okay so yeah this short is very obviously poking fun at fans and fandom at large but also. aside from being a stereotypical fangirl. emberlynn is also very, very similar to early-episodes stolas.
i mean. the immediate sexualization of their first encounter (or at least, first encounter as adults)
the pose.
the nickname.
the obvious projection of submissive sexual fantasies.
the over-reliance on fiction to inform their sexual expectations.
and, yes, the harassment at work.
i feel like maybe this short was also speaking to some fans who don't quite get how blitzo didn't see stolas' feelings as genuine. this is how. embrlynn and stolas aren't exactly the same, but they have some (i believe, intentional) similarities, and i think this short makes it clear how fetishized their actions made blitzo feel.
don't get me wrong. there are differences. and it's clear by now that stolas and blitzo have genuine feelings for each other. but this is an aspect that i think a lot of fans missed and need to see more clearly.
hey tsams fandom why dont we just all be friends and hold hands? we're all sharing the playground theres no reason to start wars, and DEFINITELY no reason to harass people and send gore and smut and death threats. lets just all be nice to each other okay? okay.
block whoever you want, dont engage with stuff you dislike.... just dont be a dick needlessly? you're just stirring up more negativity by retaliating than if you just left it alone.
"this person is wrong and blah blah blab" okay. block that person. dont send them gore and death threats. okay? okay.
lets just all be nice to each other okay?? okay!!
<3
Look, we all love you, but if you continue to lie like this, the truth will eventually come out in a VERY bad way...
At LEAST be honest with Sun...
(I am way too invested in this show. Am I gonna stop watching? Absolutely not.)
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Do you have any good words to use instead of exclaim?
Thank you, I love this blog so much!
So glad to hear this. Thank you! <3 I love making these writing references as well.
Exclaim - to cry out, speak, or utter in a strong or sudden burst of emotion
Assert - to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively
Aver - to allege or assert in pleading
Babble - to talk enthusiastically or excessively
Bellow - to make the loud deep hollow sound
Bewail - to express deep sorrow for usually by wailing and lamentation
Blabber - to talk foolishly or excessively
Blat - to declare positively; to utter loudly or foolishly
Blunder - to utter stupidly, confusedly, or thoughtlessly
Blurt (out) - to utter abruptly and impulsively
Bray - to utter or play loudly or harshly
Burst out - to say (something) suddenly
Caterwaul - to make a harsh cry
Chirp - to utter (something) with a cheerful liveliness; to make sharply critical, complaining, or taunting remarks
Clamor - to utter or proclaim insistently and noisily
Crow - to utter a sound expressive of pleasure
Gab - to talk in a rapid or thoughtless manner
Gabble - to say with incoherent rapidity
Gush - to make an effusive display of affection or enthusiasm
Hoot - to shout or laugh usually derisively
Howl - to cry out loudly and without restraint under strong impulse (such as pain, grief, or amusement)
Inveigh - to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently
Orate - to speak in an elevated and often pompous manner
Perorate - to deliver a long or grandiloquent oration
Repine - to feel or express dejection or discontent
Roar - to utter or emit a full loud prolonged sound
Screech - a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror
Shout - to utter a sudden loud cry
Shriek - to utter a sharp shrill sound
Shrill - to utter or emit an acute piercing sound
Snarl - to give vent to anger in surly language
Spout - to speak or utter readily, volubly, and at length
Squall - to utter in a strident voice
Squawk - to utter a harsh abrupt scream
Squeal - to cause to make a loud shrill noise
Vociferate - to utter or cry out loudly
Wail - to express a prolonged cry or sound expressing grief or pain; loud lamentation
Whine - to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry
Yammer - to utter repeated cries of distress or sorrow; to utter persistent complaints; to talk persistently or volubly and often loudly
Yawp - (or yaup) to make a raucous noise
Yowl - to utter a loud long cry of grief, pain, or distress
Hope this helps. If it inspires your writing in any way, please tag me, or leave a link in the replies. I would love to read your work!
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Oh boy emotional torment
On a side note, anyone know...where I can find giant dissection tools? Asking for a friend....
(This is a joke btw)
You know how Dazzle said Jack taught her how to kill someone, right? Imagine if she were prompted to do so in her new body.
Like, hypothetically (realistically, I'm 78% sure they wouldn't actually do this), Moon gives Dazzle a knife and forgets to tell Sun. Dazzle doesn't tell him because she doesn't think much of it, obviously.
But one day, when Dark Sun or Nexus, or whatever threat comes into the Daycare, Sun watches in horror as his little deer daughter just starts stabbing at their ankles.
Moon gives a quiet thumbs up. Lunar is cheering her on. Earth is too stunned to speak.
And after the threat is over, Sun tears Moon a new one- physically and/or verbally.
Okay, that is all. *Tries to squeeze back through the crack but fails*
I'll...just use the door.
(CW for meds, I guess. If that's not right, lmk)
"You know what's great about living where I live!? There's just...free cats. Cats everywhere."
"Uh-huh. Those meds are really workin', aren't they bud?"
"I can feel them."
"That is a rug. You are lying on the floor."
"Why do... these cats taste salty?"
"And it's time to get you to bed."
*Earth tucking Lunar into bed*
Lunar: Good night, Earth.
Earth: (kisses Lunar's head)
Lunar: (holding up Spigot) And Spigot.
Earth: (kisses Spigot's head)
Lunar: (pointing out the window) Now Jack.
Earth: (Turns around to see Jack watching them on the balcony)
Earth: ...
Lunar: ...
Jack: Returning to the darkness...
"WHAT'S THAT, DEPRESSION!? I CAN'T HEAR YOU, MY MUSIC'S TOO LOUD!!"
"Dude, it is three in the morning..."
"I CAN'T HEAR YOU, EITHER!!"
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