harold, they're shapeshifters

follows from@dryadrobot. 🔞. smols. she/other. an og reylo™️. i ♡ pulp genre love stories.

[wickanderhalovar]

ZUKO & KATARA 1.03 -> 2.05

[smols-darklighter]

"we want more complicated female characters"

y'all couldn't even handle bai youning

[wirwerdensiegen]

My Roommate is a Detective.

[arc-angel-o]

The fuck is this ratio 😭

[charlesdrawing]

A sketch of my favorite detective trio

[jockvillagersonly]

For @lesbianspacedad’s prompt, “My Roommate is a Detective, favorite outfits” | words by Megan Thee Stallion

[Image ID: A three photo series featuring characters from My Roommate is a Detective. All three images connected by a thick line that weaves through and between them, changing colors in each image. The line disappears to frame the main focus of each image.

Image 1: Qiao Chusheng from the shoulders up, sitting comfortably, lifting a fancy glass of what appears to be alcohol to his lips. His hair is slicked back in his signature style, and he is wearing a black velvet suit with satin lapels, a dark purple thick turtleneck, and a silk or other light scarf (not wrapped around the neck) with a blue green geometric pattern. He’s been outlined slightly in blue, and the line cutting through the image is a similar shade. The words “I’m that bitch” are to his right, with “I’m” above the line in a serif font and “that bitch” below the line in a cursive font.

Image 2: Bai Youning from just below the chest up. She seems to be in the middle of talking, and her hair is done up in curls. She’s wearing a white or perhaps light pink cheongsam, with lace like overlays and three clasps around the neck, as well as two along the front. She’s been outlined slightly in pink, and the line cutting through the image is a similar shade. The words “been that bitch” are to her right, with “Been” above the line in a serif font and “that bitch” below the line in a cursive font.

Image 3: Lu Yao talking, seen from the waist up. He appears to be in the middle of explaining a discovery; his expression is confident, and we can see two blurry people in the foreground listening to him. He’s wearing a burnt orange, velvety blazer over a thick bright red turtleneck, and there is the hint of a white handkerchief or pocket square sticking out. He’s been outlined slightly in green, and the line cutting through the image is a similar shade. The words “will forever be that bitch” are to her right, with “will forever be” above the line in a serif font and “that bitch” below the line in a cursive font. /End Image ID].

[boy-i-got-vision]

I spent way too much time on these and had way too much fun

(Backgrounds for 1 and 2 by Diagonas on deviantart, inspired by this post)

[arc-angel-o]

Bai Youning is such an interesting character, the absolute disservice people do to her.

Her playfulness is mistaken for inability. She has just as much experience in the underworld as Chusheng. She might might have more, depending on when he entered. Did you see how she reacted to Lu Miao???

It's so clear that her immaturity is constructed. And no one thinks to explore past that???

Her relationships with her father and Chusheng are so interesting, but no one cares about those either.

I can't imagine looking at her and coming to the conclusion that she is just a conflict to be written out. She is one of the main characters, and a really fun one too.

[smols-darklighter]

Not to mention her heartbreak over her mother's drug addiction!

People love a male character who masks their vulnerability with bratty, aggressive playfulness, and expressing caretaking through mean-sounding scolding, but for some reason...

[liarsblade]

there's this weird thing people fall into online a lot, where people assume that if the [perceived-to-be-inferior] version of [activity] is discouraged then people will, naturally, do [perceived-to-be-superior] version of [activity] instead. When really it's just as (or more) likely that if [perceived-to-be-inferior] version of [activity] is discouraged people just won't do it at all.

[liarsblade]

audiobook listeners are not necessarily people who would otherwise do a lot of traditional reading if audiobooks did not exist, many are people who simply would experience zero books. Booktok romance readers would not necessarily be reading the classics if booktok did not exist, many of them would simply not read. Fanfiction writers would not necessarily be novelists if fanfic wasn't an option, many would just be people who didn't write. You know?

[decadent-trans-girl]

'why is so much politically-focused genre fiction centred on monarchies' many reasons, but one which I think deserves attention: monarchy is an obvious way of tying together the dysfunctions of the domestic to those of the state

[guzhuangheaven]

zhan zhao adventures: ∞ fight scenes

[stellahibernis]

Zhan Zhao is so funny after Bai Yutang skedaddles back to his home island and on their way there the guy on the ferry complains about him:

"Maybe that Sleek Rat got into some trouble again."

"Bai Yutang beat up some guy for being prettier than him."

"With your face, you might also get beat up."

Sir, keep that up and I'm gonna start thinking you like him.

[naye-et-cetera]

Zhan Zhao Adventures, ep 22: These three when the plot tries to separate them.

Bonus: That impeccable wordless communication as Zhan Zhao encourages Bai Yu Tang's reunion with Huo Ling Long...!

[guzhuangheaven]

zhan zhao adventures: zhan zhao

[imonlyherefordualcultivation]

For my buds who haven’t gone on this journey with me and don’t watch cdramas, in this scene Zhan Zhao is having to listen to the evil guy talk about how the worst consequence he’ll face after enabling widespread governmental corruption, treason, and the slaughter of hundreds with just a slap on the wrist. This is the final death rattle of ZZ’s belief in the inherent goodness of the men in leadership roles as he prepares himself to be the one to do what needs to be done. This whole story hit me so hard as someone living in these times with all the shit going on. It is perhaps the most government-critical piece of media I’ve seen in a long time and honestly I’m shocked at how blatant that message is.

[prokopetz]

You'd think "don't use a fictional creature as an allegory for oppressed minorities and as a horde of vile automatons that it's always okay to kill in the same work at the same time" would be a no brainer, but roughly 70% of all works featuring goblins and/or robots demonstrate otherwise.

[prokopetz]

You know, when I've remarked that a lot of the responses to my posts feel like people are just plucking out keywords they think they recognise based on the shape of them and replying to what they imagine the post says based on that, the possibility never occurred to me that this is actually how many American schools are currently teaching kids to read.

[prokopetz]

Like, my assumption this whole time has been that when folks go "I misunderstood this post that says [thing] as saying [unrelated thing] because I mistook [word] for [completely different word that happens to start with the same letter]", that was a bit. What do you mean they're teaching kids a reading method that's tailored to produce this exact error?

[buggyhuman]

Three cueing. Once you learn about it, a whole lot of very frustrating online discourse with US Americans makes so much sense 😭

How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers

For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have

[woodsfae]

If you were taught to read with the three cueing method, and now struggle to read fluently, you can still learn to read properly!

-> Phonics For Adults <-

If you're a teenager, you can still use this resource.

[fairweathermyth]

So be it, I’m your crowbar. If that’s what I am so far. Until you get out of this mess. And I will pretend that I don’t know of your sins, until you are ready to confess. But all the time, all the time, I’ll know. 

FIONA APPLE // I Know