“Anders thought he was wrong, he can’t be right,” “Anders fought injustice, he can’t be wrong,” Anders was inevitable idk what to tell you. mages were actively being oppressed and killed, the boot was coming down anyways, Meridith had already been calling for the Right of Anullment before the chantry was even a target. though Anders was the inciting incident that kicked off the mage and templar war, his action was far from the first act of violence.

i can believe claudia's ghost would throw slurs at another Black person that she hated. i can believe she would say those specific things to Louis to hurt him! if this happened in s1, i would say "yikes" and move on, trusting that the writers knew what they were doing with it and that it didn't just happen for the sake of it.

not so much seeing it in s3, which has consistently elevated its white characters above its characters of colour, has shown NO awareness of literally anything but the most basic white girl feminism ("justice for antoinette") (which ALSO pushes down the Black characters simultaneously by saying that Louis/Claudia's experience of Antoinette was "shrinking" her lmfao?!), has given no care or depth to the social issues it does depict (incest, sexual abuse, power imbalances) and instead glosses over them or depicts them humorously, has chosen "it's Lestat's story" as an excuse to retcon the narrative of the two Black abuse victims we saw in s1 in favour of exonerating Poor Misrepresented Lestat...

in light of all that, Claudia's entire rant just feels... lazy? like a slap in the face? "I liked Lestat better btw" was particularly dogshit to me. I can imagine her saying that just to hurt Louis, but given everything else about this season, it feels much more like the writers saying "See! Lestat wasn't that bad actually!" and yeah, you can argue that us seeing Lestat's POV does not mean that Louis/Claudia's ISN'T true, but... the narrative is kind of treating it like it is?? Because so far we haven't had Louis go "Actually, no, that's not how I remember it" in response to any of Lestat's "corrections" (partly because they've barely been onscreen together lol. there isn't really the opportunity for it) so it's just like. All we have is what the show is actually showing us. Which so far has been "Lestat wasn't an abuser, Claudia was a liar and Louis was crazy". Sighs.

Idk man. Usually I would say "let the tale seduce you, trust the writers here" but I do not think that 6 episodes in out if 7 they're somehow going to make everything better in retrospect. Yknow??

I'm Not Lying

Roy Harper x gn!Reader

Summary: You and Roy's relationship was on the rocks, at what point does it get to where he's just using you for your body? And how is he supposed to prove he isnt?

Nsfw! Not detailed smut, definitely detailed intimacy. Angst!

Have my half awake scrawlings...

I really love the brobot!!!! People really misconstrue it and also leave it out in a lot of dirkjake talk? Its a big player in not only how dirk expresses his affection/desire towards jake but also in their multi year spanning unspoken game of gay chicken 😭😭(all of dirks splinters are but Not about them rn)

It was sent yknow under the pretense that jake loves wrestling and wished so bad to have somebody he could wrestle with. But at the same time it protects jake from the horrors of hellmurder island (seen before they strife), pushing jake into the Damsel in distress role he wasnt expecting to play even before all the shit in the game, with Dirk being his hero.

Jake says he keeps it on a high difficulty because apparently in the Novice mode he says their interactions become "too tender" and doesnt want to elaborate, Friendly reminder! His convo with jane on the SAME DAY dirk pulled off that big romantic overture and the kiss happens and him and dirk begin "dating".. is the same day he asked jane if it didnt make him weird for wanting to date dirk. And he also says hed joke around with dirk about how theyd soo make a great couple if dirk were a girl haha.

I imagine the brobot and well. Getting physical like that with a robot that supposedly looks like dirk probably gave jake his internal gay awakening at 13 but he just never wanted to actually confront it and instead just wanted to brush past everything 😭😭 (See: every single time sexuality or romance comes up in relation to jake he is literally always thinking about dirk somehow and he never directly talks about his attraction to men or how that reflects/contradicts on his self image of the Movie Star Hero guy)

and jake doesnt actually hate the thing either, he tells jane he thinks it genuinely did improve his fighting capabilities (Which we see it did in collide! he beat basically the whole felt with guns and fisticuffs alone, no hope powers.) Which serves as a pretty evident parallel to dave who also is good at fighting, even if he doesnt want to be. (see dirk + dave convo)

This one comes from hussies authors notes in the aradiabot and equius scene (which equius imagery being invoked with dirk. something i could totally rant about another time haha) but yeah. Jake was being selfish asshat in that log forcing jane into a corner and wringing what he wanted to hear out of her, and also not giving a shit about the brobot (Which served as his protector and only other semblance of human connection since he was 13 and was a BIRTHDAY GIFT FROM DIRK) KILLING ITSELF? But hes so preoccupied talking about dirk. THE REAL DIRK. And immediately after jake loses the dirk splinter that protected him, HE (AND DIRK) CREATE A NEW ONE FOR HIMSELF USING THEIR COMBINED POWERS/?

Hussie is lying.. somebody Does care about dirks feelings. a whole lot to the point they activate their powers unwittingly Because of it. and its jake. but jake just cant admit that himself. (He cannot admit his real feelings until given permission to, dirk would have to concede the game of gay chicken first using his words and not just actions)

ANYWAY. hussie is so right its so easy to get sidetracked times one million talking about this comic. BUT AHH!! BROBOT. his existence.. tragic.. Jakes really smart in knowing that all of dirks splinters enlighten aspects of himself he doesnt oft share, and the brobot served as another dirk action on the pile of dirk actions he engineers to signify his deep immense care for jake, where he lets these grand gestures and implications sit out in the open without ever actually saying what they mean and where his feelings lay.

EVEN IF ITS SUPER OBVIOUS. The d man cant use his big boy words to actually describe his feelings despite how much a yaps! so jake doesnt know if hes even allowed to say anything about his own. Fellas: Is it gay if you labour for supposedly an extended period of time to create a custom robot in your own image to ship in pieces to your best bro guy crush who is HUNDREDS OF YEARS IN THE PAST because you cant be there yourself?

(Sidenote but all those references about wanting to send each other to Hell?? Beautiful)

Yeah this is a battle of justice and ideals, yes that clash is a key part of their final confrontation at the end of the musical, but throughout their duets (or even songs like The Game Begins where they're singing by themselves) there's this near singleminded desire to just fucking End each other. It's fucking Raw and it's great.

Also THIS FUCKING SCENE?? THIS SCENE FROM SECRETS AND LIES. Iconic. Actually Insane. My jaw dropped. Light looks like a crazy bitch it's beautiful.

Um. Also. Obligatory Playing His Game (yknow the gay sex song) lines dump. It basically says everything I just said above in like 9 lines. You see what I mean right.

In canon they're playing a game of mental chess, trying to use everyone around them to finally catch the other as their end goal, but in the musical you really do feel like all they see is each other. They would probably beat each other to death with their fists if it came down to that. Idk they're just so excited and fired up about their little game in the musical and it's so unhinged and fun and special and I love it. It's like the writers for the musical decided to kick their murderous intent up a couple notches and the result is absolutely Beautiful.

I also think that the intensity of their rivalry in the beginning just makes the wind-down of The Way It Ends soo much better. It's such a good contrast to their previous duets where they try to sing over each other (Secrets and Lies & Stalemate) or with each other but basically at the top of their lungs (Playing His Game). It feels like there's both a quiet mutual understanding but also an underlying disappointment that the game is finally over. In canon, L's death Is instead the peak of their game, the moment he gets confirmation that Light is Kira is the exact same moment that he dies. In the jdrama it's almost sudden, how L dies, after the quiet moment has already passed. But in the musical L's death, ironically, Is the one quieter moment in their game. Their peak was the game itself. It was Secrets and Lies and Playing His Game. But the end of the game in the musical is not a victory, it's just (as L says) the end of everything they'd been wanting up until this point.

Uh. Fuck it. Clip from the Kenji Urai version because I just love his delivery here. His tone just goes so well with the silence and the sound of the clock ticking. You see what I mean right.

Their rivalry in the musical may have been more shortlived but like Damn they were really enjoying every second of it. They were truly insane about each other until the very end. (Like despite everything I just said about the ending it was still unhinged as fuck. Light Making L Shoot Him and then Making L Shoot Himself with L's Own Hand?? Holy shit man. What the fuck /pos)

So this would be after the canonical ending, Will is experienced and Mike is not that experienced (he's had sex with maybe one woman before realizing "shit I'm gay"). But even though Mike has basically no experience, he's sorta insistent on topping and being dominant (he's still a pathetic submissive bottom do not fret) so Will is like "...okay sure, you can top" (he's such a switch to me, honestly both of them are lmao)

But, after they begin, Mike immediately starts acting weird, like performative, and Will's like "you don't have to pretend with me, this doesn't have to be perfect" yada yada yada. So, Mike slowly stops pretending.. and Will notices that he's slowly starting to behave more submissive when he does. Will does something to test this, like calling him a good boy after he does something well to test his reaction or giving him a command to see how he reacts to it, and Mike immediately responds in a way that proves he'd much rather have a different role.. before freezing up in embarrassment like he's just been caught.

And, eventually with a little bit of back and forth initially, Will asks Mike if he wants to be a good boy, and Mike is nervous about it but he's Mike so he says yes and after the roles reverse, it's like 10 times better.

(ITS SO CRINGE AHHHHHHHHHHHH. Uh.. see my vision please.. bye thank you idk what to say, this was long enough)

no no no speak your truth king 🗣️

i can sooo see them like tangled in bed and mike topping will but yknow like you said hes acting weird. will is stroking his hair and murmuring to just relax as he notices mike getting more performative and more stressed, kinda understanding what was happening before mike does. he decides to just say fuck it and calls mike a good boy, and upon mike’s reaction— half freezing, eyes widening and dilating and his face flushing bright red— will smiles and takes the reins

he grabs onto mike’s hips and starts rocking mike into him, murmuring how good mike felt as mike pressed his face to will’s neck, slowly starting let out gasps and whimpers as he relaxes into more of a submissive role. will tells him things like there you go and thats it baby just relax and feels better doesnt it until mike has fully melted against him, panting and whimpering as he listens to everything will says

they finish the round as they were, but once mike has pulled out, will keeps stroking his hair and calling him a good boy and murmuring to relax, which mike— though very flustered and pleased by the praise— was confused about because they both finished already? but then will looks at him right in the eyes and asks do you wanna be my good boy? instead of having to top?

mike’s mind literally goes blank, mouth dropping open and slowly nodding eagerly. it’s been barely a few minutes but his dick was already half hard

so will starts coaching him through things and calling him a good boy the entire time and once it got to the point of will(expertly, mind you) thrusting against mike’s prostate again and again, mike legs curled over his shoulders, nose to nose with mike, mike let go of trying to perform or pretend, just letting will fuck all his worries away

eeeeeeee i just love the idea of the moment they both realize they like it much better the other way. will likes being in control, likes ordering mike around, and mike likes not having to worry if he was being good enough, likes fully surrendering to will

for example olivier, i was really worried at first and thought that they were gonna make her a joke like a "hahaha she takes her job way too seriously" and while they make some jokes about her being like a bear it relates to the fact that shes competent at her job and that no one could truly replace her, man or woman. she's scary, intimidating, and shes one of the most important people in the story even for how late she shows up in it.

then theres izumi and her being the teacher of ed and al. shes the stereotypical 'strong and mean' teacher trope ofc but they dont use it to demean her. they use it to beat up the protagonist and go "yeah this is 100% their teacher and she's obviously stronger because... she trained them". like yeah they make jokes about how she stranded them at an island and called it easy because she had to be stranded at briggs for six months but they once again dont use it to demean her as her husband then tells her to "not go comparing herself to normal people". cause shes strong and people one of the strongest characters in the cast dare i say. and it actually feels like it as well

with winry its a lot more subtle especially because they tend to use her automail obsession a lot as a joke (along with her beating the hell outta ed) but the respect is definitely there. as there's a scene where ed makes a joke out of it calling her an 'automail otaku' (otaku basically means obsessed person) and a "gearhead" and instead of saying an insult back she tells her that she'll become a gearhead if it helps him achieve his goal. not to mention that whenever ed gets his automail broken he goes to winry. and the first time he goes to her he asks her to get it done in a week and she gets it done in three days pulling all-nighters and everything. granted she forgot a screw- but she's still competent and its pretty clear that ed relies on her.

with riza its pretty obvious that shes competent as she literally watches roy's back. she's his literal bodyguard and whenever it rains she's trusted to keep him safe and thats a pretty big deal, especially when dealing with alchemists. like when roy is facing scar while its raining and tries to fight him he forgets that he cant use his flame alchemy. so riza trips him and fires at scar to make sure that roy is safe. then theres the scene with lust and riza where she thinks that lust killed him and goes haywire, emptying all of her bullets on lust before falling to the ground and wanting to die. when roy confronts her on that later its a slightly comedic moment (in anime) but it resolves with it being more serious and him telling her that he still trusts her to watch his back and that she shouldnt ever give up on life

lan fan!! lan fan is ling's bodyguard and once again one of the most competent people in fma. she even takes on gluttony at one point. her constant watch of ling is used as comedy at first, look at the strong silent type watching over the prince 24/7 but this is because at first lan fan, ling, and fu are mainly comedic characters. they have their lore moments at first but it's highly outweighed by their comedic timing. ling sending a signal flare, passing out because he hasn't eaten enough, eating ed's wallet out, eavesdropping, climbing through the windows. these are all done in comedic ways but during the fight with wrath when lan fan's arm is injured she cuts it off. like literally, cuts it off. all because it was slowing them down. ling himself even says that lan fan was more prepared to do things like that than he was. then there's her going through automail rehabilitation in 6 months. remember, that ed did it in a year. shes halfing the time all so that she can get back to her duty and protect the prince. which at this time in the story is not a joke anymore.