#surprisingly i found my people for not me and eclipse

[dropthedemiurge]

I have wanted to write something cool about Be My Favorite, I even have the awesome opportunity -- and I adored the show to the fullest, even despite seeing lots of hate-watching or mocking comments (thankfully, the series is so well-done that it shut those people are or even converted from haters to lovers)...

...but for the past 3 weeks because of some things in the series and reading/talking with some part of the fandom I feel like I can't enjoy it as I used to - and it sucks so much to have the spark gone right before the grand finale and wrap up, before I've got all my ideas drawn and written (idk how to pick them up and if there'll be a point in this), before i can actually celebrate and give the series the love it deserves. It sucks.

How can I get the excitement back in one day? (〒﹏〒) I'd try and find a safe fandom corner to discuss the show moments and hype it up but I've been burned lol.

[neddea]

Some days ago I made this post with some concept art, so here’s a little bit more info about my No Man’s Land! (Disclaimer about the details below the cut: I’m just an artist and in no way, shape or form a scientist, even less so an astrophysicist, so the chances of some of this info being wrong or dubious are very high lol)

Just as a little bit of context, Kepler-47 is an actual “solar system” with two host stars. We’ve been able to find three planets so far, and the outermost (47c) lies in the habitable zone. All three of them are gas giants (or rather “puffy giants” since they’re surprisingly not very dense and temperate).

I’m not gonna give too many details about the real 47c, I’ll leave that for the long post I’m working on (if I ever get to actually publish it, let’s be honest), but the only thing to keep in mind is that Nomans would be a moon orbiting this planet. Also, I decided that people would shorten “No Man’s Land” to “Nomans” overtime, which is the name I’m gonna be using. The question is: how do we call the people living there? Nomanians?

So here are the main points of my design!

-I’ve given 47c several other moons because I wanted it to match the canon as much as I could, and I think it might even help the stability of the orbits if they’re in a specific resonance? Idk, maybe an actual astrophysicist could give me some advice on this (please do)

-The interesting bit about trying to make it match the canon is that I had to make Nomans tidally locked to 47c just to have an excuse for why we never see the big planet on the sky. The idea would be that most of the Seeds ships crashed into the outer face of the moon, and since the other side, the one that’s always looking at 47c, has more extreme conditions precisely because of the influence of the host planet on it, not many people have ventured too much into these lands. At least until now…

-Speaking of the other moons, which one would be the best candidate for the Fifth Moon incident? (Spoiler alert for Maximum and ‘98: Knives forces Vash to use his Angel Arm and he ends up firing at the fifth moon, which leaves its surface marked with a big crater) We have two options: It could be one of the outer moons (the ones whose orbit is beyond that of Nomans) since those are the ones more likely to be present in the visible sky; or it could be Moon II, whose regolith would be launched into space from the blast and form the rings…

-The surface gravity is almost identical to ours here on Earth, although slightly lighter (9.66 m/s^2 compared to 9.8 m/s^2).

-Nomans is somewhat bigger than Mars but smaller than Earth.

-One day lasts for almost 27 hours, and one year would take almost 270 Nomanian days (I swear this was a coincidence). Also, a fun fact on which I’m basing the calendar system (still working on that): it takes 6.6 days for the two stars to orbit around each other. People probably noticed this and were like “Sure, that’s the seven days of the week if you ask me”, probably so that they didn’t have to figure out everything from scratch (I’d do the same). It would be fun to see different cities and places to develop their own weird and wonderful systems (not me spending several hours yesterday to understand all the Maya calendars and wondering what they would come up with in this alien planet moon…).

-And speaking about time, here’s a visual explanation on how the times of day work on the side facing 47c! I realized the other day that at noon the light would probably be tinted slightly red (or some other color, depending on the elements found on 47c’s atmosphere), just like it happens on our Moon when there’s a lunar eclipse. Please make as if you didn’t know this and let’s move on. Also, as a Spaniard I have the right to declare noon time in this part of the world the Sacred Siesta Period.

(Also, shout out to @norageonlypancakes because my main inspiration for these BGs is Chesley Bonestell, he was The Space Artist™️ of the 20th century and inspired so many people to become space nerds or even scientists!) (Also x2, thank you everyone for the lovely comments and tags on the previous post <3)

[bobcatmoran]

Highlights of Eclipse Roadtrip today:

Learning so much about the Indy Speedway via talking to/listening to locals while standing in line

Seeing a talk by Real Astronauts (NASA, Virgin Galactic, and Blue Origin) about topics ranging from hopes for the future of space exploration to what they found the most unexpected about traveling into space

Talks by NASA folks that got me excited about the Artemis program in spite of myself

Chicago style polish sausage (because the food carts were not prepared for this many people)

OH MY GOD A DEMON ATE THE SUN oh no wait, it spit it back out, never mind

In all seriousness though, easily my top 5 life experiences, eerie and transcendental. Videos and photos can never do it justice, and experiencing it with a crowd, yelling periodically as totality neared and then cheering once it hit and again when totality ended was great fun

I saw the total eclipse in 2017 in Nebraska, but that was under so much cloud cover that I couldn’t see the corona. This time I could, and it was beautiful. A delicate ring of white, interrupted by orange beads of solar prominences, with the eponymous softly glowing white crown around it. All while it was dark in the middle of the afternoon

The sun coming back was like a sudden spotlight, except everywhere

Surprisingly good exhibit at the Indiana State Museum tying in the first prehistoric settlers of the area and connecting what we know about them to modern tribes today and their traditions. Very good at being explicit that these through lines connect to people who are here now.

The rest of the museum was also VERY well done, wish I’d had more time there

Also they had functional giant eclipse glasses out front, which was a delight

Total Eclipse of the Heart beer at local brewery. Brewed with Eclipse Hops, natch

[kattahj]

Summary of half a dozen Thai BLs

Now that I've watched half a dozen Thai boys' love dramas, I thought I'd sum them up for people who haven't yet watched any, and think that they may want to.

First off: I recommend ALL of these. They're ALL very gay with happy endings. They ALL have fun plots and generally good acting. (There are some actors who knock it out of the park more than others, but they're spread out over all the different shows, and some appear in more than one.) If you're only going to watch one and you don't care about genre, I'm going to say Moonlight Chicken, but if it actually matters to you what the show is about and what kind of story it is, here's a summary of them all (in the order I watched them):

Moonlight Chicken

What's it about: The owner of a diner hooks up with a customer late one night, but is hesitant to let the encounter turn into a proper relationship.

Genre: Slice of life

Watch if you enjoy: Messy characters who get tangled in relationships in different ways. Family, including found family, and multiple gay couples. A fairly realistic view of gay life in Thailand (including the impact of a lack of marriage equality), and also issues such as class, disability, and the multiple effects of the covid crisis. My first BL and still my favourite.

Gayer version of: a Mike Leigh movie

A Tale of Thousand Stars

What's it about: A rich guy who gets a heart transplant decides to make his life useful by taking up the profession the donor left behind, namely as a volunteer teacher in a remote mountain village. There to teach him the ropes is a stern forest ranger.

Genre: Classic romance

Watch if you enjoy: People who are so in love everyone can see it, but still take ages to admit it. Secrets and lies. Scenes with cute children. The same main actors as in Moonlight Chicken. Pretty boys crying/fainting/in mortal danger.

Gayer version of: The Sound of Music

Bad Buddy

What's it about: The sons of two rival families, who are also members of rival university faculties, are way more in love with each other than they're willing to admit, even to themselves.

Genre: Romcom (or romantic dramedy, it gets pretty serious at times)

Watch if you enjoy: Belligerent sexual tension. Chemistry so thick you can slice it with a knife. The couple getting together halfway through the show, and that's just the start of their troubles. Environmental issues on the side. Adorable lesbian side couple. Love songs. Metaphorical homophobia in a world with no actual homophobia.

Gayer (and happier) version of: Romeo and Juliet

He's Coming to Me

What's it about: Lonely ghost who can't seem to move on makes friends with a young boy who is the only one who can see him.

Genre: Paranormal romance with a side of murder mystery

Watch if you enjoy: Cute ghosts. The hijinks when people don't know that the ghost is there. Having your heart broken only to have it mended again. Absolute himbo main characters. Fantastic coming out scene. Surprisingly cute het side couple.

Gayer version of: Julie and the Phantoms

Not Me

What's it about: After a young activist is beaten into a coma, his twin brother secretly takes his place, trying to find out what happened.

Genre: Action-adventure with a political bent

Watch if you enjoy: Bikers doing parkour. The softest babiest man in existence trying to pass himself off as a badass. Lots of discussions about law and justice, and absolutely wrecking the lives of rich assholes. Any of the following: Enemies to lovers, lovers to enemies to lovers, friends to lovers, or friends and possibly lovers to enemies.

Gayer version of: The Parent Trap crossed with Face/Off.

The Eclipse

What's it about: Rules at a high school are strictly enforced, with threat of a "curse" against those who break it. A rebellious new recruit immediately clashes with the head of the prefect club.

Genre: High school drama, mystery

Watch if you enjoy: Aggressive flirting. Teenage rebellion. Old stuffy school being shaken up. Getting to see First and Khaotung stretch their acting muscles (they play side characters in some of the shows above). Multiple gay characters. Homophobia dealt with directly as well as indirectly.

Gayer version of: Dead Poets' Society

Feel free to ask questions if you want to know more! Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to try a seventh show. :-)

[kartoffelblume]

I made a quiz with personalised thai bl recommendations! :)

List of possible results in order of personal preference below the cut:

1. Not me

Brilliant. Show stopping. Spectacular.

Exept for the typical product placement this is perfect, especially plot and character wise. My personal favorite, has almost no harmful clichees and actually a lot of Information about thailands political landscape.

2. The Eclipse

The tensioonnn! Akk and Ayan are both portrayed beautifully and were the main selling point of the show for me (as well as probably my favorite bl couple so far) , even if the side couple also had a sweet story.

The plot is a little (very) messy (especially towards the end) but the romance is done really well and the show is overall a fun watch!

3. My school president

At the time of writing this the show is not yet finished - still a lot of fun to watch. The characters and romance is great!

Didn't like the 'lets just make a few of the characters reaaallly dumb for fun' trope but it's easily ignored and the characters are otherwise really good.

Definite recommendation!

4. Bad buddy

Actually good execution of the typical college rivals. The romeo and juliet feud was a bit annoying to me but starts making at least a little more sense as the story progresses. The romance and acting is done really well and they actually avoided a lot of typical clichees and instead even explained a few of them.

Was definetly a fun watch even if I personally thought the last episode didn't really add anything to the story and was more confusing than anything else...

5. Kinnporsche

Spicy Mafia - definitely a fun watch even if their method of running a Mafia clan does not seem particularily effective. (Who needs money, this is soley about bodeyguards and maybe power)

Also some stockholm syndrome and some taking advantage (but at least they don't act as if everything is alright and normal there, still - warning!) and the tragic death of several pets.

Porsche is a complete idiot at the beginning but after a couple of episodes the learning effect finally sets in.

Still, I had lots of fun watching this so enjoy!

6. He's coming to me

One of the oldest bls on the list. Was lighthearted and super sad at the same time but has some phenomenal acting, an actual coming out scene (!!) and gets you actually feeling for the characters.

I personally found it hilarious at times and it has some actual plot!

7. Manner of death

A bl with ploot! Even if it's quite messy sometimes.... Also, characters that are not supposed to be teenagers! It's not supposed to be a comedy for once! A lot of great selling points.

This show was fun, even if for some reason I lost interest towards the end?

8. Ingredients

Very simple show that was still a surprisingly good watch. The episodes are really short so it's great for in between but still a slow burn at the same time!

Loved the development of their relationship over the time!

9. 2gether + Still 2gether

Fake dating? Check!

Slowburn? Check!

Teach people to not take a no for a no? Check!

Harmful stereotypes? Check!

A couple that you first desperatly want together but once they are want back as friends? Yup!

Was it still fun to watch? Absolutely!

This show is not my first recomondation but it's surprisingly fun to watch, even if I got super annoyed at the general consesus of the characters to just... Not stop persuing someone if they are told no???

The show sells us drugging someone or starting fake relationships as resonable responses to unwanted suitors instead of just... Getting rid of them because you tell them no??

So be warned, but enjoy!

[other-w-0-rldly]

Koalak I

DISCLAIMER: You may NOT copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, display,translate my work in any way shape or form.

Carn

Between Ghost hills and The Tor, lay Carn with a small castle and a small army of nine thousand men who would ride to the King’s defense straight for Kings landing, if the opportunity arises. Lord Firenze Odarys and his predecessors were known for being supporters of whoever sat the throne.

Many frowned upon the Lord’s views, some even titling him Lord no Backbone. Not to his face of course, for fear of retaliation.

Whilst many disliked Lord Firenze, those same people adored his children and his late wife, Lady Seraphis Hightower. They were blessed with a son and two beautiful daughters. Mars Odarys and his sisters Adira and Ophilia Odarys.

Mars Odarys, the eldest, never wanted to marry and wanted to take the white cloak and serve the king. He claimed he did not want to be burdened by a wife and children and lived for the fight.

Thankfully for Lord Firenze, his youngest Ophilia only dreamed of marriage and children running around giggling. She even confessed to her septa that she wanted to be in a constant state of pregnancy because she wanted babies. Pour foul, the septa mused in her head.

And then there was Adira.

She was special and everyone knew she was the favorite child, even if lord Firenze does not wish to comment on that.

From her first breath, during a solar eclipse, Adira was special, healing her mother’s tears miraculously. Her parents could not explain what had happened. Seraphis only knew that she was in immense pain at first and close to dying then she couldn’t feel the pain and only heard her daughter’s cries.

Maesters, septas, priests, red priestesses, all gathered to find out what was wrong with the babe, but none could come to a conclusion.

And so, the child grew and blossomed into a young girl who wanted nothing to do with marriage or war. She wanted to be a healer.

That only strengthened when the lady of House Odarys, passed.

‘Maldición de sangre.’

The dornish priest said. A blood curse.

Everyone tried to understand who would curse her own father, but answers were found.

And so, Adira determined to heal her father, placed her hand near his heart and started to heal him. Unfortunately, she did not tell anyone what she was doing, and her mother walked into the room.

The curse attached itself to Lady Seraphis killing her without pity. Adira tried to save her mother, but the girl of ten and four did not have a grasp on her powers yet and failed.

Everyday Adira thinks back to this moment and every day she sheds a tear for her mother. The woman who loved making flower crowns even for her son and husband.

To her memory Adira and Ophilia always kept their hair down and would wear flower crowns.

Adira was walking in the gardens and as always, she was thinking of her mother, looking at the flowers. She was rudely shaken out of her reverie when heavy footsteps could be heard behind her.

Turning around she sees her older brother walking towards her, his shoulders looking heavy. She could see that he was carrying something and came straight to her during his combat training.

He stops in front of her and lets out a puff.

“You are lucky I came all this way. Exel even had a fit over it and I was in the middle of winning, but the raven would not leave me alone.” Mars says a little bit out of breath.

“What are you on about?” Adira replies smiling connivingly.

“A raven came for you.”

“Another Lord asking for my hand? Send it back.” Adira replies coldly.

“Surprisingly not. It is from a Dothraki herd. Who knew these savages could write…” Adira was also baffled, not about them being able to write but why would Dothrakis want to address her?

“What does it say?” She rapidly says.

“I thought you were clever… can’t read Dothraki can you?” Mars says smirking mischievously.

“Obviously not! Father did not wish me to learn it. Now, can you translate it please?” Adira did not find her brother’s words amusing.

Mars giggled slightly but started to read the letter not wanting to antagonize his sister more.

“It says something about their Khal. Their king.” He begins.

“I know what Khal means! I am not stupid. “Adira replies offended.

“Gods, I feel like you are going to flower soon... so angry...” Mars mumbles under his breath. Adira slaps him on the arm and so Mars continues reading and translating.

“This is a direct line from the letter. ‘a witch, a witch has cursed the Khal, the Khaleesi is gone. We cannot find her. She left the stones. Save our Khal’” Mars finishes the letter and simply discards it to the left of him.

Adira quickly bends down and grabs the letter before the wind blows it away…

“A curse?”

“You heard what I said” Mars says dismissively.

“Who was the Khaleesi?” Adira replies frowning.

“You do not know? “Mars exclaims, surprised. Adira shakes her head. She was trying to stay away from any marriage talk. Hers or others.

“Daenerys Targaryen. The mad king’s daughter. She and her brother apparently went into hiding in Essos. Robert Baratheon and his posse are looking high and low for them. Even sending assassins after them. One of those assassins probably gut her…” Mars was rambling now.

“Is the raven still here?” Adira cuts him off.

“Yes! Did you not here me say the raven would not-” Adira cut him off.

“I will go and heal the Khal. Would you send them a raven and tell them that?”

“What? Are you out of your mind? Father will never let you go heal that brute. Whispers in the brothel say that they fuck their horse when their women cannot satisfy them anymore… and they kill every minute.” Mars says outrageously, almost whispering the last part.

Adira crunches her nose in slight disgust. She knew her brother frequented the brothels. She remembers finding him after a banquet with three of the pleasure girls naked. A sight she wished to forget.

Adira decides not to believe him. If the Dothrakis are civil enough to write to House Odarys then they do not sleep with their horses.

“Good thing you are not father, then. I will heal the Khal and father will agree with me.” She huffs and walks away towards the small castle mentally planning what she would bring to Essos.

DISCLAIMER: You may NOT copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, display,translate my work in any way shape or form.

[flownwrong]

Ten Characters, Ten Fandoms, Ten (haha no) Tags

more tag games! I was tagged by @prince-of-elsinore forever ago and just got around to it. thanks elsi!

1. gerri kellman, succession

stone cold bitch, smartest person in the room, crazy hot lady, probably the single most entertaining character for me to watch in the whole show. what can i say, she's just neat.

2. tim gutterson, justified

he don't miss MY HEART! deadpan, competent, and secretly a disaster. what more to want in a character. i love this boi, not one boring second on the screen.

3. harry du bois, disco elysium

no gifs for this one, but there's something wonderful about a character who's both been wrecked by life and poor choices to the point he completely lost sight of meaning or purpose AND is put in a clean slate position when he can experience the world and very intense events around him with childlike wonder. the way i played him was an (un)healthy combo of falling into old patterns and choosing to turn to light and open himself to it whenever he can, and he turned out to be an extremely cathartic vessel in this story and in my own processing.

4. charlie kelly, it's always sunny in philadelphia

my favourite rat boy. i appreciated how despite being the pinnacle of insanity he is also one who delivered most of the poignant, truly emotional points in the whole show for me. probably my favourite actor/part combo too. gj both charlies

5. casca, berserk

if we take the pre-eclipse arcs, she is actually one of my favourite women to be written by a man. a surprisingly deep figure that swerves away from cliches every time she approaches them, making choices when nobody expects her to choose for herself. "nobody lies their way into a body with this many scars," indeed.

6. jocelyn carter, person of interest

the counterweight of mundane in an otherwise very not mundane setting, a display of being a human with boundaries and restricted possibilities among people who move and operate on an entirely different plane, an overall bulldozer of human perseverance in the face of something incomprehensible. she's an all around good egg.

7. misato katsuragi, neon genesis evangelion

[claps misato on the back] this girl can fit so much trauma in her. her unique place in the story of cracking facades all around resonated most with me, layers and layers revealed and stripped off her persona to the point where there's a very real, struggling and lost core left that has to step up and take responsibility or perish. even as everything falls apart around her, she commits to moving further and further, and i loved watching it.

8. david ward, i am in eskew

not much of a character at all, but a magnificent device to explore the feelings of total alienation, detachment and otherness both through his place in reality and his place in unreality. he doesn't fit in either but he makes important choices in the face of the latter, patching up holes in himself even if he can't ever get whole again. a kind of alice in wonderland but horror experience.

9. francis crozier, the terror

very high on my list of extremely flawed characters you come to love not because they get rid of the flaws but because they learn to shed them in the face of harrowing experiences to uplift and help others. does not help at all that he's portrayed by king jarred harris who embodies this development perfectly. a++

10. sidney freedman, m*a*s*h

i forced myself to not cheat by picking hawkeye, but then it was no competition because sidney is by far the rarest kind of character i get to see. like how often do you get a psychiatrist/therapist on screen that doesn't cringe you out and oddly resonates with how you wish to see healing and help represented, all that despite being from a 50 year old show and using methods of its time? there's so little stigma or distance to be found around sidney, and so much acceptance and belief in people he tries to help. i want to carry this with me in my work if my becoming a therapist plan pans out.

i am Not Sure anyone in my circle escaped this, but in case someone did, i would love to see @blueniverse42's, @thegoodthebadandtheart's, @andreydaddanos's and @harpernovakaine lists!

[askamykruber]

Hi Amy. Since it’s close to the holidays. What was the handeemens thoughts about their first thanksgiving and Christmas with you guys. I mean, I know there was a thanksgiving episode ( from your story) but I wonder what it was like for them to get to celebrate it for real.

(MrsW: awww thank you for the reference)

Oh, hi again Eclipse!

Hope you'll have a wonderful holiday, and thank you for the ask!

Well, of course that "Mortimer's Handeemen" had a lot of good and great holiday specials, but I am glad that you decided to ask us about our first big holidays as a Handee family.

Just to mention, the holidays were a key to grow closure with the puppets and acted as an encouragement to lower down their guns for once, if you know what I am saying.

Well, to my surprise, Owy wasn't exactly the person who had the best experience with holidays...considering his awful relationship with his parents, specially his dad. He did mention that he used to have a small gift exchange with his younger sister Priscilla before she moved to study law.

Then he spent the rest of his holidays alone until we met. I encouraged him to give it a try and get used to spendin' some quality time with the people who adores.

I'm giving this context since our first Thanksgiving and Christmas as a family was actually what he considered his real first holidays together.

Now, let's get to my favorite rascals!

For thanksgivin'

The concept of thanksgiving was a bit complicated to explain to the puppets. At first, they thought it was a whole day dedicated to just give thanks for everything for an entire day. Riley was the first to go into research and was kind enough to tell the others about the concept in a nice presentation.

That didn't stop Nick from makin' a "thankful" pun to her dismay

Daisy was the most eager to use my mama's recipe book as she offered to help me make the dinner to thanksgivin' while Owy stayed with the rest of the puppets decorating the table and telling them that this was also his first big dinner with a family on his own.

Mortimer was surprisingly in a good mood, and so was Riley as she eagerly talked with Rosco that if felt since havin' a sense of peace and belongin' like the old good times.

I'm afraid to know what she meant by that, but it was disheartenin'

Anyways, Scouty help me carry the food to the table and we had a nice turkey. We decided to break the ice by saying something that we're thankful for.

Apparently the sock puppets were glad not to eat rats for once....yikes

The automatons were glad to get to see a giant turkey to eat. They were charmed by the pictures Riley show them during the presentation.

Scout was thankful for the food.

Nick was thankful that he got to sit next to my Owy

Daisy was thankful for trying new recipes

Riley said she was thankful for researching more about the host world and, according to her, their "unnecessary but cute customs".

Mortimer muttered that he was thankful for making a peaceful deal with his father

I said that I was thankful for a bright new start for everyone, but my favorite thing that I heard from everyone was from my Owey-bear,

He just said that he was thankful for not being alone again.

-

Now, for Christmas.

Let me tell you that Owy and the puppets were as happy as little kids durin' the time to open their presents...for an exception to our dear puppet atheist Riley, who at first rolled her eyes and called it a "Consumerist host thingy"

Owey was eager about the idea of just being a kid again and enjoy the childhood he never had....let's say that he had to stay at home for 'bout to weeks due to catching a cold after playing with the snow (Phantom: I'll say he acted like Flint during the snowball fight lol)

Nick found a liking to Christmas carols and *sigh* Maria Carey's covers....

"We hid the CDs for the good of our eardrums. We could not bear any second of hearing the stupid "All I want from Christmas is you" for the 10th in a day"

Thanks...Scouty....

Anyways, Daisy and the other puppets were exited to decorate the studio with Christmas decorations and *snorts* decided to make a puppet tree with puppet related things as decorations. Rosco was a great help.

Mortimer, he was rather quiet but I found out that he spent most of his free time watchin' or readin' "A Christmas Carol", he tended to rewind the tapes to Mr. Scrooge having a nice dinner with the Crachits.

Maybe he was thinkin' of Owy, who knows.

Now, our little Grinch-y Ruckus did get to like Christmas after Owy and I gave her some books by Dr. C.W Lewis, a friend and colleague of Dr. Tolkien.

She had to hide her excitement when she realized Daisy and Nick were smirkin' at her knowin' she was provin' her point.

She pretended to huff and said that "Perhaps this host thing you call Christmas is tolerable to an extent"

The next year she dressed Rosco as a reindeer, who I am sure the Christmas spirit got her as well.

-Amy

[stormyoceans]

i need to hear your thoughts about all gmmtv 2023 pilot trailers............

HIDING IN SHAME BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS GOT SO LONG BUT HERE WE GO I GUESS

23.5: LET’S GO LESBIANS LET’S GOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! seriously extremely incredibly insanely excited for this one i cannot wait for this show to bless my screen!!!!!!! i may not be the biggest fan of the whole ‘im gonna keep my identity a secret while messagging with my crush’ thing (mostly because i didn’t really like how it was handled in fish upon the sky so i tend to be a bit on edge about it, it happened with kanthua in the eclipse too), but considering that my soul left my body to go commune with god when ongsa decided to call herself ‘earth’ because the earth orbits the sun, i'd say that's not gonna be an issue sfjksgdksg also the trailer is just SO LOVELY AND CHARMING and i already adore ongsa's different colored beanies and sun's different colored headband and IT'S MILKLOVE SO IM READY TO BE SWEPT OFF MY FEET!!!!!!!!!!

a boss and a babe: yeah i know the title is abysmal but let's talk about more important things like FORECEBOOK MY BELOVEDS!!!!!!!!! i think im possibly one of the very few people who actually enjoyed enchanté and i honestly ADORE forcebook. they have a fantastic chemistry that really shines through when they banter but they also can do UST and pining SO WELL, im just incredibly happy they got another series. im pretty much already in love with book's character and i tend to really like office romance in BLs, so im excited to see them in this kind of setting!!!! if i have to be completely honest though, there's something about the mock trailer that didn't fully charm me, but i can't quite put my finger on what exactly. maybe it's the kind of humour they used? but i wasn't too fond of the humour in roommates of poongduck either and yet i LOVED the show, so that’s hardly gonna be a problem. IT'S TIME FOR FORCEBOOK TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD AND IM HERE FOR IT!!!!!!!!

cherry magic thailand: since we didn't get a trailer it's hard for me to form a solid opinion on it, though i do admit that out of all the BLs they announced this is the one im less excited about, mainly for two reasons: 1) dark blue kiss is one of the few popular BLs i still have to watch, so im not emotionally attached to taynew, nor am i familiar with any of their other works, which means that without a trailer i really have no idea what to expect acting or chemistry wise, and 2) i know they're gonna be two very different beasts because the thai version is gonna be an adaptation of the manga and not a remake of the japanese series, so im fully aware it's not fair to draw comparisons between the two, but the jp one has such a huge place in my heart and it also gave us one of the very few aroace representation we have in media, it's just gonna be really tough for me to keep the two things separated in my head and to accept the differences between them ;;;;;;;; on a more positive note i have a crush on both sing and jan so my bisexual ass is already sweating

cooking crush: [insert tiffany pollard's beyonce meme] OFFGUN???????!!!!!!???!?!?? god the amount of clownery we've all partaken in thinking they weren't gonna do BLs anymore meanwhile kings were having the time of their lives planning their FOURTH SERIES together. literally the one time im not gonna mind acting like an absolute buffoon sfjkshfksg i think not me will always remain my favorite offgun project but i have a lot of hopes for this one!!! i absolutely LOVE kitchen settings, however i've found all the food BLs i have watched until now kinda.. lackluster. i did enjoy what zabb man, but it's not one of my favorite shows, so i hope that in my time of need offgun will come to me with the food BL of my hopes and dreams. another positive note is that neo is in this as well, and while im a bit perplexed at the choice of not pairing him with louis, im pretty curious to see him act with someone else!!!

dangerous romance: im surprisingly really excited for this????? which i did NOT expect considering that it has an high school setting, but the trailer got me hooked!!!! i only saw chimon in he's coming to me (yes i know i have to watch the gifted I KNOW), while im more familiar with perth because of love by chance and the stranded, but they seem to have a very nice chemistry and i really like that the show will probably deal with more serious topics. im also a simple woman with very simple needs and if you dangle enemies to friends to lovers in front of my eyes i will follow it blindly like a horse with a carrot. also hiiiii papang hiiiiii just wanted to say im free whenever hiiii <3

hidden agenda: JOONGDUNK AND AOUBOOM IN THE SAME SERIES THAT'S ALL I NEED TO BE ON BOARD WITH THIS. star in my mind wasn't the best show but i think joongdunk have great chemistry and they seem very comfortable with each other, so im excited to see them again and for joong to play a less serious character than kluen was. the premise gives me a lot of 2gether vibes, so not particularly groundbreaking, and im a bit worried that the drama in the story could frustrate me a little, but i see pining and i start BARKING, which means this has the potential to have me committed. also i personally find aouboom characters shady as hell but that actually just makes me even MORE EXCITED GIVE ME MEAN GAYS POWER COUPLE PRETENDING TO BE NICE BUT FUCKING THINGS UP FOR EVERYONE ELSE. last but not least: im starting to believe guy could have chemistry with a rock, that one second of him and pod got me like a dog seeing a squirrel just on high alert with my ear up and my body weight leaning forward ready to bite like HELLOO????????? (what's with the similes today idk anyway)

last twilight: the professional mental health crisis intervention team currently in my room is telling me i cannot afford another meltdown so im just gonna point you to this and this to have a vague idea of how i feel about it but to sum it up IM MAKING THIS MY ENTIRE PERSONALITY TRAIT I WILL EAT DRINK BREATHE SPEAK DREAM OF NOTHING BUT THIS SHOW AND THIS SHOW ONLY THIS IS ALREADY THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME THE MOCK TRAILER ALONE HAS GRABBED ME BY THE THROAT AND SLAMMED ME TO THE FLOOR SO HARD THE TILES CRACKED IT'S GONNA BE SO BEAUTIFUL SO GROUND BREAKING SO LIFE ALTERING THEY ALREADY OUTSOLD OUTDONE OUTSLAYED OUTEVERYTHINGED [GETS SHOT WITH AN ELEPHANT TRANQUILIZER]

only friends: look there's no point in hiding it: i have some mixed feelings about this show. on one hand it has a stellar cast that im in love with and im always STOKED to see a BL dealing with more mature themes, on the other im afraid these are.. not the kind of mature themes i tend to enjoy ;;;;;;;; it's like with love mechanics, where i simply could not get into it because despite yinwar's insane chemistry the cheating and the messiness were just too much for me: i was feeling more bad than good while watching it, and it just ended up turning an enjoyable experience into an upsetting one. of course im not gonna presume and judge things just from a mock trailer, but the fact that this is gonna deal with toxic relationships is giving me pause. it's really just a matter of personal preferences though and im still gonna give it a chance!!! it's also very nice to see everyone on my dash screaming and being beyond excited about it so im gonna support everyone from the sideline!!!!!

our skyy 2: IM SORRY FOR BEING DISGUSTINGLY BIASED BUT THEY'RE GIVING PUENTALAY BACK TO ME AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING I CARE ABOUT LITERALLY SOMEONE IN GMMTV IS GETTING KISSED ON THE MOUTH THIS IS NEITHER A PROMISE NOR A THREAT BUT SIMPLY A FACT IM BOOKING THE PLANE TICKETS AS WE SPEAK. we're also getting phutian!!!!! and pranpat!!!!! and akkayan!!!!! and more forcebook and joongdunk and pondphuwin!!!!! and the kids from my school president that we’re finally gonna meet next week and for which i already have the adoption papers ready to sign!!! i usually have mixed feelings on second seasons because most of the time they just provide unnecessary drama, but i think a special episode could work very well. is this just banking on nostalgia for viewers' pleasure? absolutely. do i care? [IS TOO BUSY MAKING OUT WITH A GMMTV EXEC TO ANSWER]

all in all im incredibly happy with what we got and i think it's a pretty good variety: we have school settings and office settings and kitchen settings, we have younger characters and adult characters, we have some light storylines and some heavy storylines.... and we are still far from being able to actually call this 'diverse', but we finally got a GL and a disabled character and it may not be enough but it's a start!!!

[wayslidecool]

hmmm. 4, 16, 18, 24 for blb asks?

4. team you’d be most likely to flute to

okay so i'm pretty sure i'm a dedicated Georgias Fan For Life, but i think my backup teams are a close call between the Miami Dale and Mexico City Wild Wings! both have a ton of players i love, and super cool communities i'd be more than happy to vibe with. it's pretty close, i think the Dale are a bit closer to the aesthetics i personally like, but at the moment i think i'm a little more invested in Wings lore (not that i don't like Dale lore of course!!)

16. pairing you think about the most

you know, i'm kinda blanking on this one. i feel like there's some blaseball character dynamics i love, but none of them are coming to me at the moment. sorry, i'll have to answer this some other AW YOU KNOW I'M JOKING NIQ NYONG'O AND FLATTERY MCKINLEY FOR LIFE!!!

i was drawn to these two pretty much the moment we wrote "scientist lesbians" on our initial Lore Spaghetti Doc, and the way they've developed since has NOT disappointed me at all. (granted, that's probably because i've been involved in uh. a lot of it 😅)

but man, these two. both are super strong characters with really in-depth sim narratives, and if you've ever heard me talk about blaseball lore in any capacity, you've probably been subjected to a long dissertation on these two and the ins and outs of their loving-albeit-occasionally-messy relationship. i don't know if i can give another one at this very moment, but let it be known: my thoughts about these two eclipse any other blaseball players by a pretty significant margin.

that being said, other pairings i love include Niq with Hercules Alighieri, Frankie Hambone, and Nanci Grackle, Flattery with Ortiz Lopez, and honestly? Clove Ji-eun and Goobie Ballson. don't feel like talking about them all at the moment but i'd be happy to elaborate on any of them if people want to know more!! i feel these ones are a bit less well-known, but can still be just as fun to think about.

18. a headcanon you’ll Always believe

okay so it's time to talk about Niq Nyong'o and the Grind Rail.

so, in Season 15 when the Grind Rail was introduced, Niq took it twice, and both times she got kind of low scores. not like, all-time-the-worst-you've-ever-seen scores, but modestly disappointing. for the next few seasons, she didn't take the Grind Rail at all.

but then the returned to it in Season 18, and was suddenly racking up SURPRISINGLY good scores. not league-best perhaps, but a pretty dramatic improvement from her Season 15 performance. she managed to do multiple Dinner Spins that scored over 4,000 points each, and also got tagged out during both of them but oh well.

so like, i view Niq as this pretty image-conscious person? so it's my headcanon is that Niq was so ashamed of her Season 15 Grind Rail performance that she spent the next few years of her life regularly practicing skateboard tricks in her free time just so she'd be less embarrassed by the skateboard tricks she did later on.

it's a small, incredibly silly headcanon that doesn't really add much to Niq or her overall character arc, but i feel like small, silly headcanons like this can add a lot, you know? it adds a little extra Texture.

24. what’s the most Hiatus Brain thing you’ve done so far this siesta?

accidentally starting a wikipedia edit war.

so uh. i was on the Blaseball Wikipedia page, when i noticed the teams used as examples on the page had been changed since the last time i was there -- previously it was the Philly Pies, Baltimore Crabs, and Atlantis Georgias, but now it was the Philly Pies, Seattle Garages, and Breckenridge Jazz Hands.

i was confused why this edit happened, so i looked at the edit log and it simply said "I changed some of the names of the teams to better teams"

and like, rude?? what does this person have against the Georgias and Crabs? not to get too spicy on here, but personally i would consider both of those much better than the Garages. gosh.

for the most part though, i just found this silly. brought it up in a few blaseball spaces so we could have a quick laugh about it, and i figured that'd be it. but no, it was just the start of a WILD ride.

a few minutes later, someone edits the page and changes the team examples to the Dale, Lovers, Sunbeams, and Firefighters, which i'd consider a solid improvement. and after that things just sort of... spiraled out of control. it's not really something i wanted to see happen, but it's also not something i stopped because honestly? it was really, really funny.

easily the highlight to me was when the list was replaced with one that had most, but not all of the teams, and the "Philly" in "Philly Pies" linked to the page on Pittsburgh. comedy gold.

nowadays, to prevent ridiculous edit wars like that, the page just lists all 24 active teams, which is probably for the best, but the process that got us there is one to remember.

feel free to ask more questions!!

[forgottenluck]

Three Times Fog; One Time Sleep

Part One: A Gentle Rolling Eclipse

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Koun did not doubt that his new companion could hold his own, could afford his own room. Yet....the young man seemed awfully intent on sharing the small inn room that the fox had been staying in....and it confused Koun.

"I still don't get why you're insisting....this little room isn't anything special." he muttered as the other (Sora, he said his name was.) set his pack down and did a little dramatic spin around the tiny room.

"It's special because I found a new friend that can protect a vulnerable little civilian such as myself" the sarcasm and lie that dripped off the young man's tongue were almost tangible to Koun, his nature as a Kitsune letting him see the lies as what they were. He could easily grab onto the sing-song tone and hear the truth underneath...or whispers of it, at least. "Why are you looking at me like that? I’m telling the truth! Or what? Do you expect me to pay you?"

There were many things he could say in response, but instead, Koun just rolled his eyes as he made his way over to the closet and slid the door open. With a practiced movement, he pulled the futon out and tossed it over to Sora. He was pleasantly surprised by the shocked little noise that came from the other as he made his way over to the small balcony that the inn room came with.

"My nose tells me that you can do quite well on your own." he retorted, though he made sure to slip in the teasing tone so that the other would realize he was merely poking fun. "But whatever, a little company never hurt anyone."

In truth, no matter how he wished to deny it, Koun was just too tired to give a better retort. He was too tired to care much that he had company. He'd been too tired to say no, especially at the persistence of the other party. In the back of his mind he knew this was dangerous.....but he was at the point where he didn't care much.

The young man gave a pout, but finished setting up the futon...Koun watched through half lidded eyes. He wouldn't let himself rest until the other was asleep, after all. Yet Sora merely sat on the futon and leaned forward, watching him. For a moment there was silence between them, and then Sora gave a sly grin, reaching a hand forward.

"You should join me~"

It took Koun a few moments for the suggestion to register and when it did, he blinked a few times and frowned. In the back of his mind he knew that wasn't an innocent request, he knew how humans were. He'd seen it before. Watched their weird mating rituals to know enough of the tone behind those words. As such his face twisted in confusion.....He had not been the object of someone's affection before, and honestly had no desire for it.

Not when he could barely keep himself solid enough to walk down the street.

"C’mon, handsome...." He'd faded out just for a moment, and when he focused, Sora's hand was almost at his own wrist. "It’s a bit chilly…lets warm each other up--"

Koun barely managed to keep his hiss to himself, jerking his hand out of reach with a snort.

"Not interested." He hadn't meant for it to be as blunt as it was, but he turned his attention to the window. "You said you were tired, so get some rest."

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Sora pout, drawing his hand back like he'd been burned....but there was a flicker of something behind those blue eyes. Something that Koun wasn't sure if he liked it or not....a stubbornness that spoke of trials to come. Honestly....what had he gotten himself into, with interacting with a Keyblade Wielder of all things?

".....Ugh. Whatever." Surprisingly, Sora relented, drawing away and back to the supplied futon. He hesitated briefly before snuggling under the blanket.

Koun was silent, still.....allowing the night to settle around them. It was a heavy silence....but comforting. Crickets in the distance, the bustle of people making their way home, the gentle snores of the Inn's other occupants. A world of life that thrummed around them....

And yet here was a dead God sitting amongst it all.

He shook his head briefly, to clear such thoughts from his mind, and turned to focus on the other occupant in the room. Sora's breathing was calm.....signalling he'd fallen asleep.....funny, Koun had tried to be focused on that to know when he'd fallen asleep. Yet he missed it.....

Ugh, he was....more out of it than he thought.

Moving his attention back to the window, Koun let his mind drift, watching fireflies and crickets in the field across the way. He'd tried to get a room to himself, because he knew himself.....he knew he was reaching his limit. It'd been days since he last slept. But Sora had insisted.....and he eventually relented. So now he was stuck here.....

His eyes closing briefly....his head bobbing forward only to jerk back into semi-awareness. Ah....this was bad, wasn't it? His mind was drifting a little too far, it was too hard to keep his focus. He knew he needed to stay awake, at least until he could get some time to himself.....but he'd gone too long. His body was clawing at any semblance of rest and energy it could grab onto, shoving him to the side mentally in favor of resting. Eyes drifted closed again, his shoulders relaxed.....head tilted back to rest against the wood behind him.....

And he spiraled. Slipped into dreams without even realizing it.

As usual, his dreams were filled with destruction. Of death. Of loss. Of water and the ash that choked out the air. Of hands grabbed, burned skin, and limbs torn asunder........And of days long gone. Though desperate to keep himself sane.....the fog still rolled over his dreams, muddling them. Fuzziness clouding the memories, the images......

Gentle....yet cold. Breath stilling, Flickering. Thoughts and memories, images slowing, everything slowing to a trickle. Deceptively peaceful, he almost let himself slip completely.

"Not yet."

The whisper doesn't truly reach his ears, not really. But it reaches his core. All at once that gentle peaceful feeling shifted to ice cold fear as it gripped his core and he shoved himself into the waking world violently. Somehow....somehow he'd managed to wake back up only after a few hours, and keep a lid on his gasp so he didn't wake the other occupant in the room.

For a moment, he just sat there, curled in on himself, trying to calm his breath. His core hurt.....the cold fear that he'd felt still running like ice through his very being. He'd almost slipped. He'd almost gone under! And in the presence of someone else, too......he was loosing his touch, loosing his mind.

Golden hues squinted shut for a brief moment more before turning to the other occupant in the room, ears perking forward to listen. Yes.....Sora was still asleep. His sleep hadn't been disturbed.....though it sounded as if maybe the young man had his own nightmares, breath hiccuping only in the slightest.

An interesting one, Sora was. Never had Koun ever seen a broken, or shattered line of Fate...yet Sora had multiple. To break fate like so.....a part of Koun wanted to hope that maybe, just maybe it was possible to do so for himself.....but as he had just experienced, it would likely be too late for him. Still....Sora was an interesting case, something to keep his attention. While he knew he shouldn't.....

Maybe he'd stick around Sora. Just on a whim. To see where Fate took him. Today was a new day....and despite the fear that had rippled through him, he was rested. It would be easy to hide that fear, that terror, as soon as the other opened their eyes and rose for the day.

After all, what was a Kitsune that didn't know how to lie through their teeth?

Sometimes....he even believed the lie himself.

[ezribex]

FFXIV Write Day 12

The day of the eclipse has finally arrived. Not only are you planning to go, but your acquaintance from literature class, Aliphine, eagerly accepted your invitation! You wake up in your dorm room feeling strangely energized, even excited, for the day ahead. 

You walk over to the armoire and pull out your jacket that marks you as an undergraduate at the Studium. It’s warm and has big pockets, which is probably the most you could ask for. You’ve always found Studium attire (student’s jacket slung across the shoulders with loose-fitting clothes underneath) to be dowdy in comparison with Ishgardian fashion. But Aliphine, who always wears their jacket buttoned up over a neat, dark-colored set of mage’s robes, makes the uniform cute. Or maybe you just think they’re cute. Who knows. 

You pull on a pair of comfortable pants and a warm shirt, summer is definitely over here in Sharlayan. You lace up your skysteel work boots, tie your hair back, and put on your Studium jacket (without fastening the buttons). Before heading out the door, you take a glance in the mirror. I look ridiculous, you think. You take your arms out of the jacket and instead loosely tie it around your shoulders like a demented shawl. Not really any better. But you do keep it that way. 

Before class, you stop at the Last Stand. There’s a pretty long line since lots of students have a penchant for sipping espresso before class. You look down and fiddle with the strap on your bookbag, listening in on conversations between your fellow students. The group in front of you is gossipping about some archaeology professor named Hinageshi who has been skipping out on lectures to prepare for her upcoming wedding. “I really wanted to learn something this semester, ugh.” “Well, at least she shouldn’t be giving out any failing grades given that it’s her problem that we aren’t learning anything.” “Should I report this to the Dean?” “No!! I want my easy pass!” 

You smile a little and are happy that you’re not studying archaeology. What a mess of a department. Astronomy at least seems better run, your introductory class (taught by a kind younger lecturer named Jude) always starts on time and Jude always helps students out during office hours. Also, you did surprisingly well on your last quiz, so maybe you’re just feeling more charitable about the whole thing. 

Finally, you are at the front of the line. “The usual?” the barista asks when she sees you. You flush a little bit, it’s kind of embarrassing that the staff here know your order, especially when you don’t talk to anyone and don’t know any of their names. But yes, you’re having the usual. (Medium oat milk latte with two shots of espresso. Today’s snacks looked good as well so you also picked out a breakfast taco. Anything to avoid Archon Loaf!). 

Taco in one hand, latte in the other, you make your way to class. As you walk through the tree-lined paths and breathe in the fresh fall air, you hear a rush of footsteps and labored breathing behind you. “Excuse me, um, oat latte person!” You stop and turn around. The small Hyur who often waves at you in line at the Last Stand is holding a Studium jacket in their hands. Your jacket. 

Embarrassed, you look at them. They’re wearing pressed slacks and an embroidered tunic underneath their own jacket. How do other people manage to make the Studium look so chic? You despair, thinking back at your moment in the mirror this morning. You look like an Ishgardian engineer, alright. Their bobbed white hair is immaculate, even though they presumably were running to catch up to you. They’re not carrying a coffee, you notice. “Um, thank you,” you say, holding out a hand to grab the jacket before realizing that your hands are full. 

They bring their hand up to their face and giggle as you set your food down carefully on the ground. You grab the jacket and start putting it on. “Probably a good idea to wear it, or at least make a knot when you tie it around your body.”

“Yep,” you say, blushing. 

They seem to be looking you up and down, still smiling. “My name’s Avery. Undergraduate, college of medicine. If you’ll excuse me, I need to get back in line for my coffee.” They dash off before you have a chance to introduce yourself. 

“See you around!” you call after them, but you’re not sure if they hear.

[kyr-kun-chan]

Reveal your watch & Rewatch drama list

Thanks for the tag @gilly-bean I actually did one already here, so this is just a quick update. 

RECENTLY FINISHED

Triage - I liked this time loop show! Time loop shows can be interesting and it’s fun to see how certain situations change if you change one little thing. 

What Did You Eat Yesterday - The Movie - This movie was great like the show. Just 2 adult gay men living their life. No high school drama, which is nice once in a while. There are still some problems they need to get through of course but since they’re adults it’s all very mature. If I ever get into reading manga again, this will be on my readinglist. 

CURRENTLY WATCHING

Senpai, This Can’t Be Love! - I recently found out that the end credits change every ep! I LOVE that! 

Cupid’s Last Wish - I don’t know how long it will take to finish this. Last post I started watching again but I stopped watch AGAIN. This is not my kind of show as you can probably tell. I’ll most likely finish it eventually tho, I’m not dropping it. 

Vice Versa - I absolute LOVE the references to the other shows. I hope they keep that up. It fits so well with the theme of the show with the multiple universes. The 2gether joke took me out, and just having Ohm and Nanon in the show is great but the dialogue in that one scene is suspiciously close to THAT scene in Bad Buddy, that can’t be a coincidence. 

Minato’s Laundromat - Started this and I surprisingly like it! I wasn’t sure about the age gap but so far I like how they’re handling it. 

Extraordinary Attorney Woo - Omg I love this show already! Jun ho is so sweet and I really do love seeing a show with an autistic lead with a lot of good, supportive people around them. 

REWATCHING

In a constant state of wanting to rewatch Light on Me. It’s only a matter of time until I actually do. 

STARTING SOON

KeixYaku - I already forgot I put this one on the last post. I still want to watch it tho. 

LOOKING FORWARD TO

Copied from my last post.

Gameboys 2, The Eclipse, Moonlight Chicken, Between Us, GAP, Cherry magic the movie

Consider yourself tagged if you see this.

[ignitification]

The Culling Game - N°19.

Finally, in chapter 143, we get a sort of insight in what are the goals, or at least the long term aspiration of Kamo Noritoshi aka Getwo. Given my lack of English vocabulary I had never heard the word ‘culling’ used in such a context, which brought me to make a research into it. Well, the definition goes that ‘culling’ means literally ‘selective slaughtering’ of a certain part/type of a species - which aligns with his previous statements of ‘modifying human brain’ to adapt to sorcery, as vessels and/or people possessing innate technique. A new Dark Era, a new Heian Era, as in his words.

In particular, ‘to cull is to remove an animal, especially a sick or weak one, from a herd or flock. It is a reduction of the numbers of an animal population achieved by selectively killing some of its members’.

So, usually the goal of culling is to reduce the population and this brings us to two questions: why exactly does Getwo obtain from dwindling down the population of sorcerers (that are already such a few) and why does he have to do it in a such a restraint time of 19 days? Of course, these are question that popped into my mind because I think that these are two of the aspects that could light to what is happening at the moment, and how does it involve Tsumiki, Yuki and the sealing of Gojo - but it may as well be that I’m asking the wrong questions. 

My best bet is definitely the sealing of Gojo: as this process might be definitely made in order to weed out the ‘weakest’ links of society in order to rebuild it in such a way that fits Getwo standards, Gojo cannot be around for two reasons. He is way too strong, which means that he would defeat everyone in this game or on the contrary, he would try to save everyone - and neither fits Getwo’s plans. 

However, this brings me to the considerations which I wanted to type out. Having a look at the rules of the Game, I noticed that the number 19 is mentioned twice, and has sort of a grave relevance. And since, nothing (and when I say nothing, I mean literally nothing) is left to chance in JJK, I asked myself why. Why does the specific number 19 appear, not once but twice in such a singular and fundamental set of panels, shaping the entire arc to come?

Well, I might have found a partial answer. 

See, number 19 is quite particular and has, not surprisingly, a sort of dark story. First of all, Eclipses of the Sun occur once in 19 years. And second, according to the Babylonians the number 19 is unlucky, and it was a great day to portent evil (or good).  

As for the Eclipse of the Sun, it is funny to note that this occurs when three celestial corps align, and in particular when the Moon aligns in between the Sun and the Earth. As Japan would be the cursed energy monopolistic country, which would cause great distress for the world and especially the East - it might assume a dark parallel: and the Sun (Japan) being obscured by the Moon (in this case cursed energy) from a perspective of Earth (the other countries). Of course, it has definitely ties with the fact that Sukuna has awakened and found a suitable vessel (which also, as we saw, triggered the response and the awakening of other curses, as the one who killed those who attended the same bridge as Tsumiki during the night). This eclipse might also be the only way to allow this ‘Evil’, or culling to take proper form and to actually cloud people’s judgement. This might be a meaning for Eclipse: when people’s minds gets clouded by their technique and the overflowing of cursed energy, and by then they are obliged to act on it. 

On the other hand, the number 19 means also awakening, enlightenment and inspiration. It is the completion of a cycle, beginning and end and the discovery of a new one to open your potential and enter a new stage and evolution of humanity. This meaning, fits to a T the explanation that Getwo gives, as confusing as it is, to the motivations why he has released the seals and why he reformed the brain of people in order to see and fight curses. He wants humanity to refine this stage of stagnation and to be beyond the current situation. However, he also wants to select the few strong people who are actually worth something to bet on. And this brings us to the same question: why? What is the point of doing this and why exactly does this game entail? Does Getwo want War? Supremacy? A new human race which dominates cursed energy?

Furthermore, as the number 19 stands for the ending of a cycle, and the beginning of a new one (the beginning of Heian, again) - it also stands to serve humanity in every possible way. Number 19 brings independence - which might be the independence from jujutsu sorcerers and society (as everyone who has been marked now has the opportunity to actually see and fight curses) and at the same time independence from the cursed energy. Indeed, people would need to discard their safe life, in order to gain these independence and embrace instead their newfound and original state. 

This number, biblically, means ‘perfection’ and a ‘perfect order’. Does that ring any bell?

On a final, funny note, the Tarot Card number 19, is the one of the Sun. 

[rogue-durin-16]

STICK TOGETHER

Summary: When Fred finds out Y/n is planning on leaving the Wizarding World, he canalizes his feelings in the worst way possible, which leads to a terrible outcome that seems unfixable.

Pairing: Fred Weasley x Slytherin!Reader

Genre: angst

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Fred Weasley: @whiskeyn-rain @lumos-solemn

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Warnings: swearing

A/N: @meph1stophelian is here putting pressure on me to post this already so I'm apologizing for the poorly written ending lmaoo enjoy <3

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"Fred, calm down." George begged me; he walked by my side, trying to talk some sense into me, but it was not the moment. "You gotta understand her— throwing a fit isn't going to help anyone—" I didn't even look in my twin's direction while he spoke. "Bloody hell, Fred—"

"Y/n!" I quickened my pace, leaving George behind after spotting her in one of the corridors, having a chat with a couple of Ravenclaws. "Can I have a word?"

"Sure— Oi!" I hadn't waited for her to reply before grabbing her hand and snatching her away to pull her into the nearest broom closet. "What was that about?"

"Tell me I heard Katie wrong and you're not actually leaving."

"I can't tell you that." She plainly responded, her voice steady.

A single, gobsmacked snide left my throat. "You're joking, right?" My heart ached as if it was being constricted when she shook her head no. "So you're fleeing?"

"What?"

"Things are getting ugly so you're running away."

Her eyes dug into mines as she stayed in a very uncomfortable silence before replying with. "So what if I am?" When I averted my eyes from hers, she called my name. Her eyes were somewhat softer now, with a gleam of plea in them. "For the last two years we had nothing but tragedy. Diggory died, You-Know-Who is back and recruiting, the ministry is full on going against a teenager, this pink colored nasty toad is physically abusing us, and on top of that, I have to put up with my housemates' bullshit for having muggle blood— I'm tired!" Her voice had raised a bit, enough for me to know she was struggling to keep it at bay, but still managed to. "If I can have a life out of this then—"

"You're a coward."

"Fred." there was a warning on her tone, but I couldn't listen.

"You're leaving... people behind," she attempted to reason; I didn't let her. "Dunno why I'm surprised, really. At the end of the day you're a Slytherin for a reason."

Her eyes started to well up, and I couldn't tell if it was with anguish or fury. I knew I was getting under her skin, but that was exactly what I intended to do; if I was going to leave that room scarred, so would she.

"Self-preservation, you call it." I scoffed, feeling my own rage building up faster each passing second. "Pure cowardy."

"Is that what you think?" Her tone wasn't steady anymore; she was holding back the poison of her words, for my sake.

"Yeah." I wasn't capable of doing the same thing for hers. "And I don't want your cheap excuses and emotional manipulation to convince me otherwise." My face was probably red due to the anger, my jaw and fists hurt from clenching them; I was off the rails, and the person who would usually stop me was standing in front of me. "Better leave now so you don't have the chance to sell us out when shit goes down."

Silence fell upon us, our gazes locked, equally watery and with the same amount of fury and sadness within them.

And finally she snapped. "Maybe I'm a coward, but you're a self-absorbed prat who's not able to see beyond your own ego!" The way she said it hurt me more than the sentence itself. "This is not gonna be a DADA class, Fred! I don't want to fucking die because I was too slow casting Protego."

"Good luck, Y/l/n." I curtly wished her before stalking out of the broom closet I have initially dragged her into.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

We avoided each other for a week. The following Monday, when I entered the Great Hall, I found George and Katie quite depressed.

"What's gotten into you?"

They shared a look before my brother turned to me, deciding to break the news himself.

"Y/n left last night." He gave me an apologetic look. "Thought she'd wait until the graduation—"

"But she's had enough." Katie finished, toying with her breakfast. "Honestly, I wish I had a life in the muggle world too."

My lungs were refusing to take the air inside; I felt as if I would choke if I stayed there, so I stormed out, jogging to reach the countryard.

I needed to breathe.

Even after the wind hit my face, that vital task felt like the most difficult thing in the world to accomplish.

I hate her I hate her I hate her I hate her.

A sob escaped my chest, realising the harsh words I had spat at her were probably the last ones she would ever hear from me.

I love her.

A Year And A Half Later

READER'S P. O. V.

I managed to apparate somewhere in the cornfield —the only place around the Burrow I remembered clearly.

I should have landed with a broom, but apparently, Mad-Eye didn't inform Lupin that I would serve as an extra escort for Harry if they were ambushed, so my broom was now smashed somewhere down the muggle road we had flown over.

Mentally cursing the damn moment in which I spoke to Shacklebolt in hopes of being useful in this war, I looked for the entrance of the Weasley home, which took me quite a while.

Funnily enough, it was Lupin who stepped out, wielding his wand and casting yet another hex at me that I somehow managed to block.

With a swift wave of my hand, he was propelled back into the house. "YOU!" A long-haired redhead I recognized as the eldest Weasley helped my old Professor up as I stalked to them with my wand up. "YOU HEXED MY BLOODY BROOM! I'M LUCKY TO BE ALIVE!"

"Y/n, calm down—" Shacklebolt was now besides me with his hands up. "He didn't know you were coming— he was trying to protect George from further harm."

My brain was slow to process his words, but as soon as it did, I started to down my arm. "What happened?"

"Snape hit him with the sectumsempra." My eyes widened at Lupin's heavy words.

"Did everyone else make it?" The three of them remained silent, the ginger shaking his head no.

My breath caught up in my throat, but before I could ask if Fred was alright, another tall ginger flashed the corner of my eye, and my head snapped to the living room's door.

FRED'S P. O. V.

Everyone was scattered around the house. Ginny took Hermione and Fleur to her room; Ron and Harry made its way up too; Tonks went out —she needed a moment alone to mourn Mad-Eye—, and, while my parents and I stayed with George, Lupin, Shacklebolt and Bill went to guard the entrance.

I was still kneeling by George's side, holding his hand while our mother healed his wound the best she could, when we heard a yell followed by a strong blow in the kitchen.

I looked at my mum and dad, my eyes flickering to my twin while I reached for my wand.

As I got up, more yells were heard, this time clearer; the voice was familiar— I knew that voice all too well.

There she stood, at the entrance of my home.

Her eyes met mines as soon as she caught a glimpse of me, and my head started to spin. I knew I had no right to do what I was about to do, but after that night's events, in which the war became very much real, I couldn't help but rush to her and engulf her in a tight hug.

Surprisingly enough, I couldn't take more than two steps forward, since she did what I intended to do first.

"You're alright." She mumbled against my shoulder. My eyes shut, trying to block the tears that threatened to fall. "How's he?" She inquired whilst pulling away with a concerned frown.

Not trusting my voice, I nodded in the living room's direction. A quiet sough escaped my lips as she passed by, her hands lingering on my arms for a brief instant before she entered the room and took careful steps towards the settee.

I barely caught a couple of words from George and Y/n's exchange, my mind still buzzing due to the shock.

"What do you say, Freddie?" I frowned at my twin, regretting not listening to the conversation. "She can take my bed, right? I'm not gonna get far anyway."

"Right." I agreed, struggling for my voice to come out steady. It was Y/n we were talking about; I had known her since our fourth year, I had been friends and more with her, seeing her shouldn't be that nerve-wracking.

A couple of minutes later, we were all heading to our respective rooms, and as I closed my room's door behind me and Y/n, it dawned on me that I had underestimated the anxiety that could cause me being left alone with her.

Get it together, Fred.

"If you want, you can grab a shirt from the drawer." I finally managed to speak, motioning at the chest besides the window. She nodded and turned to it to look for one she could sleep in.

Now that I had the opportunity, I carefully observed her, and soon realized how much she had changed in the time we were apart. Not only when it came to her physical appearance; she stood a bit straighter, talked a little calmer; the joy with which she used to sparkle was dim now, eclipsed by a severe, worried attitude— a sign of us no longer being the kids who messed around at Hogwarts.

"I missed you" I knew right away that wasn't the best start for the conversation.

"It sure didn't seem like it." The bitterness in her tone stung my heart harsher than I expected.

"You're still mad?" The way I was conducting the conversation was making me want to bang my head against the wall.

She sighed, turning around now that she had the shirt on to meet my gaze. "A year and a half, Fred. You didn't contact me for a year and a half. I thought we were friends."

"You left me behind!" I talked back, partly because I panicked, but also because I, to my surprise, was still mad too. "What did you even expect?"

"A letter?" She questioned, throwing herself down on the bed. "I mean— I didn't really expect anything, but a letter would have been a good way to let me know you didn't fucking hate me." My eyes, now fixed on my lap, went wide when Y/n's voice broke at her last three words.

"I'm sorry." I mumbled, quite ashamed of having to apologise while also being scared of saying anything that could harm her further. "I'm sorry about not writing and- uh... I'm sorry about what I said to you. I know it's not an excuse but I was really mad and..." I cleared my throat and felt the blush creeping up my neck even before I finished the sentence. "... and hurt 'cause you- I thought that maybe I wasn't important enough to you and- yeah, I'm sorry about what I said." I tried meeting her eyes but they were fixed on the wall before her.

"It's fine." She shrugged, "I guess you were right anyway."

"I wasn't right-"

"You were." She hugged her knees to her chest and hid her face there. "Wanna know why I'm back?" She didn't need my response. "They're hunting down my family." My heart stopped beating for a second due to the shockingly deadpanning tone. "A friend gave me a tip-off— they were tracking them down. I got to them just in time." I refrained myself from asking about them —the less I knew, the better. "So yeah, you're right, I was a coward and left people behind."

My body shot up and my legs carried me to George's bed; without me being fully aware of what I was doing or which consequences it could have, I sat down and pulled Y/n into my arms.

Though she was shocked at first, her body soon relaxed into the familiarity of my arms, and she let out a relieved sigh. "You're not alone on this." I whispered, pecking her crown. "I'm here, okay?"

"So you don't hate me?" She murmured against my chest.

Maybe it was the fragility of her voice, or the warmth of her embrace I missed so much; maybe it was this past year and a half of regret, or the night's events, but I couldn't hold back my words.

"I love you."

And even though she went stiff, even if I had just blurted them out almost in accident, I didn't regret saying them, because I, in fact, loved her.

She pulled away to look into my eyes. "You mean it?"

"Yeah." I replied, calmer than I had been in a while. "And I'm really sorry about everything, if I could turn back time—" words and air were cut off by her lips crashing against mines.

We had kissed before, but it was on a bet's behalf or to prank someone; this was different, this was her pouring her 'I love you' into actions, and I embrace it gladly.

"No more running away." I commanded when she pulled back. "From now on, we stick together." She nodded, her forehead resting against mine and her palms on my chest.

[sokkas-honour]

i have an idea if that’s fine ! how about headcanons for spending christmas with keith kogane (and giving home the best christmas ever because this baby deserves it) tysm !! 💕

he does deserve an amazing christmas, but he got my space christmas instead.

tis the season - keith x reader

pairing: keith x reader (gn)

warnings/notes: this was long

okay so, post show finale, keith is very often off earth, going from planet to planet to help those who had been affected by the galra empire. you tagged along, helping him have a partner that he could count on light years away from his home planet.

keith had been away from earth for years, meaning he hadn’t even remotely celebrated holidays in general, much less christmas.

so when you joined him in space, you made a point to keep track of the days on the gregorian calendar so you could be sure to celebrate christmas on the right day.

as the holiday soon started to roll around, you discreetly started to collect things to try and make the holiday as traditional as possible but being this far away from earth did make it hard, but you did what could with what you had. you were smart enough to bring cookie dough for christmas cookies but who knew if the ship had any sort of kitchen. (spoiler alert, it did!!)

so, you talked with a few of the blade of marmora members on if you could somehow get some sort of tree esque alien plant to use as a substitute christmas tree.

thankfully for you, axca mentionned of some sort of a small tree on the next planet you were set to settle in for awhile, having just restocked on supplies.

so as soon as you guys landed and had some free time, you eclipsed yourself from the group and tried to talk to the local population in order to find a way to procure one of the trees for yourself, christmas being a little under two weeks away. and they were extremely useful, helping you pick the best one for your limited decorations.

so you picked one of the storage rooms that no one used, them being there in case of excess supplies and decided that was the room where you’d set everything up so in the room the actually not that small, small tree being placed on top of one of the empty crates.

for decorations, you just scavenged for loose string all over the ship and the alien planet, anything that could either hold your decorations or you could use as a garland.

you ended up only finding cool rock looking rocks of various colours to use as ornaments but it’s the thought that counts. you managed to pierce the rocks to put the string through, meaning you could just tie a not at the top of the loop and set them strategically around the surprisingly many branches of the tree.

for the garland around it, you managed to find some vines on the planet which got you excited, you finally found something very green for the green and red theme you were trying to have to fully emulate christmas.

lucky for you, you found red flowers on the planet you were currently on and picked a few to put around the tree and thread the stem of it through the hole you had punched in each rock.

the night of christmas eve, you slithered out of keith’s arm that was draped over you while he slept, going to the kitchen in order to start baking them so hed have fresh cookies in the morning (and maybe the rest of the crew but they had to deal with the alien substitutes)

so you spent the early hours of the morning in the kitchen, managing to find what you thought was a galran cookbook that included their own form of cookies so you made a couple of batches for the crew while you cooked the cookie dough you had sneaked onto the ship.

getting a bunch of unique gifts while you’re travelling is hard but you somehow managed to find a uniquely carved knife by some of the local population. you nearly wrapped it with whatever paper you could muster and placed it right under your makeshift christmas tree.

now keith had gotten a bit suspicious when he looked for you during down time and was unable to find you, getting a simple “i was exploring” excuse more than once definitely didn’t answer his question.

it was even more confusing when axca mentionned that you hadn’t been present much during a time dedicated to helping rebuild houses but unbeknownst to them, you had already finished the ones you were assigned and were currently conversing with the locals on local delicacies/objects to maybe gift keith.

he wanted to confront you about it but for the last two weeks, it seemed to him that you were ignoring him and it definitely brought his mood down.

you had also somehow managed to find voltron merch used from back when they were basically superstars. you grabbed a standard voltron formation stuffed animal as well as a red lion, hoping he wouldn’t mind you getting his first lion as well as the color of his previous suit. (which you also wrapped in scrap paper).

while you were in the kitchen, taking cookies out of the oven, you were surprised to find keith looking at you from the doorway.

“why are you making cookies this early in the morning?” he was only half awake as kosmo passed him, coming to sniff the cookies.

“you’ll find out in a second, want one?” you extended the fresh out of the oven sugar cookies to him which he gladly took, surpise on his face as he realised they were from earth.

“you had cookie dough from earth and didn’t tell me?”

“that’s not the only secret i kept, come on.” you grabbed a cookie for yourself then grabbed his wrist to drag him to the storage unit.

and when you opened the door, his face lit up at the little makeshift christmas scene he saw in front of him.

“merry christmas keith!” you exclaimed, still waiting for a vocal reaction as keith almost seemed frozen on the spot.

“you did all of this?”

“yup, i even have presents, open them!”

this man felt his heart swell immensely, not believing he had someone who cared so much about him that they recreated a holiday he hadn’t celebrated in ages, a signifiant other that thoughtful.

he feels so guilty that he didn’t get you anything but it beyond thankful.

he spots to makeshift mistletoe and he smirked, grabbing it and placing it over your heads so you two could kiss, having your first christmas morning kiss together.

“you didn’t have to do this y/n.”

“well i wanted to, i was so excited to spend christmas with you on earth but it probably wouldn’t be possible for awhile so i brought christmas to space!” he thought your reasoning was just adorable so he kissed you on the forehead.

“merry christmas y/n.”

“merry christmas keith.”

people i tag for voltron: @alteasmoon @biqherosix