Iām sorry, I know thatās not a very satisfying answer, but itās the truth. I should finish Princess Tutu! Iāve been holding off on watching Arcane because it seems like itād be good liveblog material! But Iām also trying to chase down some of my medical issues while figuring out if Iām gonna be able to do grad school and trying to get a job and somehow I got myself into drawing a fancomic and also, like, activation energy for a liveblog is super high. It takes way more effort than it should.
One of these days Iām at least gonna get my ask screener to actually send along any asks that have popped up in the lastā who knows how longā but ngl Iām quite intimidated. I disappeared, what if people are mad, donāt worry I hate me too but that doesnāt mean I wanna look at it,
My raeda playlistā once I make it, Iāll link a tumblr post with illustrations and annotations here.
My raeda playlist is finally all put together! And because I'm a nutcase, I did an illustration for each track. For the rymin playlist, I tried to make them all go together smoothly, but for this one I decided to challenge myself to do each one in a different style! Here's some thumbnails:
Annotations and full illustrations under the jump :)
Luna-- Hayley Kiyoko; young Raine infatuated with Eda.
Luna, tell me, do you want me here right under you?
Trying to follow every move
Will you ever come down?
My Best Friend's Hot-- The Dollyrots; young Eda infatuated with Raine.
I'm gonna tell you that you're mean, 'cos you don't know
You interrupt another dream, so out you go!
Clean-- Pale Waves; the young lovers.
You're the one girl that I just can't get enough of
Maybe it's love, maybe it's a moment.
You're the one drug that I don't want to get clean from,
Is it too soon to say that I'm falling?
ICIMY-- Phoebe Ryan; Eda post-breakup. (Side note, I had never seen the official music video for this song before I put the playlist together for youtube so I only just found out the love interest in it is also a hot enby. Fate!)
Who do I call when I fall into something I can't escape?
What am I supposed to do, what am I supposed to do
In case I miss you?
Favourite Record-- Fall Out Boy; Raine post-breakup.
You were the song stuck in my head, every song that I'll ever love.
Play it again, and again, and again,
And you can get what you want, but it's never enough.
Favourite Year-- The Chicks; looking back on it with a little more distance and fondness.
You looked at me like no one else,
But sometimes love just doesn't seem to conquer all.
To Noise Making (Sing!)-- Hozier; Eda hears Raine is teaching for the Bard Coven and misses when their music was free.
I couldn't name the feeling carried in that voice;
Was it that, or just the act of making noise that brought you joy?
Best of All Possible Worlds-- Kris Kristofferson; Eda's life on her own (clashing with cops, making trouble)
That policeman said "Mister Cool, if you're not drunk then you're a fool."
I said "if that's against the law, tell me why I never saw
Nobody in that jail of yours who wasn't just as low-down poor as me?"
...well, that was when someone turned out the lights
And I wound up in jail to spend the night...
Music Jail pt. 1-- They Might be Giants; Raine's life on their own (subtler forms of resistance.) Also note that Music Jail pts 1 and 2 are the same track but 2 doesn't suit Raine as well; just bear with me lol
Where you goin', buddy?
Where you goin', buddy?
Won't you come with me to music jail?
This Love-- Taylor Swift; reunion.
These hands had to let it go free, and
This love came back to me.
I Wish I Was the Moon-- Neko Case; isolated from each other, both trying to make the world better.
Paralyzed and collared tight,
No pills for what I fear.
This is crazy, I wish I was the moon tonight.
The Long and Winding Road-- The Beatles; Raine realizes they can't keep her out of the loop anymore.
Anyway, you'll never know
The many ways I've tried.
But still, they lead me back...
Now You Know-- AnaĆÆs Mitchell; together again, Eda thinks about her future, her kids, death, and Raine.
When I think about dying,
I think about children,
And when I think about children,
I think about you.
Lowlife-- That Poppy; delighted to be together after it all.
And I get so lonely, I can't make it on my own,
And I need to see you-- can you come to my chateau?
Always-- The Veronicas; they've been through a lot and there will always be difficulties, but it's okay.
My house, my house is yours, so you can take your coat off,
And you can close the door, my love's not gonna run out.
Because the Night-- Patti Smith; lovers.
Love is an angel disguised as lust,
Here in our bed until the morning comes.
Nothing Matters When We're Dancing-- The Magnetic Fields; Comfortable together.
Dance with me, my own friend, once before we go.
Let's pretend this song won't end, and we never have to go home.
Our House-- Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young; the whole rest of their lives gets to be together.
Staring at the fire for hours and hours
While I listen to you play your love songs all night long for me
Only for me...
Oh it is so nice to hear something good about a mini-fridge. There was one in my dorm my first go at college and it was... less efficient than just hanging things out the window into the cold would have been; I made myself sick putting milk that had gone off into my tea several times...
ANYWAY yes good this is a wonderful observation! I love all the logistics of her (and other humans!) in the Demon Realm... and Luz has such a good support system, of course theyād set that up for her <3 Iām glad you had someone to set it up for you too!!
YES god sheās so good with kids and I love that so much. Now that sheās working with Lilith on the museum extension to the library, do you think sheāll do school tours~?
Even more than that-- what do you mean my real family youāre my real family too
also mamaās here for now until we make a new portal
oh geez i hope veeās ok
God, yeah. What a rough position for the poor kid to be in-- and it hit extra hard when he said I know itās just pretend! It really does have that feeling of a lonely kid, far away from anyone whoād really care about him. Itās like the mayorās kid, or the child of a mafia boss, and everybody knows youāve got to get on his good side but everyoneās terrified and canāt actually like the poor thing.
Thereās a lot of pain in that poor little space cherub.
Yeah, thereās a lot of stuff we didnāt have time for-- Iām eternally mourning how Terrace apparently said they had plans to do a lot more with Darius and his friendship with Eber before the third season was cut. It hurts, but thatās what ficās for, I guess.
And Iām honoured you thought of me <3 I do very much have some Dadrius Stuff in the pipeline of my brain~
Thatās really sweet, I like that a lot! Itās also a nice contrast with Raine and Eda, who pretty clearly never fell out of love with each other. Make it new, rather than picking up from where they left off (which was pretty clearly not in a good place, for Darius and Al)
I mean, itās not how itās going in my foregone conclusion canon, in which Darius is definitely done with romance, but that continuity isnāt the be-all end-all for imagining post-canon even for me who wrote it lmao
God, it is, itās so beautiful. Heās trying so hard to prick at her care, because he knows sheās a good and loving person, but he just canāt comprehend that someone can be both kind and smart enough not to fall for his bullshit.
I also really love how in his final speech there, he says not helping him would make her ājust as unforgivable...ā and you expect him to say āas I amā, because we know that comparing herself to him has been haunting her, but he canāt even bring himself to say that. Heāll never acknowledge that heās in the wrong. Heās one of Godās Elect, heāll never be in the wrong. Itās chilling and pathetic.
Ohhhh thatās lovely.
I do feel like the rain may have been summoned by Luz herself, whether consciously or not... but yeah, Eda and Raine would want to spare the kids that.
And theyād treat their baby sibling like such a ridiculous child for not appreciating it; ājust because your favourite type of preservation is making dolls doesnāt mean itās the only one, for something dangerous as a Titan a pinned skeleton is really the only way, youāll understand when youāre olderā while heās sobbing over his friend....
Which is cute as hell! I still hate the look of loafers or sneakers without visible socks but oh well, FJ tattoo is worth it lol
I HEARD THATāS SO FUCKING CUTE
It really has-- and thatās the primary reason Iām now pretty sure thatās what Manny died of. (thereās also the fact that my uncle died of brain cancer a couple years ago and now my aunt has the same kind and Iām terrified so itās on my mind but.) Thereās something really beautiful about Luz getting to save Kingās dadās body/memory/legacy from the cancer another human brought and became.
Same!! Itās also so nice to have a character whoās multigender/genderfluid; I love that we have agender rep and also that, you know? King and Queen, best of both things!
I love that sheās actually helping out with stuff, with rebuilding! Like, is that the community service part of a sentence? Is she finally figuring her shit out and trying to be a member of society without cleaving herself to a dictator? Either way is good. Iāve never been as Broiling Hatred about Kiki as some folks; sheās much more in the āoh my gosh you little bratā area for me. I love going FUCK OFF KIKI WEāRE HAVING A MOMENT itās genuinely fun. Sheās genuinely fun.
It aināt mine to allow, lmao!
I mean, I never actively hated it, you know? I just really like close M&F friendships without any romance, I wanted to see them get that, and the ship was contrary to my preexisting headcanons (I donāt know how far ahead they planned things, but the business with Beefy Bob in HMH felt very much to me like a casual āby the way, Willowās a lesbianā coding to me), so I guess I was resistant and kinda disappointed, because it meant I didnāt get the thing Iād have liked more... but hell, it happened, itās sweet. I donāt hate it, I just donāt feel motivated to seek it out/write it as the main focus of a fic/etc.
Not gonna lie, Iām a little baffled and kind of upset by the way āwah, I would have liked it better if this wasnāt how itās goingā seems to be read as āI hate this virulently and also everyone who likes itā. The internet, man....
Same as before except that Hunter and Willow are bi, I guess!
Oh my god, yeah, holy cow. I mean, at first heād just be like āuh... no? you got the wrong guy??ā and the Collector would think it was so funny.
Thank you!! I couldnāt parse it at all but now that Iāve been told what the line is I can kinda hear it. Very cute! I love that āHexoliosā caught on, at least among Luzās friends.
Gawd, yeah. That was... really something.
Oh gee, did you think I was against Boscha, or hated her? Absolutely not-- sheās been through some shit, same as everyone else, and that got processed as anger and controlling behaviour because of how sheās been raised. It totally makes sense she would react that way! Also, it did actively cause damage to the people around her! Sheās not acting well right now-- or, I should say, wasnāt acting well as of FtF-- and I think we can acknowledge that, and that sheās not being a good person right then, without assuming sheās a bad person at heart or hating her.
Thun is a friend of mine! Heās insightful and funny, good qualities for a liveblog, as well as just being a really nice dude. I linked his liveblog once before, but Iāll always do it again-- @amateur-ornithologyā :D
@loreweaver-universeā is also blogging TOH, though itās a main-slate show rather than a Patron Pick so he doesnāt get to it very often, and if you like video reactions Iād recommend thethirdbill, WeeLassReacts, and Zach-Reacts on youtube :)
I love every bit of this and hope that mental block chills out and lets you write and post more stuff, good fanfic is a wonder of the world. Poor Masha, I hope they can get out of their motherās clutches....
I am! Iām trying to assert myself enough to confirm that I am only going to do other shows that interest me instead of just avoiding the blog for a million years!
I am avoiding the blog for a bit, though, because Iām graduating from college next month and doing research into MFA programs and itās all a mess.
I will consider it, but the thing is that a low-stakes storyline isnāt super in my wheelhouse? Also, ālow-stakesā is the only thing Iāve ever heard about its storyline, and thatās right here; I didnāt even know it had a plot. Itās probably very good but Iāve never heard anything that made it seem like itās to my taste...
Iām afraid Iāve already watched Kipo! I did really enjoy it, but yeah, itās off the table because Iāve already seen it.
Iām not sure Iām going to be doing Amphibia at all! Thatās what I was referring to at the top of this post-- Iām just. Not interested? Iāve had a lot of requests for it, but Iāve also seen a lot of spoilers, and the animation style really doesnāt appeal to me, and I have a little bit of a sense of dread when I think about blogging it u_u And the last time I tried to blog something I knew I wasnāt going to like, it was Symphogear, and I think I earned myself a lot of bad feeling by not enjoying the thing people wanted me to enjoy. I donāt know, Iām worried about it.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
One-shot I posted late last night. After the great battle but before the timeskip, everyoneās coming down from adrenaline in the Owl House, and Camila observes the people around herā most of all her daughter.
The double date immediately devolved into bragging about their respective kids.Ā
Meanwhile, Bow and Willow are chilling, commiserating on being The Strong One who has to keep everybody else together, and plotting how to get all the dads together for a big group hang without poor Micah and Perry feeling like their kids are trying to hook them up.Ā
