Might be an unpopular take (pun intended) but I don’t think that the two new songs in the movie fit where they’re placed…for opposite reasons.
I still like them individually but how they’re placed in the movie is wack, yo.
No Place Like Home fits smoothly into the plot, but it has no point- the actions are swiftly undone by a Leo ex machina and it just utterly feels like a waste of time as a result- it felt like an ass pull to keep Elphaba alone and right back where she started, which does fits the narrative but it makes me feel like that whole animal rousing song could’ve been axed for just a call to action- which sucks because it does feel like it’s placed in a good spot (it doesn’t interrupt any musical numbers, instead being in an added scene that helps develop Elphaba’s character while explaining where the heck a lot of animals went during the events of act 2)
Meanwhile, The Girl In The Bubble is the exact opposite- I really feel like Glinda needed that song to further her character development and it’s not undone at the last second to give a lion a line, so it does have a massive point to it- but why in the name of Sam Hill did they smush it in the middle of the March of the Witch Hunters? Like the first part of the best song of the musical is interrupted by a Olaf's Frozen Adventure-like commercial for an Oscar nomination request. For your consideration, an almost 4 minute interlude in the middle of a 2 minute long song is way too much.
Magica Danganronpa: All Roads Lead To Despair Concept Movie (Revised Edition)
Madoka Kaname: Ultimate Lucky Student/Ultimate Hope. Protagonist, duh. Feels that same self-loathing and guilt as the original series, but has an amazing knack at giving hope to people when they’re on the ropes. Adoge is shaped like a heart. Survives.
Homura Akemi: Ultimate Weapons Expert. The secondary lead, i.e Kyoko Kirigiri. Has a crush on Madoka Kaname and declares her love for the girl in the epilogue of the game. Madoka says yes. Survives.
Sayaka Miki: Ultimate Violinist. The fuck-up-the-trial deutoragonist, i.e Byakuya, Nagito, Kokichi, due to her hot-bloodedness and stubbornness to accept the fact that anyone would kill (her justice mindset is in full swing for the latter) Survives.
Haruka Kanade: Ultimate Student Council President. She gets a despair motive video saying how she injured her sister in a fit of rage, and her arc is learning how to cope with that. She becomes good friends with Mami due to their shared love of tea parties. Survives.
Tsuruno Yui: Ultimate Hostess. Just like the original, she’s filled with confidence and wants to get stronger to become the mightiest ultimate, but beneath it lies self-loathing and guilt for not saving her friends. Her arc involves her gaining some true self-confidence. Survives.
Alina Gray: Ultimate Artist. She’s the mastermind, because yeah, she already acts like an ultimate despair already, a girl who thinks humans are bastards that only want to die WOULD host a killing game. Pretends to be a character similar to A-Q before finally showing her true colors in the final trial- her execution involves her head being used as a paintbrush, bashing the brains all over the canvas- and she dies with a smile.
Mabayu Aki: Ultimate Hikikomori. Very shy, very scared. Secretly a huge film buff. First killed via head being bashed in by a bat.
Ashley Taylor: Ultimate Social Media Star. Basically same as canon. First killer due to panic and wanting to escape ASAP, framed as tragic. Execution is being mauled to death, bear-baiting style, by a giant Gurokawa teddy bear with multiple eyes on its body, while a live chat projected in front of Ashley shames her for murdering a girl/being glad she's dead/etc., and she’s forced to watch it while being mauled.
Suzune Amano: Ultimate Assassin. No-nonsense, but won’t take any criticism or disses about her talent, since she believes it can be used for good. Second killed, via being dropped from a high height and stabbed when she broke her bones as a result but DIDN’T die.
Kaoru Maki: Ultimate Soccer Player. The energetic Aoi/Akane girl of the group. Second killer due to the darkest secret motive videos. Executed via being kicked around inside a soccer ball before her leg muscles are torn off via the other team (consisting entirely of monokyubeys)- mimicking the reason she fell into despair in the first place as she bleeds to death in immense pain.
Nagisa Momoe: Ultimate Cheesemaker. The “little kid” character (ie Himiko, Kiyotaka, Hiyoko), she wants to make everyone smile, but deep down still feels the scars of having to grow up so soon because of her mother. Third killed, via decapitation.
Mami Tomoe: Ultimate Heiress. Like Celestia Lundenberg, but less goth and more friendly towards the students, making her murder all the more shocking. She’s very feminine and loves tea parties. Third killer due to the motive of bringing anyone she wants back to life, she chose her parents, but Monokyubey revealed he couldn’t ACTUALLY bring them back to life during the trial, despairing her further. Executed via being forced to be sliced to death by her stalkers, with each slash happening if they don’t please her. This is all while she's forced to do her traditional feminine activities with a smile, such as dessert making, tea parties, and being a refined, reliable senior at school.
Yachiyo Nanami: Ultimate Model. Same as canon- guilt over losing friends, serious, no-nonsense, and the oldest of the group. Fourth killed due to multiple stab wounds before being thrown into the pool.
Kyoko Sakura: Ultimate Thief. Same brashness and stubbornness as canon, without the food chain ideologies. Fourth killer due to the motive videos being learning about the character’s families. Executed via crucifixion and being stoned at by her father’s followers for being a witch, and said followers saying as much. The final blow is done via her father himself.
Mel Anna: Ultimate Fortune Teller. Same as canon. Fifth killed, via a poisoned meal that made her foam at the mouth, hap-hazardly disguised as a suicide via being strung by a noose.
Kazumi Subaru: Ultimate Chef. Same as canon. Fifth killer due to a mix-up of poison and spices Alina orchestrated; because she was the one who fed her the poison meal, she is executed even though she didn’t do anything wrong apart from trying to hide her supposed "crime". Execution involves her being chopped up, blended, and baked alive into a bento box, her face being constructed with Kazumi meat and Strawberry Risotto made with her pink blood.
Haruka Kanade: Ultimate Student Council President (survives)
Tsuruno Yui: Ultimate Hostess (survives)
Alina Gray: Ultimate Artist. She’s the mastermind, because yeah, she already acts like an ultimate despair already, a girl who thinks humans are bastards that only want to die WOULD host a killing game.
Mabayu Aki: Ultimate Hikikomori. First killed via head being bashed in by a bat.
Ashley Taylor: Ultimate Social Media Star. First killer due to panic and wanting to escape ASAP, framed as tragic. Execution is being mauled to death, bear-baiting style, by a giant Gurokawa teddy bear with multiple eyes on its body, while a live chat projected in front of Ashley shames her for murdering a girl/being glad she's dead/etc., and she’s forced to watch it while being mauled.
Suzune Amano: Ultimate Assassin. Second killed, via being dropped from a high height and stabbed when she broke her bones as a result but DIDN’T die.
Kaoru Maki: Ultimate Soccer Player. Second killer due to the darkest secret motive videos. Executed via being kicked around inside a soccer ball before her leg muscles are torn off via the other team (consisting entirely of monokyubeys)- mimicking the reason she fell into despair in the first place as she bleeds to death in immense pain.
Nagisa Momoe: Ultimate Cheesemaker. Third killed, via decapitation.
Mami Tomoe: Ultimate Heiress. Third killer due to the motive of bringing anyone she wants back to life, she chose her parents, but Monokyubey revealed he couldn’t ACTUALLY bring them back to life during the trial, despairing her further. Executed via being forced to be sliced to death by her stalkers, with each slash happening if they don’t please her. This is all while she's forced to do her traditional feminine activities with a smile, such as dessert making, tea parties, and being a reliable senior at school.
Yachiyo Nanami: Ultimate Model. Fourth killed due to multiple stab wounds before being thrown into the pool.
Kyoko Sakura: Ultimate Thief. Fourth killer due to the motive videos being learning about the character’s families. Executed via crucifixion and being stoned at by her father’s followers for being a witch, and said followers saying as much. The final blow is done via her father himself.
Mel Anna: Ultimate Fortune Teller. Fifth killed, via a poisoned meal that made her foam at the mouth, hap-hazardly disguised as a suicide via being strung by a noose.
Kazumi Subaru: Ultimate Chef. Fifth killer due to a mix-up of poison and spices Alina orchestrated; because she was the one who fed her the poison meal, she is executed even though she didn’t do anything wrong apart from trying to hide her supposed "crime". Execution involves her being chopped up, blended, and baked alive into a bento box, her face being constructed with Kazumi meat and Strawberry Blood Risotto.
liveblogging @coloredscribbli 's magipack spinoff inspired by @magicalrobodokiofficial lets GOOOOO
First time doing a liveblog and im unfamilar with the original magipack fic so apologies if i make some errors in formatting or canon!
Liveblog and link under the cut
Chapter 1:
-Awww, thanks for the nice words! Yes, I can confirm that I approved of this- you can see my comment under the chapter
Chapter 2:
-Okay this gives off MAJOR pretty cure vibes, I like!
-THE PARTY PACT IS GENIUS NAMING!!!!
-"While spunky and enthusiastic, she was often plagued by anxieties surrounding being a reliable partner to the Magical Warriors. She had been doing this for about ten years without a lot of luck before, after all…" (yeah Pippiri is a goddamn mood)
-“It’s not that.” Celebatori sighed. “Brutto, or ‘Buzz’, as he truly went by, has long since become incapable of harnessing darkness to that degree ever since he was saved. The darkness we’re picking up on is merely a remnant of his power.” (YEAH. BUZZ WOULD BE THE EVIL PRECURE GENERAL. yknow the type. The kind that's the young annoying boy who is always pissed and cocky- think Ira, Daruizen, et al)
-jolipare sounds like tippet with the way he's interacting- i love stuffy british men!
-Misty sighed. Okay, so Pippri and Jolipare didn’t understand Jackbox’s… ways. (me when i have trouble worldbuilding jackbox live shows in the robodoki verse XD)
Chapter 3:
-i got emetophobia confused with arachnophobia for a brief second- still appriciate the disclaimer but god i need sleep lmao
-oh hey, another avery! @whocaresifwearecrazy and i were talking about this earlier.
-love the descriptions of the characters!!! You're good with language!
-oh god. is the master mentalist gonna be corrupted.
-i'm bracing for it.
-...okay, not MM. Nice red herring! 99% sure it's Guy Towers- I see a LOTTA orange in their designs (mine included XD)
-"They looked down at Jolipare’s hair tuft and tail suddenly standing on end. “I always get awful tremors when darkness is afoot, pare.” (meanwhile Aianna gets literal heart attacks LMAO)
-THE TRANSFORMATIONS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFMIWFNGIWNWINKGONIPWMJDPOJFW{OWGJOGWMGIEMSVIMn (a /pos KEYSMASH ITS SO GOOD IT REMINDS ME OF PRETTY CURE)
-“Even when we did a whole new routine for it on the fly?” (WAIT WHAT HOLY SHIT THIS IS NEW?!? GOD i feel so SPOILED!!!)
-“Similarly, I got trousers… I was getting quite used to the skirt, you know.” (fun fact: all the robodoki people get skirts because I am too lazy to design shorts to match the team's uniform outfits- since the skirts usually have hipswags and all. sorry for intruding with that fact but it just came to me)
-“I already gotcha!" “YOU PROBABLY DON’T!” (they seem like siblings in the best way possible!)
-mindfuck incoming!
-🎶"look at this loser, drin-king coffee! (beat) now it's de-caf!"🎶 /ref /ly
-“I SWEAR to the stars I’ve seen a show like this before,” Flare shrugged. “Didn’t it involve butterflies and-” (okay, colored, real talk. i give you FULL permission to reference robodoki like this. in fact, I ENCOURAGE IT!!! WOOOOOOOOO!)
-okay but saying colored like that makes me feel wrong actually don't take that outta context :P
-JERRI WITH THE ONE G IS A BARRIER MAIDEN- THAT MAKES SUCH THEMATIC SENSE AND MY ENGLISH LIT DEGREE HEART IS GOING KYUN KYUN RIGHT NOW!!!!
-cosmos is such a fucking madlad. also highlights the reason why i never drink coffee.
-“DON’T GIVE AWAY YOUR IDENTITY, PRI!" “WHEN WERE THERE EVER ANY STAKES FOR THAT, ANYWAY?!” (PFFFFFFFFFFFFFT! Yeah I gave up on that after the 10th chapter or so on my end LMAO)
-Ohhhhhh it's Cookie! Gotcha.
-PRISM RODS!!! In my head, they look like those You And Idol batons or whatever they're called.
-COSMOS PURIFICATION IS SO GOOD!!! THE BADASS FINGER SNAP, THE DESCRIPTIONS, SHD(UGEH@UHFIEOWHNEOIWJFOIJ
-They are SUCH a family holy shit /POS
In conclusion: THIS IS SO GOOD AND I FUCKING LOVE THIS SO MUCH AND I'M SO HAPPY I HAVE A FIC TO READ ON AO3 THAT ISN'T THAT ONE-SHOT TONY STARK MIRACULOUS FIC I ACCIDENTALLY CLICKED ON (DONT ASK) WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Link to the fic if you are interested: https://archiveofourown.org/works/70020896/chapters/181756706#workskin
if you transfer from MH to EAH, how does the storybook of destiny even work?
I had a dream last night where i was a ever after high student transfering from monster high and the headmaster grimm was going over the "pledge to act out your own story" thing and when I, with some weird gay "uh actually" voice, asked "but what about monster high transfer students who just came here for the credits" he didn't have a response so he just dismissed me.
Which brings up a question: C.A Cupid did canonically transfer to ever after high so how does that work? like, do they suddenly gain a story? some students are the daughter of the joker card, for example, so it doesn't seem like having a fairytale name is required to attend. Neither is living in the fairytale world- C.A Cupid was a bone elemental in Monster High before she transfered and somehow became a cherub.
My theory is that if the Storybook of Legends WAS meant to be real and not a way to fearmonger (which in of itself is a can of worms), then monster high transfer students don't HAVE to participate unless they were forcibly transfered due to having a story- i.e C.A Cupid discovering she was daughter of eros.
last night had a dream where nate shapiro was in a danganronpa game
he was the ultimate actor and the mastermind (i don't remember why, but he was defintely horny for despair like junko was)
if you heard only his voice while he was "preforming" you'd wouldn't even think it was him. His perfect voice mimick and ability to hide his emotions and "play parts" flawlessly made him almost unstoppable in the class trials.
he also claimed the students (which were from Danganronpa 2 oddly enough) were his "actors" and he was the "director of despair" who had the phillopshy of "all the world's a stage".
“Draw your blade, lights go out, Someone better run. Magic malice, heed me so the dark deed will be done.” In a world where summoning items from drawings is commonplace, eight detectives are known for their expertise in the matter and are in high society because of it. Each detective has their own issues to work out, sure, but they are close-knit friends though and through. One night, at one of their usual rich-people parties, six people are brutally murdered, and all evidence seems to point towards one or more of the detectives as the culprits. The only problem? None of them can remember if they did it. In fact, they can’t seem to remember the past few minutes of the party at all… *** Made a YA styled novel of Weapon’s Drawn with the help of Canva’s assets, plus the official logo of the game, of course! Poem and synopsis were written by me. Logo is from Jackbox games Everything else is from Canva
