Awwww, Krei could have been the perfect father-figure for Hiro. :((((
from then:
do you ever feel EXTRA touch starved like you’re just laying around and suddenly it’s just If I Do Not Experience Affection Right Now I Will Die And That Is A Promise
Why are “are you following me?” “Focus!” and “get it?” Madoka’s catchphrases
Everybody’s reaction to meeting Yu for the first time:
I have no idea what made me start watching AlRawabi School for Girls. I fall asleep to watching TV (I know, I know) & needed something to watch, it was pink, they're speaking Arabic, holy shit?? that's as far as I thought. Sometimes I like just choosing something at random, go out of my comfort zone or expectations. I didn't read about it, I just played it. I do recommend watching it, but wow. It hits REALLY HARD. I was not fucking prepared for any of it. It is not a light watch, it is triggering as hell, it just grabs you right by the throat & does not let go. And it does it all against near pristine pink backdrops, which is maybe my favorite commentary of it all, bc that is really what misogyny does in the first place, across the world. This is not my culture, I'm a white American man, but for whatever my opinion after watching it counts, I'll just say that I think it was fucking incredible. I think it showcased really well the nuances of bullying & all the forms it holds, from the teenage girls, their families, society. 'Bullying' doesn't even sound like a big enough word for it all. Violence against women in its forms. It's something you watch & just sit in absolute stunned silence by the end. It has fucked me up & I'm pretty sure that was its goal.
20 years old
Princess of the Northern Kingdom of China
Sister (by Dashan)
The Mistaken One (by her parents and citizens)
Under mind control: ruthless, harsh, aggressive, and demanding
Under release: soft, happy, careful, loving, and gentle
Loves her friends a lot
Actually wanted to be friends with the WBBA because they’re mostly royalty
King Zhang Wei: father
Queen Li Jing: mother
King Xing Fu: uncle
Queen Lai Fan: aunt
King Ryo: employer
Dashan: older brother/ team leader
Chao Xin & Chi Yun: close friends
Madoka: crush (one-sided)
Beylin Temple: friends
WBBA Agents: enemies
Skilled martial artist
Master at karate and judo
Enhanced strength & water manipulation
Fluent in Japanese, English, Spanish, Mandarin, and Cantonese
Motivation: Was forced by her brother into it
Is actually classically trained in all string instruments including the guzheng
Tends to get her languages mixed up
Damian has been doing her hair since the Beylin Temple began
Not well liked by her parents or country
Lesbian
Had children run away from him and refuse to touch him because they thought his Black skin color would rub off on them. This happened IN THE THIRD GRADE! And he never told his parents about it!
Calmed his anxiety about being the only Black kid in his homeroom class by coming to the realization that since there was no other Black kids that meant he most likely wouldn’t be bombed
Had to install a camera in his locker because his property got defaced by a glitter bomb
Lost his first and only black friend/mentor who supported him thanks to an ACTUAL MAKESHIFT BOMB being installed in his locker that caused a janitor to go to the hospital for 1st/2nd degree burns (and the white boy who did it barely got punished)
Got teased that the only reason he got on the basketball team was because he was Black
Comes to the realization that he might’ve actually only gotten in the team because the coach has a history of recruiting Black boys for the team regardless of their skill level
Gets called an Oreo (for uneducated: white on the inside, black on the outside) by racist bullies. Erica (who apparently has also been called this) sticks up for him and is the only one who understands what the insult means which means Mike and Dustin don’t know/understand the lengths of how deep the racism Lucas experiences in Hawkins on a daily bases
And despite all this happening in the book, “fans” have STILL FOUND A WAY to turn this book about Lucas and his struggles as a Black boy in a mostly white suburban town and his deteriorating relationship with Max and make it about Byler!
The fact that Lucas, one of the only characters of color on this show, can’t have ANYTHING to himself without people using him to push their ships is so aggravating!
He and Erica constantly get shit talked and miss characterized by fans, get excluded/cut out of group shots, and barely get any fanart/fics about them and their struggles compared to the white characters (I could make a whole new post about the terrible way this fandom treats Erica but I won’t do that here). Hell don’t forget that the fandom constantly tries to dispute the racism Lucas received in S2 from Billy was either not really racism, just a moment that Duffer Bros. put in to “ruin” Billy’s character and ultimately can be tossed out and ignored.
The only time I ever see Lucas get any large amount of attention is either due to 1) Lumax (but let’s be honest: 90% of the lumax tag on here isn’t even about them and has now become Elumax 2.0 and most post are people praising ElMax and then being like “oh Lucas/lumax is cute too” in the tags and that’s it). 2) people creating “parallels” of Lumax to their ship of choice (mostly Byler and Mileven) as a way to say that their ship is gonna be canon or 3) to say that he’s bisexual.
And all that is fine and whatever, ship and headcanon things to your hearts content, but if you only care about Lucas if he’s helping push you ship narrative or because you think he’s gay (to the point where some people actually read snippets of the book that talked about Lucas coming to the realization that Black boys like him can be considered attractive and only acknowledge the “queer” reading of the text and completely ignored the big race element that was the main focus), I’m sorry but, that’s not cool. The fact that 95% of the Lucas Sinclair tag isn’t about Lucas himself but white characters like Steve, Eddie, Byler says everything about how the fandom treats him.
I’m just so tired.
I leave you one of my favorite sections of the entire book: Lucas learning to become unabashedly himself:
Rant over.
Edit: in my blind rage I realized I forgot to edit out the Twitter handle. That’s completely my fault. Please don’t hate that Twitter user. I’m just coming back to fix that.
yea those are all good points I think it’s up to your imagination for the rest. I do want a explanation for his weird flying thing in ep 14,18 and 19 no one comments on it...
No, because where did he get the ability to travel anywhere he wants whenever he wants?? Man’s can literally phase in and out of the world and no one bats an eye. I get that he’s dramatic but I need some explanation for that. I wonder if it’s something he got from Naga…
so..ahem,,, does anybody remember bakugan
Awww. Little chills
Happy father day!
I wanted to draw something fast for ben and his lil chills <3
Let me share with you the personalities i give them.
The two out of frame taking a nap are always together and are usually sleeping or thinking.
The lil chill eating spoons is very reliable.
The shy chill holding a green book is the one who is always afraid of asking what he wants. Usually is Rook who help him to say what they need to say.
The lil chill next to ben’s leg is very smart but he is always bored
From lil chills on ben’s lap, the lil angry chill is very feisty, the lil chill in the middle is the smallest one and the smartest, and the one on the right is very sensitive.
From the lil chills on the top, the one of ben’s left shoulder is the sweetest, but it’s hard for them to stay still, the lil chill over Ben’s right shoulder is the quiet one, he has great hearing. The lil chill over ben’s head is the most chaotic of all of them, and he adores Carl.
The lil chill in the back holding the DS console has the same personality of ben from the OS.
The lil chill looking weird to ben is the skeptical one, he still doesn’t understand why their dad/mom looks human sometimes, they love ben but they are confused lol
And the lil chill with the hood is the “matured one”, he is very calm and wise for their age.