#prob the wrong tag

[mischas]

What would've happened if season 2 started differently if DJ never existed? Let's face it the guy was a snooze.

Oh yes, the DJ storyline sucks. And for many reasons. The actors don't have chemistry, he looks so much older than even Ben (which he was!), the borderline racist tone, the extremely classist tone, and the character switch they do on Marissa to make her reduce him to "the yard guy" which we know s1 Marissa would never dream of doing. She dated Ryan for a year without giving a toss about what his upbringing means to be enmeshed with hers. So that's all so frustrating.

Something this show did was resolve their storylines very poorly. They move at breakneck speed and it caught up with them in s2 when they had to scramble. And I understand to a degree, this is network tv in the 2000s, but we know now that JS and co needed to be reigned the fuck in even in s1 so they wouldn't exhaust every decent storyline in two episodes.

So anyway, in order for RM to ever have a chance of a real reunion, I'd have Marissa and Ryan really get into what tore them apart pre-Theresa. Which was Oliver. And the show demonized Marissa for it entirely which was insane (and led to character backlash online which JS was voraciously paying attention to). Marissa plays catch-up to Ryan's moral superiority from then on and it's infuriating. So I'd fix that shit. Remind the audience that Ryan broke her trust first with breaking into her locker and stealing her letter. Something that other teen shows, particular supernatural ones, do is ponder the idea of your beloved's agency vs their safety. The show says that Ryan is in the right for breaking into her locker because he's right that Oliver is evil/crazy/in love with Marissa/possibly putting her in danger. And it's an interesting moral dilemma if done well, but they don't do shit with it in the aftermath. Marissa has to painfully grovel at Ryan's feet all because she didn't believe him when he had zero evidence. Ridiculous.

And because this is tv let's distill this into a scene at the end of 202 when Ryan gets to go home feeling morally superior about breaking things off with Marissa before they've even started again because he's so concerned with her white lie. Like whatever dude. Like he hasn't been sleeping in Theresa's bed all summer. I imagine Marissa coming to him after the carnival and pushing him about these things. Also, it drives me crazy that 127 even has Ryan not fully gleeful about Theresa possibly getting an abortion. Sandy is the only one making sense there. Ryan is 17 years old yet they want him to have the countenance of someone who's 35. That's a problem throughout the show, really. I'm not saying he'd be skipping around Newport joyful but it is so insane to play it out like this is a wanted pregnancy for anyone involved. And for it to happen to the one Latinx character they've semi-centered (in southern California!) is... something. As well as the DV storyline and the original Eddie storyline they really wanted to go with. God, a mess. Anyway. When Ryan is informed of the supposed miscarriage in 201, we're supposed to believe Ryan doesn't even see Theresa for... months? She tells him not to come back but come on this is Ryan! Ryan who we're told is noble and good. He wouldn't go back to Chino to even hug her??? It's so crystal clear that the show wants to quickly move past this bomb they created in s1. Anyway, I'd want Ryan and Marissa to have a real conversation about how that summer impacted their lives and that'd inevitably bring up how he slept with Theresa two whole seconds after the Oliver melodrama blew up. Which could bring about a frank discussion about how they both use sex as a distraction rather than an act of love.

And let's say they talk about these things and still decide they shouldn't be together, I think that'd bring with it a good tension. Keep them in one another's lives because they're in the same circles. Maybe even do similar storylines with other love interests, but sprinkle in some pining and close encounters that give audiences what they really want. It's partly what SS get in s2, though the show drops the ball on why they're not together since they don't flesh out Seth's reasons for leaving beyond 201 and they don't come close to touching Summer's abandonment issues like they should.

If it's clear that I've thought about this before, you'd be right. Lol. I think s2 has an ok framework but could've been tweaked even a little bit to be really, really good.

[astarfromsomewhere]

Mitosis

Live parent/creator reaction

[mythalism]

genuinely curious how the writers and larger dragon age audience would treat thom rainier if instead of being appropriately* repentant and putting himself in prison he blew up a major orlesian government building to instigate a chevalier rebellion or tried to have someone do some necromantic blood magic ritual involving uncertain danger and possible sacrifices to bring the innocent children he ordered killed back to life

[ollyollyaxe]

more doujin-inspired ranson doodles (the spicy half this is up on my sideblog btw and also here 👀)

[eloscore]

[mcytegg]

as kindly as possible. why does kab think 4c should care abt her nearly as much as he cares for squiddo, his day 1 teammate? like why the fuck would he ever betray squiddo for killing someone he isnt teamed or even allied with?

[usagifuyusummer]

Is this what we're gonna eventually see in The Field of Pink and Gold???

KERDLY???

Older and married too??? What????!!!!!!

Impossible and will never ever happen. It's most likely they are all gonna die horrible deaths, and we will all cry and have depression.

Credit to @entropicbias for the older Kris and Berdly designs. That art was CUTE and really funny, lmao.

[athena-xox]

Shhh shhh I’m definitely not saying anything *whispers in your ear* but I keep seeing “‘we need more complex female characters’ but they couldn’t handle Apple White.”

But like …

That applies more to Apple fans than those who dislike her

Because while yes there are Apple haters who completely overlook the complexity of her character but more often than not it’s those who like her that in trying to defend her take away the complexity of her character.

Like some people can’t stand the complexity of her character so they water her down

hmm HMM

Idk like excusing apples actions is VERY different from explaining them

[kat1nkulta]

Sunset wayfarer Loop

Unlike with Faelantern, this one didn’t remind me of Loop at all I just wanted to draw them with butterflies and also yay sunsets

Anyway OG and effectless ver. below

The text version is blasted with light effects bc the dungeon events are shown on an old display screen and are glared to all hell. Finally got it again in MD so i can add the ingame ss

[derrypubliclibrary]

i either have 2 make a cowgirl oc or i have 2 put The Characters in that situation but i cannot keep going like this (plagued by Cowboy Thoughts for some reason)

[vagueeyes]

what episodes of inside no 9 do you think reece is hottest in? unfortunately i think for me he peaked in the single worst episode of the show. (there were a grand total of two episodes in which i thought steve was hot and it was disturbing both times but the man looks good with a beard).

Thought about this for a bit.

Short answer - it's THE TROLLEY PROBLEM and THE STAKEOUT, specifically these moments:

Longer, slightly non-answer - I'm not sure how I've come across on my blog so far, but if I'm honest, while I do find Reece aesthetically attractive, this is incidental & not something that usually comes to my mind whenever I watch him in anything. I just like watching him act & listening to him speak in interviews/pods/panels. He's interesting & funny as hell (and often relatable, but that's getting parasocial). 🤷‍♀️

Which ep did you think he peaked in?

[metukika]

im getting to a point in the fandom where i'm inserting ocs... cringe and free

[bonnix]

springtrap 👯‍♂️ for @ravenmccookies >:]

[s0lar-ch3ri]

when cheri has ocs

its time to go silly mode.

LETS TALK ABOUT MY OCS FOR ONCE IN FOREVER :D

OKAY SO LIKE. paige (he/xey). 16 year old paige. he got multiple arms and shit, can grow up to 20 extra, and uses sign mainly to communicate as hes slowly losing his hearing (hes like at 40 as of rn, would be more but Events happened and it went down a LOT quicker)! he is a pd oc and has a nephew named collins (who ill talk about more either later or in a diff post, depends how i feel) and like. lets get into his silly lil thigns (putting a read more cause long rambles tee hee)

(OH AND NELF IK YOU FOLLOW ME. NO NO READING FOR YOU. or actually any of my friends in the rp sighs)

POWER INFO:

the arms can pop out basically anywhere on the back and sides of the torso (this does include the shoulders)! they can all be given different tasks to do, but paige prefers to have them all do the same things. the arms function like regular arms, and can be hidden on command. the arms arent really stored, they just appear. xeir skin though does has a faster scar-making process as to handle the arms that pierce out.

DRAWBACKS/DOWNSIDES/WEAKNESSES:

the arms do pierce the skin each time, and while xeir skin is able to form back at much quicker speeds, it still aches a bit when their first pulled out. the pain can last for longer and hurt more dependent on how many arms are pulled out. from this, everything becomes strange sensory wise and attempting tasks (like restraining someone or even picking something up) becomes a lot harder.

to command the arms to do different things requires a lot of focus on the arms. the more complicated, or the more arms doing all different things, the commands to the arms are, the less outside information is to taken in as to keep a focus over all the arms.

if an odd amount of arms is in use, it can cause an unbalance. its similar to phantom limb in a way, being incomplete in its set.

the arms can randomly pop out unexpectedly. whether its because of a fear response or he just had the misfortune of having them, it always hurts like hell (more then normal, and because of their wild nature, it doesnt really go away) and takes a bit to put away. he also becames basically unaware of his surroundings as all his focus goes into controlling these arms.

with the wild arms and shit, they also can damage paige. they are not under paiges control (unless, ofc, the focus thing) and as such squirm around. however, things can escalate and the arms seem to have a mind of their own, able to aimlessly grab and rip at things. this includes paige.

BACKSTORY:

paige had started noticably going deaf at the age of 8. for a couple years, they (xeir parents) tried to have paige speak, but eventually (when he was like 9 or 10) they just had him learn sign. also around the age of 8, paige had noticed the arm thing, but managed to hide them easy. hes a lil transgender guy and uses binding tape (he/xey btw should have said that sooner)! he ended up telling his nephew his secret (moreso because he caught him once and paige just decided to explain it all). as of current, paige is in highschool (where he gets picked on i mean hes a disabled kid hello??), able to balance both being a hero and a student pretty well (he may be failing a couple classes but like. surely he can fix it).

THE SECRET:

paige doesnt actually have "xeir" own powers. its a parasite, implanted into his brain. whether by accident or not (still havent decided), it was implanted around the birth of paige and is slowly eating away. its why the arms can be very wild and shit, theyre not really belonging to his control or him at all. it wasnt really identifiable and it isnt noticed by paige. so uh yeah

[cepheusgalaxy]

Hello world! <- straight from the site

[plain text: "hello world!" with a gradient from red to blue /end pt.]

OKAY so apparently, each word in here is a different color. To make a gradient all I will need is to hm. Know the two end colors + ALL the intermediary colors. So let's try:

<span style='color: #cb4dae;'>H</span><span style='color: #bd61c9;'>e</span><span style='color: #a974de;'>l</span><span style='color: #9185ee;'>l</span><span style='color: #7495f8;'>o</span> <span style='color: #54a3fc;'>w</span><span style='color: #2eaffa;'>o</span><span style='color: #00b9f4;'>r</span><span style='color: #00c3ea;'>r</span><span style='color: #0ecbdf;'>l</span><span style='color: #3dd2d2;'>d</span>

thus:

Hello worrld

[pt: "hello worrld", with a gradient from pink to teal, but the last 'd' is white. /end pt.]

...okay, that's ALMOST right XD.

mistakes: inserted to Rs instead of one; somehow fucked up the last hex code real bad

let's try and fix it

<span style='color: #cb4dae;'>H</span><span style='color: #bd61c9;'>e</span><span style='color: #a974de;'>l</span><span style='color: #9185ee;'>l</span><span style='color: #7495f8;'>o</span> <span style='color: #54a3fc;'>w</span><span style='color: #2eaffa;'>o</span><span style='color: #00b9f4;'>r</span><span style='color: #00c3ea;'>l</span><span style='color: #0ecbdf;'>d</span>

ok so i just removed the second R and replaced it with the next letter, and then fixed the rest to make the word in the right order + deleted the last span code block. Oh wait i forgot the exclamation point

<span style='color: #cb4dae;'>H</span><span style='color: #bd61c9;'>e</span><span style='color: #a974de;'>l</span><span style='color: #9185ee;'>l</span><span style='color: #7495f8;'>o</span> <span style='color: #54a3fc;'>w</span><span style='color: #2eaffa;'>o</span><span style='color: #00b9f4;'>r</span><span style='color: #00c3ea;'>l</span><span style='color: #0ecbdf;'>d</span><span style='color: #3dd2d2;'>!</span>

thus...?

Hello world!

[pt: "hello world!" with a gradient from pink to teal. /end pt.]

HELL YES!

[juustozzi]

oop finally got to play the beta story update, gonna ramble in tags (will have spoilers)