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Based on Magnus' relationships over the years and his recent relationship with Alec, I made a playlist of Taylor Swift songs that fit Magnus' love life from his point of view:
Does Livy have any romance in the last king of faerie
Livvy stays dead for the at least the first two books and does not come back to life. (I guess she could have a ghost romance, but considering ghosts can't touch each other or feel much, it would be very chaste. Also in many ways she is still fifteen.)
what started as me noticing some parallels between byler and fraphne (bc I adore them both) has turned into this whole thing - throwing lucas and dustin into the mix and smiling when I see them in velma and shaggy's antics. and now it has officially turned into me making art, into headcanons, into finding it so so fun to make the party work as the gang!!
..which is what this post is all about! I've been dying to put this together with some similarities I love. (to every friend I've dumped any of this on for the past couple years, you know who you all are, please know I love you infinitely and your excitement fuelled me sm)
keeping in mind that SD has many, many iterations, I will be sticking with the parts of the characters that I know stay consistent across them, or happen to apply to byler/the party
and if you read anything and think “hm that’s a reach” - it’s not, there are no theories being made here it’s just me having fun with similarities between two of my favourite quartets!!
OKAY let's begin:
Mike Wheeler & Fred Jones
Our designated leaders of the gang
They are the Plans Guy: they are quick to come up with a relevant way of approaching a situation they're faced with, or working off of others
Impulsive, but calculated. Which leads me to my next point..
They love finding a melee weapon:
Other characters may make use of things around them as they do, but Fred and Mike are the ones that charge forward and just go for it, especially to get an antagonist to back off their friends and go for them instead. They do the split second math and pick up the spontaneous weapon every time danger is about to make a move. They are good at making use of the limited things around them
But they also don't always win the fight..
It doesn't mean they back down the next time though.
The knightly imagery with Fred is crazy considering it's Mike who pairs up with him in this AU, it really is so natural.
Huge nerds with fixations on and rambles about their hobbies, no further elaborating needed LMAO
This one is self explanatory, and I DID start it before season 5 and I'm not throwing it away just because of canon idc.. in my world it still works!!
And I thought this similarity was cute too
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Will Byers & Daphne Blake
Something I find so fucking cool and fresh about Will's entire character is how within his narrative he falls under tropes famously associated with female (mostly horror) characters/icons, and Daphne is another - more light hearted - example!
With all that in mind I may as well start with the obvious for the decision. "Danger-prone Daphne" is what she's been commonly known as for decades. Not so much clumsiness, but being in peril is just what can come for her character, much like Will is tied to the supernatural narrative.
However neither of them want the danger that follows them to define them, and they don't! It may continue happening to them, as is their fate, but it's not all they are and not what their loved ones think of them. I LOVE that Will is a damsel as a male character, it's not a bad thing to correct at all. And thanks to Daphne and other fictional characters, we know being considered a damsel doesn't make Will helpless 🙂↕️☝🏽
In multiple iterations, Daphne is written to fight back or stand up to threats more often, and I think that fits nicely with Will having his cathartic moments throughout ST5 of standing up for himself and succeeding!
(I had to add that one ^ it made me giggle)
There are times where the gang/party realise they can't prevent Will or Daphne from danger, but work to get them back, every time.
Next, another favourite... Will's painting and Daphne's song. I scream every time I think about it. Both of them poured their hearts into a piece of art for their love they don't feel they can express it to.
Daphne of course does, and the lyrics really do speak Will's mind. I was really hoping this comparison would come to fruition when I first started making this post, but the duffers are fucking cowards, so.
Both Daphne and Will are the most gentle and empathetic in the group, giving people a chance and taking other's feelings into account more often
Using full names on their partners 😭
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Now the next two.. I knowww this is probably an unpopular opinion to some, but you've gotta hear me out on this bc I've seen a whole lot of Scooby Doo in my life. It's not just about Dustin being smart, I think that's a weak association I'm sorry 🥹 I WILL SAY THOUGH this genuinely was hard for a bit because Lucas and Dustin DO fit both Velma and Shaggy in different ways, it can be either way honestly! - but ultimately Dustin and Dart are too perfect to not go with, and Lucas really does fit Velma HAHA
Walk with me..
Lucas Sinclair x Velma Dinkley
Huge dorks!! More than people realise until they really pay attention to them
Always out here insulting their threats lmfao
Both Lucas and Velma have had arcs where they stick to their opinion of a situation, or their beliefs, may even come across as a little close minded, but along the way they experience more that gets them to expand their view point.
For Velma, this was purely believing in science and not entertaining the idea of magic until she was forced to interact with it/actual supernatural antagonists. For Lucas, it was his initial lack of belief that Will could still be alive/trusting El in ST1. While understandable for his situation, they ultimately lacked some facts. Both are able to put pride aside and admit their minds were opened.
Velma often - to me - is mischaracterised as stone cold. I don’t see her that way at all, I think she values her friendships and doesn’t have much tolerance for silly people. Why would she? She has her way of moving about in the world where her logic ties with her staying true to what she believes. When they're with their friends, they have fun and banter heaps!
Staying true to what she believes is a part I see in Lucas too, he made the decision to join the basketball team and didn’t let his friends deter him; even when they asked him to reconsider, he did what felt best for himself at the time. The same as when he went off on his own to find Will, and, even in a childish situation - how he knew what he felt for Max and got her back those 5 times.
Both of them have an arc where trying to force being someone they may not be, to try and reach a particular goal/desire, and ultimately come back to who they are.
Lucas' arc is obviously very different, complex and important, but I have it here because the crux of it, with both he and Velma initially going against the core of themselves, is there!
Velma's arc wasn't very typical of her character either, "insecure nerd" wasn't what Velma was always about, and still isn't, but it works for a connection between the two of them here.
Even with their more serious, often realist approach to everything, they love their friends and always look out for them. They show up for their friends every time
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Dustin Henderson x Shaggy Rogers
I'm starting with my favourite one lmao: calling out the bad feelings and whether what they're doing is the right thing
Their association with food was another thing that jumped out, though as ST steps away from being so on the nose with 80s character archetypes like in season 1, Dustin gets much better character development than only that! Also Lucas snacks often on the show too lmao, which was one of the points I was like hmmm they're kinda a mix of these characters 😂
Another big writing similarity is having Dustin and Shaggy (and Scooby) going off on separate missions to the rest of the gang for an arc! For Shaggy it happens in almost every adaptation, and for Dustin it’s happened enough that we all want him back and interacting with the party every season
When they do come back to the others, they've been sorely missed
They also feel it pretty hard when their friendship groups have problems, valuing what they have as unconditional
They often have out of the box (and in Shaggy's case, sometimes accidental) ideas and solutions to problems that arise, bad guys or otherwise!
The scene where Dustin meets D’art is so similar to one of the iterations of how Shaggy and Scooby met in Scoob! (2020). Food was both a peace offering and a method of bonding. Both Dustin and Shaggy were incredibly gentle and only wanted to show D’art and Scooby that they meant no harm and even thought they were cool! Wow new friend! And all that :’)
Another similarity between Dustin and Shaggy is that they always exist as exactly who they are, and the most true to themselves even as everything happens around them, and to them
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+ A bonus!
D'art is the Scooby-Doo of my AU, as has been mentioned a few times in here! His name is "Demo-Doo" and I love him and how he fits in with the party hehe
Annnd I think I'll leave it here for now! I plan to explore some of these in posts/edits, and even more in art over time so feel free to follow @solisevart if you're interested, here's art of their introductions!!
I hope you guys see the vision pls yell with me any time if you dooo!! or tag me in anything! this AU is my heart fr 💙💜🧡💚🤎
Hey Cassie!!! Was a little confused on Janus and the seelie queen. In BIB adaon says that she has taken a new lover and I assume it’s Janus can you confirm or deny lol. Will we learn more about this in LKOF? Also if Janus still wants clary and even told Lilly that he’s a one women type guy why would he sleep with the seelie queen? Is it because he still has some of Sebastian‘s influence? Thanks❤️
Sorry for the long question I’m just having a hard time thinking thats Jace would ever do that with the seelie queen even though I know he’s not the real Jace.😖
He would not! Janus is not the Seelie Queen's new romance, that's a different faerie that we will meet in TLKOF. Janus and the Queen have a real weird relationship but it isn't romantic.
i just love all the stories about production on project hail mary. they didn't use a single green/blue screen in the whole film. they built the whole interior of the hail mary. the petrova line scene was done practically by putting infrared lights on a chicken wire cage. rocky's voice was one of the puppeteers because he did such a good job during filming that they couldn't imagine anyone else voicing him. and rocky was a practical puppet/animatronic! sandra huller picked sign of the times as her karaoke song and she asked her daughter if it was still a cool song. i just feel like there was so much love making this film and im obsessed
project hail mary is a fantastic movie that genuinely has me staring at the ceiling at like 2 am. god. its the concept of dying so others can live. what if the sacrificial lamb was there the whole time and taught the butcher how to build the slaughterhouse. what if the lamb was dragged there kicking and screaming and was told that it was dispensable because it had no one, not a family or a lover or even a dog and what if the lamb said that it just wanted to live. isnt that enough? isnt wanting to live enough? what if the lamb woke up alone and afraid but remembered enough about living and love to place his head on the chopping block anyway. and most importantly, what if the butcher wasnt a butcher but just the shepherd trying to save the rest of the flock
Well, Holly is here as I said, so I figured, why not discuss?
She said Cardan is desperate for an heir and I pointed out that Kit does not want to be the Heir so possibly Kit would just run away. We agree Cardan might get along with Ash though as they are both faerie princes with annoying, decadent friends.
Hi Cassie! I have a Malec question that’s been living rent-free in my brain 😭 Do you ever see Magnus and Alec adopting a girl in the future? Or is there a reason they haven’t in the past? Because I just KNOW the vibes would be unmatched—Magnus would absolutely spoil her and Alec would be in full protective dad mode 24/7 and I need that energy in my life.
Also just to say—I am SO excited for TLKoF!! This question is purely me being emotionally attached to Malec, not me being any less hyped for the book 💛
You are welcome to ask anything! It does not need to be about TWP at all.
Magnus and Alec haven't not adopted a girl for any reason except that their children came into their lives, in both cases, not when they were specifically looking for a child to adopt. They found both kids in the world and they happened to be both boys. I am sure if another child came into their lives like that, and was a girl, they would be happy to have a daughter too!
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