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does this mean we can kiss or.....?
yeah yosuke, if you get under my umbrella (ella) we're practically a couple
(kanji, baby, play it cool, let me wingman for you)
every once in a while i love yosuke's instigating lil bastardly nature and this one one of those times
lmao i love this game sometimes. i def picked to go with naoto and kanji got Extremely Flustered and ran all the way to school. just ask them out, kanji, good lord.
sorry kanji i lied, i'm a terrible wingman. this is why i needed Junpei.
so anyway. the cultural festival.
So there's a beauty pageant because the weird sexy teacher, who.... is a contestant. (I swear to fucking god this shit wouldn't fly at Gekkoukan.)
Yosuke, my beloved instigating lil bastardly boy, enters all the gals and Naoto as a joke.
The weird sexy teacher is barring people from dropping out which. THIS SHIT WOULD NOT FLY AT GEKKOUKAN. MITSURU WOULD WHOOP SOME ASSES. SHE'D END CAREERS.
So in return, Chie signs all the guys up for the crossdressing pageant. Which, honestly? I fully support her. Good for you, Chie.
I am never not serious about the art of drag, Yosuke.
SPOILER: Yukiko is lying and owes Kanji an apology. She did not play to his strengths and its a rotten shame and a crime.
Teddie shows up and is allowed to enter the drag contest. Because of course he is, we're letting a teacher in the other pageant, this is a lawless world.
Naoto is doing Teddie's outfit and make-up, interesting to note for later.
Rise did Kanji's look and I'm big mad at her, she knows better, she could have done a MUCH be-- oh. oh right rise has a weirdly antagonist relationship with Kanji. GOD I JUST PUT THAT TOGETHER. KANJI I'M SORRY I SHOULD HAVE SAVED YOU. She didn't even give him any pointers on his posture, which alone would have done a lot.
Chie did this purposefully for revenge, you cannot convince me otherwise. Again: she has my full support. But with Yosuke, she had to put in some effort, it would have been very easy to make him a very good drag look. I'd wet his hair and put curling stuff in it, zzuzh it up a bit and give him a smoky eye. Totally could have worked.
Sadly we don't get a close-up on Reverie. I am sad. I wanted to examine the Look.
anyway OBVIOUSLY Teddie wins. Naoto did a great job. Don't fuck with what's already working and accentuate what you already have. Naoto knows what's up! I would have punched up Teddie's eyes but Naoto apparently doesn't even own a make-up kit so maybe that's not their skillset.
Because Teddie wins, he gets to be a judge for the other pageant and he declares it has to have a swimsuit portion. Are sure Teddie is not also the Devil?
i love you naoto
ALSO WEIRDLY. Hamuko the token fat girl is in this and like. it's not NEARLY the horrorshow that the Spring Camping Trip was. small mercies.
Kanji continues to be a good dude. YES it was brave enough of Naoto to show up at all. Bailing on the swimsuit part is also brave of them. Good for you, Naoto! (It's also funny, Kanji is flustered by Chie and Yukiko and Naoto but not at ALL by Rise. Rise is like the least attractive person int he world to him. Not that he finds her ugly but just there's no spark there. lmao. is that why she dislikes him? I cannot figure out the source of Rise being kind of a dick to Kanji.)
Aaaaaand Naoto wins the pageant anyway.
THIS WHOLE SEQUENCE SUCKED. HOWEVER, IT DID NOT SUCK AS MUCH AS THE SPRING CAMP TRIP SO.
also in the middle of all this, class 2-2 was doing a like.... weird... speed... dating... thing. that no one was interested in obviously.
OF COURSE I AM GONNA SIT ON THE GIRLS' SIDE. man i have beef with this game but I cannot lie, it DOES offer me a lot of options I genuinely want.
So here's the interesting bit. Because, again, the game likes to indulge me, Reverie gets asked who he wants to date. And I can pick Kanji, Yosuke, or a girl. I'm playing Reverie as gay, so OF COURSE I pick Kanji. Because I have eyes and a sense of taste, okay.
Which leads directly to Yosuke goading Kanji and almost getting punched again. THE USUAL.
HOWEVER. I RELOADED THE SAVE OUT OF CURIOSITY, RIGHT. AND I PICKED YOSUKE INSTEAD.
Yosuke actually gives you approval points for picking him, unlike Kanji. Kanji doesn't not (and here I just have to accept in my tired broken heart that Reverie is not Kanji's type, and y'all KNOW it's just shattering to me, just so sad) but YOSUKE DOES.
Yosuke is the most repressed bisexual I have seen in a LONG fucking time. Holy shit.
anyway overall 5 out of 10. this could have been much worse but it was still not fun like the beach.
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Getting to Know Your BL Mutuals
rules: answer the questions and tag some people. include the tag ‘g2ky BL mutuals 2022’ on your post so we can find everyone’s answer.
(optional ofc <33)
i was tagged by @braceletofteeth <33 thank you!!
wow this got really long,, good luck yall
What were the BLs that took you by surprise last year?
i won't lie, i wasn't surprised that i enjoyed kinnporsche, but to the extent that i did (and of course still do), that was kinda surprising. they had me paying to watch a livestream of gay™ the musical, and i'm not even mad. it was my first thai bl, so, oh lord, my standards were raised.
last twilight in phuket - controversial, but i think i prefer it to i told sunset about you (though itsay is so so good). i didn't know 13.43 mins could make me feel so much, but there we are, and i'm very happy to be in that situation.
What were the BLs that you felt a bit disappointed with last year?
oh i have some very controversial opinions on this–
- there's one that everyone really loves that i didn't finish, thought it was trying to be bigger than what it was (if that makes sense), and just found it really... boring. it got to one plot line and i'd had enough– though i'm willing to give it a re-try because, granted, i was in a kinnporsche mourning period when it came out. im not even gonna name it because i swear everyone i follow loves it (welp-)
- to my star
again, controversial, but i haven't seen this being talked about as much as the last one. i haven't seen s2, but oh my god, i'm sorry but i was so bored, and this was before kinnporsche so my standards weren't even insanely high, yeahhh
- blueming
it wasn't *bad*, but the way everyone hyped up made me think it was gonna be something really special, yeah i was definitely disappointed
- cutie pie
didn't finish. arranged marriage is never my favourite, but i'd heard so many people say how good it was, and sometimes you have to trust the crowd. i didn't find that here. i may well re-try it, along with the unnamed show further up, but yeahhhh. best part was perth, and he genuinely might be the only reason i try it again.
What was your favourite BL last year?
unsurprisingly, kinnporsche :)
i'd been without a favourite show for a little while, which is so so unlike me. i tend to need something to consume me and kinnporsche just did that. first ep and holy fucking shit, *that* is what i'm talking about. i hadn't actually heard of it until an edit came up on instagram, and i instantly downloaded iqiyi, found ep 1 and 2 were out, binged those, and fell in love really
when i say it became my favourite show just from the first episode, i truly mean that. it was the biggest power move of a first episode and ughdhdh perfect <33
i've tried (and will continue to try) to convince my mates to watch it. i have been successful once with the whole show. a few of my mates just know vegaspete as KFCock, but yknow a win is a win, they are aware of their existence, which i'll gladly take.
Favourite BL/GL couples (not just of 2022)
grouped by show/film~
kinn and porsche (kinnporsche)
vegas and pete (kinnporsche)
kim and chay (kinnporsche)
arm and pol (kinnporsche - they're canon idc)
chan and big (kinnporsche - also canon, you cannot convince me otherwise)
moon-jo and jong-woo (strangers from hell - absolutely canon)
oh-aew and teh (i told sunset about you – but not after ep 3 of i promised you the moon, nawww i'm so mad)
art and golf (till the world ends)
joke and long (till the world ends)
sam and mon (gap)
arisa and ying (the stranded)
nat and gun (the stranded)
jack and krit (the stranded)
jia-han and birdy (your name engraved herein)
kuina and ann (alice in borderland)
jae-young and sang-woo (semantic error)
tae-sung and hae-bom (cherry blossoms after winter)
park and pong (big dragon – i've watched 4 eps, i'm staying for them and them only. yai and mangkorn? no- park and pong? fuck yeah!! i haven't finished it yet, i'm doing one ep per night, so four more to go. i'm surprised it's getting a season 2, but i'll take it for park and pong instead of the main two ✋️✋️)
that was long– anyway it turns out i definitely need more gl recs, which i expected, but yeah, please gimme recs
If you had to suggest a BL for someone, what would it be?
allow me to suggest a few~~
kinnporsche
- mafia, but *sometimes* make it wholesome. and then add a hearty dose of PAIN. perfect :D,, i know i've already said it, but i'll say it again it's consumed me, and i'm so grateful. i had some of the worst exams when it was coming out, and kinnporsche genuinely got me through each week, kept me smiling, made everything just a bit more bearable, and i am forever grateful for that.
strangers from hell
- what do you mean it's not a bl. of course it is. whatever moon-jo and jong-woo have going on is most definitely *not* heterosexual. also there was way more chemistry between those two than jong-woo and ji-eun. if you're looking for a comfort psychological thriller, this is it :D - i mean it's the most wholesome show i've ever watched, just two guys bonding over shared interests and falling in love (aww)
till the world ends
- on my knees begging someone to watch it– it's really pretty, made me cry, from a very small film company and eee i love it
i told sunset about you (& last twilight in phuket)
- so so aesthetic and pretty and ughfhhf– last twilight in phuket is maybe one of the prettiest thing i've seen. itsay is also so so pretty. HOWEVER, for the sake of your own sanity, don't watch i promised you the moon. i mean ep 1 is really good, but after ep 3 and maybe ep 2? hell naw
semantic error
- this may have been my first bl? idk, anyway, it'll forever have a soft spot in my heart, it's wholesome enemies to lovers 😌😌 also i'll say series > film – the film is literally 3 hours long, which i wasn't prepared for so that's kinda on me, but yeah
cherry blossoms after winter
- i had shitty mocks when this came out and it made every thursday so much better. it's really wholesome and very much screams comfort.
the stranded
not explicitly a bl, however there's one canon mlm couple, another borderline canon mlm ship, and basically canon lesbians. it's kinda like a thai teen version of lost (idk if any of yall have seen that) but yeah :)
What was your non-BL favourite last year?
oooooooh~~
i think it's gonna have to be happiness
mwah, beautiful, stunning — childhood friends with unrequited love to fake marriage to found family to requited love, and zombies like that is the SHIT!!
south korea just owns zombies honestly, because everything i've seen is so good, even the not so well rated ones (this,, train to busan, all of us are, #alive - to some extent)
other mentions 😌😌
:: little women (the kdrama) is another elite show, highly highly recommend it. my trust levels went all over the place during it, but hell yeah
though i do feel robbed about a certain ship. not even a hug :|
:: money heist korea is another one!
forgive me for not having watched the original,, but anyway i've heard that tokyo's really annoying in the original which sucks :/ oH nairobi is bi, because i said so
the end~
tagging (ofc optional <3)
@songtaegguk @achilleanskops @badboyvegas @kinnporsche-n-chill @subtextsays
#g2ky bl mutuals 2022#i got to talk about stuff i adore im very happy#yall can guess the unnamed show i hated and mayyybe i'll confirm#i love answering all this stuff but then i get so unnecessarily nervous about tagging people
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Getting back into my H2O era 😏
#h2o just add water#Rikki#Emma#Cleo#Cleorrrr#H2O#h2o mermaid#cleo H2O#emma h2o#rikki H2O#lewis h2o#Zane h2o#🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈#gays#lesbians#the whole show is gay and you cannot convince me otherwise I swear to god#bella h2o
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The questions at cons are getting boring anyways otherwise I wouldn't suggest it. But maybe someone should just ask "on a scale of all-my-pictures-live-in-the-cloud to i-have-an-entire-room-dedicated-to-scrapbooking where are you"?
god please no, nobody ask anything like this everrrr first rule about cockles is we don't talk about cockles etc etc (but yeah i do agree the con questions are getting boring)
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I am 99% sure i remember someone had found an app that created that border at some point, and i know it was posted in a random reply on twitter, so not too many people must have seen that discovery. idk why that's so important to me but I've been trying to find that app for an hour now, i still haven't sadly!! I need this to find peace because i literally could swear it was from an app, even with that little tilt and those weird imperfect corners and all
now that you mention it, i do remember seeing a post about this...... though i don't remember if i was convinced it was that app or not lmao but yeah it's possible!
weighing in as well: the photo with danneel definitely has one of the old instagram frames, they removed them some years ago but some of my old ig pictures do have that same frame. the two anniversary pictures, i can’t really tell though because of the quality, it could be that frame on both which then were stitched together (but then that would mean a whole lot of trouble to make that one collage)
oh really?? in my mind the background on all three pics is the same but maybe it's slightly different idk.
listen i am a tinhatter as much as anybody can be—THOSE BITCHES IN LOVE—but i just neeeeed someone to know (and you're my favorite blog on this whole hellsite so im very sorry but im going to curse you with this) how fucking funny i would find it if the truth was jensen and misha are infact totally hetero, not even a little bit into each other—like, they truly and openly explored the idea with each other, really took it into consideration and were uncharacteristically open about feelings and attractions, and went 'ehhh nah sorry not for me' 'oh thank god i thought i was going to have to figure out how to let you down easy'—and that j&d are rigidly monogamous, but they do these things and perform these.. hmm.. displays.. utterly on purpose, fully aware of everything they do and the way we will interpret it, specifically BECAUSE we are so.. us.. about it. queerbaiting irl, acting in love so hard they've practically caused a cult—i KNOW cockles discourse has led at least one set of friends to come to actual physical blows, ive seen second-hand the fallout and damage of our beloved green blue conspiracy between believers and nonbelievers—just for shits and giggles. queerbaiting even harder than the nEtWoRk, just bc it's funny to them personally. that is both the worst timeline and by far my favorite timeline. i don't believe anything ive just said for a single second, but my sides hurt from laughing about it.
im also thinking about the fact that like. idk if we would have caught on as much, or at least in the numbers we did, if the show had just let the gays be gay on screen. many of us wouldn't be going "BUT WHY CHEMISTRY. WHY STARING. WHY SO CLOSE TOGETHER. WHY KISS FACE. WHY UNICORN LAUGH." if they had just said "uhh, because gay." like there would not have been much reason for most people to look deeper, there would not have been any reason for people who hate rps to be like "well, but.. i mean.. reluctantly, i cannot deny that the cards are all on the table.. they're.. uhh.. like, they're in love. duh." and the cockles community would be MUCH smaller and more niche. also an objectively horrible idea, also objectively hilarious. this one i do believe. not that they wouldn't be.. them.. like, they'd still be all mmlahh for each other, but they'd have a much more private relationship if not for the cdubs homophobia. and actually those of us that would ken it regardless of the show would probably have a lot more content if those two/three weren't under such incredible scrutiny. damn it.
anyway i am so sorry, you absolutely didn't ask for any of this but god its making me laugh out loud to think about so i hope it makes you laugh too!
lmaooo thank you it did make me laugh and also thanks for the compliment <3 yes i am sure jensen's on stage boners were all an act sfshfshf on a more serious note i do think i personally would still be as invested in perceiving them even if they did full on went for destiel in spn, but that's just me.
#its been a while since i did a more after the cut thingey but since it is all about the same subject i thought it would fit lol#anonymous
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Sorry but I need to rant a bit. Ever since quarantine I realized how kinda racist my mom and step dad and dad are. I have heard my mom call our neighbors “ selfish Jews” heard her say,” we should bb the hell out of China” heard her say all lives matter and threaten me with money after I said blm. My step dad has said that he wants to run over the protesters, and more. But they aren’t openly racist, they are ignorant about their own racism. And I’m so scared of being outed as bi even though (1/2)
TW: abuse, homophobia, racism
Even though I don’t think they’re homophobic.i did come out to my mom in 9th grade and she took it well but after a vacation where I told some kids(around my age) that I dated a girl when we came home she started yelling at me and saying “how do you think they felt sharing a room with you,” even though I’m not into any of them. So I went back in the closet and convinced everyone that I was straight again. Like she basically controls my life since I’m 16. But I’m so sick of hiding everything(2/2)
I’m sorry that you’re going through a hard time right now. You don’t deserve to have to hear this toxic frame of thinking and you surely don’t deserve to live in fear of being who you are. They’re very aware of their own racism, anon, I know that given all of the things that you’ve said here. They know what they’re thinking and it sounds like they only voice that opinion at home. They know that they can do that stuff at home. They know they can’t say that shit outside of the house or they’ll get called on their shit.
Literally, threatening murder and saying that they wish to do harm to any POC or protestor right now? That means they’re showing their true colors. That means that their hearts are pretty ugly, and I know you must feel complicated because you are a child and your parents are supposed to take care of you and love you no matter what and should support you. The fact that they probably said something before you came out like, “well, I’m fine with it as long as it isn’t in front of me,” then I gotta say, that’s some homophobia.
Your mother literally spouted that lying narrative about “predatory gays”. Which is the most bullshit I’ve ever heard in my entire life, I swear to God. Homophobes and Transphobes use that phrase to keep people from using bathrooms and to ostracise LGBT away from them. They think “oh no, they’re gay and they’re going to touch me,” no, Karen, nobody’s going to flirt with you or touch you because number one, they aren’t interested in someone that has an ugly heart, and number two, it is absolutely disgusting that their go-to option is thinking that anyone who is gay is going to come onto them.
Cishet guys are guilty of that narrative because men “aren’t supposed to show any emotions or cry nor should they be touchy-feely.” That’s a whole fucking handbasket right there and I could keep talking about how that’s bullshit and how I cannot stand toxic masculinity but that’s another thing.
I’m sorry that you have to deal with this. I had a similar experience. I was backed into a corner after having spent years of getting yelled at for support LGBT lives and without knowing that I was gay yet. Any time I voiced my opinion, I would get yelled at, shamed, and gaslit into a corner. I was made to feel like I would go to Hell, and worse. So, when I was pushed into that corner sometime later after finding an identity that worked me, I came out to the toxic family member, but then I was told that I couldn’t be pan because “that didn’t exist” and because I “haven’t dated a guy so I can’t know I’m pan”.
So, basically, I haven’t tried again and I’m not going to. They don’t deserve to know about my love life. I still live at home because of my horrible circumstances so I have to hear bullshit like that too and it makes me so fucking sick. You want to support and care about others so you voice an opinion, but your toxic family doesn't agree with that, so they shame you and make their verbal or physical abuse worse.
I can’t condone sharing your opinion with them. I know it hurts. I know you don’t want to live a lie. I know you want to be happy and honest with yourself and the people that are supposed to love you unconditionally. But, for your own safety, I cannot condone talking to them or sharing your opinions with them if they are going to hurt you, verbally or otherwise.
I can suggest that you try to find a safe space online where you can be yourself away from your family. That’s what I did and I’m a better person for it because it helped me learn and grow a lot. You’re a teen so there’s not a lot that you can do to get out. If you feel unsafe, or like you are in danger, then I can suggest you try to seek out an adult that you trust that can help you get out, or a friend or their family that can take you in if you need to get out.
Document anything that is directed towards you for leverage if you can do so at all, but be careful about that. Delete history and hide everything that you can hide to go and protect yourself. Everything that I’ve read here tells me that your family is very toxic in their way of thinking, and I’m proud of you for stepping out of that toxic cycle and learning how to be a good person.
Hold on to those kind and compassionate feelings, and just remember that a lot of people have been your position and things got better eventually after they did their best to push through. I hate that you can’t come out safely and be happy with your family but, it’s safer for you right now to duck your head and try to make it to 18 so you can leave.
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Annissa Zadani looks smaller in person. While her career on the big screen has not started officially, after the after.life trailer dropped, clips of bootlegs started to circulate online. In every one of them, Zadani takes hold of the stage completely-- The videos of her dancing, especially, would be enough to make you think of her as larger than life.
In reality, the large armchair she is sitting in swallows her whole. She seems fragile, in a way this reader cannot quite describe. Every time she takes a sip from the teacup cradled in her hands, I am entranced by the thinness of her fingers, the delicate of her wrist. This is not the woman who spins her way across stages, or the one who stomped her way out of trailers and into our heart with her big leather boots.
A little of that strength came back when she greeted me. Zadani is reborn every time she smiles, a new wave of determination and confidence sets upon her. By the time I sat down, I was convinced-- Zadani will do anything she sees fit in this town, and no one- save perhaps Cyrus Roth -will be able to stop her.
After a little small talk-- She asked about my daughter, at once terrifying and charming --we settled back down to answer some questions.
who is your celebrity crush?
Zadani laughs. It's a gorgeous sound. "Is that really what you want to start with?" After I assure her that it's what you're all dying to hear, she manages to stop giggling and answer the question. "Well, I think I'm a little too old to be having crushes."
I protest the appropriate amount, and, laughing once again, Zadani says, "Fine! Okay, you win. I feel like I'm supposed to say Eila who, don't get me wrong, I adore. She is very lovely. But she is the same age as my little sister, which... isn't what I, personally, find attractive."
"Diplomatic," I can't help but comment. It makes her laugh again, and I suddenly feel like the most important man in the room.
"I feel like that's half the job," Zadani teases back. Eventually, though, she tilts her head. I've been bugging her for a real answer for something like half an hour, and it seems she's finally settled on one. "... Eve Austero," Zadani says, with a self-satisfied smirk.
For those not in the know, Eve Austero is not an actress-- Or a singer, or even technically a celebrity. Often credited as Prometheus's most talented writer, Austero is the creative mind behind the upcoming Norah. She's stunning, but she's not exactly a heartthrob. When I mention as much to Zadani, she shrugs. "I'm not so much into looks, anymore. I've spent most of my life with the same woman. It was a wonderful experience. If I wanted a relationship right now, that's what I'd be looking for."
A rare mindset in this town.
who do you believe will be the next one cancelled?
An uncomfortable look crosses Zadani's face. "I'm not an analyst," she says, flatly. "I don't pretend to understand the trends of pop culture or what the audience wants-- And I suppose if you asked most laymen, they would say me. I don't have much of an established fanbase among the Hollywood set. But I have more confidence in myself than that. It's been months, but I'm a hard worker, and I have the points to show for it." Zadani shrugs. "Meanwhile, the people at the bottom of the list have been there for years. Like Savannah Miller. They'll be the first to go. We have the points for a reason."
who would you love to work with?
Zadani visibly brightens at this question, and she leans forward in her excitement. "Oh, absolutely everyone. Jade Bellamy, Luda Kerrigan, Catherine James..." She enthuses about pretty much every woman in Hollywood-- Barring Savannah Miller, pointedly. Eventually, I stop her, wondering if she has anyone else in mind. Men, especially, I prod her. The readers love the shipping. Zadani smiles politely, but its obvious her enthusiasm has waned. "Being in a movie with Jerome Castillo would be an honour, of course."
what do you think your reputation is like?
Zadani takes a moment, her brow wrinkled as she takes a sip of her tea. "I honestly don't know." She frowns. "I don't think I've been here long enough to have a reputation with the general public. My reputation back home may have proceeded me, though: I was known as a hard worker, and a character actress. I'm dedicated to what I do, entirely, and I hope that's what people see when they look at me."
have you created any enemies in prometheus?
Zadani looks surprised at this question, which makes me think that no one filled her in on what Axe! does. Probably she thinks this is another puff piece in some teen mag, or maybe a small part of a larger after.life piece. When the context clicks, though, I swear I see a glint of glee in her eyes, before it smooths back into that same placid smile.
"Good god, I hope now," Zadani says. "I've only been here a couple months; I would have to be quite a talented nightmare to have enemies this quickly, wouldn't you say? I mean, there are people I'm not friends with, but it's the same with every job in the world. You can not like someone and still be civil. For heavensake, most of us are actors. I suppose Hollywood drama can be a performance, in its own way, like... I don't know, professional wrestling or something. It just isn't for me."
how about any friends?
Zadani gifts me with a bright smile. "Well, I was lucky enough that one of my best friends in the whole world, Carolina Papen, moved to LA just a little after I did, so there's that... As for new friends, I've found wonderful friendships here. I spend a lot of time with the cast and crew of after.life, and with a couple of writers working with Prometheus... Eve Austero, as I mentioned, and Claire Kinney. They're both wonderful people. I also had a run-in with Jade Bellamy and, well, if you're reading this, Jade, we should hang out some time!"
"That may be more than you're up for," I teased-- After all, Jade has quite the reputation.
"Oh." Zadani's voice dipped into the mocking lilt of a sultry purr. "You have no idea what I'm up for." We both burst into laughter before moving on. Never let it be said that Annissa Zadani is not up for a joke.
if you were cancelled, what would you like your cancellation to look like?
This isn't something I want to ask at this point. Zadani is a woman full of laughter, and most of this conversation has been like a first date. Were I not completely gay and completely taken, I would be in love. I don't want to ask this question, but it's my job. And I would do anything for you, dear readers.
The mood drops, just like I expected. Zadani is quiet, reflective-- I don't push her. For all that Zadani is new in town, Cancellations have already brushed her life. This is just as serious a question as asking someone who's been in the business for decades.
"I'd like the whole thing to be quiet, I think, but beautiful. No explosions, no screaming--" Zadani sighs. She has been thinking about this a lot, it seems. "Maybe a church choir in the background, but otherwise... silence. As for how I would be dispatched..." She looks out the window. "I think a dagger would be fitting. Maybe I could dance myself into exhaustion. I am French, after all. Yes. Yes... that would be nice."
Nothing I say after that can erase that far away look in her eyes, so I excuse myself. I leave her sitting by the window, looking out into the street. Before I get in my car, I give her one last look over my shoulder.
She doesn't see me, but she's watching the street with intensity, as if she's waiting for someone to join her. I'm half tempted to wait and see who it is, but something tells me that, whoever it is, they're not coming.
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I'm so so sorry but I have to: Werner for the character meme (and/or Chuck McGill, if you can't think of anything!)
What the hell, I'm gonna do Werner AND Chuck
Werner
Fav thingabout him: He is so sweet; if I had a German uncle or grandpa or something, I'dwant him to be mine. He obviously takes his work very seriously too. He(initially) seems like a very cautious, careful sort of guy...unfortunatelythis attitude does not extend to all aspects of his life.
Least favthing: He's too sweet, dammit. His naivete and trusting nature made megenuinely angry, because I couldn't believe anyone could be so stupid aboutanything when he seemed fairly smart about everything else. I don't think youhave to be "street-smart" to understand that breaking out of an enclosedcompound without permission isn't the sort of thing you'd be allowed to getaway with. I was annoyed at how he felt like a plot device at the endthere--that he just existed to force Mike to have to kill him. It's a fault ofthe writing more than the character. Everyone could see the end coming from amile away, which is (as far as I can remember) unprecedented in the series.Even things that were heavily telegraphed and seemed obvious usually carriedsome sort of unforeseen twist, i.e. everyone thinking the lantern was going tobe involved in Chuck's death, but not knowing it was going to be a suicide. Thesecond they showed Mike building up a relationship with Werner, everyone knewexactly where it was headed. Also, this is a weird pet peeve, but I hate how healways called Mike "Michael". Bro, you've been working with him formonths, you are the only one who calls him that.
Fav line:(agh, unfortunately I can't recall any because I don't have any way ofrewatching season 4 at the moment. I love that he was courteous enough totranslate into English that he felt like he was going to throw up in the bumpyvan ride.)
brOTP: Him& Mike as cute old man drinking buddies.
OTP: Werner& his unseen wife, I guess. (That phone call before his death was so sad. I hope nothing happens to her, but this is the Breaking Bad Cinematic Universe, so bad things often happen to innocent people.)
nOTP: idk,Werner/Kai? I haven't really seen him shipped with anybody so I can't say Ihave any strong opinions on the matter.
randomheadcanon: (again, I need to rewatch all of season 4, because I remember thestory arcs, but not enough of the little details in dialogue and stuff.)
unpopularopinion: I have to admit, I don't know enough of what the popular opinions onWerner are to know what an unpopular opinion would be. I liked him, I just wishhis character arc felt less contrived and that he was treated like less of adevice. I also have seen some people in some places comparing him to Walt,which doesn't really make sense to me, because personality-wise they're justtoo far removed from each other. (Then again, people were even comparing dopeyPryce to Walter White, which was also a stretch!)
song Iassociate w/ him: I...I have no idea! Sorry. (So long, farewell, aufwiedersehen, goodbye?)
fav picture: the cute little drawings @callmcgills did of him! (Also, ugh, the shot where he is, uh, shot...is beautiful. Depressing, but cinematically beautiful. I’m not posting that here though.)
Chuck
Fav thingabout him: Honestly, as a fellow cowardly, anxiety-ridden, socially maladroit, perfectionistolder child, aspects of him are extremely relatable, frightening as that may beto admit. (My younger brother is of the slacker/moocher variety, rather thanthe con man variety, though.) I don't agree with everything he does, but I understandwhy he does it. (This is actually pretty similar to my attitude towardsSkyler's actions in Breaking Bad--I don't necessarily agree with her decisions,but I mostly understand why she acts the way she does.)
Least favthing: I think he should've been willing to at least put Jimmy on some sort ofprobationary path to HHM after he landed Sandpiper. HHM was under no obligationto hire Jimmy after he passed the bar (a lot of fandom seems to feel otherwise,which makes no sense! I don't think any other firm would've wanted to hireJimmy either!) Jimmy probably would've still managed to screw something up, butat least then if Chuck wanted to officially bar him from working for HHM forgood, Jimmy would know why, and what it was that he had done to cause that. Itdoes no good to punish someone if he doesn't even understand he's beingpunished, which is what the whole issue is in the first place with Chuck goingbehind Jimmy's back and using Howard as the perpetual bearer of bad news.
Fav line:"Because if there's one thing kids love, it's local printjournalism."
brOTP: lmao Chuck is bros with nobody except his space blanket, and his ol'sipping-scotch-and-chortling companion Howard, before that relationship gotdestroyed...
OTP: ...althoughI must also confess a SHAMEFUL desire to ship Chuck/Howard, because it's gotsuch a messed up power dynamic, because they've known each other for at least18 years, because Howard's clearly still so much in awe of Chuck (which Chuckprobably enjoys), and because neither of them seems to have any other friendsor close relationships. (Are we ever going to learn what's up with Howard'swedding ring? Even my mom thinks Howard is gay at this point! And what's upwith papa Hamlin? Did he die? Retire?) Canon-wise, I'm actually really curiousabout Chuck & Rebecca's relationship, because I have to wonder what it washe did that caused her to divorce him, but not bear any particular grudge oranimus towards him afterwards. He was clearly really upset about the divorce,but doesn't bear any ill-will towards her either. She doesn't appear to enteredinto any new relationship after the divorce either. It's all very mysterious.
nOTP: I can'ttell if this person was serious or not, but I swear I remember seeing someonepropose some theory that Kim had fucked Chuck at some point, and that's gonnaget a BIG NO from me.
randomheadcanon: oh god I've got like five hundred of them at this point. Themassive infodump that was Chuck's obituary in the season 4 premiere contributedto a lot of them, I think. I imagine Chuck's freshman year of college, at age14, was absolute hell for him. He was so proud to get accepted to an Ivy Leagueschool, but had been upset it wasn't a more prestigious one, like Harvard,Yale, or Princeton. (He had applied to them and had a few interviews, but unbeknownstto him, he had been heavily penalized in their byzantine admissions proceduresbecause, despite his sterling academic record, they didn’t find him outgoing or athleticenough.) His parents put him on the train to Philadelphia by himself, with afew suitcases, a map, and $50. He had no problems getting to the university,but was pretty overwhelmed right off the bat by the fact that everyone else wasolder and wealthier than him; he had dealt with this to some extent in high school, butnot to this degree (I headcanon his fictional alma mater, Francis Xavier HighSchool, as a typical Jesuit all-boys preparatory school that draws heavily fromupper-middle-class suburban families). Here he was, a literal child, thrustinto the adult world, and the world of the elites, at that. He probably feltself-conscious about things he hadn't even realized he could feelself-conscious about before, and spent at least a couple nights sobbing intohis pillow, and praying that his roommate couldn't hear him. He made a coupledesperate attempts to fit in, with a relatively low level of success (e.g. goingto a party and trying to impress people there by playing piano, only to get abeer spilled on him instead), before deciding it wasn't worth it and he wouldthrow himself singlemindedly into his classes and extracurriculars. He had hisfirst-ever panic attack sometime during his first semester, and wound up at thecampus doctor's office because he had convinced himself he was having a heart attack.On being told he was physically fine, he was indignant, but all the same, henever told his family about the incident, or anyone else either. Somewherearound this time, he also gets a letter from his parents, telling him he'sgoing to be a big brother in a few months, and won't this be exciting for him?(He wants to tell them his life is too exciting for him as it is, but saysnothing, instead writing back that he is sure having a younger sibling to helplook after will be the greatest experience of his life. He almost convinceshimself that he means it.)
unpopularopinion: I DON'T HATE CHUCK. (The most unpopular opinion of all!) He's myfavorite character on the show, with the obvious disclaimer that saying acharacter is my favorite doesn't mean I approve of all the character's actions,etc. Also, I know he's just a fictional character, but I'm still pissed offabout people celebrating that he killed himself & saying they hope it waspainful & stuff like that. Like, how much of an asshole do you have to be?What a horrible thing to say.
song Iassociate w/ him: Burning Down The House j/k, probably Faure's Sicilienne,because I too, cannot play it on piano without screwing up
fav picture: Not a picture, but I can’t resist.
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