Silly Concept Where This One Muggle-born Kid Whose Last Name — Out Of Literal, Pure Coincidence —

i wanna see a barbie pirate movie. we’ve seen fairies and mermaids and magical princesses. give me a high seas pirating adventure with kelly or diana as barbie like back in the good ol days please pretty please.

brilliant analysis! i’m taking notes for when i get to them in my rewrite because i really wanna do all of w.i.t.c.h. justice

Orube and Cedric is the "i can fix him" trope done right, and that's why this is one of the best romances I've ever seen in media.

The point is, that actually, Orube never intended to fix Cedric. She did it by knowing her truth and living it, even if that meant going against the one she fell in love with.

Orube showed a great trust and intuition when she turned to a person with a dark reputation loathed by her friends. That was quite a reckless thing, but intuitive things like that fit her somewhat feral nature. Throughout her character arc she had learnt how to be patient and resilient, had learnt the struggles of being a stranger in a foreign world and of staying true to herself no matter the circumstances. And the results of her growth have shown greatly in the Book arc.

But!!! As soon as Cedric showed the slightest suspicious signs, her mercy was over and she would never let her guard down after that. Orube wasn't trying to force anything towards Cedric, wasn't trying to be kinder and softer to him hoping to melt his rotten heart. As soon as he crossed a certain line, she knew she couldn't trust him anymore, although she had been ready to give him a chance. And this was a marvelous writing. After all, how often do we see a female character prioritizing her own values over a man? How often do we see a girl giving up on "fixing" someone who is clearly not ready for that yet?

And Cedric, as one of the main villains of the ceries, was also done justice here. He didn't have a face-heel turn and didn' really become 'good'. Yes, he couldn't think of hurting Orube and even aknowledged his feelings towards her, but this was a possessive and immature kind of feeling. All he wanted was just to have her by his side, without even taking her feelings and values into conscideration. His suggestion to join him in a fight against the Guardians was the PEAK of emotional blindness, and this basically sums up the nature of his feelings and his own character.

And the final change tbat Cedric has aknowledged at his deathbed didn't happen because of Orube's love and devotion to him. It was her resilience, honor and truthness that moved him. Unlike him, she knew exacly who she was and what she was fighting for, and she taught Cedric by example, not by becoming his allforgiving ally.

Conscidering all said above I don't know how to feel about fan versions about their romance rebound after Cedric miraculously survived. Is he really capable of getting over his power-seeking and villain-serving behavior? Would simple life on earth without superpowers and world-conquering ambitions satisfy him? And most importantly, would Orube, who knows her moral code and follows it religiously be able to forgive him? These are the questions left unanswered. And although I would love to believe in a happily ever after for these two, my outlook on their perspective as a healthy couple is not that positive.

Is this a healthy ship? Nope. Is it a good writing and character development? Absolutely! Is happy ending for these two even possible? This is a question I can't answer. It would be nice to see them as a power couple, but that would mean one of them completely abandon their old ways. Would any of them be able to do that? It's really hard for me to tell.

However, despite all above, these two have the sickest chemistry in the entire series without a single kiss. I've been obsessed with them for 10 years and can't get enough.

THE TSARITSA AND A SILLY THEORY

So I've recently gotten into Genshin Impact. Go ahead and cringe if you wish I'll give you a moment.

Anyway, I started having a growing fascination with Snezhnaya and the Tsaritsa, the latter who is definitely a calculating character right? So of course she knows that there will be those outside of Snezhnaya who will oppose her mission and try to stop her right? Hence I got the silly idea that she names an heir to her title and her duties not just as the next Tsaritsa but as the next Cryo Archon.

This is also just an excuse to introduce you all to my OC, the Tsarevna Snezhana Morosov:

(i used picrew because i am no artist guys)

Snezhana is a 5-star Cryo sword wielder born and raised in Snezhnayan aristocracy.

As a child, Zhana was able to escape the brutal murder of her noble family and flee to Zapolyarny palace with her father's dying vision. The Tsaritsa heard her cries to the Fatui and decided to take her in and name her as her heir.

Zhana grows up to become a version of Snow White, holding an air of innocence and naivete, but she's actually been observing silently and plotting the Tsaritsa's downfall because she know how outlandish her plans of revenge really are. Zhana has grown to learn from her adoptive mother and even become a lot like her despite not sharing blood, which is why she creates the Adventurer's Guild under the guise of uniting Teyvat's adventurers -- her various nannies Katheryne acting as her informants in secret while Zhana roots out the Harbingers.

It's very convoluted and there are some kinks I need to work out, but at the end of the day the Tsaritsa is like "I knew you were doing this all along -- that's why I think you'll make a better archon than me" and somehow the Tsaritsa dies and her power is somehow transferred to Zhana, becoming the new archon.

I thought it would be cool to see the crowning of a new archon in the world of Genshin Impact and figured with the court intrigue and mystery and calculation that went along with the frozen Cryo kingdom, it would only add to the convolution that was Snezhnaya (and yes, Zhana was named after her homeland).

and maybe there's some complicated history between Zhana and Childe.

Thoughts? Opinions? It's going to be a story on my Wattpad so I'll post a link if and when that's up. :)

continuing from this post, i think i’ve figured out why i ship talisto and i blame it all on holly black: jude duarte and cardan greenbriar are talia and mephisto coded.

lemme try to explain the dynamics.

Jude & Talia

What’s there to say? They’re both badass strategists and natural-born leaders. They will make themselves heard and will not take nor tolerate bullshit. They are both clever with their plans and also don’t trust easily. Their guards are up constantly and they don’t tell their allies/friends everything (ie Jude’s coup and the whole Princess Brenda thing). They have also adapted to the rapid and traumatic changes in their lives — Jude with the murder of her parents and Talia with the fall of Xeris — and of course the adapting to a new world.

Sure, Jude takes things to an extreme by pursuing murder on occasion, but you can’t tell me that Talia wouldn’t do the same in her shoes (albeit with some hesitancy, but none the less will do so as a last resort). These two girls are a force to be reckoned with, and do all the research necessary to make sure they know all the facts and know all the plays to win.

Cardan & Mephisto

I don’t need to explain this. It’s so obvious that Holly went so far as to basically make Mephisto Cardan’s faceclaim.

Cardan and Mephisto are both younger siblings, so they are familiar with the shadow of their older — and better, in the eyes of their father figures or something — siblings. They also both have no shame in being the villain of their stories while also being sorta carefree and charismatic I MEAN LOOK AT THEM!! But they also, deep in the core of their soul, have goodness and love inside, and a strong urge to protect and sacrifice everything for those closest to them (Jude and Praxina respectively). They grow over the duration of their screentime/booktime into lovable and openly more caring characters.

Seriously guys the parallels between them are right fucking there.

Jurdan & Talisto

What else can I say? Enemies-to-lovers is the superior trope and if the Jurdan dynamic — while slightly questionable bc ✨bully romance✨ and just general canonical confusion — doesn’t give you tingles, imagine the applied to Talisto’s already current dynamic. I can already see Talia’s fuming face ready to absolutely destroy Mephisto and his obnoxious, degrading laughter as he walks away in Faerieland during their lessons. I can also see how the turns have tabled with Talia holding a knife to Mephisto’s neck and Talia’s grinning face as she pulls of the greatest coup in history…

I guess what I’m saying is that I would not be opposed to a Talisto Cruel Prince AU because it just makes sense.

after careful consideration, i can 100% guarantee that if this wasn't a barbie movie, willa and carlos would be canon.

and i am definitely not writing one-shots for them on ao3 what-

#177: “I ship Carlos and Willa.”

- anonymous

as someone who has never gotten past episode one of victorious, nina martin and patricia williamson were the tori vega and jade west of house of anubis in my opinion.

i feel like if tartaglia and lyney had a child that child would in fact be aventurine

i need people to talk to about astrid and desiderio.

which is more culturally significant the renaissance or youtube shows created by 12-17 year olds playing with children’s toys.

me: oh, i'm fine!

my brain: claire has had at least AN awareness of morgana since "roaming fees may apply" when she turns around before entering trollmarket and looks around the canal and she's like "i thought i felt something" when she's asked if she's alright and then we pan to angor rot hiding on the bridge looking at them - keep in mind this is BEFORE team trollhunter knows of angor's existence - then when claire ends up getting the shadow staff from angor rot in the shadow realm it literally GLOWS IN HER HANDS AND YOINKS HER OUT OF THE SHADOW REALM LIKE IT BELONGED TO HER OR SOME SHIT????? AND THEN SHE MASTERS IT IN LIKE A WEEK??????? and let's not forget the infamous power portal she conjures in the season 2 finale bc i'm sorry but the power of friendship and sheer willpower alone could not have been what lets her survive that shit ton of magic. also: she's getting flashes of memories when morgana took over her to remove the protective sigils in early season 3??? when it's implied morgana has full control over her body when she's asleep???? and then girl full on expels the KEY TO CAMELOT'S DOWNFALL from her body in A SINGLE NIGHT (her friends bring her spirit back yes but still the power is hers) and reclaims the shadow staff with a GLYPH CIRCLE????? and in the final battle we get a solid ten seconds of claire and morgana ALONE in the SHADOW REALM and we have NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING DOWN IN THERE--