#will rejecting a gun would be a great way of showing how he is rejecting typically masculine roles and not conforming to society

[cringengl]

I think Will should use a gun in season 5, but only to show character development.

Since his initial instinct when first saw the demogorgan in s1 was to use a gun, now that everyone is going to be fighting Vecna with weapons, I think that he'll pick up a gun again as others such as Nancy and Hopper will have one and he'll feel like he has to use it in order to save his loved ones. It'll be similar to Jonathan in s1 who clearly has bad memories of using a gun, but tries it anyway as he cares more about saving Will (although I think that Will will be a better shot just so he does use a gun in s5).

However, the point that has been made many times about how learning to shoot is linked to trauma and that Will doesn't have to be made more masculine in order to be a 'stronger' and him liking shooting is kind of ooc anyway.

As guns are linked to Will trying to be a 'real man' and covering up his queer identity by doing something overtly masculine, I think that whilst Will will initially use guns, he won't find them very useful, as Vecna seeks to expose the status quo and destroy it ("conformity, that's what's killing the kids"- or however that line goes) so Will fighting Vecna with something traditionally masculine that he doesn't find strength and power in- which is why Nancy's guns and El's powers have worked for them, they find power in them- won't succeed.

Will will have to find his own way to defeat Vecna and it will likely parallel him truly accepting his queer identity (which honestly seems to be some kind of powers, whether they're light, creation, or an extension of his link to the UD).

[yandere-writer-momo]

NSFW Hcs: Shunsei Kaku, Izou Motobe, Gaia, Ali Jr, Jack Hanma, Kaioh Retsu??

I just did Jack Hanma (my first husband) and 2 regular for Gaia (y’all really like the gerber baby man). And what is with y’all and old men? I will oblige because I too indulge in old men from time to time

Yandere Baki Head Canons

Shunsei Kaku, Gaia, Muhammed Ali Jr, Izou Motobe, and Kaiou Retsu NSFW edition

Minors DNI

Kaiou Restu (NSFW)

After he isolated you from all of your friends and basically infantilized you, he swoops in with the romance. And Retsu can be a really romantic guy

He takes things slow and sweet. He’s definitely a make love type of guy

Retsu is probably super vanilla. He also doesn’t have a whole lot of experience since he was in a temple for a big chunk of his life

Lots of kisses and sweet words. Retsu wants you to depend on him and only think of him. So he’ll always be sweet and soft with you

I feel like Retsu is a great lover and a great listener. Despite the fact he made you so dependent on him, he still treats you with respect.

Muhammed Ali Jr (SFW and NSFW)

His interest in you starts at the underground tournament. You’re probably either another fighter or a pretty face he noticed in the crowd, either way he was first attracted to your appearance. It was your fiery personality that really drew him in

He’s an obsessive man. And he’s super tenacious in his pursuit of you. He’d show up to your work with flowers. He’d probably stand outside your house with a boom box blaring some kind of sappy love song

He wouldn’t give up no matter how many times your reject him. He’s very set on being with you. He doesn’t even care if you’re already with someone (example: when he pursued Kozue). If he wants you, he’ll have you

If you do finally give in, which you eventually will. He’s actually a really romantic guy and he’s very fun to hang out with. He’s a nice guy

I’m the bedroom he’s a very giving person. He’s not much of a receiver, he prefers prioritizing your pleasure over his own

Also pretty vanilla but he may spank you from time to time. Nothing too crazy

He’s a great kisser and he’s a very attentive lover. He would be willing to try just about anything

Might enjoy wax play and anal. Eats ass

Gaia (NSFW)

This man is kinky. I didn’t make the rules. Probably ties you up with soft ropes and spanks you

He’s pretty skilled in the bedroom and definitely a soft dom. He wouldn’t do anything that would hurt you too much

Praises you a lot. Sometimes he’ll degrade you, but that’s only when Nomura shows through

Loves leaving love marks on you. He likes showing off that you’re his

Izou Motobe

He’s a pretty gloomy guy so I’d say you’re the kind convenience store worker that he buys cigarettes from. You’re always waving at him and telling him to have a good day. It starts becoming his daily routine and then he stops in twice a day just to see you. He tells himself it’s just because you’re younger and pretty but he knows it’s because he likes you

He’s pretty protective of you. There was a time he was in the store and someone tried to rob it, holding poor, little you at gun point. You’re just lucky Motobe was there to stop him from hurting you. Motobe wouldn’t ever let anyone harm a hair on your head

He’d eventually weasel his way into your life, you’d see him as a father figure at first until he makes it clear that he doesn’t see you as his child. You’ll be a little hesitant since he’s a lot older than you, but Motobe is super patient with you. You’ll eventually give into his charms

I don’t imagine you two would be getting it on too often without viagra. But he would probably be a little rough. Being with you makes him feel young again and he’ll try his best to keep up with your energy

You two mostly cuddle or kiss. People assume you’re his child when you two are out and about. People are pretty judgmental so neither of you clarify your relationship. It makes things easier that way

Motobe gets extremely jealous when a guy around your age talks to you. It’s upsetting to him because he knows you can do a lot better than an old man. Motobe needs a lot of reassurance

Would probably let you call him daddy in bed

Shunsei Kaku (SFW and NSFW)

Yikes. He’s an arrogant prick. He’s a lot more ‘humble’ after being defeated by Baki but he starts over training himself to become stronger. Shunsei wants to prove himself to his father that he can still do martial arts.

You’re the poor nurse that has to deal with his bratty behavior every time he ends up in the clinic. He throws things and screams at you but you try your best to stay professional. It’s your calm demeanor that draws him in

Shunsei finds himself constantly at the clinic where you work and no one else will take care of him but you. He was mean to you at first but he eventually looks forward to seeing you. Even though he was so mean to you, you still kept a pleasant smile on your face and took care of him. You never treated him differently than anyone else

Obsessed. He started to latch onto your kindness to a point that he would begin to hurt himself more and more so he could be taken care of by you. If you weren’t there, he’d scream at the other nurses until they brought you. Shunsei was only ever pleasant with you

He overhears the nurses telling you he probably has a crush on you but you shut them down. You tell them you could never date a patient

Shunsei makes a promise to you that he’ll stop being a patient if you’ll go out with him. You reject him softly but he still thinks he has a chance. He’ll keep swinging by the clinic everyday to see you, even without injuries

Shunsei notices his martial art training is getting better now that he has a new goal in life, to prove to you he can be your spouse

Shunsei will not leave you alone, no matter how many times you gently put him down. He’s too obsessed with you to ever let you go. Shunsei believes that you’re his and he has a right to you. You’re his nurse

Shunsei is the only character (so far) that would probably do noncon. Shunsei has no morals and he’s very selfish. He believes you are his to keep and to have. You’re his so he can do whatever he wants to you

He’s very rough and only cares about his pleasure at first. He will eventually become softer once he notices how much you cry

Shunsei would try to be better but he’s very stuck in his ways. I feel like he’d be miserable to be with. He’d expect you to always support him

He would baby trap you if you’re child bearing

[eeunoia]

ENHYPEN Series

sinag — psh.

prelude

synopsis: waiting for a great plot twist in your life, the ruthless and powerful mafia boss park sunghoon forced his way in to it.

pairings: park sunghoon x oc

word count: 2k

warnings: a contains violence, guns, killings, abuse, obsessive love & other stuff. if you can't take this stuff, feel free to scroll away. let me know if i missed some.

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You screamed as you sat yourself up from your bed awoken from sleep by a terrible nightmare. Shaking a bit, hair messy and drenched with cold sweat, your eyes wanders around the dimly lit room anxiously. One of your hands slowly trailed towards your chest and clasped your frantically pounding heart. Being acutely aware of what happened in the dream made you so upset.

Tears formed at the corner of your eyes, unable to even think properly. These are just one of those days when you dream or more like relive what happened to you that horrifying night. Memories you wish to entomed at the back of your mind and eventually forget about it. If you can only get rid of it like magic, you would trade anything. You stood up and head towards your bathroom, bowing to your fate to go on your day like nothing’s wrong.

After taking a shower and dressed up to fully freshen yourself up before going to the office, you stopped by your kitchen for a coffee. While waiting for the beans to be ready, your mind went blank and to feel frazzled without even starting your day is unbelievable for you. The nightmare sure worked and sucked all of your energy for today.

The ride on the way to the company you work at was surprisingly short, probably because you are still out of it. When you arrived at your floor, Laurie, one of your team members, looked in distress. She was leaning over her table, hands resting over her head while staring blankly at nowhere. At the sight of you, a hint of irritation flashes through her face.

“Finally!” she exclaimed, jumping off from her seat then start dragging you towards the pantry of the office. Taking advantage of the early time and having the whole room for yourselves.

“What happened? You don’t look okay.” it was funny coming from you when you aren’t too.

She sighs and rolls her eyes, “What happened last night on your date?” her way of saying it was like an interogation. The bitterness through her tone was clear. Your brows folds and draws together, causing a crease to your forehead. It was hard for you to put the puzzle together right away.

“Huh? Last night?” your words stall at the attempt of remembering of what you did the past night.

Your brows arched after a couple of seconds, “Ah! You mean with Mr. Kang? It’s not a date, Laurie. Its a work dinner.”

The unpleasant look on her face shows off her frustrations about something. “Well something obviously happened and you did something that upsets Mr. Kang! Maybe he thought it was a date! Did he confess? Did you reject him?” she sounded worked up, trying to make you throw up answers she’s been deprived off. It was too many for you to even process it one by one.

“He invited me to go on a trip outside of the country and I declined it saying I have a boyfriend—”

“He did what?!” her eyes were big and even held both of your arms, shaking you a little. You blinked a couple of times, confused and started to feel uneasy of her behavior. You two aren’t the closest friends and she’s very vocal of her totally not liking you. She often tries to make malicious comments about how Mr. Kang has always too kind with you, envying.

“He likes you, Ae!” she says. “And now that you rejected him, he’s punishing all of us. Thank you very much!” the sarcasm was too much that it hurts your ears.

You are still confused, but you shift your weight on your other leg before trying to catch on what’s happening. She lets go of you and leaned over the counter before staring blankly at the wall like a new found habit. She looks like she’s about to go crazy any minute now.

“Why? What did he do?” the eagerment now passed on you, worried of what he possibly did that upsets Laurie this much.

She glanced at your direction, eyes shooting glares, “He wants us to start again with our campaign advertisement.”

Now that made you utterly shock. You refuse to believe what you heard from her. Closing your distance with her, you stepped once and gently grabs her arm to make her look at you.

“He can’t do that! He just approved it yesterday.”

She pursed her lips and shoved your hold off. ”He just did, Ae. He calls me a while ago and he looked so pissed.” she then lets out a strained sigh. Even without saying it straightly, you are being blamed. She’s blaming you.

“I can’t believe you flirts with him and then rejects him! Now all of us have to suffer because of you!” the veins over her neck pops out in frustration.

“I neve did that, Laurie.” you tried telling her, but she just rolls her eyes as she cross her arms.

“Whatever! Everyone here knew you’re suspicious.” she mumbles the last line. You heard it, tho and you aren’t surprised.

Your shoulder fell too as you leaned over the counter beside her. Eyes shut for a while you throw your head back and silently wished all of this are not happening. The exhaustion you were feeling before going here just got worst. This day isn’t going well for you already.

“There you are,” the two of you snaps your head at one of your workmate when she talked.

“Mr. Kang is looking for you, Ms. Lee.”

You stood up straight as you glanced at Laurie for a while. She showed an unpleasant expression before rolling her eyes in defeat. You told the girl that you will go in a bit and so she left. Laurie turns and face you.

“Go and try to change his mind! Do something, Aelia! Fix the mess you created!” her requests came out arrogantly and gave a short nod.

You feel bad that she’s making up stuff and that she’s blaming you, but you admit you felt bad for the whole team. Maybe you are at fault at some way and so you should really do something about it. You can’t just let it all put into waste.

Determined to stood your ground, you walks towards the office of your boss. His secretary’s restless expression on her face indicates that he’s probably in a foul mood. It somehow made you feel anxious.

“He’s waiting for you.” she stood up and opted to open the door for you, “He’s in a very bad mood, Ae.” she whispers under her breath as a warning that made your knees almost wobble on your way inside.

He was at his swivel chair, a folder on his hand, forehead creased while reading whatever document it is. He didn’t spare you a glance at all. Its starting to make you wonder if the guy from last night’s dinner and him are the same person. Thinking that you made someone upset pinches something in you. You hate that feeling at all.

“Good morning, Mr. Kang.” you tried to sound enthusiastic to somehow lift the mood, but to your dismay he was unresponsive.

“I want you to prepare your passport.” he stated that made you blink twice. His words didn’t sink in, totally not processing for you. Did he mention passport? Your passport?

“Sir?” you calls, baffled on the spot.

He finally lifts his gaze and eyes you with a placid look on his face. “Are you deaf? I said prepare your passport. I will send you in another country for a business meeting and a seminar.”

You have no idea if he’s just talking too fast or his words are just nonsense that’s why you cannot understand any of it. Pretty sure it was the latter as you can’t help but to start feeling irritated. He can be upset about last night, yes. But this is terribly unrighteous.

“I’m sorry Sir, but I can’t—”

“You can’t?” he cuts you off then lets out a scoff, “Are you saying I promoted the wrong person to be the team leader?” his tone taunting, sounding more like a challenge.

“N-No, Sir. It’s just I can’t go on a seminar and leave my team with all the works due.” your reason definitely makes a point, but your boss sure is determined on making you suffer.

“I don’t care. This is an order from your boss. Are you seriously reasoning out to me? I didn’t know you are this arrogant.”

You pursed your lips and tried hard not to say anything that can upset him even more. He closed the folder he was holding and tilts his head to the side.

“Its either you go to that seminar or you put your resignation letter on my table tomorrow morning.”

Your shoulder fell at what you heard. He held you at gun point. You worked hard to earn the position you have right now, you did everything you could to be here and so you surely didn’t want lose this. If you think about it, there’s a lot of benefits if you go to this seminar. You’ll learn from it and it will be good to your work records, all in all you’ll gain from it. It’s just that after what happened from your last trip which is years passed already, you developed fear of going on out of the country trips. The mental trauma it caused you left a deep scar that just by thinking of being in a place you barely know cause you panic attacks. It was terrible.

Laurie was hopeful when you walked inside your office. She peeks through the cubicle like a meer cat and gaze at you with full curiosity.

“What? What did he said?” she asked.

You sighed heavily and crashed yourself over your swivel chair. The frustration, annoyance and stress slowly spoiling your mood you couldn’t even make yourself into saying it to her. Some of your team members were there as well, looking and waiting for an update. They already assumed that it didn’t go well based on how you’re looking right now.

“He tasked me to attend a business meeting and seminar outside of the country.” you mumbles that made Laurie even more confused.

“What? Why is he sending you there on a trip while we suffer here to revise everything?” she exclaimed, she’s so upset yet again.

The glares on her eyes didn’t slipped off of you. Its not surprising anymore. It often happen whenever the boss favors you, she always thinks that you are charming your way to success and that you’re being unfair. That was totally untrue. You know to yourself how much you worked hard for this. Some people just couldn’t keep their thoughts to themselves, judging you wrongly out of envy.

“It’s not a trip, Laurie. Its for business.” you tried to tell her, but she rolls her eyes and arrogantly sat back down.

“Whatever! This is all your fault in the first place! You’re making us re-do all of it while you go on a trip!” she started blabbering that made some of your workmates to stare.

You wanted to tell her that she’s wrong and that it would be more traumatic for you, but you refrained yourself. Instead, you stood up and went out to go to the bathroom. Thankfully, nobody was there so you can breath and calm down. Your mind are on a mess as of the moment. There’s just so much going on. You wanted to let it all out and to tell someone about it.

“Mom,” you calls out after she picks up the call.

“What is it? I’m playing poker with my friends! Why are you calling, Ae?!” obviously, she wasn’t interested. When did she ever took interest about your life or to you in general? Despite of it, you tried to still open up to her.

“D-Do you think I should quit my job? I’m really having a hard time.” your voice cracked while saying it and just by hearing you, a normal person will feel sympathy. It was clear as a water that you are having a hard time.

“What do you mean quit your work?! Are you crazy?! How will we pay our debts after sending you to college? What about our rent, our food? You are so selfish! You only think of yourself!” she was outrageous.

You felt your heart ache at her words. Not only that your Mom didn’t listen to your words, but she only thinks of herself. You are thankful for them for sending you to college despite pursuing the degree you don’t really like. But after graduating and working, your parents started depending on you like you’re their bank or something. They stopped working and just left everything under your care.

“I’m s-sorry, Mom.”

You have a lot of things you wanted to tell your Mother. None of it came out from your mouth. As always, you kept it to yourself. This is one of the things you hate. Your best friend always tells you that sometimes, you’re being too selfless. That you’re such a people pleaser.

A tear left your eye as you try to get your shit together.

“Stop being ungrateful and be a good daughter to your parents! Don’t give me headaches!” and with that she ended the call.

Your parents are not very fond of you. Ever since you were a child, you are by yourself. You learned things alone. Before, you tried to convince yourself that its because your parents are busy working to support your needs. Later on, it slowly dawned in you that maybe they don’t really love you. They just did what they need to do in order for them to have someone they can depend on. And they did. They raised someone with a soft heart, someone who values family so much that she will turn blind-eye to everything they do.

It was tiring, but you have no other choice. They are your family and even if they’re cold, they are all you have. Sometimes, you just wished you will find someone who will love you the way you love them.

“Park Sunghoon.” the young man lifts his eyes from the papers he was reading over to the old man who entered his office. The frown on his face tells Sunghoon that he’s clearly upset.

“You have no business in being here, Mr. Kwon.” he tried to sound casual.

“I will not tolerate this behavior anymore! My daughter doesn’t deserve this humiliation!”

Sunghoon sighs and settles the folder down to his table. “You’re the one who kept on putting her in that place. I already told you, I will never marry her.” his strict blank eyes watches him carefully, unfazed.

“You are a disgrace to your family! What kind of man will turn back to a promise? And you are calling yourself a leader?!”

Sunghoon tilts his head over to the side, “As far as I remember I never promised anything. It was my father who proposed about that engagement. I had nothing to do with it.”

“You are to follow your Father’s order! And that is to marry Luna!”

He scoffed, an unamused grin crept over his face. “I am not under him, Mr. Kwon. I don’t bow to him and follow his orders.”

Sunghoon stood up, his aura intimidating the older one. “I created my name on my own, without any help from him. Do you think I will let him control me? Nobody will ever make me follow their orders.”

“And yet you are a slave to your own emotions.” Mr. Kwon stated.

Sunghoon didn’t speak.

“This obsession you have with this girl,” he starts. “soon it will be all a waste of time. Once you realized it was just one of your rebellious stunts to prove something, you will know that marrying Luna is your best option to widen your influence and power.”

“I will do everything so you end up with my daughter.”

Sunghoon clenched his jaw and silently stared at the old mafia boss' eyes. Slowly, he grins.

“There’s only one girl that I will marry.” he says in calm yet cold tone. “And I’ll do everything as well to have her.”

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𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐒: canon-divergence ; Lee's pov ; sfw ; slightly angst. ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ 〔 NO BETA 〕

𝐒𝐘𝐍𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐈𝐒: what if Lee got stuck in a loop? it's based on this tweet I posted weeks ago.

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It has been so long, too long to count. Nonstop fighting for an end that is far from near, for a thin lay of hope that may or may not come out of the cruelty of reality. The light it's too dim, the air is too heavy, toxic and corrupted, no matter how deep every breath is, it never makes him feel better, less relaxed. Less lonely.

His hands are tired, his legs are having a hard time trying to keep up and his M.I.N.D is completely numb over time. Losing sense, and every single moment that peace seems to greet him, it flies past him as fast as one of his bullets. Breaking him in the silence of rejection, in the middle of the tower where escaping is not an option. For how long will this keep going? He does not know. And, to be fair, he doesn't want to know either. The crushing weight of having a clock ticking, counting what's left and what's yet to come, is not pleasant.

So he opted to ignore it. He made the decision, that day, to do the job only he was able to do. Because that was his sole purpose, at least for now, as much as he wished to change this twisted fate, it wouldn't be fair for those outside. If he was the only one capable, then so be it. Sacrifices must always be done. Be it time, or his own life. Just for the illusion that outside everyone is safe. He will stand over and over, shoot his gun, kill whoever or whatever gets in his way, for a slim chance.

There are short moments when everything is quiet, when not a single cry from despair could be heard, except for his erratic breathing, his feet dragging him to the stairs to finally take a seat after hours of battles and the loud noise of his weapon against the floor. He closes his eyes for a few seconds before taking a small device to call them. He just wants to have a few minutes to talk. Hoping. Wishing.

The call makes it through, and two faces greet him, smiling happily. The girl in red breaks the silence first.

ㅤㅤㅤ“It's been a while, Lee.” she stops, as if pondering if it's plausible to ask about his condition when it's obvious. “How are things on your side?”

ㅤㅤㅤ“Nothing new. The fights are endlessly annoying but, it's fine. I'm fine.” His voice cracks at the end, how terrible he has been at lying lately, or maybe he is too tired to pretend. Lee knows his teammates are aware of his state.

ㅤㅤㅤ“Lee…” the soft voice from Liv seemed to echo inside the tower, he nods and smile, “I know it's useless to say but, do please take care of yourself. I also know you're capable but.. We are worried about you. Especially Commandant.”She finished, her pink eyes showing great concern.

ㅤㅤㅤ“Commandant is a bit busy now. We would've called him but I know you have your ways.” Lucia explained, a chuckle escaped from her mouth.

Lee laughs at that. Indeed, he has his ways to contact his Commandant. “Thank you, I really mean it.” He finally spoke, the bitterness can be tasted, smelled and felt. Too heavy. “My time is running out. When I get another break, I will try to contact you guys again. Please take care.” He smiles again, and ends the call.

There's never a “goodbye”. Because he doesn't want to think about an end. As much as he is tired and his frame is at its limit on par with his M.I.N.D slowly losing complete focus from time to time, more often than not, Lee would reject the idea of a last call with his friends. That won't happen. He refuses to let that be part of his reality.

More often than not, he finds himself considering giving up and leaving, letting the wheel of destiny decide his punishment but there's something, someone, that keeps him from doing so. Or more like a “possible future”. Where there's no one, when the person he has come to cherish a little bit too much is no longer by his side, where his teammates are no longer walking with him but just a name in a marble stone. That was scary enough for him. The weight it's too much again.

His break is about to end. Taking a deep breath, he takes his device and taps a message and presses the send button, with the same address. For the same person. With the same words. He can feel an insufferable pain packing up inside his chest, filling the space between his ribs, crushing his artificial heart. He is shaking. His eyes are burning and tears are building up, but it's not the time.

It has never been. It probably never will.

He stands up, weapon in his hands. Time is running and it will never stop, no matter how many times he goes back, no matter how much he wishes and hopes, because time has never cared for that. So, for now, he just needs to keep going, and maybe one day, time will stop for him and he will be able to go back home. Go back to his friends. To his Commandant and be part of Gray Raven again.

…………

The digital screen beeps at the new message. He knows who sent it, and it's the reason he is also a bit reluctant to open it. He is always afraid it will be the last. His fingers trace the screen before lightly pressing over the email icon. A small text shows up, saying:

ㅤㅤㅤ“It's been a while. I know Liv and Lucia are there to take care of you, but I've got to know you enough to understand you're a magnet for troubles. So, don't do anything stupid.

ㅤㅤㅤ I don't have much time, there's nothing new. I am doing as fine as I can, you don't need to worry (I know you will, but don't let my situation distract you from your job, Commandant).

ㅤㅤㅤ ………… I miss you. I miss you a lot. It even hurts a bit sometimes. But I'm always hoping. Hoping that one day I will be by your side again, seeing you smile, holding your hand. I miss your warmth. The idea of going back to you, to Gray Raven keeps me going.

ㅤㅤㅤ I have to go. See you next time.”

And without knowing, despite the distance between them, tears were shed at the same time. Because time was the only thing connecting them.

[seekers-who-are-lovers]

The first things I noticed in the new preview teaser are the hydrangeas. ( x )

Now, having been more than two years in the “Kuroshitsuji” fandom, it has severely taught me to pay attention to flowers and their language/significance. Yana Toboso loves to elaborate her background and illustrations through floriography in conveying the meaning/depth/intention of a particular scenario or a character.

Or it could be that the writers and director just throw in the flowers on this mise-en-scène just for the heck of it.

In Victorian England, Englishmen sent hydrangeas to those women who rejected them as a sign of “frigidity mockery.” Because of this practise, they believed that when a woman grew hydrangeas in her garden it meant that she would soon be a spinster. ( x )

Of course, this is just a guess when it comes to this anime. Because in Japan, not only they are heavily cultivated, but they also carry a different connotation.

Long ago, in the land of the rising sun, it is said that an emperor was so busy running errands and businesses that he neglected a maiden that he loves deeply. To make it up to her, he gave her blue hydrangeas as a symbol of his sincere apology and gratitude. ( x )

What do blue hydrangeas mean?

Blue hydrangeas have a meaning of forgiveness, rejection and regret. So, while they may be super pretty, they don’t have the happiest meaning. We’ve all been in an argument with someone and said something we’ve immediately regretted, and if you’re looking to apologise, then blue hydrangeas are a great starting point. ( x )

We saw Kazuki in front of a flower shop. And he definitely feels regret and, possibly, guilt. The desire to apologise to his late wife’s family, but how about the purple ones?

Purple hydrangeas carries the meaning of desire for deep understanding towards someone. It is often gifted during the fourth wedding anniversary of a couple. It is also represented by pride, royalty and gracefulness across different cultures so it is ideal to be gifted as a sign of appreciation to your partner after four years of marriage.

Are hydrangeas Yuzu’s favourite flowers? Are they connected to his relationship with Rei? Or are they connected to the woman, Karin, who showed up at Kyu-chan’s coffeehouse? She has a mole on her left lower lip.

My suspicion is that she might be the beneficiary of the money K sets aside. She could be related to Kazuki’s late wife’s family, a twin sister or sister? The most important question is: is she a friend or a foe? One way or another they have to introduce her. “She’s” been briefly mentioned in the first and second episodes like Chekhov’s gun. And that gun has to be shot sooner than later.

[compacflt]

When it comes to historical research, do you research for things that DON'T exist? For example, foods that are common now but didn't exist in the average American restaurant or grocery in the '80s or '90's? Words, phrases, and entire concepts that are commonly accepted today but unheard of to the average American when Mav and Ice were at Top Gun?

Your writing is so unbelievably good.

not really because I don't care about food, I care about the literary device that is "taking communion." i.e. it doesn't matter what they eat, it only matters that they're eating together, for the plot.

And, okay, showing my little-kid bias, but was there actually stuff in grocery stores in the 80s/90s that wouldn't be there today/vice versa? brands might change, like okay Pringles might not exist but you still have potato chips; and obviously specialty stuff like what you find in your average Asian market might not be commonplace, but, like, were the 90s all that different from today, American-food-wise? its my assumption that they weren't, but I also wasn't alive in the 90s, so. Um, ectocooler Hi-C, maybe? that's the one 90s food I know.

attitudes of course are what change. today's concept of being so QUICK to publicly label sexual identities would be extremely foreign, for instance. obviously people did label their sexualities in the 80s & 90s, people were definitely calling themselves bisexual and such, but probably not the people ice & mav would be hanging out with, in the Reagan-era navy. which is what my fics are about. that's the whole point.

and, also, COMMUNICATION changes. I have never used a payphone in my whole life so I actually have no idea how they work. but they were ubiquitous "back then," and lend themselves to amazingly interesting conflict (omg I don't have enough change to call my boyfriend maverick who's mad at me!!!) which is why I lean on payphones so much in my writing. honestly, im gonna be real, the invention of the cell phone makes telling stories about miscommunication so much harder. instant-speed communication would make certain stories less interesting, which is why a lot of horror movies default to the "no cell service" trope to isolate their characters, or why some teen dramas have the characters reject cell phones on principle (Alyssa or James having a phone in 2017's "The End of the F***ing World" would solve most of their problems, which is why Alyssa smashes hers in the first five minutes and James basically says he views them as a cancer to society--if they had phones the story would be boring, so the writers took away their phones).

I also feel like people used to treat society differently "back then," i.e. Going Out was much more of a thing when there were 10 channels on TV and no one had cell phones, so you Went Out and had drinks & met strangers & interacted with general society to an extent im not sure we do anymore. So that experience is way more fun to write about in the 80s than today. (u can't see me but im seething with jealousy over ppl who were born in ~1965)

idk. im not sure I did a great job reproducing the zeitgeist of the 80s/90s in my fics, bc I wasn't there to have knowledge of what they were like. I got most of my presupposed knowledge about that time period from reading Calvin & Hobbes anthologies as a kid. oh well.

[moonwritewastaken]

Tales of Christmas Day 13 - cc!Sapnap x gn!reader

Genre - strangers to lovers, Christmas!, retail worker reader

Warnings - language

Word count - 631

Welcome back for day 13! I hope everyone is having a great December ❤️

- 🌙

It was 3 hours until your shift was over and it couldn’t end any sooner. The retail store you work at had been super busy for the past week in the lead up to Christmas, with people leaving their festive shopping until the last minute. 

There was only one thing getting you through your shift today, and that was the cute guy that came into the store almost an hour ago with his friends. The group of 3 seemed like they were in their own world, showing each other items the other would then cuss them out for. The one you had your eyes on was an average height brunette with a little beard who you had seen enter the store and you were down bad. 

Throughout their time in the store, you had seen the other boys either look or not so subtly point in your direction. They had also come up to you asking for recommendations despite walking past your coworkers on the way to you. 

“Excuse me, do you know where I can find the nerf guns?” you're brought out of your train of thought by a fluffy haired, tall guy who is also a part of their group. 

“They’ll be in aisle 15, let me know if you need more help” you return the smile and point towards the direction of aisle 15. He thanks you before approaching his friends and leading them to where you pointed. 

*With Sapnap*

On the other hand, Sapnap had been teased relentlessly by the other 2/3 of the Dream Team. He looked at you just a little too long soon after they arrived, it was picked up by Dream and he hadn’t been left alone since. 

“Just ask her out, Sapnap” George had repeated this sentence in different ways at least 20 times by now and the answer was always the same. No. 

“What’s the worst that could happen? They say no and then you’ll probably never see them again” Dream had a valid point but Sapnap deemed it too much of a risk regardless, not wanting to be rejected. 

Because Sapnap wasn’t willing to ask you out or even talk to you, the other 2 took it upon themselves to at the very least get you to notice him. However, they were unaware that you were just as interested in him. 

After what Sapnap regarded as one too many times they went up to you, he gave in. 

“Okay, fine. I’ll fucking ask them out just stop” Dream and George share a look before almost pushing Sapnap in your general direction. 

He hesitates for a few seconds before deciding it was better to get it over with. Approaching you, he clears his throat causing you to turn around. Once you’re face to face, you give him a smile even though you’re freaking out on the inside. 

“How can I help?” he was even better looking up close, something you didn’t think could be possible. 

“I’m sorry for my friends asking you like a million questions earlier, they’re assholes” you laugh at his word before replying. 

“It’s okay, that’s what I’m here for! Anything else?” it was normal for you to ask a customer they needed anything else but you were hoping this guy would ask for your number or something. Your wish is answered soon after. 

“He thinks you’re cute” Dream walks by. clearly unimpressed with how the conversation was going. His statement causes the both of you to blush. 

“I told you they’re assholes. Could I get your number?” your laugh returns and you nod before giving him your number. He tells you to text him when you’re done with work so you can make a plan and they leave soon after.

Today’s shift was most definitely worth it. 

[girlactionfigure]

Girl with a Gun: Simone Segouin

She helped defeat the Germans.

Simone Segouin was a French teenager who bravely fought on the front lines against the German occupiers, and helped liberate the historic city of Chartres.

Born in 1925 in Thivars, 55 miles from Paris, Simone was a tomboy with three brothers who taught her how to fight. She was especially close with her father, a patriotic farmer who served his country with distinction in the Great War (WWI.)

In 1940 the Germans marched into France and began a brutal occupation that would last four long years. Filled with love of her country and admiration for her veteran father, Simone was determined to find a way she could help, even as a teenage girl. She joined the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans – a resistance group – and took the nom de guerre Nicole Minet. Simone was provided with false identity papers showing “Nicole Minet” to be from the Channel port of Dunkirk. This was a wise move because the port was bombed at the beginning of the war so it was impossible for them to verify her papers.

Simone stole a bike from German soldiers and painted it to avoid detection. It became her “reconnaissance vehicle” and she used it to move around without attracting notice so she could deliver messages and snoop around. Simone/Nicole underwent intensive military training to be a combat soldier. She carried out multiple acts of sabotage against German targets, helping to blow up bridges and supply lines.

While helping capture German troops in Thivars, she fell in love with Roland Boursier, commander of the resistance operation in her hometown. He was in hiding after killing a group of German soldiers. Since he couldn’t leave his hiding place in the countryside, Simone became his courier, taking messages to the main Resistance group.

Simone helped liberate the historic city of Chartres, home of the famed cathedral, in August 1944. Afterwards, General Charles de Gaulle, the Free French leader and future president, visited the city and gave a speech at the city square. Journalists covering the event were fascinated by the sweet-looking girl eating a baguette with jam – and carrying a machine gun. She proudly told the reporters that she was part of General de Gaulle’s security detail. Simone was interviewed by an American reporter for Life magazine, and photographed by famed war photographer Robert Capa.

After Chartres was liberated, Simone joined France’s 2nd Armored Division heading to Paris, where a brutal battle was taking place. The 2nd Armored Division helped defeat the Germans and bring freedom to the City of Light.

Simone was asked if she’d ever killed anyone. She answered, “On July 14, 1944, I took part in an ambush with two comrades. Two German soldiers went by on a bike, and the three of us fired at the same time, so I don’t know who exactly killed him. You shouldn’t have to kill someone like that. It’s true, the Germans were our enemies, it was the war, but I don’t draw any pride from it.”

After the war ended, Simone was promoted to lieutenant and awarded the prestigious Croix de Guerre.

She became a pediatric nurse in Chartres and raised six children. Now 94, she lives in Courville-sur-Eure, where a street was recently named after her. Mayor Frederic Hallouin described Simone as “A rebellious spirit, a strong character certainly, who took her father’s example and rejected the enemy occupying our country.” Simone said, “I’m very glad to know that people are not indifferent to this period of my life.”

For fighting Nazis and helping to liberate France, we honor Simone Segouin as this week’s Thursday Hero.

[chaos0pikachu]

please talk about the bl actors you find absolute shit I love controversial opinions

LMAO puta out here tryin to get me cancelled, rejected, cast out, exiled

sure why not, putting this under a cut b/c no one likes seeing bad opinions on ppl they like so enter at your own risk etc etc:

tbh there's not a ton of them b/c I haven't watched as many shows as other folks. Like, watching shows is difficult tbh especially Thai ones which are like an hour long each episode and have a lot of filler I just can't find it in my soul to do it okay. BUT out of the shows I have watched I've been left pretty unimpressed by:

Ohm from Until We Meet Again: I know he's really well liked, but I'm sorry my dude can't act. Flat. I probably have the most firm opinion on him and I just find myself so thoroughly unimpressed. I think what doesn't help is that Fluke is a good actor.

And I don't just mean the crying, like Fluke, Gun, and First are all good criers right? It's a fandom joke at this point but like, that ability isn't what makes them good actors. You can see their experience on screen, in how they embody the characters they play, the subtle changes in their physicality, how they line read, the way they interact with their costars.

I've said before but I find Pharm to be a pretty boring character, but Fluke gives him enough charm on screen that I don't outright dislike him. Meanwhile Dean is just boring. He's BORING. And Ohm doesn't have the skills to make him not boring. Stoic characters are actually really difficult to play, I actually really liked the performance of Wang Yibo in The Untamed b/c without the use of animation LWJ is a difficult character to play b/c he's so internal and stoic outwardly. But Yibo gives him some humanity with his line reads and his eyes (the lantern scene comes to mind) and I don't even LIKE that show.

Ohm just doesn't have the skills to make the standard stoic romantic hero work, he's to flat, he relies to much on his innate physicality to carry the performance. All that said I haven't watched one of his recent shows so maybe he got better idk!

Bright from 2Gether: Idk if this is popular or not and I didn't even like 2Gether but talk about another dude who can't act woof. Bright reminds me of the mixed actors Netflix always casts in their teen romcom sequels that are hotter than the basic white dude love interest but never win b/c why would they? Anyways he can't act, I liked the other dude Win way more. He had great comedic timing and even when Bright was required to act like happy or joyful it came off as ~Acting~

Off from Theory of Love/Not Me: So lemme say that I don't think Off is a bad actor not like Bright and Ohm flat lmao I just think Gun out acts him at like every corner. I think Off lacks charisma but that's so subjective so I don't talk about it much b/c I know ppl love him/OffGun but like, I don't see it much. Idk OffGun is nice, they're nice! But they're just nice. They're chemistry doesn't wow me or blow me away or anything there's something I find really restrained about them? Like they've been working together for so long they feel more like really good friends than that passionate I want and love you type romance. I will say tho I think Off picks some good projects so good for him

Earth/Mix: FML this one's gonna get me okay so like I don't think either Earth or Mix are bad actors but I think they're a bit idk overhyped? I found 1000 Stars mind numbingly boring - except for Mix's char I loved the char but found the performance a bit lackluster - and they're the least interesting part of Moonlight Chicken for me. They remind me of OffGun where they're such good friends and they've only really worked with each other mainly (I know Earth's worked with other screen partners) that I think it's developed some bad acting habits and they're to comfortable. They don't give me that passionate I want and love you type romance. Which for 1000 Stars, totally fine it wasn't that type of show but I really felt that missing bit in Moonlight Chicken.

Mix was trying hard to give bedroom eyes (and I do think he succeeded!) but tbh I didn't feel the sexual tension between them, I didn't feel the "this is a bad idea but I want you to much to care" vibe. I honestly think Earth was a miscast anyway b/c the char is supposed to be almost 40 and he's fucking 28 irl it's as unbelievable as Jennifer Lawrence at 20-something playing a 40-something in American Hustle.

Earth also plays mostly stoic characters and I think they often come off as boring. I think he's actually pretty funny? His comedic timing is pretty good but he doesn't get to play fun characters! He doesn't have enough experience to give weight to these old characters they keep casting him as.

I think you can really see the difference in the scenes with First and Mix actually. Mix was better but you could see First was leading those scenes. What's truly frustrating is I think Mix could grow as an actor if he wasn't always paired up with Earth. One of the reasons I think First, Gun, and Fluke are so good is b/c of their experience. They act against other people, they take out there projects at times, being locked in a "pairing/ship" just hurts an actors development imo it's limiting and I selfishly hate it

It also doesn't help that Thai BL usually only has shallow secondary relationships between the main chars and supporting characters. Like, one of my gripes with 1000 Stars is all the supporting cast are severely under developed to the point they really are just avatars for "kind village people" they're more of an ideal than actual characters yes even the doctor who was just the standard "best friend who helps the mains hook up".

not to harp on Kinnporsche but one of the best things about the show is the time it takes to make characters interact with other chars outside of their romances. Pete's friendships with Arm, Tankhun, and Pol feel genuine. The mean girls club of Big and Ken feels real (you know those coworkers, you've HAD those coworkers), Porsche and Chay's relationship feels REAL and sincere and valued, Porsche's relationship with Tankhun is funny yes, but contrasted with how Tankhun acts around Kinn and Korn. Kim's isolation adds to his storyline. Kinn's relationship with his brothers is paralleled with Porsche and Chay's. Vegas relationship with Kinn, Gun, Porsche, Pete even Tawan are all so VASTLY different it's amazing to see.

What also helps is seeing what actors bring out what. Like, Bible is a good example, the energy he has with Apo is different than what he had with Build. Like obviously Vegas "love" for Porsche was fake while it was real for Pete but making that distinction clear in your performance matters. And isn't as easy as folks would think.

ok I'm beat that's all for now folks lol

[watching-pictures-move]

Movie Review | Lethal Weapon (Donner, 1987)

I hadn’t seen this since I borrowed it on VHS from the public library back in high school, and as I’d watched all the sequels last year when Netflix added them (but neglected to include the original), I’d been itching for a rewatch for quite some time. When the Revue Cinema held a screening as part of a Shane Black Christmas themed series, I jumped on the opportunity. Given the medium I last watched this on, I was certainly taken aback by how good this looked. The Christmas-light-assisted neon colour scheme really pops on the big screen. But there’s also a great sense of visual movement, the fluidity of the camera as it floats and swerves accentuating the energy level of the proceedings. Like many buddy cop movies since, this punctuates the proceedings with comedic episodes and banter, but unlike in a lot of those (including the sequels to this one), there’s a musicality here, a real verve as all the elements come together like a gracefully choreographed dance. The stuff here would eventually turn into cliches, but they feel very alive here.

A good amount of credit goes to Mel Gibson, who plays Riggs as a loose cannon wildman like you get in a lot of these movies, but gives him a genuine sense of instability. Not a lot of action movies offer as much emotional rawness as the scene where he tearfully sticks a gun in his mouth, which goes a long way of convincing you he’s really on the edge. Gibson’s performance here is about as good as it gets when it comes to action movie protagonists, and not to discount his genuine talent and charisma or make light of his offscreen actions, but his casting probably plays even better in hindsight. There’s something damaged, unreformed about Riggs that the darkness in Gibson’s personal life plays interestingly against.

There’s something liberating about the way Riggs is able to reject the rules of engagement in any given scene, the way he uses humour to seize the upper hand in a drug bust, or saves a jumper by acting more suicidally. Or when he ambushes Gary Busey’s Mr. Joshua by sending a police car careening into the house, and emerges from the side of the frame with his gun, almost as if he’s upending the form of the film itself.

And regarding Busey, I associate him with some level of volatility, so it’s interesting to see him play pathologically against type. (His one outburst is blowing away a TV during the climax.) His portrayal of Mr. Joshua as all training and killer instinct brought to mind Jim Zubiena’s role as the assassin in the “Calderone’s Return” episode of Miami Vice, although Busey has more innate charisma to play with than Zubiena. (This gives me strong Miami Vice vibes, says a guy who’s watched nothing but Miami Vice. Apologies, I’ve spent the second half of this year obsessed with this show, so anytime I watch anything adjacent, whether by genre or common cast members, I’m going to bring it up. Don’t worry, I’ve started the last season recently and should be done with the show in a few weeks, so our long national nightmare will soon be over.) I do find it interesting that Riggs and Mr. Joshua share a special forces background, and the fact that it places the two of them on a spectrum, and the more humane one is also the more damaged. This is less politically minded than the second movie, but there’s a hint of critique here about the way America trains men to kill and discards them when they’re no longer useful.

I didn’t realize until just now that Danny Glover was only forty when he made this, but is playing fifty and looks even older. There’s a bit of Max Von Sydow syndrome going on here, but I have to credit Glover’s performance, and particularly his physicality in suggesting a credible level of wear and tear. My screening wasn’t packed by any means, but “I’m too old for this shit” got a lot of laughs.

And I think all that musicality and verve obviously extend to the violence, which is less interested in carefully executed plans than in improvisation and reorienting the rules of engagement. The helicopter sniper surprise. The desert ambush. The chase where Riggs hurtles through crowded traffic to use his knowledge of street level geography against Mr. Joshua. Even the final showdown, which is not the most tightly directed scene on a technical level, but plays as an accumulation of movement. Richard Donner’s direction plays like a predecessor to the intensified continuity that would take over the action genre in the 2000s, less concerned with visual clarity (although there is enough of that here) than in motion and momentum, and in spontaneity and possibility. This might be a canonized classic, but it’s one where it feels like anything could happen.

Anyway, I think Roger Ebert put it best in his review: “In a sense, a movie like "Lethal Weapon" isn't about violence at all. It's about movement and timing, the choreography of bodies and weapons in time and space. In lesser movies, people stand there and shoot at each other and we're bored. In a movie with the energy of this one, we're exhilarated by the sheer freedom of movement; the violence becomes surrealistic and less important than the movie's underlying energy level.”

[ravenwitch45]

What would au Striker's background story be like?

I'm not too great at writing full alternative backstories, and the way I wrote the OG AU Striker Post, he could techinchally have the exact same backstory just with the difference Stella doesn't hire him, and he's genuinely working as a Ranch hand, not just as cover. So when Blitz offers him a job, he's happy to take it without any 'prior engagements" conflicting with that.

But considering we don't even know his canon backstory yet, guess nows a good as time as any for me to share my hc backstory for him, it's a bit sympathetic, and blurs his view on nobilty a little so I feel it works here.

Striker was born to pretty lower class family in wrath, with a good few siblings, which made money and food very tight for them even living on a farm, which he did his best to help out on. Dealing with a few snobby and self entitled demons when trying to sell crops for his family

During his teen years Striker happened to be the lucky demon (Or unlucky, he's unsure how to feel about it) to be summoned by a young warlock in a living world, despite being human, the young boy was very nice to Striker, not trying to force him at all, genuinely asking Striker if he'd like to be his bonded demon, after some explaining of what that meant Striker asked to return home to speak with his family, getting a little charm to come back if he wished.

His family encouraged him to take this chance, as the Warlock's family was well off and could take care of him, while the family stayed in Hell to keep the farm going, admitting that if one of their kids were taken care of, it'd be a bit of weight off their shoulders. Striker reluctantly agreed, not really wanting to leave but understanding, promsing to come back and visit when he could.

Despite not expecting that much of the Warlock, he quickly wormed his way into Striker's heart, and the two became inseparable friends, and while many of the human mages, called Striker nothing but a minion, the Warlock himself treated him as an equal and as a friend.

A few years passed and during a ritual to summon a demonic steed, the Warlock miscasted and summoned two Hellsteeds, since there were two of them, they agreed to keep them, and the Horse Striker chose of course became his beloved Bombproof.

Striker was pretty happy with his life, keeping his promise of visiting his family who seemed well everytime he did, he even showed off Bombproof and some of the skills he gained since he left, including gun and knife work.

At one point, after they had become adults, they had moved to a very rainy place in the world, and while the warlock was fine with it, since rain was very uncommon in Wrath, Striker was often annoyed about getting wet while going out, so the Warlock knitted him an enchanted hat, that absorbs water while staying dry, a hat he wears to this day.

Eventually, after the warlock's long time lover died tragically, the warlock fell into a drunken depression, which while Striker tried his best support him softly through, Striker eventually had it and forced him to stop in order to save his friend, who in a frustrated inhibtionless state, just held Striker close and cried.

The two eventually realized they had feelings for each other beyond friendship, but in the somewhat conservative society they lived in, the Warlock insisted on hiding any attempts to explore that, and while Striker reluctantly agreed to it, it made him start to resent the secrecy.

Eventually that boiled over into feeling ignored, and not worth enough to the warlock, for him to risk rejection for loving him, A feeling that Striker bottled up until he couldn't take it and broke up with him, telling the Warlock to send him back to hell and that their partnership was done, while not explaining why.

The heartbroken warlock agreed, even if he wanted to know what happened, still caring about Striker, and sent Striker and Bombproof back to hell with a solemn goodbye that Striker didn't respond to as he left.

However Hell didn't hold much good to return to, Striker finding his famlie's farm now run by a Goetia and his workers, and when inquiring what happened to the old owners, he tracked them down to a small cabin only find his entire family dead of starvation, rotting in that small cabin that noone noticed.

After burying his lost family, he learned the Goetian lord who took their farm, had essentially driven them off it, not even giving them a penny or a bit of the grain they worked so hard to nourish, having just let them die.

Incredibly jaded and angry at how cruel the world treated his family, blaming himself a little for not being there to help. Striker started taking hitman jobs at night, which he could handle due to his knife and gun skills, having a vendetta with royals and nobles, for how they ignored and cruelly treated people like him.

He eventually got the ranch hand job, as a somewhat calmer day job that reminded him of his youth on the farm, where he eventually encountered a fun little gang of Imps, and was offered a full time assassin gig by their boss, deciding to take it, thinking some time out of wrath would do him some good. Maybe some happiness still awaits him...?

Hey, I left a lot out of that, mainly to do with the Warlock since I wanted to focus on our favorite cowboy. Hope it wasn't too disturbing, I just felt there must be a pretty big loss/trauma in order to jade Striker against Royals, and don't worry, with the AU I want good things for him ^^ Hope that was good!

[sirensea14]

Royalty au part 4 : The Legendary Chalice and the Dish Brothers

[Here's part 4 guys! i know no one reads this shit but im posting it anyway]

Cuphead and Mugman were known prodigies. They took down several knights who trained them, they took time taking down King Kettle though. And when they were kids, they used to call him 'Elder Kettle' since he was around his 60's when he found them. The twins questioned who their parents were and sadly, Elder Kettle only responded, "They were great people, killed by the cruel monsters of this world. Goblins, faes, dwarves."

Mugman was closer to the old kettle than Cuphead, who focused more on honing his skills.

As they grew older, Kettle told them why he didn't had any heirs, his queen died as she was also a knight who died in vain. He tried to rescue her but it was too late, so he vowed to protect people from monsters and keep them safe as possible. It was a legacy he passed onto the cup brothers. Elder kettle is currently very old but still alive, he is assisted by Duke Dice (ik its king dice but for the sake of cringiness, lets change it). A mysterious man who appeared out of nowhere, Cuphead and Mugman felt weird about him, like they feel he was a threat, but they shook it off.

Mugman and Cuphead were on a mission to kill the monster lurking at the Inkwell Isles, surprisingly it was a beautiful mermaid in the name of Cala Maria. It was love at first sight for Mugman, but for Cuphead it was a monster. They fought her and managed to take her down, but Mugsy here begged Cuphead to not kill her.

"But how about the mission, Mugman? Yiu know she's a threat to the people!" Cuphead explained.

"I'll keep her! Uhh..." Mugman looked at the ground sheepishly. Cuphead raised his one brow to signal him to continue.

"Don't worry I'll--"

"Nah! Enough of your explanation! You're a tamer anyway." he cut Mugman off and waved a hand over his shoulder. Letting Mugman know he's able to befriend the mermaid. He smiled happily and told her she was spared. At first, their interaction was pretty rough, but overtime she warmed up to him.

They then started a relationship, "Well, that escalated quickly--" this was Cuphead's pure reaction.

"Heya boys!" a woman called at them.

"Wouldya look at that! Chalice! You're here!" Cuphead greeted Ms. Chalice with a fistbump and went to a silly handshake. Mugman tagged along too.

They were on a mission to stop a scientist from going insane with his experiments, and the higher ups decided to let Chalice join the progidies. Normally, the twins would reject another knight, but this was Ms. Chalice! She was their best sparring buddy as kids, even till now. The Legendary Chalice, she was called like that due to her powers and skill were from their history. The history of Calix Animi, an organization of knights formed to serve and protect the Inkwell Isles. One of the characteristics of Chalice's powers and skill is her ability to utilize both a spear and her finger guns. Even her Supers too, the cupbros have identical Supers, but for Chalice it was unique and almost from history. She also accomplished so many missions on her own.

The Calix Animi respected her so they promoted her to a higher position. And for the Cupbros, they were promoted to a higher position too, but they stayed as normal knights for some reason. They didn't want to be a captain like Ms. Chalice.

And then a new girl shows up to town, Holly May. She opened up her 'Enchanted Store' in the Inkwell Isles. It is now famous since she provided everything a knight needs, though ever since she came, a problem bloomed its way. Many suspected that it was her, but she didn't know anything. And of course, the twins, Chalice and Cala naturally defended her. It eventually cooled down but the problem was still there

The Witch still lurks at night.

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If this is a little confusing for u, sorry, i wrote this real quick, anyway thank you for reaching the end! (that is if anyone reads my shit)

Upcoming:

Holly May background

(ok imma add LAST ONE) The Angel and the Wolf

Royalty Au art

[sm0lcatfish]

what if i also talked about my animatic ideas. what then. stealing this idea from eyelessfog this is my boat now. heavy focus on mcyt since u guys probably don’t want to hear my oc / other ones. probably a long post bc i have alot of silly concepts but i’ll also keep them as short as i can

milk by jack stauber - shrub berry. probably heavy inspo from fazbean’s walten files pmv with same song bc i really like it

blame by air traffic controller - shrub berry. second half of the first chorus and second verse would have a focus on mother wolf. ‘vultures they r circling overhead they’re reminding me of choices from my past’ would be about mar’s death

run boy run by woodkid - also shrub berry. do u sense a pattern lmao- i have a big vision of the last part of the song showing shrub running anxiously through the nether, no idea how she got there only with the knowledge that xornoth might be behind him, and he might be next, but he has to make it for gnomekind. and then he runs off screen and after a beat the wolf spirit and the pack run in and repeat the path, just the opposite way

dreamland by glass animals - grand wizard gem. the main brain concepts i have is ‘you were ten years old holding hands in the classroom he had a gun on the first day of highschool’ fwhip and gem going to check on sausage, meanwhile he is ready to kill them in the name of xornoth. the entire next verse would be about the dragon fight and during the second set of ‘all round your head’s i think about gem jumping up to the egg alter and grabbing it before falling into the portal behind it, bc that is way cooler than just torching it. and then next part is about the mage sausage fight where she kills him to save him, and she asks him “what makes a man?”

camillo’s interlude - shrub berry. yes i know my music taste is everywhere don’t ask. i listened to the song the first time while in the middle of mildly brainrotting over depths of hell so. there’s obviously influence. first part of the song is shrub talking to mother wolf before cutting to katherine and tws in the nether at ‘speaking of my feet’. having a ‘gift like ur’s’ is rejected by katherine bc of how she left her kingdom

gabriel by alec benjamin - prince scott. a pmv showing his stress building, maybe in a symbolic way like ice increasing on his antlers. this concept is rougher than the rest but that’s probably cus i never brainrotted on his lore

the exit from razia’s shadow - this song is soooo xornoth and prince scott. trust me. for this pmv i feel like as xor kills their parents they r only half corrupted but during ‘it’s not me don’t you see it’s just my pedigree’ they become fully corrupted while looking down on the gnomes from above. and then cut to the future where xornoth is back and yelling at scott. and then maybe including the narration at the end about scott’s afterlife

hand of god by jack bellion - shrub berry again. first part is about shrub running through the nether, falling out, and meeting katherine. and then the next part is about xornoth, who he realized followed him to empires, and then ‘tears at a funeral’ being about mars. next bit is about the xornoth fight and then crystal. ‘just like the 80s films’ or ‘bring me down to brooklyn’ is the handoff of the crown, ‘push me down the hudson’ is a wide shot of the traveling with tws, ‘long island’s only smiling’ is both the other mother wolf and returning to empires, ‘i did everything for new york’ is probably lipsynced as shrub goes jn the nether

cemeteries of london by coldplay - princess/monster hunter katherine. this song is sooo her. first verse is about her hunting at night with all the ‘at night they’d go walking’ ‘the morning is for sleeping’. at the end would be a shot of the half corrupted castle before katherine running cus the song discusses going to break ur curses and talking to witches. great witch shelby time. maybe the next part is about the festival cus it mentions ‘my heart it wasn’t open’? but i’m kinda waiting for more heavy angst cus that part of the song is kinda intense? idk how to describe it

the moth by manchester orchestra - here’s the great witch shelby content. just her story . all the ‘forced myself to take a different name’ ‘throw the man u used to be away’ stuff from the first chorus is about her rejecting the letter, second verse is the pirate joe stuff with ‘you wanna feel it hurt u wanna feel it when he dies’ probably?

be nice to me by the front bottoms - i don’t have much of a solid idea but like. this song is so gw shelby ah

she wants me (to be loved) by the happy fits - throw out all of the angst cus this would be a pmv purely about gw shelby’s feelings for princess/mh katherine and how she grows to understand how while she doesn’t love her romantically she still wants her to be loved!!! just a silly upbeat sorta vibe

the scab by an unkindness - grand architect false!!!! there’d probably alot of inspiration to druid’s hollow’s WIP hollyleaf amv to the same song, especially with having ga false physically fall during the ‘i’m going down and down-‘ the first part of the second verse has a focus on hermit false. ‘wife’ would probably be a shot to poison jack cus it’s funny, ‘good book’ probably the signs, ‘mediocre car’ the car from the festival. and then back to a focus on ga false realizing the new tower and how she wants people to know her ‘entire life is one big fucking inside joke’ the bridge is a dream flashback to when she was in the lab before chorus -> post chorus -> outro is kinda the events of the recent episode, her waking up, questioning how long she was asleep for, and running to the portal to find the hermits, and her hermit, are gone

nightmare by give heart records/natewantstobattle - i literally wrote an entire script for this i am that invested. anyways this would be a great witch shelby covering her entire story and that sorta thing. second chorus and ‘all the ghosts from before’ from right before it would be about the dead shrooms and dead gnome portal (i think this is my only pmv concept with reference to that? huh). and then of course it ends with the spiraling breakdown of killing two people

this was. incredibly long. but if u read this far i hope u enjoyed my speal. also if u wear glasses go clean em

[itsthemysterykids]

More heathers au with the rich kids

You have no idea how happy I am right now! 😁

17 year old Dipper Pines just wants to survive his final year of high school with no mishaps, no bullies, no rumors started about him… Is that too much to ask?!

Fortunately, he has his best friend, Neil and his sister, Mabel to get him through it all. They’re just gonna keep watching Disney movies until they graduate

Amongst the assholes, wannabes, clearly drunk teachers, and know-it-alls are the Richies. The three richest and most popular kids in the school

Wybie Lovat is the “nice one”. He’s captain of the baseball team, has a cheerleader girlfriend, and his main color is black. Little does everyone know the guy’s not as happy as everyone believes he is.

Dib is the sarcastic asshole. Always finding new ways to insult you, and he wears designer glasses. His main color is blue. He’s secretly out to take Lili’s spot as leader but until then, he’s stuck as the punchline of her “jokes”.

Lili is the feared, unquestioned leader dressed in magenta and has caught the eye of the football team captain. All she desires is power over the other students… And she has it.

One day, Dipper gets them out of trouble using a perfectly forged hall pass, and they decide to do something for him in return… They make him beautiful.

Now, Dipper is a member of the Richies. He’s upper-middle class, so it’s fine. He does whatever they tell him to, anything to fit in and not get harassed by Coraline and Raz. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that people are starting to check him out. Especially this cute guy with weird hair wearing a red leather jacket

Norman Babcock is the mysterious loner. He’s quiet, poetic, and… Oh yeah, he has a gun. But that’s not gonna come back to haunt us, right?… Right?!

Oh, and there’s Coraline Jones. Wybie’s girlfriend and almost as popular as Lili… Not really though. She loves Wybie but likes high school fame just a bit more, and Dipper seems to be the new “It Boy” (Sorry Coraline fans, but I need a Kurt Kelly! >_<)

Raz Aquato hangs out with the Richies, too, just to flirt with Lili, only to be met with rejection… Although, Dipper’s kinda hot, too

One day, just to be cruel, the Richies have Dipper forge a romantic love letter from Raz to give to Mabel as a prank, inviting her to his party

Of course, Dipper would rather lick the bathroom floor than do that to his sister but the Richies are… Very convincing. See, he can either hang with them in their “Candy Store” and be on top, living the good life and having the sweetest confections. Or, he can be with the peons and suck on stale chips… He wants candy

And after a misunderstanding, two jocks go to teach Norman a lesson… But then Norman pulls out his gun

And all Dipper can think is… “Dayuuuuummmnnn…” (But this is the 80s, so he’s keeping his crush on the down low)

Fast-forward, it’s the night of the party! Yay! Brought to you by Raz Aquato!

Before going, Dipper flirts with Norman at a 7-Eleven, where he extols the virtues of the Slurpee for numbing his grief

Then the party

It’s all going great, everyone’s drinking, making out, partying on the roof, getting high… Then Mabel and Neil show up with sparkling cider

Mabel goes to thank Raz for inviting her even though he didn’t while Dipper feels guilty and the Richies come up with a plan to mess with them

And it involves putting their photos on a piñata and having the two of them hit it. Dipper’s seen enough, grabs the piñata, and throws it in the pool. As it dissolves, hot sauce spreads around the water so he’s really glad he stopped their prank… Until he’s confronted by Lili.

Lili: You were nothing before you met me! You were playing Barbies with Neil Downe! You were a Brownie, you were a Bluebird, you were a Girl Scout Cookie! I got you into a Remington Party! What’s my thanks?… Monday morning, you’re history. I’ll tell everyone about tonight. Transfer to Laika. Transfer to Touchstone. No one at Mystery’s going to let you play their reindeer games…

Drunk out of his mind and angry, Dipper goes to visit Norman… And they play a round of croquet. (No funny business!) Still drunk, Dipper confesses to Norman that he wants the Richies gone, and Norman takes that just a little too literally

The next morning, Dipper goes to Lili’s mansion to… Reluctantly apologize. And she’ll only accept his apology if he fixes her a Prarie Oyster

Norman adds toxic drain cleaner to his mug as a joke, but the mugs accidentally get switched. Norman notices this, but says nothing to Dipper and watches Lili drink the poisoned hangover cure

Lili: *Coughs* Corn… Nuts! *Passes out on the floor and dies*

Dipper: I just killed my best friend!

Norman: And your worst enemy.

Dipper: Same difference!

Dipper panics, his whole future is ruined, but Norman convinces him to forge a suicide note; which paints a more complex, misunderstood version of Lili. And when he does this, Dipper starts seeing Lili’s ghost

Lili’s Funeral

Wybie’s actually grieving while Dib sees an opportunity

Wybie: Oh, God. This is a tragic thing, and sometimes… I have a hard time dealing with it and stuff. Please send Lili to Heaven and all that.

Dib: I prayed for the death of Lili Zanotto many times. And I felt bad every time I did it, but I kept doing it anyway. Now I know you understood everything. Praise Jesus, Hallelujah!

Dipper: Hi, I'm sorry. Technically, I did not kill Lili Zanotto, but hey who am I trying to kid, right? I just want my high school to be a nicer place. Amen… Did that sound bitchy?

A week after the funeral, Dipper tries to get on with his normal life, but he is berated and mocked by Lili's ghost. And on top of that, Dib seems to be getting just a little cocky. He even takes Lili’s ring while he and Wybie are supposed to be cleaning her locker

And to make things worse, Raz and Coraline (To become more popular than Dipper) claim that he tried to make out with both of them after Lili’s funeral, resulting in Wybie punching him in the face

So, Dipper has the genius plan to prank Coraline and Raz with Norman, while also making it so Wybie doesn’t hate him anymore. He and Norman will make it seem like Coraline and Raz were actually in the closet and were too afraid to come out, so they committed s*icide (… IDK)

And this comes with a forged note

The day they go through with their plan, Dipper lures Raz and Coraline into the woods just to “talk things out” when out of nowhere, Norman shoots them down with a gun he told Dipper was loaded with blanks… It wasn’t

They leave the note, flee the scene, and Dipper comes to the conclusion that his boyfriend has a God Complex

At the joint funeral, Mel loudly proclaims she loves her dead lesbian daughter

Dipper is considering cutting off all ties with Norman, but this guy just knows all the rights words to say and convinced Dipper to stay with him. But Dipper has given him an ultimatum: Give up violence and live a normal life with him or lose him forever. Norman agrees and they reconcile

Then at school, Mabel reels Dipper she and Neil suspect Norman of murdering Coraline and Raz, believing Raz’s "love note" is proof. Dipper, urged on by Lili’s ghost, confesses that she forged the note to humiliate Mabel, who runs off in tears

It’s another day at school, Dib is the new HBIC, and Wybie is trying to not break down crying… There’s also an assembly put together by Ford to stop the “suicide epidemic” by engineering a big public Kumbaya spectacle to encourage students to let down their guards

And it goes well… Until Wybie confesses that he’s thought about killing himself

Wybie: … The last girl I made out with killed herself because she was actually a lesbian. And my best friend seemed to have it all together but now she's gone too. And now my stomach hurts worse and worse and every morning on the bus I feel my heart beating louder and faster and I'm like, ‘Jesus I'm on the frickin' bus again because all my rides to school are dead!’

After a long rant, Dib humiliates Wybie in front of the other students and he runs away in tears, to the bathroom… With pills.

Dipper walks in before he can get off the cap

Wybie: Suicide is a private thing.

Dipper: You're giving your life away to become a goddamn statistic in U.S. Fucking A Today. That's got to be the least private thing I can think of.

Wybie: But what about Lili, Coraline, and Raz?

Dipper: If everyone jumped off a bridge, would you?

Wybie: … Probably.

Dipper: Hey now, if you were happy every day of your life, you wouldn't be a human being, you'd be a game show host.

Dipper finally breaks up with Norman. It’s easy when he accidentally points his gun at him, and gets on with his life… Let’s see how Mabel and Neil are doing… Not great. Also, Norman blackmails Dib into making the student body sign a “petition”

Mabel, feeling as though Dipper has abandoned her, jumps off a bridge, but survives. Dipper rushes to the hospital when he hears this from Dib, who tried to get him and Wybie to sign the “petition” but Dipper’s suspicious when he hears it was Norman’s idea

When he returns home, he’s spiraling and has a weird nightmare where Norman kills Dib. And when he wakes up, he hears Norman trying to break in and remembers the “petition”. Wanting to hear what this is about, Dipper fakes his s*icide by pretending to hang himself

When Norman comes in his room and sees his “dead boyfriend,” he, in tears, reveals the petition, signed by every student, is actually a mass s*icide note — along with his plans to blow up the pep rally and make it look like a mass s*icide. Grief stricken, he leaves to go through with his plan

It’s a race against the clock for Dipper so he can stop Norman. When he finds out he’s in the boiler room, he confronts him in the boiler room, but in their struggle, Norman is shot.

Unable to disarm the bomb, Dipper lugs it outside onto the football field, far away from the school…

Dipper: Dear Diary, the irony in all of this is that I never got to write my own s*icide note.

Then Norman arrives and convinces him to let him take the bomb. The two share one last kiss before Dipper runs away and the bomb explodes, killing Norman

Returning to school, Dipper takes the ring from Dib and ends the era of social ridicule. He invites Mabel, Neil and the 2 remaining Richies to hang out, rent a movie, and be kids before childhood is over

[lecameleontv]

Samedi 12 février 2023, l’acteur Jon Gries a défilé en tant que ‘mannequin surprise” durant la Fashion Week de New-York Autonome-Hiver, pour la marque de vêtements Eckhaus Latta, connue pour avoir des modèles représentatifs de la société globale, quels que soient l’âge, le sexe, la taille, la carnation.

L’acteur s’est vu proposer ce défilé par sa compagne, Meghan Roche, qui l’a mis en relation avec l’un des designers de la marque, qu’elle apprécie. 

Mike Eckhaus : “He’s our friend’s boyfriend and he asked to do it,” [...] “But our friend also said, you can reject him, he should feel rejection in the fashion industry.”

La fondatrice de Eckhaus Latta, Zoe Latta,  a commenté aussi. “We’re so touched he wanted to do it,” [...] “We were a little nervous that he would steal the show because he’s major.” [...]  “He’s a wonderful man but it’s not our normal thing to do a celebrity on the runway,” [...] “He just wanted to get into the modeling character.”

Un clin d’oeil a été faite à son rôle dans la mini-série The White Lotus, dont la saison 2 a lieu en Italie :

Le New York Times en a profité pour interviewer.... !

NYT : Why did you want to do this?

JG : I liked their brand. They’re independent, and I’ve always had pretty much an independent film career. I’ve been somewhat rogue, so it spoke to me. And also, look at the clothes — they speak for themselves [gesturing to his boots]. They really are great. It’s something I’d never done and something I wanted to try.

NYT : What direction were you given before you hit the runway?

JG : They said, “You’re walking down the streets of New York, and your mind is somewhere else.” And I said, “You mean like you’re listening to headphones?” And they said, “Exactly.”

NYT : So you’ve never done this before, but are you a fashion guy?

JG : Not really, no. I’m aware of it, but I buy old clothes. I wear only corduroy pants. But many, many years ago, I did a thing in Los Angeles magazine where I wore Prada. I remember putting on the pants, and they were lined, and they were so cozy. It was like, Oh, this is what first class is.

NYT : How have you felt about the reaction to the show? You were in the second season for only a few episodes, but you played a major sinister role.

JG : This is the beauty of Mike White [the show’s creator]. It’s also extremely subjective. This is what Tanya thinks. When Portia says to her, “Hey, something’s afloat.” Is it really?

OK: gun, rope, tape. Would they really need all that? All they’ve got to do is push her off the boat out in the ocean, and, “Oh, she fell overboard.” You know what I mean? Mike is so crafty, how he kind of leaves it open. Even when she’s doing the shooting, it’s from her perspective because we’re in her mind, and she thinks something’s up.

NYT : Are you going to be in the next season?

JG : That I don’t know, honestly. Mike White does what Mike White does. When he was writing Season 2, I got a text from him — that was how I found out. He said, Are you available? I said, Anytime, anywhere. He could be going back in time, you never know. There’s still a way to get Tanya in.

sources : made, New York Times, noua-unu, @BinkleyOnStyle, @Cathaleen_Chen, dazeddigital.com, hommegirls,@theprophetpizza,@highsnobiety, @VVFriedman, wwd.com, you_hadid_me_at_hello et eckhaus_latta

Photos : @ex_florist et Nina Westervelt/WWD via Getty Images et Cris Fragkou - Détail de la tenue portée par l’acteur :

Video : @mins_____

Je ne pensais jamais pouvoir écrire ça un jour^^... mais il rejoint ainsi l’acteur James Denton avec les marques Serengeti et Daniel Hechter , ainsi que son ami Leland Orser ... et l’actrice Pamela Gidley avant sa carrière d’actrice.

L’acteur a de nouveau accepté d’être mannequin pour la marque Zankov.

Pensées à l’Episode 04 de la Saison 2 :)

Alias Broots dans la série Le Caméléon.

[havesomepoems]

I Wish My Life Nil

I wish my life nil; I'm anxious and wailing! Blood reject Creation and Liberty's failing. I've polished the gun and written my notes, No reason to live when men are made jokes.

God's project a lie for people are starved. Ignorants faithing He's reason for stars! The gall of James Webb to show us so much and Pile questions from there on dirt we can touch.

And all those dead poets! No way their brains hot With fears that I know. I'm future! They're not! And I will prove it! A furious gait Marches on in to where dead poets wait.

There is nothing greater to all that's around! Brutalized Black boys still feeding the ground! Universe expanding is not proof of Him! Mom's choice, gender, love, these are not sins!

Cracking the tomes and drinking the scents, Humbug that this is where will to live went! Hogwash that they had it all figured out! Or at least could solace in unending doubts.

So I read, but don't learn. I don't comprehend. Reading not meaning, but just for book end. What is the purpose? The answer? A plan? "Yoohoo! Fellows in there? Answers I demand!"

But it won't come easy. "Humbled you're not, Those answers, one fights for. Meanings begot!" So I grow frustrated. Why should I care What I could learn from those who've long since sucked air!?

They want me to seek? Well, seeking's a chore, Especially for one who knows not what seek's for. Resigned to this: "Now I will die! I'd rather boil off than further day try."

"Don't you think, maybe, before he and me grew, We felt as you did?" Quoth Angelou. Bradbury piped, "Believe it, young one! Not knowing the reasons was mostly my fun!"

Too hasty, I was. Too fast to consider That in those bound papers were records of winners That too once felt losers faced with crimes of man And uncharted skies untouched by His hands.

Ignore vitriol? Cope with injustice? No! Healings and learnings would make life more lustrous. And galaxies! How grand! Free will? A façade? How to weigh cosmos against love of, um, God?

Angelou, Bradbury. Wondrous duet. Flavors on cutting board, deliciously met. Reread the poems; their futures are same! We'll unseat abusers and make space the game.

When we stand on stars, our wounds will dissolve. Have beautiful scars that prove our resolve. Scars, skin pockmarks, a traveler's map, Our journey so far, etched into our backs.

I'm instilled purpose. Questions seek, fight song! Despairing answers missing! That naïve child wrong. Thank you, dead poets. You knocked off just fine; Thankful you placed guidance in these hands of mine.

My job: to learn. Continue their work. Answers made great when questions aren't shirked! Don't romance the future without fight in the now! We still pain in the present. We cannot allow

Backwards movement. We will not stand by so bigots and rapists can escape our cry. We march for peace. She'll come stronger from ova, Finding Maker or not within supernova.

The bird cage unlatched, feathers through bars A take off, alight, long journey to Mars.