#otp: gotcha

[galedekarios]

Question of genuine curiosity: I know based of your previous posts about Gale on topics like parenthood, alignment, etc. that you try to stay as close to canon as possible, but I noticed you have a poly ship with him and 2 tavs. All the dialogue I've seen in the game points to him being very exclusively monogamous from what I can tell, is him being poly a headcanon of yours?

thank you for your message!

i'm not entirely sure if i understand what you're asking me, though.

if your question is if i have a hc that karl, alton and gale over the course of time - starting from long before the game begins to long after the game ends - find themselves in a relationship with each other then the answer is yes.

i do hc gale to be poly in this specific case under these specific circumstances with these specific ocs (karl and alton) with their specific backgrounds. i have another ask sitting in my inbox that i want to answer soon about their relationship in general and how they both fell in love with gale and each other.

if your question is if i think he's canonically poly, or if i think it'd work with any of the canon companions in the game itself, then the answer is no.

it's not canon and gale makes his stance quite clear on the subject.

karl/gale/alton is my headcanon and i know it is. i do try very hard to make it work within the confines of the narrative of the game and outside of it, to adhere as closely as i can to canon, because i like to preserve the integrity of gale as a character as well as the integrity of my own ocs.

but i do also work with headcanons that i think make sense for the characters and story i'm playing and experiencing - again, keeping in mind the character that gale is, as well as the characters i have created with alton and karl.

i feel like i should clarify that having a headcanon in and of itself - whatever that headcanon may be, be it d*d!gale, morally ambiguous gale, sorcerer!gale, etc - is something that's totally fine and normal and everyone does to some degree.

i have never argued it isn't and i have plenty of them myself.

to me personally, there is a very big difference between having a headcanon versus insisting a headcanon is actually canon, dismissing or explaining away actual canon instances on a specific topic (quotes, behaviours, devnotes, etc) with my conjections of what i think to be true or what i believe a character actually feels and thinks to elevate and try to give canonical weight to what i want to be canon, rather than what is canon.

[ben-the-hyena]

Every year it becomes harder

I keep brushing off these parasitic thoughts because they are cursed but they come back stronger

One day I will succumb to it, and I will regret it. But I know it is a fact doomed to come true, not a theory anymore. I just keep pushing back the inevitable

Yet I must try as long as I possibly can. For my sanity. For people. For my friends. For my followers

Then even if it will be useless in the long run, it still is effective

So for now keep telling to myself loud and clear

"DO NOT DRAW PORN OF THE HATBOX GHOST AND EMILY"

[barrenclan]

hey! i’m on break at work, time to get this issue DOWN

the title and cover of just mallow is not worrying /lie

the pinepaw art in the first page is so cool BUT DAFFY NOO :( shoutout to mallow for being on action, and him hesitating on coot :(.. PINE HESTITING ON CORM NOOO even if barren survives will the otp?!? OH SHIT CUPID!!! AND FERRIC’S SHIT PARENTS!! IS THAT HEART OF WINTEE THE GAAANGG. OH FUCK RANGER ANE HACKSAW.. PROWL FUCK OFF PROWL NO PROWL DONT TAUNT THEM.. WHAY DOES DEEP WANT WITH ROSE?!? NO FUCK NO FUCK MALLOW NO NO FUCK NO FUCKKKKKKK

suing for emotional damages. i have to go back on shift in 10 minutes how am i meant to be nornal

I always manage to strike so many people who are either at work or have to go to a shift when an issue posts, which is very funny to me. Gotcha dude.

Glad you like the issue though :) Love seeing the dread building. Clap if you know the dread everyone!

[giggly-squiggily]

Hello!!!! Puffs is an adorable name!!! May I request ler Giyu and lee Sanemi with sentence starter “Not again…”? If not that’s totally ok 😊

Also a while ago I sent in a Headcannon of that Giyu is a ruthless ler-I don’t know if you saw it-so this relates to that comment!!! -😇

Ooo, it's my OTP!!! I love sanegiyuu so much! I've gotcha covered, friend! ;)

CW: Swearing

“Erm..Shinazugawa..”

‘Not again..’ That was the first thing to cross Sanemi’s mind upon hearing his last name. They were dating for crying out loud! You’d think after a year they’d be on first name bases.

Feeling petty, Sanemi turned away from him, sticking his chin out with a grunt. That’ll teach him!

“Shina…” Giyu trailed off, seemingly taken aback by his boyfriend’s sudden change in body language. “Are you mad at me?”

Silence. Sanemi made it a point to sneak side eyes at him before puffing again, making it extra dramatic.

“...” Giyu made a small huff of his own. Sanemi didn’t have to turn around to picture the pinched expression on his face. The slight frown, the furrowed brow, the way his nose scrunched up all cute-

“Aha!” Sanemi yelped when his ribs were tasered, all but flying out of his seat. “Ah! Ahehahahaha! Shihiihihihhihit! Ghiihihiihihhiyu, yoohohu sohoohohhon of ahaha-”

“Oh, so you’re done ignoring me?” Giyu chided, glued to the other as he drilled his fingers into the center set of Sanemi’s rib cage. “Or did you just want me to tickle you?”

That son of a-

“Shuuhuhuhuhut the hehehheell uhuhuuhp! Geahhahahahah, fuhuhuhuuhck! Gihiihihihyu, doohoh-AH!” The wind Hashira squawked, doubling forward when Giyu brought his arms forward, scribbling into his belly. “NOHOHOHT THEHEHEHERE!”

“Tell me why you’re ignoring me!”

“CAUUHUHUHSE YOU KEHEHHEEEP CHAHHAHAHALLING MEHEHHEHE THE WROOHOHONG NAHHAHAME!”

“I-huh?” Giyu’s hands stopped, surprise and confusion touching his voice as Sanemi gasped for air. “But- your name is Shinazugawa-”

“That-” Sanemi huffed, twisting around so he was facing Giyu properly. “Is what I mean. I don’t want you to call me that. Everyone here calls me that.”

“So…” Giyu blinked, seeming a tad lost. Sanemi thanked his lucky stars that Giyu had many traits to make up for his obliviousness.

“So drop the formalities! Call me ‘Sanemi’!”

“Oh…” Realization hit him, flushing his cheeks and widening those unfairly blue eyes. With a shy nod, he raised his chin. “Alright…Sanemi.”

Oh. Oh that did funny things to his heart. Sanemi cleared his throat, willing the heat creeping up his neck back down. “Glad we understand each other, Giyu.”

“Hm…can I go back to tickling you?”

“Sure- wait! Wait hold o-ohoohohohn!”

Send me a pairing a sentence starter and a pairing and I'll write a 300 word dabble for it!

[qqueenofhades]

hilary, I really love talking about history with my friends but sometimes I talk about a historical person that I'm interested in and my friends act like just because I know things about a famous historical person I support everything they did. even when I know they know I don't support slavery, racism, sexism, etc. how do I keep from losing my cool when they do this?

Look, I have no idea where the "if you talk about anything complex/consume this material/think about it in any way, YOU TOO MUST SUPPORT IT AND BE PROBLEMATIC AND BAD!!!" mindset came from, but I honestly and deeply wish it a very killed with fire. It's the same anti mindset where if you read Morally Impure Fan Fiction, you are Morally Impure, but apparently now extends to... learning about the literal entirety of human experience? Why does this not surprise me, while also making me want to put my head through a plate glass door?

Once again, I don't know what people think historians DO, but I can assure y'all, it's not sitting around talking about how Totally Great [fill in the historical person, place, or thing] absolutely was, and how there were no problems with it ever and everyone should just be like, totally down with it, man. (Tubular.) In fact, the practice of academic history is often directly focused, especially nowadays, on identifying these problems and previous interpretations, putting them into context, and discussing how they happened in the first place. Considering that we're suffering from such a profound crisis of historical ignorance, both deliberate and inadvertent, and have seen how that manifests in current events (which are just the history happening right now), I am... boggled that "we shouldn't talk about anything because it was Morally Problematic!!!" is, indeed, getting serious play. Once again, it's the anti-intellectualism that is just as rampant on the left as it is on the right, while dressing itself up in different language and pretending to support different goals. But either way, any critical philosophy based on "we can never talk about things that went wrong/people who did Wrong Things in the past" is absolutely dead on arrival as any use to anyone. Ever.

Obviously, there are complexities in how to approach this material, and I personally don't think that historical figures, especially complex ones, should be "fandomized" or treated just as Cute OTP Blorbos or sanded down to fit a sanitized fictional box (unless they are explicitly fictionalized/being used in a fictional context, and even then, yeah, it's good to keep the background in mind). It's not that this is wrong -- after all, historians get into this line of work because they have Big Thoughts and Many Feelings about historical people/places/things and want to work on those in a variety of contexts -- but it's a little uncomfortable, at least for me. That said, it's still not inherently wrong, in any way, to be interested in/want to talk about people from the past. They're human, for god sakes! You are also human! They are your ancestors! Of course you, a primate with higher reasoning and anxiety, are curious about them! You want to know their stories and consider their circumstances and ponder why they did things, including bad things! If you can't do that, shun other people from doing it, and therefore you are completely cut off from your species' entire backstory and have no frame of reference for anything at all, you're going to end up an idiot. Guaranteed.

Anyway: yet again, people talking about history (or fiction, or anything at all) in a complex way that takes into account the fact that uh, people have never been perfect in their entire existence does not mean that the person is Bad or Supports All The Evils of Human History or whatever. I'm not sure what this attempted-gotcha "don't you know they were a bad person!!!" is going to accomplish, other than giving someone the same kind of fleeting self-righteousness high that comes from Being More Correct On The Internet (or wherever), but like... if you like studying history, and they know you like studying history, I don't know why they would think you don't know that, unless you tragically failed to post a 50-page disclaimer first. And it's stupid, and it's juvenile, and it's not useful, and I think you're entitled to say much of what I've said above, in whatever amount you please, because yeah. Sheesh.

[echochqmber]

before i go to bed, have an unedited wip snippet from my first piece for the TGCF RarePairs Gotcha for Gaza!

everyone volunteering for this event is super talented - and i promise u, there are dozens of people who all really want to create something for your most obscure otp <3

[stanlunter]

i have an honest question for you. this is not meant to be a gotcha or accuse you of homophobia, just based on observing your post history of wlw vs wlm ships out of curiosity.

are there any wlw ships in cartoons that you actually do like the portrayal of?

Thanks for a question!

And yes, obviously. Actually, I posted a lot about them, so It's strange if you haven't seen it, but yeah. I understand where your answer is coming from since I do critic some wlw media and made a post about a wlw dynamic I don't like. Tbh, It's a problem for me too, bc I don't get enought of my "wlw ships type" in media and that's basically why Im complaining about it, bc every It's either bad-written or is so cliche that's it even boring. Also the problem is that I do love wlm ships as well and a lot of people say that "wlw is always better than wlm" even tho there are many good and bad examples of both of them and I think It's wrong to say smth is better just bc It's queer, even tho I am wlw myself. The "critic" wasn't towards wlw, but towards the most popular dynamic (sun x moon) that I don't like and the way people ignore others dynamics just for this one is sad to me, since bc of it I don't have enought representation of wlw ships I love, bc all of them either don't become a couple, or break up, or one of them dies (or all of these at the same time) and almost all ships that became canon have that dynamic I dislike. And at the same time it was also a joke bc It's actually true that like 80% of all wlw ships are basically the same, so It's funny to hear from their fans that all wlm ships are the same

"Are there any wlw ships in cartoons that you actually like the portray of?"

Do you mean canon or fanon?

As someone who generally in like 90% of the cases prefers fan ships over canon ones, regardless of if it's wlw, wlm or mlm, I obviously have much more fanon or half-canon favourite wlw ships, including those, where one of the characters is dead, there are some I like:

My favourite wlw ship and spop otp of all time is Scorptra. I absolutely adore everything about it and I really think they should have been stayed in Crimson waste. Some years ago I had a huge fixation on it and tbh, if I've discovered Tumbler to myself at that time, my acc would definitely be full of them and I would call myself "stanscorptra", lol. And the fact that they didn't become canon for the sake of the ship I hate - catradora, makes it even worse to me. (Scorpia x Catra from She-ra and the princess of power)

Yumihisu. That's my favourite ship from aot, Im actually glad It's popular in the fandom. I really love everything about them and the way they ended up is actually heart-breaking. In the finale of s2 I actually wanted to start killing people just bc Ymir decided to help Rainer and Berth instead od staying with Historia. And every time I rewatch it, I feel the same, bc they did have a chance to be happy together at least for some years.

It's basically canon and it was confirmed that they both love each other, but since Ymir died, I'm not sure if it is considered as actually canon since they werent actual dating (Ymir x Historia from Attack on titan)

Nanichiru, or whatever name they have, bc the fandom still hasnt decided it.

That was one of my first anime ships, I even thought It's canon and basically when I saw them together, I thought Nana is canon lesbian, which was so clear to me when I compare her with men and her with Michiru. Idk if they supposed to be "just friends", or wlw-coded, but I do consider them as a half canon anyways, bc, let's be real, if one of them was a guy, everyone would know It's canon. I absolutely love their dynamic and the way their relationship affected Nana and made her doubt her goal and actually understand that some of the people with talents are good people. Michiru changed everything for Nana and was her light in the dark, but ofc, how it always is, they didn't develop relationship and one of them died. (Nana x Michiru form Talentless Nana)

Mitsunoa. I am not obsessed with its depth, bc, ngl, they don't have such deep relationship as others, but I do love their dynamic and all of their interactions. Their homoerotic friendship and all the hints make me giggle and if we consider Mikayuu as "basically canon", than I will consider Mitsunoa as basically canon too (especially after the bath scene), bc these girls deserve the best things and they are the best things for each other. (Mitsuba and Shinoa from Seraph of the end)

Togachako. I still haven't finished the manga, so I'm not sure about what heppend with them in the end, I've only seen some spoilers. But I do love their enemies to lovers dynamic, which, unlike some other ships of this trope, isn't a romantization of abuse, but actual enemies to lovers. I doubt it has chances to actually become canon. But I still love the way their relationship was written. Uraraka is the only one who thinks Toga is cute and a pretty girl, not just a crazy monster. I absolutely love the line when she says Toga that she's the cutest girl in the whole world. I love that Toga says her feelings for Uraraka are real and that she made her happy. Toga sees her as basically a comfort person (??), someone who's love and appreciation she wants to get, someone who can save her from the hateness to herself and the world. I just want Toga to be happy with someone who can see her. Also, have you seen how mangaka draws them together?? He's either their biggest shipper, or a queerbaiter, Idk (Toga x Uraraka from My hero academy)

Also Ruby x Penny from Rwby, Webby x Lena from Duck Tales, Perfuma x Huntara from she-ra, Anne and Sasha from Amphibia, Sunset x Sci-Twi from Equestria girls, Sae-Byeok x Ji-Yeong form Squid game and others

As for canon ships, there are fewer ones, but yeah, I do have favourite wlw ships that are canon:

Menokari. Their relationship is really beautiful, It's actually similar to Nanichiru, but is gayer. I found it thanks to Talentless Nana as well, and Im glad I did. It may be seems too cliche for some people, but I think It's adorable, dramatic and well-writen. Definitely my favourite wlw anime (Menou x Akari from The Executor and her way of living)

Ellieriley. Unfortunately there are not enought scenes with them, but those we have is enought for me to love them. Riley was Ellie's first love and probably her lesbian awaking. I love their dynamic so much and I want to see more of them and I wanted them to live a happy life. I do like Ellie x Dina too, but I love her relationship with Riley much more. Riley's death has broken my heart. But at least I'm glad that they did have a kiss scene before it, that's why I do consider it as canon, unlike Yumihisu, since a lot of people for some reason are still arguing over it (Ellie x Riley from The last of us)

Spinetossa. Even tho this ship is far not the main one, I love it much more than the main canon ones. Netossa cares about her wife so much. They know each other for so long and still love each other so much. They're so cute and so sweet, that I was worrying for their relationship during s5 the most. And It's funny how Chaggie fans use "they're together for a long time" to justify the fact that Vivziepop has written them so poorly and that they look more like just friends, just bc of that, since these two exist and they actually do look like a married couple, not like just friends (Spinerella x Netossa from She-ra)

Harlivy

I ship these two in every universe. Even tho the Harley Quinn show has flaws, I still love their dynamic, yeah, even despite it being "one of those I have brought up in that post", I still ship them and think they're cute. I love that Harley has fully recovered from her relationship with Joker and that Ivy has found her true love, someone she can spend the rest of her life with (Harley x Ivy from Harley Quinn show and DC comics/cartoons)

Korrasami

I never was one of those people who say Korrasami was rushed. Yeah, the creators couldnt fully show them in the show, but they did in the comics and I haven't seen anyone who has read them and said they're bad-written. The comics show them so well, It's amazing, healthy and one of the best wlw representations I've seen! (Korra x Asami from The legend of Korra)

Obviously, that's not all of them, but those I love the most. Some of other canon wlw couples I love are: Bubblegum x Marcelin from Adventure time, Apple x Darling from Every after high, Haruka x Michiru from Sailor moon, Utena x Anthy from Revolutionary girl Utena, Kirari x Sayaka from Kakegurui, Ruby x Sapphire form Steven Universe, Vi x Caitlyn from Arcane, Sara x Nyssa from Arrow and Jennifer x Needy form Jennifer's body (I know the last two are not animated, but I still wanna include them)

So, yeah, there are a lot of wlw canon and popular ships I dislike or critic, which isn't because I hate wlw, but bc I love it and want it to be written better and be more various, than just "sun x moon", since there are a lot of so different wlm and mlm dynamics, while for wlw It's almost always either the same, or is just problematic, like Catradora. Tbh, as far as I remember, the only wlw ships I wrote bad things about were Lumity and Catradora, besides that post, so I don't know why exactly you thought it means I dislike all or most of the wlw ships, but I don't anyways

[sareenademon]

Private Lessons

(Bireena will always be my otp but Smoke and Sareena are a sexy pairing too!)

Tomas couldn't help but feel surprised when Ashrah informed him that her sister, Sareena, wanted to train with them. He had expected Sareena to be somewhat similar to Ashrah, but as soon as he met her, he realized how different they truly were. Sareena was a creature of rebellious and carefree spirit, her striking appearance adorned in gothic allure with tight black leather and crimson armor. Her tongue as sharp as the sickles she wielded in battle.

As they ventured into a secluded corner of the fire gardens to honor Sareena's request for a private training session, Tomas couldn't escape the unsettling sensation that the demoness had more than just kombat on her mind. It was as if she were playfully toying with him, leaving him with a sense of anticipation.

Halfway into their match, Sareena's mischievous nature got the best of her. She had always found Tomas's innocence and purity enticing, and now that she got him alone, she wished to test the waters a bit. With a sly grin, she seized an opportunity to gain the upper hand. In a swift and unexpected move, she closed the distance between them and pressed her lips to Tomas's in a passionate kiss.

Tomas's eyes widened in surprise, and his usually unshakable focus wavered for just a moment. Sareena's lips were warm and inviting, and her boldness took him completely off guard. It was a calculated distraction, and it worked like a charm. Sareena took advantage of the opening she had created, slipping past Smoke's defenses with ease and executing a skillful takedown. She pinned him to the grass with a wolfish grin.

"Gotcha," she teased, her dark eyes sparkling with mischief as she straddled him.

Tomas's cheeks burned with embarrassment. "You-you cheated!" His stuttering protest was met with Sareena's soft laughter, a sound as lovely as the sweetest melody. That smirk of hers had an inexplicable effect on him.

Sareena, her eyes reminded Tomas of glossy obsidian glass. They locked onto his gray ones and she slowed leaned closer. She reached out to stroke his hair gently. "All is fair in love and war, sweet Tomas," she purred, her voice like a seductive whisper. "Besides, did the Lin Kuei not teach you to expect the unexpected?"

Tomas longed to respond, but his words remained trapped in his throat. He found himself utterly captivated by the demoness on top of him, she had successfully ensnared the warrior.

"Now..." Sareena's voice smooth, "What shall be my prize for victory?" She inquired, her nails lightly tracing a path from his cheek, down his neck, and toward the collar of his Shari Ryu uniform. Tomas's heart pounded in his chest as her hungry gaze held him prisoner. As his mind raced, Tomas couldn't help but wonder if this was all a dream or not. The boundary between reality and fantasy blurred as he succumbed her. In that moment, he decided it didn't really matter whether it was a dream or reality, because he felt her soft lips against his once more.

[gen4grl]

Piers and/or Raihan for the character ask

ooo thank u for the ask, and i’ll do both since i’m a chronic talker! like the last one, i’ll only do questions i feel like i can answer (or understand the prompt lol)

raihan first!🐉

why i like them: i have been drawn to dragon trainers ever since playing hgss so of course i love this man. also absolutely love his cocky attitude, i think he has such an alluring personality. on a real note he’s so fine he gets me blushing lol oh and his lil tooth that sticks out :33

why i don’t: epitome of every gimmick i hate in battles LOL absolutely hate double battles and hate weather affects even more.

fave episode/movie: didn’t watch the anime after johto and definitely didn’t watch journeys so … no answer and i don’t feel like he appears enough in twilight wings to give an answer lol I’m gonna go with the microsecond he was in gotcha lol

fave line: “i look this good even when i lose. it’s a real curse” oh absolutely sir 🫡

fave outfit: absolutely love his normal ingame outfit purely because of the the incorporation of lances hgss outfit ahhhh. gamefreak needs to sell clothing items of famous trainers because i need that man’s hoodie. also love his black and white suit in masters so niceee and classy

otp: multishipper!!! so my first ship was raihan and leon - which i still really enjoy but my all time fave is raihan and piers 🖤🧡 they have rotted my brain so badly

brotp: sonia and raihan. like how he calls her miss clever clogs. i wanna be around to witness their leon gossip sessions lol. hc but i love the idea of them growing up in the gym challenge together and sonia always finding raihan super hilarious while her best friend nessa thought he was so full of himself lol. honestly i think he’s just super popular and social so gets along with every gym leader pretty well

headcanon: talked about this briefly in my tags, but a very special hc to me is that all dragon trainers come from a singular clan before splitting apart where they now live in the different regions. lance and raihan are cousins and are considered the most esteemed and powerful trainers in their clan and have had a friendly rivalry since being kids. despite bickering due their completely different attitudes and outlooks on life and what it means to be a dragon trainer, they also bring out positives in eachother. lance made raihan appreciate the culture of their clan more (which in turn helped him appreciate his vault job even more) and raihan taught lance how to loosen up and not feel so pressured by the very strict johto branch of dragon trainers. oh and he’s also great with kids and kids love him for how goofy he can be lol

wish: definitely wish we saw more of the gentle side of him that’s hinted to be there both via the game and anime.

my nickname for them: rai-rai🥺 ever since seeing that piers calls him that in the manga. fuels my shipping brain and overall just a super cute name

piers 🦨

why i like them: omg. my all time favourite gym leader and in my top 3 galar characters. love that they fed into the concept of alt people being teddy bears despite outwards appearances, reminds me of alot of people i knew growing up in the scene myself. loveee how protective he is of marnie and in general how much he loves his hometown and people around him. just an absolute sweetie 😭

why i dont: actually cant think of one reason or element i dont like, perfect character imo!!! is it basic to say the scene of him singing with no background vocals? why do him like that😭😭😭

fave episode/movie: same answer as raihans but seeing that one microsecond in twilight wings of him saying he doesn’t do encores changed me as a person lmao

fave line: this whole interaction always gets me lmao

fave outfit: not even a canon outfit but i see so much fanart of him without his jacket on and i vibe heavy with that lol

otp: kbnz everydayyy, despite minimal interactions (lol the shippers struggle) every interaction he had with raihan had insane undertones it got me feeling like i shouldn’t of been watching lmao (to be a fly on the wall tho LOL).

brotp: piers and …. sonia too lol (this girl needs more friends!!!). really loved them with hop + the player in post game and think stressed and overwhelmed sonia could benefit from calm and collected piers… so cute. i’m so attracted to the opposites attract trope, both platonically and/or romantically and they fit that perfectly lol

headcanon: while always on the more reserved side, i love the idea of younger gym challengers piers being more boisterous (in his own way) and loved the party and gig scene in early spikemuth* - much to the suprise of those who only know him in his adult years. however, when the responsibility of raising marnie came into the picture, he relaxed quite a lot and now his old man tendencies tend to come out even with his fully adult friends and in his relationship. he’s the first people come to when they need advice cause despite being overly cautious and a worry-wart when it comes to marnie, he is quite grounded which comforts a lot of people. what a sweetie!

*purely based off the quote “times like this—when tension and passion run high—remind me of spikemuth in the old days. some right wild concerts we had back then. but no encores!"

my nickname: not mine but i hc everyone around him especially raihan call him piersy. definitely gets under his skin but kinda just accepts it now lol

[princesssarisa]

Character ask: Georgiana Darcy (Pride and Prejudice)

Favorite thing about them: That she's not victim-blamed for her near-elopement with Wickham. If she didn't exist and the book had only Lydia to represent girls who are seduced by the Wickhams of the world, then it might be easier to accuse Austen of victim-blaming. But no one blames Georgiana. She was only fifteen, Wickham was a childhood friend/almost foster brother whom she trusted, and he took advantage of her trust to make her think he loved her. She's a sweet, lovely girl, she's not portrayed as flirtatious or brash like Lydia – on the contrary, she's extremely, painfully shy – and yet she was manipulated and seduced, and the blame is placed firmly on the people who did it, Wickham and Mrs. Younge. Of course it helps that she ultimately chose her family over her "romance" and confessed the elopement plan to her brother; whereas Lydia refuses to leave Wickham when Darcy offers her the chance and shows no remorse for nearly disgracing her family.

Least favorite thing about them: The fandom's views on her. I'm glad I haven't seen too much of it myself, but what @anghraine has described in some of her posts is horrible. From the fans who do victim-blame her and treat her as a "gotcha" for Darcy (i.e. "so much for his sense of superiority over the Bennets – his sister almost ruined herself just like Lydia"), to the ones who turn her sweet bond with Darcy into some toxic cliché (i.e. "she's only shy because he's an overbearing brother and she's afraid of him" – then why does she become more talkative in his presence?), to the ones who think she "needs" to learn how to be feisty and outgoing like Elizabeth, and/or who think the 2005 film improved her by making her bubbly instead of shy and awkward... They're all bad. Just like all fandom commentary about gentle and shy girls tends to be bad.

Three things I have in common with them:

*I tend to be shy.

*I'm affectionate.

*I enjoy music and art.

Three things I don't have in common with them:

*I don't have a brother.

*I'm not an orphan.

*I've never come close to eloping with anyone.

Favorite line: N/A, since she has no dialogue in the book.

brOTP: Darcy and later Elizabeth.

OTP: None yet.

nOTP: Darcy or Wickham.

Random headcanon: Besides adoring Elizabeth when they're sisters-in-law, she'll also come to love Jane as an extended family member, especially because Jane's temperament is closer to her own.

Unpopular opinion: Besides disagreeing with all the views on her I mentioned under "Least favorite thing about them"... I don't picture her as a blonde. I have nothing against illustrations or adaptations that portray her that way: you'll see below that several of my favorite pictures of her show her as a blonde. But not all ingenues need to be blonde, after all. I usually picture her with the same hair color as Darcy, which like most fans, I imagine as dark brown or black.

Song I associate with them: None.

Favorite picture of them:

The only decent color illustration I've found of her, by H.M. Brock:

This illustration by Hugh Thomson:

Emma Jacobs in the 1980 miniseries:

Emilia Fox in the 1995 miniseries:

Tamzin Merchant in the 2005 film (although that facial expression is probably one that Austen's withdrawn, serious Georgiana would never wear):

[kingofdinosaurs]

My good friends Kanji and/or Naoto?

going for kanji first if i feel it i will also do naoto

favorite thing about them: EVERYTHING HE'S THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT discounting anime/spinoff yu he is my favourite persona 4 character by a mile i love that dude

least favorite thing about them: not his fault. they have GOT to stop being homophobic to him. also the golden epilogue design is the biggest miss possible

favorite line: see ya! ^_^ and more specifically all the context around it

brOTP: him and labrys! i loved kanji's arena route so much... also him and sho for predictable reasons i WILL finish that story sometime!!! OOH or him and rise... i really love their combative besties situation i know they were making a RUCKUS in those summer school classes!!!

OTP: you truly cannot go wrong with kannao. also this is NOT A RELATIONSHIP I MUST STRESS THIS IS NOT RECIPROCATED but his little baby crush on akihiko is really cute

nOTP: any actual relationship between him and akihiko is like. that's weird kanji is a high schooler

random headcanon: i don't really think it's music he would listen to normally but after p4 he went and listened to all of rise's music to support her. but then he was kind of thoughtless about how he communicated this and she got mad. she sends him free tickets to her shows in p5 times i think, it's like a running thing for them now

unpopular opinion: you guys have gotta stop sidelining his gay ass in favour of yosuke it isn't fair to him. also i could see him as bi i suppose but i dislike the reasoning a lot of people give for it. basically every bit of p4 media hammers in the idea that he developed a crush on naoto as a boy and no matter how you personally see naoto (a whole other can of worms) they make it very clear that kanji personally like. has trouble not seeing him as a boy. naoto doesn't prove anything and i hate that people use that as some gotcha about kanji's sexuality

song i associate with them: nothing comes to mind... alas

favourite picture of them: basically any image where he's cute. i love his smiling sprite soooooo much mr kitty mouth

[drprawedha]

81/366

24 Maret 2024

Sebuah cerita dari Mbak N yang HP nya ke reset factory menggunakan find my device.

Suatu minggu yang tenang, setelah aku menyelesaikan kerjaanku di property satunya. Balik ke kantor buat sekedar 'leyeh leyeh' sambil nungguin kerjaan lain. Pas ngeliatin CCTV dengan santai. Dari balik pintu mbak N berbicara.

Kak, hp ku kena hack deh. Tiba tiba mati. setelah ngeklik beberapa pertanyaan recovery.

Segeralah kuambil hp-nya dan kucoba melakukan inisialisasi awal seperti halnya hp yang masih baru.

Dan benar saja, si hp didapati telah dilakukan reset factory.

Kucoba login ulang email dari hp tersebut. Dari mulai isi username, password dan eh ga bisa masuk pakai OTP? bisanya melalui perangkatnya?

lah ini kan perangkat yang dimaksud?

ooo.. ternyata notifikasi akan muncul jia akun sudah tertaut di hp tersebut. Apalah daya ternyata tidak bisa melakukan recovery.

Perlu diketahui, bahwa email yang dilakukan reset factory adalah email kedua yang ditautkan di hp anaknya.

Secara tidak langsung ada angin segar bahwasanya data data dari email utama tidak bocor ke pelaku tadi.

Kucoba lagi dengan pikiran yang lebih rileks. Klak klik ini itu. dan gotcha! bisa dimunculkan menu OTP. dan kami lakukan verifikasi dari nomor yang ditautkan di email utama.

Singkat cerita email pertama bisa didapatkan.

Lanjut untuk mendapatkan email ketiga (email yang tertaut di hp anaknya Mbak M)

Email menggunakan google-mail untuk beroperasi. Saat saya coba untuk login. Password email dan recovery sudah diganti oleh pelaku. Namun ada sebuah fitur pertolongan. Asalkan tahu email recovery sebelumnya. Ini masih bisa didapatkan!

Kumasukkan email recovery sebelumnya dan mencoba masuk ke email tersebut. Karena email menggunakan platform yang agak lain. Sepertinya bisa diandalkan. Dan benar saja. Berbekal hal tersebut. Email ketiga berhasil didapatkan berkat email kedua ini.

Setelah itu, saya coba melakukan pengecekan ke perangkat mana yang barusan terkoneksi. Benar saja, ada satu perangkat yang tidak dikenal yang berada di sumatra utara terdeteksi oleh google.find my device. Ya karena saya berbaik hati. Saya cuma klik Reset Perangkat (setelan pabrik).

Dan perangkat pun terdisconnect.

Apapun yang terjadi dengan perangkat tersebut saya tidak pikirkan.

Lalu lanjut bersih bersih jejak recovery pelaku di email ke 3 tadi.

Setelah selesai sambil tadi perangkat Mbak N melakukan recovery data data sebelumnya. Akhirnya permasalahan selesai. Data kembali (walau beberapa memang hilang). Dan email ketiga kembalinke pemiliknya. Plus Saya senang. Asupan adrenalinenya ada nih.

Sekian.

[aeirithgainsborough]

So glad to meet person who feels the same way about aer/ti. CxA is forever my OTP but I also ship Aerith with another lady (aka Lightning. Hey I love shipping Aerith with serious characters, okay?). And I certainly would've liked AxT if certain part people didn't use the ship as a sort of "gotcha" against CxA...

its what puts me off zerith too cus most people who ship that are clotis in disguise using the ship to get Aerith out of the way lol shame for them that zerith were found dead in a ditch in rebirth im ajsjjdjd they really thought bringing Zack back meant a reunion was going to happen and convinced themselves the main theme song was about him instead of hmm idk the main character perhaps

[giggly-squiggily]

demon slayer for the ship ask game!

YEE! :D I gotcha friend!

Ask game

lowkey otp: ShinoMitsu! I don't think about them nearly as much as my other ships, but seeing cute art of them together warms my soul from time to time <3

highkey notp: MuzaEnmu. Is that a thing? I've seen some things with them as a pair; I can see the appeal but it's definitely not my cup of tea.

[softly] don’t notp: This one's gonna be controversial but...anyone with Rengoku *ducks* I've been falling in love with the idea of Ren being acearos for awhile now- and while I'm more than happy to support other's Rengoku ships, I just don't truly ship him with anyone, if that makes sense <3

highkey otp but i’m scared of saying it because it’s not a very popular choice: Is this unpopular? I'm not scared to say it, but TenSane has been living in my brain rent-free due to you friend, so like...yeah :P I'd say more rare than anything ajrjajkera

highkey otp and anyone on my tumblr knows it: Obamitsu! Or Sanegiyuu- I feel like those two are my top tier Demon Slayer ships I cannot shut up about kjarkjeakjrkjerjk

Thanks for asking!

[fairysylveon]

Handsome Jack😼

hell yeah 💞

how I feel about this character

I don't even know if I have the words to describe how much I adore him (& tim. they are a matching pair, do NOT separate!) he's everything to me and he's the best villain I've ever seen in any media ever imho. buuuut also I take great pleasure in annihilating him in his boss battle and letting lilith take the honor of killing his ass in bl2 because he's awful and I hate him (affectionate and derogatory all at once). basically he's the worst but your honor I fucking love him so much

all the people I ship romantically with this character

TIM!!!!!!!!! nisha, moxxi, rhys on occasion (they were the whole reason I got into this fandom so they have a special place in my heart). but there are several other characters I ship with him in purely sexual ways such as axton and zer0, sometimes katagawa. I love putting this man with anyone who walks

my non-romantic OTP for this character

I don't know if I have one 🤔

my unpopular opinion about this character

"hj was right/the good guy" makes me feel like I'm losing my mind actually like please can we stop using the "VHs kill too" as a gotcha? it's about CONTEXT. when literally EVERYONE in a universe is a murderer you cannot use killing people as a metric for good and bad anymore! that goes completely out the window in a universe like borderlands! I have so much more I could say on that topic including my semi-bandit-sympathizer take (also about context but the gist is that Full On Genocide Is Bad, Actually and even if you see all bandits as evil people who all deserve to die, jack lumps regular citizens in with bandits if they don't move to his designated cities with extremely strict rules that punish you for breaking them with death) but instead I'll just also say he was abusing his daughter WELL before tps so like.... and even if he was somehow justified for all of that (he is not ♥️) I don't WANT jack to be "right"! I want jack to be disgustingly evil, that's what's fun about him! killing people for cursing is EVIL! literally everything about the way he runs overlook is EVIL! but all that makes him FUN to hate (and love)! I don't want him to be a good guy, I like him dreadfully awful

this was not supposed to be a rant but I have a lot to say. this is a condensed version. sorry LAUGHS

one thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon

I wish he had open mouth kissed tim on screen /-:

[ironwoodprotectionsquad]

I realized I haven’t like put all of my thoughts regarding Blake’s sexuality and Bmblbe in one location so I am going to do so now. (I am talking about both because one is tied to the other given Blake’s Bisexuality is claimed to be confirmed because it is claimed Bmblbe is confirmed).

One of the very popular “gotcha” moments I see is that Bmblbe and Korrasami have a lot of similar beats in terms of how the pairs acted around each other and Korrasami is confirmed so Bmblbe will definitely be confirmed. 

The big difference however is that Korrasami had Nickelodeon censorships that they had to work around and fight tooth and nail to make them be canon in the end. Bmblbe did not have corporate censorship to fight. They didn’t have to play this game of giving them scenes like blushing and forehead nuzzling without having either character verbally express they like each other to try and show the developing romance while making corporate homophobes happy. RT could have made Bmblbe canon whenever they wanted. They could have given Blake and Yang lines about having a crush on a girl, any girl, they could have had Blake express confusion and admit to liking both Yang and Sun, they could have done all of those things but they chose not to. The issue is that the straight couples get to kiss and say they are going on a date and say “I love you” but the one queer couple with the main characters conveniently...doesn’t. It’s conveniently a “slow burn” it’s conveniently constantly having these moments like the canon game having Yang refer to Blake as like a sister, with having them go dancing with another team with an unresolved question of what is going on between them. It’s all the painful signs of queer coding that we’ve spent decades seeing play out on screen only for nothing to come of it. 

For example, let me jump over to Star Wars Rebels and specifically Kalluzeb. Now this ship is kind of....different. Their screentime together was very limited but fans latched onto what they could get and ran with it. Zeb’s VA Steve Blume also ran with it fueling the shipping with tweets about the pairing and how much he shipped it. Season 4 comes around along with the epilogue that only one of the VA’s knew about. In this epilogue, we see a scene of Kallus and Zeb on a ship together heading to Lira San, a secret world Kallus had no idea existed. We see Zeb leading Kallus out covering his eyes in a way that felt very similar to the library reveal in Beauty and The Beast. We see Zeb wrap an arm around Kallus’s shoulders as the voice over tells us Kallus and Zeb lived together on Lira San and Kallus was accepted as a member of the planet right along Zeb. Their is video footage of Steve crying as he watches this scene unfold as the internet explodes over this with everyone celebrating that Kalluzeb was canon. Even homophobes and haters of Kallus where grumbling and bemoaning them becoming canon because Korrasami set the expectation that moments like this meant the couple was canon. (It should be noted when Korrasami first came out, a lot of people did not see that the ending scene in the final episode confirmed they where canon, the creator himself had to come out and confirm that they where together and they where in fact a couple.)

But then Disney and Filoni (the shows creator) stomped all over the moment. Filoni made a big statement when Steve tried to thank him for making his OTP canon insisting they where in fact not together and that they where just friends. It was a frustrating reminder that no, we could not look at moments like the Korrasami ending as confirmation a couple was together because homophobes will just deny it and rip it away from us at the blink of an eye. Steve, the hero he is, just denies this and continues to post tweets as if they are confirmed but at the end of the day according to canon, they are not. Zines and other fan projects that only do “canon” couples refuse to accept anything Kalluzeb, their is a fear that the new Ahsoka show will make some comment about Kallus or Zeb or both now having a girlfriend and making a point to make sure they are seen as completely and utterly straight.

Bmblbe having similar beats to Korrasami is not proof of them being canon, because other couples that have similar beats to Korrasami have been shot down in the past, in fact RT themselves have done that very same thing with Fair Game. I don’t ship them myself, but watching the show and their scenes together, they share similar beats to what people use to show that Bmblbe is canon, Clover winked at Qrow, Qrow shyly rubbed the back of his neck when Clover complimented him while giving him “bedroom eyes” as CRWBY put it. They have complementary semblances and colors, near the end Qrow even arguably tried to flirt back and gave a fond eyeroll towards him. CRWBY posted Qrow’s boyfriend counter and highlighted scenes read as romantic. A former animator was excited when someone picked up on the fact that Clover winked at Qrow while saying the same line as the waitress we knew Qrow was sexually attracted to. But when Clover died and Qrow screamed in agony and kept his lucky pin as a reminder of him, CRWBY insisted they where not supposed to be seen as romantically interested in each other. They insisted it was just rogue animators that put in those moments. At the end of the day, CRWBY could just turn around and do the same thing to Bmblbe. They could turn around, give Yang a boyfriend, have Blake get with Sun and insist that it was never their intention to have the pair be read as Queer. Their is no moment we can point to in the show that bmblebe has to confirm them as queer that Fair Game did not have as well. The animators shut down Fair Game, what’s to stop them from shutting down Bmblbe? 

Blake should be bi, we should all be able to look at her and say, “Yes this is 100% no questions asked a bi character” but we can’t, not in the world we live in where even today the LGBTQ community is constantly fighting to maintain our rights. A real human person does not need to do anything to expressly confirm their identity yes, but Blake is a fictional character being used to tell a story. She cannot make choices herself, every decision she’s made was one made by the writers. In a world where so many baited characters wound up having nothing come of those tender moments we cannot just take these little moments as “enough” because it isn’t enough. Anyone can deny or backtrack and pretend they are straight. Most people will look at Blake and go “Well yea she has feelings for Yang it’s obvious!” but homophobes and homophobic companies like RT can and will deny and twist the moments in canon and pretend they don’t exist when its more convenient for them for those moments to not exist. 

I want Blake and Yang to get together, I want to see Blake be confirmed bi, but after so many years of being burned, what we have so far is exactly what so many other shows have used to string us along and I want better for fans. We’re in 2023, we should be able to say, “I want better” and not get harassed.