The Red Flower

"No creature in the Jungle will call fire by its proper name. Every beast lives in deadly fear of it, and invents a hundred ways of describing it"

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You say ‘amateur’ as if it was a dirty word. ‘Amateur’ comes from the Latin word ‘amare’, which means to love. To do things for the love of it.

Mozart in the Jungle

Masterpost

By the shared latin roots that made both words. What is passion but suffering for yourself?

Be passionate about every detail, carve your own heart out and be willing to bleed for it.

This is a sideblog of @thelandswemadeofpaper

I wrote plently of trope and ideas stuff in my main blog, so I will probally transfer or repost here...

From my other sideblog @a-lonely-red-feather too

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Alien Stage reminds me of The Hunger Games with the 'oppressed group are exploited as celebrities' plot

Its such a underrated idea

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Characters that use song as a weapon are another level of mystical

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Trying to find which tropes and archetypes Xanxus fits, I am breaking down his story

He is kind of a 'Evil Former Hero'? Its more of a Former HEIR and he is more Grey than Evil, but he is Tsuna's Predecessor, so he DOES fits the Trope

I talked about how similar he is to Loki and Tai Lung before both in this blog and others sideblogs (here and here), begin a Rebelious Foster Son and a Rival to the ACTUAL Heir (Po begin the True Dragon Warrior, Tsuna the New Vongola Heir and Thor...this one was always the blood firstborn heir)

But I think his situation is far more POLITICAL than both Loki and Tai Lung, he wasnt just the fourth heir, he is the Varia Boss, has a position won by his own merit, not blood.

Timoteo decided to treat him as if he was a mere one of the heirs, not the HEAD of a independant division with his own loyal people, a really dumb choice. Tai Lung or Loki would not be able to start a coup, Loki's army was not Asgardian.

So here are the parallels with the Uchiha and the Noldor I also talked about before, with Madara (and Sasuke and even Itachi) and Feanor as the parallels to Xanxus

Noldor did rebel and were fairly sucesful at the beginning, they did leave and got independance.

Xanxus did rebel, but got stopped.

The Uchiha didn't even got the change to fail a rebellion

I have Zero Idea where I am going, but if anyone have a opinion about this, please share

Also, on the political side, Timoteo's plan is similar to Empress Violet (from Caught by the Villain) with Leto and Norlin with Jenna (from The Princess Plot - the Scandia Series by Kirsten Boie):

The Current Heir is your enemy, so you get a spare heir out of nowhere that you can manipulate and usurp you enemy heir

Norlin and Violet are more like Iemitsu because the kids are his Hidden Secret Daughter and her Missing Long Lost Son, respectively.

While Tsuna is his spare kid Iemitsu had so the bloodline won't die out

This plot is kinda similar to what Suren from Stolen Heir seens planning in doing with Oak? Marry him and challenge Jude and Cardan? In theory at least.

Added here because thats is something I can see Xanxus doing, find some random person of Vongola Bloodline (mostly likely a Sawada) to marry and legimate his claim

While this would fit my other blog @the-flower-named-fire better, since this is more KHR focused and I have a fandom blog, I am posting it here

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One interesting thing about making the heirs for your throne battle is where they came from

While they could be siblings, one of them could have another mother/father, or have a different genders or ages or political beliefs or powers or the way thy were raised (or by who)...

Basically anything that would make one claim weaker or stronger than the other

The entitlement or ownership over anything can and will cause conflict

The reasons for it are numerous, from 'heritage' to 'worthness' and even 'necessity'

Make multiple heirs, each one different. Siblings, Cousins, Nephew/Uncle, Heirs by Marriage, Heirs by Contest, Different Distant Branches, Bastard Children

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Nono is the typical 'Tyrant with sons' he wants powerful Elements for his sons, get rid of the competition the previous rulling line represents (Primo's blood)

The 'villain's rebellious son' like Prince Lotor or Zuko, but Xanxus is more like Loki or Tai Lung since Nono is not the KHR's 'official villain'

But his sons all dead, so now Tsuna goes from threat to last heir

Such a glorious plot, its even better than Hotd

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As much I find the whole "Iemitsu messes with Nana's head with Mist Flames for her own good" theory valid and in character for both of them.

I have been seeing a trope I really liked in both Sage (The Boys) and Alison (Umbrella Academy) and Wanda (Marvel)

That a character with mind related powers brainwashes themselves for the sake of their peace or delusions or just to deal with their psyche powers in general.

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Doomed Couples are awful wonderful to read about

But they will never win against Doomed Twins

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Begin in love, wanting revenge or trying to defend someone that is a awful person can be such a complex plot

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The whole 'Make the Criminal to Work for You' trope

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I love the fake identity and/or decoy trope more than I thought I did

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whose lovechild would be more messed up?

Amarantha X Tamlin

Amarantha X Rhysand

Feyre X Tamlin

Tamlin X Rhysand

Voting ended onAug 1

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Messed up 'Romantic' Dynamics that are complex like the whole Elia/Rhaegar/Lyanna/Robert/Cersei/Jaime are so interesting in a plot

Or Elphaba/Glinda/Fiyero/Boq/Nessarosa

Or even with a couple like Coryo/Lucy Grey, I hate this man, but as a reader? Villain was love with the 'predecessor heroine', a singer/performarcer he feel 'betrayed', erased her existence and still obssessed at the point she's lowkey the muse of the Hunger Games? Fascinating

Ivan's sacrifice for Till was beautiful and so sorrowfull tale, he didn’t even get to confess.

Silmarilion has Luthien and Beren, not to mention Finwe with both Indis and Miriel, sucha parallel to Anne Boleyn and the separation of Church and state.

And Maeglin, his origins as a Aredhel's son and her kidnapping by the Dark Elf Eol, his obssession with Idris and betrayal in the Fall of Gondolin

King Arthur has Morgana, his half-sister and their evil son Mordred, then also the affair between Lancelot and Guinevere.

Anakin's fall to dark side was half because of his grief over Padme, their forbidden love, and he still responsable for her death. Their twin children begin hidden, then defeating him and restoring the peace and the Jedi Order was perfect ending for a Fallen Hero.

I watched Onyx Equinox, Mictecacihuatl and Yaotl's past, and later he regaining his memories and choosing to stay with Izel was the best part.

You have man like Uchiha Obito starting over his Lost Lenore Rin Nohara and tell me romance isn’t importante to the plot. Naruto started the 'I can fix him' movement for Sasuke.

Enkidu, made of clay by the gods, send to Gilgamesh as a worthy opponent to the arrogant king, the turned back to clay by Ishtar because he rejected her love.

❤️ Lacie Baskerville ❤️ is my favorite Lost Lenore, the whole mess with Jack Vessalius and both Alyss and Alice, and the fact Levi is the twins's father

Enemies to Lovers is Oversatured in Booktok, but the good ones are masterpieces.

Both Korosensei with Aguri Yukimura and Kenshin Himura with Tomoe Yukishiro were Lost Lenores that managed to get their assassin lovers to want a redemption and their were Enemies to Lovers

Both Selin and King Bradley love Mrs. Bradley is cute. So its Kurama/Minamino Shuichi for his human mother.

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I decided to draw one of my favorite khr fic authors, thats how I imagine Sawada Chiyohime (giving the author's @yuesya descriptions)

I tried to make it similar to the anime style of KHR

Collab with @the-flower-named-fire

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That person from the past that you think you got rid of, maybe erased or died or ran away and its your fault, but still hauntes you

And probally cames back

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Finally fixing this absolute mess of a pose

Ok, I remade the colar, put the left arm closer and kinda tried to fix the shoulders

Put the left arm a bit more down maybe? Because she in not straight?

I will fix the arms later

Zero idea what i am doing

Send help

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I can't put the arms in the right position

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Reverse Lost Lenore Face-Heel Turn, the lost of their loved one cause the villain turn for good

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Ok booktok romantasy girlies WHERE are the sexy retellings of Prince Lindworm I am tired of these hot brooding men just having fun tattoos and maybe wings I want him to be a gross dragon AND they should fuck nasty about it.

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Snow White vs Prince Lindworm: How to Break your Lover's Curse

❌️ True Love Kiss

✅️ Make him peels off his own skin, whip him, dump milk on his head, then hug him

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The gentle and kind character used to be a batshit bloodthirst maniac