pick me wildflowers instead of roses

vadd centric, archive of my main-blog: jeweled-blue-eyes

[og-penelope-eckart]

it's within the realm of possibility that Callisto and Ivonne could have been engaged when they were children or at least that an union between the royal house and the ducal house through marriage had been considered by the Duke and the Queen. Had this been the case, then it would mean Callisto choosing a lowly thing over a Duke's daughter would make him kind of like his father. How would he feel about it?

[og-penelope-eckart]

Witch Hat Atelier AU with Vinter as Quifrey, Penelope as Coco and Ivonne as his ex-student who was kidnapped by the brimhats....

[og-penelope-eckart]

On the topic of gender swap ditoev, I’m surprised you haven’t mentioned the topic of fem! Iklies.

A woman who had the privilege of indulging in male dominated fields like hunting,shooting and martial arts. A cool beauty who’d leave her mark on any boy’s heart. Especially one like penelos, he’d be so desperate to impress her.

Derricka would shit her bloomers in rage.

you know who fem! Iklies would impress also? Reynolda. She's everything Reynolda could have been: a skilled hunteress, a bold lady knight, a respected leader and a daughter who is like a son. We could have a subplot where Reynolda bribes/blackmails Ikliesa (?) to teach her swordsmanship and archery at night. Derricka would hate her rival now twice as much since she is stealing the affection of Dericka's little sister AND brother. She would make it her mission to tame the slave girl and turn her into an example of a civilized new world savage.

[og-penelope-eckart]

They are the last couple where you could sell me love at first sight. Authors need to realize that this trope cannot be applied to every couple. Cha Siyeon was scared shitless and lying to save her own neck. Freeze and fawn is a common trauma response. Other women would respond similarly. Callisto probably saw this so often he must have gotten bored of it. (And I am still surprised he spared her after hearing such a balatant lie.) To tell me Callisto already fell for this version of Cha Siyeon who didn't feel safe enough around him to act like herself and he found it amusing and continued to corner her despite her obvious discomfort, has horrible implications. This insta-love would actually make me doubt it was love he was talking about and not severe mania. Of course whatever positive feelings he had, would feel different from those he had when he was on a battlefield. Anything would be better than war. I find it odd that he compared his feelings to the hell he was living in since he was 14 years old and came out with the conclusion that the feeling he had for Cha Siyeon must be love, because it was not traumatizing I guess??? Of course, Love would feel different from killing and dying on the battlefield, friendship would feel just as different, even sympathy is not comparable to the feeling of being made a living weapon in a war.

If I was the author I would have chosen for the beginning of Callisto/Cha Siyeon's romance a scene where Cha Siyeon thought they were going to die anyways and didn't give a fuck to put on a mask in front of him. A scene where she tells him her bad opinion of him straight to the face. Like "shutupaboutyourbrother, shutupaboutyourmommyissues, here are 1000 reasons why my life is a million times worse than yours and if you don't want to die right now, I'd suggest you wipe that smirk of your face and follow my instructions or I'll beat the crap out of you with my crossbow." Callisto is probably so used to lies and flattery that someone else openly professing their dislike for him but still willing to work with him to reach a common goal instead of attempting to murder him would be refreshing. Someone who had had to command armies and take responsibility for the lives of millions might feel excited to give up control and let someone else for once handle things (imagine if the guy marketed as a bloodthirsty sadist was actually a repressed masochistic sub that'd be a fun surprise). I wish Cha Siyeon's modern self would have slipped out sooner and she started acting like the one ine charge of the group project to save their grade. Cha Siyeon talking honestly about her family situation instead of trying to "protect" them, would help him relate to her situation sooner and remind him that there are other people living in the Empire who are suffering way worse lives than he did. He could feel guilty for focusing so much on his own pain and using it as an excuse to make the lives of people like og Penelope worse. Sacrificing the lives of a million little Penelopes and Callistos just to get revenge on a handful of evil aristocrats is not worth it and would make him no better than his enemies. I want to see the heroine actually change the male lead in a meaningful way.

This growth of a relationship is taking time and especially in Callisto and Cha Siyeon's a case slow burn on both sides would suit the couple better. It would create a relationship that felt much more consistent and real. Especially since Callisto is the one who killed og Penelope the most and was introduced as the ML of the route with the hightest level of difficulty and because Penelope was not even going for his route, I think it should have taken him much longer to fall in love with her.

That way we would be certain who Callisto had fallen in love with. "I don't care if you are real or fake" is only convincing me of his love, if Callisto knows who he is talking about. Don't give me a "I don't care if you are secretly an evil goddess desiring the downfall of the empire", give me a "I wouldn't help you destroy the world and resurrect an ancient evil, because I know that's not the real you. I have complete faith in you that you are trying to save this world and thanks to you I have recognized that this world is worth being saved." If everyone is thinking you are up to something evil and even your boyfriend thinks that way but rolls with it, I'd seriously question if he fell in love with my personality or just the happy feeling I gave him that he is mistakening for romantic love, because his life had been a nightmare until now.

[og-penelope-eckart]

once again this is not supposed to be how an Otome Game functions. Callisto is already in love at 2% but Iklies at 90% won't trigger a happy ending? tell me the game isn't biased towards Callisto. he was supposed to be the hardest nut to crack

[antihumanism]

this video is CUTE, the animal is clearly in distress but it is a vile creature unloved by any god and we are correct to derive pleasure and satisfaction from its misery

[tmiigrllll]

miffy slippers ﹒ 𐙚 ˚ ﹒⟢

[og-penelope-eckart]

remember the April Fool's art where Reynold accidentally dyes his hair Derrick's hair colour, which implies Reynold is not a natural pinkette? What if Reynold dyed his hair pink after Ivonne disappeared? You know this trope when a child dies and their sibling starts to dress/act like them to comfort their parent and fill the hole in their own heart? If you can't be a a big brother anymore because your little sister disappeared then you must take on the role of the younger sibling. Had copying Ivonne been Reynold's original coping method, it would also reframe Reynold's accusation against Penelope that she was a bad substitute. Of course he would feel jealousy towards a child who played the role better than him and received their father's full attention. There was someone who was accepted in the Duke's heart just for their physical resemblance towards his sister. Penelope did something Ivonne's own blood sibling could not succeed in. And Reynold, who just wants his father to remember he still existed, stops trying to be Ivonne and starts mimicking Penelope instead. He becomes a loud, ill-mannered, quick-tempered violent spoiled brat. If causing troubles is how Penelope gets the Duke's attention then he will do the same.

[gertitious]

Sometimes novels are the best teachers, no matter how cheesy!

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Young Callisto reading cheesy romance novels!

(Inspired by a tumblr post by @og-penelope-eckart pls read this first...)

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War raged on in the background, The captain yelled out orders as men fell and groaned. The slashing and clashing of swords filled the night air. On the other side of the battle, the wounded and dismissed soldiers rested in the tents. One soldier, however, was staying up past his curfew. The blonde-hair boy, dressed in night clothes sat in dark. Even though he was a prince and given a personal tent that was a couple feet away from the others, he careful to not make any noise or make the light coming from his flashlight too noticeable. His body was curled up with a book in one hand and a flashlight in the other, reading the latest volume of 'Love on Maple Lane' with his mouth agape, he finally got to the part where the ML confesses to the FL! The romantic tension between them was palpitating through out the whole series, and the whole 'will they won't they' thing was killing him! It was definitely worth grabbing the 3rd volume of the shelf and bashfully give it to the librarian so he could check it out.

He was always embarrassed about reading romance novels especially when he should be learning military strategies and such, so he was always afraid of getting caught if a soldier (or even worse a captain) were to enter and see him holding a book with two people holding hands and gazing into each other's eyes underneath the title written in a bold, pinkish and swirly font. Even though no one is supposed to enter his tent without his permission, but who knows, what if they got drunk and lost their sense?!

He checked the front of the tent one more time, making sure no one is approaching the tent before diving back into the book.

The FL sobbed, her gloved hands covered her face and turned away form him. She so desperately wanted him to stay forever, but he could not abandon his duty. "My Lady.." The ML uttered sweetly, "There's so much I want to tell you, but let me start with this." He paused, watching her part her fingers and turn towards, he could see her bloodshot eyes through them, he could not feel guiltier for what he had to do. The pros out weighed the cons, if he left to defend their borders not only will he keep his honor as a knight, but perhaps it could even give them some leverage, something to persuade her father to allow him to marry her. "I love you."

The FL's eyes shot open, and so did the little prince's. He gasped and after he read the whole confession his face ached from how hard he smiled. The book had a few more pages left, but it was time to turn in for the night. He hid the book in his bag before getting under the covers. As he was about to drift of to sleep, he couldn't help to toss and turn and squeal as he thought about the scene he just read. When he got older and thought about these memories, he cringed at the fact that he kicked his feet and shook around the bed like a teenage schoolgirl.

"But, I suppose, I have those novels to thank for my romantic expertise"

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Crossposted from my AO3!!

[danielarlngton]

[img. i.d.] The way my mother always explained it, the traditional man wants a woman to be subservient, but he never falls in love with subservient women. He's attracted to independent women. "He's like an exotic bird collector," she said. "He only wants a woman who is free because his dream is to put her in a cage."

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

[deadelated]

you're so brave for what's about to happen to you

[anistarrose]

make that blorbo disabled. hit them with the disability beam. especially if they obviously were or should have been disabled in canon but canon didn't meaningfully dwell on it

[juno-infernal]

Glen Martin Taylor, “but i am safe in here.”

[jeweled-blue-eyes]

Derrick would read Lolita and think Humbert was a tragic hero

[princesshaze]

“Lolita, when she chose, could be a most exasperating brat. I was not really quite prepared for her fits of disorganized boredom, intense and vehement griping, her sprawling, droopy, dopey-eyed style, and what is called goofing off — a kind of diffused clowning which she thought was tough in a boyish hoodlum way. Mentally, I found her to be a disgustingly conventional little girl. Sweet hot jazz, square dancing, gooey fudge sundaes, musicals, movie magazines and so forth — these were the obvious items in her list of beloved things. The Lord knows how many nickels I fed to the gorgeous music boxes that came with every meal we had.”

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- Humbert Humbert describing Dolores Haze in Lolita (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita is not a love story. 

[og-penelope-eckart]

Derrick/Penelope shippers are sleeping on Derrick's resemblance to their father and what this could mean for Penelope's daddy issues.

[zerozerozio]

i was helping socialise this bunny. he has a little bunny on his nose