I wish shipping Pliroy wasn’t this hard. Imagine me, drawing this all happy, JJ and Yuri living happy together YAAAY, posting it on twitter and then finding out the latest official art. I wish my OTP was so near to canon like that too. Really.
Fanart is all about imagination, but sometimes canon hits you too hard. For the 564894851415615648964 time *sobs*
So. Today in class we assigned Macbeth roles to students to read. When I asked the class who wants to be Lady Macbeth, a young man raised his hand. I kind of stared at him like “Lady Macbeth,” and he nodded like “I know what I’m about ma’am.” So then the student who ended up as Macbeth raised his hand and said “HE’S THE ONE, HE’S MY WIFE!” So I said “yeah sure why not,” and the entire class period they were blowing kisses to each other and winking at each other, and every now and then Macbeth would say “I’m the luckiest man on Earth” and Lady Macbeth would put a hand to his chest, and be like “BABE!”.
I just stared at them, knowing that they CLEARLY have never read ‘Macbeth’ before, so… all this lovey dovey… I don’t know if I have the heart to tell them the truth.
Update:
Macbeth is absolutely willing to fucking throw down for Lady Macbeth. Has already threatened a wall, a desk, a few students, a textbook that was neither his nor Lady Macbeth’s, and me
Lady Macbeth is enjoying the attention and has begun to use this new connection to his advantage. I’m starting to suspect he’s read ahead in the play.
Macbeth is going to end up living in detention at this rate.
Macbeth has no idea that he is the tragedy of the story. Claims to be the hero of the play, fails to see the irony in this
Macbeth slowly scooted his desk across the classroom to hold hands with Lady Macbeth. He was not subtle.
Macbeth has proposed on several occasions. Lady Macbeth just laughs and says they’re already married.
Macbeth’s girlfriend is in the class with them and is “totally not jealous or anything just thinks this whole fucking play is a waste of time”
Lady Macbeth should probably be a theatre major at some point, he fucking rocked Act V scene I
Other teachers and staff are emailing me about the “lovely lords”. Lady Macbeth now refuses to answer to anything other than Lady Macbeth and is always very upset when people don’t call him by his proper title.
Come up with an anime title and pitch your show! Whoever gets the most notes and votes at the end of the week wins!
This round’s premises are: Fantasy Adventure or School Romance. Pick one genre (or both!) for your anime to fit into.
Title
cards for the round (what you make your title from–don’t worry, you
can make something plural and add words like “and”, but don’t change
anything into an adjective or a noun if it wasn’t one!). Pick up to four
to make your anime title!
Once you have a title that fits one of
the genres, come up with a premise for it and shoot me an ask. All
submissions will be posted, and whichever is most popular wins!
time for more JJ positivity because some people don’t seem to understand the concept of not tagging their hate in a character’s main damn tag. Strap yourselves in, this is a long one.
Not only is he self-confident, he encourages his fans to believe in themselves too! I mean, did anyone listen to Theme of King JJ fully? “Whenever you feel standalone never shed a tear, If you always smile on face you’ll make it through the rain.” Not everyone is a fan of characters with too much self-confidence, however, I gotta say I could use some of it for sure.
He isn’t arrogant. Now bear with me here please. Someone with arrogance will look down on others and assume they themselves are better than they actually are. Not once do we see JJ actively being nasty or looking down on his competitors. From what we see, he’s a playful character 90% of the time when interacting with someone as easily annoyed as Yuri.
Like during most competitive events, teasing will occur. Not to mention, he has a damn right to be confident, like, holy shit!
He’s hardworking and headstrong af. This kid grew up with two parents who were ice dancing Olympic champions and damn right he wasn’t going to ride on their coattails! He created ‘JJ Style’ as a way to make his own path and despite past coaches telling him ‘no’ over and over again, guess what, he did it anyway! And now is one of the best skaters in the competition, doing jumps that even Viktor never attempted! AND HE’S NINETEEN!!! His self-confidence is earned!
He’s socially awkward. Okay, the scene where everyone is freaking out over Yuuri and Viktor’s wedding and JJ just bursts in like ‘HELLO GUESS WHAT I’LL BEAT YOU TO IT HAHA’
He basically said what everyone at that table was thinking, but attempted to join in on the hype by joking around. Sadly, it backfired and he doesn’t understand why. Honestly, I never related so hard lmao. The social awkwardness is real.
HE’S FLAWED. Every great character has flaws! Sadly, because JJ’s flaws are more ‘annoying’ to people, they are not appreciated as much. The most obvious flaw we see from him is that his ego is very apparent and he needs to take it down a notch at times. He tends to come off as obnoxious (which is why I HC him as having ADHD because damn, I relate lmao). He speaks his mind, like when he bursts in on the engagement celebration without a second thought. He has no filter! He also has very relatable traits such as succumbing to anxiety and pressure like any other human being could. His popularity and self-confidence doesn’t keep him susceptible to mental illness. He is human.
But damn is he resilient. Another reason JJ is a wonderful character. This 19 year old kid fucked up his entire short program and guess what? He still didn’t give up! JJ! NEVER! GIVES UP!
And even after a terrible failure, he forced himself to smile for his family and fans, to show he won’t give up and he loves and appreciates them! What a gem!
He’s humble too! This kid’s self confidence was shattered and we see this during his free skate in the final episode. And guess what, an arrogant person would believe they deserve praise no matter what. But what does JJ think?
He knows when and when he doesn’t deserve his fans’ support. His self confidence is obnoxious, but he knows when he doesn’t deserve praise. That’s not the trait of arrogance. JJ knows he is a good skater, but he knows when he fucks up and when he simply is not doing good.
I cannot help but become angry when people truly believe this boy didn’t deserve his bronze medal. JJ fought through a panic attack, but remained headstrong for the sake of his family and fans (which he genuinely believed would be disappointed in him if he lost, he seemed unaware his family and fans truly loved him, gold or no gold!), rose up to the challenge during his free skate and rightfully earned himself a place on the podium.
JJ may not be likable to all, but damn he is a fucking great character!
I know I’ve built a follower base around drawing ship art for a specific fandom, but it’s time I finally pivoted and announce my new fanzine shipping the bois from chinese/russia propoganda posters
The Archery Range 