#idk maybe I see frank as scooby

[gayemeralds]

As nice as it would be to have the current game voice actors as the Sonic characters in an animated theatrical movie, do you honestly believe that is even possible?

Like just look at the Mario movie from 2023. It was animated, but they still had no problems replacing all the game VAs (such as Charles Martinet, Samantha Kelly, and Kenny James) with celebrities.

Similarly, SCOOB also replaced everyone (Matthew Lillard as Shaggy, Frank Welker as Fred and Dynomutt, Grey DeLisle as Daphne, Kate Micucci as Velma, and Jim Cummings as Dick Dastardly) except Scooby (making it weird they didn't get Frank back as Fred if he's already doing Scooby) with a celebrity as well.

So even if the Sonic movies were all animated with no live action, they'd still end up having to cast celebrities anyway. Only with the lack of new characters like Tom and Maddie, there's more pressure to cast celebrities for the Sonic characters rather than have the celebrities voice new characters while the Sonic characters keep their usual game voices.

And I do think Ben could work as a more cool and fierce daredevil Sonic if he was directed to sound like that. He does capture the teen feel of Sonic's voice that Ryan Drummond and Jason Griffith had more than Roger Craig Smith does (Roger definitely sounds a lot deeper as Sonic compared to Ryan and Jason). If he tried to, I do think he could actually do a good impression of Ryan Drummond's Sonic.

I would also throw in Danny DeVito as Eggman as a potential choice.

Looking at Knuckles' voices, a lot of them are pretty deep like Idris such as Michael McGarhan, Ryan Drummond, Scott Drier, Dan Green, Travis Willingham, Dave B Mitchell, Fred Tatasciore, Adam Nurada, and Vincent Tong. If anything, Idris sounds more like Knuckles than whatever the heck Brian Drummond and Bill Wise were trying to do.

im going to be honest i really don't think ben schwartz fits game sonic's personality. like i've heard him in other pieces of media and i really don't think he has the range beyond this sonic chracterization. idk maybe he just happens to play the same character over and over again and COULD be able to capture a more devil may care sonic but i really can't see it. i honestly think they'd be better off keeping roger craig smith. i wouldn't really call ben schwartz a popular hollywood actor anyway and rcs is huge in the voice actor industry. he's like tara strong basically.

to me eggman and sonic should keep their game voice actors if i had my way and it was a fully animated film but everyone else could be fair game; honestly even eggman i could budge on because im sure there's plenty of voice actors that can play a good maniacal mad scientist villain (just not.. whatever jim carrey was doing). i just think they could have done a better job with their casting because idris elba was NOT a good choice for knuckles and honestly im not super fond of ben schwartz even with this characterization of sonic, though i think i just might not like his voice lol.

the idea though is that like... the movies SHOULD keep their game voice actors. i know other movies didn't do that and most people actually aren't super thrilled when they do that (people were upset that mario's va wasn't going to play mario). i know there's a push to replace them but im saying their SHOULDN'T be even if thats the way the industry is.

[beachesgetpeaches]

Not only are they different people now and more compatible than they used to be but they didn't even get a proper chance in the first place because the Barb thing made it so that Nancy had this overwhelming guilt over it as she felt she and Steve were responsible for her death.

Omg, I totally missed this ask!

Yes, I agree.

1) Steve and Nancy in S4 are much different compared to Steve and Nancy in S1/2. They are respectively 17 and 16 in S1, and by S4 they are 20 & 19 (according to my sources). In that time-frame, for that age, a lot can change. Especially when you're fighting monsters n shit, right?

2) Steve and Nancy never broke up because they were incompatible, imo. As you put it, they broke up because Nancy felt guilty over Barb. Her best friend's death hung heavy over their budding relationship, and alongside other freaky stuff happening she wasn't in a good place to be having a light-hearted teen romance. The trauma bond, the Scooby detective-ing, she liked doing that with Jonathan. Jonathan understood her implicitly, she did not have to be emotionally vulnerable or explain things to him because he just got it. He went through a similar thing. We see this change in S4, as they both live in different states, and are drifting apart to an extent. They are no longer in the "same mind space" and the understanding between them is not on the same level. We'll see what happens in S5, but currently Steve is way more open and mature compared to Jonathan. And I don't think anyone can argue otherwise.

3) I know this is so far fetched BUT, Jonathan is still putting his family first (totally understandable), and prioritizing his mum and Will over Nancy. To me that sounds like a guy who isn't quite ready to be fully serious with his gf/partner. And that is in juxtaposition with Steve who is already considering, and vocalizing his ideas for future. Who is not afraid to speak about it to Nancy, even if they did not talk much since last catastrophe struck. Idk, I feel like that narrative has been set there for a reason.

4) Bottom line. The narrative of S4 is not being misinterpreted by Stancy fans, it's right there on the surface. The comparisons, juxtapositions, and maybe callbacks to some previous events are there. And at this point it seems more reasonable to say that they are moving toward Stancy rekindling. To be frank, narratively speaking, I don't think there's going back from what they've set up with Jonathan prioritizing his family over their (Nancy and Jonathan's) plans, him lying to her, both of them being all "glad u weren't here", Nancy and Steve having emotionally charged conversations, them not giving Nancy and opportunity to turn Steve down, the TensionTM, Nancy defending Steve after Jonathan's sly (suppose insecurity filled) jab. They started a plotline which did not end when Nancy jumped into Jonathan's arms. We'll see what happens in S5, but the future seems bright.

[wolfstrong]

BUFFY SEASON 4 THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS

Okay I’ll start out by saying I LIKED IT. I ENJOYED MY TIME HERE OKAY. it’s BTVS. I FREAKING LOVE THIS SHOW!!!! However, I think my complaints are simular to what I had to say about last season, where the one off episodes were great but the over arching plot was a little UHHHHH. UHHH so let’s just go in chronological order shall we?

This season started off with BANGERS MAN. BANGERS. There was some episodes I kinda didn’t like early on (harsh light of day… too much sex!) but other then that, I’d say we had 10 episodes of straight BANGERS! Like seriously early season 4 was also some of the funniest BTVS I’ve ever seen? They really really hit their stride with comedy having the humor come from the situation and not the lame jokes. See now the show knows that we know it’s character well, and it knows exactly what kind of situation will subvert our expectations and be very hilarious. The “””bad parts”” of this season was about half way through when it really started to get into the main plot. When the Initiatives was first introduced I was actually kinda getting into it because I thought there was gonna be this whole thing where Riley and Buffy had to hide their identities from each other and also maybe Buffy wouldn’t know the Initiatives motives and they maybe thought she was a demon of some kind so they would be fighting without realizing they were on the same side and Buffy and Riley would date without knowing they were each others enemies. But they did this for like one episode. And then we learned everything about the Initiative instantly and they weren’t even cool at all they were just like a big gang of boot boys. Also I kinda liked Maggie Walsh as the main enemy person and it REALLY threw me off when Adam just killed her unceremoniously ??? After all her build up? And then Adam just kinda replaced her and he was the main villain?????? Did Maggie Walsh’s actor want to leave the show or something? I felt weird vibes from that sudden death and tbh the main plot never recovered. Anyway for that short period Faith was back that was really awesome, and I also liked a couple more episode in the later half but eh. Then the ending felt kind of lack luster just cuz I didn’t really care about Adam and never felt like he was that big of a threat for some reason (idk, giant franking stien monster who acts like evil jesus just isn’t really scary to me) so when he died and the collective went away I was like. Yeah okay whatever. Also Buffy going super saiyan by combining with all her friends to defeat the big bad was so cheesy that it was kinda awesome. And to end everything off weird dream sequence episode where we were I guess supposed to use our Freudian-like psychoanalyzation skills to deduce each of the characters insecurities, flaws and strengths. Anyway, at least at the end of the season, they kind of acknowledge the way that the gang had been drifting apart.

It was hard because they were intentionally putting strain on the Scoobies and that was also a big theme of the season. Like thinking back on earlier episodes, I remember Xander would just like show up on campus to eat lunch with everyone or it would cut to everyone chilling in his basement or AT LEAST Willow and Buffy having roomie vibes. But towards the end they never did any of that stuff :( one of the main issues I think is they didn’t have a centralized hang out spot. I really really miss the library, i know that Giles house was kinda a replacement and they spent a lot of time there, but it’s not the same. The library was like a neutral space where they could do demon hunting work but also just hang out in. They only go over to Giles place when there is something bad going on. Also everyone had their respect romantic partners that drove wedges between them, if unintentionally. Anya was a pretty bad offender of this, but I think Riley was the worstest. He didn’t mesh well with the whole group at all, and Buffy spent WAY too much time with him. Even Angel meshed better with the rest of the group!!! ANGEL! I think the thing is you got the sense that Angel cared about Buffy’s friends, at least because he understood they were important to her. He say that and he say them work as a team and he integrated accordingly and helped as he could. I’d be surprised if Riley even knew Xanders last name, or like even his first name for that matter. I feel like he barely gave a shat about the external forces in her life, he was just obsessed with her only and his stupid job. They put on blinders for each other and for a lot of scenes it was just the Riley and Buffy saga and I DID NOT CARE FOR IT!

So in conclusion I think on an episode to episode basis this season was very solid and had some episodes that were the funniest I’ve seen in the whole series. The first half was way better then the second half, and the overarching plot was pretty sloppy, all over the place and a bit boring and lackluster. I didn’t like how the Scoobies drifted apart and I hope that next season is a return to form in terms of group dynamic.

Anyway, my fav episodes:

Hush: number one all time fav of course of course, just like, so good on every level and I could go on and on but I’ll take a page from the episode book and not say more about it

Living conditions: I had assigned dorm mates when I was a freshman who I didn’t exactly mesh with, so this episode just felt so so real.

The Initiative: see this is when I thought the overarching plot was gonna be really good,,, but tbh it peak here. This episode was just kinda a riot and I think often about the scene where Spike tried to but Willow but he can’t cuz of the chip and they treat it like he’s got erectile dysfunction. It’s just too good.

Pangs: I KNOW. ITS BAD. BUFFY HAS TO MURDER NATIVE AMERICAN SPIRITS ON THANKSGIVING. BUT THE EPISODE IS LOWKEY SO SELF AWARE AND ITS SO BAD ITS NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT BUT ITS REALLY FUNNY

Something Blue: … Buffy and Spike in love… I laughed I’m sorry. Also just a good Willow episode me thinks

A New man: Ethan shenanigans and major Giles demon fail… LOL UPVOTE!

Who are you: I know this was a two parter but I thought the first part was kinda boring (sorry I know that episode has a lot of stans) anyway I thought the whole body swap thing was a great way to explore faiths character, literally putting her in Buffy’s shoes and making her see what it’s like to be the good girl. Also Sara Michelle Geller did a wonderful job acting as faith in Buffy’s body, not all actors can pull off the body swap thing (I should know, I’m a Star Trek fan) so I was very impressed.

New Moon Rising: you had me at Tara/Willow. Yeah

Lest favorite episodes: eh none of them really jump out at BAD some just weren’t as exciting as others. Just like any Initiative and Riley heavy episodes were kinda a snooze fest.

I won’t recap the character I’ve already talked about, but the Scoobies really did change a lot this season, I won’t say for better or for worse. They just changed in ways that are realistic to their new situations.

Anya: I know this doesn’t make any sense, but I don’t hate Anya, I just hate everything about her. Lol. No but for real like i said before, when she’s not talking about Xander I actually kinda like her. I think the very dry and blunt but completely uncaring about social cues thing can be very funny. BUT THEY DONT LET HER DO ANYTHING BUT BE XANDERS LAP DOG. All she does is talk about Xander Xander Xander and it makes both of their characters much much worse. I wish they would have switched the roles and had Xander really like her for some reason and her kinda not care much about him. Idk. Sigh. I wish Xander was gay

Tara: I LOVE YOU TARAAA!!!!!! I know i already said this but she reminds me of so many girls I went to school with so to me her presence is just so warm and comfy :) her and Willow are very sweet together and by the end of the season their relationship kinda became what I was most invested in

Spike: I’m pretty sure I haven’t wrote about spike in previous season reviews? But anyway I kinda love what they did with spike in this season, I mean really how can you not. He was just kinda their weird pathetic friend who actually wasn’t their friend and was still evil but everyone forgot cuz it was so hard to take him seriously. The writers wanted him to be a main character but also kinda didn’t know what to do with him every episode, so sometimes it would just be like “yo why’s spike the bus driver?” But tbh I kinda didn’t mind. His wet stray dog presence really added something and was always funny when you remember he was the big bad of season 2. Oh how the great have fallen.

Riley: yeah yeah our white bread red blooded boot boy all American nice guy. Completely doesn’t mesh with the vibe of the show and is way too boring. He’s so an Angel rebound, I’m sorry. Like I just KNOW that’s not Buffy’s type. It’s just not. But I already talked a lot about him so whatever.

Okay and those are my thoughts 😁 I’m not rereading all that rn so typos damned! Looking forward to season 5!



[thecluelessdoctor]

itsa me, Cherri.

Cross over between SAS and Scooby Doo AU go.

Also you need to draw all the Wally's meeting like. We need SAS, RCS, 7S, Darling, and SD stat

I KNEW IT- I KNEW YOU WOULD BE COMING HERE TO ANNOY ME/hj

Anyway.

*ahem* number one why do you like to YEET every OC and every AU I make with Paperbag 's AU?

Second, I will draw it soon, but not rn. You of all people should know why lmao

Anyway. Crossover ✨

The Wally's: they would get along fine. Like. Wtf can go wrong with these two???

The Julie's: I feel like SD Julie would probably try and help get SAS' mind off everything happening. They would probably sorta- gossip like school girls! Yeah..

The Sally's: I feel like they would get along ok. Even though SD Sal is supposed to be a 'bad guy', I think she would try to help SAS, even just a little bit.

The Barnaby's: ... Dogs.

The Franks: please shut up about your theory's you two we are trying to not be killed by a house/j. Srsly though, nothing has truly changed about Frank in SD, besides a age and design change, and a situation change, but that's it. He's still a book worm with a intense love for bugs

The Eddie's: they get along fine. idk

The Howdy's: saved the best for last ✨ lmao. They would probably be.. on eh terms. SD Howdy, technically being a 'bad guy' would probably be seen as his role at first by SAS, seeing how jittery SAS is. But SD is just the same as any ole Howdy, maybe a twinge less efficient than normal

I get the feeling the SD gang is always trying to help the SAS gang cheer up. They might not understand what these guys are going through, but they are willing to try and help

SAS AU belongs to @anonymous-paperbag

[mercenarypark]

am not accepting any insults directed at my son fred jones' appearance in the upcoming 2020 movie scoob at this time. insults regarding voice acting decisions will be considered on a case by case basis, particularly if they discuss the oddity of keeping frank welker in the cast as scooby doo but bypassing him in favor of zac efron to voice the character welker has voiced for 50 years in every single animated scooby doo venture aside from pup named scooby doo

[bunkernine]

am i the only one who feels like Coach Hedge was almost completely unnecessary? Like, not to come on your blog and complain but I feel you would understand or be able explain why this angry war goat with zero personality traits was Rick's satyr of choice

Coach plays pretty well to say that not all nature spirits are calm or timid the way Grover initially was, plus he momentarily peeks into the life of an older satyr, with his whole “i was sent to wilderness because the council saw me fuck up and i’m getting old”.... But my whole issue is that most of the characters could’ve improved if Riordan just wrote a side story for them. Like, maybe he’s searching for Leo with Jason and Piper because those three are the kids he’s supposed to be protecting, and he has to act more serious to comfort those two, while  dealing with fucking up again, but LOL he’s also wearing a baby carrier and Chuck is teething. like... short stories really could make a character and build relationships that don’t have time in the main series but instead we got... nachoes. 

Anyway, here’s what Coach Hedge could’ve done (and this is primarily lost trio based as he was their protector but later applies to the rest of the scooby gang):

He could’ve played into the father role for the lost trio. Jason and Leo didn’t grow up with parents and probably could’ve used an actual adult to depend on, while Piper gets the attention she wanted, as well as her having an adult to talk to about her demigod issues 🥰 This works pretty well ESPECIALLY with a milder Millie to balance out Hedge’s roughness and play as a hesitant mothering figure

Found family with the lost trio is very important but like.... Hedge could’ve and should’ve been apart of that, if he explicitly mentioned having empathy bonds with them. After Jason dies in TBM, having Hedge off-handedly say “I’m getting too old for this, it’s too much” or something, would’ve been VERY cool to see, because it shows, A, sign that yes, being a demigod can wear down even the most excited souls, B, there was actually some love shared between them all over the past year, C, how satyrs react to the death of their protected

On the flip side, him on the Argo could’ve show the kids, that not even adults have it figured out and that literally no one has any clue what’s going on, and living longer doesn’t mean you’ll figure it out. And like, the only reason why this doesn’t really work is cause no one paid too much attention to Hedge anyway so... dunno

Could’ve served as a better mentor to the kids. Idk, scene where he trains Piper or teaches her about his dumb healing Gatorade. Probably could’ve did more with Frank, but that seemed a little last minute anyway. hazel probably could’ve had some fun asking about horses and nature and horses and magic and horses and horses and hor-

In all honesty, Hedge could’ve been left home at CHB, and there could’ve been points where the Lost Trio IM’d him 🤔 like that scene in HoH where they figure out that the prophecy was for them, could’ve just had Hedge figuring it out with them. At the somber moment, when they realize someone is probably going to die, Hedge interrupts, a little pale in the face, with some “YEAH BUT NOT IF I KILL GAEA FIRST” and then they slowly laugh, Piper meaningful thanking him with her eyes or some shit i dunno, but like, something about those three feeling frustrated and calling back Hedge to talk, and while he’s totally useless, it always made them feel better

So.... I also typed that last point knowing that in TLH, literally every time Hedge speaks, Jason gets annoyed, and it’s the funniest thing ever. Hedge would say something, and Jason would go 😐 and say the equivalent of “That’s Great, Gleeson.” I just think that’s a funny dynamic considering it’s Jason who doesn’t have much of a problem with people but DAMN when Coach speaks, he’s all 😐🙂😐

I forgot what this ask was saying, but yeah, it’s probably just to contrast Grover, but like, idk Hedge could’ve been interesting... That short story would be hella cool too, cause while they’re sad about losing their friend, he looks down at his baby and thinks about losing Chuck and Mellie, and how Hedge felt Leo die cause of a link, and he just says something like  “have I ever told you guys how I ended up at Wilderness? The real story.” .... something like that, you know?

[sailorzakuro]

Strictly 2021 Week 1 - Songs and Dances Revealed

FINALLY THEY'RE HERE thought it was coming on Tuesday but either they've changed it for this year or they just delayed it but WE HAVE THEM NOW LET'S GO.

AJ and Kai: Gold Dust by DJ Fresh (Jive) - Starting energetic for AJ I can kind of see that, I feel like she'd be good at that! Don't think I've heard the song if I have it's one of those songs I've heard but haven't a scooby of the name lol.

Judi and Graziano: Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin (American Smooth) - I like that they're starting off Judi with a smooth ballroom dance, because of her career it's easy to bung her in a funny category to start off with but they haven't good for them 😂.

Katie and Gorka: Black Hole by Griff (Tango) - Put the soap star on a tango first I hear you 😂. Sorry I hear a song called Black Hole and I think of GWSN and that is not a tango song so I don't know.

Nina and Neil: Mi Gente by J Balvin, Willy William ft. Beyonce (Samba) - Oh no you're starting my sweetheart Nina off with a samba since when has starting with the hardest become a trend I don't like it 😭.

Rose and Giovanni: Shake It Off by Taylor Swift (Jive) - I was rather hoping we'd make it a bit longer without this song popping up again... like maybe 100 years or so but I guess I can see why Rose is doing it, anyway I think I've said before I think jive will be good for her getting into it so I look forward to it!

Tilly and Nikita: Consequences by Camila Cabello (Waltz) - Could be a very apt song title considering the stuff people are saying lol I had to, I am gonna avoid Twitter as well as news sites so shit talking won't get into my head while trying to be fair (lol me fair as if), but yeah it could be good idk lmao.

Sara and Aljaz: The Boss by Diana Ross (Triple Cha) - Oh what cos she's on Dragon's Den yeah very original I see what you did there BBC HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA right that's it 😂.

John and Johannes: Blue Monday by New Order (Tango) - I KNEW THIS ONE ALREADY and I'm very excited about it 80s tango gays it's gonna be a PARTY on Saturday night 😂.

Adam and Katya: Beggin' by Maneskin (Triple Cha) - MANESKIN EXCUSE ME??? Sorry I love Maneskin so much but I feel like saying it's Beggin' by Maneskin when it's actually a cover is just... trying to be popular cos Strictly have used the original Beggin' for triples chas for years 😂.

Rhys and Nancy: End of the Road by Boys II Men (Viennese Waltz) - Boys II Men because... he's on CBBC? Is that it? Idk 😂. Viennese Waltz could be interesting to see from them idk lol.

Dan and Nadiya: Everybody Needs Somebody by The Blues Brothers (Quickstep) - Is this cos the last time Nadiya had a giant of a partner he did well at the quickstep okay 😂. It's week 1 I feel like there has to be some sort of connection each song 😂.

Tom and Amy: September by Earth, Wind & Fire (Triple Cha) - GET IT DONE WHILE IT'S STILL SEPTEMBER GOOD IDEA 😂. I mean it's a good disco song maybe we'll get a good disco concept from Tommy I'm excited 😂.

Greg and Karen: That's Life by Frank Sinatra (American Smooth) - With Jamie last year Karen got to show off her more masc/androgynous style (which I certainly loved lol) but now starting off with a Frank Sinatra American Smooth idk if they're taking her back to old femme Karen, I mean it's not about her I'm sure Greg'll do fine I'm just saying 😂.

Robert and Dianne: Rasputin by Boney M (Triple Cha) - I knew this one as well LOVE A BIT OF BONEY M who doesn't love Boney M, I feel like this could end up being one of the "wally" dances of the night (good lord Chris Ramsey's vocab really rubbed off on me didn't it) unless Robert really focuses and surprises us so we'll see.

Ugo and Oti: Iko Iko (My Bestie) by Justin Wellington ft. Small Jam (Samba) - Sounds a bit like a Twitter conversation gonna be honest but Oti queen of samba will hopefully deliver 😂.

Song bingo I know about 6 but it's not about that it's about the DANCING it looks like a good lineup to start off the series with 😂.

[hardeepcox]

The Chronicles of Hardeep Cox - Bangkok pt 1

Intro

Hi my name is Hardeep Cox, I may or may not be a guy born to an Indian mom and a white guy from Boston in the DMV area. Then again I may or may not be just an extremely immature adult with a ridiculous sense of humor. Quick warning: if you are easily offended then I suggest you just exit this shit right now and idk go watch cable tv or something.

I am writing this as we prepare for our first legit night out in Bangkok, as I and a dude named Paper awkwardly wait for my dad to finish showering so we can head out. Tonight’s destination is Above Eleven, but I’ll explain more later on. Let’s begin with our arrival.

Flight and Night 1

After about 20 hours of flying we met up with Paper, our guide/family friend (on my dad’s side). Paper picked us up from the airport and helped us hail a cab. My first impression of Bangkok when I stepped outside of the airport was that it seemed so similar to Los Angeles, I guess because of the weather and vegetation. Anyways, the cab dropped us off at the Doubletree where an enormous wooden figure of a football (soccer) sat in the lobby. To my unbelievable surprise, it turned out that Paper was actually going to be staying in the hotel room with us because he lives outside of the city (my dad of course manages to leave out important details like this when planning trips). Because of the timezone change we were hungry upon arrival, at 3 in the damn morning. So we did what any idiot American tourist would do, we went to 7 Eleven. I had to accept the fact that chili and cheese quarter pounders would no longer be an option, so I went with the spicy basil rice and fish sauce. I gotta say that it was pretty good, even though it was spicy as hell. After crushing my first meal in Thailand, we did our best to sleep for the next couple of hours.

Day 1

Sleep deprived but feeling ready to roll, we got ready and headed downstairs for breakfast. The buffet included the usual American stuff, sushi, dim sum, and some freshly made Thai dishes.The dim sum was by far my favorite, and today it was Chinese egg tarts.

We went to some Buddhist temples, hundreds of years old. There were so many Chinese tourists, and so many lame pictures being taken by them (sitting down in lotus position next to a statue of the Buddha, a chick looking dramatically and diagonally down at the floor while her boyfriend takes a picture for her instagram and you KNOW she’s gonna add some kind of bullshit philosophical caption to it). It was hard to get into the spiritual groove with all these tourists, and the only places where I could feel peace was in the praying rooms where I wish that I could have stayed longer. The best part was the Wat Phra Ram, literally the place where they filmed one of my favorite childhood movies Mortal Kombat. It was totally unexpected and spontaneous, the most interesting part about it was the dog that had managed to sneak up into the actual ruins and seemed to be searching for something at a calm pace. My pathetic attempts to whistle loud enough for the dog to hear me led me to run around the ruins hoping to catch a glimpse of it. I heard it howl a couple of times after that and I’ll always wonder why, maybe its spirit led it to the ruins to discover a link to a past life. Who knew I would have accidentally stepped into the Netherealm, but too bad I couldn't meet Raiden, Shang Tsung, and Liu Kang's dead brother (if you don't get this reference please find a time machine and go back in time to 1995, break into a Hollywood video, steal a copy of Mortal Kombat, watch it, go back into the time machine, return to the present time, and punch yourself in the fucking face).

Tired as hell we walked around markets near the Chao Phra Ya river, they were pretty generic developing country markets and I was extremely tired so I just wanted to go back to the hotel and pass out. We tried some sticky rice dessert that was pretty good so we bought some, and my dumbass ate my entire portion in the cab and felt even more like a piece of shit after. We made a stop for some roadside Pad Thai, it was delicious but again I was exhausted. Back in the cab again I pretty much passed out from exhaustion.

Night 2

I woke maybe 45 minutes later still in the cab but the sun was setting and the nocturnal city was coming alive. Suddenly it dawned on me that we had to be in Chinatown and my street-mode immediately turned on. After driving us through some beautifully sketchy streets, our cab driver dropped us off at a main road. All the lights made it look like it was an attempt at giving it a times square feel. I was now totally awake and ready for more exploring, and after walking for a bit we walked by a Chinese restaurant (Chinatown in Bangkok is an extremely fast-paced environment full of beautiful chaos, if you can’t keep up you might as well stay in your comfy apartment and drink lattes or something). The menu had so many choices, but no combination fried rice, general tso’s chicken, or lo mein (at this point I realized that I should just forget about these options because I’m not gonna find this delicious diabetes-maximus anymore). I got the egg noodles with roasted duck for $2, and the portion was just right for me since I was still full from that sticky rice and exhausted from the jetlag. Before the food coma took over, we took a tuk tuk to the nearest metro train station and made our way back to the hotel. The metro was actually very organized and technologically advanced, the DC metro could learn a thing or two from it. Because of the timezone change, the beers, sticky rice, and random stuff that I had eaten, I hadn’t really used the bathroom all day. Walking from the metro to the hotel at some point became truly difficult and I had tell myself just breathe man don’t shit yourself on your first night in Bangkok goddammit.

Now back at the hotel and totally relieved, our night actually began.

Nocturnal Adventure

We started out at the Queen Bee, a little bar across the street with shitty mojitos but a damn good blues band. From there we went to a place that my dad would not stop mentioning, Above Eleven, a local Peruvian restaurant. Probably one of the coolest restaurants that I’ve honestly ever been to. This was some upper class bougie shit as the kids say, but the view of the city was breathtaking and the food was absolutely delicious (and I am a picky fuck when it comes to flavors). The Peruvian food was authentic, the Pisco Sour was legit, and we got to meet Chef Omar Frank Maruy. Chef Maruy is the Japanese-Peruvian chef in charge of keeping the food quality at Above Eleven at its exquisite level. After downing a few Pisco sours, and devouring a few dishes (ceviche, jalea, and anticucho) we made our way to Havana Social. I could tell this place was throwing a good party as we walked to the entrance which was a random door in an alley with working girls in the corner. Too bad some of us were wearing shorts so we were ultimately denied entrance. Bummed out we walked to the nearest bar, Oskar, and had Lavender Pisco Sours. Seriously so creative and surprisingly delicious!

After downing these drinks we basically gave up and made our way back to the hotel. Maybe like 5 minutes away from the hotel we walked past a really sketchy alley and I shit you not, my dad says “let’s go into a small street shithole bar!” He’s already walking towards it so Paper and I say fuck it and we join him, plus I mean come on I gotta watch my dad’s back since hookers have been flirting with him for the past 25 minutes. We walk in and of course all these chicks are so psyched to see us, a very pretty hostess welcomes us so we sit at the bar and get some Tiger beers. With Youtube as our DJ, we start sipping on beers and my dad is just having a blast with these two chicks. They try to flirt with me but I’m like meh, I’ve honestly seen hotter escorts in Lima. Then one of them says, “I’m gonna bring my sister for you.” I’m like ok cool whatever, totally unimpressed as I watch my dad party at this little bar. This chick brings the pretty hostess over and introduces her as her “sister”, and I notice dude this girl is actually super cute and obviously not an actual escort. Me and her are both like uhh… hi? She’s not sure how to interact with idiot foreigners, but I can tell and I am just my usual super chill self with her. She gets a jack and coke, and I continue sipping on my Tiger. Her name is May, I was like “is it pronounced like the month May, or is it Mai like my?” She looked at me like if I was a dumbass but she was playful about it, and I start crushing on this chick because I mean duh I am a fucking idiot and I do shit like this. This all ended with a bill of almost $200 USD, an escort angry at us for not taking her back to our hotel, and me DJ’ing some old school reggaeton on their Youtube. As we made our way back to the hotel we ran into into girls selling booze on the sidewalk in what seemed like the Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo but cut in half the long way, and the girls turned the bottom half of the car into a mini-bar. As I took a whiz on a street corner, Paper points out that dude there is a toilet at this mini-bar on the sidewalk! I look behind a little curtain next to the mini-bar and there is in fact a toilet there, I mean not connected to any plumbing or anything, just literally a tiny toilet placed on the sidewalk. Did I whiz into this tiny toilet like 20 minutes later? Yes. Did I drink a few too many rum and cokes at this sidewalk mini-bar? Yes. Did I have any idea of what the hell to expect the next day? Hell no.

Night 3 - Let’s try not to die tonight shall we?

I’m skipping to Night 3 because the highlight of Day 2 is just me holding a lemur (by the way lemurs are freakin adorable and they have actual fingers and thumbs!), and realizing that my dad should move to the Thai countryside cuz he is actually genuinely happy there (he greeted random people from a canoe, including a naked fat guy who was in the middle of a soapy bath in the river).

On Night 3 we make another attempt at Havana Social (if there ever is a place with reggaeton and Cuban rum then you’ll probably find me there). The entrance is the #1 coolest that I have seen in my life so far, some dude gives you a code and you punch it into an old phone-booth, this then unlocks an old door next to it which you push open and find a little piece of Havana hidden within Bangkok. So there I am doing my thing downing Cuba Libres, dancing, and laughing at tourists dancing like idiots when I notice three pretty cute chicks dancing near us. I am not the most extroverted dude, but when I hear Latin music the beast is then awakened and I just let it take me places. So I slither over to these girls and pull off some of my signature moves, including one borrowed from my grandpa which I call the Egyptian knife hands. One of the chicks starts dancing with me and my first thought is “wow my dad is watching me spit some legit game, now I AM THE MASTER!” But anyways yeah we dancin and shiet. Suddenly she asks if I wanna go with her and her friends to another club, I thought it was a bad idea but the rum and Daddy Yankee had me saying “yeah screw it let’s go.” The four of us leave the club and somehow fit into a tuk tuk that says VIP on the seat and one of the girls say it’s free! RED FLAG - free shit usually comes with a price later on, and these girls seemed way too excited to have me along. One of the girls pulls out a wrapper with a bunch of pills and puts one in my mouth, my first thought is oh fuck I’m about to get roofied, or flooried, dammit Zack Galifianakis! I pretend to swallow the pill, then I look over into the street and spit this shit out. The girl is like are you feeling okay? I’m like yeah I’m great (meanwhile internally trying to think of an escape plan without freaking out)! We get to this club called Mixx, and this party is poppin. Every tourist is dancing with a local, and I’m thinking wow is every girl at a club in Bangkok an escort… like every single damn one?! My phone only has internet if there is wifi, and I tell the girl that I wanna call my friends to come but I need the wifi password so she hooked me up with her hotspot. Instead of figuring out how to use the wifi to escape, I’m in the bathroom FB messaging my friends back in the states how I almost got roofied and that I’m probably gonna die cuz I mean that is a brilliant idea right? I go back out there and one of the girls goes “if you wanna hang out with me it’s gonna be 3000 baht (like almost $100 USD).” Since I don’t wanna die I go “okay sounds good, let’s hang out every day this week okay?” Her eyes brighten up and she has a huge smile on her face, she tells her friend who then makes a face like “we did it bitch!” I’m thinking okay thank god I’m not gonna wake up tomorrow in a tub full of ice with my internal organs missing because they wanna take all my money throughout the week. Suddenly the Thai DJ starts playing the cumbia song “Colegiala”, and it was at this exact moment that I knew that everything would be okay! I stopped freaking out and danced the night away, didn’t sleep that night, and somehow found a really nice cab driver to take me back to my hotel afterwards (he charged me 300 baht but had no change so I just gave him my 1000 baht bill, really nice guy and really grateful). Yep definitely not doing that again, from now on I will assume every chick at a club in Bangkok is an escort. If you are asking yourself if I hit up that girl again to hang out and continuously pay her $100 USD throughout the week, the answer is dude of course not wtf.

[plush-anon]

plush reviews: pirates ahoy! (collected)

for my own personal reference, decided to collect the singular posts into one, w/ breaks between each original post below the cut

I will say this, the opening credits for this one are pretty dang good - nice visuals flow together with some wonderful music to create a compelling overview of the Bermuda Triangle and some of the wild theories commonly associated with it, as well as how far back these myths go. Kudos 🤗

also, I did not realize how short this movie is - paused it for a second and it’s only 70 minutes long apparently. huh

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oh man, good times - I forgot how stilted and choppy the WNSD animation could get in some shots.

annnnnd there’s the cotton candy fog. it moves like it’s on a skateboard being pulled across the screen XD

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finally cut to the gang - i honestly like this shot of everyone in the car. daphne paints her nails like my sister used to when we were young - on the dashboard on long car rides 😅 the nausea from the smell led to some “fun” trips, lemme tell ya 

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oh Casey Kasem, even in old age your Shaggy was memorably good

also the joke on Fred’s age never gets old XD like, you guys grew up together as kids in this continuity, how could you not know his age, much less that he’s obvs not in his 40s? still a fun one tho

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another thing i forgot about WNSD continuity - Shaggy’s character model being like 2 feet taller than Fred in some shots

also the gang being legitimate friends and liking each other and getting along, unlike some portrayals *side-eyes sdmi*

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i think this is my fave version of fred’s parents, although i do love Professor Huh from be cool scooby doo. they are EXACTLY how i picture the people who raised the sdway/wnsd version of Fred to be 

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holy crap, i forgot Kathy Najimy was in this 

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actually, here’s a thought: why haven’t they graduated Frank Welker to playing Fred’s dad in a show, and hired someone else to play Fred?

granted, the man still (uncannily I might add) sounds exactly like he did in the 60s (hOW?!?) but it’s strange they haven’t tried to do that yet apart from maybe pup named sd, where he played fred’s… uncle, i think and i guess kind of with the new scoob 2020 movie, where he only plays scooby

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…i think the captain of the ship just got beamed aboard the Enterprise o_O 

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the alien has the general head shape of the ones from Alien Invaders and the claw hands of dr claw from inspector gadget

also, whoever designs fred’s facial expressions in this movie is having waaaay too much fun (although kudos for actually… you know… making them. some characters have very minimal face movement and it’s rather unsettling, especially when the voice acting is actually pretty decent)

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i gotta say, good on fred’s parents for encouraging their son’s interests and talents, as well as getting him a birthday gift that he can not only enjoy, but also inviting his friends along for.

…unlike SOME incarnations *glares at sdmi*

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holy fcuk shaggy just brought back the ghost of captain cutler, glow-in-the-dark diving suit and all O_O 

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dang, velma’s lounge wear looks cozy. i’m glad they haven’t tried to force her into something weird

camp scare put her in a white bathing suit, which was… really odd for her, color scheme wise. altho the storyboard artists reaaaaaally wanted to do a drawn out, slo-mo play-in-the-water thing with velma and daphne in that one, so maybe that contributed to it? idk

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i do like that the gang inadvertently solves every mystery on a mystery cruise - that cracks me up 

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cripes, they keep cutting back and forth between a decently animated shot of the gang on a polished background, and this almost MS Paint looking rough animation of the castaway being guided on the deck, which is all flat colors and rough black lines. it looks terrible

the animation quality is all over the place here

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and suddenly man in a jetpack

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RON PERLMAN?!?!?

how the FRICK did they get him on this movie cast?! this is post-hellboy!

( also apparently arsenio hall voices the captain. who the heck had all these high rollers on speed-dial at the studio that day)

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actually, here’s a thought: given the voice cast we have, and how i’m actually able to follow this without having to look at the screen all the time (i’m folding laundry rn), this could make for a really decent comedy mystery radio show.

think about it! get a decent voice cast and writing team, and there’s a lot you can do with Scooby on the radio. you may not be able to do the chase scenes as well, but those can be worked around pretty easily with a solid writing team. i’d be interested in seeing that come to reality in all honesty - it could be fun!

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another thing i just noticed: Scooby hasn’t talked NEARLY as much in this one as he does in later shows/movies. I forgot how much I missed that from him 

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wait a tic that’s Dan Castellaneta as the hypnotist

seriously, who was able to get all these people on board for a Scooby Doo DTV about pirates

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now here’s an interesting moment/snafu: Shaggy and Scooby canNOT be hypnotized, according to this movie, but the clown in SDWAY was able to hypnotize them both using the exact same method - a gold circular object on a chain swung back and forth.

then there was Legend of the Phantasaur much much later able to hypnotize Shaggy so successfully he overcame his panic disorder

was it because they weren’t allowed to eat prior? their meal was continuously interrupted before they were dragged onstage. maybe being actively hungry and denied food when it’s right in front of them blocks them from being hypnotized properly…?, idk but it’s food for thought, for sure 😁

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ehehe, one of the background guests is wearing a Tin Man costume from the Wizard of Oz

alas, this is prolly as close to a crossover as I’ll ever get between my first two fandoms ever and maybe that’s for the best

(honestly kind of surprised there's never been a scooby themed oz-related adventure tbh public domain and recognizeable)

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it took about half an hour into the movie for the title villains to actually encounter the gang, or almost exactly halfway through the movie. that’s actually pretty odd for a scooby movie, isn’t it?   especially when they haven’t encountered any other mystery except the fake-y ones (a lot start off with an in-progress mystery to finish up before being introduced to the main)

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welp, villain’s been spoiled, it’s ron perlman’s character as the pirate captain…

*sighs* Pirate Captain Skunkbeard

like… you get freaking Slade from the teen titans, Hellboy Himself, to voice your baddy… and you give him a name like Skunkbeard.

could have been something cool like Capt Barnaby Bones, or Cuthbert Butcher the Red Pirate, or SteelHook Slater, or Morgan “Moonscar” McWright (okay, that one’s been used before, but the point stands dammit!)

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holy moly, one of the pirates just tried to cut scooby and shaggy’s head off with an actual blade

it cut clean through their costume heads with one swipe

jesus christ on a bike, what is WRONG with you?!?!

(sometimes these scooby dtvs have moments like this. moments that explain how it is shag and scoob have what is likely ptsd for days)

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*gang follows trail of oozy green liquid sheen to the pirate ship*

now see, i thought those wooden ships weren’t supposed to pollute the oceans back in the day

(tho it does work as a solid clue i’ll grant em that)

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shaggy, why aren’t you more excited to go into the cotton candy fog? it’s clearly grape and green apple flavored! 

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…i think one pirate just killed another one during that sea shanty there

brutal

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so i didn’t mention earlier, but tim conway is fred’s dad, and i think he’s the only voice star in this i’m not surprised at - he’s been on the new scooby doo mysteries as their celebrity guest of the week, so him coming back is more like a belated reunion

that being said, his voice work here varies wildly between ‘what the heck take was that’ and ‘hysterical’ - it’s quite odd

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and suddenly the cruise ship is sunk, and the gang is on an island

alrighty then

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the captions are cracking me up right now - not a single one has spelled “bananas” right

it only spells it as “banas” 🤣🤣🤣

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“Prepare to suffer the wrath of Capt Skunkbeard!”

…nope, that’s still not intimidating. try again sir.

(truly i am made to sail the seas, for i am salty af on this name)

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‘Seize them!’

fade to black

come back in on gang tied to the pirate ship mast

…really? the gang has escaped far worse than a group of pirates before (and usually to some funky tunes), and you’re saying they were captured just like that?

fred, please tell me this is a plan of yours, otherwise this is just dumb

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sooo the pirates want to find a place that matches a painting of stars from 200 years ago… without ever stopping to consider that the painting could just be a pretty picture?

it’s a small painting, and i don’t think that star maps were really used like that back in the 1800s when it was purportedly made (at least not from what they look like on wikipedia… none of them look like pretty wall paintings)

these pirates are kinda dumb, methinks

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the ghosts of the bermuda triangle, including world war fighter places, old exploration ships, and a sea monster are apparently trying to stop the pirates

because the pirates want to time travel and rule the sea throughout time

and they needed the pretty pretty picture to lead them to the time travel macguffin they want to retrieve… which is also the sole reason the Bermuda Triangle is all bermuda triangly to begin with, when it fell to earth from space itself.

…say what now?

...that has to be one of the dumbest time travel plots i've ever heard and i sat through endgame twice

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the macguffin is a solid gold meteor

a giant hunk of gold literally as larger as twenty of the pirates put together, and you want to use it to time travel instead of selling that shit and being made for life

why are none of you smart

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yet again i see scooby shoot someone with an item that should have killed them outright and ended the mystery right there

moon monster madness had scooby shoot the alien with a missile on the moon, and pirates ahoy has him shoot a cannon at someone point blank with only a wooden door immediately between them

shrapnel should have shredded that pirate to bits, if even that much was left after that

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okay, the time travel thing turns out to be a hoax the hypnotist uses to convince the billionaire to finance his search for the literal meteor of solid gold located in the heart of the Bermuda Triangle

that’s a relief at least - Scooby Doo has done some weird shit in its days, but time travel does not need to be one of them

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well, at least we finally have the answer to who would win in a fight - homer simpson or scooby doo?

(obvs scooby, of course :D)

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according to velma, everyone on the cruise was hypnotized into believing they were pirates (including fred’s mom), but doesn’t hypnotism only work if the person actually subconsciously agrees with/goes along with the suggestions?

does that mean that at least one person on the cruise ship wanted to behead someone, since they nearly succeeded with Shag and Scoob? does that mean the fred’s mom secretly wants to kill her husband, since she tried to have him thrown overboard the ship while she was hypnotized?

the questions this raises, they are unsettling thoughts indeed 😨

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“Wouldn’t you like a nice ski trip to the Himalayas?”

“And risk a run in with the Abominable Snowman?! Forget it!”

exactly one year later (no joke, it came out exactly one year later):

“Join Scooby and Shaggy as they run in terror from the Abominable Snowman in the Himalayas, in Chill Out Scooby Doo!”

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And that was Scooby Doo Pirates Ahoy!

That was a relatively fun, if dumb, done-in-one mystery. What really saves this one (especially given the REALLY inconsistent animation quality, from acceptable to ‘someone used MS Paint didn’t they?’ levels) was the voice cast. I don’t know what blackmail they had on these guys, but the voice acting was really dang good.

Probably too good - the bad guys’ voices are so memorable you know immediately who they are when you hear them.

The time travel spiel was unbelievably dumb, only saved by the fact it was a hypnotic ruse, and some of the stuff doesn’t quite mesh that well? Like the padding on the desert island, and some of the really weird plot contrivances like the painting being the exact map to a giant ass solid gold meteor :/

Still, a solid set-up (mystery cruise in the Bermuda Triangle) with some new elements (Fred’s parents, an absolute delight) make it a fun film for the wee ones. I’d call this a keeper at the end of the day.

Then again, I really have forgotten how nice it is to see the gang as actual supporting friends and have it feel sincere. Be Cool Scooby Doo was mostly for humor, but the kids still felt like they liked each other well enough.

WNSD on the other hand really made them feel like actual friends, based on body language around each other, general closeness, and a warm comradery that’s hard to replicate. For the flaws this show has, this is certainly not one of them.

That’s all for tonight folks. Sleep well, me hardies yo ho!

[artemviswrites-blog]

hello! i’m hannah, and i’m back into the rp world after a monster hiatus away. i’ve got a decent amount of free time these days, so i’m hoping to find a couple of people to 1x1 with! under the cut are a bunch of plot ideas, including some fandom related things. if you’re interested in anything you see feel free to send me a message or like this post! and, if you’d like to know more about me, my about me and guidelines pages can definitely help.

i play males and females, and i do m/f and f/f. only rpers over 18, pls find the plots and ideas after the read more!

GENERAL IDEAS

i’m a sucker for anything related to spies and espionage. give me spies working for rival organizations, or agents working for an organization that isn’t what they thought it is (a la alias), or spies that are assigned on missions together but hate each other and have to work together. there is really no way to go wrong with this so long as there is lots of angst and conflict!

one of my all time favorite plots is art thieves. a pair of high profile thieves stealing art and jewelry and other expensive things from all over the world. maybe they’re a team? maybe they’re rivals? or maybe one is retired and the other comes to find them and bring them back into the ring because there’s trouble afoot?

ohhh and royalty, a modern royalty plot would be amazing. it could be any of the classic tropes -- two people betrothed to be married but they hate each other. or maybe one is betrothed to another person? secret romances are my jam.

i’m myth trash which means i’m always down for mythology-based plots that are retelling of stories or personifications of mythic figures in present day. favorites include zeus + hera, odysseus + penelope, orpheus + eurydice, artemis + athena, aeneas + dido, cassandra + helen of troy. but lbr there are so many possibilities and dynamics.

ok but i’m also fairy tale trash so plots involving retellings of fairy tales or personification of fairy tales are right up my alley. they could be the originals or the disney versions, i’m not picky. some of my favorites are peter pan, lady and the tramp, sleeping beauty, snow white and rose red, and the snow queen.

historical plots are great and one of my favorite eras is the roaring 20′s -- so a great gatsby inspired plot would be fun. give me socialites causing trouble, rich millionares throwing extravagant parties, or a journalist trying to dig up all the secrets of the upper class. soooo many options here!

old hollywood plots, tho -- actors and actresses caught up in the glamour of the film world. give me studio drama and set up romances and elaborate films with the cast having affairs. i’m all about anything related to the studio era of hollywood and beyond. think like 1930′s-1960′s.

who remember’s the iconic the wedding planner with jlo? give me something where the wedding planner falls in love with the bride or groom. OR maybe it’s something like this where it’s someone who believes in love and someone else who thinks it’s a farce?

this is always posted about but tbh i want one of my own, so something based around a mystery-solving duo/group a la nancy drew or scooby doo gang plS? two childhood rivals who both liked to solve mysteries and go off to college only to return home after being away for awhile and find themselves sucked back into the mystery business. or maybe it’s two private detectives who get stuck on a case together?

this modern retelling of tangled sounds like fun tbh. 

HP RELATED

founder’s era

rowena/helga  —  two women who are at the heart of creating a school for magic and also having to deal with godric and salazar at odds with each other? two women who end up spending so much time together that they wonder what it’d be like to be together always? i can play rowena or helga, but tbh i just really love the idea of them being in love and telling godric and salazar to fuck off. 

first war

james/lily + sirius/oc   — yeah, yeah, i know. this is a long shot, but it’s been eons since i was able to play my oc against sirius, and i’m dying to try it again. i’d really like to double up and play all four of these guys together -- i will happily play james! i can give you the full rundown of my oc as well...just ask!

frank/alice  — these TWO I SWEAR. they’re so cute i love them and i’m 100% willing to play frank or alice. give me their auror adventures and them having neville and we can au if you’d like where they don’t lose their minds or we can keep their heartbreaking ending it’s all up to you!

au’s + etc’s  — i’m pretty much open to any au’s and ships (no sirius/remus pls ty) and would be interested in playing any of these characters, so if something interests you let me know: marlene mckinnon, dorcas meadows, amelia bones, alastor moody, alecto carrow, and fabian prewett.

trio era

pansy/harry  — this ship gives me life? like they’re so polar opposites in so many ways and pansy flat out was willing to give harry up to the dark lord, but like, pansy was also the victim of jk rowling’s hate so she deserves better than that storyline. i’d love to play these two out after the war when harry and ginny are falling apart and pansy is still trying to figure her life out and feels like the outcast. (i could really only see myself playing pansy here)

viktor/hermione  — i would LOVE to see these two run into each other after the war and hit it off and end up falling for each other again. krum is still a quidditch star and hermione has a badass career and they’re just trying to navigate everything and idk I JUST LOVE THESE TWO.

cho/ginny  — IMAGINE THIS: two gals who go pro after the war and play on rival teams but whoops fall in love and become a power couple in the wizarding world. i can play cho or ginny just pls give me quidditch babes.

crackships + other  — there are so many other ships i love in this gen (alicia/charlie + penelope/oliver are the two biggest tbh yes they’re crack but INDULGE ME OK)  that i’d be willing to play, so just throw them out there. some other characters i’d be interested in playing: alicia spinnet, oliver wood, penelope clearwater, luna lovegood, daphne greengrass, astoria greengrass, blaise zabini, and charlie weasley

miscellaneous

quidditch  — this could be set during any era, any time. give me quidditch players and rivalries and falling in love and friendships. there’s so much potential here!

pureblood society  — this has always been an interest of mine: exploring the pureblood culture pre-first war. give me arranged marriages, feuding families, lavish parties, and soooo much gossip.

cursebreakers  — we don’t know terribly much about cursebreakers, but it’s such a cool job and there’s so much potential so i’d love to have a duo that travels the world tackling magic from centuries past.

original characters  — i mean, there’s so much possibility in this world that we can definitely do anything and everything. just toss out an idea!

OTHER FANDOMS

pokemon  — i have NEVER NOT WANTED a couple pkmn lines. original characters -- trainers, gym leaders, coordinators, etc. give me EVERYTHING we can make just about anything work tbh. we can even come up with a new region (just no new pkmn pls my brain couldn’t take it).

riverdale  — yes this show i loved it i love all the garbage characters and i’d love to rp some of them? we could au it or focus on what happened immediately following the season one finale. i’d love to do archie/betty, jughead/veronica, or cheryl/veronica, and i’d happily play archie, veronica, or cheryl!

gossip girl  — yes ok it’s an old fandom i’m old i get it. but consider this: ignore everything after season two. we could play chuck and blair how they should’ve been done. we could au it and have blair go to yale. my favorite ships are chuck/blair, dan/serena, and nate/blair. i’d prefer to play blair, serena, or nate!

[jennycalendar]

conscious choices (5/6)

told through phone calls, emails, and instant messages: the story of how jenny came back to sunnydale and finished falling in love (with some help from willow and buffy)

set in an alternate s4; jenny left after eyghon and therefore never died

this chapter: i honestly don’t think jenny could be more of a disaster

willow: BUFFY

buffy: omg sorry i was fighting gentlemen last night

buffy: and then i got caught up in watching an i love lucy marathon with the mom this morning

buffy: its so nice to have my voice back…i get to criticize plot points again

willow: BUFFY

buffy: chill willow whats up

willow: BUFFY I WALKED IN ON GILES AND MS CALENDAR KISSING

buffy: WHAT

willow: I KNOW

buffy: WHYT HE

buffy: I DONT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS

willow: they saw me and then Ms. Calendar panicked and ran away

willow: Giles went and hid in the kitchen

buffy: why do u tell me these things

willow: I think it’s important for you to know when Giles is happy

buffy: idk willow

buffy: if someone ran off after kissing me i don’t think id be that happy

Hey, you’ve reached Jenny. Leave a message.

“Jenny, it’s me. I—please call me back.”

Hey, you’ve reached Jenny. Leave a message.

“Hey. Are you okay? Listen, I’m sorry I walked in on you and Giles. I hope I didn’t—ruin the moment or anything. I’m starting to think I might have. Anyway. Call me back when you can?”

“Hello?”

“Hi.”

“…Oh. Jenny.”

“Should I apologize?”

“Do you want to?”

“Not, um, not really. No. That was—”

“Nice.”

“…I thought you didn’t have feelings for me.”

“I was under the impression that you didn’t have feelings for me.”

“I didn’t want to talk about it, I guess. It felt easier when I knew we wouldn’t have to.”

“It did.”

“Yeah.”

“…”

“And I really, really wanted to kiss you.”

“Do you still?”

“What? Yes.”

“Come over. We can talk.”

“…”

“What is it?”

“I—I don’t know if that’s a good idea.”

“Jenny—I don’t ever want to make you feel uncomfortable, or-or afraid—”

“It’s not that.”

“…”

“It was so wonderful to kiss you. I wouldn’t change that. But I’m not sure if I want to risk hurting you again if things go south. I—I don’t think I was the only lonely one when I left.”

“…”

“Rupert?”

“I didn’t realize that that was your motivation for wanting to keep our relationship platonic.”

“What did you think it was?”

“I thought you still—that some part of you still—”

“No.”

“Blamed me. For Eyghon.”

“No. No way.”

“Because I would certainly understand—”

“Rupert, I love you.”

“…”

“Wow. Okay. You know, now that I’m thinking about it, maybe that would have been better to tell you face-to-face.”

“…”

“The whole silence thing is—it’s making me kind of nervous.”

[dial tone]

“Rupert?”

Watcher’s Log, Entry #1205

I don’t know how to take this. I don’t know what to do. I thought she was merely attracted to me. I had never considered that she might return my feelings, and to be completely frank, I’m frightened by it. Her love isn’t something that I deserve. It never was.

buffy: u ok?

buffy: we didnt see u at todays scooby meeting

buffy: and giles is all jumpy n weird

jenny_c: How did you get my screen name?

buffy: it isnt super inventive

buffy: also willow told me

jenny_c: I’m fine. I’m sorry Rupert’s upset.

buffy: u know he really really cares about u right?

buffy: ugh i SAID i wasnt gonna meddle but whatever

jenny_c: Buffy, that’s sweet, but he hasn’t talked to me for days.

buffy: he isnt talkin to u bc hes panicking

buffy: also i saw him practicing pickup lines on a chair again

jenny_c: “Again”??

buffy: i said nothing                                            

buffy: u heard nothing from me about giles and chairs

To: watchergiles@aol.com

From: summerybuffy@yahoo.com

Subject: ITS BEEN TWO WEEKS TALK TO MS CALENDAR ALREADY

[message blank]

Rupert Giles here. At the tone, please leave your message.

“Hi. That was [laughs] kind of stupid of me, to tell you that I love you over the phone, so I thought, um, maybe we could go out for dinner. Or not. Or maybe that’s just not on the table anymore now that I’ve told you I love you. But I know you’re definitely attracted to me, because otherwise you wouldn’t have kissed me so much—a lot—you definitely wouldn’t have pressed me up against the wall and started unbuttoning my shirt. Oh god, it just occurred to me that sometimes the kids hear these messages. Make sure the kids don’t hear these messages. Um. Sorry. I—I talk a lot. When I’m nervous. Also I just had like three cups of coffee to prep for this phone call because I kind of thought you’d pick up and we could speed through this? I’m just now realizing that more impersonal phone conversations might be a bad idea. I think I’m going to just swing by your house tomorrow morning, okay? Okay. Love you. Shit, that’s the problem. Anyway. Bye.”

“Hello?”

“Call Buffy. She needs to come over to Rupert’s place.”

“Ms. Calendar? What’s going on? Why are you at Giles’s house at eight in the morning?”

“That isn’t important right now.”

“Are you okay? You sound kinda stressed.”

“Call Buffy, Willow. She needs to get over here.”

“What’s going on?”

“Just tell Buffy—”

“What’s wrong? Why aren’t you calling Buffy yourself?”

“I don’t—I don’t remember her number. Just call Buffy and tell her I need her over here.”

“Why don’t you need me?”

“Willow, just—fuck. Never mind. I’m going to go kill it myself.”

“What? No! Stay there. Um—Buffy’s coming. I’ll call her, okay?”

“Thank you.” [dial tone]

“Oh boy.”

“Hey, Giles! What’s up?”

“Buffy, it’s Willow. You need to come down t-to Giles’s place right now.”

“Willow? What’s—are you crying?”

“…”

“Will?”

“Giles’s apartment is a-a wreck, and Ms. Calendar got down here just in time to get a call from Xander that he’d nearly been attacked by a demon, and then she called me to call you because she wanted you to go fight the demon, because she’s convinced that Giles got dragged off by a demon.”

“You know, Giles’s apartment being trashed isn’t a lot to go on if Ms. Calendar’s assuming—”

“We found his shirt.”

“What?”

“It was ripped to shreds.”

“…oh boy. How’s Ms. Calendar taking it?”

“She left two minutes ago to go kill whatever it was that got Giles.”

“What? Why would you let her do that?”

“She was holding a battle-axe! And you should have seen her eyes, Buffy. I’ve never seen her that angry.”

“Oh my god. Okay. I need to go find her before she gets herself killed. Can you and Xander try and figure out what the demon might be?”

“W-we will.”

“It’s going to be okay, Will. She’ll be fine. I just need to talk her down.”

“I don’t think anyone but Giles can talk her down, and he’s—”

“It’s okay. I promise I’ll make sure she’s okay.”

“Buffy?”

“Hey. Funny story.”

“This is the hospital number, Buffy.”

“So maybe not that funny.”