#the reset button

[ao3feed-tomarry-harrymort]

by ScarletLune When Voldemort steps out of the cauldron he remembers nothing. When Harry sees Tom Riddle instead of Voldemort, who remembers nothing. With a black slate he decides to push the Reset Button. After all even Dark Lords deserve a second chance. Right?? Words: 671, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M Characters: Harry Potter, Tom Riddle | Voldemort, Severus Snape, Hermione Granger Relationships: Harry Potter/Tom Riddle | Voldemort, Harry Potter/Tom Riddle, Harry Potter & Severus Snape Additional Tags: Temporary Amnesia, Manipulative Albus Dumbledore, Eventual Romance

[nobodylivingknows]

thesis: himyf has fallen into the trap of 'everyone is beautiful and no one is horny'

i mostly wanna talk about the writing of the show in terms of character development. i saw some post that was like 'i don't see how sophie turns into adult sophie' and this is so true!! adult sophie is opinionated and has a much stronger voice than current sophie, who is...whatever she needs to be to make the scene 'funny'. in the latest episode telling off the men's rights guy we see her get feisty but there's been NO consistency in her characterization.

RE my thesis, i think everyone on the show, sophie and side characters included, is too formulaic. they all dress perfectly according to their 2 assigned personality traits and although some of them have sex, there's no rawness or imperfection to any of them beyond what is needed to wrap up a tidy plot. this is in stark contrast to lily, marshall, barney, and even ted, all of whom felt like real people with real desires and real flaws. when they made jokes, it was in character - not because it was time for another joke in the episode.

the point of all this negativity is because himyf has such potential to modernize himym while retaining the charm and wit of the original, but not if we don't care for the motivations and emotions of the characters! and not if it keeps being polished without any realness underneath!

[atariforce]

The Reset Button 2600 by George Gant

Parody of Pac-Man's Atari 2600 box art featuring RJ Boomtail from my webcomic, The Reset Button.

[resetboomtailjr]

A.M.A.

[glamorous-revenge]

Well this was a grand idea. The Mun peaked into the lair, eyes wide behind his glasses, and debated his plan of hopefully not getting crushed, burnt, or dismembered. //U-um... Tamatoa...? He asked timidly, voice barely audible. //I... Uh... I brought you a gift... To... Help you be less angry...

Coincidentally, Tamatoa had been polishing his treasures as The Mun entered, and he had paused while cleaning the sword Brian had left for him. There was a quiet glare from the crustacean before he set the sword back in its position beside the plush and the fish hook, and he stood up to his full height, eclipsing the light pouring in from the roof and casting a dark shadow over the little human.

His biolumiescent markings glowed faintly in the slight darkness. “Oh really...” he growled, unamused. “And what exactly did YOU bring me?” The emphasized word rolled off of his tongue in bitter disgust.

[white-fire-the-dragon]

@glamorous-revenge

[glamorous-revenge]

I'm not entirely sure you're the scariest. I seem to remember a titanic hell serpent lifting you in its jaws...

That shut Tamatoa up... For about three seconds.

“Hey! I’d like to see you face up to a giant leviathan like that! If I never see that thing again, it would be too-”

“SHIT.”

[glamorous-revenge]

*poofs and appears and sees the corpse of the anon* "Them again eh? Ah well I thought I'd stop by. I got presents for all of you!" *conjures up a mountain of treasure and chocolate outside the lair because they're too big to fit inside* "I hope that's enough for everybody."

“Ya think they learn and then they come crawling right back... But this time around, I’m not complaining. I could use a bit of exercise~”

He chucked darkly to himself as he wandered around the mountain of offerings outside his cave. Looking them over, but with a certain poise and dignity instead of his usual giddiness. “Now see, this is what I’m talking about~ Terror and commanding respect. THAT’S the image I need to get back!”