I feel like I want to found the Gabe of Locke & Key fanclub, but we’ve already got it, I guess, it’s just the fandom.
Days of more energy and writing, and a few with less sleep, have caught up to me. Tired, headachey, bored and sappy about this character.
Griffin’s expressive and that role had a such a range from cheeky and funny to moody and irritated, and more.
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Is it normal to be obsessed with a character when you haven't properly read their source material yet?
Because I feel this with Surge the Tenrec. She's basically a combination of a bunch of things I find cool. Having her old life stolen from her, being lied to and brainwashed by authority figures, carving her own (presumably) ethically dubious path. Making her traumatic backstory everyone else's problem. Not to mention being partially cybernetic. Makes me think of some of my favorite Transformers' backstories. (e.g., Senator Shockwave, Whirl, Megatron, Shadow Striker...)
Her pointy teeth also remind me of Megatron's appearance in Transformers Prime teehee.
For all these reasons, I feel like even if they screwed up her writing I'd still love her haha. As a Sonic 06 fan, I'm certainly no stranger to liking even flawed source material for what it does well, and treating canon like a sandbox. In spite of this knowledge, I do wonder if it would seem foolish to an outside observer.
Started reading the Sonic IDW comics, in spite of my skepticism, literally just so I could read her story firsthand rather than having to keep relying on secondhand material like fanfic and fandom discussions. Don't want to rush reading the comics to know the context of her story though. I'm on Vol. 5 now.
Still, I do sometimes see people posting these gorgeous artworks, and admitting that they never read the source material in the description, so maybe it isn't something to feel too weird about.
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Kyle Reese is interesting to me.
The opening scenes of The Terminator introduce a few very important themes. One: The future is a dreadful place full of death and destruction, and where humanity's sole goal of survival has a common opposition in the form of murderous machines. Two: Kyle Reese and The Terminator are both out of their element in the world of 1980s Los Angeles, both reasonably desperate, and both dangerous. Three: The Terminator looks a lot less uncomfortable than Reese. Reese is suffering physically and mentally; The Terminator is not. Reese is merely human.
There's a lot to be said for Linda Hamilton's Sarah Connor, and a lot that should be said for and about her. Her acting is excellent, her character arc interesting, and I like how she portrays a figured who rises to meet a challenge. Sometimes the most unexpected people will prove worthy of a position of importance. The story ultimately is about her, and I love that. She broke so many eggs just by being amazing.
But this is about Kyle Reese.
I showed my support worker this film, with very little prior context, continuing an informal project to fill out their missing cultural knowledge from a somewhat abusive and paradoxically sheltered childhood. (They really liked Casablanca and Network.) One thing that was interesting was their initial certainty that Kyle Reese was a villain, just like the Terminator was. Different, obviously, but similar in methods, and surely similar in intentions.
Kyle Reese is like a traumatized, cornered rat throughout the movie. Resourceful, tenacious, never cruel but always in fight or flight. He is plagued by flashbacks and nightmares very frequently.
Never cruel. Never vindictive. Sometimes even almost gentle, especially with dogs.
Always desperate, often a danger to others both out of a need to defend himself and a need to complete a mission of far more importance than any life except one.
He doesn't know nobody will listen to him. He does know he is not safe; he doesn't know how to become safe except by hiding, fighting and stealing for the few scraps of clothing, information and equipment he can get.
He doesn't know how to talk to a normal human being. He does know how to make a pipebomb.
He reminds me of myself.
Which is why I'm slowly lowering him into a boiling vat of estrogen to see what happens.
What is your opinion on how some BNFs of a pairing/character call themselves "CEO of [shipname]" or "CEO of [character]"
Couldn't quite get the elf ears happening, but for an anime style character creator it's pretty good!
If asked for a song that sums up or reflects your favorite character or ship, would you be able to give one?
Blorbo definition from Urban Dictionary :
"Originating on Tumblr, the term 'blorbo' refers to a person's favorite or beloved character from any piece of fandom media. Can be synonymous with scrunkly, scrimblo, or eeby deeby.
Daughter: "Oh my god, the blorbos from my show are having such a bad time."
Mother: "Sweetie, I have NO idea what that means."
- by jar_of_rocks April 27, 2022
I have finished my rewatch of Cruel Summer and I feel at a loss for what to do. It’ll pass soon, I’m sure, and some sleep might help. I’d like to get to writing more, it’s been a while and I’ve had some more ideas for Luke.
I just watched a short fan edit video of Gabe and it was like when a new mother cat adopts baby chicks cos the oxytocin’s coursing through. Gabe is not so nice, while Luke is quite a love, and while I like Gabe anyway, I don’t usually feel such love towards him too (both Griffin’s characters, Luke being a lead in Cruel Summer).
Any of y'all ever had a blorbo who frequently gets tagged, and it's a coin flip as to whether they're a non-entity in the fic, perhaps even only being tagged because of a mention?
Well THIS USERSCRIPT — it's the best thing since sliced bread! Now I don't have to click into every fic with him tagged and ctrl + F for his name to determine whether he appears proportionately!
How many times does this character show up in this fic? by exuvia
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