#i want it to be MESSY! i want it to be GRITTY!!!! it probably wont be long though but like

[phontao]

thinking of making a kenjaku animatic to the tune of i expect you die ....

[erenaeoth]

Writing Fight Scenes, Part 2

I had some follow-up questions to my post on Writing Fight Scenes, and I think they’re really excellent questions that certainly made me think a lot. I’m going to answer them here as a post in case they might be useful for others to read too.

 What distinguishes action genre fight scene writing from other genres, in your view?

 I’m not an expert on different genres, but I think the best way to work out the role that fighting should have in your genre, is to think about the main motivations and aesthetic that a genre is perpetuating. If I was writing a crime noir, then I’d want a gritty tone, and the story is going to drive itself from A to B with twists and turns that are sometimes beyond the character’s power. The character is going to feel like a victim of circumstance a lot of the time. If I wanted to think about the space that violence would occupy in this narrative, I’d be thinking about the kind of ways in which a protagonist would end up in those situations, and this will start to dictate the way that you depict a fight in that genre. A private detective protagonist might be ambushed by someone watching their activity – our protagonist wont be expecting a fight, they’ll be unprepared, maybe the physical setting will give them disadvantages, like a narrow staircase etc. My focus is going to be not just on the action, but on the way that the circumstance itself has landed on my protagonist and they have to work themselves out of this situation in order to continue on their crusade.

I give this as an example, because for an Action genre (and here I mean something like a traditional martial arts movie, as well a more traditional western action movie – I’m talking movies for this as it’s easier to think of good fight scenes in them, but this applies to novels and other media too), the focus of the fight will be elsewhere. Action genres like to give space to their fight scenes. They like to set them up so that you know the confrontation is coming. Often there’s a kind of inevitability to them, whether that’s a face off the protagonist believes they have to have, or storming a building they need to take, etc. To me, it seems like for Action genres, the fight scenes will be an integral part of advancing the story, rather than a problem besetting our character and preventing them from trying to reach their goal. Again, this is just my own interpretation, but I would think that this does some important things to the way you’d want to think about your Action fight scenes/sequence. You probably want to let it have some centre stage – give it a bit of something grand or memorable – something your readers will walk away thinking – wow, that was that cool fight where Ip Man fought that Japanese General and they ended up switching weapons, but then they paused the fight to return each other’s weapons to the other. I choose this example because I don’t think memorable always has to mean badass. Even in an Action fight sequence, characterisation shining through and unique touches like respecting an opponent in a particular way, can make the scene memorable.

But the overall point I wanted to make is that I think Action genres will build those fight scenes into their climaxes, whereas often with other genres, fight scenes will serve to drive a plot along, rather than be the plot itself. Martial arts movies, in particular, and often other Action, will have running themes of characters needing to grow in physical (and mental) prowess in order to be able to overcome that final fight. It’s the place that the fight occupies in the story that is important, I believe, and this will accordingly change the way you write it. It will change the space you give to the fight, the way you talk about the character and their motivations, the way you write the fight itself. My crime noir detective doesn’t need to overcome any personal trials in the ambush they’re in – their fight scene will probably be messy and any introspection will be plot related – who is this attacker? Has someone betrayed me? Etc. Whereas an action hero is going to have a fight scene related to personal growth – am I strong enough? Am I ready? What does it mean to personally overcome this opponent in front of me?

  What is an effective means of balancing dialogue versus actions when writing a fight scene in a style/story that isn't really action-focused?

 I think this is really going to come down a lot to personal preference and what you think fits in best with the rest of the way you’ve written your story. I think the key is consistency. Look at how you’ve written your characters in previous scenes – is there a lot of internal dialogue, or do you mostly express them through their actions? Do you spend a lot of time setting up atmosphere and setting, or are you quite sparse on that front, and maybe more focussed on dialogue? I think you shouldn’t be afraid to let those dynamics reign even in a fight scene. I certainly have the tendency to box those fight scenes off in my mind as “fight scenes” but I think really we all need to see them as eddies in the river of our story – places where things flow a bit faster and the waters are troubled, but still ultimately a part of the same river, and flowing in the same direction as everything else.

It can be hard to intersperse internal thoughts into a fight scene whilst still conveying the speed of a fight. And really, a lot of the time, no one is thinking of anything other than the fight itself, otherwise they’re going to get hit. But this is a great opportunity to show why it is that your character is distracted, and maybe to let them take a hit as a result of their distraction. What is it that’s triggered that thought? Or maybe they realise they’re losing, and we get a barrage of their panicked thoughts over what that will mean. I think to get the balance right, you need to think about why it is that we’re seeing someone’s thoughts here. At the start of a fight it’s easy – things are slow enough for character to think about what they want to get out of this situation, but by the middle of the fight, you’re really interrupting the flow to add thought in. I think it’s important to own those interruptions and show weakness or thoughts that are jumping into the characters head as a result of the fight. You can keep the thoughts themselves almost following the rhythm of the action as well. This isn’t the time for a long exposition flashback – let the reader see flashes of something that the character remembers, triggered by the fight. Or let glimpses of thoughts about their fears for the future intrude into the fight. Or let their cockiness let them already think they’ve won, and we see glimpses of the victory they envision for themselves. So, follow the beats of the fight, and try not to obscure them with your non-action writing: let those other lines arise naturally from the fighting, prompted by the action.

I just realised the question said dialogue… Well, I think the same principles really apply to talking as well. It should be sparse in your fight, but really this will be determined by how the characters talk to each other outside of a fight. Do they try to wind each other up, or put each other down? Will someone try to use dialogue to throw off their opponent? Sometimes dialogue itself can be used as a psychological weapon in the fight. Maybe someone is trying to throw their opponent off their game by enraging them/making them lose control. Maybe they are trying to make them more uncertain of themselves. Maybe your fight is a sparring match between two friends, and the short lines of dialogue thrown in the pauses between their sparring are the only way they feel they can open up to each other. It really is very character driven, I think. From a realistic point of view (if you care about that) – I’d temper your dialogue choices by thinking about how out of breath your characters are, and how hard they are concentrating. If you’ve tried talking on the phone whilst running up a hill – it’s hard to get your words out when you’re trying to breathe. Or talking to someone whilst you’re trying to concentrate on reading something – it’s hard to always get the words out when your mind is elsewhere. For these reasons, I’d keep most dialogue to pauses in a fight, or before/after the fight, or as goads or quick words passed between people.

 Just to get an idea here...say I was writing a fic where an eccentric-styled fighter like Soul Calibur's Voldo was in a physical altercation. Since his is a self-taught/contortion-based style, what reference videos might I want to look at?

If a character is using a fictional fighting style, it can be tough to reference, but I’d apply the same principles as looking up other fighting styles, just a little more broad stroke. The first thing is, don’t neglect the actual sources you have – fighting games aren’t a great place to get references because lots of the animation is done to look good rather than to follow actual body physics (Kazuya’s hellsweep is burned into my mind here). But that said, by all means go and look at videos of Voldo in action, slow him down and look at what the creators were trying to get him to do. This is also the key place to identify the signature moves that will make it look like that unique character is the one you’re writing about. In terms of more robust sources, I would look for a fighting style you think is closest to the fictional style, or that the style is composite of, and also don’t be afraid to look further afield. Voldo for example also uses katars, so you could go and look up a video of a martial artist using those. Since the character moves like a contortionist, go look at contortion artists and how they manipulate their own bodies. You can get a feel for how the character you’re going to write moves. Also don’t be afraid to invent your own stuff. You don’t need to choreograph a fight using the exact moves that the fighting game character has in their repertoire. The key is punctuating the fight with memorable moves that the character has, and getting the overall feel of their movement.

  What is the essence of a more humorous fight scene, in your opinion? How might a fight scene be written with comic relief while also incorporating seriousness?

A lot of the work for a more humorous fight scene will be done by your characterisation. The rest will be done by having mild stakes to the fight and by using your environment well. Unless you have quite an absurdist or black comedy going on, the low stakes to the fight will be important for letting your reader relax enough for things to seem amusing. If you look at a Jackie Chan sequence, even before the slapstick gets involved, a scene is rarely about life or death – he might be saving priceless pottery, or trying to catch a thief – things where if mistakes are made or if you have a bit of a laugh, you don’t feel guilty or overwhelmingly concerned that the protagonist is doomed to a terrible outcome. I’ll put a note in here about black comedy, because I love it myself – you want the tone to be that the moment is amusing in the abstract, set against the seriousness of the overall situation. There will be an element of absurdity to the scene and a kind of hopelessness to the humour. This kind of humour often adds to the over all tragedy of a scene rather than being a form of comic relief.

For the fight itself, assuming you aren’t writing black comedy, I think there are a number of different ways you can approach comic relief in a fight whilst also incorporating some seriousness.

The humour could be there at the start of the fight because the characters were having laugh, and then they might subsequently realise they are actually very invested in the outcome, and perhaps the humour disperses.

The humour might gradually arise as the fight goes on. Not all fights have to be about beating someone up to attain your goals. Sometimes they can be about blowing off steam. Maybe the characters respect each other, and the humour gradually arises throughout the fight, to show a previously hurt/angered character relaxing and becoming more comfortable. The violence is more like a consensual sport rather than a pummelling.

The humour plays a slapstick role in the fight itself. This doesn’t have to be full on slapstick, but maybe more amusing things are happening in the fight that are outside your characters control, or maybe they are making mistakes because of their own choices. Maybe they’re fighting somewhere that really isn’t conducive to a fight which keeps interrupting the flow of their fight – like a boat at sea. Maybe one character is very drunk, or very tired, or madly in love with the other one and it keeps causing them to mess up in amusing ways. You can use this kind of outside pressure to force the tension to be relieved in a fight, even if the characters involved still think they want to go for each other’s throats.

I think incorporating humour into fights will more follow rules of humour than it will rules of writing fight scenes, and the balance between serious and amusing is probably best constructed by looking to good comedic sources. Think of a scene that caught the balance you’re trying to replicate between humour and seriousness in a fight, and try to think how the writer/director achieved this. What did they allow to be poked fun of? What was kept off limits? Was humour used to break up the fight or to show something about the characters state of mind/being? Was the fight actually funny, or was it a serious fight just between two amusing people who have good banter? Were the characters deadly serious, and was the fight funny because the characters kept trying to keep up their feud even though it clearly wasn’t the right time and place for it?

The list above isn’t exhaustive by any means, but hopefully it might give you some ideas of the spaces you can have for humour whilst maintaining some more serious themes. I think the main thing you want to think about is the tone you’re going for. What is it that you want to say is serious? Is the humour shared by the characters involved or does it arise on a meta level because we, the readers, can see the bigger picture? Do you want a serious message to come out of your fight? Humour will (almost) always decrease the tension in any scene, so you want to think carefully about how you’re going to use it in a situation intended to build tension/be a clash of tension (as fight scenes usually are). It can be a really powerful storytelling option, I think, but it does need some thought to go into it so that you don’t end up undoing the hard work of a serious scene by making it a joke punchline.

 Thank you very much for your questions!

[ohlukcs]

ALEX WOLFF / CIS MALE — don’t look now, but is that lukas tozer i see? the 20 year old film and media studies student is in their junior year and he is a rochester alum. i hear they can be passionate, thoughtful, assuming and cynical, so maybe keep that in mind. i bet he will make a name for themselves living in griffin street. ( sam. 22. aest. she/her. )

about lukas !!

full name: lukas joshua tozer

nickname(s): luk-ass idk whatever u can come up with lmao

age: twenty

gender: cis male

pronouns: he/him

hometown: jackson, new jersey

lives in: griffin street

date of birth: nov 4th

occupation: student ( film and media studies, junior ), cook/server at a nearby 24hr pizza joint

relationship status: single

drink / smoke / drugs: yes / yes / yes

faceclaim: alex wolff

positive traits: passionate, thoughtful, creative, ambitious, untethered, humorous

negative traits: assuming, cynical, insensitive, rebellious, resentful, irresponsible

if he was in a hogwarts house: slytherin

now some more dot points that are more info on lukas but under a different heading !!

was born in fort lauderdale florida but there is a vERY low chance he will ever admit that, he’ll just say he’s from new jersey. as far as he’s concerned, he’s always been from new jersey even if his family did move there after he turned twelve

speaking of things lukas probably wont ever tell u but i’m including them anyway: his family is kind of messy. not majorly but like a little bit more than average. he had two brothers, now he only has one. i’m not gonna include a whole lot of nitty gritty here i’ll save it for when i write the real bio and can actually do it justice but its the reason they moved from florida and it has had a pretty major effect on lukas over time obviously

he’s the baby of the family and he’s pretty much always been treated like one. it has left him pretty immature and irresponsible. still learning that his actions have consequences and that he cant just be a total dick all the time. he’s improved in those areas a fair bit since he started university but he still has a long way to go

he didn’t ever really expect to go to college, he’s from a middle class family and his dad didn’t even go to college. he applied for lockwood’s rochester campus just as a might as well give it a go thing. like maybe it will happen. he was wait listed up until basically the last minute, preparing himself for the life of an indie film maker with no degree. but then he got in and it was like oh fuck okay lets do it 

obviously irresponsible attitude has led to some Bad Decision Making including but not limited to partying and drugs. he doesn’t prioritise that lifestyle over his school work but he is a big believer that you need to experience things to be a great artist and he plans on being the greatest artist so bad decision town here we come !!!!

is not like thrilled about having to be in california but for free college he’ll suck it up. won’t admit it but def misses being at least kinda close to his family in new jersey 

he has a pet goldfish named michael bublé and its his only redeemable quality

for more info on him click here to check his about page, no bio there yet but hopefully soon

wanted connections babey !!

click here bc i made a lil page

pls like or hmu if u wanna plot 😘

[bakugou-tm]

Oooh how about domestic bakugou and his female s/o having fun painting a room in their new house? My idea was having them mess around while painting the nursery for their first kid, but ayye it could just be them painting a room and the kid(s) could be there having fun painting too lol. Originally a request for a scenario, but it's up to you on if you wanna go headcanons like I wont mind either way. Love your writing (AND YOUR BLOG)!!! Keep up the good work!

Awh of course this is such a cute idea. Thank you for the love, hope you enjoy!

The ash blond let out a sigh as he stared at the blank room before him. Blue tape around the crowning of the walls, plastic sheets on the ground so not to get pain on the fresh wood floors.

“This fucking brat better like purple.”

The two of you had a rather odd argument just a few days prior about what color your baby daughter’s room should be. Surprisingly you were okay with blue or pink, giving your boyfriend the two options but of course he had a different color all together. Black.

“Katsuki you know I’m all about us making decisions together, but our baby girl is absolutely not having an all black room! She would hate us!” You cried to him, almost skeptical about his argument thinking he was just joking around.

“Oi oi the hell are you talking about? If she’s got Bakugou blood then she’s gonna fucking love black!”

Eventually the argument got more heated, and for the sake of both you having a WWE fight in the backyard, you both finally decided on a plum purple. Dark enough for Bakugou’s liking but still cute enough for your little girl.

Now all Bakugou had to do was paint the entire room, not too bad right? Well now that he stood right in the middle of it, it was much larger than he had expected. But of course, with the ash blond going to be gone for a few weeks on a business trip, he needed to get this done now.

Letting out a few more annoyed curses Bakugou dipped the paint roller in the bucket of plum paint before he heard a knock against the wall, looking over to see you in workout shorts and a sports bra with your hair pulled back.

“What the hell are you doing? And where are your damn clothes?” Bakugou hissed before moving the dripping brush against the wall to make neat strokes against the white concrete.

Letting out a soft laugh you walked over to where he was brushing, picking up the extra paint roller on the floor, “What I can’t help my husband paint our little girl’s room? Besides we both know you won’t get this all done in a day.”

These challenging words made your husband freeze, his crimson eyes flicking to your own with a certain intensity you knew and loved, “Are you sure about that (s/o)?”

“Positive.” You said with narrowed (e/c) orbs before a playful grin danced across your lips while you sauntered over to him with your brush, “But if you really don’t believe me how about this, let’s see who can paint two walls the fastest.”

The ash blond smirked down to you at these words, the sudden challenge making a surge of excitement flow through his veins, “You’re on hot stuff, I got these two walls.”

Your orbs looked over to the two walls closest to him, your own narrowed with determination. Picking up one of the buckets of paint you stomped to the other side of the room with that mischievous grin still plastered on your features.

“Ready, set, go!”

Bakugou’s eyes widened as you viciously began to paint the wall, a huff escaping his lips as he quickly moved to his wall and began to paint, “Oi what kind of rushed ass start was that you little shit?!”

Letting out soft giggles you ignored him, beginning your hard work on the two walls you had been assigned to.

Two hours later, the two of you were exhausted, and though Bakugou would never admit it, he was very grateful you had split the work with him. He never realized how long it took to paint on so many layers, but luckily with the new-found willpower to win their little competition, he was able to finish hours earlier.

“Done! What wall are you on again? Oh that’s right, the first one.” Bakugou said with a smug smirk on his face, oh how he loved to see the shocked look on your features as you spun around looking to the freshly coated walls.

Letting out a shocked gasp you turned around to see if his words proved correct before your eyebrows furrowed, (e/c) orbs slowly rolling.

“Katsuki are you kidding? The walls look terrible! You didn’t even paint in the same direction, you have to redo that!”

Bakugou’s mouth dropped at your words, rage slowly boiling over him as his eye began to twitch, “Are you fucking serious? I just spent two hours on this, I ain’t redoing it!”

Narrowing your eyes you stomped over to his side, his eyes watching you every step of the way before they widened in relization, “(S/o) don’t you dare-”

His words were cut off by your hand smacking against the freshly painted wall before you dragged it all across, leaving visibly smudged paint all across the wall.

Bakugou’s fists were now steaming, a string of curses escaping his lips as he watched his once painted wall a now smudged mess.

“Oh you wanna go there (s/o)? Let’s fucking go there.” The ash blond growled, as he picked up his brush, walking over to you with narrowed eyes.

With widened eyes you began to back away, already knowing what the sinister boy was about to do, “Katsuki I swear if you dare-”

But your threat was never finished before he flicked the brush your direction, sending plum paint all over your cheeks, stomach, and legs. With a loud gasp you gave a death glare to your husband who was laughing his ass off, this apparently humored him greatly.

“Oh yeah Katsuki? Let’s see how that ash blond hair would like dyed plum!” You shouted with an evil grin, before he even had time to process what you said you lifted up the can of plum paint and launched it over to him, letting the cool gritty liquid splash all over him.

Once you opened your eyes you snorted, seeing the ash blond’s arms held up in pure disgust and shock as the paint dripped from him. From head to toe he was so covered in paint you wouldn’t be able to tell what color shirt he was wearing.

“You..You…”

Your husband didn’t even get to finish the end of his shaky sentence before you bursted into laughter, your head flying backward from the intensity of your laughter. Oh what you would pay to have a camera right now, if you weren’t so messy you would grab one right now. But sadly all good things come to an end, and when it comes to Bakugou it came quicker than you wanted.

“O..Oh you think this is funny huh?” Bakugou asked you causing you to look up, when a dark chuckle began to escape his lips that’s when you froze, a sudden chill going down your spine, “I’ll give you something to laugh about babe.”

Letting out a quiet whimper you backed away as the ash blond began to walk toward you, arms wide and open ready for you. Throwing your hands in front of you defensively you shook your head, not like the sinister smirk on his lips one bit.

“Katsuki.. don’t do it. Please please please do not do this Katsuki! Bakugou Katsuki I swear if you..”

squish

Letting out a loud shriek your arms shrivled up at your sides as your boyfriend pulled you in for a tight hug, making sure to rub his arms all along your body to get full coverage, “Oh yeah, how’dya like that babygirl?”

Your sad attempts to escape weren’t working, his grip only tightening on you until you accepted a sorrow defeat as you let your head flop against this shoulder, “I really hate you ya know.”

The soft rumbling from Bakugou’s chest gave you the butterflies, a blissfuly wet kiss to your cheek making you look to him, “I love you too shitty girl.”

Letting out a soft giggle you pecked at his lips before looking at his exotically colored face with a grin, “Purple’s a good color on you babe, you should wear it more.”

“I know it is, every fucking color looks good on me.” Bakugou replied with a smug grin, before pressing his lips against yours more passionately this time. You simply accepted his kiss, wrapping your arms around his neck to bring him closer.

“We should probably finish painting this room Katsuki.” You whispered in between the kiss, your (e/c) orbs looking up to his own crimson ones.

Letting out a chuckle the ash blond left more kisses against your lips before a wild grin came across his features, “Obviously, but let’s do it after we take a quick shower.”

You returned the goofy grin the boy had given you by jumping his arms with your own grin, placing warm kisses across his lips.

“Agreed.”

[ruffoverthinksthings]

A question if you don't mind. Somewhat dark. If the villains beer did get to take revenge on the Aks. What would happen? Some like Aladdin and Tarzan and Simba have multiple villains. Sure Scar and Zira would agree that Simba must die, but I guess Aladdin's would tie between Jafar wanting to kill, Saleen wanting to marry him. You know those kind, how do they get to have their revenge?

On Maleficent, Jafar, Aladdin Villains, Tarzan, Tarzan Villains, and Simba:

Maleficent would quickly annex Auradon, and change up the school system entirely to be a gigantic prison-esque system, with horrifically underfunded facilities, incompetent and outright abusive staff, and a social environment that encourages “every man for himself,” gang activity, and just general hopelessness, aided by a lack of support for college, means to improve yourself like after school activities and athletics, and unhealthy school lunches.

So, you know, the worst of the public school system of a place like New York City, and the entire setting of Something Wrong In Auradon.

Politically, she would probably assert herself as the new ruler and take great pains and pleasure to pit the various states against each other, possibly even to the point of hepling the other villains take over of the other states. As soon as the government as they know it is annexed, there will DEFINITELY be unrest among the working class, who I assume have been kept in line by their deification of the Royals as superheroes who will Always Save the Day, and Never Do Wrong, and Rule Them Justly and Rightly.

You can bet the villains they will start to roll back every progressive and helpful system that keeps the peace and the health of the people, such as subsidies for education and healthcare, and start having propaganda around to pit the people against each other through arbirtary differences like religion and nationality, and keep them from uniting against their common enemy who is screwing all of them over.

(Meaningful glance at Real Life.)

Prince Philip, Aurora, and especially Beast will likely be kept alive, as executing them and keeping them dead was too merciful for the Auradonians, she will do the same to them, letting them live and watch as everything they love and worked hard for crumbles and rots before their eyes, while they are helpless to do anything to stop it, trapped as they are in the Isle of the Lost (for irony), or forced to live in the decaying Auradon (for cruelty).

Jafar would either start ruling over Agrabah and other major trading states (his specialty), or having learned about the perils of being the one in the throne with the giant bullseye on his back, be just behind and to the right of whoever is in charge like Maleficent. He would be like Mozenrath (my HC of what happened to him in the Isle), only this time he does actually like his job of managing and essentially being given free reign over Maleficent’s cities and dominion, excepting some grand desires and orders like a gigantic statue of herself every 6 blocks, keeping Beast alive and ready to be paraded around and humiliated on an hourly basis, or handling the nitty-gritty of wreaking her revenge, quashing rebellions, and terrifying the populac.

(Just because she can, doesn’t mean she will do it herself; that’s what you have minions for.)

Aladdin would likely be thrown to his numerous villainous suitors as a cheap and easy way for Jafar to rid himself of his archnemesis, and curry favour with them, as executing him outright or imprisoning him for life will end up with messy jailbreaks and kidnapping, so might as well skip all that nonsense and sacrifice a bit of his own personal pleasure for longer term stability.

(Or, as stable as a dictatorship can be.)

Saleen would likely be the candidate he chooses, as she would turn him into a shark or some other sea creature, she has powerful magics that would serve Jafar well, and it’d be really easy to position her in her own private water-world high up in the mountains of Greece where the sea is a distant dream, or right in the middle of Agrabah with a helluva lot of airconditioning and very precise, strictly upheld sourcing of her water to make sure no one pumps in actual seawater that would break the curse.

(She’s also become quite accustomed to her “designer saline solution.”)

The other villains will likely be placated by a mix of gold, treasure, and power, or in the case of the gods, demons, and immortal beings, likely given access to a different alternate universe from which to rule over, using the same power that had united all of Auradon’s states.

The fate of Jasmine and the rest, I’m not entirely sure, but you can bet hers probably involves being forced to screen all the propaganda and being used as a litmus test of whether or not the current educational materials they’re feeding their students will in anyway actually give them useful skills and knowledge to eventually become independent, and realize the abuses of their villainous masters.

It’s really simple: if Jasmine seems to like it, revise it and make it stupider and more frivolous and biased, until she’s either bored to death or physically tossing them against the wall within the first two pages.

Scar and Zira and all the Tarzan villains wouldn’t actually be able to kill either of these kings of the Pridelands/Jungle no matter how much they want to; they really want to pay them back as animals are wont to with their blood debts, but the other villains recognize the value of demoralizing the people, and the longer-term pleasure of humiliating and torturing the heroes.

How they would be allowed to get their revenge on Simba, as dictated by their new, tenuous alliance would be to chain him like a zoo animal on Pride Rock, bringing him out every morning with his mane shaved, his body skin and bones, and force him to roar, so everyone can see the “King” in all his “glory.”

Meanwhile, Tarzan would finally be given that “White Ape” zoo exhibit Clayton wanted, with him constantly advertising it and giving interviews, and making daily visits to his chained and humiliated foe, oftentimes with the human villains, and makes a show of always writing their checks for their cuts of the money and the royalties they’re getting from exploiting the jungle and its inhabitants right in front of Tarzan.

The animals are not happy with this arrangement, and never will be, but they would definitely let it slide in time as the professional chefs with human hands and culinary skills are brought in to help make all-you-can-eat gazelle and all manner of prey species so much beter.

Ironically, the villains are actually quite willing to make compromises and sacrifices, now that they’ve learned their lesson that always having your way leads to cracks in your empire, from which rebellions and your eventual downfall can spring from.

[ohlukcs]

( alex wolff, male ) did you hear how LUKAS TOZER is applying to columbia university as a FILM & MEDIA STUDIES major ?! the 19 year old is living in the WALLACH HALL. i heard that they got in because they are + PASSIONATE and +THOUGHTFUL, but honestly i think HE can be -ASSUMING and -CYNICAL. they’re a real MAVERICK. oh well, only time will tell if the SOPHOMORE will make it til the end.

about the mun !!

hi hello my name is sam (she/her), im 22, and im a big fat mess at all times :) um but a lil more about me is that i’m australian and a recently graduated film student lmao. i’ve been rping for like ten years now i think idk but i am a NERVOUS BITCH !!!!!!! and it sometimes takes me forever to reply to things (ic and ooc) bc of that so pls be patient with me lmao. anyway, happy 2 be here !! if u like this post i’m gonna assume u wanna plot with me and my idiot and hit u up !!! lets mcfreakin lose it !!!!

about lukas !!

full name: lukas joshua tozer

nickname(s): luk-ass idk whatever u can come up with lmao

age: nineteen

gender: cis male

pronouns: he/him

hometown: jackson, new jersey

date of birth: nov 4th

occupation: student ( film and media studies, sophomore ), cook/server at a nearby 24hr pizza joint

relationship status: single

drink / smoke / drugs: yes / yes / yes

faceclaim: alex wolff

positive traits: passionate, thoughtful, creative, ambitious, untethered, humorous

negative traits: assuming, cynical, insensitive, rebellious, resentful, irresponsible

if he was in a hogwarts house: slytherin

now some more dot points that are just me talking about lukas !!

was born in fort lauderdale florida but there is a vERY low chance he will ever admit that, he’ll just say he’s from new jersey. as far as he’s concerned, he’s always been from new jersey even if his family did move there after he turned twelve

speaking of things lukas probably wont ever tell u but i’m including them anyway: his family is kind of messy. not majorly but like a little bit more than average. he had two brothers, now he only has one. i’m not gonna include a whole lot of nitty gritty here i’ll save it for when i write the real bio and can actually do it justice but its the reason they moved from florida and it has had a pretty major effect on lukas over time obviously

he’s the baby of the family and he’s pretty much always been treated like one. it has left him pretty immature and irresponsible. still learning that his actions have consequences and that he cant just be a total dick all the time. he’s improved in those areas a fair bit since he started at columbia a year ago but he still has a long way to go

he didn’t ever really expect to go to columbia, he’s from a middle class family and his dad didn’t even go to college. he applied for columbia just as a might as well give it a go thing. like maybe it will happen. they had a film course and although the course itself isn’t really great, the connections to the industry available at columbia were valuable enough for him to try. he was wait listed up until basically the last minute, preparing to go to a college in boston instead but when he was accepted he knew he had to go. for himself, for his family, and for his lost brother.

obviously irresponsible attitude has led to some Bad Decision Making including but not limited to partying and drugs. he doesn’t prioritise that lifestyle over his school work (bc he knows how lucky he is to be at columbia at all) but he is a big believer that you need to experience things to be a great artist and he plans on being the greatest artist so bad decision town here we come !!!!

he has a pet goldfish named michael bublé pls dont nark

for more info on him click here to check his about page, no bio there yet but hopefully soon

wanted connections babey !!

course friends/rivals/anything: i am writing these before acceptances happen so i have no good god damn idea if any other characters are film majors but hit me the hell up if they are bc i would love to plot some stuff out

old roommate(s) : lukas was probably an entertaining roommate but probably verged on annoying pretty easily. he’s messy, gross, probably didn’t respect the do ur fucking dishes rule in first year ( probs still doesnt tbh ). but he also has a password to every streaming account plus a phat hard drive full of movies and shows that he is absolutely willing to share with u so just depends what ur into i guess. maybe this connection led to friendship or maybe they hate each other now. im down for either/both 

dealer: hi welcome back to bad decision town. lukas isn’t into any hard stuff but is a big weed smoker (to my understanding medicinal cannabis is allowed but lukas def doesn’t have a prescription), then after that it’s kind of just experimenting. will chat more details if u wanna take this connection

booze leachers: so yes lukas is 19 but he has four, thats right, four fake ids. he is not willing to give u his contact for fake ids but he is willing to buy u booze if u pay him. dont hate the player hate the game

gang gang: pretty much just a close group of friends. i imagine all pretty relaxed, all pretty chill. idk what to say here except i want people to care about him and let him put on dumb movies and watch them with him and probably have dumb matching stick and poke tattoos and hog a communal tv to play mario kart but lets talk about it

fast food workers deserve respect too: as mentioned, lukas works at a 24hr pizza joint near campus which means he’s seen some shit. one of the things he’s seen multiple times is drunk student trashing the place. whether it be vomit, forgetting how to hold a cup, or bet try at a food fight lukas has seen it and he’s cleaned it up too. this connection could be that maybe he helped someone out and cleaned them up and got them back to campus when their friends ditched and now they look out for lukas too and its a positive connection. or maybe lukas hates their guts and spits on their food whenever they show up ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ who’s to say

hot girl bummer by blackbear: now listen here’s an angsty connection i want, and i def want to plot it out way more with whoever takes it on but basic outline of what i have in mind: they’ve kind of sort of been dating for a while but they’re just falling out of whatever they had to begin with. they were never official, they probs def fucked around with other people while they were ““““together”””””, lots of oh sorry ur taking it so seriously i thought we were just chilling bullshit. all of this girls friends probs hate lukas and he definitely hates them back. were probably once really good friends and had a really good time together but they’ve lost it. will they find it again or will it fizzle out? lets find out together xoxo

new girl(s) : i hate the connection title too but i couldnt think of anything better. we’re in bad decision town and now we’re going to thot street babey. since things have been falling apart with hot girl bummer and even before that lukas a little bit of a thottie. this doesnt mean he’s good at it, please also feel free for a part of this to be that they rejected lukas and he got butt hurt about it idk lukas being attracted to them is basically this whole idea and i would wanna plot the rest of it more depending on specific characters wooo

lukas is a bad influence: if u have gotten this far u may have noticed that lukas is not a very good influence at all. this is someone probs his age or younger that wants to loosen up and have a good time and lukas completely encourages that. bonus points if this connection is a combo with the above connection bc lukas is a gross boi and would be like wow listening to my bad ideas thats so sexy and cool of u ya know. but also doesnt have to be that ! could just be lukas thinks its funny and thinks that someone listening to him is just like good content that could get him on barstool

lukas is badly influenced: this is basic as hell but someone that tells him to leave his impluse control at the door and encourages him to be trash. probs older than him and i def see this as more of a masc connection than a fem but like all my plot ideas: lets talk about it. this one probs v much depends on ur character so gonna leave this one nice and short

lukas is good-ly (??????) influenced: also basic as hell and p much just the opposite of above. someone who is a good influence on lukas. encourages creativity and ambition instead of straight up recklessness. again, i see it as an older character but no gender seen here. a lot of this would be based around ur character so lets chat

michael bublé’s co parents: lukas has a goldfish named michael bublé (or just michael), i picture him having got it while high as heck during the day and just being like This Is A Good Idea. maybe ur character was with him and they were co parents from the start or maybbe they came into the picture later ??? i’m honestly down for whichever just give michael the love he deserves pls

and probably just about anything else these are just some ideas, i totally wanna plot further and brainstorm so please still hmu if none of these fit ur character we’ll plot something up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!