#is a man ever my favorite character if he's NOT a fucked up little serial killer?

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babygirl ❤️❤️😊😍🥰🥰😍😍😍🥰✨✨✨✨

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tell me more about dakota cole gon hunter hunter I literally know. nothing abt that anime give me ur propaganda. ramble 2 me forever and ever I wanna KNOW

I HOPE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE IN FOR!!!!!!

god. okay. hunter x hunter is a shonen manga by yoshihiro togashi that's been in serialization since '98 & has had two separate anime adaptions. i'm gonna be talking abt the '11 adaption, since that's the one ive been watching! (sidenote: started hxh because of the podcast media club plus which is easily one of my favorite podcasts everrr incredibly good analysis has really affected the way i think about media analysis & criticism extremely fucking fun awesome dynamics btwn folks who are 1) very well known for having extremely good media opinions & 2) great friends who have been friends for a long time & just a delight to listen to. its a great time regardless of whether u r watching the show or not highly recommend if u ever need a new work or commute podcast etc) also disclaimer that i'm only on episode 62 of the show. so.

anyway. the hxh plot:

i will not get into the plot much because it's not as important for the dakota gon isms. but its this. ^!!

so hxh is, overall, a homage to and deconstruction of its genre tropes. togashi very much loves and enjoys a ton of the tropes he's playing with and very obviously delights in subverting just as many of them. it balances these wildly disparate tones of classic, bright candy colored shonen magical worlds and powers and big fights with genuine, seriously-considered violence, cruelty, sinister power structures and all the other heavy consequences of splashy ultraviolence. [RINGS THE PD BELL!!!] the whiplash is ridiculous sometimes-- the ease with which the show cuts from the last survivor of a genocide (kind, reasonable, soft-spoken) turning to self-destructive revenge that is quite literally destroying him from the inside out, taking an immense toll on him and his relationships with the people he loves, becoming a murderer in cold blood (& of course we spend time with the man he murders beforehand, and he's fucking awful, but also human, and has friends and shit, & it's very clear that this is something dreadful and not just a cool fight)-- to like, the two twelve-year-old main characters concocting a fucking ridiculous scheme to corner the antiques market so they get a billion dollars to buy a viddy game & one of the twelve year olds faces turns into a little >:3 kitty face whenever hes doing something sneaky & there's some cartoon ass shopkeeper scamming them, is wild. and neither of them are the "correct tone," right? the whole thing is a balance between the modes & takes them both seriously & at their own value. [RINGS THE PD BELL] so like. literally since a couple episodes into prime defenders ive been like oh, yeah, this tracks, i'm not bothered by the constant juxtaposition of stupid ass bits with genuinely serious moments, this is obviously influenced by hxh. which, like, i still can't say if that was intentional or not. but hxh is one of The manga of all time & was & still is incredibly influential (sasuke of sasuke fame is a knockoff of a hxh character btw), so i have no doubt that it was an ingredient in the mix somehow!

anyway. gon, who is literally dakota, is the protag! hes the little boy who set off to find out whats so great about cigarettes :) he is a kid who was raised by his aunt who he has a complicated relationship with after his mother was killed and his father disappeared, and he grew up in the woods and is very very strong and fast and good at fighting because he grew up in the woods!! fucking feral little creature boy who fights with a fishing rod and talks to animals and has an incredible sense of smell. gon does some shit, leaves the island, makes some friends, gets groomed by a creepy fucking pedophile which he thinks is fine, gets brutally tortured for a very very uncomfortably long time, which he thinks is fine, becomes a hunter (which is great he has awesome lines of credit now!) it's still unclear what a hunter is or does, but they have lots of power and can do pretty much whatever they want. anyway, he wants to be the best and the strongest and he loves fighting for fun, for the sake of fighting and being good at what he does!!!! and he also wants to find his dad. and definitely doesn't have any unresolved issues from the fact that his mom is dead its fine he doesn't even want to know anything about her its chill and also his dad's so cool so whatever he was doing was for sure more important than him so it doesn't matter that he abandoned him! the crux of gon as a character is that he is very silly and often kind and very much a kid, and he does not fucking care what happens to himself. he is fine with getting the shit beaten out of him by people twice his age he is cheerfully oblivious to and makes excuses for almost every single adult taking advantage of him or being just awful to him, when it's very obvious in the narrative that it is bad and not good, he's self-destructively reckless and impulsive and fixated on what he thinks is good and right and also on becoming the best and strongest even if he burns out fast and he loves his friends so so so much. and simultaneously also he's a sillygoofy kid who does dumb shit with his best friend ever (gay) n worries about his pals n stuff. its okay if he burns himself out and gets himself hospitalized for months its okay if people hurt him and take advantage of him and get off on the idea of killing him but its NOT ok if his friends even THINK about taking a risk like that >:(( head in hands. anyway. yeah. fun silly adventures strange beasts and foreign lands and wild cartoon shenanigans and very explicit horror and gore!! with often brutal and terrible consequences that leave you feeling kind of sick!!! where have i heard that before!!!!!!!!!!

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10 Characters and 10 Fandoms

I was hoping this day would not come. I had hoped I would fly free and clear from having to choose between all the people trapped in my television. But alas...I can avoid it no longer...thanks @lurkingshan

Cause here is the thing, when I think of what drives me batshit, crawling up the wall, tearing at the curtains it is not the characters but the dynamics that I love and cherish.

Rules: name 10 of your favourite characters from 10 different fandoms, then tag 10 people to do the same.

So I guess, without further ado, and in no particular order, here are 10 of my faves and why

Wen Kexing - Word of Honor

I mean...this one seems pretty obvious (coughs in username) but this is my dumb slut, okay? He's beauty, he's grace, he's got Zhou Zishu Derangement Syndrome harder than anyone.

Wen Kexing, how do I love you? Let me count the ways:

Unhinged

Fashion Icon

Crazy Bastard Man

Yi Baiyi's Number One Nuisance

Gay As Hell

And most importantly HE HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING WRONG IN HIS LIFE.

Not Once. Not Ever.

Akk - The Eclipse

Oh Akk, my favorite little war criminal. If I had to pick one single favorite character, it's my boy.

Can't put my finger on why but for some reason I am obsessed with this emotionally repressed gay boy who has difficulty accepting himself and feels pressured to perform actions far outside what a teenager should be allowed to do because adults put pressure on him and because he doesn't want people to be disappointed in him...

Unlike Wen Kexing, Akk has done many things wrong, but he's my sweet cheese, good time boy, and he deserves to be harassed by his rat bastard boyfriend at all times. He's learned, he's grown, he's free of Suppalo and I want nothing but the best for him forever and alwas.

Jim Jimenez - Our Flag Means Death

Ohhhhh Jim. The Swagger, The Sex Appeal, The Being The Only Competent Member of Stede's Crew. I mean, what is not to love about The Orphan Raised By Nun Grandmother To Be a Killer?

As a fellow Studier Of The Blade, I would welcome the chance to let Jim kill me. Besides the fact they would lay waste to many, as an enby, they automatically earn a spot in my favs list.

Guillermo de la Cruz - What We Do In The Shadows

Tumblr Users, name a sexier character that Guillermo de la Cruz. That's right! YOU CAN'T!

Gay, serial killer...mmm you know what I'm beginning to sense a trend in my favs list...

eh, we can unpack that later!

My lovely, bumbling, dumbass with posession of the only brain cell in the household. So bright and smiley in the beginning you almost forget that he is 10 years in to literally hunting people to feed to his best friends/mortal enemies/family/tormenters/employers/bumbling idiots that stole him away from Panera Bread. There is no greater personification of the Duality of Man than the man who can lay waste to an entire theatre full of vampires and also spending literal hours closing every possible loophole in Nandor's Dick Length Wish. No greater personification of the Duality of Man than the man who can best Nandor in a gay little fight, and then immediately get pushed into a coffin and shipped to England.

Keyleth - Critical Role

My beloved, all powerful awkward disaster of a Druid. Keyleth helped me through some difficult fucking parts of my life, and I really appreciate how heavily Marisha allowed Keyleth to embrace and exert her anger where it needed to be released. I love how Keyleth can both bring a building down with her bare hands (literally) and turn into a goldfish and splatter along the rocks (also literally)

I love when character who are hurt or in pain or grieving continue to be kind, and I love when that composure starts to slip.

Ellie Williams - The Last of Us

I love my baby dyke with all my heart. She's a killer, she's a track star, she makes grown men weep and young kids laugh. She's immune from being mushroomified, and she horrifies Joel's Southern Table Manner Sensibilities. What more can you ask for out of a character?

Tankhun Theerapanyakul- KinnPorsche

Serves cunt.

Kaz Brekkar - Six of Crows

Kaz Brekkar is the walking contradiction, and that is why I love him.

Kaz, External Monologue: murder. murder. crime. crime. heist. heist. fuck pekka.

Kaz, Internal Monologue: Inej. Inej. Inej. Inej. Inej. Inej. Inej.

There is just something so juicy about a character who yearns desperately to touch, to hold, to love and is physically incapable of doing so. Also like, shout out to having disabled characters in media of all forms

Raine Whispers - Owl House

Again, enby, therefore automatically on the fucking list. But also like. COME ON. Look at them. They are so precious, they are so awkward, and they are so badass. This motherfucker can't talk on a stage to save their life, but can lead a goddamn rebel organization?

ALSO LIKE, LET'S DISCUSS THE FUCKING WHISTLE AND THE MONTHS OF FAKING MIND CONTROL?!?!?!??!?! Y'all seriously want to sit here and not claim them as a fav? Okay, but couldn't be me :)

Zuko - Avatar: The Last Airbender

It's Zuko. Need I say more? I will never not love Zuko because I lived through his redemption arc live on my TV. I went from hating this motherfucker's guts to truly deeply loving him in real time and that's all I have to say on that. He's a runner, he's a track star, he's a war criminal, and a baby girl, and truly is the king of kings for doing one nice thing and nearly dying from fever about it.

Well, this has made me realize that most of my favs are gay murderers. Teehee. Please never make me choose my favorite characters again.

If someone tags me in one of these, ask me to do my Top 10 Character Dynamics, please I beg you!!!!1

Tagging:

@bengiyo , @shortpplfedup , @kyr-kun-chan , @moonspiritmars

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happy tree friends headcanon dump bc i am vigorously shaking the characters like maracas okay

lifty & shifty (as a duo):

i am so autistic about these two

easily my favorite characters in the show

fun fact my original youtube handle was "liftyshifty226"

these two are the epitome of platonic cuddling let's be real

can regularly be found asleep on the floor together just flopped over one on top of the other

the brothers EVER

a lot of people seem to ship them with splendid and i don't really, but i do think they (especially shifty) like to hit on him because they think it's funny to see him flustered

they have definitely flirted their way out of getting arrested at least once

serial flirters, but the moment anyone shows real interest in them they IMMEDIATELY dip

aro bi icons imho

lifty:

the younger twin (by 10 minutes)

however, he is 2 inches taller than shifty and will NOT shut up about it

has a tongue piercing

he wears like, business casual clothes (think like, a button up and slacks + a tie) to match with shifty when running a scam/heist, but when he isn't, i think he actually has a shockingly punkish style

the jokester of the pair

lifty's skills lean more towards the robbery/heist side of their antics. very good at lockpicking, can hotwire a car, etc. etc. etc.

shifty:

the older twin (by 10 minutes)

this man is always wearing the fucking heist clothes. you will never see him not dressed business casual. take off your trilby you loser (affectionate)

HOWEVER. his shoes don't Quite match the rest of the outfit. that's because he wears short platform boots to try and hide the fact that he's the shorter twin. it might actually work if lifty would ever shut up about the fact that he's taller.

rocking the single small gold hoop earring look.

the (slightly) more serious of the pair. don't be fooled, that means very very little. neither of them are a normal person's definition of "serious"

shifty's skills lean more towards the scamming side of their antics. he's got the silver tongue charisma that gets them out of trouble when push comes to shove, and his wits can get someone to fork over their wallet and not even realize something's wrong until the next day.

mime:

AUTISTIC SWAG

nonverbal, uses ASL to communicate

low empathy

based on nothing i have decided that mime is transmasc nonbinary, he/they pronouns. i make the rules around here.

i'm very fond of mime! funky lil dude

handy:

oh you KNOW this man is not being paid enough for this

please god join a union sir

he's not "nice", but he is kind. there's a difference but i can't articulate it

flaky:

was my favorite when i watched this show as a kid, i think?

i've decided that she's transfem nonbinary, any pronouns. once again, i make the rules around here!!!

sniffles:

i'm so sorry but this guy definitely has a superiority complex about his iq.

r/iamverysmart vibes

he got valedictorian as a high schooler and never got over it

that's all i've got for now i'm gonna go binge watch the show on netflix

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coke or pepsi? You know I love coke, but in terms of soda I'll have a diet pepsi.

disney or dreamworks? Dreamworks

coffee or tea? I drink like seven coffees a day

books or movies? BOOKS. I love movies, but books are so fun.

windows or mac? Windows, fuck Mac!!!!!!!

dc or marvel? I don't really like comics in general, but my gf loves the BatFam so I'll go DC

x-box or playstation? Playstation easy

dragon age or mass effect? I don't like either

night owl or early riser? I wake up at 6am every single day

cards or chess? Chess, but I always lose at it

chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate for taste, vanilla for smell

vans or converse? Vans

Lavellan, Trevelyan, Cadash, or Adaar? Who?????

fluff or angst? You KNOW I love angst

beach or forest? Ooooo I think I have to go forest

dogs or cats? Cats all day (sorry Illidan)

clear skies or rain? I lvoe days with just that slight drizzle of rain

cooking or eating out? Eating out tf??? Who is picking cooking

spicy food or mild food? SPICY

halloween/samhain or solstice/yule/christmas? HALLOWEEN MY FAV HOLIDAY

would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot? I live in Minnesota, I already made that decision

if you could have a superpower, what would it be? I think I'd have to go with Boensaw's power from the hit Canadian web serial Worm

animation or live action? Animation

paragon or renegade? Evil 😈

baths or showers? Baaaaaath, I love a nice bath

team cap or team ironman? Hate Iron man, at least cap is likeable I have never found Tony Stark interesting or entertaining and Captain America just has thay sort of scruffy charm

fantasy or sci-fi? Fantasy

do you have three or four favourite quotes, if so what are they? This would get too long so Ill post one: 'What are we going to do, Dogger?'It seemed a reasonable question. After all he had been through, surely Dogger knew something of hopeless situations. 'We shall wait upon tomorrow,' he said. 'But--what if tomorrow is worse than today?' 'Then we shall wait upon the day after tomorrow.' 'And so forth?' I asked. 'And so forth,' Dogger said.

youtube or netflix? Youtube

[REDACTED] you couldn't get that out of me under torture

when do you feel accomplished? When I accomplish something that I've been working at for a long time, especially something that means a lot to me

star wars or star trek? Star Trek, easily. Star wars is like two good movies and a game, at best

paperback books or hardcover books? Hardcover, nothing feels as good in your hands

to live in a world without literature or without music? Without literature, sorry. I just couldnt live without something to listen and dance to.

who was the last person to make you laugh? Hard to remember, it was either my gf, bug, or Peri

city or countryside? City, I want to have things to do

favorite chips? Salt and vinegar

pants or dresses? Dresses, you can't force me to wear pants anymore

libraries or museums? Museums just because they're so much more of a trip

character driven stories or plot driven stories? Character driven, almost always. That's always the stuff that digs into me more

bookmarks or folding pages? Bookmarks Jesus christ what kind of freak folds pages

Dream job? Honestly, I'm kind of in my dream job already. Doing scientific research on fun and interesting problems every day. If it wasn't that, I think it would be writing. I love writing, but I don't have enough time for it sadly.

What gives you comfort? A good book, a lover's touch, warm blankets and soft animals, the quiet sound of the city waking up, good food and fine alcohol.

what are some of your favorite song lyrics? One for the money, two for the better green 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine

favorite ice cream flavor ever? PEANUT BUTTER that or cookie dough.

first fandom? No surprise but it was the Ranma 1/2 fandom, for obvious reasons a young Chart was ENTHRALLED by that concept

Your desert island band? Otoboke Beaver cause I'd be pissed

As for who I'm tagging.... @cpericardium @bug4932 @skitter-queen @rainfrazier get to work

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🏕️Hacketteer Headcanons🏕️

Their Favorite Scary Movie

Abigail - She likes “Jeepers Creepers”. It was the first scary movie she ever saw and has loved it ever since. She likes the dynamic between Darry and Trish, she loves the ‘Inbreeding’ line, and loves the psychic. The final encounter with the monster gives her chills all these years later. She loves the line, “What is that, the vehicle choice of assholes and fucking serial killers!?”

Nick - He loves “The Happenings”. He likes that it’s realistic and makes you think about how we treat the planet and how it treats us in return. He sees people as parasites because of this movie. He loves the ‘Calculus, I see in Calculus.” line. It makes him uneasy.

Ryan - He loves “The Sixth Sense”. He appreciates how it forces someone to interpret ‘reality’. He also appreciates the small moments of Justice being served in the movie. (Get it? Justice?) His favorite scene was when Dr. Malcolm Crowe plays over an old appointment and can hear, “No quiero murir! No quiero murir!” (I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die.) It makes his skin crawl.

Dylan - Dylan absolutely loves “2001: A Space Odyssey”. He is very fascinated with the idea of artificial life and how should it be regulated. His favorite line is from Hal at the end, “I’m afraid”…”I'm a... fraid. Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer.” HOWEVER, there are lots of moments in the movie he doesn’t like, so when people ask he typically says he likes “Pet Sematary” because the cat ‘Church’ looks like his cat Schrödinger. His mom and his often use the line, “No fair, no fair” on each other because of this movie.

Emma - She absolutely loves the movie “BirdBox”. She gets a lot of shit for it, but she insists there’s a good reason. She loves that the monster is never shown and allows each person to decide what they consider to be scary. She often quotes the line, “We are making… the end of the world… Great Again! heyooo!” Because she thinks it’s super stupid. She also loves, “are you a simpleton!?” From the same character.

Max - Max loves… and I mean… loves anything super horrible and grotesque. He feels the horror genre should disgust you and make you uneasy, not just cheesy jump scares. Therefore he likes movies like, “Hostel” “Fresh” and “Clockwork Orange”. However he has only watched each one once and WILL NOT watch them again. Because they disgust him so much.

Jacob - My man Jacob absolutely hates Horror as a genre. He insists that he hates absolutely every single horror movie ever. Dylan suggested the movie, “The Black Phone”. Dylan assured him that the movie wasn’t going to freak him out and it has a good feeling ending. Jacob cried when Gwen was fighting with her dad in the kitchen. However, he ended up liking the movie and quoted to Dylan, “this isn’t about you… FUCK HIM!”. Dylan then suggests that scary movies be pre-approved by him, that he won’t trick Jacob and absolutely will let him know which scary movies are and aren’t too much.

Laura - Laura is a bit indifferent to horror movies, but enjoys cult films compared to anything else. She typically would rather watch a documentary or crime TV shows because they’re real and interesting. She however did cry when the dog died in “The Babadook” and decided she would regularly used the website “does the dog die?” When checking out movies.

Kaitlyn - She loves anything that involves a group of people being trapped someplace. Her favorite movie is “The Mist”. The ending is so gut wrenching. She also loves the line, “If I ever wanted a friend like you, I’d have a little squat and shit one out.” She likes the vibe of that line despite not liking the character. Maybe she would have to use that line sometime?

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Criminal Minds 2x18 - Live Star Reaction

Sunny said this is one of her faves so I must do what I do best (babble incoherently

A THREEQUEL ????? We don't normally get a "Previously on" for this show

is SOMEONE gonna say something about how Reid is acting (besides Em and Derek, my beloveds)

getting killed by a natural disaster on the murder show is kinda super lame

did he just FAKE A SERIAL KILLER DEATH ??????

WILLIAM LEMON TANGO !!!! YEEAAAAHHH

"Til he kills again" Hotch really knows how to lighten up the mood

💜 Ethan 💜

Reid is being such a Dick to Emily specifically, idk if it's cause she's new so he doesn't trust her as much (he's reluctant to accept help and keeps lashing out but when Morgan pushed a little, Spence caved in and talked to him) or of something about her bothers him (like idk they're both the most brainy, some competitiveness that's been amped up cause of what happened)

Morgan doing a little ✌️ while being introduced in tHE MIDDLE OF AN ACTIVE CRIME SCENE (I love him so much, I actually can't stand it)

oh no he cut "Jones" into the wall, SORRY IM STUPID

I really like Lemon Tango SKSKSK he has such a Noir Detective Vibes

I never know if I'm being smart when I figured something out before the characters or if the show writers make it easier for the audience on purpose (not that I did this time but I have my big brained moments)

"Reid you scared me!" "always been one step ahead of you, man" yeah no, I agree with the fandom on this one KSKSKSKS

REID ???? ANSWER THE FUCKING PHONE ?? THERE'S A ON GOING MURDER INVESTIGATION ???

"this is New Orleans, honey. It's a culture thing" JJ is stronger than me, I would've fucked this man in the middle of that full bar

"and this involves the case, how?" "it doesn't, I'm just flirting" 😶 sunny I think there might another request coming your way soon 😶

also Emily and Derek are my new favorite besties, I love their interactions so much <3

when they first referenced Jack the Ripper, I was gonna make a (probably not tasteful) "historical reparations" joke bUT YEAH NO KINDA EXACTLY THE ROUTE THEY'RE GOING

"What do we know about Female Serial Killers?" *has read exactly 1 book about them* not much *Reid mentions Aileen Wuornos* hEy I KNOW THAT ONE !

is it gonna be that woman in blue who sent Lemon Tango the drink?

I'll never remember his name right (Lamontagne ?)

SAY IT EMILY, GET HIS ASS (I know he went through a lot but someone needs to get his ass back into shape)

Breaking News: Man with the Worst Game Ever gets gutted in an alley (I wrote this before his body showed up, she actually dumped him in a alley)

JONES ?? J R ??? FUCKING JONES MAYHAPS ???? If this guy's name is Jones I'm gonna... Nevermind :3

Can we bring Elle back for one ep so she can shoot this guy too? (Jr guy)

It is the second time (that I remember) that Derek has called Garcia "mama" and I think I might have AO3 business to attend to later today (THESE TWO ARE KILLING ME SMALLS)

"Awn babygirl you never disappoint" 😩😩😩😩 HE STARTED TO SEDUCE ME, I STARTED TO BE SEDUCED BY HIM

William put his gun down and I literally let out an almost impressed gasp like "...Lemon Tango !" SKSKSLSK that's his name forever now

this ep makes me really sad, this actress is killing me, wE GONNA GET YOU SOME THERAPY BBY ! I feel really bad for cases like this one, literally so many people had a hand in those murders, it's not her fault

oh thank fucking god, it's finally Gideon Dad Time

"I'll never miss another plane again" good job baby <3 ily... nOW GO APOLOGIZE TO EMILY

I REALLY FUCKING LIKED THIS EPISODE !!

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Sorry I was asking what you thought about the skip westcott storyline in the comics. But he’s you answered it beautifully and I agree with you about fearing the MCU would try to tackle CSA because they don’t have a good track record on how they tackle assault and all I could think about was one my favorite exploration on Skip Westcott and what would happen if his assault was revealed to the general population that storyline was that the author made a point to say

“One that Peter put on everyday, along with a red and blue suit and the memory of an uncle he had lost to petty crime. And to make this all about Skip, to claim it was just his way of coping - like every single psychologist that had gone on the news with insight into the psyche of Spider-Man - would debase all that. Yes, Peter was still affected by what had happened. Yes, when he hit sexual predators the hardest, it was personal. But Peter was still Ben’s nephew, and he was so much more than what Skip had made him”

I don’t know a comment in your story First Step of Kintsugi wrote about a possible reference to Skip and all I could think about was Peter goes through so much but fundamentally he is a child trying to survive and trying to live up impossible standards he set before him as a tribute to his Uncle and if Skip was a part of his backstory then it’s does not define him but would still affect him and his aunt. Also Frank would absolutely murder Skip if he ever found out.

Same deal as before, this post discusses skip westcott so everything is below the line. 

Oh, he would. It’s probably why I’ll never write a story about Frank finding out about Skip.

Like, Frank Castle is the guy in the Marvel Universe who fucks up child predators. He pretends to be a 12 year old little girl on the internet and tells the creep to meet him in the park, and carry peonies so little susie can find him. NMCU had multiple scenes of him fucking up pedophiles.

And Frank’s someone who, time and time again, is shown to just kind of—I don’t want to say lose it, but kind of run rampant when the people he loves are involved. A very controlled brand of crazy. He will run roughshod over all other considerations when it comes down to the people he cares about, and it’s fully in character for him and his backstory, and it can usually make for some pretty interesting character dynamics and interactions. Like, Karen’s in danger (because she called a serial bomber a little bitch boy while speaking to him directly and broadcast it for the entire world to hear) and Karen will be saying “frank no” and micro will be saying “frank no” and getting involved will endanger franks entire shit and frank will be saying “fuck off frank yes” and he’ll do it anyway.

And that can make for interesting conflict and cool fight scenes. Except this is one of those times where I don’t think it works for the underlying story.

Because the person he’s killing is Peter’s abuser. And like—I don’t think there’s any doubt in anyone’s mind that if you abuse the punishers kid, you die. But it does kind of require discounting peters own mindset on the matter, because Peter is very anti-killing and would almost definitely be opposed to frank’s solution. killing skip would be about frank and he felt, not Peter. 

I just don’t see how it would help Peter himself. Like, franks not gonna fix him by giving him a hug or being a somewhat trustworthy adult or something. There’s nothing to fix. He’s not broken. No magic healing adult is going to change what happened or undo the effects with one soulful conversation. like, to me, Frank exact revenge on his behalf mostly just services frank’s own emotional reaction rather than helping Peter in any real way.

Which I why i don’t engage with the majority of the Skip Westcott stories on AO3. A lot of the ones I’ve seen are usually like--the avengers or tony or someone finding out and the emotional effects on them. Or them getting revenge for Peter or like, healing him emotionally or whatever. It often just ends up about the pain of the people who find out rather than like, Peter himself, if that makes sense. Or it just becomes trauma porn. 

And, to be clear, I am casting no moral judgment or whatever on those fics or people who like or read them. Revenge stories aren’t inherently bad or whatever.  Like, the Equalizer was a cool, fun, engaging movie that can be pretty adequately summarized as a revenge movie. Frank Castle fucks up a lot of child molesters because hey--that’s a pretty satisfying group of people to see fucked up. Good fodder for revenge stories. 

I find a lot of literary analysis on tumblr and on most social media platforms that I’ve seen tends to engage with content in overwhelmingly moralistic terms, which i just don’t find very helpful. Don’t get me wrong, there’s definitely moralistic discussions to be had when it comes to writing decisions, I just don’t think it’s nearly to the degree that it’s been proliferated. Moralistic terms in the analysis of art ends up being used as a sort of sledgehammer that misses a lot of the point of analysis entirely. I feel like a lot of the literary analysis that I see popularized nowadays ends with “and that’s why this writing decision is morally wrong” which, again, absolutely can be the case and are conversations to be had, it’s just that it’s used as a trump card a lot of the time instead of engaging in real analysis. But that’s also not all literary analysis on modern social media platforms. I may just be jaded from TikTok. 

I could probably write a pretty convincing analysis of the Equalizer about how it reflects on women and sex workers and power fantasies, etc, etc, that I don’t actually agree with. I dunno, I think I’m good at arguing and hyperaware of how easy it is to convincingly frame literary analysis in moralistic terms and lead the audience to conclusions that I don’t even agree with. This is a very long winded way of saying that this analysis of Skip Westcott’s use on AO3 is not me saying that I think people who write stories like that or enjoy stories like that are bad or wrong, it’s just not the kind of story that I enjoy reading, and not a story that I’m all that interested in writing. I’m not shitting on people who write revenge fics. It’s just not my cup of tea. I think a lot of using AO3--and reading in general--comes down to curating your experience, and I just tend to curate away from most Skip Westcott stories.

I also do want to make a point of saying that like, you did not imply or suggest what the rant above was about, I am just very good at seeing balls buried under ten feet of mud, digging them out, and running with them. I just go on tangents. I’m not arguing against anything you said. 

I have also seen the discussion of Skip Westcott in the comments. I’m not going to like, confirm or deny anything because I feel like saying anything about the content appearing in the future of this series risks spoiling it for some people? Like, even if it’s just saying “yeah that’s not happening,” I feel like it may spoil things for people who like to figure it out along the way. But I do want to say that if anyone’s ever worried about triggering subject matter appearing in one of my fics, they can DM me directly and I’ll tell them if it shows up, the extent of it, etc. I try to keep up with content warnings, especially in individual chapter titles, but sometimes I slip up and sometimes stories develop after I make the original tags that have triggers I didn’t anticipate. I probably need to update the main tags on Kintsugi anyway, because I ended up talking more about the details of the human trafficking ring and MJ’s comic backstory a little bit more than I planned on when I first started it. 

I know the story you’re referring to, and the point being made is the same. It’s probably because I wrote it. 

I don’t regret writing that story, but I have regrets about it, if that makes sense? I guess a part of me wishes that I had been a bit older and a bit more skilled at the time. I was in like, high school. I was a literal child whose brain hadn’t finished developing yet. Technically my brain still hasn’t finished developing but at least it’s been cooking for a lot longer than when I was in fucking high school. I can’t remember if I even had a year of writing experience at the time, I had barely any experience in fandom, and writing it probably wasn't the best mental health decision I could have made. Skip Westcott was also borderline unknown, at least on AO3, at the time I wrote it? Like, organize Skip Westcott tags by date posted, and i think that’s like the first english language mention of him. So I’m like, weirdly aware that that original mention potentially spurred a lot of stories I don’t personally vibe with. Life’s a comedy. 

I know it ended up meaning a lot to a lot of people, so I leave it up, but it’s not exactly something I go back to reread. I just seems sloppy to me now. My writing’s changed a lot since then and there’s a lot of topics I discussed there that I wish I had handled with more nuance than I did. Which, again, I was a teenager with very little writing or fandom experience, so like, I understand why it happened the way it did. There’s stuff that I look at on my current AO3 account where I think the writing’s amateur hour. Hating your old shit is part of getting better as a writer. I’m glad you liked it.

[adultswim2021]

Moral Orel #13: “Satan” | November 27, 2006 – 12:15AM | S02E03

This is one of the more formula-breaking episodes of the show; focusing entirely on Coach Stopframe’s relationship with Clay, as well as Satan. In the episode we see him turning from God to Satan and boy do we ever. (I couldn’t figure out how to fix this next sentence to make it sound good so please read it in a George Wood voice) His decorative wall crucifix and his crucifix necklace get a bit of a work out as he turns them upside down and rightside up again depending on which deity whose attention he’s vying for. The opening scene he gets so fed up with neither God nor Satan answering his prayers for Clay to gay-guy call him while he waits by the phone, so he spins the crucifix. When the phone does ring, and it is Clay, Stopframe realizes the crucifix has landed perfectly sideways. Spiritually, the man is lost. But he does know what he wants and it’s boning Clay. 

This one is unique because it’s fairly alienating to first-time viewers, though I guess the story is fairly easy to get: a man wants another man to love him back as much as he loves him, and is bouncing between god and satan to get that love. When he enters god’s house, Reverend Putty delivers a very pointed sermon against gay people. Stopframe spitefully turns to Satan because of this, flipping his crucifix yet again. (exhausted, sad) He simply can’t stop flipping.  

Throughout the episode we see Stopframe attempting to get things to the next level with Clay, and nothing seems to work. Clay is too repressed to actually act on his attraction to Stopframe; they get together and flirt and both men seem to really want physical contact with one another, but Clay always cuts things off before they get serious and runs home. At home he finds Orel going through a vacuum cleaner bag to fish out some of Clay’s hair. Stopframe has asked Orel to bring him some of his father’s hair so he can cast some sort of Satanic spell on him. 

Stopframe also invites Orel to a Satanic orgy. He’s a virgin like me, after all (yet somehow also being a serial impregnater), and they seem to need one for some sort of ritual. When they get there the Satanists balk at Stopframe bringing a non-legal virgin, and make it clear they can’t use him. They also turn out to be fat losers, rebelling in some sexual perversions but mostly gluttonous ones. It’s all about the pizza and candy there. Stopframe leaves, dejected, and Orel leaves with a belly full of pizza.

Orel’s role in this is rather passive, which is what makes this a formula breaker. He is just a pawn in Stopframe’s plans. When we see him digging out hair from the vacuum cleaner bag, he notices a single dog hair and sighs, “poor Bartholomew” establishing that the show does value continuity, and that this episode is indeed a very real examination of Clay and Stopframe’s ongoing relationship, making it clear that they don’t fuck, but boy they both want to, and one of them is READY. 

I wouldn’t describe this as a strong episode, but it does show what’s to come. Character-focused episodes that exist just to examine a relationship and drive said characters and the show at large into a new place. Though really, this episode isn’t terribly essential, it serves to remind those of us who have been hanging in there who these people are, and it’ll probably matter later on. Stopframe and Clay’s relationship is quite central to the ending of the series, and it’s at least a little important that we check in on them and see how they’re doing. Which isn’t that good. I mean, they could be butt-fuckin’. What’s better than buff-fucking?

Oh yeah, there was pizza in this one. Remember when I was keeping track of that? Fuck.

MAIL BAG

whose your favorite character on the following shows: squidbillies, metalopocalyse, robot chicken, morel orel, and aqua teen. I think that covers all the currently runnig shows. bye.

Ah yes! Something from one of my many fans, I dare to dream. early, nathan, no one, rev. putty, shake, homer

[approximately20eggs]

Hell yeah!!! Shovel scene time :3c

So the shovel scene is one of my favorite scenes in all of TFTGS! It's also so brutal I have trouble reading it.

So it takes place very shortly after Jack's right leg is amputated from the knee down due to medical complications, and he's still adjusting. One night, Spencer, local semi-undead serial killer, kidnaps Jack from his workplace and drags him behind the gas station with the promise that Jack is going to die tonight. Jack doesn't take it seriously, because Spencer is a lot more bark than bite in his opinion, but he goes along with it.

Spencer attacks Jack with a shovel, deliberately missing by barely an inch with each swing, just to scare him. While Jack is yelling and trying to get away, Spencer says calmly, "Stay still, Jack! I wanna see how close I can get." (He also reopens Jack's surgery scars from his amputation, and that's the part that always makes me cringe a little.

He then makes Jack dig his own grave at gunpoint, and there's a very funny bit where Spencer says, "Has anyone ever told you you're really good at digging?" And Jack, who used to dig holes while disassociating, says, "I've had a lot of practice."

At this point, Jack and Spencer have a bit of a confrontation, where Jack says that he doesn't think Spencer is a killer. He's dangerous, yes, but not a killer. Spencer just smiles at him. And then Spencer hits him hard and knocks him on his back at the bottom of the grave.

Jack takes the opportunity to shoot an SOS text to Amelia, using the phone he slipped out of Spencer's pocket while they were talking (Jack is very good at pickpocketing, which Spencer always forgets).

Spencer then reveals his trump card. So there's a character in book one named Vanessa, who goes missing mysteriously. Well uh. Found Vanessa. Turns out, Spencer has her, and he brings her out, bound and gagged, to talk to Jack. And Vanessa, panicked and crying, insists that, yes, Spencer is a killer, and they're both going to die here.

Jack puts on a brave face to try and reassure Vanessa, and when Spencer gives him the option to kill either himself or Vanessa (with the other being allowed to go free), Jack chooses neither. Jack says there's no way Spencer is actually giving him any power in this situation, and he tries to talk his way out of it.

Spencer gets PISSED at not being taken seriously and killd Vanessa right there, and then he starts to bury Jack alive next to her body. Jack begs and yells and keeps trying to bargain, and when he realizes that won't work, he starts insulting Spencer. Eventually, he strikes a nerve, and Spencer drags him out of the hole to throw him down and kick him around, yelling and in general being So Fucking Angry but still not just killing him.

Then, Amelia arrives on the scene and hits Spencer with her taser before he can start in on Jack with the shovel again. While he's convulsing from the shocks, he drops the shovel, and Jack takes his chance.

What follows is my favorite moment of Jack Going Fucking Feral. Jack grabs the shovel and beats Spencer with it HARD, over and over, and as he does he screams, "STAY STILL, SPENCER! I WANNA SEE HOW CLOSE I CAN GET!"

Jack doesn't end up killing Spencer, but he comes close! He stops when Amelia pulls him back and calms him down. But yeah I think Jack should've killed him, maybe, just a little bit. I love Spencer sm but he should have

that's definitely quite the scene! to be clear I am not complaining but man this sounds like one hell of a series and I'm not sure what else to say. ty for telling me about it tho :) /gen

[manofmanymons]

This time I actually have context for why I started spamming the tf out of a character I like kekdkf

So I was talking to a friend about how like

We grew up in a world where some of the dumbest shit ever is illegal

Like fuckinnn feeding the homeless, or faking your address so your kid can go to a school with actual funding and not a shit hole that exists to fuck over poor kids, or defending yourself on your own property

So of COURSE so many of my favorite characters are the ones who prioritize what they know in their hearts is right over what's legal or "heroic"

And it led to me popping off about why Yuri Petrov is one of my favorite guys from anything ever

Mans set a serial killer who was targeting sex workers on fire when the heroes were failing to arrest him like jsjskdn that's the love of my life right there

And yeah yeah I know that type of character is dangerously close to the considerably less enjoyable self-righteous vigilante who thinks they have the right to pass judgement on everyone and kill whoever they don't like

But I think

Yuri kinda toes that line without ever crossing it

So he's safe

Also he's hot

His stupid little tie matches his stupid little villain costume and no one even notices I'm so in love with him

[idkguessiwillbloghere]

Blog Post #21

Feeling: Depressed Weather: Cloudy Last thing I ate: Sugar-free toffee chocolate bar Last thing I drank: Gatorade I have an apartment. I’ve a job. Paying my own bills. I’ve a little crawfish who probably kinda loves me. My now former therapist said things would be so much better for me “now that everything is falling into place.” He’s the worst therapist I’ve ever had. No intuition, very selfish, very stupid. He’s one of the ones who just says things that sound good, but they have no meaning because he just doesn’t think about the shit he’s saying. I think he thinks good intentions are good enough, and then “the rest will fall into place.” I got a new therapist. He’s leagues better, and I can tell he’s good because I think he has a better understanding that he likely can’t help me. I don’t need machismo and insecurity in my sessions, I need realism. This new guy is realistic. He contemplates what he says to me. He knows when to be quiet and let me vent, and he knows when to interject to guide me in a more productive direction. For all the good it’ll do. I’m watching Yellowjackets. Rewatching, I saw it all once through before. I’m just glad it’s not like my other favorite show Miracles; this one is actually getting a second season. Yellowjackets and Joker are important to me because of how accurately they portray cPTSD. I’ll never find any media that shows people like me... I’m both too different and too average in all the ways that make it impossible to be considered by anyone. I’m deformed... but no one really notices unless I put it in their face, or flex a certain way that shows I’m missing entire muscles. I’m trans... but I look and sound like a stereotypical cis/het guy. I’m on the spectrum... but I mask well. I’m traumatized... but I’m high-functioning. I’m poly and kinky... but I’ve zero partners for people to judge. I’ve a genius-level IQ... but my TBI makes me sound like a moron. I’m white, not facially disfigured, and I’m bipedal. I can cover up most of my suicide attempts with a wristwarmer. When characters who’re queer, deformed, so on are written about... it’s either the only “weird” thing about them, or they’re the token for all of the most marginalized demographics in one. So I watch Pose to get my trans fix... but I’m not a Black femme. I watch Yellowjackets to get my cPTSD fix... but I’m not a girl. I watch Hunchback of Notre Dame to get my deformity fix... but I’m not facially deformed. I watch Love and Leashes to get my kink fix... but I’m not Asian, or a newbie. If there’s gonna be a good trans character, it’s not gonna be a binary trans man. If there’s gonna be a deformed character, it’s not gonna be the nearly-hidden kind of deformity. If there’s gonna be a character with cPTSD... it’s gonna be the psychopathic, cannibalistic serial killer, not the kind that only tears themselves up until there’s nothing left. And even if there was... it would be the one, single “weird” thing about ‘em. I’m never gonna see ME on screen. And that does matter. ‘Cause I’m never gonna find someone like me either. Even if they do exist, we wouldn’t get along. That’d be too much to ask. I feel... done. I think I shot myself in the foot by making myself this smart. I see things months ahead before they happen, now. Every... single... relationship. It doesn’t matter if I sit back and do nothing, let it unfold... or if I do everything in my power to make it skew somewhere else. It’s all... the fucking... same. It’s sickening how people who’re so different do the same fucking shit. The same mistakes, ignoring advice, spitting at helpful resources. No one wants to progress in a way that takes effort and dedication. And if they do, they don’t like me. I think I just need to try harder not to want people in my life. I think of all the things I could suppress, that’s the one to suppress. It just takes one more switch in my brain, to re-condition. I just need to reroute the desire I have for people, put it toward my hobbies again. I miss my hobbies. And I need to not need people anymore. At least if I have any hope of surviving. Because this is unsustainable.  But also, maybe that’s alright. I asked my new therapist yesterday if he thinks there are some people who shouldn’t be alive. Like if they legitimately can’t be happy, when there’s no one and nowhere they can turn to... SHOULD they not be alive anymore? I mean of course he said no, that everyone deserves to live. What else could I expect from a therapist, it’s his job. I just have no one else to ask these questions. And maybe no one else SHOULD be asked these questions. I’m just... done. My former therapist said that he wouldn’t want me to kill myself... BUT... if I really wanted to, there’s no stopping it. Like I said, he really just doesn’t give a flying fuck what comes out of his mouth. He thinks that simply being literal is what appeals to me. No, it’s being literal with purpose. It’d be like telling someone, who’s crying about their dead mother, “She’s dead now and forever, it’s healthier to not cry all the time and instead get back to what you’re doing in life.” Thank you Dr. Sociopath, how many decades of studying gifted you such healing powers? I guess sometimes it’s just good to yell into the void. Idk, I might be fired next week. Which is fine, I can’t put this job on my resume anyway, my boss is a control freak (as stated by HER boss) and otherwise a manipulative piece of shit. AND also I’m never believed or chosen above someone else, regardless of who’s right or wrong. I’m never believed unless I pay someone to listen without judgement. That’s what therapists are for. Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad to not be believed if it didn’t come hand-in-hand with shit treatment. I really don’t care what people think, but o fuck do I care about what people do. I’ll never get a break. Never. So why keep going, when it’ll be just more of this, but for several decades? A broken record. It’ll feel like an eternity. Why not dissipate in cremation, where some of me lands in the water and gets ingested by all kinds of animals... some of me drifts around the world as dust in the wind... and some of me may even make it out of the atmosphere into outer space itself? It’s not like I could enjoy it, in that state. And maybe that’s okay. ‘Cause I’m not enjoying anything in this state either.

[frankiekatt]

Wowy hii, saw that you're writing for slasher, so here I am!

Can I plz have some hcs about any slashers with s/o, but their s/o is a literal gremlin, like they're not serious at all, always joking and annoying people around, but sometimes might be quite soft and quiet.

Thank you and have a nice day! ❤️

This was fun to write lmao

Warnings: Sexual harassment, NSFW, murder, blood, canabilism

Characters: Thomas Hewitt, Bo Sinclair, Lester Sinclair, Billy Lenz, Stu Macher, Michal Myers

Slashers With An S/O That Never Takes Anything Seriously:

Thomas Hewitt:

Thomas is a little overwhelmed by your personality at first.

He’s a quiet and reserved man who’s never had any kind of friends, so goofiness and jokes can make him feel uneasy at first.

But!! He gets used to everything very quickly!!!

Thomas loves everything about you and he finds you to be incredibly charming.

He can get a little anxious when he sees you annoying Hoyt because he doesn’t want his uncle to do anything bad to you in irritation/retaliation.

Your jokes are always a stress reliever for him, since he spends most of his days in a dark basement, surrounded by blood and gore. Your humor just shines a little bit of light on his day, and he loves you for that!

While Luda Mae and Hoyt might not like the fact that you never take anything seriously, Thomas finds it relieving. At the beginning of your relationship, Thomas was terrified of losing you because he thought you would be terrified of all screams, murder, and cannabilism, but he was pleasantly surprised to see that you didn’t pay much mind to it.

Thomas’ family mostly saw you as a clown, but Thomas could only ever look at you as the brightest ray of sunshine that has ever graced his life.

After all, he was the only one that saw your softer side.

Your soft and quiet side mostly shone through during the evening. Something about the sunset and cicada chirping calmed your heart.

You would often take Thomas by the hand and lead him outside to sit on the front porch with you, so the two of you could cuddle and watch the sunset together.

Thomas was always so used to your voice, because you loved to talk about anything and everything, so your temporary quiet nature was new, yet comforting.

During these moments, there didn’t need to be any talking between the two of you. You deep emotional bond allowed you both to communicate through actions.

You would lay your head on Thomas shoulder, stroking his chest, and Thomas would wrap his big arms around your smaller frame, resting his masked cheek against the top of your head.

This was Thomas’ way of saying, “I love you, you’re the best thing in my life,” and your way of saying “I could never live without you.”

Bo Sinclair:

:|

You’re gonna annoy the fuck out of this boy

Sometimes you both wonder how the two of you even got together, but the nights you and Bo spent pleasuring each other, going round after round, reminded you both how. (Your both just sexy okay its that simple)

Bo was a serious guy, so he was a little miffed that he was always the one having to take the lead in everything since you just couldn’t stop making a joke out of everything.

Sometimes you would actually make him really irritated due to your tendency to irk people endlessly, so he would have to step away to cool off and blow off some steam.

Sometimes he would yell at you in anger, which always made him feel like shit after, so he tended to stalk off to his shop to calm down before speaking to you.

You would have to go see him a couple hours later to wrap your arms around him from behind and shyly apologize to him.

He favored these moments the most.

Your voice quieter than usual, focusing on just him, touching him gently.

He would always accept your apologies, of course, and would let you know by kissing your lips softly.

Bo liked to take advantage of your softer side by lifting you up by your waist and setting you on the hood of whatever car he had been working on and kissing down your neck.

As revenge, Bo liked to draw out his teasing as long as possible. Kissing down your neck, chest, stomach, massaging your pussy through your skirt, palming your breast roughly.

It gets to a point where you just have to tell him, “Bo, I need you to fuck me.”

And he would oblige.

He would take you right then and there, on the hood of the car.

The metal beneath you was always shockingly cold, making you shiver against Bo’s chest.

“You cold, Darlin,” Bo would ask teasingly as he pulled your panties off. “Don’t worry, I’ll warm you right up.”

He would spend hours licking your pretty pink pussy if he could. He licks and sucks and kisses your most intimate part until you're shaking and crying above him, begging him to fuck you sensless.

After he’s satisfied with your helplessness, he’ll lean back up and ram himself inside of you. There have been many nights where he has taken you gently and slowly in his garage, holding your hand with every thrust, kissing your sweet lips to quiet your whimpers, but tonight was different. There was a primal need shared between you two. Bo wanted to let his frustrations on through loving you, and you wanted to be taken hard and fast.

When the two of you are done, you lounge around inside the car to catch your breath, holding hands. Everything seems so perfect.

Until-

“Hey, Bo? What did the toaster say to the slice of bread?”

“.....”

“I want you inside me! Eh ha ha..”

:////

Lester Sinclair:

!!!!!

You like constantly joking and never taking things seriously? He does too!!

Lester would find you absolutely hilarious. Every joke you cracked would have him doubling over in laughter. Which would make you double over in laughter. Which would make Lester laugh harder, because now you both have the giggles and both of your laughs are just too infectious.

Everytime the two of you would go to Ambrose to visit his brothers, you guys would annoy the hell out of Bo and Vincent. Bo just wants to be left alone to work in his shop but instead he’s stuck listening to you tell a 40 minutes story about how you burnt dinner last night.

And Vincent just wants to be left alone to paint and sculpt but instead he’s here listening to Lester crack jokes that are a.) not funny and b.) don’t make any sense. -_-

Your and Lester’s trailer is always filled with so much love and laughter and the two of you could not be any happier.

You both have your own soft and quiet moments that hit at random times.

Sometimes it happens when the two of you are play fighting in the living room, howling with laughter. You both fall to the floor, wrestling and giggling until the both of you run out of breath and just gaze at each other as you lay on the carpet.

“You look so cute,” he giggles.

“No, YOU look so cute!”

“W-well!!! I love you!!”

“Uhm...well...I love you MORE.”

And it just turns into an argument about who adores the other more.

Billy Lenz (1974):

The perfect couple.

Literally.

The two of you are always joking around, cackling and goofing about every little thing.

Billy has finally found his soulmate and he could not be happier.

He two of you prank the sorority girls together, making sex sounds in unison to sound even more vulgar.

Everytime you crack a joke, you get worried Billy is joking because of how hard he’s laughing.

“Umm Billy you okay? It wasn’t even that funny.”

“HA haha...piggy makes me laugh...Billy loves your jokes.”

Needless to say, your relationship is filled with smiles, laughter, and praise.

Billy will tell you you’re the funniest person he’s ever met and he wants to keep you forever.

You tell Billy you love how much he laughs at your antics and that you can’t live without him.

It’s impossible to annoy Billy. It’s just not feasible.

Any time you try, he’ll just giggle and pat your head, telling you you’re his ‘favorite piggy ever.’

He LOVES when you annoy the sorority girls thoug!

Hearing you moan and squeal and speak so sexily vulgarly to Barb and Jess makes Billy so proud. And horny.

Almost all of your sexual encounters are filled with complete silliness.

Sometimes, however, the joking and cackling subside. The two of you will just be chilling, nothing else to do, and you just feel the need to profess your love for your boyfriend.

“I love you so much Billy.”

Billy will look startled at your sudden outburst, before he breaks out in a huge grin, launching across the room to tackle you into a hug.

“Billy loves you too! Billy loves you more than anything!!!”

Now the rest of your day will be spent in Billy’s arms, whispering sweet nothings to each other.

Stu Macher:

Match made in Heaven!

Stu loves to joke around.

He hardly ever takes anything seriously.

He annoys everyone.

And once he meets you? It's love at first sight.

The two of you are always in detention because you guys just cannot shut up in class. You are always disrupting something.

But you know what that means!

Detention dates <3

As long as the two of you together, Stu couldn't care less about where he was.

He and Billy appreciate your habit of not taking anything seriously because once the murders start occuring, you don't think too much about it, never asking questions or arousing suspicion around your boyfriend and his bestie.

When Billy had told Stu his plan to kill Sydney, and asked him if he was going to kill you as well, Stu’s heart sank.

He remembers when he was dating Tatum, just a few months ago, before he broke up with her for you, he had no qualms about killing her,

But you?

He loved you. You were his other half. The one person who understood him, who accepted him. He could never hurt you.

“Nah dude. I’m leaving her out of this.”

That night, he sneaks through your bedroom window to see you.

“Stu! (where the hell have you been loca) What’re you doing here?”

The sparkling smile you flash at him and the love swimming in your big, beautiful eyes makes him feel even guitler.

He feels bad that you’re dating a serial killer. He thinks you deserve better, but he would never let you go.

“Hey babe! I just missed you!”

You rushed over to him, dressed in kitty cat pajamas, and hugged him tight. He had only snuck through your bedroom window a couple of times before, and they had all been planned. Seeing him in your room as a surprise made your heart burst with happiness.

Stu led you to your bed and pulled you up onto his chest to cuddle you. It was late, and the both of you were tired. Stu just wanted to lay with you in silence, appreciating your presence.

You didn’t feel like releasing your usual high energy at the moment. Right now, you just wanted to fall asleep on your boyfriend’s chest, listening to the sound of his heartbeat.

Michael Myers:

Girl

Michael does not appreciate your antics.

Annoying him is easy, but you would never know that.

He keeps his emotions very private, so when he is annoyed he’ll just stalk away from you.

He does not think you’re funny :(

He does enjoy your quiet moments. He likes to come home when your energy is low.

He’s usually covered in blood when this happens, so you clean him up without cracking a joke which he appreciates.

You’ll turn on a movie for the both of you, and Michael lets you cuddle up with him.

He does like you, he just doesn’t want you to know that...

[polyghostfacehours]

You ever think about just how good Stu is at acting "normal"?

Hyperactive fool sure but like at the end during the killing spree he is just crazy. Spitting, drooling, so damn excited and manic. Billy is intense, obviously the fucked up serial killer too but Stu gives me more plain psycho vibes than Billy ever did!

Billy must know that Stu has some fucked up darkness in him, why else would he ask him to help kill someone?? Like you don't do that unless you know they're a little crazy already or you trust them to an insane degree. Makes me wonder if they've ever talked about killing/murder before Maureen.

I wonder if he'd ever have given into that dark side on his own, without the whole Billy/Prescott situation.

God do I think of this constantly, babe.

Honestly, the way he goes from this calss-clown dudebro who talks about tits and scary movies, to this manic psycho who absolutely loses it the moment he'd able to show his true colors is one of my favorite things about his character

And yeah, we don't know how long Billy and Stu have known each other, but its safe to assume it's been at the very least since freshman year. You don't ask someone to kill with you unless you really know you can either trust them or control them, and that takes time to know.

And y'know what? They probably have talked about it before, but probably in a half joking context. Like they'd grab a few beers, watch a movie where somebody gets sliced up, and one would be like "Man, if I were the killer, I'd do it this way instead."

And yeah, I'm of the opinion that Stu would've eventually killed with or without Billy. Though, I love the idea of Stu only killing because he was in love with Billy. Or if Billy never existed or Stu didn't love him, the next person he loves or obsesses over would also push him to kill for them. It's probably not true, but this cheesy "I kill for the person I obsessively love" trope is, like, a guilty pleasure of mine lol.

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Hi ! I am sorry I’m actually just writing to commiserate with you about the devil judge, I saw your post about how everyone just puts everything on Yohan and I agree sooo much, it’s infuriating to me, how Min Jung Ho just like immediately says it’s his fault he got attacked, and don’t get me started on the fucking priest, what the hell bro? He was a child, a lonely, weird, abused child, not the fucking devil. Seriously it is getting me crazy, it feels like the only person who sees him as a human being is Gaon. I know a lot of people have made a parallel between tdj and Hannibal, and like, I really disagree ? I understand where it comes from, but Hannibal and Yohan are vastly different characters, and the whole characterization of Yohan to me feels like the writers are saying that while every one thinks this guy is the devil, he is very far from it, whereas Hannibal is definitely a monster, and his relationship with will is monstrous as well (and very captivating don’t get me wrong). What do you think about that parallel ? It just rubs me the wrong way but I don’t know if I put it into words correctly. Sorry for the really long ask btw 😅

Hi! thanks for the question. I completely understand what you’re saying. I hope I can answer this well because it’s really so complex. Sorry if this turns into a whole dissertation essay, Hannibal is like my favorite show ever.

Yea I can see a lot of people draw comparisons to TDJ and Hannibal saying things like “tdj is just Hannibal in a courtroom” or “tdj is Hannibal without the cannibalism” lol. I think what people are mostly looking at is the dynamic between Yohan/GaOn and Hannibal/Will and how they’re similar to some degree.

Gahan and Hannigram have a similar type of tension with each other. The difference is Ga On already had suspicions about Yohan from the very beginning and was very antagonistic towards him. Will, on the other hand, initially thought Hannibal was just psychiatrist and sought out his help. It wasn’t until a little later that he started suspecting him and grew to understand his true dark nature.

Yohan/Hannibal— wealthy socialite, sociopathic tendencies, hiding a secret, wearing a “person suit” (more on this later) to fool those around them, misanthrope and thinks humans are beneath them, thinks no one in the world could possibly understand them until they find the one person who does and they can only show their love through violence and manipulation.

Ga On/Will— sensitive, empathetic, intelligent

Will is first introduced as this tortured genius who has an empathetic ability to recreate scenes. In short, he can vividly construct the mentality of criminals and psychopaths. Being able to step into a darkness like that, you have to eventually lose a part of yourself and start sympathizing with the monsters and that’s what eventually happens to him. They’re both capable of murder. Ga On was ready to kill the con artist for his parents if SH hadn’t intervened. They have a moral compass in their corner to keep them grounded (Jack Crawford for Will, Soo Hyun for Ga On—I won’t even mention Min Junho because the guy is sus). They’re both fighting against an internal darkness

Gahan/Hannigram— THE HOMOEROTIC TENSION.

“I want you to admit what you are.”

“Must I denounce myself as a monster, while you still refuse to see the one growing inside you.”

Actual lines from Hannibal. I can’t even mention all the lines that could apply to Gahan (I could hear these words being exchanged between them). Both Hannibal and Yohan bring out the best, and worst, in their partners. Hannigram is toxic as hell. Hannibal would go through all kinds of sick shenanigans to get Will on his side, Yohan has said he would do bad things to get Ga On on his side. Gahan’s relationship is one that starts out tense and mistrustful, then grew to curiousity, comaderie, now Yohan has come to rely on Ga On without him even realizing it or admitting it to himself.

“No one can be fully aware of another human being unless we love them.”

This is obvious. Hannibal is a cannibal, Yohan is not.

I was rooting for Will to finally succumb to his darkness and join Hannibal’s side because he found the truest version of himself in Hannibal. I have different expectations for Ga On because my sweet summer child is more different from Will, he’s not as drawn to darkness as Will is (in the recent episode, he was so horrified at the blood on his hands). Will in the end basks in it.

I agree with you about Hannibal, there’s really no denying that he is a monster. And there’s really no explanation for why he is the way he is; he wasn’t abused (as far as we know) but he was orphaned and left to raise his beloved sister (who died) and later became a serial killer. Yohan, on the other hand, was an abandoned and abused child who only had the love of his older brother. It’s no wonder that he puts up a tough exterior because all throughout his life, people have made assumptions about him without trying to get to know him. I mentioned the “person suit” earlier, this is a mask Hannibal puts on to blend into the human world. He carefully built his life and reputation as a surgeon/psychiatrist and socialite, presenting himself as the sociable doctor while living his philosophy of eating the rude on the other side on the veil.

Yohan’s person suit is a defense mechanism. Whereas Hannibal is using his suit to hide a monstrous nature, Yohan uses it to hide his vulnerabilities. He’s wearing this suit to blend in with the elite he hates, but underneath that exterior is just a lonely and misunderstood man (who’s actually a softie in reality)

Finally, I think these two shows don’t really have a whole lot in common besides the homoerotic tension. Gahan are vastly different from Hannigram. Yohan isn’t a true monster/devil while Hannibal is. Will turned his back on his moral compass and succumbed to the darkness, while Ga On can’t seem to let go of his moral compass and he doesn’t desire to become a monster.

Sooo ultimately…

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do you see buddie really getting together on the show? or you're just a hopeless shipper anyway?

Hi, Anon! That's a good question, and I must say I'm pretty much a bit of both. But, sincerely, I believe that making Buddie a canon ship would be an incredibly smart shot coming from the writers.

Not because I definitely love the idea of the both of them together, but because it has been built and constructd throughout the seasons so far, and it wouldn't be a shot in the dark to get them together ― it would actually, in my opinion, a smart, really smart, choice.

If it happens, though, I don't think it'll be in the next season. And I'm absolutely okay with that, for it would be amazing to see how they would build things to be endgame and real ― if it becomes real, I'm actually counting on it not to be happening on the fifth season, and here's why:

I'll make a parallel with my favorite TV show, The Mentalist, in which we have Patrick Jane and Teresa Lisbon, both of them being main characters.

[from now on, we'll have spoilers from The Mentalist, so, if you are watching it/planning on watch it and don't like spoilers, don't read it. P.S.: I'm not spoiling the Red John plot, so it's your choice]

Patrick is the protagonist of the show ― which, if you don't know, it's absolutely worthy to look up on it ― and he has a lot ― and I mean a lot ― of things to sort out before thinking about love with absolutely anyone. He pretended to be a psychic with his mental abilities (he's a mentalist, duh) and, one day, he made the mistake of talking some crap about a serial killer named Red John on TV, which led the said serial killer to murded Patrick's wife and daughter, leaving him a note on the door.

Their death rocked his world and made his life fall apart, and it also made him completely obsessed with Red John and craving revenge. Which led him to Teresa ― :) ― who was the CBI (California Bureau of Investigation) agent responsible for the Red John case. Jane starts working with them as a consultant, chasing Red John as he solved cases and created problems.

The man was a pain in the ass, a traumatized and tea-addicted Golden Retriever and a completely insane sociopath that drove everybody, especially Lisbon, insane.

Spoiler: the two of them get together in the end.

It just takes them six seasons, haha. (it's worth it, I promise).

Sure, what does it have to do with Buck and Eddie? My dear Anon, I'll explain it:

As the seasons passed by, we could see how Jane and Lisbon created a bond that was barely unbreakable, made out of loyalty, some insanity, a lot of risks and, mainly, trust. Jane was the only one who seemed to see through Lisbon, and she was the only person who could ever understand him, and the only one he ever opened up to.

"Anything for you, Lisbon," was something he said when she was desperate and needed some help. It was the answer to "I need you, Jane," and the sentence that followed "is nice to be needed".

Also, the word they use to describe each other is "partner".

Of course, there is a lot of chaos in the middle of the way, but then things calm down a little and they work together again ― a bit of trust issues because Jane fucked up a bit (a lot), but they work through it. In the sixth season, after a lot of bonding, disguised declarations of their love, and some scenes that you could swear they're married, we have Jane pinning for her.

The best part? It was built slowly, and you can see the love they share in a way or another. They're there for each other, they trust each other with their lives, and they're completely dumbasses for years until they decide that either they go for it or move on.

Lisbon moves on for her own sake, and more of Patrick pinning. He says "and that's the most important thing to me, that you do what makes you happy". Patrick loves her with all his heart and accepts that, if someone else is what makes her happy, then be it. He just wants a smile on her face.

(also we have Abott who isn't dumb as they are and notices absolutely everything going on betweet them. Abbott is played by Rockmond Dunbar, by the way :))

That's why he goes after a plane to tell her he loves her but that's just something else.

The thing is: The Mentalist has seven seasons, and they're only together in the last one because the writers chose to build them as a person and as a couple. And I can see it ― I hope to see it ― happening to Buck and Eddie, because it's basically already happening.

They trust each other with their lives ― literally and metaphorically, for Eddie trusts Buck with Christopher and Bobby said once that a kid is your heart out of your chest ―, they're there for each other whatever happens and they're both chasing happiness and some sense of belonging. They've both messed up and, yet, they never give up on the other.

And that's what a relationship is about. Belonging, improving, making mistakes and learning from them ― about love in all its shapes. About how they're best friends, partners, coworkers, family. About how they're just right for each other.

Also, Buck wants love and happiness at all costs, and Eddie too ― but I think Eddie would be pinning and Buck would find some happiness and want to settle with it, but he'll see that he could have more than that. He deserves more than that.

Eddie and Christopher.

Oh, and we have the legal guardianship, too. I mean, I don't see how the writers would work with that if they'd make other partners for Eddie and Buck (they already have a develeped relationship there) since, y'know. How do you tell your partner that your best friend is the only person you trust with your son? And how do you explain to someone that if the man happens to die, the kid gets to be with you?

I mean, I see it as a dead-end street. Luckily for me :)

So, if they make Buddie canon, it would be an incredible well developed slow-burn with so much to see. I'm rooting for this, really, and it would be just amazing to see them doing it.

I believe they will but, until then, I'm just a hopeless shipper, as you said.

Also, let me just

And take a look at one of the things Jane says to Lisbon:

"Lisbon. I want you to know that you can trust me. No matter what happens I will be there for you. I will. I need you to know that"

And I'd like to add this dialogue that happens and reminds me too much of Buck:

"Krystal Markham:

Oh, you're trouble.

Patrick Jane:

Harmless as a fly." (he's lying).

I'm sorry for the rambling but thank you for giving me the chance to talk about Jane and Lisbon. You've made my day, Anon.

A bonus for the patience: