a mixed bag of cats

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[eccentwrit]

Danny phantom crossovers really need to embrace the fenton parent's chaotic energy more. Like, I understand why they are often written out of crossover fics and I don't begrudge the authors that. bUT the ficosphere is really missing out on the absolute comedic potential wrapped up in those mad scientists. Especially when you consider the version of Jack and Maddie who know about phantom and unconditionally support their son's efforts.

Like, these guys have very skewed ethics and regard for the law. They are constantly armed to an incredible degree and are not afraid to shoot first. They are obnoxiously supportive of their children with megaphones and foam fingers. Their sense of normality and social convention is shot- if it ever existed at all. They are geniuses and can build nearly anything out of anything and would probably be rolling in dough and world renowned if they weren't laser-focused on their area of interest.

So now imagine, if you will, Jim Gordon having to deal with these guys and their particular brand of eccentric. Is their help and expertise worth putting up with them (unfortunately yes). Or even the Joker? Maddie would 100% pull out the creep stick on that guy.

Aizawa or nezu having to deal with the American exchange student's parents randomly popping in? You know they are wanted by the police.

The migraines alone would be so fun.

Anyways, the fenton parents are human steamrollers that I would love to see utilized in more crossovers.

[eccentwrit]

I think Twilight/[REDACTED]'s father is still alive. I'm not sure if I quite believe he's the SSS Captain like many are speculating, but I do think he is alive and will come back at some point. Because:

1. We never actually see him die- his death is implied. The last time someone from Twilight's childhood was implied to have died (his friends), we later saw they had actually survived.

2. Twilight's father making a reappearance would make for a really juicy foil to Twilight's current predicament vis a vis his "fake" family.

If Twilight's father is still alive, then there are three scenarios we have to work with:

He never came back because he thought his wife and [REDACTED] were dead, and therefore saw no reason to return.

He wasn't able to return because he was held prisoner somewhere.

He never came back because his mission/assignment/work in Westalis was over.

Options 1 and 2 would still be fun to explore, since Twilight has so much guilt and unresolved issues surrounding his father's sudden demise. In these scenarios, I think Twilight might struggle with wanting to reconnect with his father versus maintaining his cover. It could be interesting to explore the sudden collision of his life before and after becoming a spy.

Option 3, however, is particularly fun to me because it throws Twilight entirely into Anya's position. I think others have noted that there are quite a few similarities between Anya and [REDACTED], and this would just be one more thing to add to that pile. If Twilight's father's death was faked so his father could be recalled/reassigned, then Twilight has to confront that he knows exactly what will happen to Anya and Yor at the end of Strix if he leaves. Additionally, Twilight would have to grapple with his feelings of being on the other end of that deal, where he was the one abandoned. Not to mention, if his father works for Ostania, then he has to grapple with all the implication of that- was his father involved in planning the war? was he trying to stop it? what are his positions now? is his father an ally or a threat? BUT, what if his father worked for Westalis, or even WISE? Imagine the betrayal if WISE knew his father was alive this whole time and never told him- if WISE let him think he was alone on purpose? What if his father is the reason he was recruited in the first place?(Why was he recruited by WISE? Do we actually know what caught their attention? WISE reached out to him and went through the effort to dig up his old name- why did they do that?)

There's just so much that could be done with this that I can't think that Twilight's father won't become relevant again in some form or another.

[eccentwrit]

I guess not living in human shit is DEI now. Absolutely horrific move by Trump.

Trump shut down program to end human waste backing into Alabama homes, calling it 'illegal DEI'

A $26 million federal program to help residents of Lowndes County, Alabama, who have dealt with inadequate sewage systems for decades was st

[eccentwrit]

there's a new tomorrow every day. every day. thats wild

[eccentwrit]

Hey can someone explain to me the musical references in Starkid's VHS Christmas Carol? Like, I know Marley, GoC Past, Present, and Future reference specific musicians and styles in the 80s, but I'm not well-versed enough to actually pick up on who they are references to.

Like, I think Belle is Whitney Houston inspired? And Christmas Past is something like Judi Sheppard Misset, and Chirstmas Present has some Michael Jackson influence, but I know I'm missing a lot and I'm sure someone out there knows all of this much better

Also any stylistic references in VHS Christmas Carols in Gift of the Magi and Little Matchgirl would be helpful too

[eccentwrit]

looking for the coldflash fic with the scene where Leonard frames Wells for pedophilia (due to Wells' stalker spy cameras everywhere) to get Henry exonerated

does anyone know which fic this is? I want to say it was a pretty popular one, but I can't find it

[eccentwrit]

working on chapter 3 of Not Dead Yet and my emotions are Going Through It

yes, i'm writing the Inevitable scene

[eccentwrit]

Art for Chapter 2 of my fic Not Dead Yet

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Paul is having a bad time.

ID: Paul Matthews clutches at a splintered doorframe with one hand. The other hand is buried in his hair. Paul is wide-eyed and manic, with an eye peeking out between his fingers with a clenched-tooth grin on his face. The words "settle the score" are scrawled across the top of the page.

[eccentwrit]

Ok we've all kinda laughed at the idea of Paul Matthews: Anxious Man being in the neighborhood watch, and yeah, I think he would be bad at it most of the time- but consider:

In TGWDLM he is the first one to realize the Hive's infection, says "something sinister is infecting Hatchetfield.... Turning everything into a musical" -and he was right!

In Black Friday he doesn't like the Wiggly jingle and say the it feels like "the whole world is under a spell" -and he was right again!

Also iirc he told Bill someone died at watcher world, which I guess is like a warning?

I guess I'm just saying that Paul has successfully and immediately picked up on the Lords in Black's bad vibes before any other characters not already in the know. For whatever it's worth. He's good at being neighborhood watch guy for eldritch demons only.

[eccentwrit]

@time-is-restored you. you get me

[eccentwrit]

Make your feelings

Break them down and mix well for an even consistency

Add heat. Time. Stir occasionally to keep them from sticking

Take a moment to connect with the ancestral root of humanity

Let cool

Then eat your feelings

[eccentwrit]

Ok we've all kinda laughed at the idea of Paul Matthews: Anxious Man being in the neighborhood watch, and yeah, I think he would be bad at it most of the time- but consider:

In TGWDLM he is the first one to realize the Hive's infection, says "something sinister is infecting Hatchetfield.... Turning everything into a musical" -and he was right!

In Black Friday he doesn't like the Wiggly jingle and say the it feels like "the whole world is under a spell" -and he was right again!

Also iirc he told Bill someone died at watcher world, which I guess is like a warning?

I guess I'm just saying that Paul has successfully and immediately picked up on the Lords in Black's bad vibes before any other characters not already in the know. For whatever it's worth. He's good at being neighborhood watch guy for eldritch demons only.

[eccentwrit]

The lesson Crowley was I/trying/I to show Aziraphale in Edinburgh was that people's actions aren't good or evil by themselves and that determining right and wrong requires knowledge of the context and cause and it's muddled and sometimes there are no good choices.

The lesson Aziraphale I/learned/I was "I was too hasty to judge an unknown situation and the thing I thought was Bad is actually Good" which was so close yet so far

[eccentwrit]

Crowley is such a complex character, I am not normal about him.

Like, his whole thesis as a character is this idea that what is Good and what is right and what is nice and what is kind are all very different things. Crowley isn't Good or nice, but he is righteous and kind.

So it always seemed a bit strange to me how unbothered Crowley is with being a demon. Like, sure, we've got the whole "go as far as you can go" with Hell conversation, but Crowley never seems conflicted or remorseful about spreading Evil or condemning souls to Hell. He's not disgusted or off-put by them. He's amiable and casual with Beelzebub, he answers Shax's questions, even Hastur and Ligur don't bother him until they make it his problem. Generally, he seems to have an overall decent relationship with Hell and it's denizens.

The angst we do see come from his is all about the Fall and that he doesn't understand what he did wrong. He feels betrayed by an unjust punishment and he doesn't understand why it happened. But he never angsts about his new nature as a demon. In fact, I'd go as far as to say he actively likes being a demon.

So it took me a bit to figure out how all that fit together, and I think I cracked it:

Crowley doesn't think that Evil is bad.

See, if Good isn't necessarily good, then it stands to reason that Evil isn't necessarily bad. I believe he even says at one point they are just names for different sides. I think Crowley sees Evil as a way of stress-testing humanity. When he pleads with God he says "you're testing them, you said you would test them, but you shouldn't test them to destruction". It's not the testing that bothers him, it's the destruction. With Job, Crowley doesn't hesitate to destroy the barn and the house, he doesn't balk that it's all happening for a bet, but he won't destroy the blameless goats and blameless kids. He pokes at Job's insecurities but Job is steadfast, passing God's test. But Crowley does step in when Cetis is about to spurn God because of the loss of their children, because at that point the test is unfair. And with the paintball incident, he turned the paintball guns into real guns, and the humans know they are real guns. Crowley doesn't make them shoot- they want to shoot each other. They have no reason to expect miraculous escapes and fully intended to kill each other. They failed the test, but Crowley won't let them be destroyed for failing, either. And they get punished for failing by getting arrested.

And I think this comes through in the type of evil Crowley spreads- petty irritants, mostly. He doesn't make anyone do anything they don't want to go, he just gives them a nudge. And if they fail, they put a light tarnish on their soul. But here's the thing: tarnish actually comes off pretty easy if you bother to try.

[eccentwrit]

Crowley gets so upset to hear that the universe is shutting down in 6000 years while his nebula is only just starting up, because his nebula makes baby stars.

And Crowley hates killing kids

[thingsbydiana]

Hello I’m ready to be unextinct for Pride 🌈

[eccentwrit]

spoilers for episode 88

the flowers shown with master zu's body are honeysuckles

honeysuckles were also the flowers kim's wife had in her room when they reunited

coincidence or do you think more could be going on?

[eccentwrit]

Jinyoung Park theory:

Okay so we know ( I think it was confirmed at least?) that Jinyoung also has the copy ability, and he is familiar with the two bodies phenomena. We know he is connected to Daniel and has a past with Daniel's mom, dad, and grandmother and may have been involved in the death of Daniel's dad.

The popular theory is that he, somehow, is Daniel's biodad. But how?

What if Jinyoung had two bodies? And that he and Daniel's dad are actually the same person but in different bodies. Maybe the second body is only temporary and when it "died" or disappeared or fused back or whichever, the original body got blamed for it? Maybe that is why he knows about the two bodies?

Or, the more boring option, since it looked like Daniel's dad was in the military in the one pic, maybe he got injured and couldn't have kids and so asked his friend to be a sperm donor.

But, I mean it has practice been confirmed that if Jinyoung and Daniel aren't father-son than at least a lot of people seem to think so. Noh called Daniel "young master" in relation to Jinyoung in the same way Jay is called "young master" in relation to his father.

But when Daniel finally finally confronts Jinyoung I want him to show Jinyoung one of the family photos and I want that to be the thing that flips Jinyoung to Daniel's side.