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linkspooky · 4 months ago

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Compare Elphaba Thropp (wicked book + musical + movie (even tho "for good" hasn't come out yet as of this ask....) and Junko Enoshima (Canon+ Dangan Box)

JUNKO ENOSHIMA vs. ELPHABA THROPP

I'll admit anon this comparison seems like you picked two random characters out of a hat, but I like a challenge so let's do some inter-media analysis. Junko and Elphaba may seem to have no points in common with one another, but they are both characters who define their entire personality by embracing the villain role.

THE MOST POPULAR GIRL IN SCHOOL

Junko Enoshima is the surprise reveal Mastermind in Danganronpa a video game in the killing game genre by the japanese studio Spike Chunsoft. Elphaba Thropp is the main character / anti-villain of Wicked, a dark reimagining of L Frank Baum's children's novels the Wizard of Oz series into a darker fantasy that re-contextualizes the main antagonist the Wicked Witch of the West as a tragic character driven to her villainous role in the original Wizard of Oz by circumstances and an unjust society.

I'm going to be mainly working from the musical version of Elphaba here, since that's the version I know best.

Besides how wildly different the source materials these two characters come from are, there are also a lot of surface differences. The most obvious being that at first brush, Junko would have more in common with Glinda than Elphaba. Elphaba is a life-time outcast with no social skills. Whereas Junko is the most popular and beloved fashion model in the country, and that's before you get to the fact that Junko's entire "gyaru" schtick is just a facade she uses to manipulate people, because being beautiful, and charismatic and well-liked makes it a lot easier to get people to do what you want.

Junko's personality is that she is the most popular girl in high school, so much so that the english dub of the Danganronpa 3 anime has her affecting a valley girl accent.

Elphaba is scapegoated her entire life basically since birth, and the tragic circumstances which strip all of her loved ones from her one by one and make her the most hated member of society eventually causes her to snap. Her villain song "No Good Deed" is basically about how no matter what her good intentions everything Elphaba does seems to tragically blow up in her face. When she goes to the Wizard to ask for him to help the rights of Animals not only is she tricked into horribly mutilating some monkeys, she also finds out the Wizard is responsible for the oppression of Animals. When she steals the magic book and becomes a champion of the Animal cause, basically the only thing she accomplishes is becoming hated by all of society because the Wizard's propaganda machine is too powerful. When she tries to assist Nessa by restoring her ability to walk, Nessa uses the book to curse Boq. When Elphaba tries to save him, she gets blamed for turning him into the tin man. Fiyero finally falls in love with her and tries to run away with her? He immediately gets caught and killed by the Wizard's secret police.

… No good deed goes unpunished All helpful urges should be circumvented No good deed goes unpunished Sure, I meant well, well, look at what well-meant did All right, enough, so be it, so be it, then Let all Oz be agreed I'm wicked through and through since I can not succeed Fiyero, saving you I promise no good deed will I attempt to do again Ever again No good deed will I do again! (No Good Deed)

The point being that being Elphaba is suffering.

On the other hand, Junko's playing through life on easy mode. She's beautiful, loved by everyone, and always the smartest person in the room, if not the entire world. If Elphaba due to being born with green skin and a life time of being an outcast can never fit into the mould, Junko Enoshima is the mold. Junko's not only extremely talented, beautiful and adored by others she's also so smart she can easily manipulate anyone she encounters into doing whatever she want. She's so smart in fact, she can predict people's actions months in advance with perfect accuracy. She engineers a scenario where she can perfectly manipulate everyone into doing what she wants, even when she metaphorically lobotomizes herself giving herself amnesia that makes it impossible for her to remember her past or retain any short or long term memories and cannot even recall the plans she made months earlier.

“What’s your purpose?” Matsuda interrupted Enoshima with a question. His expression changed to a glare. “...Oh, getting serious? You won’t waste your time talking to the the ever famous Queen of Chatting, it’s like we’re in a saiyan battle, right?” “Just answer me!” Frustrated, Matsuda raised his voice angrily, “What is it you want to achieve? Just what is it you’re trying to do?” Enoshima tilted her head slightly to the side. “Nothing really. I don’t want to do anything.” “... What?” “It’s too late, I shan’t do a thing. I’m not going to do a single thing, I have everyone else doing it for me. Guys like the student council, the headmaster or the steering committee… and also that girl who you absolutely adore… EEEEVERYONE is running around, doing my work.” Hearing that, Matsuda’s face went dark red. “You already know? What I’m doing…?” “Whatever are you saying?” Enoshima raised her head, Matsuda looked down at her, “I’ve known what you were doing for a very long time now… You’ve been doing exactly as I intended you to do, so what are you saying? Hey, won’t you tell me?” (Danganronpa Zero).

Junko never encounters any difficulty, she always gets her way, there's no obstacles life can throw at her that she can't easily overcome. Which leaves her bored out of her mind, and feeling that she's not really alive, and people aren't really people just mechanical dolls carrying out predictable pre-programmed actions.

Danganronpa Zero is the origin story of Junko Enoshima and the events in her schooldays leading up to her becoming the mastermind of the killing game, very much the same way that Wicked is the origin story of Elphaba telling the events leading up to her becoming the villain in the Wizard of Oz. However, while Wicked is a tragedy because nothing goes according to plan for Elphaba and all of her good intentions backfire, DR:0 is a tragedy because everything goes Junko's way and she gets everything she wants.

As I said above Elphaba will never fit in, because of her status as the scapegoat, her lack of social skills due to always being outside of society and her inability to compromise on her hardline morals. Junko doesn't just fit in, she's the most popular girl in school, but the reason she's so good at fitting in is not just because she's good at reading people and manipulating her appearance in the public eye like GLinda, but because her brain is a massive supercomputer that is so good it can process the behavior patterns of everyone around her so well that she then can use that information to predict their future behavior with near perfection. As I said Junko completely wipes her memories in Dangan Ronpa Zero and runs around completely clueless as to what's going on, and everything still goes according to the plans that she laid months in advance.

The childhood friend that's wiping her memories, and basically keeping her prisoner? Yeah, he's only doing that because she wants him too, it's all a part of her long term plan to both use that friend to help develop memory erasing technology and also drive him into despair by making him horribly abuse the person he loves until he reaches his breaking point. The reason that friend is so obsessed with her? It's because Junko deliberately approached him when she was like five, and decided to manipulate him into being obsessed with her.

"I-In the end...everything went just as planned...from the very beginning straight to the end..." Matsuda spoke to that girl as well. While speaking, his consciousness was beginning to fade away, and just standing appeared to be a struggle. But even so, his frail gaze continued to focus on that girl. "B-But there's one thing I don't understand...why you planned such a troublesome turn of events. Why you went so far to have me take away your memory...in order to escape investigation from the school...it doesn't sound pleasant at all...but even so, you were able to push through all of it. T-Then why..." Failing to keep his ground, he finally sat down. But Matsuda continued his interrogation, resolute on obtaining his answer. "W-Was it to...p-pull me, who was always thinking of you, into despair?" That girl then began to finally move. She gently caressed his face with her hand in an almost lovingly way, and sat down next to him, paying no matter to the blood spread around the area. She then drew Matsuda's face, whose eyes were beginning to drift away, towards her own, and whispered. I'll tell you. That whisper was filled with a gentle feeling love, but it soon radically changed. "Are you fucking kidding me? Don't get so ahead of yourself! There's no way in hell I'd go through this pain in the ass mess just to bring you into despair! What the hell are you thinking!?" As soon as those words finished, that girl immediately thrusted her hand away from Matsuda's face. Doing so, Matsuda collapsed onto the pool of blood he created. "Y-You don't give a damn...is what you're saying, huh..." Matsuda muttered those words as he laid on his back gazing towards the ceiling. Staring at that face from straight above was that girl. Their faces were close enough for the tips of their noses to easily touch. But even so, his gaze didn't exactly match up with hers, as it began to absent-mindedly falter. "I guess...I don't have anything to with this...t-that really was the case after all..." Because of the overflowing blood, I felt an unnatural warmth developing in the back of my throat. But, that soon faded away. "H-How long have you felt that way...has it been since...we were children?" "Upupupupu." That girl's face then warped into a cruel smile. "What if I told you...that the reason your mom got that way was because of me? What kind of face would you show me?" "...Wha-?" Pain as if a sharp needle passed through his heart was displayed. "You're, you're not serious...are you?" (Danganronpa: Zero)

Elphaba's life is where nothing goes according to plan, and Junko's life is where everything goes to plan, but nonetheless both of their stories are tragedies. Because while Junko is the most popular girl in school, the personality she uses to speak and engage with everyone is a complete fabrication. In fact, Junko is so dishonest with people that she basically has no personalities, to the point when she finally reveals herself as the mastermind her gimmick is that she constantly switches personalities depending on her mood swings because she's gone so long without talking to other people it's made her unstable.

Junko is the most popular girl in school, but everything about her is a fabrication, a lie told to either manipulate people or make it easier for Junko to navigate through life. Junko's skill with makeup and fashion and her ability to analyze what people find attractive basically means she can make herself an 11 at all times and it's implied without the makeup, the hairdye and in normal clothes she just looks kind of... normal.

Back from her long period of absence, the first thing taken care of when returning to her dorm room was applying the makeup. Looking at her reflection in the mirror, Junko Enoshima saw despair. Geez, Matsuda-kun sure had horrible taste. Reflecting in the mirror was a simply plain, normal, and uninteresting female high school student. "...To think something like this was of value for despair."

Junko's real self, would likely be just as much of an outcast as Elphaba if she were ever genuine around other people. After all, Junko may be able to easily make people obsess over her and may be able to manipulate it so she's at the top of any social hierarchy, but at the end of the day she's defined by her complete and utter isolation from everyone around her. She's so bored out of her mind that she doesn't feel like she can engage with the world or the people around her, or that it's not even worth it because it's all so predictable.

Like there's a hidden script somewhere that everyone else is following, and Junko is the only person reacting to things like a real person and not following a set of pre-programmed actions or a script written out by someone else. There's a character in Medaka Box named Ajimu Najimi who suffers from a similiar problem of life being so easy she's deluded herself into believing that she's the only real person and everyone else in the world is a fictional character, following the cliches and tropes of shonen manga. Junko isn't exactly that far gone but she's definitely suffering from something similiar, in a way because Junko is simply too smart for this world it's impossible for her to live a normal life just like everyone else making her as much of an outcast as Elphaba.

This is why Junko is so resentful of hope, because she is unable to feel hope the same way that everyone else is, she's not able to feel anything for the future because she's wanted to die since she was a small child because to her that seems like the only escape. Junko despises hope, because of her inability to look forward to the future like everyone else, to feel what everybody else feels, to enjoy living a normal life like everyone else does.

Hope is harmony. A just heart, moving toward the light. That is all. Despair is hope's polar opposite. It is messy and confusing. It swallows up love, hatred, and everything else. Because not knowing where you will end up is despair. Despair is even what you cannot predict. Only despair's unpredictability can save you from a boring future.

Which is why she tries to find hope in despair instsead, part of it is just sour grapes, and the other part is just Junko's honest attempt to feel SOMETHING for the world and the people she loves by pushing people to such extremes that they might be harder to predict, because people and situations tend to flip out and become unpredictable when pushed to the kind of extreme lows of despair that Junko deliberately seeks out.

Predicting what will occur is simple. But not doing so would be more interesting. A stronger taste of despair will come on that way. But can I hold on for that long? Aah, what should I do?! Just picturing that despair caused Enoshima's heart to jump. Because Super High School Level Junko Enoshima, Wishes for despair above anything else. Finds hope within despair more than anyone else. Finds hope? "...What the hell? Me finding hope?" Realizing that she had been embracing hope, She fell into despair.

Bringing this finally back to Elphaba, the both of them share the same desire to be what is considered normal, to be able to live in the world just like everyone else after a lifetime of being a perpetual outsider. Elphaba's entire I want song is about this, her belief that if the Wizard accepts her then everyone else will be forced to see that she was a good person and they were wrong all along to judge her for the color of her skin.

Once I'm with the Wizard My whole life will change 'Cause once you're with the Wizard No one thinks you're strange No father is not proud of you No sister acts ashamed And all of Oz has to love you When by the Wizard, you're acclaimed

So for both, their entire life is defined by how isolated they are from everyone and how different they are, and in a way both yearn to be just like everyone else. In Elphaba's case she wants love and acceptance, and in Junko's case she wants to be able to feel like she's a part of the world. She longs for the way that everyone else can live and enjoy their lives without being bored and apathetic.

However both of these characters are the main characters of their own respective stories, driven by a tragic flaw to their eventual ruin. In this case I'd say they both have similiar, if not the same tragic flaw which would be their own self-righteousness.

They've both developed superiority complexes as a result of their lifetime long isolation. To explain what I mean, well... I'm just going to let Senjyogahara do it because she does a good job.

The way both of them cope with their isolation is to imagine the reason they're isolated is because they're superior in some way. Elphaba may be the victim of severe bullying but she's not a wallflower in any stretch of the word, she's extremely loud, outspoken and opinionated. She doesn't take anything lying down, both Fiyero and Glinda comment on how she's always "flying off the handle" and doesn't let anyone else get in a word edgewise.

Junko is well, Junko... she thinks she's the center of the universe and manipulates her own sister into worshipping her like a goddess and serving her like a slave, and her best friend Matsuda into obsessing over her like they're the only two people in the world.

"You're saying I don't compare to some lowly beast that can only kill the weak, right? So I'm hopelessly attractive? Hopelessly brilliant? Hopelessly athletic...? I'm the hopelessly perfect ultimate human?"

There's a character in Medaka Box who believes her life is too easy, and wants to find hope in despair the same way that Junko does by making her life as hard as possible believing that only true miracles can come from suffering. So in order to do that she hides her beautiful face all the time under bandages, erases all of her happy memories, runs away from her rich home and lives homeless on the street for a long time, isolates herself at school so she's the target of rich bullying, all to make herself feel despair.

None of these are options that Junko considers (except for erasing her memory). Junko wants despair, but she'd never consider harming herself in any way that would ever tarnish her perfection or relinquish her superiority over others. No she tends to target other people, hurting her loved ones in a twisted sense of self-harm, but there's always something very uneven about it. Yes, abusing others does cause her suffering because of guilt and remorse since she genuinely loves them but they're always the ones who are suffering while Junko remains unharmed.

Junko, much like Gojo Satoru (and Glinda now that I think about it) hates her pedestal, but would never willingly step down from it and be just like all of the dirty commoners. Junko herself, and her own ego is getting in the way and denying herself the one thing she wants. Her superiority is basically all she has, she can't enjoy life like everybody else, she can't derive any joy or pleasure from anything besides pain and abuse, she can't love people properly because she can't feel any warmth from them until she's covered in their blood. So she's incredibly reluctant to relinquish it, to the point where one of her backup plans is to use the Neo World Programs to upgrade everyone else by uploading copies of her AI self into their brains. The Junko-ificiation of all humanity, or basically giving everyone upgraded specs is the only way she can imagine relating to other people because lowering herself in any possible way would mean admitting that she's the problem. That in Senjyogahara's words "she just can't enter the majority."

Iichan is really good at describing this particular sentiment, to reference another Nisioisin work Zaregoto. In case you couldn't tell Kodaka borrowed pretty heavily from Nisioisin's ideas when coming up with Junko's character since I've referenced 3 of his works in my character analysis of her.

"Everyone was enjoying their lives without having to do such things. They were living happily without ever having to come up with these answers, or even questions, for that matter. They laughed, they cried, at times they got angry. I thought this was because they were ignorant. I thought they were all just naively frolicking about in a minefield. I thought that one day they would come to curse their own foolishness. When they stepped on a mine and everything was over, then they'd regret it. But I was wrong. I was just some lonely kid, living in a world I had made for myself, inventing questions and answering them to make mnyself feel better. I seriously thought I could just use theories to compensate for real-life experiences, and I thought that if I wanted, even I could become happy. I was being a boy incorrectly." (Zaregoto, Book 2: The Kubishime Romanticist)

Elphaba shares this same flaw, this imagined superiority to cope with a life where she's never been accepted by anyone. This decision to make being the outcast role that was forced upon them their entire personality, and make that a good thing because it has to be. It has to be everyone else that's doing something wrong, because otherwise there's something internally wrong about them. If there's something internally wrong about them that can't be fixed, if they're the reason that everyone is rejecting them then it's completely hopeless.

Of course Elphaba's reasoning is much more sympathetic than Junko's because she's subjected to what is a thinly veiled metaphor for racial prejudice, and she only tortures the one twelve year old not an entire class full of children.

However, and I swear despite being in the Wicked fandom for YEARS I have never seen anyone else but me have this opinion: Elphaba is still incredibly self-righteous.

it's a coping mechanism, she has to be right because of all the circumstances I described above, because she doesn't want to accept the unfair predjucice that is levied against her so she has to reject other people's opinions entirely. However, it's still not a particularly healthy coping mechanism.

The problem with self-righteousness is that it makes you incapable of admitting you're wrong, or bending, compromising or changing in any way. In striving to be right in every situation, Elphaba doesn't allow herself to be human or fallible which is why she's so often blindsided by her own mistakes and misfortune.

Elphaba is an extremely moral person, and so unbending on her principles she would rather become the outcast of all of society then give up on her cause to champion Animal rights, but she also has some repressed selfishness. In her Disney I want song she sings about how she wants everyone in Oz to celebrate her. She's so used to being unloved, her desire to prove everyone wrong about her means that people should realize how brilliant she is and celebrate her instead.

And one day, he'll say to me "Elphaba A girl who is so superior Shouldn't a girl, who's so good inside Have a matching exterior? [...] But I swear, someday there'll be A celebration throughout OZ That's all to do with me! [...]

Don't tell me that Elphaba doesn't have a bit of a superiority complex, she literally sings that she's superior.

Elphaba is genuinely tempted to work with the Wizard in Wonderful when he promises that people will accept and love her again if she works side by side with him.

At long, long last receive your due long overdue Elphaba, the most celebrated are the rehabilitated There'll be such a whoop-de-doo A celebration throughout Oz That's all to do with you Wonderful They'll call you wonderful It does sound wonderful Trust me, it's fun When you are wonderful It would be wonderful Wonderful, wonderful One! Two! And

Even in No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, which is Elphaba's lowest point she admits that her championing of the Animal cause and her attempts to do good might have just been out of a desire for validation for her existence.

One question haunts and hurts Too much, too much to mention Was I really seeking good Or just seeking attention? Is that all good deeds are when looked at with an ice-cold eye? If that's all good deeds are Maybe that's the reason why

Elphaba is a complicated and volatile of a mixture of a person who genuinely wants to be good and sympathizes with the outcast because she's always been an outcast, and also a person who's been neglected so thoroughly she needs the attention of either being loved or hated by everyone.

She is a case of a person who is genuinely persecuted and also has a persecution complex, because as I said above she has to imagine that her persecution is actually a result of jealousy on other people's part that she has to be superior. She doesn't want to believe there's internally something wrong with her, so she has internal goodness instead. Both Glinda and Elphaba are obsessed with the idea of being good, it's why Elphaba is driven to champion other people's causes and why she's character foils with Glinda.

To support my argument looking at the actual events of the play, while Elphaba choosing to stand with the animals and turn into an anti-society terrorist against the wizard in support of their cause is the morally right thing to do, it also in the long run in the events of the play accomplishes absolutely nothing.

I don't think the musical is condemning Elphaba's decision to work outside the system as wrong though, moreso Elphaba just could never accomplish all of her goals on her own. When she tries to do everything on her own she tragically fails. It's not entirely her fault, she did invite Glinda to come with only to be turned down (it's what makes the play a tragedy not everything is her fault some of it is circumstances) but the fact is she couldn't do it on her own.

Elphaba goes from:

Unlimited My future is unlimited

To this in For Good:

I'm limited Just look at me I'm limited And just look at you, you can do all I couldn't do

Defying Gravity is Elphaba's big breakout song where she declares that she can break free from everything, but the story is a tragedy and she quickly comes crashing down to earth in act 2. It turns out tragically she cannot defy gravity she is just as affected by gravity as everyone else.

Elphaba accomplishes basically nothing on her own, and the only actual change she's able to affect in the world is when she's working together with Glinda by guiding Glinda back on the right path at the end of the play.

The problem with being to be right in every situation is that when you can't admit your wrong, you can never learn from your mistakes. That is what dooms both Junko and Elphaba. They are both forced into the villain role by circumstances. In order to reclaim some agency in a life where they have very little (Elphaba didn't ask to become the scapegoat of the wizard's propaganda machine for trying to do the right thing, and Junko didn't ask to be born a super genius) they embrace the villain role that's essentially been forced upon them.

All right, enough, so be it, so be it, then Let all Oz be agreed I'm wicked through and through since I can not succeed Fiyero, saving you I promise no good deed will I attempt to do again Ever again No good deed will I do again!

However, to be a villain is to be an unchanging and stagnant existence because villains are fictional. There are no villains in real life. Junko and Elphaba are acting out the role of the villain, because they are both unable or unwilling to be human. Which is what leads to their tragic ending because both are unable to change in time.

Junko's quite literally defined by her unchanging the nature, she's despaired since the day she was born and plans on one day killing herself as a final fuck you to the world.

"Stop it stop it stop it STOP IT! How many times do I have to tell you!? The act of living brings me no hope at all! All I want now is to taste that despair of death that you only get once in life. So... Don't get in my way!" (Dangaronpa: THH) Junko Enoshima was a god of Despair itself. She was born in despair, spreading it to the hopes of others and letting them rot from the inside out, dyeing them into her own colour. For Junko, the act of having hope was despair in and of itself. The act of accomplishing despair was to 'successfully accomplish the hope of despair', making it at once joy and excruciating pain. Junko had proudly walked this abyss of contradictions all her life. The abyss would one day swallow the world and tear it in two. (DANGANRONPA: IF)

Elphaba's greatest strength and her greatest weakness is her complete inability to bend, as good as her unbending principles all they eventually lead her to just endure tragedy after tragedy until she breaks.

Junko spends her entire life looking for someone who can give her a challenge or an answer to why she feels so hopeless, or how she's supposed to go on in a world so boring and predictable only for Makoto to finally give her the answer "Well, uh maybe we should just keep believing in the future and hope for the best" and Junko's so unsatisfied with the answer she kills herself.

Elphaba is willing to become the enemy of society to fight for the things she believes in, but she accomplishes all of nothing in her years as the Wicked Witch and eventually just decides to flee Oz entirely.

There are no such thing as villains, and in trying to be the villain both Elphaba and Junko deny their own humanity and their ability to grow and change which ultimately dooms both of them to live and die as the villain of the story.

Also for one more similiarity, it turns out that Junko has a character song too hidden on some obscure CD they sold in Japan. Which means both Junko also has a disney princess "I want song" at least until she gets bored halfway through and stops singing.

(Monokuma personality) Overwhelming despair, battling against hope This situation gets my heart pounding and me all excited! Upupupu...let’s wrap this up soon, shall we? Despair! Despair! Hope? Upupupupu...EXTREME! (regular Junko) Aaaah, no more! I’m tired of this...I’m tired of despairingly singing! Sick of this song, of changing my personality, all of it It’s all just so despairingly hopeless! Hey, it is okay? Is it okay if I end this now? I mean...this kinda song is outta fashion these days to begin with, right? Cause it’s dull. It’s lame. It’s gross. It’s annoying. ...Ah, well then. Alrighty, let’s hurry up and end this, kay?

I bet Junko could totally hit the high notes in defying gravity if she wanted to... at least until she got bored and decided to stop trying.

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eisforeidolon · 2 years ago

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(This is gonna sound random because I was reading old posts, sorry!)

What makes me bitter about Season 12 is that they had the perfect opportunity for a reset and even seemed to set it up several times, so I actually dared to hope they might go that route, but they didn't.

The MoL after the Amara storyline seemed like a way to make it smaller again when they could not possibly go bigger, but still present a new challenge because Sam and Dean are experts on fighting MONSTERS, but what do they do when the villains are human? They could have blown up the Bunker when they were trapped inside, eliminating that stagnation. Mary could have sacrificed herself after her redemption during the raid. Cas could have stayed dead with Crowley. Lucifer could have been locked away for good. The Jack storyline should never have happened. They even got the Colt back! It could have been two brothers on the road with their magic gun again, instead of *gestures disgustedly at everything*

No need to apologize, anon! I'm generally up for discussion, even from old posts.

Yes, exactly, it was just so frustrating! There were a couple of things they did around season 11-12 where it felt like they actually sat down and realized the show was stagnating and came up with a few things that might have actually worked to fix that ... and then it felt like they basically just sloppily threw it all away.

When they introduced Billie and The Empty, it could have reintroduced real stakes in terms of physical peril. Sure, nobody with any sense believed Sam or Dean would die permanently before the end of the show. But at a point when heaven/hell/purgatory basically had a revolving door for the Winchesters? It brought back the idea getting resurrected might actually be hard/complicated and shouldn't just be taken for granted. Except instead of actually utilizing that, they threw it away on one of the most pointless Castiel deaths & resurrections in the entire series (which is really saying something) to show just how overpowered their latest absurdly overpowered character was. Can't exactly take it serious as a threat when the first time they bring somebody back from the place "no one comes back from" it was barely even on purpose.

Resurrecting Mary could have helped to re-center the show in terms of emotional stakes. At that point, Sam and Dean had been subjected to so much trauma that the writers just brushed under the rug when it wasn't convenient to deal with that it didn't even feel important. Of course the show wasn't going to deal with it 100% realistically, but when it starts to feel like the characters don't even get to care, why should we? But they could have reexamined all kinds of things from the way they grew up to the latest disaster through Mary's new and concerned eyes. Except the Mary they brought back could barely be bothered to give a single solitary fuck about her sons at all, because she was too busy being an embarrassing caricature of a Strong Female Character who is actually just an asshole with informed awesome abilities.

Introducing the BMoL could have helped stop the problem of ever-escalating enemies and bogging down in heaven/hell bureaucracy bullshit. Where do you go after you have your protagonists fight God's Sister? Well, if you don't want to make up yet more random deities or have them fight God himself (sigh), you find a different kind of challenge to give them, a new angle they have to work they aren't already experts at. The BMoL were human, so Dean and Sam should have needed to find new ways to deal with them. They couldn't just straight up murder humans, right? They should have needed to actually learn how to be subtle, maneuver, compromise, organize, do something they had reason to be challenged by. Something that wasn't just searching fruitlessly for the next McGuffin until the script said it was time to find it and win. Except the BMoL were absurdly competent and incompetent in turns and then just cartoonishly evil for reasons, until in the end? The Winchesters just got together a group of hunters and murdered them all as if they were literal monsters. So we could go back to yet more heaven/hell bullshit that they also half-assed on all fronts.

So, so much of the Dabbernatural seasons felt to me like the writers over and over choosing the laziest and least interesting paths.

#askboxery #anonymous #spn discussion #anti dabb

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bhagyaachievers12 · 2 months ago

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Scoring 80+ in CS Professional Subjects Using Targeted Mock Test Practice

Scoring 80+ marks in CS Professional subjects might sound like a tall order—but it’s far from impossible. With the right strategy, consistent effort, and, most importantly, targeted mock test practice, top scores are well within your reach.

In this blog, we’ll break down how to use mock tests effectively, why they're crucial for success, and proven strategies that rank holders swear by.

Why It's Crucial for CS Professionals to Score 80+

Although passing the CS Professional exam is an excellent achievement, you have an immense advantage if you achieve distinction-level scores (80+):

Helps you qualify for All India Ranks

Increases your overall aggregate

Increases your confidence for professional practice and interviews.

Distinguishes you in the list of ICSI results.

However, what distinguishes average scorers from high scorers? The solution is astute, calculated planning, with practice exams at its center.

The Benefits of Dedicated Practice for Mock Exams

Mock exams offer so much more than just a way to test your memory; they can actually help you:

Experience the pressure of a real exam

Identify any gaps in your understanding

Improve your time management skills

Clarify your concepts

Strengthen your response-writing abilities

Unlike just solving random questions, dedicated practice can really make a difference!

How to Use Mock Tests to Score 80+ – Step-by-Step

1. Start Early - Don’t Wait Till the Last Month

Begin taking subject-wise mock tests 2-3 months before your exam. Don’t wait until you’ve "completed the syllabus." Testing early helps you learn smarter.

2. Follow a Topic-Wise Testing Plan

Don’t just take full-length papers. Instead:

Break each subject into chapters or themes

Take sectional tests after completing each topic

Analyze what concepts you’re repeatedly getting wrong

3. Simulate Exam Conditions

Stick to the official time limit (3 hours)

Use a physical answer sheet or online test platform

Sit in a distraction-free environment

This builds exam stamina and prepares your mind for the real day.

4. Focus on Presentation and Structure

Scoring 80+ isn’t just about knowledge—it’s about how you present answers. Use:

Headings and subheadings

Case law references (if applicable)

Bullet points and proper format Mock tests are the best place to polish this skill.

5. Review Every Paper in Detail

Highlight mistakes

Compare with model answers

Ask: Why did I get this wrong? Was it a conceptual gap, memory slip, or misreading the question?

Keep a mistake tracker to avoid repetition.

6. Reattempt Weak Areas

Re-attempt tests after revision. The goal is mastery, not just exposure. Revisiting challenging topics builds long-term retention.

Bonus Tips from 80+ Scorers

Use past year papers and incorporate those into your mock tests.

Stick to ICSI study material for core prep and use mock tests for application.

Join a structured test series with expert evaluation and feedback.

Practice at least 10 full-length papers before the exam for each subject.

Recommended Tools for Mock Test Practice

CS Professional Test Series by ICSI

CA/CMA/CS mock platforms like Edugyan, Testserieskart, or Bhagya Achievers

Handwritten test practice for subjective papers

Google Docs or Word for typing-based subjects (in case of open-book online exams)

Final Words

Scoring 80+ in CS Professional isn’t just a dream—it’s a goal you can achieve with the right preparation strategy. Targeted mock test practice gives you the clarity, speed, and confidence needed to tackle complex papers and stand out in your results.

Whether you're hitting the books solo or getting some coaching, signing up for a structured exam series can really make a difference. Our exceptional CS Executive Test Series offers authentic exam simulations, quick feedback, and questions verified by experts to ensure you're ready for the exam from day one.

Remember, you’ll always perform at the level of your preparation, not just your goals. And let’s not forget, the secret sauce that sets top achievers apart is all about those mock exams.

Start today, stay consistent, and let each mock test move you closer to that 80+ mark.

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birdietrait · 2 years ago

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🎲birdie's random cas challenge🎲

✿ This challenge is all about mixing different prompts together to get interesting results!

✿ Sometimes rolls can be redundant or conflict with each other, so if that's the case, just re-roll!

✿ If you don’t roll an occult type in The Main Theme, you are free to choose! I didn’t include human because it’s the default.

✿ Use the tag #birdie.rcc and tag me so I can see your sims!

Use this to create a new sim, make over a townie, or make over one of your own sims!

Here is a random number generator that may come in handy

Rolls under the cut 🕺

The Main Theme 1-58 (Roll 1-3 times)

Your favorite movie

The forest

Your favorite decade

Cyberpunk

Western

The ocean

The first song in your favorite playlist

A myth/fairy tale

Your favorite TV series

Emo

Goth

Grunge

Punk

Skater

Pastel

Rainbow

Boho

Hippie

Streetwear

Vampire

Alien

Spellcaster

Plant Sim

Werewolf

Fairy

Ghost

Zombie

Mermaid

Horror

Your favorite video game (other than the sims)

Preppy

Retro

Your favorite book

Your star sign

The moon

Apocalyptic

Fantasy

Medieval

Winter

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Your favorite flower

Your birthstone

Your favorite cryptid

Sporty

Rocker

Glam

Dark academia

Royalty

The sun

Monochromatic

Barbie

Bratz

Your favorite color

Primary colors

Prom

An iconic townie (from any sims game)

Details 1-40 (Roll as many times as you like)

Bald

Buzz cut

Short hair

Medium length hair

Long hair

Black hair

Brown hair

Blonde hair

Red hair

White hair

Grey hair

Colorful hair

Warm skin tone

Neutral skin tone

Cool skin tone

Fantasy skin tone

Blue eyes

Brown eyes

Green eyes

Black eyes

White eyes

Grey eyes

Hazel eyes

Colorful/Fantasy eyes

Freckles

Eye bags

Scars

Body hair

Piercings

A hat

Glasses

No makeup

Minimal/Neutral makeup

Colorful makeup

No eyebrows

Fangs

Dimples

Gap teeth

Tattoos

Acne

#ts4 #ts4 challenge #cas challenge #ts4 cas challenge #ts4 simblr #simblr #sims 4 #birdie.rcc #ignore the ugly header image i tried 😔

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softietrait · 2 years ago

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a love island challenge coming to you all soon! for now, here's all of the info for how i'm doing this before i introduce sims to you!

the villa that'll be used is the Modern Beach Villa by xXSarina_27xX on the gallery. i've done nothing to it whatsoever! so all credits to them.

for rules and what not, i'm using colourfullsims rules with a few tweaks of my own.

MOST of the information is under a read more because it's a LOT! you've been warned lol, i made a small black divider to break things up , hopefully that helps with reading!

if anything makes no sense or you're confused/have questions, send over an ask!! <3 next post will be introducing the round 1 sims.

MAIN STUFFS:

30 sims in total, 10 sims each round! all sims will be from YOU GUYS but from sims you've uploaded to the gallery and will be chosen at random by me. most likely there'll be a different sim of yours EACH round if you have enough sims & there will be 3 rounds (so three winners either couple or single sim winners)

all sexualities are welcome on love island! and there is no special mechanics for how couplings work out - i will not put a sim who are into the same sex in a heterosexual pairing lol. all sims sexualities will be either what you've put them as in cas OR just randomly rolled. if everyone is straight then that's just how it is lol.

i will be going by a strike system when it comes to things not allowed. we love a lil drama eh? sims won't be disqualified if they get into a fight BUT they will receive a strike. they get TWO strikes before being disqualified. !!!!!!

COUPLING:

-- each sim will have first impressions and all of that done and then based on highest level of friendship & romance bars the sims themselves will "choose who they wanna couple up with" -- then you guys will vote on which two sims you want coupled up as a final say. there will be 5 (FIVE) couples and will be based on the highest number of votes. if an islander is choosing between sims they have no romance level with yet, they must choose the sim with the highest friendship level. -- once a sim is chosen to couple up with, they are no longer an option to be chosen. couplings remain until eliminations and recoupling's. choice of who gets to choose first is by a generator / roller because i don't want to do a girls choose then boys choose, etc. RECOUPLING: -- happens as soon as new sims enter the villa! and they get first choice of who to couple with. also determined by your votes as well of who the newcomer gets paired with.

ELIMINATIONS: ( i basically just am doing this as colourfullsims has it because it's so much eaasier)

single eliminations are for when there's an odd number of sims in the house. if this is on recoupling, anyone not picking will be at risk for eliminations. these are all determined by your votes

couple eliminations are to be able to get sims out of the villa and for others to re-enter so we can get to the end of the challenge. these are determined by your guys' votes and will happen at re-coupling ceremonies. if a couple have wants of marriage or anything on that level they are the ones to go home without any votes.

bottom eliminations are eliminations of two sims that are the 'least popular' or are not getting any type of friendship OR relationship points with other sims (aka: their meters aren't raising much and they refuse any type of interactions to raise them basically being difficult LOL) OR a couple may be eliminated if they have the lowest relationship scores ( those will be follower voted. so they MAY stay in the game if you want to see them try and get to know each other more)

DATES & CHALLENGES:

challenges are for couples to be able to win solo dates with each other. they're skill based and i will use a generator to choose which one day skill they will need to earn and how many levels they much achieve before the day is over. these are individual, so only one sim in a pair needs to win for their couple to be able to get the solo date!

speed dates are for day one of the challenge and for sims to get their first impressions and what not. this determines the idea of which sims want to pair up with each other and help you in voting on who you think should be coupled!

solo dates are the only times sims get to leave the villa and are based on challenges and also on votes by you guys on who you want to see on a solo date. this is not limited to couples already made - but if you want two sims to be on a solo date but are in different pairs…that can happen. as well is if a sim rolls a want for a date with a sim in another pairing (not sure this makes sense but you get me!) i'll be using jazzytraits date generator for this!

the hideaway is ONLY for coupled up sims and are based on both challenges & follower votes. hideaway dates will only have 3 times a round. it's a suite within the villa that is locked for those other than the winning couple & said couple are allowed to do whatever they wish for 24 sim hours in order to strengthen their relationship.

VOTING & WINNING:

you guys will be able to influence what happens at love island! you get to vote for first picks, couplings, re-couplings, solo dates and the hideaway couple each 3 times it comes about. votes also determine who you want to see leave the game or stay in despite any type of relationship score!

votes for who wins happen when there are six (6) sims - aka, three (3) couples!

at this point, there will be a top winner based on relationship score and follower votes. 1st place winner will get 100,000 simoleons. this is for BOTH sims within the couple. one sim in the pairing will get the 100,000 simoleons, the other will not. and the sim with the money can decide to keep the money for themselves or decide to share with their partner and continue a life together outside of love island.

this is determined by me by calculating their mutual relationship score in total as well as their scores regarding each other (if that makes sense lol) and so this will be a surprise to all of you!

the 2nd place couple will get 50,000 simoleons each & the 3rd place couple will get 25,000 simoleons each. it's up to viewers whether or not they split ways with their money or stay together and build a life with the totaled 100,000/50,000 simoleons! you will vote on this!

#ts4 love island #ts4 love island challenge #ts4 challenge #ts4 gameplay #ts4

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atwistoftales · 3 years ago

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Hello fellow simmers and welcome to our first Sims 4 Love Island Challenge! Before we introduce the lovely villa and gorgeous contestants, let me tell you how this challenge works.

Single Challenge:

The group of eight will be split into two teams, boys and girls. The girls or boys will compete with each other on a certain challenge and whoever wins that challenge will win a private night with a special someone in the suite room. 2) a date outside of the villa with their partner. Or sometimes whoever wins gets the opportunity to pick first for the coupling or next recoupling.

Couples Challenge:

Each couple competes with the other and whoever wins will get a date outside of the villa.

(Re)Coupling:

Whoever wins the single challenge may sometimes get first pick for the (re)coupling. And after that I use my very useful dice generator and leave it to chance on who gets to pick next. As for who picks who, I use MC Command Center Mod to see who has the highest relationship with.

Private Night:

The winner gets to pick a special someone to enjoy a private night to do whatever they want. Each gets 3 friendly interactions, 3 romance interactions, and later on through the season, 3 funny interactions. As for the rest of the night...that’s up to them.

Date Night:

The winners get to leave the villa and are taken someplace random for a special date. Each gets 3 friendly interactions, 3 romance interactions, and later on through the season, 3 funny interactions. As for the rest of the night...that’s up to them.

Interviews:

Up to the dice, I will pick two random sims to interview asking them questions at the end of the day. Questions will be about that current day and their answers will be up to the dice, how high/low relationship is with the other sims, or reflects on their CAS traits.

Relaxation:

Some days I will give the sims a break, let them roam free on the villa and let them interact with one another.

Couple Evictions:

A couple will be asked to leave the island based on how low their relationship is together.

Single Evictions:

If a girl or boy isn’t partnered up, they will be asked to leave the villa.

Special Guests:

Through out the Love Island Challenge, random sims will be introduced to spice things up a bit and see if a couple is as strong as they seem.

Mods:

Allow me to list out all the mods I used for this gameplay. Without them this whole challenge wouldn’t have been possible. So thank you so much for being able to add more depth to the gameplay of Sims 4.

MC Command Center, Wicked Whims, NisaWickedPerversions, KiaraSims, Chingyu1023, LittleMsSam, Scumbumbo, Sims_Lover, TonicMole, Weerbesu, Pancake1, Basemental, Ksuihuh’s Corner.

@deaderpoolmc @chingyu1023vick @littlemssam

P.S:

The following Sims 4 gameplay/challenge is purely fictional. I don’t mean any offense by the story that plays out. This is for entertainment purposes only. There will be nudity so I will post a WARNING to let you know.

Now enough chatting about the rules! Let’s show off the villa and our fellow sim contestants!

#sims 4 #ts4 #sims 4 challenge #ts4 challenge #sims 4 love island #ts4 love island

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mumplaysthesims · 4 years ago

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Sims 4 Legacy Challenge ROYAL EDITION

Adapted from “The Legacy Challenge Lite”

Welcome to the Sims 4 Legacy Challenge - Royal Edition!

I could never seem to find a challenge that I could use to play out a Royal-themed challenge to my liking. The original Legacy Challenge provided the best guidelines with enough restrictions to make it challenging, not so many that it was overly complicated, and enough relevance that it could be adapted for Royalty.

There are actually two versions of this challenge. I decided to use the “Lite” version, as I was not interested in Scoring (but the link to that, if that’s something that interests you, is below.)

The rules of the original Sims 4 Legacy Challenge Lite follow after the Royal Perks I’ve added to this challenge. I’ve struck out anything I felt like didn’t add to the challenge or made it hard to keep Royal-themed.

If you like this challenge and play along, I’d love to read your stories! Tag your posts with #Sims 4 Royal Legacy #Royal Legacy Challenge or #Keep Calm and Sim On so we can see what everyone’s Royal Families are up to!

Now, the fun part…

Royal Perks

Your founders may begin their lives in a palace as elaborate as you wish! Create the Royal home of your dreams - no budget is necessary! You may only use ‘motherlode’ while building your palace; once the challenge begins, this cheat is no longer allowed. You may use any Lot Traits you like, but think about which would best suit this challenge. The palace may be in any neighbourhood (ie. the Kingdom), and your Royal Family may interact with anyone in the game (ie. all worlds.)

You may create, download and/or move-in commoners, Nobility, other Royal families into your Kingdom but you MUST NOT PLAY THEM. You may only play a Sim once they are moved into your palace (ie. when they are married into the family.)

The challenge begins once your founder(s) move in to the Palace. You must set their money to §50,000. This is the last time you may adjust Simoleons.

Your founder may be male or female (or X, for that matter) and single or married. They must not have any children. (Laws regarding Succession are below.) You may title them appropriately (King/Queen, Duke/Duchess, Prince/Princess.)

You may have as many children as you like! (Keep in mind your home’s capacity of 8. You may not be able to move through the generations as quickly if you have a lot of children.) Butlers and Nannies are allowed - in fact, they are encouraged! This is your chance to live an extravagant life!

Children and teens must attend school as normal. Heirs/spares may also attend University, if they choose. They must pay their tuition in full, without taking a student loan. It can be completed full- or part-time. The heir MAY NOT move into student housing, as they must always remain on the lot. The spares may go away for University, but must return to the Palace.

When your Sim is the head of the family (ie. King/Queen) they MAY NOT hold a job. Their only job is to reign over their land. The heir (and spares) may hold a job while they are in line-to-the-throne, but once they ascend, they must quit. The jobs your Royals may have are limited to:

Freelancer Writer

Painter

Trendsetter

Photographer

Charity Organizer

Internet Personality

Environmental Manager

Botanist

Military

During their lives, each generation must host the following three social events*:

Coronation - the Official crowning of the King/Queen. Plan this as a “Black and White Bash.” A solemn event - may take place on or off Palace grounds (typically, in a cathedral or the like.) The dress code is White Tie. Children are typically not invited.

Royal Wedding - must take place in a church/religious establishment/civic building and have a full reception of 20 guests. Plan this as a “Wedding.” The dress code is Black Tie. You must be engaged first and may not elope. Children may be invited.

State Dinner - this is an occasion for the Royal Family to show off their kingdom! This event must take place at the Palace. Plan this as a “Dinner Party.” The dress code is Black or White tie. The guest list must be full, however, it is limited to other Royals, Nobility and Celebrities. No children allowed.

*Other than your founders, who are only responsible for one State Dinner, and one wedding if they begin unmarried. They have technically already been crowned, and thus do not need to have a Coronation.

The guest list must always be set at the maximum (so make lots of friends quickly!) and you must hire a caterer, mixologist and entertainer. You must achieve at minimum Bronze level to count the party. If it was unsuccessful, you must throw another.

These events may occur in any order - it will depend on your storyline - however, the State Dinner must be thrown by the King/Queen when they are reigning.

Well, that’s all for the Royal Perks! Below are the rest of the rules for the standard Legacy Challenge.

Keep Calm and Sim On!

Legacy Challenge Official Website

https://simslegacychallenge.com/the-legacy-challenge-lite/

Getting Started

Your challenge begins in Create-A-Sim (CAS.) There, you must design your founder. Your founder can be just about anything you want (they can even be an alien!) You can pick whatever aspiration you want for them and give them whatever traits you want. Pick out their gender, wardrobe, body shape and color, and even incorporate any custom content or mods. The ONLY two rules are that they must be of the Young Adult age, and they must be the only person in the household.

Take extra care when giving them their name, especially their last name, as many future Sims will have that as part of their name, so make it a good one!

Gender Law

The first component is Gender. You must pick one of the following options:

Matriarchy: The Founder must be female. Only girls are eligible to be named heir unless there are no female children, at which point boys become eligible for that generation.

Strict Matriarchy: The Founder must be female. Only girls are eligible to be named heir. Male children cannot, under any circumstance, ever be the heir to the next generation.

Patriarchy: The Founder must be male. Only boys are eligible to be named heir unless there are no male children, at which point girls become eligible for that generation.

Strict Patriarchy: The Founder must be male. Only boys are eligible to be named heir. Female children cannot, under any circumstance, ever be the heir to the next generation.

Equality: The Founder may be of either gender. Both boys and girls are eligible for the title of heir.

Strict Equality: The founder may be of either gender. However, only children of the opposite gender to the founder are eligible to be named heir. This repeats itself for the next generation (the next heir must be a different gender than the previous heir) so that each generation will have alternating-genders as heirs.

Bloodline Law

The Second Component is Bloodline law. You must pick from one of these options:

Strict Traditional: To be eligible to be named heir, a child must be naturally born from their previous-generation parents and be able to trace an unbroken bloodline back to the founder. Adopted children may never be named heir.

Traditional: Children who are naturally born from the previous generation are eligible to be named heir. Adopted children are ineligible to be named heir unless there are no naturally born children, at which point they become eligible for that generation.

Modern: Both Naturally born and adopted children are eligible to be named heir.

Foster: Children who are adopted are eligible to be named heir. Naturally born children are not eligible to be named heir unless there are no adopted children, at which point they become eligible for that generation.

Strict Foster: Only Children who are adopted are eligible for the title of heir. Naturally born children may never be heir.

The Gender Law and Bloodline Law serve as a sort of ‘qualifying’ round. If either law names a child as ineligible, then they cannot gain the title of heir. However, just because a child is eligible to be named heir according to Gender and Bloodline laws, doesn’t mean they WILL be the heir. The third category actually picks the heir.

Heir Law

The third Category is the Heir Selection Law. You must choose from the following options:

First Born: The oldest, by order of joining the family, eligible living child is named heir.

Last Born: The youngest, by order of joining the family, eligible living child is named heir.

Living Will: The eligible child with the highest friendly relationship score with their previous-generation’s parent will be named heir.

Merit: The child with the most fully completed aspirations will be named heir. If there is a tie, the child with the highest level in a single skill will become heir from among the children who are tied.

Strength: The first born eligible child becomes heir by default… but the tile can be forcefully taken from them if an eligible sibling beats them in a fight. That sibling may have their title taken (or taken back) if they lose a fight to another eligible sibling.

Random: The title of heir is randomly selected from the pool of all eligible children. Every time the eligible pool changes size, the heir must be re-rolled using the new pool.

Exemplar: At the beginning of the challenge, name a single trait. This trait must be one of your founder’s three traits. Any eligible heir that has this trait will gain the title of heir. If a single generation has no children with this trait follow the First Born rule. If more than one child has the Exemplar trait then the oldest child WITH the trait will be the heir.

Democracy: This rule may be used if you are displaying your Legacy Challenge in some public way. Either via Let’s Play, Livestream, blog or other format where people can leave comment. The heir is chosen by your viewers/readers from among the pool of eligible heirs.

Magical Bloodline: Choose the heir by whoever has the strongest magical bloodline trait. If there is no magical bloodline trait (ie in the earlier generations) then the law defaults to first born until magic is introduced to the family. If multiple potential heirs have the same level of magical trait, choose the oldest one.

Magical Strength: Similar to the Strength law above, this one requires two or more potential heirs to have a magical duel. Whoever wins the duel, is the new heir.

Children

Regardless of your succession law, you may always introduce children into your family via pregnancy or adoption. Bloodline law will determine which are eligible to be heirs. (With the addition of The Sims 4 Get to Work alien babies can also be brought into the family via abduction.) Children may only be adopted as infants. You may not adopt if there are any infants (natural born or adopted) living in the house at the time and must wait for them to grow to toddlers before adopting a new one. You may rename the baby, and it is recommended (but not required) that you change their last name to the Legacy Family’s name.

Regardless of their status, when an infant ages up into a toddler, you must roll for their toddler trait (and later their aspiration and their first trait using the calculator found here when they become a child.) Be sure to put the traits of the two parents (even for adopted children) in the calculator because the algorithm it uses factors those in when generating random traits for the children. When the child grows into a teenager, you consult the calculator again for their adult aspiration and their second trait. Finally the calculator will be used to generate the third trait upon reaching young adulthood.

There is an option here to generate both aspirations and all three traits for a sim at once, though the proper method is to wait until the Sim ages up. And remember- No re-rolling! One of the hallmarks of this challenge is getting randomly generated children so you should keep the good with the bad. Since the traits of the parents have an influence on the traits of their children, you can try to engineer children by selecting spouses with desirable traits, but this is no guarantee.

You are allowed to use fruit and/or music to influence the gender of an unborn child, should you choose to do so.

Gameplay Rules

No cheats/hacks/mods that give you an advantage in the challenge over someone that does not use them (ie. no “motherlode” or “kaching” to get more money.)

No restarting the game after bad events. You must let them play out.

You may not move or merge in other Sims into the Legacy Family with the exception of partners/spouses.

The Legacy Family must remain on the same lot for the duration of the challenge (this does not include vacations.) They are free (and encouraged) to develop their house but they may not move into a new house. Rooms may be imported into the house from the exchange as long as the family pays full price for the construction and items contained within.

A Sim may utilize an anti-aging item ONCE in their lifetime.

You may not change a Sim’s current aspiration. The exception is when they fully complete an aspiration. When that happens, you may choose their new aspiration, as long as it is not one they’ve already completed.

You may not bring a Sim back from the dead once the reaper has taken them. You MAY plead with the reaper in order to save a recently dead Sim.

You may not move/marry out the sim who currently holds the title of “Heir.” All of the other children in that generation (known as ‘spares’) may move or marry out. Once a sim moves out, they are ineligible to be heir, even if conditions change that might make them the rightful heir.

When playing a Legacy Challenge, your legacy family is the ONLY family you may play in that saved game. You MAY move in new families into the neighbourhood during your challenge (keeping in mind that they can be used for friends, but not spouses) but you may not play them.

You must use the Random Trait Generator to get traits and aspirations for all children born/adopted into the family.

Scoring

https://simslegacychallenge.com/sims-4-legacy-challenge-rules-scoring-bulletpoint-format/

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spacesuitsims · 3 years ago

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It’s official!! Gen 2 heir is Ashton (Libra Rising based on my Virgo Gen 1)

This is for my new Ascendant Legacy Challenge!

(my new astrology-based challenge following the Rising signs and Houses - totally customizable and re-playable. You’ll choose your own heirs and complete the challenges along the way)

Libra Rising Zodiacal Challenges

Cheerful, Romantic

Aspiration: Serial Romantic or Villainous Valentine, and Super Parent

Career: Law or Detective or Secret Agent

Modality: Cardinal Air, Planetary Ruler: Venus

Libra is ruled by Venus, the planet of desire and harmony. They are the social butterfly of the zodiac with a magnetizing energy. Libras are the only sign ruled by an object, the scales which represent balance and justice. As a result, Libras Risings have the ability to adapt and see neutrality and nuance in situations, which makes them a great investigator. Opposites attract is a common theme as the birth chart is the opposite of the natural order. Libras Risings can often struggle with emotions, feeling overly emotional reacting to mundane aspects of life and detached during tragedies or joyful events.

Your Libra is leaning a bit too far to one side of the scales, do you choose good, or do you choose chaos?

Choose the Super Parent aspiration after the aspiration in note 1

Fall for a telemarketing scam / investment scam should it present itself

Perform comedy routines one night of the week

This is going to be fun, Libra Rising is a heart-breaker sim - chaotic in their personal lives and serious at work... trying to “re-balance the scales” and not doing a great jobs of it. Ashton is absolutely the drama

The kid has already gotten really far in his skills and is working on breaking some hearts.

He’s Libra Rising, INTP and Type 5 Enneagram so you know he is doing the most at all time while being chill af.

His sister Eila and little bro Emilio are still very involved and of course Aspen (Gen 1 heir Virgo) needs to finish her scientist career and currently is at level 7.

I added some new mods into my game including the LGBTQIA+ mod by lumpinou. I’m still trying to figure it out but I set Ash (based on randomizing his WW preferences in CAS) Bisexual and Biromantic (although it might be blocking some interactions?) and gave him the traits to match the LGBT Mod. So far this mod is really cool, I’m still testing how it works with the WW mod and if it actually follows the preferences in CAS. Lumpinou is a g.o.a.t of modding so I highly recommend you check them out!!

#sims lets play #sims legacy #sims 4 gameplay #sims 4 legacy challenge #sims 4 legacy #ts4 gameplay #sims gameplay #my gameplay #ts4 ascendant legacy

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babineni · 4 years ago

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Shelter - Chapter 1: Aloth

Shelter is a collection of prompt replies, centering around the theme of "comfort kisses", featuring my Watcher, Gaura. Some of the relationships featured here are romantic, others are not. Overall this is an exploration of different dynamics expressed through similar acts of intimacy. (originally posted on ao3, now backed up here)

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Gaura was half-asleep when she heard knocking on her cabin's door. She yawned as she sat up and tried to rub the drowsiness from her eyes. She noticed that she rubbed them to rythm of the sea shanties sung above by her crew. The realization made her smile. The Watcher quickly made her way to the door to let Aloth in - she could recognize his soft, considerate but still insistent knocking anywhere.

The wizard was only half-dressed: he only had his trousers and his sleeveless undershirt on. The Watcher noticed the marks of crumpled sheets on his skin as soon as she laid eyes on him. Aloth shot her a quick, tired smile but he couldn't hide the anguish in his eyes.

'I'm sorry, did I wake you up?' He asked.

'Only sort of,' Gaura stepped aside so he could come in. 'You know, this could be avoided, if you just moved your things in here.'

Aloth let out a nervous chuckle as he stepped past her. 'Forgive me for saying this, but your presence is... a little overwhelming. As of now, I mean.'

The Watcher's heart sank. 'Am I too much?' She asked as she closed the door behind the wizard and let out a sigh.

'No! No, that is... not what I meant,' Aloth reached for her hand gingerly, prompting her to turn towards him. 'It's just... when I'm by your side, I find it all the easier to let you occupy my every thought,' a blush spread on his face. 'I... often have to re-read the books I read in your presence,' he let out a short, awkward laugh.

Gaura softly chuckled at the admission and left a peck on his lips. 'So you're saying, I'm distracting you.'

'That might have been a better way to put it,' Aloth's blush took a deeper shade. The Watcher laughed again, her voice ringing louder and clearer, and she pulled him into her embrace.

'Relax. I'm the one who needs to apologize,' she said as she caressed the elf's hair. 'I did promise I wouldn't make demands of you, didn't I?' She pulled away slightly and ran her hands down Aloth's chest. She played with the hem of his shirt as she continued. 'I guess I get overwhelmed by my feelings for you too.'

Gaura glimpsed the wizard's lips curving up ever so slightly before he pressed them against hers. She kissed back, slowly, casually, lazily, hoping that Aloth could read the safety and warmth he filled her with from the movement of her tongue and taste of her mouth. She grasped his shirt and stepped back, pulling him along until her back hit the cabin door.

'You didn't come here to discuss semantics, I hope,' the Watcher whispered, her face not even an inch away from the elf's.

'Indeed,' Aloth sighed and pulled away. He gave her a pained and apologetic look. 'However I didn't come for the reasons you assume either,' he turned his gaze upwards to the ceiling, and the music coming from abovedeck. 'I know that singing is a sign of a happy crew, but...' he closed his eyes, his face was distorted by anguish for a moment before he looked at the Watcher again, 'it makes sleeping a particularly challenging ordeal.'

'You don't need to tell me about that,' Gaura replied as she made her way back to her bed. She sat down and patted a spot beside her. 'Tell me then: how would you like me to help?'

Aloth followed her to her bed, but instead of sitting down, he stood a step away, in front of the Watcher, and nervously wringed his fingers. 'I just... I would like to listen to you instead of them.'

Gaura smiled at the request, even if she didn't quite understand Aloth's anxiety over it. She lied down, making sure that he had enough space to lie beside her. Aloth, however, leaned over her once he climbed on the bed.

'Would you mind?' He asked, his fingers brushing against Gaura's thigh gently. She gave him a nod and the two shuffled around until Aloth got to rest between her legs, and he could lay down his head on her chest, right above her heart.

Gaura smoothed down a flame that fluttered as her heart started racing. She sung the first tune that came to her mind, hoping that she could distract the wizard from her rapid heartbeat.

'It's a fine three-master, thin like a bird...'

Aloth sat up immediately and turned to her, frowning. The Watcher burst out laughing and sat up as well to leave a kiss on the scar above his brow. His expression softened at the touch of her lips and a moment later, he was laughing as well. Gaura gave him a kiss on the lips then, which was turned shallow by their smiles.

When they laid back down, Aloth moved a little higher - he rested his head on her collarbones this time, close enough for the Watcher to feel the scent of his hair.

'What do you want me to sing then?' She asked, tracing each long strand of his hair with a finger.

There was a pause. Gaura was almost convinced that Aloth fell asleep.

'I remember a melody I heard in Brighthollow,' he spoke quietly and cautiously as if his reminiscence was both an old story and heavy cofession weighing on his heart. 'During particularly sleepless nights, if I opened the window and listened intently, I could hear a song played on a violin.' He chuckled a little joylessly, somewhat overcome by nostalgia and seemingly unaware that the Watcher's hand stopped.

Distant memories surfaced in Gaura's mind. There were nights at Caed Nua, when the spirits where particularly restless, too restless for her ignore. On these nights she would pick up her violin and venture into the hedge maze behind Brighthollow. She would play. Just play. Each note left the strings at random, or so she thought. She didn't think anyone was listening. And she didn't think the mere mention of it would... That it would...

'I'm not even entirely certain I truly heard it. Maybe my exhaustion used to played tricks on me,' Aloth continued. 'But right now... That would be the song I'd like to hear most. Isn't that silly?'

Gaura blinked, trying to supress the prickling sensation in her eyes and pressed her lips on Aloth's hair. She took a moment to calm herself before she answered.

'Those were improvisations, Aloth. I never recorded them.'

Her reply prompted the wizard to push himself up and look at her. The Watcher shrugged and deep down she hoped, she could stand his gaze without bursting into tears.

'They're gone,' she said. 'Along with my violin and Brighthollow.'

Aloth nodded as he processed her words. Gaura could see her flames reflected in his eyes while he watched her.

'I miss Caed Nua, too. Even with the ghosts and the monsters swarming up from the Endless Paths... It was a place that felt like home. Moreso than anywhere else I've ever been.'

The Watcher sighed. 'I suppose much of what made Caed Nua feel the way it did,' she cupped Aloth's face, 'is right here.'

The wizard blew a kiss on her palm and the warmth of his gesture spread all over the Watcher body in an instant.

'That truly means a lot,' he said before he leaned in for another kiss on her cheek. 'I'm certain Neketaka has a music shop somewhere, I'd be happy to help you find a new violin next time we go there.'

'And I'm certain I can think of a lullaby for you,' Gaura smiled at him.

'If you feel inclined,' Aloth laid back down, 'but it's no longer necessary.'

The Watcher listened. She couldn't hear anything but the ocean beyond her window.

'Typical,' she muttered, making Aloth snicker quietly.

In a few minutes, they drifted off into a deep sleep, surrounded by no sounds other than those of the crashing waves and their own breathing.

#pillars of eternity #aloth corfiser #gaura sélfolgh #aloth x watcher #oc fic: gaura #shelter minispam #Wrytinge™

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elizabethrobertajones · 4 years ago

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Saw you've been sucked into the MMO life in the form of FFXIV and I was wondering if you had any input into the debate I've been having about what class archetypes tfw would play. I think Sam would be most likely to tank because it requires a reasonable amount of leadership and is also more of a quiet, backbone type role compared to dps. Dean seems more the type to be singularly focused on the big damage hits tbh. He also tends to take more of the charging in and fighting role in their normal life with Sam being the one reading up on everything more carefully and being his backup. Which leaves Cas as healer which may just be me projecting because I play healer/support at every opportunity but literal angel healing aside I think that sorta fits too, he cares a lot for them and tries to keep them safe and shield them as best he can in their adventures? Idk half formed thoughts please completely contradict me if you want I'm genuinely curious about other people's opinions here

Heyooo :D It is less sucked into and more like I’ve returned to the warm cushiony nest of MMOs lol

If you’d asked me back when I was a WoW player I’d have fully agreed because you could only have one class per character and these are definitely the snap decisions that the fam would make when on the character screen. Dean would grab the sexiest DPS, Sam the stoutest tank especially as he’s the one who has read into the classes and strats beforehand, and Cas would ask what to do and be given the healer role because the other two in this scenario would know better about the game and sort of lump it onto him like, oh, we need a healer and you can do this.

(In my own gaming journey, this is what my friends and brother did to me, as they needed a healer to round out their party... I took druid because it was spoopy, and discovered in WoW that while you can’t change classes you can pay gold to respec your character’s role within that class... Promptly re-specced to a melee dps/tank feral druid instead of the healer one, and had a lot more fun :D)

In FFXIV you can take all the classes on your character (which I have done, natch) and it’s a much more interesting levelling approach, especially seeing how my friends playing the game have gone when it comes to taking classes as they level and why they claim to have tried and then rejected others. It’s an enormous personality test, even for peeps like me and my brother who have all the classes up at max level, which ones we prioritised and which ones we sort of struggled with or found a bit meh.

Hm so in the scenario that Charlie comes bursting into the Bunker demanding that she needs some friends for dungeons and raids and they’re all sitting on their asses scrolling the internet between a case, they can bloody well play final fantasy with her for a bit, let’s go for some headcanons :D Long because FFXIV has become my current obsession and I have the same in-depth feels about it as I do about SPN but I just never get to write about them with anyone...

First off, Sam of course has deep nerdery about it and will ask Charlie a ton of questions about what the right class to play is and do the same thing as we’ve already discussed and go for Paladin (which starts as gladiator), and also take all the crafting and gathering side classes because he’s a nerd and you learn nonsense lore while doing it. He’s also in the same starting zone as Thaumaturge which transitions to Black Mage and I BET he’d be tempted to have a little safe witch!Sam emotional release on the most un-Sam class. It’s the big unwieldy spell caster whose literal class quests and stuff make fun of how you’re small and squishy and will be standing in a very bad spot debating whether to finish a long-cast spell and get hit or stop DPS and run for safety. I think he could do with the perspective and learning to be selfish either way to blow off steam from tanking and also learn to prioritise himself IRL :’D Also the paladin quest is WEIRDLY pro-cop from 30 onwards for some reason until the writers saw sense and just. stopped. doing paladin stuff and went back to the Gladiator storyline for the class quests, so idk if he’d enjoy that or start to question other things. Whatever it is he’s getting challenged XD

At 60 he grabs Gunbreaker because it sounds more cool and is thankfully way less emotionally stressful tanking as it’s entirely about being a badass bodyguard and sick flips. This is far more aspirational for Sam, especially as he could just tie a knife to a sawn off shotgun and do these moves for real in his day job. He won’t, but like with black mage, the thought that he COULD is very emotionally satisfying to him.

He might also have decided to check out scholar to see how healing is but idk if he would be able to handle Dean teasing him for having a fairy follow him around so he’d only dabble with the nerd class on the side :P

Now, Dean can’t take ninja until level 10 or machinist (gun shooty DPS class) until 50, so his start point as DPS would either be pugilist (eeeey brass knuckle class!) or the other DPS classes to start with are Thaumaturge/Black Mage, Arcanist/Summoner, Archer or Lancer. Now. He’d probably think the first two are sissy because magic is for girls/arcanists literally only have a book as a weapon. Archer becomes bard and I think is ultimately a place he’d be very happy as it is a very supportive class to the whole party and basically the mom friend class. But I would love if he went lancer/dragoon because the level 50 class weapon is (folklore inspired name) “Gae Bolg” and every time I equip it I can’t help giggling at the name even though I know it’s a real thing and I shouldn’t. But. Like. It’s the class about waving enormous lances around. It’s got Implications, and Dean is drawn to those.

He’d probably, however, take rogue/ninja as soon as he could because stabbing things with knives, and the class trainer is the kinda guy who’d have wild gay tension with him while they both try to boast about women to each other, were they to meet irl. Ironically, the rogue trainer (a womanising charmer) and the ninja trainer (an intense, honourable guy bad at social cues even among his own people who ends up falling from grace and choosing to stay in the vicinity of said rogue trainer) are an interesting pair of NPCs to teach Dean about where to stick knives. :)

He’d go back and power-level dragoon once he starts Heavensward though, because Aymeric is also super intense with messy dark hair and big blue eyes that see right through you. :D He’s getting that gae bolg for him, you know?

If they’re going to bully Cas to be their healer, he’d probably get really dedicated to the discipline especially as he can stay up all night to play and doesn’t need to take breaks to pee so he’d probably level conjurer/white mage (nature healing) and scholar (ancient book lore with a class quest which mixes ancient curses on a whole people, family drama and a bit of interspeciesish love) and then also pick up astrologian, which is good because it’s spooky star and making your own fate magic. The storyline for that is garbage in the sense that it’s really weakly written, but my favourite character randomly picks up AST in the latest expansion, and has an absolutely fucking wild subtextual romance with another character, including SPN level adopting of a random child who matches Jack in many respects, with said character. And in many respects emotionally they’re Cas and Dean but without any of the personal baggage between them specifically so they really are just chill and married, whatever else they’re stressed about (I say, dreading the next patch is going to finally bring up some questions about what is going on with them as it’s getting weirdly conspicuous while still utterly unsaid). So I would hope if Cas started projecting onto an astrologian character it would be him :P

Cas also would get into summoner as the other branch of scholar because honestly those two classes are about as close to the random sigil drawing and reading things from books etc analogy to his own occult magic, except you can summon cool dragons and elementals to fight for you.

they’d buy Jack a boost to 60 and he’d pick up dark knight and white mage probably just to subtly fuck with Dean

(I am still not over Dean trying to test him to see if he was evil or not by whether he chose devil or angel cake)

#Asks #ffxiv #pfft #I'm sorry #I'm like #in the rabbit hole #I'm so in deep in the rabbit hole I've memorised all the lore #I did every quest #I am as forensic about it as I am about SPN but it's all just in my head!!#AAAH why is the fandom for this game small and uninterested in talking about subtext!#[edit to add: if you know where the fandom I'm seeking is and it's on reddit #I'm not going there and you can't pay me to for all the thancred headcanons in eorzea]

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hawkland · 4 years ago

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Destiel fic recs/what I’ve been reading (round #1)

Since some folks seemed interested in me starting this, here’s a round-up of what I’ve enjoyed reading in the last...two weeks or so. Not sure how much of a schedule I’ll keep up with these posts, but I’ll try whenever I have a bunch to share before they get too cluttered in my bookmarks.

Some are new(ish), some are older stories, it’s just whatever I’ve stumbled upon via searching tags for particular cravings, recent exchanges, or other recs in the wild. Sixteen fics in total for this round, all below the cut. Basically stories I liked enough that I didn’t just bookmark but I downloaded, so I could re-read without fear of disappearing forever.

Season 15.18—15.20 Fix-its - because we cannot have enough of these ever, right?

One does not simply walk into the Empty by TheSilverQueen (7.7k) I was practically screaming while reading this one. Because if you are Dean Winchester, that is EXACTLY what you do - walk straight into the Empty to get Cas back and pick a fight with the Shadow about it until you get your way. Inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice yet wonderfully in character. Might be my favorite fix-it to date because it just felt like...yes, I can see this happening. Exactly like this.

the noise of stars by depugnare (2.9k) - I love this for the look inside Cas’s thoughts and mind—going back to the dawn of creation and leading to his rescue from the Empty. Seems like a lot to cram into under 3k words but it’s very poetic and beautifully written, something that feels very angelic (also, I love the handling of Dean’s soul actually being quite broken after his time in Hell, something I feel isn’t dealt with nearly enough...?)

Enhanced Extraction Techniques by goldenraeofsun (5.8k) This one hurts so good. The Empty torments Cas with visions of Dean coming to rescue him over and over again. How can he know what’s real versus a dream? Bonus points for a nifty Law & Order reference (dun dun).

Occursus by PallasPerilous (4k). Heaven!fic, so read at your own risk. This one I loved for angel weirdness and strange biology at its finest. Dean’s soul basically gave Cas an angelic STD when he raised him from perdition. IDEK but it works and I loved it and if you like fic that skirts on the strange with lovely language, humor, and banter, this is for you.

These Old Bones by Destina (3.2k). Always a delight to share a fandom (once again!) with an author whose style and works I know I’ll enjoy. Wherein Dean and Cas straddle a unique line between Heaven and Earth in order to build the life-and home-together that they deserve. Loving and comforting and with just a touch of the bitter to the sweet.

Command Me to Be Well by prosopopeya (28k). This one hurts a lot before it gets better because they’re both emotional idiots in their own ways. It doesn’t matter in this story exactly how Cas got back; the real challenge is Dean (and Cas) figuring out how to deal with what comes next in the aftermath of Cas’s love confession. Dean acts like sex will be enough (and is all he can handle); Cas wants/needs far more than that, and it’s a long, long road to get there. If you want a story where they don’t just immediately work out great, happily-ever-after after fixing Cas’s death, this is one I’ll rec.

Nothing Equals the Splendor by RurouniHime (7.8k) I know I already mentioned loving this one but I have to put it on my official rec list. Kind of a contrast to the previous rec, here they don’t waste much time at all getting it on, once Cas is back. Delicious first-time fix-it sex with wings and so hot/explosive they practically trash the bunker. I really like smutty fic that doesn’t forget that Cas isn’t human so there are some...unique kinks in how they get it on.

surely heaven wants for you by cenotaphy (3.7k) Heaven fic with steamy first time sex outside. Just...a yummy read with enough angst and feelings to balance things out nicely.

*****

Human!Cas in Season 9 (canon-divergent AUs or Not) - This is where I was recently at on my complete watch-through, so I have a serious craving for human!Cas missing scenes, or AUs where he stays in the bunker with Dean, Sam and Kevin. Hence a lot of reading to scratch that itch.

La cucina. by orange_crushed (3.9k). Total food-porn delight. Dean enjoys bringing new foods for Cas to taste now that he is human and Dean is in the bunker kitchen cooking like the total domestic goddess housewife he is meant to be. This one is yummy in more ways than one and satisfies my craving for pleasure seeking!Cas as well as protective-mama hen!Dean.

Bibliophile by tiamatv (4k). Human!Cas loves books, on a tactile level and on a story-telling level, too. Dean likes to cuddle. Cas tries to figure out how to read AND cuddle at the same time. Just a happy comforting read that’s like a warm and fuzzy blanket of squee.

A Room of His Own (or not) by Valinde (Valyria) (3k). This fandom is very, very good to this fan of delicious frottage and bedsharing and this is no exception. Especially when it features greedy-for-pleasure!Cas just totally hungry for new experiences and awkward about them at the same time.

Under the sun by orange_crushed (1k). Episode tag for 9x06. Bitchy Human!Cas hurt/comfort wound-care with bedsharing and just...electric with possibilities.

*****

My Wing!Kink let me show you it.

The Care and Feeding of Castiel by MalMuses (24k) Soft. So, so very deliciously soft. Soft!Dean nesting (in more than one ways) in the bunker. Unique and delightful angel-lore relating angels to birdlike-behavior including nesting urges/molting/even flight-or-fight instincts that explains so much of how Cas acts. This is a great AU with Cas starting to regain his wings as things calm down (in an alternative late season setting) and he starts to feel more at home in the bunker. Wing-grooming as he’s molting and regrowing damaged wings acts as a metaphor for Dean & Cas “grooming” and healing their relationship by finally talking about the hurt and miscommunication between them through the years. Much love. Such happy. A+ rec especially when there is @lizleeships art to go with it.

The Care and Keeping of Wings by nekosmuse (2.9k) Crackfic! Pure crack in the absolute best way possible! Cas comes back from Purgatory with.... something different about him. His wings are manifest and everyone can see them. Dean seems strangely proud of showing off his winged angel!babe...even when Cas has them pull over Baby for the perfect dust bath. Poor Sam must suffer both of these idjits and try to keep onlookers away. IDEK but I loved it.

*****

Random other recs

Blessed Are Those Who Hunger by pollutedstar (3.6k) Character study of Dean and dark reasons behind some of his weird issues with food, relating back to 5.14 (My Bloody Valentine). I might caution that if you have any eating disorder triggers you might want to tread carefully, but otherwise this is a painfully good look at the things Dean will do to protect and care for those he loves.

Mary Winchester, Working On It by alittleduck (9.6k) Saw this one recced on fail_fandomanon and I had to check it out. Mary is trying to figure out Dean & Cas’s relationship. Dean thinks Mary is trying to come out as gay herself. Lots of great/hilarious TFW 2.0 dialog and family banter, and somehow it manages to skirt hitting my embarrassment squick despite the set-up and a lot of awkward situations.

#destiel recs #my fic recs #maybe a weekly thing we shall see #hawkland reads spn fic #deancas recs #my destiel recs

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