Through the Looking Glass and the Strange Happenings Beyond (Rated M)
Description: Similar to above, except my Yuu gets isekaied alongside Lizzie, @stomkitty97's. All of the characters are aged up by a few years. The NRC and RSA characters are 18+.
Written by: Me and @stormkitty97
Pairings: Jamil/Yuu|The Player, Malleus/Yuu|The Player, Epel/Deuce, Vil/Jack, Riddle/Trey, Azul/Female OC (NOT Yuu), Cater/Male OC, and other minor ones
Warnings: Swearing, drinking, mentions to off screen spice between characters, mentions past underaged alcohol/drug abuse, mature humour, violence, mature subject matter. There are some chapter specific warnings, but those will be listed on the top of the chapter when they pop up. Explicit and consensual spicy scenes will show up later on but not right now. Female Yuu | The Player.
Description: Fairy tale retellings/crossovers featuring one of the overblot gang playing the part of both the villain and/or prince. These are stand alones.
Written by: Me and @stormkitty97
Pairings: Will depend on the entry. Aurora/Malleus Draconia. Jamil/Jasmine. One-sided Aladdin/Jasmine. Vil/Rapunzel.
Warnings: Swearing, mature subject matter, villain character death (the antagonist of the story, not the TWST boys) and more as these go on.
Description: What if Percy asked Luke to come on the quest with him? Luke Redemption arc au.
Written by: Me and @stormkitty97
Pairings: Percy/Annabeth, one-sided Percy/Luke and more to come.
Warnings: Violence, swearing and more as the series goes on.
Stories: Book 1 (The Lightning Thief), Book 2 (Sea of Monsters)
Twilight Saga
The Stars and the Sun Shine Bright (Rated T)
Description: An alternate universe retelling of the first Twilight story where the characters are fae instead of vampires and werewolves. Fix-it as well.
Written by: Me and @stormkitty97
Pairings: Jacob Black/Bella Swan, Edward Cullen/Jasper Hale, Alice Cullen/Rosalie Hale, Carlisle Cullen/Esme Cullen, Minor or Background Relationship(s)
Warnings: Violence, swearing and more as the series goes on.
It's been like a day (relatively) since Mina's release and both his character and relationships (primarily with Jamil) are already getting dumbed down to something entirely one-dimensional and lacking nuance </3
The conversation generally seems to be either Mina or Jamil being entirely in the wrong about the other and like, man, I think it's a little more complicated than that. Like we had the entirety of Scarabia chapter to understand that Jamil's situation is extremely complicated and just because Kalim is a kinder person than him, it's not because Jamil is an intrinsically bad person.
I think that an important thing to understand here is that there is a difference in how the fandom at large would perceive their dynamic vs what the game intends. Disney's Aladdin, like Disney's other works, takes a very "the System is bad because of the one bad apple" approach to the subject of class difference and privilege. The animated film characterises the frustration of a poor orphan boy with immoral greed and trickery and elevates Jasmine, the person in a position of power and privilege, as the party whose approval should be sought. The class difference doesn't imply any need for change on her end, only Aladdin's.
Now with Jamil and Kalim we see this dynamic shift into something more poignant, one that makes it more understandable to those who are tired of hearing about rich people's struggles. Kalim isn't guilty of any actual abuse of power, only his ignorance. I kind of really dislike how downplayed Kalim's actions and spoiled nature are; no matter how much Kalim wants to see them as friends, the class dynamic and Jamil's role as a servant inherently affect that dynamic. An actual normal pair of friends would realise when one of them is burdening the other too much, but Kalim never spared that thought towards Jamil because that's just how Jamil has always been right? Always capable, always doing everything and handling everything, and it's not until Jamil pretty much explodes about it that he realises that oh, he's in fact also another teenage boy with hopes and dreams and a limit to how much stress he can handle.
The question then is whether this kind of nuanced approach will be taken with Mina and Jamil as well.
I'm seeing this idea floating around that just because Jamil doesn't directly serve Mina, that means the same dynamics that he has with Kalim where Jamil would feel obligated to give allegiance and obedience wouldn't apply. That's like a big huge really bad misunderstanding of how monarchies, especially Arab monarchies, actually work. In a monarchy the subjects' ultimate obedience is owed to the royal family, regardless of which clan they otherwise serve. The deference you ought to show a royal is higher than the one you ought to show others; if you bow in front of your own employer you're supposed to do that+kiss the hand of the royal. That's like, Royalty Lessons 101.
Regarding Jamil's underestimatement/mockery of Mina, specifically his capabilities, I agree that it's likely driven by his general resentment to the nobles of the Scalding Sands, but I also think it's actually a understandable skepticism to have on his end:
1) Privileged people often inflate/overestimate their accomplishments, or otherwise frame them as a bigger deal than they are. A little prince learning a second language makes headline news about how capable and smart he is, meanwhile little immigrant children who also grow up bilingual, most often with none of the same resources available to a royal, never have the same fanfare about their accomplishment. Instead, it's seen as a responsibility that they do it, rather than an amazing achievement.
2) Jamil's own experiences prove how much of a noble's accomplishments are built off the backs of their servants who, again, get none of the same fanfare for their own achievements, but are in fact actively punished if they dare outshine their masters. Like, yes, it is perfectly natural for Jamil to resent Mina. Jamil is absolutely amazing as a mage and has an OP special ability, he is very learned and knowledgeable and canonically skilled at every type of magic, he's great at sports, he's a Michelin 3*-worthy chef, a shockingly good dancer and singer too. And he is all that while carrying all those responsibilities on his shoulders, having access only to the crumbs of the resources Kalim received, and teaching himself a lot of what he knows/can do. To him who has to hide all this and remain in the shadow of Kalim, of course Mina seems more like a joke. A prince with access to all that he could ever need, in Jamil's mind Mina will always be lesser than him because he never had to go through all that he did to get where he is.
Now, about why Jamil didn't take Mina's words about rejecting the laws and the System seriously: again, of course he doesn't. He doesn't take it seriously because he believes, rightfully so, that it costs Mina nothing to reject the System, because Mina is the System. A prince will never be held accountable for things like running away from home or speaking against privilege, those things don't matter in the grand scheme of things. For someone of Jamil's circumstances and experiences, until he sees with his own eyes that Mina is willing to sacrifice and change the System, that he would challenge it with his actual actions, his words will just come across as the ramblings of a spoiled and whimsical prince who doesn't actually understand how ugly the reality is for peasants like him. The difference between Jamil and Mina when it comes to the System is, as far as we know at least, that while Mina is troubled by these laws, Jamil actually suffered because of them. That's a huge difference.
The big thing, and I really mean big thing, is that ultimately Jamil and Mina don't know each other. They know about each other, but not really who the other is as a person. There is a lot of room to grow there and I think Mina can and likely will dispel those assumptions that Jamil (rightfully) made about him, just as Mina would come to understand why Jamil resented him in the first place. Think about Jasmine and Aladdin's dynamic inversely: Jasmine gains class consciousness upon learning what it was like for Aladdin (and countless kids like him) to grow in poverty while she languished in finery, and decides to take action in order to change the world for the better because of this.
given the current climate this pride especially i feel i must mention that i love my trans friends, i stand with trans people in the fight against transphobic legislation and those who would enforce it, and this blog is not a good place for you to be if you do not vibe with that
twin did you see jamil in the new manga pages i’m crying he’s so funny 😭😭😭
mayu PLEASE collect your wife, he escaped from his enclosure and is now harassing innocent (?) octopi
i sure have and um
WHWAT💥💥💥‼️‼️⁉️⁉️⁉️
is this guy doing??? 😭😭😭 WHY IS HE STICKING HIS TONGUE OUT LIKE THAT. WHY WAS THAT NECESSARY. I DON'T RECALL THIS BEING PART OF HIS UM??? ./?!?!
AND LIKE
i know this is probably referencing his dance in the blazing jewel live but HE'S JUST. POSING WHILE CASTING HIS UM LIKE A MAGICAL GIRL HFKSJDNMFSSLDFSJ CHUUNI ASS LMFAOOOOOOOOOO I CAN'T WITH HIM 😭😭😭😭 is he doing this to show off his professor of curvature waist. yes we get it you have a nice waist sir no need to emphasize it (also ik the background is jafar's staff but it looks vaguely like a furby to me im laughing)
(pic from a friend) not to mention all the UNHINGED faces he's making in the rest of the chapter + being completely unbothered by azul getting on one knee and calling him master like. BRO. sasuga guy who had the most fun overblotting i guess there's truly no limit to his cringe 😭😭😭😭 jamil really is the funniest guy in the cast without even realizing it god i love him
also this is all happening behind the scenes where yuu/mayu doesn't see it happen so like. she has no clue her cringewife did all this. let's hope she never finds out (i hope she does) or jamil has a lot to explain
