An Owl House Fiction Idea

It's interesting that this would come back to my mind on Valentine's Day of all days, but if you're willing to sit this one in and hear me out, then please do so. 

 

Apparently my darker streak has come back when contemplating about this idea, because unfortunately, upon thinking it over, it's pretty fucked up.

So while I don't have any names for these respective characters, I did have the basic premise of this being an Owl House future sort of gig, where it's more about the children of the previous gang than anything else, mainly revolving around a daughter of Hunter and Willow.

And before you ask: yes, I imagined that she'd have a wolf palisman... his name is Waffles.

What's so fucked up about it? The simple fact that it goes more into just the Huntlow kid being bullied for being part Grimwalker: she is elected as Grom Queen as a pity vote, kind of like what they did to Chris Griffin in Family Guy.

While people, especially the bullies, figured that the Huntlow daughter's fear was related to her bullies in some way... what they don't take into account is the full nature of that fear and it's true implications: becoming the monster they insist that she is.

Upon facing this part about herself, she begins to believe that if the world is going to think that she's a monster no matter what she does, then there's no point in trying to be anything else. This permits Grometheus the Fear Bringer to merge with her (or take possession of her, similar to what Belos did to Hunter) and bring about the havoc that he intended to do so long ago, fueled by the Huntlow daughter's anger, frustration, and helplessness. Thankfully, she is rescued by her family and friends, mainly the work of her grandfather, Darius, as as Grometheus (as a head-canon) has natural elements to himself that are similar to the abomination goo.

After being saved, she takes out her anger out on her bullies, especially the leader to it all: I always imagine said main-bully was the daughter of Boscha. She ends up saying a lot of things she ends up regretting, including (but not limited to) that the bullies should not only inflict harm to themselves, but also end their own lives for targeting somebody who did nothing to them. 

 

The end result is a quiet awkwardness whenever Huntlow's daughter is brought up.

For sometime, they don't see her, and rumors fly around that she had done to herself what she said she wanted her bullies to do so long ago. After some investigating, it turns out that Huntlow's daughter has been attending her classes, but wearing a very powerful version of concealment stones, but with a unique enchantment on it that makes the wearer of it invisible to whoever they wish to avoid - in the case of Huntlow's daughter, everybody except the teachers.

There were a few other ideas after this, but it got too dark...

such as a magic beast or something getting a hold of Boscha's daughter who had a kind of magic to make her do something crazy (like going through with killing herself) that she's rescued from, mainly by the involvement of Huntlow's daughter because while she meant what she said in a fit of anger, she regretted it so much that she'd never actually wanted anybody to do such a thing...

Boscha herself being responsible for the information of Hunter being a Grimwalker going public, even though he was not ready for that information to be public at the time...

And Boscha's daughter and Huntlow's daughter becoming friends at some later point, but after some seriously awkward shit, such as Huntlow's daughter's PTSD regarding physical contact from her bullies (Boscha's daughter included), and Boscha's daughter standing up for Huntlow's daughter in such a way that she not only openly regrets bullying, but cuts off ties from the group who are insistent that bullying is still fine because Boscha's daughter used to insist that Huntlow's daughter's info dumping about random shit was annoying, which compelled them to bully her in the first place...

And before you ask, yes, I was thinking of giving Huntlow's daughter a form of neurodivergency, explicitly a form of ADHD. As part Grimwalker, I would think such an origin story would open the possibility of that having what I can only describe as side-effects, and they just happen to match what the human world would call ADHD. In fact, the only way to help her focus on her school work (on top of meditation training) is with a plant she can turn into a potion, but the plant has weird regulations because it can be used to brew an illegal drug... a sad reality regarding how Adderall can help ADHD individuals, but still be dangerous in the wrong hands.

The biggest thing stopping me from doing this is the possibility of being seen as racist for actually going through with writing this. Yes, Huntlow's daughter would technically be half-Korean (as Willow is Asian-coded) being of Hunter's blood would also make her White in some respect, or at the very least white-passing. Despite being partly-Korean myself, and the fact that ADHD can technically be inherited from one of your parents' gene pools, I don't think the implication that the origins of her being different was the result of her mixed blood would sit well with people. Even if I were to establish that the way her brain works is explicitly a Grimwalker thing, I still don't think I can write such a characterization without being branded as racist.

So yeah, thanks for hearing one of my weird rants on one of the strangest days to have it.
Love ya.

Itazura na Kiss is Stupid | The Okay Parts

Prologue
Being able to get me to not like something to the point of being disgusted with it is something that can arguably be an achievement, even if that achievement isn't exactly a good one, because it usually takes a lot for me to get to that point. Itazura na Kiss is one of those things, and I'm afraid my disgust for this particular anime, in my opinion, was well earned. Sure, there are things that naturally earn their status due to just how terrible they are, such as Chargeman Ken, but there are other shows that earn their status over time once people have had time to consume the material off of it's hype, such as The Legend of Korra. Itazura na Kiss slightly falls more into the latter of this medium, but that's mainly due to the credit of the animators that did a decent job on the anime adaptation in 2008.

Defining & Disclaimers
For those unfamiliar with it, Itazura na Kiss is a Japanese shojo anime series written and illustrated by Kaoru Tada in 1990, which got an anime adaptation in 2008. It goes by other names as well, such as Playful Kiss or Mischievous Kiss - for the sake of consistency, I'm going to stick to the original name.

Allow me to preface that, at time of writing, I will only be covering the manga and the anime adaptation. Please don't ask me to cover the other adaptations, as how terrible both of these versions were has turned me off from ever picking up this series again except maybe to tear it apart a bit more.

What I Liked

Let me make something clear - there were a few things that I liked, but I'm afraid that as time has gone on, it's tolerant at best for some of these things.

For starters, the animation: the anime was fine, and my untrained eye didn't see any blatant errors like I saw in Sailor Moon Crystal. However, I cannot say the same for the manga: the manga was so ugly that I'm surprised it got an adaptation, much less multiple. To be fair, if One Punch Man could get out of this manga-ugly-rut and become the popular anime that it did, surely it's not the biggest deal breaker in the world. Design complains mainly go to the main character, but that's for another time.

I'm also willing to give the music some leeway here. I don't care for the starting song, but the end credits song is pretty. Seriously, what is up with shitty anime getting the prettier songs in some cases?

The only other thing I can think of fondly to any extent is the relationship between Kinnosuke and Chris. While I don't like how they got together, their shown to be a healthier couple than the leading couple we see more on screen, which sucks as far as storytelling goes.

Sooo... what exactly about it makes it garbage? Another time, my dear, another time.

Poor Sportsmanship in League of Legends

⚠️ DO NOT DOX, HARASS, THREATEN, ETC.
XANTEUS2X IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM!

just because xanteus2x did something stupid and hurtful, that does not mean that I encourage people to bite them back over this. No, that’s stupid and wrong.

 

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Noriko Irie Is Toxic - Here's Why

This was originally a post on Reddit, elaborated on Tumblr.

Do you mind if I go on a rant about how much of a bitch Noriko Irie is?
That’s right - I said bitch.

Normally, I wouldn’t go that far, but the most infuriating element regarding Noriko’s character is the way she’s portrayed is supposed to be cute and supportive (and to some extent it is) but it doesn’t erase just how damn problematic she is. While she is the ultimate shipper of Naoki and Kotoko, right up to 11 out of 10 (arguably 15 out of 10), her reasons for forcing her son into the arms of the only girl who would ever want to have him are extremely selfish.

Yes, she admits in the manga that she finds Naoki and Kotoko to be a good match on the account of how much of opposites they are of each other (chapter 8)...

but here’s another reason at play that is presented, but not addressed: Noriko wants a girl in the family.

At face value, you might think that is a sweet sentiment and that it’s fine to want things.  The problem is that her handling of Naoki and Kotoko’s relationship isn’t the only time she goes up to 11.  On top of being the top person to insist that Naoki and Kotoko should hook up, she’s also responsible for Naoki’s childhood - dressing him up in girl’s clothes until he realized what was going on and finally protest.

 It would be easier to tolerate if this was something Naoki actually wanted, but this detail about his past is so embarrassing for him, it becomes something Kotoko uses later to blackmail him with into helping her study.

Why didn’t she just get him boy clothes? 

Because she didn’t want to throw out all the clothes she bought. 

She admits to all of this in chapter 2!

 It’s no wonder why Naoki has so much trouble opening up to people: the woman who was supposed to take care of him disregarded his emotional needs on multiple occasions (even when he says “no”) all for the sake of wanting a girl. To add insult to injury, she admits to this as well as if it isn’t her problem. 

And the dad? He’s sweet, but a doormat when it comes to his wife.

Upon reflection, Noriko is being extremely sexist here, but it’s supposed to be fine for some reason, because not only is the one she’s being sexist against is a man, but it’s pushing Naoki and Kotoko to spend more time together, so it’s totally fine, right?

As the leading couple, the ends justify the means, no matter how problematic you are in getting there… not.

I don’t think I’ve ever met such a toxic wing-woman for the leading female of a romcom like this before. Somebody should have sat her down and told her “no” and tell her she’s going too far over something Naoki clearly doesn’t want. That way, when Naoki and Kotoko’s relationship grows, it’s not because of environmental pressure, but rather them as characters.

The Case of the Crimson Wench

So if you've been following me on Twitter, 

there's a tiny chance that you might've asked, "Moon, what the fuck?

Okay, so word has reached me and I've got one thing to say to everyone who gave this artist unnecessary shit just for joking about Bruce Tim's artistic style:
Fuck you. 🖕🏻 https://t.co/42hfWrxuW7

— ✞ Moonspirit ✞ (@Moonspirit_X) August 27, 2022

Long story short: somebody was given shit for a joke.

I could go into the nuances about how she was right 

about Bruce Tim's artistic style... 

but I'm not going to do that: we can save that for another time. 

No, what I'm going to do is call out all of the people who went far over the line 

just for disagreeing with somebody!

There is a big difference between, "I don't agree with you" 

and calling that person names and attacking their character.  

I get that Bruce Tim is famous, 

but is that really license to give somebody stress 

just because they are one of the few people 

who don't particularly care for an artistic style the same way you do!?

There's a big reason why this kind of shit doesn't fly with me:

I was not only bullied as a kid, 

but abused by somebody I looked up to later in life.

I thank God that my abuser's husband stood up for me during said abuse, 

but I had nobody sticking up for me 

when I was being bullied in school... nobody.

I don't know if any of you were bullied while growing up, 

but you think that adults on the internet should fucking know better.  

You do not know what the individual is going through, 

and a calm, well-mannered critique or disagreement would have worked 

rather than pulling the shit you did by dumping all of your crap on 4Chan.

But no, instead of being adults 

you go out of your way other something that, 

in the grand scheme of things, was petty.  

 

Fuck every single one of you for being petty assholes 

and made somebody an actual victim over a joke.

It's Not a Plothole - It's Missed Details | A Response to TheEpicNate315's Video

As I've grown up over the years, I've come to accept that there's a lot of nuance to life, and that it isn't exactly wise to mentally tear into somebody just because their failure to meet your standards gives you the mental gymnastics to brand them an idiot... 

 

I mean, it was that kind of attitude 

that lead into a three month abusive relationship for me...

And all because she didn't know, 

nor cared to help me find out, that I had ADHD...

But oh, do I totally understand just how much easier it would be if I just did and be done with it!

If the title wasn't a big enough indicator, here's the thing: 

I was watching Skyrim videos and stumbled across TheEpicNate315, 

who had a video about five plot holes in Skyrim that made no damn sense...

 

...and to be honest, it pissed me off... at first...

Because the reality of the matter is that the one that stuck out to me did make sense...

 

But remember kiddies - nuance.  

Whether I liked it or not, there was a possibility (no matter how unlikely I thought it might be) that this individual either didn't play or watch any walk-throughs regarding Skyrim's predecessor - Oblivion.

So which of the five plot-holes do I essentially have a bug in my ass about?

The Dark Brotherhood encounters prior to joining said brotherhood. 

Basically, TheEpicNate said that it doesn't make any sense 

that The Dark Brotherhood would recruit you if you already have a contract against you...

Here's the kicker though: it does make sense.

 

While all of this can be chalked up to an obedience game for Astrid at the end of it all...

 

and I could be wasting my time due to Elder Scroll's natural ambiguity,

Astrid's general "fuck you", 

and nobody able say anything about it prior to the Dragonborn being revealed as the Listener...

 

I feel it is important to be enlightened on the spirit and parallels with the Dark Brotherhood prior to Skyrim.  Astrid may be an idiot for following her very specific idea of what the Dark Brotherhood looks like, but there are details that she (intentionally or not) follow through with that can be traced back to Oblivion.

Let's start with the Oblivion quest The Assassinated Man.

This is the one time in which you're not supposed to kill somebody: 

instead, you're supposed to help somebody stage a death... there own.

If you talk to Vicente Valtieri, he'll reveal a curious detail about the contract:

Francois Motierre offered his own mother for the Dark Brotherhood to accept his contract,

a detail that was handled by Lucien Lachance.

Why would the Dark Brotherhood do this? 

For the same reason Telaendril being able to join the Dark Brotherhood in the first place:

if you talk to her about it, she'll say this,

"Actually, Lucien did not try to recruit me. Not at first. He tried to kill me. My father wanted me dead, and he hired the Dark Brotherhood to do it. I escaped from Lucien, and paid my father back for his treachery. Lucien came to me again that night with an offer I just couldn't refuse."

Basically, there's a consistent theme of the value in souls.  Yes, even over gold.

Whether Astrid is doing this as some kind of power-play, or it's one of the rules she's cherry-picked into following as the leader of the Dark Brotherhood, there seems to be a general implication that implies what happened in Oblivion applies to Skyrim.

Now, while there isn't any definitive proof that Astrid cares about blood-price when she recruits you, the ambiguity of the game leaves it open as a possibility, and the laws established in the previous game cement this idea even further.  Top this off with your proof of value not only in killing Grelod, but every Dark Brotherhood assassin that's come after prior to starting the quest.

 

In fact, I'm convinced that the three hostages in the beginning Skyrim quest was deliberate: 

one to pay for your own blood price (the contract you had on your head),

two to cover the fact you "stole" Grelod the Kind as a target, 

and the third is more for shits and giggles, testing just how far the Dragonborn is willing to kill.

For those willing to sit down for about an hour, Camelworks did a video on this,

picking it apart down to the last annoying details, on top of what I mentioned already.

As I've said before, I chalk this up not to stupidity, but criminal neglect of details.  I checked his channel, and while most of his videos are about Skyrim or Fallout, I was under the impression that he would know better but didn't meet the mark. I mean, Camelworks was able to go in between games that are directly correlated with each other, I don't see how this would be a problem for TheEpicNate, who has done tons of videos on Skyrim.

At the end of the day, I suppose it's kind of funny... 

but funny in a lack of amusment kind of way.