#that’s actually cannon from the show runners

[voidofcourse8]

You wanna know who I wanna see in a time travel AU to TDOTD era? Samwell Tarly, our favorite best boy, the ultimate history nerd.

[eremorte]

What are some characters that the fandom dislikes that you like and why?

Or what characters do you think have more depth than the fandom portrays?

I don’t think I have many unconventional favorites. Everyone has a fan at this stage in fandom. I watched the show while it aired but joined fandom late so I’m not sure who is the most controversial ones I’m not techinally supposed to hate are.

The best answer I can give is Ramona. I know that a lot of people love her now but I still remember the denial stage in the beginning because a lot of fans found her redundant and a waste as the series was about dead. I still can’t get over the fan theory that Ramona is a hallucination.

Reasons include:

She looks badass. (Also her voice sounds cool. I can barely believe she shared the same VA as Maddie)

She was of the few girl characters that wore jeans.

Sibling representation that didn’t feel cheesy. (I am aware that relationships like the O’hairs can exist, I’m just not used to that. And Darling and Dexter where a nice middle ground in the books but Ramona is sadly show-only)

Her no-nonsense attitude. Her monologue on moonlight mystery was exciting because it was an active example of a character using their head. Which I don’t remember happening that often. Stuff just happens and the title character just goes with it. Also, just making sure Justine didn’t hurt herself while sleep dancing? Aww. Mention of alternate locations other than ever after high. (Dark forest reform school).

The runner up to this would be Sparrow. I have very little cannon basis for this. I mean, he was made more interesting in the books (the only one I actively remember is next top villain and he existed for like 10 pages) but my main reason for liking him was a fanfic. Falling Apples by Rosalite. (https://m.fanfiction.net/s/11742563/1/Falling-Apples)

I have no idea where the Apple/Sparrow pairing came from (probably the main trilogy and I forgot) but this story is really sweet from what I remember. Be advised, the catalyst is pregnancy.

To answer the second question:

Jillian? Because it seems that she’s one of the few characters that actually has a story that ends. She doesn't seem to revert back to square one when her story would start. She is definitely keeping it up because it’s fun to do. It also helps that Tiny is supportive. I imagine the beanstalk family and the giant's made an agreement between themselves about how the destiny was to play out.

[bl4ckr0se-3006]

Looking for a Six of Crows/Shadow and Bone roleplay. A few things to bear in mind if you’re interested. I want to characters to be the age they are in Six of Crows books, e.g. Kaz would be 17-18 and Inej 16. I would be the one playing Kaz and I am mostly looking for Kanej ship wise: though I am open to found something platonic between Kaz and the other crows. The other thing to bear in mind I would be playing Kaz as Ace, that isn’t to say I am not open to Romance and I do have a plot:

Kaz finds himself falling for Inej but tries to deny it at first. He is pretty sure he liked her romantically, or is starting to, though it takes him a lot of courage for him to eventually admit his feelings towards her, though eventually he does and the two start dating. Only After several near-death encounters, do they both gradually acknowledge their feelings for one another, inching closer and closer to a romantic relationship.

Also looking for Rp partners for a Maze Runner rp. I would play Newt, I won’t do BxG pairings with him unless it’s solely platonic, I only do BxB ship rps with the character. I am looking mostly for Newtmas for this idea, though I prefer my partner to play Thomas for that ship. I do have a list of headcannons I am working on which I send to rp partners and also I do work from both book and film; I actually have an Au idea for after the events of Death Cure, which is kind of like if Newt ended up surviving, If you’re interested my Pms should be open. I am still working on some information for the way I prefer to portray so I don’t have that at the moment but I do have a start to my head-cannons list. I do have a plot point taken from the films of Scorch Trials and Death Cure I can explain to anyone who is interested.

I am semi-lit to advanced lit but I’m have a higher preference for lit to advanced to advanced lie because I do better with detail. The more detail the easier I find it to reply, and the less detail it he more I struggle to reply. My only real triggers are the death of my character, I don’t mind near death especially if it’s a plot point in the book or tv show or film in question etc. though. I allow Oc’s but more comfortable with CCxCC. If Interested comment here.

[inventors-fair]

Second Spellings: Runners-Up ~

Our runners-up this week are @bergdg, @helloijustreadyourpost, and @hypexion!

@bergdg — The Great Conjuration

I don't really know where blue and green became the shapeshifteryest of shapeshifter colors (or rather, I get the gist because blue = mutability and green = nature). When you have these together, though, you get a card like this which is really damn sweet. This card obviously puts a massive target on your back, but if you go fast enough, you can ensure that the power behind your creatures can swing fully and completely. Or rather, that you have at least one explosive turn. Having all the cards be exiled can be a feel-bad, but there are great ways to exploit this and even better ways that this card is just plain fun.

For example: naming Eldrazi allows you to cast Emrakul off a Blisterpod. Honestly, do I need to name any other examples after that? I think that the only major revision I would make would be for the last ability to say "You may cast any number of cards exiled with ~ this turn without paying their mana costs." I'm not sure where you got the "one or more" wording from, but hey, that's a small issue for such a fun card. It's extremely narrow and more often than not feels like it would be a glass cannon—so yeah, perfectly reasonable for what the conjuration is implying, right? Side note: amazing art skills there. The mood conveys the gist conveys the extremity.

@helloijustreadyourpost — Sky Dancer

I like the Shakespeare reference in the flavor text, and I think it speaks to some kind of faerie perspective that's not quite translatable to human thought—or at least that feels like the intention, the way that the fae see the world. That is to say, I like both the simplicity and the ambiguity. It's actually tied with the effect for the card, which is a potentially quite powerful effect at common! I can't think of any specific effects with which it's broken, at least not at the moment.

So what you have is the ability to swing in with your fliers and then be on the defense, plus if you have any flash synergy you can utilize that to make combat harder for your opponents. All checks out. Cast triggers at common aren't the easiest to grok, but at the same time, this effect doesn't use too much complex space because of no inherent tap ability; I'm thinking of how my students sometimes get juked out with weird Thermo-Alchemist triggers, y'know. By itself, it's a card that does just what Faeries want to do at common, and I think that the only possible change I'd make would be to make it a 1/2, and even that's negligible. Solid common design!

@hypexion — Distortion Skitterer

As an uncommon? You're treading hazardous ground... But, it's a seven-mana 4/4 so that's honestly not so bad. Making additional 4/4s with trample is pretty nasty and you do get one on cast, but holy crap, that's still really fun to play, and fairly limiting all things considered. The amount of times that this would've come up in OGW limited would be pretty little, which is reasonable, but getting two of them or getting just one trigger off would be pretty nasty. Considering that MH3 is going to have even more? Wow. I think that the double-C is quite reasonable for the setup.

Honestly this card speaks for itself—the power level is comparable to the more powerful uncommons of its era, it's an Eldrazi that makes more Eldrazi, and you've got a pretty reasonable wording to show how nuts it can be. FYI, the cast trigger for other spells would actually be its own thing, e.g. "When you cast this spell and whenever you cast a spell with {C} in its mana cost..." I believe you don't have to specify "on the battlefield" because, like Cityscape Leveler, it implies the zone with the wording on the trigger. That said, it's fairly complex, so I understand if things got finicky. Flavor text is a solid B+, too! Just remember to put the period inside the quotation marks. I guess a runner-up flavor would've been Zurdi saying that they missed the scute bugs.

Commentary soon! @abelzumi

[tacofriend]

Triton kinda makes me sad.

The best way I can describe it is that years ago there was a show called Tombstone and it was fucking awesome! Then they made a reboot called Triton, but the writers and show runners didn't actually understand what made Tombstone so good, so the reboot just sucks.

Tombstone was frequently called the King of Kinetic Energy, and for good reason. It hit REALLY hard! But what made it amazing was that it could get hit really hard and keep trucking! Tombstone was famous for bouncing around the battle box after big hits, but here's the thing: so do all bots. The thing that made Tombstone remarkable was its ability to ping around the box like a pinball land on its wheels and keep going. Witch Doctor broke Tombstone's weapon in half, and Tombstone was still able to move!

Triton takes a hit that most bots would bounce back from, and it dies immediately. Like in its fight against Copperhead. Copperhead hit the back of Triton, and all the components came flying out of Triton like they were spring-loaded.

The captain of Triton called it a glass cannon, which makes sense in other types of combat, but you can't do that in battlebots. It's nice in theory to be able to demolish your opponent in a single hit and never take a hit, but that's not the reality. You're going to get hit.

[wc-confessions]

As someone who read Tallstar’s Revenge until a few chapters after Sandgorse died-

I honestly feel like barely anybody talks about how much of an @$$ of a father Sandgorse is to Tallstar.

Like - correct me if I’m wrong, but

It kind of seems like to me that Sandgorse doesn’t really care about Tallkit because he’s his son,

But rather the fact that his “love” towards his son is based on Tallpaw continuing the LEGACY and participating in the CAREER of tunneling.

Sandgorse probably and/or possibly did NOT love Tallpaw because he’s his son. He “loved” him based on what he wants him to BE.

Because once when Tallpaw states to him that he doesn’t want to be a tunneler after he’s apprenticed to be a moor runner, Sandgorse avoids him-

Until attempts to possibly convince Tallpaw to become a tunneler by showing him how his career works within the tunnels.

And when the plan of tunnels being between Riverclan and WindClan are cancelled by Heatherstar, Sandgorse automatically blames Tallpaw for their cancellation.

Also, as far as I know, Sandgorse NEVER apologized for his crappy actions towards Tallpaw, even when he sees Tallstar again in order to give him a life.

And although what I’m about to say here feels more of a fan speculation than a actual cannon thing-

I honestly feel like Sandgorse was nice to Tallstar and decided give him that life because of the fact that after Sandgorse died, Tallpaw decided that he should become a tunneler - like Sandgorse always wanted him to be.

And while some people may understand Sandgorse’s point of view, and that the career he loves was, indeed, gradually crumbling away from his paws-

That does NOT excuse his shitty behavior towards his own son, and disliking Tallpaw for not taking a career that he doesn’t even want to be a part of.

If Sandgorse was actually good father, while he would be upset about another apprentice - especially his own son - not becoming a tunneler, he would’ve at least respected the fact that Tallpaw’s want to have a career that is different to his, with him actually loving him - at the very least, mainly - because of the fact that Tallpaw is his son, and NOT because of what he wants his son to be.

So yeah…I honestly believe that Sandgorse a crappy father to Tallstar.

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[cambion-companion]

not sure if you've answered this but im digging myself deep into the targaryen family hole and I need your opinion.

do you think aemond is the father to Helenas children ? like talking cannonly his personality was all about doing his part as a prince, family oriented, mommy's boy blah blah blah and aegon is the total opposite. I dont think aegon genuinely has any romantic feelings for Helena so I can't imagine him bedding Helena at all let alone fathering her children.

also im thinking this may actually be cannon to the show because the show didn't show any any scenes with helenas children acknowledging aegon or spending time with him, but they showed the scene when the kids saw aemond and coincidently said 'father'... like why would the show runners include that ?

also cuz they made aemond killing Luke an accident. so I think they wanted the events of blood and cheese to hit so different because it means it was basically almonds fault that got his own kid killed and his 'lover' Helena killed as well. they gonna make our boy miserable.

I know this is probably a super overused question and an popular discussion but regardless, thoughts ?

Oh hi there! Thanks for this message, Anon :) Personally as a rule, I don't ship incestuous relationships since that's a big turn off for me. I think it was @aemonds-sapphire who pointed out it was actually Alicent's bedroom Aemond found her and Helaena and the kids in after Viserys died, when many assumed it was Helaena's room. Also the children saying "Aemond" or "father" is pure speculation and has not been confirmed.

I do not believe they are Aemond's children. In episode 7, Aemond says he would marry Helaena if "mother had only betrothed us". I don't see this as a brother lusting over his sister, more I see it as Aemond wanting to be dutiful to the Valyrian heritage he's very proud of and perhaps even save his sister from Aegon...who is already lecherous with the maid servants even in episode 7.

That being said, Aemond would not sire a bastard child. We know how he feels about the Strong boys, there's no way I can be convinced he would be alright with making illegitimate children with Helaena, even if it were kept secret. That's also why I believe Alys when she says Aemond made her his wife and that the son they had together was legitimate.

Blood and cheese makes sense with it still being Aegon's kid. "A son for a son" seems to be used a lot in favor of Helaemond as if it's the trump card against people who disagree. A son, Lucerys, for a son, Jahaerys (if I remember correct). Not a son of Rhaenyra so a son of Aemond. Daemon doesn't care if the son they kill in retribution is directly related, he just wants blood to spill...very in keeping with his character.

That being said, I do believe Aemond loves his sister. Wild I know. Not romantically, but as a brother should love his sibling just as he has tender affection for his mother. He is protective of Helaena and I'm sure wishes he could've saved her from marrying his ass of a brother.

Adding onto this real quick as an edit...the way Helaena visibly brightens when Aemond enters Alicent's room is something I love. The fact a lot of people want to translate each interaction between Aemond and Helaena as being so romantic and proof they are intimate really rubs me the wrong way. Can we please just enjoy a wholesome sibling relationship without turning it sexual? I get they are Targaryens but that doesn't mean every brother/sister duo are boning hahaha (watch the writers prove me wrong next season I stg). But I do fully believe Aemond is one of the only people Helaena trusts and loves dearly. He strikes me as being soft spoken to her, interested in her hobbies and understanding of her struggles.

(SPOILERS BIG BEWARE) I wouldn't be surprised if, like some have speculated, Helaena did throw herself out the window upon hearing of Aemond's death because of that news. He was probably one of the only people she was close to during her tragically short life. The combination of the blood and cheese trauma mixed with Aemond's death was just too much for the poor thing. Anyway, now I've made myself sad. (END SPOILER)

Ship whoever you want, I've seen DaemonxAemond and LucerysxAemond shippers and I'm not going to yuck on someone's yum.

[liveyourlastbreath]

Neil Josten’s adventures in Exy as an (unwilling) Amputee (PT4)

Welcome to book two things are only getting worse from here. Also sorry about this taking so long, I'm not gonna pull an a03 level excuse, this series is just hard to write as I have to write it as I read the book and ya girl has bad adhd

Sunday morning, Neil wakes up to pain shooting up his missing leg. A strange sensation of throbbing and burning racing around in bones that had long since rotten down to dust

Seth’s death is a blissful distraction, something Neil clings onto to push the pain down

Wymack tries to get the team together that afternoon, which ends in a flat out brawl between Matt and Andrew

Neil knows better than to stand against Andrew, but when the blonde's knives are out and aimed at Matt's eyes he steps in, hands out to the both of them but not touching

"Neil, Neil, Neil," Andrew grind. "Surely you're not this dumb?" It hurt to stand but the idea of loosing Matt at the start of the season was enough to keep him steady.

"Andrew." He wasn't ordering him around, threatening him, Neil was simply asking him to stop. And Andrew listened.

By Wednesday the pains had subsided and he was able to deal with the upperclassmens confused glances with a clear mind

"Last I checked Andrew doesn't like you.""He doesnt." And Nicky butts in, "we needed someone to match Kevin don't worry about it" and then gets told off by coach

Pratice starts happening and then when Wymack gets the phone call the conversation is as follows: "Andrew Joseph Minyard, what the flying fuck have you done this time?" "It wasn't me it was the one legged striker!"

Blatent Harrasment, actually just bullying

Life goes on as normal, honestly the beginning of the Raven King is a bunch of exposition we already know

Allison shows up for the game Friday, the line gets switched up, and Neil highly doubts it’s gonna end well. Especially with Andrew going a full game without his meds.

Also in case you’re wondering, Neil brings both legs to his games. He always has his black slip on so changing the bottom half of his gear out is pretty easy. If he ever has to change the slip, he’ll do that in the stall. He doesn’t ever play on his day leg, the blade runner is a lot more comfortable and is better to run with on the court.

When Neil asks Kevin for advice against the Terrapins, Kevin’s response is. “I want you dead on your foot by the time the buzzer rings.” Just little changes like that happen a lot because everyone in this story is in fact a dickwipe

Herrera, Neil’s mark for that game, keeps making comments about him and his leg. At one point Herrera “accidently” slams his racket into Neil’s leg and it sends vibrations all the way up his stump. Then Neil is given permission to destroy him and does just that.

Ya know that cool move he does and nearly gets killed in the process? Yeah imagine that, but he slips his blade runner in there at just the right angle to send Herrera flying into the wall. He doesn’t get carded. Instead lights the goal up red and a triumphant smile breaks across his face.

At half time Kevin is chewing Neil out, ya know, “Injuries are not joke-“ “Oh my god really? *looks down at his leg* woah crazy, would have never guessed that one.”

Once again the story goes on, Neil feels joy for the first time, gets a phone again and flashes back to the beach party gone horribly wrong, same as the cannon series

Also can we just stop and talk about the phone scene in the locker rooms? It has to be one of my favorites, not gonna lie. It's just so them ya know? Like just the dialogue, the subtle "do we need to" before diving into their game again. AGH I love it soso much

"your parents are dead, you are not fine, and nothing is going to be okay. This is not news to you. But from now until May you are still Neil Josten and I am still the man who said he would keep you alive."

The USC game happens, and THEN DUN DUN DUNNN the Fall Banquet is here!!what!!a!!fun!!time!!

It's at moments like these Neil is thankful for his missing leg. Riko last saw him with two functioning appendages, and on top of the hair dye, contacts, and time apart, he could almost find hope in the fact Riko wouldn't recognize him

As the teams are sat across from each other, get talking, and this conversation happens:

Andrew: I'm Andrew. We haven't met yet."

Jean: For that I am grateful. The Foxes as a whole are an embarrassment to Class I Exy, but your existence is unforgivable. A goalkeeper who doesn't care if he is scored on has no right to touch a racquet. You and Josten both should stay on the sidelines like the publicity stunts you are."

Renee: That's a bit out of line, don't you think?

Raven 1: If someone like that replaced you in goal, you must be downright terrible. I can't wait to watch one of your matches. I think it will be entertaining. We would make a drinking game of it but we don't want to die of alcohol posioning.

Dan: Yeah, that'd be a shame

Renee: This is the first time our teams have met, do we have to start off so poorly?

Raven 1: Why not? You're poor at everything else you do. Even down to picking players like the cripple over there. Is it honestly fun to be so terrible?

Renee: I imagine we have more fun than you do, yes."

Jean: Fun is for children-(has a moment of crisis upon looking at renee) A this level it is supposed to be about skill, and your team is sadly lacking. From an unstable goalkeeper to a lame striker with a bum leg to a couple members with deadly drug addictions. You have no right to play with us.

Allison: Fucking excuse me?

Matt: No one wants you here, you can leave any time.

Raven 2: You took something that does not belong to you. You brought this year's humiliation on yourselves.

Dan: We didn't take anything, Kevin wants to be here.

AND THEN, Riko: Is that why the cripple is so quiet? Or did his vocal chords go missing too? He was very spirited the last time we met, or maybe that was just a show for the crowd? Hello, I am speaking to you. Are you really going to ignore me? Hey, deadweight, over here.

THE HOLY MOTHER WYMACK OF ALL LINES Riko: What a coward, just like his mother.

INDEED THE GREATEST LINE IN ALL OF WRITTEN HISTORY (WITH A BIT MORE SASS ADDED)

You know, I get it. Being raised as a superstar must be really really difficult for you. Always a commodity, never a human being, nor a single person in your family thinking you're worth a damn off the court—yeah, sounds rough. Kevin and I talk about your intricate and endless daddy issues all the time. I know it's not entirely your fault that you are mentally unbalanced and infected with these delusions of grandeur, and I know you're physically incapable of holding a decent conversation with anyone like every other normal human being can, but I don't think any of us should have to put up with this much of your bullshit. Seriously, is 'cripple' the only insult you know? Maybe next time be a bit more creative, it really shows what little vocabulary you have. Try looking it up in a dictionary maybe, hm? Find it right between the words 'jackass' and 'dickwipe'. But don't feel bad, there are a lot of people who didn't pass the bar exam and they still get somewhere in like, all be it through charity alone. Pity only gets you so many concessions, and you used yours up about six insults ago. So please, please, just shut the fuck up and leave us alone.

aND THHEN our little tin foil ball of a sass master is outed as the Butcher's Son to Kevin, Kevin's face doing all kinds of complex emotions as he examines Neil

Also I love the little things like Neil staring only at Andrew because he doesn't trust himself to look at anyone else

Neil's freaking out, ready to grab his blade runner and book it. But he doesn't really regret most of what he's said, because here's the thing

Every single person up until this point has gone out of their way to call him a 'cripple', to write him off as someone who can't do anything anymore just because he's lost his leg

Nobody, except for the Foxes, believes he's anything more than an amputee. Up until this point he has been torn to shreds because of something he had absolutely no control over. Yeah, okay, it was stupid to put himself in the limelight as someone on the run, but it had nothing to do with being an amputee.

Neil Josten may be an idiot, but going off on Riko was completely justified, something many of the foxes later agree on. And if the Foxes start snapping at anyone, reporter or another team, who singles Neil out for his leg, that's something they just don't talk about

Neil Josten is so much more than a lost leg. Anyone really is more than a lost limb or physical limitations. That's the whole point of this AU and the message I really want to get across.

To the people reading this who may be in the same situation as Neil, you are so, so much more than your physical limitation. This AU is for you, someone who may have been bullied or targeted just because you're "not like everyone else". I see you, and I believe in you.

SORRY AHEM—I just wanted to ramble there for a second because I felt like that was something that needed to be said

So YEAH, Neil doesn't regret what he said, and goes forth after dinner is done, the Foxes have a team bonding moment over protecting the two exy-holics and their blonde bodyguard

Neil gets dragged away to go get screamed at by a little baby bird

Neil: My name is Neil

Riko: Do not lie to me again. You will not enjoy the consequences. Imagine my surprise when the results came back. Your fingerprints, Kathy gave me your glass as a souvenir. All it took was a smile and a kiss. It seems she is growing up to be quite the cougar. Nathanial, explain a few things to me. One, Jean says Kevin did not know who you are. After seeing Kevin's reaction I am inclined to believe him. Perhaps I can understand, as I know how blind Kevin can be when it comes to Exy. I might even forgive him for sheltering you from me. But you must know who you are, so I am very, very curious to know what you think you are doing.

Neil: I'm just trying to get by. If I'd known our families were business partners I wouldn't have signed the contract.

Riko: You're lying

Neil: I am not. I don't want to cause any trouble for your family. I don't want you to cause any trouble for mine. I'm just here for a year and then I'm gone, I promise.

Riko: You don't want to cause any trouble for my family? You have already cost my family a sizable fortune and eight years of trouble.

Neil: How? The money I took was my father's.

Riko: If you think acting stupid will save you, you are sadly mistaken.

Neil: I'm not acting, my mother said it was my father's money. She never even told me about you. If I had known the money was your's—

Riko: Nothing your father owned was his! I refuse to believe she never told you. All that time running and you never asked why?

Neil: Have you met my father? I didn't have to ask.

Riko: You were not running from your father, Nathaniel, you were running from his master. Which brings me to my second question, what happened to your leg?

Neil: Take a wild fucking guess

Riko: (beat) You do realize why don't you?

Neil: Because he's insane?

Riko: You're an even bigger fool than I thought. Running from the master and the money he took, there could have been one thing that paid them off. You, Nathaniel, and yet he chose to take your leg. Your father cost my family a fortune and cut off any way of paying it back.

Neil's head is spinning by the time Matt shows up. He barely remembers the rest of the night, his mind too consumed by Riko's words and the implications of who his father really was.

He takes his leg off on the bus, digging his knuckles into the knotted flesh of his father's work, thinking. He had always known his father was a monster, and this just really put it into perspective.

A text shakes Neil out of his half-asleep state, hand still digging into his knee. A single text is on the screen, from Andrew.

"Shocking, just how many issues such a small body can have."

Neil glares at the back of the bus. "Could say the same thing about you." And that's the end of it

PART ONE || PART TWO || PART THREE || PART FOUR || PART FIVE COMING SOON!

[howlingday]

this is just a head cannon that i want your opinion on

jaune's fighting style is pure efficiency, no fancy twirls, no special mechashift beyond his sheath also being a shield. he's the everyman. but because of this he's really fucking hard to fight.

his main stance is wroth guard with his shield out in front of him. (that's his sword is up over his shoulder resting there) he doesn't do dramatic jumps back or try to show strength with blocking. he just lightly taps the attacks out of his way with his shield or angles the shield so even the largest of projectiles just deflects.

he knows the eight basic cuts and guards. and his foot work is pretty good mainly focusing on half steps out of the way which take his already monsterous stamina and makes it so he's effectivly a marathon runner. his cardio is nothing to sneeze at either.

for when he really wants to put the hurt on something he actually just puts some aura into the slash. it doesn't project out or anything but it's almost like a lightsaber how it cuts through anything not aura infused or really fucking thick.

for his normal attacks he provides the initial start up for the swing of his sword then relies on the weight of his sword plus his armor to actually put in the damage. same with his shield bashes. that armor takes him from his athletic 185 lbs to 240lbs with the sword giving another 5lbs and his shield being 15lbs extra!

so when everyone else is doing flips and spins and jumping out of the way jaune's just so fucking tanky that nothing moves him unless he wants to move (though it should be noted that all that strength he has means he's just as fast as his friends even in armor) his main issue is that the heavy armor means that even when he's trying to show off it just looks like normal fighting (several masters made a mention of how hard it was to look like you're doing anything spectacular in armor for duels and the like)

it means that jaune really does just play the strait man in every fight because he's only using the basics and only as much power as he needs, to keep his stamina up, it's basically like watching someone do tons of cool flips and tricks before running into a wall

thoughts on jaune's fighting style being an anti-anime fighter?

Jaune was designed to be the every man of RWBY.

You have the titular characters, who perform over the top moves to take down opponents that either crowd or tower over them. Nora is the team's powerhouse, combing cute and pink with over the top destruction. Ren is Nora's foil in that his attacks are precise and calm, and is easily worn out by anything that moves. Pyrrha is the golden standard, who is supposed to be the best of the best, the prime example of what a Huntress should be.

Jaune, though, is the guy who got on the bus, expecting a hiking camp, and somehow wound up going off to boot camp. He is the ordinary man in extraordinary world character. People love him for that.

So him using basic move sets that exist in real life (because when was the last time you saw a bow and arrow turn into dual blades in normal life) serves his character perfectly well.

TLDR; Jaune is the everyman that people are supposed to relate to, and it works because people relate to him.

[pmatga]

Just found your blog and I really like it ❤️ so if it's not too much trouble more head cannons about your OC please

you didn't specify which oc you meant so fuck it. you get Multiple

blair spellman

idk if i've ever mentioned it before (i probably have and i just forgot lol) but she has fire powers like her dad! they aren't as strong as his are though bc she's still alive and fleshy and made up of water. she really doesn't use her powers for anything more than lighting a cigarette when she can't find her lighter, however; that's bc she can't control them all that well. like she's not accidentally setting shit on fire left and right (not since puberty at least), but if she has a great emotional outburst (especially an angry outburst), Bad Shit might happen. thankfully blair didn't really inherit their father's temper so Bad Shit doesn't really happen all that often. don't get me wrong, they Do have issues with anger but that's more due to trauma than anything related to bets (plus she deals with her anger issues in a different, yet still unhealthy way)

is the type to wear axe body spray in lieu of Actually showering because "it’s basically the same thing, right?"

prefers nightclubs to house parties.

another thing that i don't remember if i've ever mentioned before: they were on the track team back in high school. their coach once told them that if they worked hard enough, they could really go places (funny how that worked out). she's not nearly as good of a runner than she used to be, but she can still, say, outrun a swarm of ghosts if she tries hard enough (adrenaline is crazy man)

their last name, spellman, is a surname they decided for themself. and even after reconnecting with their mom's side of their bio family, they still keep their last name as spellman. it's Important to them.

has little to no social media presence. like they have accounts but they never post, they mostly just lurk

she accidentally burned down the last place she worked at (a 7/11). an argument between her and a coworker got heated (pun only slightly intended) and…well. i'm sure you can guess. thankfully no else aside from blair & her coworker were there and they got out more or less fine, so she didn't kill or seriously injure anyone (and she's lucky she didn't). and bc they could never really prove it was her---everything pointed to an electrical fire, even if they could never figure out how the fire got started so quickly nor why it didn't spread beyond the store---she never got in trouble for it nor did she have to pay for it. it scared the shit out of her though, and ever since she tends to stay away from the vicinity.

robert jadeite

if he were in the show, there'd be a running joke abt him having Just So Many shitty jobs. does he just quit/get fired a lot, or does he actually have 15+ jobs? we will never know. for example: waiter, late night gas station attendant, cashier at pacmart (walmart), working the drive-thru at pacdonalds (mcdonalds), pacbucks barista (or maybe starpacs? idk), the guy at a water park who tells you when you can go down the slide, etc. he has so many jobs and he hates every single one of them.

has a semi-popular youtube (pactube?) channel. all his videos are either "sitting in my car or on my kitchen/bathroom floor" style rant vids or 1-3 hour long vids on a hyperfixation-induced rabbit hole he'd gone down.

prefers house parties to nightclubs.

has pretty bad insomnia. he's lucky if he gets 4-5 hours of sleep a night.

he's a college dropout (mental health reasons + mid-semester identity crisis) and was majoring in marketing prior to that. he currently doesn't know what he wants to do with his life and doesn't like thinking abt it bc thinking abt the future scares him.

orbitalia spheros

she’s betrayus & stratos’ half-sister and her bio dad is japanese (or pac-japanese? since tokyo is called pac-tokyo). she didn't meet her bio dad until later in life, as rotunda never told him abt orbitalia's existence. things were shaky between the two of them at first (orbie & her dad i mean) but they're more or less alright now

sunny and orbitalia were best friends back in high school. they drifted apart some in college but they were still very close. orbie & zac were Also friends but weren't As close as she and sunny were.

she Does Not have a good relationship with either of her brothers; she's never really been close with either of them tbh. it's mostly why she almost never comes down to pacopolis except to pick up elliptica whenever she visits.

has made a few attempts to get back into the dating scene over the years, but each and every time these relationships end up dissolving bc her heart's just...not into it (and also bc well. never receiving closure on whatever happened to her husband kinda makes it hard for her to properly grieve which makes it hard to Actually move on). she's still friends with most of her exes though.

akahiro murasaki

was Not A Fan of his in-laws. this is mostly for two reasons: 1.) if there is one thing that both of the spheros brothers are equally good at, it’s at testing the patience of everyone forced by social convention to interact with them, and 2.) orbitalia told akahiro Some Really Concerning Shit abt growing up with rotunda as a mother and stratos & betrayus as brothers. y'know that thing where you're telling someone what you think is a funny story only for them to look at you in horror bc it was actually traumatic? yeah. so while he was willing to be civil for orbitalia's (and later elliptica's) sake, he didn't really go out of his way to be overly friendly to them.

is a transhet man (he/him), he & orbitalia were t4t

liked wearing boots with slight heels (much like his brother-in-laws ironically enough). not really so he'd seem taller (he was 5'9" and was perfectly content with that) but bc they looked good and that's it

was quietly self-confident. he looked good, he was good at what he did, he knew it, and he didn't necessarily feel the need to flaunt it (those kind of ppl annoyed the hell out of him tbh).

that being said he Did have some insecurities, mostly abt whether or not he was actually a good husband and (later on) a good father. as i've said before, he wasn't the most emotionally demonstrative person in the world and he worried abt whether or not orbitalia & elliptica knew that he loved them. orbitalia did (even if she did occasionally have her doubts bc anxiety be like that) and elliptica did too (at the time, at least. nowadays elli's not entirely sure)

gwendolyn hollow

her voiceclaim is sally from the nightmare before christmas

you know how i once mentioned that she uses secret tape recorders to record things? yeah. she does that so 1.) she doesn't have to just rely on her poor memory, 2.) she can decipher anything she doesn't understand later, and 3.) as a sort of audio diary.

is an appreciator of small things, like buttons and strings of ribbon, rocks, animal bones, and such. sometimes she will stare at little things that interest her for so long that griffin or even the good doctor pacenstein himself have to tell her to “move along, girl.”

slightly related to the above hc: pacenstein & griffin call her "girl" a lot. keep in mind she's at least 20 years old.

her middle name, elizabeth, is derived from pacenstein's ex-fiancée elizabeth from way back in the 1800s. and yes it's fucking weird that a.) griffin let his great+ uncle name his first and only child and b.) pacenstein named his grand niece after his ex. like sure it's just her middle name but still. weird shit.

isn't allowed to interact or even show her face to any visitors to pacenstein manor. this is bc the last time she interacted with a visitor (it was literally just to take their coat), they took one look at her, got freaked out, and made an excuse to leave. she was never really told Why but was led to believe it was bc she resembles her great-uncle. it's not.

genuinely doesn't know Jack Shit abt almost anything that's happened outside the castle and what little she Has learned has been history from like...200 years ago, so nothing recent. a whole fucking WAR happened within her lifetime and she's completely unaware of any of it.

griffin hollow

as the caretaker of pacenstein manor and the only one who can/is allowed to leave the castle, he’s usually the one who takes care of dr. pacenstein’s personal affairs---gathering supplies and equipment for them both (yes sometimes this includes Literal Graverobbing), arranging meetings with potential clients, and finding out any recent developments in pacworld (never hurts to keep informed!).

is really fucking cowardly and tends to bend towards dr. pacenstein's will, especially where gwen is concerned. he is Far Too Willing to throw her under the bus if it means getting his great+ uncle's approval.

much like his great-uncle (and much like most of his contemporaries tbh), he believes that his intelligence is far superior to most people’s and that others should be grateful to bask in his presence. unlike his great-uncle (and most of his contemporaries), however, he also knows that this isn’t a stance that endears him to others, so he usually shuts up abt it.

he doesn't express anger in the traditional sense. like he won’t yell (most of the time), get physically violent (again most of the time), or even directly tell someone he’s angry. instead, he chooses to express anger by doing this…passive-aggressive, just downright weird shit whenever he's mad abt something. like "accidentally" locking someone in a room/out of the house, hiding things (usually sentimental possessions or necessary items like keys), turning off the heating/air conditioner with no warning, etc..

[dross-the-fish]

You reference the classic Universal monsters a lot, do they play a part in your interpretation of your characters? Adam seems largely book based so I was curious if there were other influences in his design.

My version of Adam is largely book based his appearance does have shades of Boris Karloff.

However the biggest influence of his final version isn't actually from a proper Frankenstein adaptation. Though I still at least somewhat consider the character to be a loose version of The Creature.

A lot of my inspiration for Adam comes from Roy Batty. The replicant from the movie Blade Runner. It doesn't show as much in my art because it's static but there's a way this character moves that just gives off an impression of purposefully mimicking humanity. He's intense, he's stiff, he doesn't blink enough, there's a lurking, watchful quality to him that makes me think of a bird of prey and I head cannon Adam is the same. That no matter how he tries Adam always comes off as a facsimile of a human rather than the genuine article. Yet Roy, like Adam, is still an intelligent and emotional character with a sympathetic goal. His uncannyness isn't enough to detract from his tragedy.

I highly recommend Blade Runner if you haven't seen it. It's one of my favorite films and Rutger Hauer's performance as Roy Batty is one of my favorite performances.

[pof203]

A Summoner Birthday

Special Quest: The Family

Here we are, dear family.

Yes, thank you for bringing us here, Mother.

Hey, don't forget, I helped, too.

Lupin: I know, Gramps.

You came here with Hecate, Balor, Hermes, Tezcatlipoca, and Xolotl. coming here, you feel that there can be only one thing you can call this... Family time.

So, what shall we do here today? Perhaps go for a run around the town.

I'm a pretty fast runner myself. But can I really out run you? I was told back in your homeworld, you were practically the god of speed.

Hermes: And I'm still am.

Settle down, you two. This is suppose to be family time. A chance for all of use to have a nice quiet day together.

Xolotl: Sorry.

Hecate: I actually had Kurogane set up someplace for us. Come, I'll show you.

You all follow Hecate to where she was talking about.

Balor: (a bit surprised) My, Hecate, you've out done yourself.

Hermes: It's almost like being back in Olympus. I can even sense the vibrations.

Hecate: I even had him add a lake. We can have a small picnic, go fishing, or just go for a swim.

Lupin: This is wonderful of you, Mother.

Hecate: Thank you, Lupin. Now, let's enjoy the day.

You notice Xolotl was looking a bit down.

Lupin: Is something wrong Xolotl?

Xolotl: I'm fine. It's nice that I can spend time with mi hermanos, you and Tezcatlipoca. But... (looking down again)

Lupin: You were hoping Hakumen would come along, too.

Xolotl: Believe me, she wanted to come, too, when she heard you were coming. But, something came up with our Guild that required her urgent attention.

Tezcatlipoca: Maybe next time.

Xolotl: (happy) I'm sure.

Hecate: Just as long as she behaves herself. Remember what happened last time.

Xolotl: Si, Mama Hecate.

Balor: So, how about we go for a swim? I've asked the local fairies to cook up something for lunch.

Hermes: Isn't it dangerous to eat something offered by fairies? And we know that as a World Representative, you're after Lupin.

Balor: (laughing) Hermes, dear boy, this is a virtual world, not Tir na Nog. I think you'll be safe.

Tezcatlipoca: Besides, you forget that I'm also a world Representative and is after the one you call "Lugh". But he'll always be Quetzalcoatl to us. So please, let's try to play fair.

Balor: Very well.

CANNON BALL!

SPLASH!

That was great, Balor!

Way to go, Gramps! Xolotl, wanna go in with me?

S- Sure, hermano.

You and Xolotl jump into the lake.

That was great... Now, it's my turn.

Hermes flew high in the air. When he was high enough, he dove right in and made huge splash.

Lupin: Wow! Now that was big, Papa Hermes.

Hermes: Thank you.

(sighs, looking up from her manga) Boys will be boys. Still, I'm glad they are having fun.

Hermes: Say, let's see how long we can hold our breath under water.

Lupin: Okay, let's do it.

You, Hermes, Balor, Tezcatlipoca, and Xolotl all go under water to see how long you can stay under... Sadly, you were the first to get up. Xolotl was next. Then Balor. Then Tezcatlipoca. Hermes was the last one to get up and he won.

Hermes: I win.

Tezcatlipoca: I could have stayed under longer. But my wings kept pulling me back up.

Xolotl: Why not just go to your mini form?

Tezcatlipoca: I don't want to take a chance some big current would carry me away. Best to stay in this form.

Suddenly, a fairy comes to you and announces that lunch is served.

Back up in the ruins, you all sit around and enjoy the meal.

(enjoy the food) My, Balor, your fairies really know how to cook.

Balor: Thank you, Hecate. That's how well they serve me. How they serve us.

I must say, Balor, this is an excellent feast.

Yeah. You even go John Barleycorn cake here.

Balor: (happy) I knew it was your favorite. I hope you enjoy it.

Lupin: I will. Thanks, Gramps.

I can see why. This cake's the best. You've got to give me the recipe so I can make it for Lady Hakumen sometime.

Balor: (laughing) Sorry, boyo, but this is my special recipe for Lugh, and only Lugh.

(whispering) Don't worry, I'll see if I can sneak into his cell and see if he wrote it down.

Balor: I heard that. Don't bother. I have all memorized up here. (taps his head)

Hermes: Oh, you'd be surprised about where I can get to.

You all laugh at how much fun you're having... You are almost on the verge of tears.

Hecate: What's the matter, Eurynome. You look like you're about to cry.

Lupin: I'm... I'm sorry. But having us all together like this. It just makes me so happy. We really are a family in this moment.

Tezcatlipoca: We're happy to hear that, Quetzalcoatl. Though some of us come from different worlds and different Guilds, we all have one thing in common... How much we love you.

Balor: I bet even Babalon and her family would be jealous.

Lupin: Let's not make fun of them. Thanks to Wakan, I remember I was once a member of their family. But when a new Game began, it was time to find a new one. I found the Summoners... And I found all of you.

Hecate: We know.

Lupin: ... I wonder if we should have invited them to come. They probably would have loved this, too. Maybe next time.

Hecate: Just as long as you keep Surtr out of the water. I don't think he would like it.

You all laugh while enjoying your time together.

Just before you knew it, it was time to leave. You all leave the beautiful setting that you and your family were just in. You all knew in your hearts that you would all return there someday.

[team-frightfur]

Revelations from Zexal blind watch.

Ep 7 and 8: How did Fuya not get submitted to Gayest Yugioh character poll? This kid is a textbook small gay.

I like when Astral reveals he's just a little stupid. I love how he cannot tell apart fiction and reality. I love how Yuma is too stupid to explain the difference. "It's just TV!" Astral: I see, so TV records the history of a different dimension! We must investigate further!

I hope this trend continues. Seeing him find his legs/compassion and empathy is delightful. Maybe he can find his toes, too.

Omg! Yuma set a card on his first turn without being asked! He's learning! Sadly, it seems to have come at the cost of his jumping ability. Episode 1 Yuma could easily chase Fuya.

Edit: spoke too soon. For someone who refuses to think of the future or the past, Yuma sure runs a lot of traps.

So like, in episode 7, Yuma says 'Haction' and the subs translate that a to 'Live Action'. Honestly shocked and appalled that he was actually just mispronouncing 'Fiction'. I love this stupid dog.

Shark wins the prize for Worst Duel Runner.

Ep 9: This is the kind of episode where you watch as a kid and like, its funny, but as an adult its just terrifying. Like has this catgirl been stripping Yuma naked at night? 5 times a week? I'm scared. Please lock your windows.

I love how Astral is completely oblivious. "I thought stalkers coming into your room was normal." Today on 'Astral Learns Common Sense': the right to privacy!

Omg I'm so proud of Yuma, if he tries he can do it. He can strategise! He can win! he doesn't even need Astral... sometimes! Go go go!

The implication that Astral understands romance more than Yuma. The implication he's been watching romance shows on TV.

Ep 10

Cursed

Shark: So like, I'll duel you, but I gotta head home and grab my deck first. Don't move ok. I gotta walk to the gang hole, grab my duel runner, drive home, grab my deck, drive back. Won't take a moment.

Omg my boy has been improving for real! Yuma set a card all on his own! Too bad Shark runs fucking MST! Actual pro. Whats next? Book of Moon? Crackdown? Compulsory Evacuation Device?

Me: Astral is salting Yuma for not reading graveyards as if anyone reads graveyards.

My Irl Friend: I read graveyards.

Me: Don't talk to me.

Shark deserved that win. He deserved that win so much I'm so proud of him! He spent the last three weeks imagining their next duel, how he'd win, all Yuma's weaknesses. Excellent.

Ep 11 and 12: What genre does shark think he's in. Gangster flick?

Tetsuo is so mad at Yuma for using Numbers but like, what else is he supposed to use? Gagaga beatdown?

Also, everyone keeps saying Yuma's playing this tag duel suboptimally, but without seeing his hand how are we supposed to know? Did he specifically summon Utopia before using S/T removal? Did he have S/T removal? No? then it's not a 'Reckless' summon, Astral! It's 'getting two future Xyz mats off my field and replacing them with a substantial protective body!'

Glad to see Yuma's genuine improvement, though. Admittedly, the end of the duel involving 6 different backrow made me want to just. Drop in. Summon Sat Cannon. Watch the chaos.

Ep 13 and 14: Kaito walking in here freezing time and unleashing a magical girl tranformation. Walked out of a different show. Good for him. Powerful. I like how deranged he is here. Already better.

For a guy who supposedly doesnt like eating souls, you sure did make "Imma eat your soul" a catchphrase, Kaito. You sure smile alot while killing people, Kaito. Holy shit tho, he runs 3 of his monsters. C o n s i s t e n c y.

Kaito truly is a magical girl, specifically, he's a dark magical girl in the vein of Fate Testarossa. Your days are numbered, Kaito. Friendship is coming.

Yuma you were doing so well. Why did you not set that card befoooooore.

Episode 15 and 16: Does this imply that Zexal is the timeline of Gx and Dm but 5ds was deleted from the universe along with synchro summoning? Anyway I literally lined my comm while my friend watched because I lost interest instantly.

[rileydrewnancydrewau]

About this blog

This blog was created by @phantom-of-the-ruckus for her/their AU inspired by the Nancy Drew books. This would mostly contain lore drops and perhaps some stuff Phantom makes when she/they have time to do stuff (as university is a thing.)

This is surely but fun. Characters are not related (Phantom doesn't believe they're actually related, but will not do cannon x cannon content) and there won't be any romance whatsoever. Perhaps implications of a one-sided crush, but it would be like a mention (up to change)

So here are some basics of this universe! (Feel free to ask in the chat box)

This is inspired by the Nancy Drew mystery books, however this contains some touches of supernatural elements and horror.

If Phantom/MrsWatermelon writes about this, it would be divided by individual mysteries but with something connected to "Meadmalfort Valley" (place of the AU)

Riley would be the protagonist and will partake the role of Nancy in her books. Her name in the Au is "Riley Drew Ruckus" with Drew being her middle name

This AU takes some inspiration from the Nancy Drew movie from 2007 (I believe) so there might be a few references to that.

Most of the characters would be adaptations of Nancy's friends int he books.

I might do some entries that Riley made during her first day after moving to her new home

Confirmed ages:

Riley Drew Ruckus - Age 22 (College student)

Mortimer Damien Handee - Age 47 (English Professor/not related to Riley's education)

Manfred Ruckus - Age 45 (Nutrient Scientist)

Owen Gubberson - Age 57 (Business Owner and former show runner)

Nicholas Nathaniel Nack - Age 23 (Ship merchant/university student)

The widower - Age 54 (Ghost)

Ages to be confirmed

Daisy Bess Danger - Age 20 -23 (Prob. graduated/baker)

Angelise "Angel" Georgia Analyze - Age 18 - 23 (Prop College student/ confirmed to be policemen daughter)

Some trivia-

Riley usually goes by Riley or Riley Drew (Nancy Drew books exist in this AU)

Riley is not as popular or goes quite well with everyone like the OG Nancy did.

The first portion of his AU would be known as "Riley Drew and the twisted mirror clue"

Riley and Mortimer are good friends and have a sort of mentor and mentee relationship.

Nick and Riley would be just frenemies in a Platonic relationship. (This might get to the cannon unrequited crush, but I don't feel like adding it tbh)

Era is around the early 2000s and the recent 2000s (TBH)

I will add to this when new lore is out.

[vaicomcas]

Hi again. It's the anon who asked for fic recs. :) To answer your question first, I would love it as long as it's Castiel-centric (don't really mind whether there's shipping or not as long as the story is good and Cas is being his awesome self) though currently I'm craving happy fics only because the Nov 5 stuff make me sad with how the story ended for Cas (definitely adding your fic in my To-Read list for better days though). I wanna read him getting the happiness and love he deserves.

One of the things that drew me to his character (the very first fics that I've read that accidentally got me into the fandom were finale fix-its) was reading about this millenia old being not knowing the form his happiness could possibly take and then capitalizing on his deal with an incomprehensible primordial entity that's less of a deal and more of a curse to save the man he loves. My personal interpretation for that had always been that the happiness comes from being able to speak his truth and at the same time knowing that he'd get to ensure that his loved one lives on. Because if happiness is just solely in the being, the deal would have been triggered even before that (since nothing has essentially changed with his being) and it can't be just in the saying (because he'd have to consider how his words are received). Not to mention that it should have been impossible for him to find happiness in that moment because the knowledge of the deal hangs over his head and yet he was able to do so and for a purpose. That's kinda amazing so I kept reading more (just those fixits at first and then I just diverged) Most of them were Destiel and I did enjoy the ones that gave Cas a happy ending. The more I read though, the more I noticed that for a lot of Destiel fics, despite being written with obvious fondness with Castiel's character, his feelings and relationships to other characters become secondary to whatever comfort he can provide to address Dean and his issues. For example, I don't understand it when Jack would bring Cas back because of Dean. Isn't he Cas' son and wouldn't it make more sense if he was more protective over him and would attempt to do so regardless? (which is how I'm choosing to interpret why Cas was in heaven in the finale but he never showed up again? Haha don't actually know how to separate what really happened or not since I really haven't watched a single episode and could only assume canon events from the commonalities in canon divergent fics)

I'm sorry that this got long but existing in the fringes of the fandom without technically being in it means I don't have many people to talk about this with. :)

Oh OK so now I have two I think you may like. They are both actually a bit destiel but just in the background.

The love story of the Runner up (its about Cas having a relationship with a normal well adjusted kind man)

Pretend you are going to miss me (it's post-cannon and all the angels are resurrected and it's from Balthazar's perspective but still all about Castiel and it's also very angel centric which is refreshing)

In addition I enjoyed most of Northern Sparrow's fics (back in the days when I can still enjoy destiel. She does give Cas proper credit for how amazing he is and there is a lot of tear jerking moments but they all have happy endings. The two I liked best were Forgotten and The most important thing. I can't read them anymore because there is too much Dean in them but if it doesn't bother you then they are very good stories.

Thanks for reaching out and if you end up liking these I'd love to hear about it, but quite OK if not, like I said fics are so personal.

And no Jack didn't bring Cas back because of Dean, if that's in some fic then I'm glad I didn't read it. Cas is in heaven but never showed up again because the writer didn't care about Cas and once he was sacrificed he was only given an afterthought of a line from Bobby that he was in heaven. Dean never even asked Jack to bring Cas back.

If you don't want to watch the show I don't blame you. You can look up the plotlines in superwiki if the fics get confusing.

And thank you for defending Castiel's own awesomeness despite never having even seen the show.

[snowlessknitter]

The Masked Singer: S11 E9 (Group B Finals/The Soundtrack of My Life)

I’m watching tonight’s episode on a delay, but I have taken care to avoid spoilers before watching.

As always, I post before watching any unmaskings, so don’t take my guesses as spoilers.

Beets 🍠: I’m still pretty sure this is Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken from American Idol. We see Banana Split 🍌 🍨, who were revealed to be Katharine McPhee and her husband David Foster in a previous season. Katharine is a former American Idol runner-up, and she actually met David while he was mentoring her season’s contestants for a competition round. (They did not become a couple until much later, after both of them had gone through divorces.) Both Ruben and Clay are dads, Ruben has children with his current wife and Clay had a son through IVF with David Foster’s sister both providing the egg and carrying the pregnancy. (His son’s middle name is Foster as a nod to her.) We see a clock with a thumbs up and the time seems to read between 12:40 and 12:45. We see a knight figurine. One of the Beets is teaching his son to drive, which about lines up with the age of Clay’s son (who was born around 2008, if I remember correctly, before Clay publicly came out as gay). Clay is the Beet with leaves on top, while Ruben is the Beet with no leaves on top. The performance has pyro befitting an American Idol coronation performance. 🥰 The bonus clue: They have a connection to host Nick Cannon, having a “Wild Night”. Either they appeared on Wild & Out or they might have done an interview with Nick. I’m still sticking with Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken.

Seal 🦭: A zombie poster, a schooner with a heart on the sail, has been called a “bad boy” since day one. A calendar with Friday circled. The bonus clue: He has a connection to judge Jenny McCarthy, and the record reads “House Call”. He might have appeared frequently on her talk show. I figured this was maybe Corey Feldman last time, and his rapping in this performance sounds a lot like Corey Feldman’s speaking voice. So, I’m sticking with Corey Feldman.

Gumball 🍬: My guess last week was that this is Derek Hough. Piglet and Queen of Hearts were featured in a video game he’s playing. A yellow model car marked with an X. His song is “Carry On Wayward Son”. Maybe he’s connected to Supernatural? He says he has no formal training in singing. He says he moved around a lot as a kid. The bonus clue: He has a connection to judge Ken Jeong, and says Ken was part of one of the funniest jobs Gumball has ever had. I don’t think this is Jack Black, I’d recognize his voice. I’ve seen some on the internet say this is Scott Porter, and I think of the judges’ guesses Jenny’s guess of James Marsden sounded the most plausible. So, I’ll go with either Scott Porter or James Marsden. This one has been a tricky one to figure out.