#loki (2021) review

[hithertoundreamtof23]

Still trying to get my breath back

Loki Spoilers:::

That was nearly 50 minutes of pure stress. Holy shit. I think I held my breath the entire time.

The TVA is programmed to self-destruct!! Hence the lights flickering and the keepers going through time doors.

Ok... now that I got that off my chest-

Tom Hiddleston's acting!! If he doesn't get an award for his acting, I'm going to be very, very upset. The screams, the urgency and fear! I really felt for him the the entire time.

And the time skipping gave me so many whumperflies

As always, the exchanges between Loki and Mobius were top-tier. The skin conversation and their care for one another were *chefs kiss*

I love OB so much! He adds a deadpan delivery that is absolutely hilarious. It definitely adds comic relief to the intensity of season 2.

Can't wait for next week!!

[cha-melodius]

2023 Fic Year in Review

I've been doing these for three years now, and they always grow each year as I get tagged in other year-end posts that make the rounds. Feel free you grab it if you want to do your own review! And I’d like to add a hearty thank you to each and every person who’s read my fics over the years, y'all continue to make this a joy!

2020 Review | 2021 Review | 2022 Review

AO3 Username: chamel  My Page: Link  Active Fandoms:  Red, White & Royal Blue: 20 works The Man from UNCLE (2015): 8 works Loki: 5 works New Fandoms: None thank GOD Total Number Of Completed Works/Word Count  This Year: 33 works, 278k words  All Time: 113 works, 1.27 million words

This year a little movie that came out in August absolutely destroyed these stats lmaoooo. Most Popular One Shot (by kudos): This Year: Always Where I Need To Be (RWRB, Alex/Henry, T, 5.5k) All Time: Class(room) Warfare (RWRB, Alex/Henry, T, 7.8k words)

Most Popular Completed Multi-Chapter (by kudos):  This Year & All Time: Please Don't Let Me Be So Understood  (RWRB, Alex/Henry, E, 20k words)

Events/Challenges: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Gift Exchange 2023, The Brownstone Anniversary Fic Exchange, Halloween Huh?

More reflections, stats, and planned fics below the cut!

Additional Random AO3 Stats

By number of fics: 85% one shots, 15% multi-chaps

By word count: 52% mult-chaps, 48% one shots

Ratings by number of fics: 48% T-rated, 33% E-rated, 15% M-rated

Musical artists contributing highest number of titles: Jeff Tweedy (Tweedy/Wilco) & The New Pornographers, tied at 3 each

Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you’d expected?  Somehow I topped my word count from last year by 10k, which I was not expecting. That said, this year was right about average.

What’s your own favorite story of the year?  God this is a hard question this year because I wrote a lot of fics I really really love. For one single fic I'll go with Nova, Baby, because I love the story and I've got a lot of lovely feelings about it.

Did you complete your writing goals from last year?  The Goal: I want to complete a few large multichapter fics, which will probably mean my one-shot production goes down. I completed one long mulitchap, and then a few mid-length (~20k) multichaps. I think I wrote more of those than I have any other year. Surprisingly, my one-shot production wasn't super significantly decreased.

Do you have any writing goals for the New Year? Ok, I gotta come up with something. My goal is to have a similar mix of fics as least year, and also to write my first collaboration with @cricketnationrise, which will be a long multichap.

Did you take any writing risks this year? Wrote on a topic outside my wheelhouse (therapy 😬) and also posted a fic in a fandom where there weren't a lot of fics in similar genres (action/spies). Now that's no longer true, but at the time it was really freaking nerve-wracking.

Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion: Every fic I write in a fandom that's not RWRB? 😅 It's hard to complain too much, especially considering what happened to my numbers this year.

Most fun story to write: All the Old Showstoppers, Will You Brie Mine?, You're the Perfect Gift for Me. Silly RWRB boys being silly, basically.

Biggest disappointment: Again, I feel like it's hard to complain when I have a fic that's closing in on 4k kudos. The goalposts keep moving, don't they, though? I still live in fear of pouring my heart into a multichap and having what will count as "lukewarm" reception, when before this year I didn't have a single fic above 1k kudos.

Biggest surprise: Most definitely Please Don't Let Me Be So Understood. Like I figured it would do pretty well (I hoped, since I put so much into it), but holy shit?? I still can't really believe it's on page 2 of the tag by kudos? And honestly also Always Where I Need To Be, this little one-shot about David stealing glasses.

Coming soon/planned for 2024:

False Dichotomy (RWRB You've Got Mail AU)

Kissed Out (RWRB pro-pool players AU)

RWRB 1940s noir AU

RWRB conductor/piano soloist AU

RWRB hockey AU (with cricket)

A shitload of prompts from my fandom fest

Extremely delinquent MTH fics

TMFU art thief/gallery owner AU

Thank you for the tags on your end-of-the-year fic reviews @loki-is-my-kink-awakening, @kiwiana-writes, @rmd-writes, @lizzie-bennetdarcy, @indestructibleheart, and @welcometololaland!

[nikkoliferous]

Loki (2021) Creators + Fandom Wank

The Absurdity of Claiming An Entire Fandom “Headcanoned” Loki’s Prior Characterization

Fandom Policing and the Prohibiting of Critical Analysis

Fandom Hypocrisy and Actions vs. Framing

The Incoherency of Claiming Loki Is A Narcissist Who Needed To Learn Self-Love

“Can Loki Change?” Is the Wrong Question To Be Asking

Disney’s Fear of Moral Ambiguity Rendered Loki’s Character “Arc” Meaningless

Was Loki (2021) Really A Success?

Distinguishing Between Quality and Preference in Loki (2021)

Loki (2021) Didn’t Deliver on Anything It Promised

Evidence of False IMDB Reviews for Loki (2021)

Loki (2021)’s Costume Designer Thinks Attractive Clothing “Distracts” From the Character’s Personality. No, Really.

Marvel’s Paranoia About Spoilers Is Slowly Destroying Them

The “Loki Lectures” Were (Probably) A Lie

The Only Consistent Thing About Loki (2021) Is Everyone Shitting on Him, In-Universe and Out

Addressing the Tom Hiddleston-Shaped Elephant in the Room

Mike Waldron Interview Bullshit: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |

Kate Herron Interview Bullshit: 1 | 2 | 3 |

Sophia di Martino Interview Bullshit: 1 |

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FIC WRITING REVIEW 2023

Thank you @loki-is-my-kink-awakening for coming up with this!

And thank you @42donotpanic for the tag!

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

Words and Fics

38,518 words published in 2023

17 completed fics

Top 3 Pairings

Matt Murdock/Foggy Nelson [11]

Matt Murdock&Foggy Nelson [2]

Matt Murdock&Foggy Nelson&Karen Page [2]

Top 5 by Comments

Sticking It To The Man(Round Robin Collab) 15

Of All The Good In The World - 10

ART for Romantic's Pizza Package -

Let me spin myself into yarn - 8

A Vessel- 7

Top 5 by Kudos

Sticking It To The Man - 242

A Cut String Of Fate - 39

ART for Romantic's Pizza Package - 146

A Vessel - 36

Of All The Good In The World - 26

Top 5 by Hits

Sticking It To The Man - 1,235

The Way We Say Goodbye- 559

A Cut String Of Fate - 486

ART for Romantic's Pizza Package - 393

If Forever Leaves Too Soon- 256

Fandom Events in 2023

At the start of the year the Avocados took part in a round robin challenge for Sticking It To The Man, in which 6 of us wrote a fic together! I would love to do this again.

The @daredevilexchange held a prompt fest in February, in which I posted 3 fics/art! One of these also started a collab with @udekai for our BADminton series!

In March the Avocados had our Secret Satan exchange in which I wrote Let me spin myself into yarn for @feenyxblue!

Through the year I wrote a few shorter prompted things - from our no prompt left behind challenge on the server, and also from Tumblr requests!

In October we had the @daredevilexchange where I wrote 2 fics, The City That Never (Always) Sleeps, and You know it breaks my heart in half, in half.

Upcoming Plans

I've just started the @killacharacterbingo, 4 fics in, and I hope to finish that next year! I've got a few longterm wips I want to bring back out and actually get finished, and not burnout with constant event pressures.

Writing Reflection

This year has felt quieter. I wrote about half what I did last year, and nothing can compare to 2021. It's been busy IRL, and I've felt like I've been in and out of burnout, but we're getting there!

Having a community online has been a lifesend, and even if I haven't been posting it, we've had plenty of brainrot opportunities, which I'm glad for! I also started to dabble in original fic, and that's slow going, but I'm also writing a bit more through starting DnD, and having text-based rp sessions in between, which are amazing!

Community is everything, and I'm so glad to have met everyone I did, you all hold a special place in my heart. Where else are you going to be able to cry about Matt and Foggy at 2 in the morning and there be someone to listen?

Tagging: @udekai, @blissful-thinker, @feenyxblue, @missmoochy and the rest of the Avocados discord, you know who you are!

[twh-news]

Loki Season 2 reviews are in! While critics still praise the Tom Hiddleston series… the reviews are not quite as good as Season 1

With just two days left before Season 2 of Loki debuts on Disney Plus, the first wave of reviews have come in… and they're not quite as positive as Season 1.

Loki - which continues the adventures of Tom Hiddleston's God of Mischeif title character - debuted in June 2021 with a 92% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

While most of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first TV shows on Disney Plus were considered one-offs, Loki was the first to get a second season, and later touted by Marvel President Kevin Feige as the 'most-watched' Marvel Studios series.

Now the reviews are in for Season 2 ahead of its October 5 debut on Disney Plus, with a slightly-lower 82% score from the first 50 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

The involvement of Jonathan Majors, who returns as Kang, amid his arrest for domestic violence, was also troubling for many critics.

Rolling Stone's Alan Sepinwall called Majors, 'the big problem' with the season in his negative review published Tuesday.

'It’s not his performance, which remains a weirdly compelling live-wire act, full of odd, halting line deliveries and twitchy physicality. Instead, it’s the ugly real-world circumstances surrounding him,' Sepinwall began.

'After the season was filmed, Majors was arrested and charged with domestic violence against his romantic partner, which led to Rolling Stone uncovering a pattern of alleged abusive behavior going back a decade. Majors was set to play the big bad for the next few phases of the MCU. Instead, it’s impossible to imagine him ever appearing in a Marvel project after this one,' he added.

ComicBook.com's Nicole Drum gave the season a positive review (3.5 stars out of 5), but even she admitted something felt off, compared to Season 1.

'Season 2 definitely doesn’t suffer from the pitfalls that would make people continue to question if superhero fatigue is real or not, but through characterizations, pacing, and too much self-awareness, it definitely feels like a very different show,' she said.

She said the first episode debuting on Thursday, 'is hectic, throwing new concepts, characters, and threats into the story with little explanation and little reason for fans to be invested.'

'When the premiere does try to stop and ruminate on what Loki just experienced in the Season 1 finale, the end result becomes rushed and confusing,' she continued, adding the, 'overstuffed and slightly frenetic chaos' sets the tone in the four episodes (of the six-episode season) that were screened for critics.

Mashable's Belen Edwards added in her negative review that Season 2 delved into the first season's worst aspects.

'Instead of digging into what makes Loki fun, the show's second season doubles down on Season 1's worst tendencies… It's a drag when it should be thrilling, an exposition-filled trudge when it should be an exciting romp,' she said.

USA Today's Brian Truitt gave Loki Season 2 a positive review (3 stars out of 4), stating, 'Sometimes you feel like you need a theoretical physics degree to understand it all. Strong character work makes up for some of that, as does a knowing sense of humor.'

He added the new season, 'couldn't come sooner, as the Marvel Cinematic Universe films are starting to feel a little repetitive and a plethora of disparate TV series haven't helped.'

IGN Movies' Jarrod Jones gave the season a negative review (5 of 10), adding, 'Tom Hiddleston’s Loki is back for more multiversal shenanigans, but the absence of director Kate Herron seems to have sapped the wily fun from his Disney+ spinoff.'

Like many reviews - even the negative ones - Jones praised the addition of newly-minted Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan.

Quan plays a Time Variance Authority (TVA) 'basement-dwelling repair guy' named Ouroboros, 'whose jovial presence gives Season 2 a much-needed boost from its overall mopey tone.'

ComicBookMovie's Josh Wilding called Season 2, 'a masterclass in imaginative storytelling' adding the show represents, 'the MCU at its best and a riveting new chapter in the Multiverse Saga that’s mind-bending, monumental, and utterly marvellous,' adding, 'and as a bonus, Ke Huy Quan is a scene-stealing delight!'

Collider's Therese Lacson added, 'Season 1 was well-loved, and with a fan-favorite character like Hiddleston’s God of Mischief at the helm, Season 2 proves that the series not only hasn’t lost its touch but remains one of the stronger pillars of the MCU as a whole.'

However The Daily Beast's Nick Schager said in his negative review, 'Its convolutions overwhelming its charming personalities and freewheeling spirit of paradox-laden adventure, it’s another indication that the once-mighty franchise has lost its direction.'

London Evening Standard's Vicky Jessop added, 'It's all a bit wearying' when describing the entirety of the season that was screened for critics.

Indenpendent UK's Louis Chilton added, 'More than anything, Loki has started to resemble what it truly is: an ill-advised spinoff in the old tradition. A too-bright spotlight for a side character who was never best suited to lead. A dinner comprising only hors d’oeuvres.'

'Loki season two is a jaw-dropping magical experience that will ultimately leave you clamoring for more, with high stakes twists and turns that’ll keep you on the edge of your seat!' added ComicBookMovie's Rohan Patel.

[luna-rainbow]

a blast from the past?

As much as there are flaws to blogging, I'm so glad it exists because I don't have the patience for handwritten diaries. Electronic blogging lets me revisit my posts years down the track like a time capsule.

So back before the first Avengers movies came out, the characters I found the most interesting were Tony and Loki. I enjoyed the Avengers, because these two guys were the focus of the show. It's interesting that I said this in my review:

If anything, I thought the most slighted hero of the lot was Captain America. Played with blue-eyed sincerity (daheck?) by Chris Evans, he's just so unbending that in a pool of quirky characters he gets overlooked. But it's nice to see him take command in the end, the way he should.

So if I, a non-Steve fan whose impression of Steve at the time was bland, complained about Steve being even more overlooked and bland in the movie...I can only imagine what it felt like to be a Steve fan going in.

(Snip for length - comments about Cap movies under cut)

I didn't even write a review for the first Cap movie, presumably because I watched it pirated and couldn't see enough in the blurry pixelation to leave an impression XDDD I'm not even sure I watched it before the Avengers, although I did watch it before Cap 2 because I said this for the CATWS review:

Personally I thought Captain America was a weaker outing for Marvel. Something about him just didn't quite connect with me, and while the underlying message echos with anyone who had ever been bullied, the rushed and perfunctory 3rd act left behind a generally sour taste. Added to that, while all of the characters were cheerfully likeable, none of them were all that memorable.

(Huh so I guess I didn't like Peggy as much as I thought I once did.)

I did love Captain America 2 though, although according to my own review I said "I actually garbled a lot about this after watching it yesterday, so I'm in a bit of a word-drought regarding it."

My only disappointment is that I feel I still don't have a grip on Steve's character. He's selfless, yes, but he also has very personal attachments. It won't be the first or second time he's run after Bucky into danger. But at the same time he's also the person who can detachedly tell his comrades that he was going to 1) crash his ship, 2) shut off the space portal with Iron Man still stuck outside or 3) bomb the ship he's still on. I feel there's some sort of conflict in this, that in crisis he can make these noble, difficult and somewhat emotionless decisions - and yet he seems very much driven by compassion and emotion.

I'm sure my 2014 me will be delighted to know that I've figured it out by 2021 that 1) Steve loves Bucky and 2) Whedon doesn't get Steve and 3) Steve still loves Bucky XDDDD

I ended with this, which I will include because it's hilarious how the wheel turns:

I think the Winter Soldier could have been more, yet at the same time I don't think they could have fit any more without slowing the pace down too much. I hope this is addressed in the next movie because it would make up for what's lacking in this movie - the dynamic between Cap and Winter Soldier, the tragedy and disbelief and the see-sawing between trust and mistrust that made the Thor-Loki dynamic so magnetic. The Winter Soldier was a terrifying menace, and Sebastian Stan did bring a hint of vulnerability in the rare moments that his character was exposed, but there was not much more. That said, the Steve-Bucky bromance is probably the least convincing of all I've seen. Oddly, the Steve/Sam dynamic is the most natural brothers-in-arms of the lot.

The irony of fate aside, to a degree I still agree with it. For a relationship that defined a large chunk of Steve's character, and almost the entirety of Bucky's existence, their onscreen interactions were very, very limited in CATWS (and now with the view of hindsight, in the entirety of the series). Sebastian Stan was given such a short length of time (compared to Loki) to work through the shock and betrayal and grief and horror of Bucky waking up to the reality what he had been turned into. While Bucky was effective as a narrative foil for Steve, the actual buildup of their relationship was patchy at best, and a lot of what we do have now is by filling in the large blanks in between brief moments of tenderness we do see.

I do wonder about the comment about "bromance" though. In reflection, I wonder if the Steve-Bucky bromance was least convincing because it was so...exceedingly devoted and magical (breaking spells of brainwashing and all that). As someone who gets squicked by watching sappy romcoms, the end of the line scene(s) tripped all sorts of wires and I think I was reacting to that. It felt more than a bromance, and that was why it was less convincing. Sam/Steve felt like good bros, Steve/Bucky...something else entirely.

And wow yeah did I have hopes for a better Cap 3 movie, even though I wasn't a Cap fan.

[justanobsessedpan]

I posted 572 times in 2022

That's 565 more posts than 2021!

146 posts created (26%)

426 posts reblogged (74%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@helloliriels

@topsyturvy-turtely

@inevitably-johnlocked

@totallysilvergirl

@musingsofmyown

I tagged 427 of my posts in 2022

Only 25% of my posts had no tags

#<3 - 147 posts

#my art - 103 posts

#sherlock - 89 posts

#bbc sherlock - 88 posts

#purplecurls - 88 posts

#johnlock - 86 posts

#johnlock fanart - 86 posts

#:) - 83 posts

#plumplum - 36 posts

#fluffbruary - 34 posts

Longest Tag: 132 characters

#look me in the eyes and try to tell me that you dont want for a case fake rel fix-it fic with bed sharing and actual talking etc etc

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

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#4

Look

Look

Look, I made a thing :D

Much love <3

@totallysilvergirl @helloliriels @dontfuckmylifewtf @sussexinchelsea @loki-lock @topsyturvy-turtely @matixsstuff @ohlooktheresabee @boredsushi @ohmrshudsontookmyskull @nathan-no @astudyin221b @oetkb12 @psychosociogentleman @darkkitty1208 @zira-and-crowley @beesholmes

(If I somehow missed you or you want to be tagged, just tell me!)

455 notes - Posted July 22, 2022

#3

Flags!

26th of @fluffbruary, Bubbles!!

Much love <3

460 notes - Posted February 26, 2022

#2

I'm not the one for speeches, I often can't find the right words. So, in the only way I can, I want to show the support, all the support I can. It's really important issue and innocent people do not deserve to be treated like that. My whole heart is with you, Ukraine.

Much love to everyone. All the best. <3

526 notes - Posted February 26, 2022

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[lokisgoodgirl]

I posted 2,636 times in 2022

That's 2,636 more posts than 2021!

424 posts created (16%)

2,212 posts reblogged (84%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@lokischambermaid

@xorpsbane

@muddyorbsblr

@gigglingtigger

@mochie85

I tagged 2,258 of my posts in 2022

Only 14% of my posts had no tags

#loki laufeyson - 722 posts

#loki x reader - 632 posts

#loki smut - 470 posts

#loki fanfic - 355 posts

#loki fanfiction - 316 posts

#loki fic recs - 287 posts

#hot loki - 189 posts

#loki fandom - 176 posts

#loki x female reader - 153 posts

#loki fluff - 152 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#i can think of worse ways to spend eternity than running around the universe chasing loki's trying to make one of them fall in love with me

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

925 notes - Posted August 28, 2022

#4

Competitive Advantage [Avenger!Loki x Fem. Reader x Thor] 18+

952 notes - Posted July 9, 2022

#3

Pinned Down [Soft Dom!Loki x Female Reader] 18+

1,077 notes - Posted July 23, 2022

#2

1,422 notes - Posted July 3, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

The Sweatpants [Avenger!Loki x Female Reader] 18+

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[wolfpup026]

I posted 158 times in 2022

That's 110 more posts than 2021!

62 posts created (39%)

96 posts reblogged (61%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@cha-melodius

@okilokiwithpurpose

@mischievousscampzine

@sjweminem

@runnyeggsnham

I tagged 155 of my posts in 2022

Only 2% of my posts had no tags

#lokius - 68 posts

#loki - 49 posts

#mobius - 46 posts

#marvel - 36 posts

#mcu - 35 posts

#my art - 29 posts

#owen wilson - 26 posts

#loki series - 23 posts

#tom hiddleston - 13 posts

#fic rec - 13 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#every time i think ‘i should probably draw something besides owen wilson’ i see photos like this and then i can’t think about anything else

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

I started reading the Marvel comics and I think MCU Loki needs a bird friend

Also if you’re like me and want to read the Loki comics and don’t know where to start, check out this awesome guide by @waterhorseyblues-ao3 !

579 notes - Posted November 9, 2022

#4

So excited for Loki season 2, no matter what happens at least they’ll have a tux scene ❤️

837 notes - Posted July 5, 2022

#3

I saw this screenshot from Midnight in Paris and this idea popped into my head  😆

937 notes - Posted February 2, 2022

#2

A screencap repaint from Avengers to test out my new tablet!

1,060 notes - Posted January 19, 2022

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“Hello, which one of us are you?”

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[pqrachel]

So I was gonna wait until the new year to choose my game of the year, but not only did the steam review come out, but I realized that last year I chose a game that I got for Christmas 2021 so even if I somehow get a really cool game experience before the end of the year, I can just put that for my 2024 GOTY if its good.

But in that vein, I've added Monster Roadtrip & Neon White to games I'm considering for this year's GOTY. So my nominees are Monster Roadtrip, Neon White, Lil Gator Game, Celeste Strawberry Jam Mod Pack, Goodbye Volcano High, Our Life DLCs, and Marvel Snap.

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So Monster Roadtrip, which I've been playing a lot throughout the year. Unlike most of the other games on the list it's really easy to come back to after not playing for a while. The End of the Road update which came out this year was phenomenal and that's the main reason I'm considering it for GOTY. But I really enjoy the Monster Prom series as a whole and it's just so fun and amazing.

Neon White, I got last year during the Steam Winter sale and I spent an amazing few months playing it and getting good at it and enjoying the crap out of the optimization and speedrunning. It makes it so easy to play and so easy to want to keep improving. It soundtrack is amazing and the community is great too. But it's just super hard to get back into. I tried it again this week and despite getting a couple of level records beaten so many of the levels just weren't fun to try and jump right back into at the level I was playing them when I quit. IDK it's definitely amazing but it's not obvious that it should or shouldn't be my GOTY.

Lil Gator Game is like super amazing and nearly perfect for what it is but its just so small, which isn't in itself a problem. But a bigger amazing game is gonna be better. I never went back to try and play it casually again and I think I got all I wanted out of speedrunning it. Like my only problem with it is that I wished it was a bit longer.

Celeste Strawberry Jam is a mod pack created not by the devs of Celeste but by the wonderful modding community of the game. It has levels that range in difficulty of super beginner friendly to fucking impossible, like jeez dude that's crazy. I played through so many levels and it was super enjoyable. It was enough for me to play and consistently enjoy myself for months.

My next nominee is Goodbye Volcano High. I've only played it through once but it was amazing. It's a game about music, found family, and the apocalypse. I got so engrossed in this game after I played it, and I just love it so much. It excelled at being a visual novel but it wasn't very game-y, the rhythm game elements weren't great, and the other game elements struggled too. It was buggy at the time I played it but it didn't detract too much from the story and meaning behind the game. It was just beautiful when it came together.

The Our Life DLCs really surprised me. I went it just expecting them to be worse than the Cove storyline because how could they live up to the amazing story that was the original Our Life Cove story. But they were amazing. I talked about them a lot as I played them but ultimately I just really love the stories GBPatch has put out and that's the reason Our Life 2 is my most anticipated game, even over Silksong and Hades 2. Again it's a visual novel so it's hard to put it as GOTY but I just have to at least consider it because of how good it was.

And my last nominee is Marvel Snap. It technically released last year but the PC launch was in August and I've been playing it so much since then, like it's already my second most played game on steam. It's a microtransaction heavy, season pass-having, daily quest bullshit monetization system game, but it's technically free-to-play. After a while I stopped paying money for stuff and started playing it free and I'm still really enjoying it. Getting the last key cards for some of the meta decks has been super fun. I've been playing Loki and Hela and Destroy and Zoo, and it's just great. The new weekly cache system is rewarding as well and I've nearly got a complete card list because of it. Just a fun time sink.

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And my Game of the Year is Neon White, but like it's close. This was a cool year for gaming and even if I didn't play any of the mainstream choices for game of the year, it was still a super enjoyable year for gaming overall.

[nikkoliferous]

Misc Loki (2021) Reviews

The Loki (2021) Finale Was A Hot Mess

Cataloguing Numerous Problems With Loki (2021)

Loki (2021) Plot Hole List

Storytelling Problems in Loki (2021)

Loki Has Died Many Times, But His Own Series May Be His Most Brutal Character Assassination Yet

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[emerald-notes]

My Masterlist

Fan Fiction:

BTS:

Another Masterlist

Wizarding World (Harry Potter):

1. Miss Lupin 2. Miss Lupin - 2

Marvel: 1. Peter x Gwen x Eddie 2. Wanda x Loki

The Riot Club: 1. That Time (Dimitri x reader) 2. James x reader

Tale of the Nine Tailed: 1. I’m Here For You (Lee Rang x reader) 2. Your Wish Is Granted (Lee Rang x reader) 3. My Mysterious Neighbour (Lee Rang x reader)

Dorian Gray: 1. When We Were Young (Dorian x reader)

Fandoms (Analysis):

Law School: 1. Characters’ theme songs 2. Joon Hwi’s relation with his uncle 3. Quotes analysis

BTS: 1. “First Love” and “The Last” 2. Wings, album by BTS 3. Little Things Matter 4. World Expo 2030 Busan Concert 5. Soulmates???

Others: 1. Teresa deserves better (Maze Runner) 2. My Connection to It (Stephen King) 3. How to recover from Squid Game? 4. Strangers From Hell 5. I’m So Lee Rang (Tale of the Nine Tailed)

Personal Writings:

1. Late Night Chat 2. One Last Dance 3. One Last Dance - 2 4. 7 Deadly Sins 5. Beauty of Things

My Thoughts:

1. How Hatred Starts 2. Secondary Guilt 3. Depression 4. My Spider Phobia 5. Parents/Step-mother 6. I Cry 7. Run BTS 8. This Jimin

Reviews (TV Shows):

1. Vienna Blood - Season 1 2. January-February 2022 3. The End of the F***ing World - Season 1 4. March 2022 5. April-May 2022

Reviews (Movies):

1. The Words 2. Last Night in Soho 3. Gangubai Kathiawadi

Reviews (Books):

Classic: 1. The Great Gatsby 2. Great Expectations 3. The Three Musketeers 4. Wuthering Heights 5. Absent Minded Man 6. The Crucible 7. Dracula 8. Pride & Prejudice 9. Charlotte’s Web 10. Demian

Modern: 1. Maze Runner Trilogy 2. Loki: Where Mischief Lies 3. The Devil All the Time 4. Me Before You 5. The Female of the Species

Video Edits:

1. Girls Like Bad Boys 2. Miss Havisham (Great Expectations) 3. Pip x Estella (Great Expectations) 4. My Crushes 5. Dorian Gray x Sybil Vain 6. POV: Yoongi is your boyfriend (BTS)

Photo Edits:

1. Alex Lawther 2. Top 5 Books 2021 3. Lee Dong Wook Bromance 4. Top 3 Books 2022

Moodboards:

Photos: 1. Asa Butterfield and Girls 2. Marauders Reimagine 3. Marauders Reimagine - 2 4. Floral Photoshoots 5. Feminine-Muscular 6. Tom Holland’s Range 7. Kim Bum Range 8. Flowers x BTS 9. Vminkook 10. NamJinSope

Aesthetics: 1. Dorian Gray 2. A Lady 3. Peter Parker and Harry Osborn 4. Reaper x Sunny (Goblin) 5. Bad and Crazy 6. Jungkook - Red 7. Jin - Orange 8. V - Yellow 9. J-Hope - Green 10. Jimin - Blue 11. Suga - Indigo 12. RM - Purple 13. Happy Birthday Jungkook 14. Happy Birthday RM 15. Happy Birthday Jimin 16. Happy Birthday Jin 17. Happy Birthday V

Meme:

1. Tale of the Nine Tailed 2. Kim Bum 3. Min Yoongi and Alex Lawther

Others:

1. Quote by Joan Clarke 2. Van Gogh Arts 3. My Birthday Gifts (Books) 4. Movies Rec by Genres 5. The Duality of BTS 6. Hobipalooza 7. Jimin’s ‘ID: Chaos’ 8. Writers Block 9. The Avonlea Story Club

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BLCD Review: BL Cinderella

Title: Cendrillon no Kuroi no Kawagatsu (サンドリヨンの黒い革靴)

Author: Haruo Inoue

Illustrator: Onoda Touya

Release Date: 2021/06/25

Cast: Hatano Wataru x Kumagai Kentarou

Synopsis: Haibara Ayumu, a talented parliamentary secretary, has no problems executing his work perfectly. However, he can’t help but feel that there’s just something missing in his life. On the way home one night, Ayumu loses his shoe on the crowded train, and the man who picks up his shoe, Hikami, turns out to totally be his type of man. To thank him for retrieving his shoe, Ayumu asks Hikami out for some drinks. One thing leads to another and they find themselves sharing a passionate night with each other. It was only supposed to be a one-time thing, but they soon find themselves reuniting at work?!

Review Proper

Listen, you guys. The tension these two had the very first time they met on that train station was so thick, I could cut it with a knife. We all knew that they was ready to fuck each other, and I was just so oddly embarrassed ‘cause it made me feel like an intruder in their pre-coital thoughts. 😳 As y’all know, I’m a hoe who can’t read, so I didn’t realize that this was a reading CD until it started. If you’ve read my very first Brilliant Prin original, you’d know that I struggled with Netsuai Judge because they used so many complicated terms during the narration. Thankfully, however, Cendrillon was easier to understand and, uhh, hot. Y’all gotta hear them talk about each other, istg. The writing was so sjdkshjdsk I still get so flustered when I re-listen to it.

Hikami: “He dropped his shoe, his umbrella, and his guard... What’s next?”

Me: “His pants.”

Alas, the hype died down in like the second disk for whatever reason. So, I really wanted Ayumu to be the cool, mature power bottom queen, but he pretty much turned a little desperate for the mans. But I guess that’s just my bias for KumaKen’s Loki talking. 🤷 The action here was also... uhh... strange for a lack of a better word. For more context, Hikami is part of special? police forces assigned to bodyguard Ayumu’s boss from a stalker. I get that Ayumu’s boss was a high-profile man, but special forces for a stalker? Can’t you let regular polis to do that? Y’all know where this is going, right? We get to the climax and the stalker finally shows up and attacks Hikami with a... survival knife. I couldn’t help but laugh through it ‘cause Ayumu was so frantic thinking that he was gonna die the whole three mins of the fight.

SIS, IT’S JUST A KNIFE???

But then BLOOD! OH NO, HIKAMI GOT STABBED???!!! And Ayumu was also sobbing his eyes out at this point. I was like, “Hikami’s gonna say that it’s not his blood” and was fucking right cause the stalker was so bad with it that I guess he stabbed himself???

I mean, I probably shouldn’t judge ‘cause Japan has a gun ban, but it’s just a knife oh my god.

Well, plot aside, the voice work was great (save for KumaKen’s weird crying during the fight scene). Listening to the first disk was an experience, so I would implore y’all to check that out at least. KumaKen just be built differently, man. I think this is the highest I’ve ever heard him go. Again, I prefer his Loki smut more, but his Ayumu here was also the goddamn hoe. As for Wacchan, I’m 100% sure he got cast because of his Doumeki, so they really should’ve given the man a gun fight c’mon. HE WAS SO SEXAY THO AAAAA YOU GOTTA LISTEN TO HIM CHUCKLE WHAT THE FUCK. As this was a reading cd with 80% monologue, it felt like I was listening to an r18 otome cd esp with Wacchan monologuing like that. My confidence in handling Kawahara in my Pheromone Tantei has become 0. 

Also, I gotta say that the music they used here was weird. I get that they were going for something opera and ballet-ish because Cinderella and all, but it didn’t vibe well with the plot. Not to mention, the pieces they chose were a little too La Corda lmao. 

Hmm, I don’t think I have anything else that remotely comes close to Cinderella (Cinderella wa Shiranai was shit). Man, what I would give for fairytale BL (haji when???). Cinderella plots, however, are quite common. Y’all might be sick of hearing this, but if it’s a Cinderella plot you want, Kashikomarimashita: Destiny. HAHAHAHAHA

[oceanusborealis]

Loki: Ouroboros – TV Review

Disclosure – I paid for the Disney+ subscription that viewed this show.Post-Credit Scene – There is a Mid-Credit Scene. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Loki Review – Well, we have finally hit sequel territory with the MCU’s television shows on Disney+, and the first cab off the rack is Loki. I may have been excited about this had this been back in 2021, before the first season and then the follow-up…

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I posted 14,240 times in 2022

That's 3,212 more posts than 2021!

424 posts created (3%)

13,816 posts reblogged (97%)

Blogs I reblogged the most (ily guys 💖💕):

@milfreya

@demon-glittter

@bladling

@that-gay-jedi

I tagged 9,872 of my posts in 2022

Only 31% of my posts had no tags

#sw - 3,327 posts

#marvel - 3,324 posts

#obikin - 1,163 posts

#anakin - 1,105 posts

#stevetony - 667 posts

#thorki - 641 posts

#obi-wan - 534 posts

#tony stark - 478 posts

#loki - 416 posts

#luke - 298 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#anakin scowls cheeks so pink that for a moment obi-wan thinks they may be stained the way forever. “just the tip master. it wouldn’t count. (from @jedibongrip's incredible fic)

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

he finally got his twink back anakin leave him be

1,636 notes - Posted July 20, 2022

#4

reva: welcome to the Fuck Darth Vader Club, where we say "fuck you" to darth vader

obi-wan, standing up: i'm sorry, i'm afraid there may have been a misunderstanding—

2,323 notes - Posted July 1, 2022

#3

uh i love him i guess

2,564 notes - Posted July 6, 2022

#2

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2,859 notes - Posted August 15, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

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4,365 notes - Posted September 20, 2022

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I posted 666 times in 2022

That's 666 more posts than 2021!

67 posts created (10%)

599 posts reblogged (90%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@notagaybastard

@badrr-al-dine

@jegulussun

@potter-pavlikovsky-popchyk

I tagged 462 of my posts in 2022

Only 31% of my posts had no tags

#the goldfinch - 272 posts

#boris pavlikovsky - 236 posts

#tgf - 230 posts

#theo decker - 226 posts

#theodore decker - 223 posts

#boreo - 213 posts

#theo x boris - 202 posts

#boris x theo - 201 posts

#donna tartt - 68 posts

#the x files - 20 posts

Longest Tag: 115 characters

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My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Sometimes Pinterest is helpful

Boris and Theo would do this✨✨

104 notes - Posted November 20, 2022

#4

The fact that Boris canonically called Larry “Mr. Potter” is something that I think about from time to time. 🙂

140 notes - Posted July 20, 2022

#3

Hear me out - not a movie of the goldfinch, but, a miniseries; something like what marvel did for Wandavision or Loki, but longer episodes. Each one could represent a chapter (12 chapters = 12 episodes) w more details n stuff. Like how Boris kissed Theo’s knuckles and Kotku actually existing and how Boris reunited w Popper and Boris showing Theo his fake wife and kids cuz i wanted to see his slightly surprised expression and

167 notes - Posted September 2, 2022

#2

Can someone please direct me to this fanart’s artist. I have been obsessing over this absolute fluffy masterpiece and need more from this brilliant creator. Much appreciated x

177 notes - Posted July 13, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Forever grateful that instead of making Boris “plainly unimpressed” when Theo told him that he studied Conversational Russian for him in the movie (as Donna did in the book), Boris was in awe.

278 notes - Posted July 15, 2022

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