#ough it always makes me want to burst into tears

[kadextra]

It’s just like. q!Slime, a character who thinks he doesn’t have anyone, deserves nothing & is supposed to suffer alone, being faced with pure Love.

People want to know he is okay and being taken care of even if they don’t know him well. Even the mistakes he made out of grief in the past - people who were directly affected, like q!Bad, never held a grudge. they completely understand, and all they want to see now is Charlie healthy and prospering. Every person and egg on the island smiles and reaches out to help someone who needs it.

The same goes for q!Quackity, who thinks nobody cares, but has so many people who are worried for him. q!Forever who thought he was losing everything, but had friends to lean on that wouldn’t leave him. q!Jaiden who distanced herself in sadness and was welcomed back warmly with open arms.

It happens every time, because the people on this island say you don’t have to go through it alone, we will make sure to let you know that. You are still loved and a part of this family no matter what.

[katierosefun]

modern family is all fun and games until you get to the scenes where you burst into tears because the once-vaguely homophobic dad now refers to his son's husband as family, and also the academically gifted daughter realizes that her dorky, clumsy dad was always really proud of her and just never surprised because he just assumed she could do anything, and also the eldest daughter who eloped comes crawling back to her parents' room and whispers that she still wants her parents to be present for her wedding, and also the anxious queer lawyer character admits that he was terrified that his husband would just leave him alone with their baby daughter, and also that the once-vaguely grouchy dad looks at his stepson and tells him that what makes a family is who sticks around, not who you're blood-related to and anyways what was i saying

[suffarustuffaru]

ok since I have thoughts about Reinhardt and Wilhelm, I think other than like Beako/Crusch/Subaru being my favorite characters in the series Wilhelm is definitely top 3 or so, and the reason is because of his complicated love for his family.

his love for his wife was too great, too blinding- and as the years go on, he realizes that he lashed out improperly, but struggles to reconnect.

theres whole analyses and everything you can make about the astrea family, but what really does it for me is that wilhelm clearly, deeply regrets his past actions and mistakes especially in regards to reinhardt. and what gives him the hope that maybe it’s not all for naught is the individual he respects most- subaru!!

his relationship with subaru is so wonderful to read because they both hold such deep respect for the other and both don’t feel like they deserve that respect in the slightest. wilhelm practically treats subaru as a grandson, and i always thought that the message subaru gave to him was a really important development! to keep apologizing, to work to make things better, and make that connection again!

ofc it didn’t totally work out, but the complexity of the situation is really outstanding and it’s some of the best character work in the series imo

first of all—my apologies bc youre one of my (many. oops) asks thats been locked away in inbox jail for a while!! second of all YOU ARE SO INCREDIBLY BIG BRAIN ate and left no crumbs with this one like personally while im not Entirely sure on how tappei handles theresia and wilhelm’s ex novels (purely bc Why is the demihuman war the backdrop for their war criminal romance) like tappei gets the astrea drama soooo so well. everyone involved is so complicated and the dysfunctional family dynamics right at the heart of it, underneath all the murder and bloodshed and world ending powers and war criminal ancestors, is so so painfully realistic with how everyone whether they wanted to or not adds to the conflict in some way???

and i loveee wilhelm and heinkel for being so so very flawed and so very human—the astrea drama is so heartbreaking :,) and wilhelms connection with subaru and wilhelm regretting what he did (before that goes up in flames in arc 5) as you said is Extremely interesting!! and i hope to see an Interesting Conclusion to the astreas and their arcs by the end of rezero 👀👀 tysm for the ask!!! i love hearing ur thoughts 👍

(also OUGH HAVE YOU SEEN THE ARC 5 MANGA + S3 ANIME FLASHING BACK TO WHEN WILHELM LASHED OUT AT LITTLE KID REINHARD?? GODDDDDDDDDDD *bursts into tears*)

[cheemken]

guaruraship hc's?

Whoever you are I hope masarap ulam mo omf omffff thanks for asking anyways here some Bianca and Iris hcs ouo

•Bianca was the one who confessed first believe it or not hahah

-it really caught Iris off guard bc she was so so sure that Bianca likes Hilda, not her, but damn she was happy tho that Bianca reciprocated her feelings

-Iris and Hilda did have that talk tho, but Hilda said as long as Bianca was happy, she was too

-also threatened Iris to not hurt Bianca "or else you'd be Zekrom's dinner tonight."

•anyways your honour they are so so so fucking soft I'm chxmbd

-like, they'd hold hands w each other whenever they're out together, not much pda really but yknow they just love being really close w each other

•whenever Iris gets stressed w her champion duties and how the people somewhat still look down on her, Bianca would be there comforting her and telling her all the great things abt her and she just peppers kisses all over her face and just bcnxbdmd

•Iris would throw hands for Bianca and she did at one point someone made the mistake of cornering Bianca while Iris was around and damn Iris did not take it well

-Bianca had to calm her down bc Iris called out Kyurem instead of just Haxo or Hydra

-Iris said she just didn't want people to mess w her, and despite it all, Bianca finds it endearing how Iris was protective of her

•you bet your ass when Bianca first called Iris "darling" she really became too gay to function, like Bianca broke her during that hahaha

-Iris just fucking melts whenever Bianca calls her that or even just "love" or "lover" like she would immediately cave in mfer is such a simp for her girl fr

-unfortunately, while Iris has the rizz when it comes to looks, she is really shit when it comes to pet names that she really just calls Bianca "babe"

-Bianca still thinks it's cute tho hahah

•the first week they got together, Iris got so fucking excited that during their Champion meeting (which was at Unova at the time), she burst through the door of the meeting hall going "Bianca and I are dating now!!"

-all the Champions were so happy for her that they ended up celebrating w the Unova kids and the League hahah

•Bianca's parents weren't so.. well, her father wasn't as accepting, but like,, they said they just respected her wishes and her mother said she was happy that she found someone she loves

-it honestly hurt her that her father still wasn't that supportive of her, but Iris was there for her at least and told her that at least her mother was happy for her, and hey, Drayden likes her yknow, and Bianca is always welcome at Opelucid to stay w her

-few years later at least, they finally lived together at Lacunosa

•Drayden tho was over the moon as well, he was happy his granddaughter found someone who she really loves and makes her happy as well, and he can see just how much Bianca loves Iris too, and for him that was enough

-he did cry a bit tho when Iris finally left home when she and Bianca finally got their own place, but hey, if Iris saw the tears in his eyes, then she's in no room to judge, she cried when she and Bianca got home too

•double dates w Cheren and Hilbert tho

-ough the four of them in the ferris wheel and just chmdnd your honour pls they are so soft

-Hilda and N are third wheeling each pair tho, it's only fair, Hilda said hahah

-as compensation that N and Hilda has to endure all the lovey dovey couples whenever all six of them are together, the pairs would chip in to buy them the snacks they want and ofc Hilda takes advantage of that hahaha

-N was honestly just really happy for them, but hey, as much as he insists for them to not buy him stuff, he'd let Hilda take his share so she'd be happy too

•look, hear me out okay, since in my hcs Bianca has a Serperior, imagine if Iris got them an Applin bc it's both a Dragon and Grass type, the types of their aces

-ofc that Applin was spoiled rotten, Bianca never leaves Applin by themself, she brings them around everywhere and it loves to sit on Serperior's back as Bianca does her field work

[unproduciblesmackdown]

You're so right about the Will Roland fanart problems. It seems like back when Will Roland was only known for Jared people were way more proWill because he could be their funny meme boi who ate bathbombs but now that he's a lead with all these emotional songs it's like God forbid he's not their "twink bby". Idk it annoys me so much especially when people draw the rest of the Broadway cast and still use WillC or do an animatic with WillRs voice and WillCs character ugh like. Accept the Roland pls

lmao we are all just out here grabbing the mic like “attention all bastards: Look, just because will roland isn’t your ideal fancast for most adorable twink of the year - “

really like, i have never come across any signs of there having been any pattern in the deh fandom of ~taking issue~ with will’s Abilities to sing or play the part of a struggling teen or whatever like what crops up re: him being the lead in bmc.....it also is unsurprising yet disappointing that like, jared and alana are so easily completely ignored, but when they Are acknowledged it’s super flattened interpretations like, either they’re both hypocritical jerks (just based on evan’s gfy accusations basically lol) or if they’re actually viewed in a positive way it’s just like, alana is your friendly local Model Student and jared is memes and neither of them are in the way! :3

you litrally cannot ignore jeremy the Whole Entire Main Character tho and also like. can’t ignore the fact that caring about jeremy as a Romantique Lead is ahhh important to many ppl in the fanbase? so him being regarded as ~less cute~ is more of an Issue b/c the character must be taken seriously and is the sympathetic hero and has a lot more solo material / more of Any material / more focus than jared does in deh.........you Have To Look At Him and care about his actual feelings and not just misinterpret the character as “has no serious emotions b/c he doesn’t say serious things in a serious tone” the way ppl misinterpret jared. there’s the assumption that someone who is good / sympathetic should also be attractive / cute / Personally Appealing To Look At and that wasn’t as much a conflict when ppl didn’t think it was important to sympathize / care about / pay attention to jared too much, and the “conflict” of caring abt jeremy’s capacity for a romantic relationship but that’s less important if he’s not as Cute also not being as much an issue when most people don’t care about jared’s romantic feelings or think that they exist despite jared being in love with evan But Anyways

like it is wild the things people will just make up to “justify” their Dislike for will, which has only manifested as apparent Issues thanks to him playing jeremy rather than jared........there’s the classic “mm idk i don’t think he can sing that well” approach which like. some people are just trying to say they do not like the inherent descriptive qualities of his voice, which is more nasal obviously and don’t anyone come in here with the “Actually the Technical definition of Nasal re Vocals is” b/c we know what i mean, alright? nasal voices are not considered ~serious~ and there’s the kneejerk dumb-annoying-loser-nerd association. god knows that jeremy heere canNot have characteristics that could be automatically judged as irritating and unappealing. then there’s the notion that He doesn’t have the (vocal) range!! which like. do you honestly think they would cast someone who doesn’t have the correct range. you’re aware that will roland was being considered for the part of jeremy in the two river run up to the last round of callbacks. you know that the song that was literally written expressly to suit will roland’s individual voice and singing abilities makes use of his falsetto which people go “omg he can’t hit those high notes” except sometimes when they misattribute his falsetto to other singers they suddenly find it worth complimenting. and then you get people who like, want to subscribe to this softened version of it and get all backhanded like “oh i think will’s vocals are improving whew that���s good” in any random video and always Only single him out apparently like. did you think he gets worse with experience? you don’t wanna talk about any of these other professional singers improving or worsening or anything? only wanna give ur assessment of william’s huh

honestly i for real haven’t seen the 1.0 version b/c i’m here via will roland in the first place & i’ve never gotten the impression that there’s some Essential Content i’m missing out on by having only seen 2.0........but between a) people complaining that will r’s jeremy is Too Frustrated He Shouldn’t Be That Angry It Makes Him Less Sympathetic and b) saying just as a point of comparison betwixt the depictions that will r’s jeremy is more frustrated and c) i haven’t read That much bmc fic but people sure talk about jeremy being like five seconds away from bursting into tears at any given moment which like, okay yeah aren’t we all, but also i presume this stems from will c’s apparently Sadder portrayal of jeremy. i almost forgot where i was going with this one but i think it’s just that yeah people truly take issue with will r’s jeremy being more frustrated and it’s like you realize there’s no Right or Wrong portrayal / interpretation even if you prefer one for whatever reasons......theatre just is Like that.......you have a slightly different portrayal during ever performance even from the same actors, and you’ll often have different actors playing the role........yeah people usually are attached to the first performance they see / have that as their Standard and that’s fine, it’s just like, you don’t have to decide that’s an Objective view and that you have Objective issues with everyone else’s take. 1.0 is still there for you

uhhhh oh yeah and the whole Clout idea lmao......people really putting themselves out there shaking their heads at the supposed fact that will was cast for the off bway run to Boost Popularity b/c he was part of the deh obc......besides the whole thing that it’s hardly likely that would’ve been considered necessary anyhow, there’s the little thing that a) again, will roland had already been very seriously considered for the part even before will connolly was decided on for the original run and b) like.....these people had been collaborating for eons and you really think will roland only popped into their minds thanks to being in deh....and c) joe iconis has repeatedly said they specifically did Not want to cast people based on who was Known enough and whose names would be good for marketing and d) maybe anyone has noticed that the marketing never involved any mention of anyone in the cast? no? cool. and yet people like so truly think they’re Wise to ~real reason~ that they’d go and cast will roland as the lead. like people are making shit up and really just thinking it’s true b/c they Want it to be true b/c they Want to be validated in having actual contempt for will’s casting despite the “issue” being that he doesn’t seem as Likeable (worthy of sympathy...cough...) thanks to his deemed-unattractive looks and sweetly-adenoidal voice and more-frustrated portrayal all seeming less cute or whatever

and i mean i haven’t seen it crop up of late but the one particular Grasping At Straws ~justification~ for will being unworthy of the part thanks to perceived acting/singing incompetence which is soooo wild is when people are like “ough i Hate when he just holds his arms out when he sings” like fmslkdj if anything that’s just an individual quirk and the fact that it was something you noticed means you just latched on to it as potential fodder for “the fact i registered this information abt someone whose existence i Resent means it distracted me which means i hate it and it’s bad”...like another thing he does with his hands while singing is when he makes the loose claws and kind of half crosses his arms in front of his chest! where are the complaints about that?? nowhere, b/c people have not really processed it as a particular thing, so they can’t deem it a Particular Thing To Criticize. people sometimes Notice that his jared talks with his hands a lot, which will says is an acting choice that came from an unconscious tendency, but people really only bring it up to juxtapose will’s jared’s dramatic tendencies and nervous habits with sky’s jared’s more outwardly still and smoothed-over behavior. aka they don’t Complain about it or deem it a weakness / bad thing. and yet people caring about bmc are really jumping on that chance to be like oh ugh there he goes again, having a characteristic i associate with him as an individual, disgusting, can’t believe will connolly was murdered for this..

it’s a bit clearer too with bmc moreso than deh that people aren’t super willing to accept how will roland Looks b/c like, thanks to will connolly’s jeremy having the long hair thing you can Tell The Difference In Which Actor Is Represented when ppl draw the character even if the rest of the features are kind of “generic” (and how even the costuming isn’t a dead giveaway since ppl will draw connolly jeremy in 2.0/3.0′s outfits) and it even serves to specify the actor in writing format too if they mention the hair lol........and honestly?? this fact is one of the most damning things lol in that people the reason so many ppl continue to produce connolly-based jeremys is Not because for whatever reason they can’t / it’s too difficult to draw a will roland lookin jeremy......like a lot of the time The trait which serves to distinguish between the two is the hair thing. people are adopting jeremy’s new costuming and stuff but choosing to make sure we know that jeremy does not Look like will roland and the clearest indicator of this is the longer hair thing......which also means that for many people the main effort they’d need to exert to make it clear they’re drawing wrol jeremy would just be to....shorten the hair. And Yet!!!! it is apparently beyond people to do this

like uh nice on making a lgw animatic but really.........really we’re gonna take the song that is specifically from the 2.0 / 3.0 runs, so it’s obvious we’re Accepting that non-1.0 content, okay......and we’re Accepting will roland’s vocals, which, a person’s voice is a physical trait of theirs too, same as The Existence Of Their Body........and yet jeremy Cannot Look Like How Will Roland Looks, that’s too far, can’t do that. we can take material from the specific versions the actor was cast in, that material being a song written specifically for this individual actor’s voice, in the form of this actor’s actual vocals......but can’t have the depicted image of jeremy be based on this actor’s appearance..............of all the......

really all that it is is that more people find will connolly more attractive than will roland and this makes them feel like will roland Is Worse and then the people who just run with that either just embrace that and are crashing around on public forums saying Lol i hate him cuz he’s ugly lmao....and then you have people who don’t wanna do that but don’t wanna actually examine why they ~take issue~ with will being cast and so they’ve gotta leap on any Other things about him that feel more acceptable / Objective like oh the portrayal is “Wrong” (that’s not how this works) or he can’t sing well enough (yeah he can) or high enough (yeah he can) or he was stunt cast (no he wasn’t) or they wanna label every characteristic / trait they can think up that Isn’t his physical appearance as Annoying And Bad like. maybe stop and ask why you find it SO pressing that this other actor has the part and it Must be objectively inferior if not ruinous for reasons you gotta invent about him being incompetent cuz it’s better to make stuff up about how a professional actor isn’t good enough for a part than to say you don’t think he’s cute enough and are bothered by that

it didn’t matter as much to people when they viewed his character as either Just A Joke or Just A Jerk or flat-out disposable material. being attractive is for serious sympathetic beloved characters, natch

unfortunately jeremy can’t be written off as The Unimportant Meme Friend With No Real Feelings so now there’s a whole problem if an actor is not as cute

like b/c of the way he looks ppl can accept that a character played by will roland can be funny or can be rude or can really not be too important to take seriously / consider complex or sympathetic or likeable beyond being a walking Running Joke, but when it comes to a sympathetic main character whose emotional state is so important it’s practically assigned a character and who’s a romantic lead? now people have a problem with him looking the way will roland does