why. I think if given the opportunity to be emotionally supportive in some way, theyd be fucking dorks about it but they’d try their best. But they were never given that opportunity by Mitch or BC, despite being friends since kindergarten. I feel like that probly hurt them, to be treated like it had nothing to do with them, even tho they were all friends. They haven't really addressed it, partly out of not wanting to accidentally push Buttercup away again, and partly cuz they’re just so relieved that they’re all friends again. I doubt they’ll ever decide to bring it up. Tho i could see Harry having a sudden outburst about it if she ever tries to ghost on them again. Idk why exactly but I feel like he’s the one most likely to have the guts to be vulnerable like that (both in expressing discontent/anger about something like that, and in terms of possibly invoking BC’s wrath). He seems slightly more assertive in some ways than the twins, and I feel like the twins look to each other a lot to decide what to say and when to speak up about something, which makes both of them hesitant to be the first to bring something up. Whenever I imagine who first brought up the idea of them forming a band, it’s always either Mitch or Buttercup, and Harry and the twins jump on the bandwagon. I think all 3 of them are less inclined to take the lead, but when necessary, Harry nervously steps up to the plate. After all, he is “the most determined drowning man of them all”, who spoke up first and ended up actually inviting her to their mini anti-prom.

I’ve been in BC’s position before, unwittingly pulled into the crush zone by friends, and I know the heartbreak over finding out someone just hung out with you cuz they wanted to get in your pants. But I don’t think that's fully the case for Harry and the twins. I’m sure they fantasize about it, but I think they genuinely care about her and value her friendship. At one point, she’s thinking about how she thought the guys “saw her” as a person, but after finding out they all liked her she feels like they didn’t actually see or like her as a full person at all, just as a “girl”. And again, I fully understand that feeling. But I think it also speaks volumes about how she perceives crushes and guys who have them. She knows that guys objectify girls, and I think she’s really internalized how attractive women are portrayed in various media, as well as how her sisters are perceived by virtual strangers - girls/women are not attractive due to their athletic feats, their sense of humor, their thoughts, their personalities, or their strength. They are attractive due to physical looks and femininity, and she equates being seen as “attractive/desirable” with being seen in a 1 dimensional and objectified way. She’s surprisingly like Blossom in that way (I’m thinking specifically about the scene in the diner and how she reacts after the photoshoot where she was asked to pose on the cover of a men’s magazine - “I don’t have a problem with people thinking I’m pretty... But... I do all this other stuff”), altho the way it manifests in their behavior is different. With Mitch she was ok with him liking her, and I think that’s partly cuz she liked him back but also cuz of how close they were. As best friends, she felt he saw her more completely than anyone else - until she realized that he thought she was interested in the other guys as “backups” and didn't see how much she loved him. (Which is interesting to me, cuz while she didn’t voice her feelings much to him, even Butch “emotionally constipated” Jojo could see how much she loved him through the videos and pics. It’s normal to feel insecure or unsure about someone’s feelings if they don’t communicate them, but I wonder if Mitch ever looks at those pics and realizes in retrospect how much she loved him.)

It makes me happy that she’s at least marginally getting better about communicating, even if it’s just with Butch (I hope that ability grows to other ppl for her as well). But for me it just highlighted how Buttercup doesn’t really have a support system. With the guys, she never talked about the tough stuff. I mean they didn’t seem at all surprised that she wasn't telling them why she was upset with them. She is very adverse to showing any sign of what she perceives as weakness, and since even Mitch had a hard time understanding her feelings, I’m sure it hasn’t been easier for the other guys by any means. They have fun together and share common interests, which is great, but she really keeps them at arm’s length. This is another aspect that's similar with Blossom, even tho Buttercup goes out with friends more often. They’re both quite emotionally isolated, tho Buttercup is now sharing more with Butch and Blossom is quite close with Bubbles. Of course, this isn’t due to a shortage of ppl around them who want to be close to them, but their own issues with showing vulnerability. I hope we get to see them open up a bit to more people. Now I’m honestly really interested in seeing how Harry, Floyd, and/or Lloyd would respond if Buttercup had like a serious conversation with one or all of them.

[monkey-network]

redPill Your Mind [Part 1]

This is gonna be one of the drunken things I’ll ever write, but there needed to be balance so I hope you enjoy.

So, you know what I expected when I saw the title Change Your Mind? A sequel to Sorry to Bother You, in which Rebecca Sugar and Noelle Stevenson’s [self inserts] head to a Penthouse house party hosted by Buzzfeed type millennial hetero CEOs and they eventually have to slaughter their way out of there before they’re injected with a serum that turns people into jungle cat human hybrids......... instead we got a special that one could say had too many cooks in the kitchen, only for all to season the roast with the same salt, water, & pepper. But hey, whence you read all of this, know that it was all very entertaining to me. Okay, so...

We return to Rapunzel’s tower where Steven is still locked away in his sequin suit where Blue comes in and has an argument with him who is actually Pink and it’s all a dream that apparently took place in the past but the question here is when? Like it supposedly takes place before Pink got Earth but after she started acting like less of a brat? So it’s like... she was a pretty entitled brat at one point but here she’s restrained and regretful of herself here now. What?

I’m honestly at a lost at how I should feel about Pink Diamond cuz on the one hand she basically lied, used, and manipulated others into false realities and subconsciously relied on a 14 year old to be their guiding key to relieving the weight they had on themselves because she wasn’t mature enough to face this herself. On the other hand, she is seen as somebody that’s in a strict, estranged relationship with her parental figures and comes across as the one gets the rod and yet is pretty spoiled. On one hand, she sent Steven some positives vibes before her death, so that’s great. But on the other hand with this dream scene, we, or at least I, don’t really see her getting abused by the diamonds as much as having to be disciplined and told to for goofing around? Like Blue Diamond agreed to letting Pink keep the rainbow worms, Pink took advantage of that and did something unruly, and she’s put in time-out because of it. Like yeah, that tower is pretty depressing even if you can escape from it with your shapeshift and floaty powers, but it’s not like she’s in there because the others think she’s always a waste of space but because she acted headstrong and is sent there to have some time to reflect on her repercussions. Blue doesn’t figuratively looks down on Pink, think of her as any less in that scene in particular, she just appears disappointed that Pink isn’t acting like an expectedly responsible leader. Like yeah, Pink’s treated like a child but the show made me believe that she was only a child back then.

Not to mention, her “parents” are dictators, explicit dictators that are trying to maintain a galaxy wide empire full of destroyed planets and massive use of structural militarization. They have to chastise Pink for not living up to their expectations because their expectations amounts to being sith lords that seek to kill, look grandiose, and control at will. They weren’t trying to get Pink into an Ivy League and get a million dollar business afloat, they were trying to build her into the next conqueror and I’m at a lost as whether I’m supposed to empathize with that. The show made little effort in helping me think of her as anything more than a based ass bitch among a group of the same stitch that sorta kept the cycle of control going when she finally stepped up to be a leader and yet the show wants me to think that her intentions overall meant something sincere but fuck, man. Intentions work when the outcome is most probable and soluble on all accounts, it doesn’t help with three mentally stunted alien women that apparently haven’t integrated too well into society despite the fact that there are entire libraries to learn from and grasp the ups and downs that humanity have gone through since one of the purposes of staying on Earth is to protect the life on Earth as well as coexist with the inhabitants otherwise a World War 0 would’ve been imminent from the get go. Honestly, WW0 would’ve probably been cool too. I guess that’s why Russia is nonexistent cuz the fight between Russians and Gems would’ve been too epic to be detailed.

Also, we see the Diamonds do the truth bomb again and it’s like were they trying to kill or corrupt the gems cuz it seems that they weren’t aware of how their powers work and it’s like what the fuck. You just throw up your hand and expect the worst? They didn’t test this power far beforehand before decidedly saying “You know what? Let’s try these hand beams. I’m sure they’ll be super effective in wiping them out.” On top of that, the Diamonds didn’t bother to see what happened afterward? They just nuked the planet and left not caring if there were any survivors to squash out? Like yeah, if I set off a nuke then I’m certain many would die but if I wanted to make sure everyone dead, I’d cover my tracks and send some drones down to comb the area to make sure of no survivors and if the corrupted gem count were overwhelming then yeah I’d step in and take care of it again. Just saying, I would be a far more tactile villain but apparently there are no villains in this show so I guess not doing this is consistency? Wonderful.

We cut to the present where a Deja Blue, that isn’t ass tasting water, happens and Blue is like “Dang it, I try to be the better, more lenient dictator mom and you just soiling the good order and my patience. I’m putting my foot down this time.” And they mention dehydration and starvation but it’s like how would Blue know what those are? This small moment comes off as Blue being quite a brick wall but that’s the fact she doesn’t know what human customs are because.... she was never informed or obligated to care of such things. 

In any case, Steven tells Blue that this dynamic of theirs ain’t gucci, and Blue breaks down coming to terms with her estranged behavior with Pink. And I gotta look a little further into this. So the scene amounts to Blue realizing that Earth suited Pink or Steven better than the likes of Homeworld and yet it didn’t feel earned in the sense that Blue truly saw what Steven saw in Earth.  

Remember the episode When It Rains where Peridot felt more comfortable with Earth after experiencing raindrops for the first time? That could’ve been for the Diamonds, somewhat. Legs from Here to Homeworld rushed and brushed off what could’ve been a chance for Blue and Yellow to at least grasp the perspective Pink had all those years ago before they came to a full realization in this episode. They didn’t have to be as blown away as Peridot was, but they should’ve had some time before to somewhat get a sense of conflict in their own ideals and how Pink was probably in the right of her actions before falling in line to Steven’s gospel.

Like we can point the finger at Blue for being an emotionally controlling parent but like I said, she is a dictator, one whom, based on what we got, didn’t figuratively looked down on Pink as much as wanted better from her, and punished her accordingly when she went against the order that the Diamonds built for themselves. She was negligible to Pink’s real desires, but then again she had to run an empire and had to make sure Pink would follow suit so it’s like what Pink wanted was irrelevant to what was expected of her. The chamber’s a bit much, and I ain’t excusing it, but it’s like they could’ve done far worse to make Pink see things their way. And we never really see Blue enforce any control over Pink, be emotionally dysfunctional towards her, or diminish her sense of self as much as give her a stern talking about what she must uphold as a Diamond, what she born to be, as any sense to diverge from that should be absolved, while being consistent in her soft-spoken yet straightforward tone. I’ve seen a few say that she alludes to abusive parenting but the show never indicates that her disappointment and frustration enabled a subtly abusive side of her. Only one moment presents such a case where she uses her power blue balls on Steven and he takes this as a regular occurrence, but this only happens when Steven pushes her to do so out of frustration not long after trying to reason with him. For the sake of Pink Diamond, Blue really just agrees with Steven instead of understanding this for herself. Yeah, this is meant to feel like a one sided argument, but it didn’t feel like Steven had to think that much to get her on his side. While it makes sense that she would be the first who comes to terms with her past transgressions, those transgressions aren’t exhibited well to say that she was truly in the wrong for everything she did to Pink, based on what we’ve seen and heard of her. I ain’t trying to defend the Diamonds, but Blue’s revelation feels more by design of the plot and less out of earnest rationale that’s emotional resonating.

And trying to say the Crystal Gems are better parents than Blue and Yellow is a big ass understatement because their expectations weren’t as necessarily impactful as being a responsible ruler of a fucking galactic empire. Those are two different planes of settlement and standards, and Steven trying to say what is normal or not rings hallow when he didn’t make any case back on Earth for what is considerably normal there. Not to mention, Pink and Steven, despite how it may seem, are two different characters. The show tries to provide that Steven is his own person yet has to work out the complicated relationship of somebody he’s never seen and still knows minute about with her emotionally stunted parents, or his other family, by making believe that they’re almost one in the same based on pattern recognition? Say what? I mean we’ll get to this later... but let’s say Pink is quite the catalyst in this special and the uphill battle is only the slight incline from here.

So after Blue joins the party temporarily, she hides Steven and Connie in her boobs, they head to Pink’s quarters, the two eat, get clothed, and head out to get the gems back. And this is where I stop for now cuz I’m tired.

Continued in Part 2 (eventually...)

[itsmonika]

What Zodiac Sign Is June 17

June 17 Zodiac is Gemini - Full Horoscope Personality

June 17, Gemini

As a Gemini brought into the world on June seventeenth, you have a touchy and getting character. You need to build up specific guidelines in your day to day existence since this makes you agreeable and yet, you are not exceptionally severe, particularly with what others are doing.

You have an educated side to yourself however it regularly takes you some time to interact with that. Plan to peruse a remarkable horoscope profile beneath.

The zodiac sign for June 17 is Gemini.

Visionary image: Twins. This is the image of the Gemini zodiac for individuals conceived May 21 - June 20 and proposes means obstinacy yet additionally compassion and fondness encapsulated in a certain and quiet conduct.

The Gemini Constellation with apparent scopes between +90° to - 60° and the most splendid star Pollux, is one of the twelve zodiac heavenly bodies. It is spread on a space of 514 sq degrees between Taurus toward the West and Cancer toward the East.

In Greece it is called Dioscuri and in France passes by the name Gémeaux yet the Latin beginning of the June 17 zodiac sign, the Twins is in the name Gemini.

Inverse sign: Sagittarius. This sign as the inverse or corresponding of Gemini uncovers rapture and energy and gives how these two sun indications have comparable objectives throughout everyday life except they reach to them in an unexpected way.

Methodology: Mobile. This methodology of those brought into the world on June 17 proposes boldness and meander and furthermore offers a feeling of their lovable nature.

Administering house: The third house. This house arrangement represents correspondence, information and social cooperation. This says a great deal regarding the interests of Geminis and their life viewpoints.

Administering body: Mercury. This association proposes benefit and reasoning. It likewise considers the humor in the existences of these locals. Mercury has the quickest circle of any planet, orbiting the Sun in 88 days.

Component: Air. This component proposes the feeling of authenticity and alert in the existence of those brought into the world on June 17 and decides that person to be much more mindful and locked in. Joined with the component earth, air appears to cover or consolidate in it.

Day of reckoning: Wednesday. Governed by Mercury this day represents trade and receptive outlook and appears to have a similar cognizant stream as the existences of Gemini people.

Fortunate numbers: 2, 6, 11, 13, 26.

Witticism: "I think!"

More data on June 17 Zodiac beneath ▼

June 17 zodiac, Gemini

Individuals brought into the world on June 17 can be characterized as reliable, inquisitive and daring. Actually like a genuine Gemini they are enthralling, moldable and entertaining. They appreciate learning new things and having contact with the rest of the world consistently. They disdain feeling desolate and they keep away from any sort of conventional that can be set up in their lives. The best setting for those brought into the world under this sign identifies with all settings where they can express their convictions, and they do have convictions about everything.

Positive attributes: These individuals are portrayed by expressiveness, fortitude and a creative splendor of brain. Gemini individuals are generally enthusiastic and positive. They end up being entirely altruistic with individuals they like and exceptionally energetic about their cherished one on the off chance that they at any point settle for one individual. Those brought into the world under this sign are likewise in an endless quest for new encounters as their disturbed creative mind never needs to enjoy a reprieve.

Negative attributes: These locals regularly surrender faster than they ought to and are amazingly narrow minded on occasion. They will in general be very peevish and collect strain in circumstances where they believe they are not the advantaged ones. They likewise start many ventures immediately and tend to include a many individuals in them to then adjust their perspective and leave everybody part of the way through. They are manipulative and can free their temper immediately when individuals don't react the manner in which they anticipate that they should.

Love and Compatibility for June 17 Zodiac

Darlings brought into the world on June 17 are adaptable and keen. They do realize how to vanquish somebody they get enthusiastic, not just they realize how to engage their direction through words yet additionally with motions. They are drawn to dynamic and erratic individual who can keep them speculating yet in addition stay aware of their energy. For the friendly Gemini, love comes quick and goes significantly quicker. You can vanquish the core of Gemini on the off chance that you have a fascinating character and you realize how to uncover it bit by bit and you can acknowledge their erraticisms.

Beguiling darlings they are consistently excited albeit in some cases unusual and difficult to comprehend. On the off chance that their cherished one is patient and fair they are probably going to open to them and their affection will advance quick. They are agreeable however saved and their disposition will not bring many individuals near them. They are steady and gallant for all intents and purposes so they will be an incredible piece of their family group once they choose to agree to somebody. They are generally viable with those brought into the world on first, fourth, eighth, tenth, thirteenth, seventeenth, nineteenth, 22th, 26th, 28th and 31st.

June 17 Zodiac individuals are extremely drawn to the next air signs: Libra and Aquarius as they will in general have a similar vision of life. Throughout everyday life, Gemini is continually looking for somebody that can really comprehend their method of communicating their sentiments and the best to do this is the local from Sagittarius. Gemini is believed to be least viable with Taurus. Concerning the remainder of compatibilities between the other star signs and Gemini, you know what they say, stars incline yet individuals arrange.

[bemused-writer]

Vampire Culture and Blood in Vanitas no Carte

Considering this is a story about vampires it’s hard to avoid wondering about where blood drinking fits into things, especially since the vampires in this story are somewhat different from typical portrayals of vampires. For example, they don’t need blood to survive, they can’t turn humans into vampires, and their real names are an utmost secret since it allows others power over them, notably the Charlatan.

While vampires can’t use their blood to transform humans into vampires nor do they need it to survive it does seem to play an important role in their society.

Most obviously, there are different powers connected to which house/clan you’re from. The Archivistes can read a person’s memories by drinking their blood and Lord Ruthven is able to bend a person’s will to his own by drinking theirs.*

Drinking blood, at least between fellow vampires, also appears to be a way of showing intimacy (platonic, romantic, or otherwise). Noé, Dominique, and Louis all drank each others blood as children and Noé and Dominique continue to do so even as adults. It’s a little unclear to me if this is common among all vampires or if these three are a bit unusual in their closeness.

Vanitas seems to find the closeness between Dominique and Noé confusing or bizarre, commenting that he isn’t sure what friendship is between vampires. While I consider Vanitas a biased observer in this regard due to his own experience with vampires coming from a human perspective it does seem to indicate drinking blood shows a bit more closeness than is usually associated with typical friendship.

Which raises the question of what drinking blood means when it comes to humans. The dynamic here strikes me as very different than when it’s between fellow vampires. Veronica de Sade mentions hunting Vanitas down like their ancestors did. In other words, humans have definitely been used for sport among the aristocracy in the past. Furthermore, the only person we’ve seen be given a mark of possession is a human, Vanitas. 

This seems like a double edged sword to me though. On one hand, this is obviously intended to mark “property” but as also evidenced by Vanitas, one mark of possession doesn’t cancel out another, so I suppose it’s more of a warning than anything else. On the other hand, Vanitas also mentions that the marks occur when a vampire “embeds a portion of their power in someone else.” If Vanitas has been marked by two separate vampires is he gaining power from both? Just how do these powers manifest themselves and how prominent are they? And if this is a way of making someone stronger are these marks ever left simply for that purpose? And perhaps most importantly, can the mark be removed? We don’t yet know what kind of relationship human!Vanitas had with vampire!Vanitas although by the sound of it it wasn’t a healthy one. Still, there is a vague possibility the mark was left for more reasons than simply showing ownership.

Of course, one has to also wonder if a vampire would ever give a mark of possession to another vampire. I’m inclined to say “probably not very often” simply because of the closeness blood drinking seems to inspire between vampires such as Noé and Dominique. However, given Lord Ruthven’s behavior toward Noé and how he uses his abilities I wouldn’t be surprised to learn there are some vampires who would do exactly that.

Outside of marks of possession and ancient man-hunts among vampires, I do wonder how drinking human blood is viewed among most modern vampires. Noé comments in the first chapter that “vampires are forbidden to attack humans.” Does this mean attack in a broad, more general sense or would this include drinking their blood? I’m guessing it’s just the former since Noé wanted to drink Vanitas’s blood and didn’t seem to regard this as being potentially illegal. I have a hard time determining whether drinking human blood is usually considered “food” or if it’s a sign of closeness similar to how it is between two vampires. Dominique seems to find Noé’s frank desire to drink Vanitas’s blood as surprising and a little disappointing since she has unreciprocated feelings for him. This would suggest that there’s still a certain intimacy associated with drinking blood regardless of whether it’s between a vampire and human or two vampires. If that’s the case, it makes Noé telling Dominique this so casually even more amusing.

So far the only real depiction of a vampire drinking a human’s blood we have to go on is Jeanne and Vanitas. This obviously isn’t a normal situation the two have found themselves in since Jeanne is either cursed or suffering some kind of illness related to drinking blood and Vanitas is very openly manipulating her into drinking his own for his own reasons. 

While I could be wrong, I feel like a human having the upper hand in this scenario is decidedly odd. I suspect the situation Vanitas unfortunately found himself in the past with vampire!Vanitas  is probably a bit more common whatever it may have been. If Vanitas is treating Jeanne the way he had been treated in the past we can assume it was absolutely terrible and abusive (which would fit in with his hatred of this particular vampire) but it would give insight into the potential power struggles between humans and vampires in these situations.

The last thing I can think of to say about the subject is that Vanitas does give us a pretty good description of what it’s supposed to be like to have your blood drunk. Apparently it varies depending on the vampire and while Vanitas says he enjoys Jeanne drinking his blood to me he obviously looks to be in severe pain whenever it’s occurring. This probably says more about Vanitas himself and his manipulative/masochistic tendencies than it does about vampire culture but it is interesting albeit uncomfortable.

At any rate, I think I’ll leave it there for now; I imagine we’ll be learning quite a bit about this with coming chapters!

*As an aside, I wonder whether Noé’s teacher has any ability related to blood? It seemed like he and Noé had some kind of long-distance telepathic conversation about Vanitas. I wonder if this is simply another ability of his Teacher’s (such as manipulating the world’s formula) or whether it’s something related to blood.

[thisdaynews]

How I’ll handle IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu as Ohanaeze PG – Asoluka

New Post has been published on https://thebiafrastar.com/how-ill-handle-ipob-nnamdi-kanu-as-ohanaeze-pg-asoluka/

How I’ll handle IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu as Ohanaeze PG – Asoluka

One of the bleeding edge competitors for the workplace of president-general (PG) of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide in next Sunday’s political decision, Dr. Chris Asoluka, has revealed how he would deal with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its chief, Nnamdi Kanu, whenever chose.

In this meeting with Daily Sun, Dr. Asoluka featured his arrangements to reposition the pinnacle Igbo socio-social association.

What will be your primary goal as Ohanaeze PG?

In as much as I praise the current administration’s perceivability and candor, the opposite side of the coin, which is the assignment of organization of Ohanaeze Ndigbo around the world, in accordance with its sacred targets, should be agreed need for genuine responsibility for affiliation, financing and adequacy.

Our group will reclaim Ohanaeze to the grassroots, form spans with the youthful and womenfolk and interface up with the diaspora energy and assets. Ohanaeze, which has been acknowledged as the pinnacle socio-social gathering in Igboland, should rise unequivocally to revamp trust and reestablish our kin’s expectation and trust in ourselves. Accordingly, Ohanaeze will represent each Igbo man and lady, campaign and haggle to make sure about our aggregate advantages. In any case, truly, on the off chance that you should represent me, you need to know my sentiments, musings and fears before you do as such. Consequently, our regulating cycle of Ohanaeze is to produce comprehensiveness and criticism framework. We need to make it worldwide to be seen by each Igbo individual as an organization to be regarded, adored and esteemed. That was the way Igbo State Union was run and overseen. With a solid organization set up, our kin will readily take an interest in it and backing its exercises.

The race is getting hot and, as in Nigeria’s legislative issues, godfatherism assumes unmistakable jobs in winning races. In this case, who is your adoptive parent?

Certainly, I have no one except for God Almighty as the wellspring of my inspiration and the decider of my destiny. I have never been drafted by any “back up parent” being viewed as those powers who support or potentially decide the result of discretionary cycles or who are behind my choice to challenge for any position. Despite what might be expected, I have been viewed by numerous individuals as being free leaning and hard to be controlled or controlled.

Be that as it may, my reaction to three convincing inquiries has consistently guided and roused my choices with respect to offering myself for administration. They incorporate, first: Do I have the range of abilities for the undertakings/set of working responsibilities of the position? In the event that it is replied in the positive, I submit myself for investigation and approval of what I generally characterize as a basic center or mass of individuals, including my family, whose objectivity and charitableness I don’t question. At last and the most essential is the test in our Lord Jesus Christ’s illustration of the gifts, as described in Matthew 25:14-30.It represents a type of good or otherworldly weight on one’s inner voice or the legitimate obligation of care to your neighbor.

Review how our Lord’s reproach of that apparently careful and “shrewd” man who covered his gifts to abstain from losing the abilities, in this manner dodging obligation. It is this basic test that is highest and establishes the significant thought, assurance and inspiration for my choice. Imagine a scenario where it’s my ordained job or obligation to act at the same time, out of my narrow-mindedness, dread of facing challenge or remaining in my customary range of familiarity, I neglect to meet people’s high expectations. What’s more, the circumstance deteriorates to the final turning point, how might I record to God of the “gifts”, openings and His withstanding effortlessness? I would prefer to ask and offer myself and fizzle than sit idle.

For the workplace of PG of Ohanaeze Ndigbo around the world, I will say that my craving to serve is provoked by any “god father” yet the way that there is a ton of work to be done in Igboland, including the need for sex/youth consideration, security of life and property, advancement of AlaIgbo. There is without a doubt a superseding need to supplement different endeavors to decrease destitution in the land, joblessness and the preferences. As an ingenious issue solver and tried group pioneer, I will accumulate people of generosity who are envious to see a positive change in Igboland. What’s more, together, we will make it incredible once more.

Since the Igbo guarantee to be underestimated, how are you going to battle this?

I acknowledge the way that, in Nigeria, there is framework deficiency, incorporating appearing disproportion in its dissemination. I likewise recognize the disappointment of government character/portrayal, arrangements and openings. To determine a portion of these issues will involve a multi-pronged methodology depended on organizations, arrangements, support and, on occasion, fomentation. We will contact our political heads, all things considered, mount vigorous backing as well as solid disturbance, you realize the last could involve types of backlash, including utilization of bound together financial, segment and otherworldly blessing of Ndigbo when rebuked.

Have confidence that we will connect with the public authority of the day and make methods of making our voice heard, and heard noisy and clear. Be that as it may, we should be vital in our commitment, it will consistently be dictated by our gathering advantages.

IPOB resembles a tsetse fly roosting on Nigeria’s ‘genuine man’. What will be your relationship with Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB?

As president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo around the world, I will go about as a dad figure to one and all. I will keep up conversation with each Igbo gathering, hear them out, listen to them, and make recommendations, where vital. Yet, we will neither examine in dread nor dread to talk about.

As a dad, I am relied upon to adore every one of our kids without being particular or one-sided. Review that even the Holy Bible prepares for the intemperate child (Luke, 15:11-32), also captivating meriting gatherings and individuals.

Weakness has been the significant worry of Ndigbo. What will you do to promise your kin that they are protected?

Be educated that each spirit matters; all the more so that in the event that it is an Igbo man killed unfairly, anyplace, it’s a no-no that will not go on without serious consequences. We will neither endure the maltreatment and segregation of our siblings and sisters on our dirt nor permit our kin experience the ill effects of antagonism, terrorizing, etcetera. We will work with the current security networks towards delivering a tight security design, which will be adequate to everybody.

Between rebuilding of Nigeria and a President of Igbo extraction, where will you stand?

We will, whenever chose, seek after both rebuilding and journey for administration. Rebuilding will upgrade great administration and improved assistance conveyance to Nigerians in all aspects of the nation, better administration of characteristic assets through devolution of forces, etc. Our situation on rebuilding is to serve each Nigerian. The vote based framework we are running is getting excessively expensive, inefficient and without sufficient responsibility, straightforwardness and responsiveness. Amazingly, convergence of intensity has additionally advanced parochial interests and it needs absolute unbundling, particularly at the middle. In this way, if you were to ask me, we are advocating rebuilding to serve each Nigerian. Coming to administration, the Igbo reserve an option to be consoled as being really reintegrated after the common war that finished over 50 years prior. It’s an alleviating medicine that guarantees all out mending when they don’t just seek to the most noteworthy position however are decidedly urged to introduce a President for all Nigerians. To be sure that signal was advanced only nine years after the war when Dr. Alex Ekwueme became Vice-President. What is keeping down full reconciliation? What (or who) is preventing the Igbo from turning out to be President of Nigeria for over a long time since the war finished? Or on the other hand was there a mystery and quiet consent to force a “discriminatory constraint” on Ndigbo, banishing them from the workplace of Nigeria’s President? We should be given a feeling of having a place. I bow and argue “Biko, Ejo, Don Allah”! It will demonstrate to the world that Nigeria has a place with us all. It will recuperate the injuries of the Nigerian common war. It will be a gift to Nigeria. Accordingly, both rebuilding and Igbo administration have unmistakable and corresponding tasks to carry out in making Nigeria work to benefit all.

Do you think South-East lead representatives are doing what’s needed to ensure the interest of the Igbo?

I feel the world is sliding every day into disorder and frailty is all over. It is, in this manner, officeholder on pioneers to look for and give arrangements. I accept we need to build up our own territorial security outfit, be it to improve shared assurance by joining the benefits of localism, power union and dynamic knowledge get-together and fast reaction as the need emerges. There is, subsequently, the need to merge the measures through entry of such laws that may forbid certain contention/wrongdoing inclined exercises, for example, open brushing. As the basic role of government is the government assistance and security of lives, I am mindful the South-East lead representatives started a South East Security Committee. I am additionally mindful that Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF) presented a draft bill on forbidding open brushing in the different state Houses of Assembly in the South-East. The South-East lead representatives ought to, as an issue of earnestness, speed up activity on these. Whenever chose as president-general, given my authoritative experience, my group will draw in the basic partners in these territories. I accept that, with appropriate correspondence channels, we can accomplish these two undertakings as low-hanging organic products to give sufficient security to our kin.

What is your situation on the Eastern Security Network as of late shaped by IPOB?

Nature loathes a vacuum. The Eastern Security Network shaped by IPOB is a result of a vacuum. In any case, we need to see a few things. The South-West presented Amotekun as a joint security outfit possessed by the South-West. The different state governments gave it lawful support. With that, nobody will blame the South-West for r