#dynamic: david moira

[daeneryssansa]

SCHITT'S CREEK 2.02, Family Dinner

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[singinprincess]

I would argue that Johnny is Stevie's dad but Moira is not her mom, more like her stepmom. This is not a dig on Moira, Stevie just interacts with Johnny more and their relationship is more involved.

Hi anon, you're entitled to your opinion. I believe the entire family "adopted" Stevie. Yes, Johnny is the most involved. First, because he is the softie of the family and wants strong bonds with people (he's also arguably the most "normal" Rose), and also because of them working together. But Moira is there for Stevie in unexpected moments, makes her feel better about herself (for example, the episode with Moira's nudes, and the episode when she got dumped and Moira presented her with the script - her idea of comfort). Even Alexis, who likely has the least scenes with Stevie, gives off a sister vibe. Especially when you consider what family looks like to the Roses. They're not exactly a typical family, but they love each other, even if they struggle with showing that.

#schitt's creek #when Moira is pushing too hard during Cabaret practice - Alexis points it out and helps both Moira and Stevie through it #I love all the dynamics #I do think there's a bit too much focus on David in the show in general but that's not surprising at all #ask #anon

[jbuffyangel]

Hot and Cold: Arrow 1x22 Review (Darkness of the Edge of Town)

There is no episode that exemplifies the disjointed nature of Season 1 more than “Darkness on the Edge of Town.”  We have Exhibit A: an OTA field op and the smoaking hot chemistry of Stephen Amell and Emily Bett Rickards igniting in an elevator shaft of all places.

And Exhibit B: the other show. A frigid black hole I feared we’d never escape from.

Let’s dig in…

Olicity and OTA

Let’s start with the positive since there is soooooo much freaking positive! It can take time for a television series to find its footing in the first season.  Unfortunately, nowadays if the audience isn’t binging the entire season in 24 hours, the show gets canceled. But blessedly, this was 2013. Network TV was still the supreme ruler, and Arrow was pulling big enough numbers for the CW to allow for some leeway.

Twenty two episodes of leeway. Arrow finally found its groove and latched on to the mystical “it factor” that keeps an audience watching - Oliver, Felicity and Diggle. The chemistry and dynamic between these characters and the actors who play them is undeniable and it creates an action packed, laughing out loud, and sizzling hot episode. The writers are having FUN in “Darkness on the Edge of Town" and it shows, which means we get to have fun too.

Oliver decides to question his mother regarding the Undertaking, but she refuses to confess. So, Oliver and Diggle take a more brutal approach. The Hood kidnaps them both and beats the crap out of Oliver until she coughs up the information. It’s always hilarious when this show acts like David Ramsey can fit in Stephen Amell’s suit.

The burgeoning relationship between Oliver and Felicity is very much in its infancy. Oliver is fully in denial about feeling any type of way toward his IT girl. Never is that more apparent then when Oliver and Diggle return from the confrontation with Moira. Diggle gets a few solid whacks in, which I’m sure felt amazing given the absolute jackass Oliver was being the past few episodes.

Felicity has a much harder time concealing her feelings towards Oliver and it’s clear she worries about him. She is always the first to ask if he’s okay, offer a supportive ear to listen or shoulder to cry on. However, Oliver seems to draw a line in this episode when Felicity reaches to touch the bruise on his face. That small step was too much. He physically keeps her at arm’s length because the intimacy of Felicity’s concerned touch is not something Oliver is ready for. There is still a very big wall hiding all that pain, regret and unworthiness.

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Admitting he remembers the exact day they met, however, is absolutely no problem. We shall come to discover just how much Oliver remembers about that day in later seasons. I have a lot of male friends and I guarantee you I don’t remember the day we met. However, the day I met my husband is burned into my memory.

The team determines the only way to stop Merlyn from leveling the Glades with a man-made earthquake machine is to find the location of the device. Unfortunately, Felicity is unable to hack Merlyn’s system so she needs direct access to his mainframe inside Merlyn Global Headquarters. LET'S DO CRIMES!

Oliver makes an appointment with Tommy (more on that later) while Felicity continues to up her adorability factor by dressing up as Big Belly Burger employee delivering lunch to a security guard otherwise known as John Diggle.

The burger is laced with benzodiazepine, so it knocks out the other security guard and gives John free reign to control the elevator & cameras. Do we know how Diggle is able to pose as a security guard? No. Do we care? Nope. Let the hijinks commence!

Oliver and Felicity make their way to the elevator, but not until Oliver unloads an unwelcomed dudebro hitting on Felicity.

Jealousy looks so good on him. The way Stephen Amell plays this scene, with his nails-on-a-chalkboard look at the word “sweetie” to robotically knocking the papers out of the elevator, is physical comedy at its best. Something Amell rarely gets to do, but he’s great at it.  

The mainframe is on the twenty fifth floor, but the elevator only goes up to the nineteenth, so Oliver and Felicity have some climbing to do. It seems Felicity is thinking of a certain kind of climbing as well and really who can blame her?

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Oliver lifts her WITH ONE ARM out of the elevator, which is so freaking hot I cannot.

Then, very gently, bends down to wrap his arm around Felicity’s waist and loop her arm around his neck. Oliver is moving with the precision of a jungle cat, but it also feels like an incredibly elaborate way to grab hold of someone. It has a very superhero sweep-her-into-my-arms sensuality to it. The mission is giving Oliver plenty of reasons to touch Felicity and he doesn’t seem unhappy about it, particularly when he softly tells her, "Hold onto me tight."

Is it warm in here? Holy Moses, Oliver Queen. Get control. This man is a god to women, so he clearly understands the connotations of, “Hold onto me tight.” There’s a thousand different ways to say that platonically, but nope! Oliver charges headlong into the blinking neon lights of SEXUAL INNNUENDO.

Felicity’s Freudian slip didn’t feel so Freudian either. She knew exactly what she was saying and leveled her full meaning in a single look. I thought the elevator was going to combust from all the heat. If you are looking for the text book definition of undressing someone with your eyes than look no further than these two. They way they hold the gaze. WOW. Can we have all the nakedness now?!!! It’s a sin against science for Oliver and Felicity not to bang regularly BECAUSE THE CHEMISTRY.

THIS IS NOT THE BEHAVIOR OF A MAN MADLY IN LOVE WITH LAUREL LANCE.

This scene has the classic Superman and Lois Lane feel to it.

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Oliver is doing his vigilante thing, but his partner in crime isn’t the leading lady of Arrow. It’s a supporting character who’s feeling less and less supporting with each episode.

Unfortunately, Felicity is about to be discovered while Oliver is held up by Malcolm Merlyn, Thea and Roy Harper. This is a very popular day to visit Merlyn Global. Oliver’s frustration under his cool and calm exterior builds the tension nicely and we do wonder how Felicity is getting out of this jam. Never fear! It’s John Diggle to the rescue. Top notch comedy from both Rickards and Ramsey.

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Their first official team mission outside of the bunker is a wild success. Felicity still has to search through all of Merlyn’s data to determine the location of the device. Despite all the heat, hilarity and hijinks on this side of the show, Oliver makes an abrupt decision regarding the other side of the show that makes absolutely no sense.

Lauriver and Merlance

Still feeling warm friends? Well don’t worry. I have a nice bucket of ice cold water to dump on you.

As predicted, Oliver’s love confession messes with Laurel’s mind and obliterates any clear path back to Tommy. He drops this bomb on her and they have not spoken for a WEEK. Of course, this is all Laurel has thought about and she makes a rather elaborate speech admitting she has feelings for Oliver too.

Yeah, none of this is a surprise. Tommy knew Laurel had feelings for Oliver. We knew Laurel had feelings for Oliver. Hell, even Oliver knew. The only one who wasn’t admitting it was Laurel, so at least she’s finally being honest about things. You don’t get a love triangle if the central figure in the love triangle doesn’t have feelings for two people. The issue is who does Laurel love MORE.

Laurel: Maybe Tommy was right. Maybe he and I weren’t meant to be.

She had a clear answer last week. It was Tommy. She absolutely wanted to get back together with him, but Oliver decided honesty was the best policy on this one subject only. This line enrages me because Oliver has distracted Laurel from the man she is truly meant to be with. I will die on this hill, friends. DIE. ON. THIS. MERLANCE. HILL.

Laurel: Tommy’s a good guy. Are you?

Oliver: I didn’t have an agenda. I didn’t mean to make it more difficult to fix things with Tommy.

Oh for fucks sake. Yes, you did Oliver. That’s exactly why you said it. This is just a straight up lie. Oliver absolutely wanted to confuse Laurel. He just doesn’t want to look like the bad guy for doing it. This is some A+ Ollie behavior.

After Laurel makes a wonderfully impassioned and heartfelt speech about her feelings for Oliver, after probably obsessing about it for seven days straight, Oliver dumps her. AGAIN.

Oliver: Nothing’s changed. My life hasn’t changed. I haven’t changed.

I am infuriated on Laurel’s behalf with this flip flopping back and forth. The time to make this speech was last week in the hospital hallway. That was the moment to let her go and put Laurel on the plane with the man she belongs with, but Oliver couldn’t do it because it was too damn hard. It was just cruel and horribly unfair to both Tommy and Laurel because Oliver has absolutely no intention of being with her. But now it’s too late. The information is out there. You can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube, my dude.

Laurel pays her father a visit to basically get his permission to date Oliver again. Yeah, let’s make the man who lost his daughter to Oliver’s selfishness sign off on banging his other daughter again. This show.

Quentin’s speech is equally as empty as any speech Laurel’s made about seeing the change in Oliver because we, the audience, have not been privy to those moments. We’re just supposed to take their word for it even though the last time Quentin saw Oliver Queen he was trying to arrest him for drug trafficking. But sure, Quentin thinks he’s “changed.”

In order to make this storyline work, you have to give proper attention to the Lance family interacting with Oliver and the writers do not seem interested in doing that. All the important emotional growth takes place off screen and we’re supposed to accept it as fact because the characters tell us.

Meanwhile, they are organically growing the relationship Oliver has with Diggle, Felicity, hell even Roy! So we know the writers are capable of SHOWING these moments of character evolution. They just choose not to when it comes to the Lance family. It’s why the show feels so completely disjointed.

Oliver pays Tommy a visit and wants to have a chat.

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So it's safe to say Tommy is still pissed.

Oliver encourages him to work things out with Laurel – kind of?

Oliver: Lord knows, I am guilty of a lot of things between us, but not you are her.

What’s infuriating about this conversation is that Oliver still refuses to accept any kind of responsibility in their break up. Oliver pretends to be a friend to the all feminists and touts Laurel’s independence and free will. She makes her own choices and she chose Tommy.

Tommy’s point is clear, even if it is self pitying; Laurel is not dealing with all the information. If she did have all the information then she would choose Oliver. From Oliver’s standpoint, it doesn’t matter because he can’t be with her.

That’s not reassuring to Tommy nor is it supposed to be. If the elements keeping Oliver and Laurel apart were removed (the Hood) then Oliver wouldn’t think twice about making a move on Laurel. And Tommy knows this. These are not the actions of a best friend, which is why he’s so pissed.

Now, Tommy’s big mistake was throwing in the towel too early. He should have NEVER given Oliver an opening with Laurel, but he did and it set them on this path. No we have to watch it play out.

Oliver: I promised myself that when I crossed all of these names off the list, I’d be done, but taking down these people, it doesn’t honor him. I was just treating the symptoms while the disease festered. I stop the Undertaking… I wipe out the disease.

Diggle: What are you saying Oliver? You would hang up the Hood?

Oliver: Merlyn’s plan is what I returned from the island to stop.

Does anyone else have whiplash? Oliver does a complete about face and determines he can be with Laurel since he only needs to cross one name off the list instead of dozens. He’s just missing one step, gee what could it be? Oh! I know. OLIVER STILL HAS TO CROSS MERLYN’S NAME OFF THE LIST AND STOP THE UNDERTAKING. Talk about counting your chickens before their hatched.

A hero’s journey is a very specific type of story. Joseph Campbell outline seventeen stages in 1949 and Christopher Vogler created an updated version in 2007 for screenwriting. I’m not going through all seventeen steps, but we can skip to the very last one regarding this storyline.

Freedom to Live/Return with the Elixir – meaning the hero has faced their internal and external struggles, has conquered the demons around them and earned the right to live as they choose. From a spiritual sense, the hero lives without fear of death.

It’s similar with Vogler’s elixir stage. From a community perspective, the hero has found the magical way to heal their wounded land. They are bringing hope, life and freedom back to their loved ones. In doing so, it gives the hero a personal victory. They’ve earned the right to experience peace and joy, which can be represented in a wide variety of narratives.

Oliver is hero. Arrow has made his endgame very clear - save Starling City. Has he saved the city? Has he stopped Malcolm Merlyn? NO. So why is his leather clad ass running all the way back to Laurel Lance to enjoy the fruits an elixir he has yet to procure? If Laurel is endgame, this makes absolutely no sense. This is too fast. It’s too abrupt. It doesn’t feel earned because it hasn’t been earned.

Clearly, the initial plan was to put Oliver (Green Arrow) and Laurel (Black Canary) on parallel, if not intersecting, paths. I’m not saying Oliver cannot be with Laurel as they evolve into superheroes together. But this is the first freaking season you guys! He hasn’t done a damn thing yet! Neither has she. And yet, here Oliver is, knocking on Laurel’s door, looking for some fruit.

Oliver: Ever since I’ve been back, we’ve been doing this dance. We come together and then I pull away.  Something pulls me away, but I think finally that something might be over.

Laurel: What are you are trying saying?

Oliver: That you know me better than anyone. And that you are more important to me than anyone. I just hope I didn’t wait too long to say it.

If Laurel has no clue Oliver is the Hood then can he really claim she knows him best? It sounds good to say, and probably what Laurel is dying to hear, but it rings hollow because there’s no evidence of this anywhere on the show. Laurel was wrong about who Oliver is all season. We are just supposed to accept some verbal acknowledgment of change, that she knows him better than anyone, but without any television scenes to back it up. That’s not how storytelling works, Arrow writers.

Sorry to beat a dead horse, but I warned you I wasn’t done with this topic - Oliver is still lying to Laurel. There should be more talking. What are those things pulling you away, Oliver? Why are they over? Are you a hooded, crime fighting, serial killer who has been mysteriously stalking me all year? Those are just some ideas off the top of my head. There is no person on this planet that Oliver needs an honest conversation with more than Laurel Lance, but nope. They jump straight to sex.  

Let’s talk about the sex. This has been built up all season. These two characters belong together. They are bulldozing over Tommy Merlyn to be together because they are this passionate romance that time cannot quell. It should be like the fourth of July in Laurel’s apartment right now.

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Instead, of heat we get frigid. Fish have hotter sex.

I’m willing to acknowledge "Radioactive" was the hit song of 2013 and every show on the CW was using it. It has a very sexy beat and big crescendo. It sounds like a good song to use during a sex scene.

Except for the fact that it’s called RADIOACTIVE with lyrics like, “This is it, the apocalypse.” This is not the romance your Plan A couple usually requires in a scene like this. They had Blake Neely for a composer. Where’s Oliver and Laurel’s love theme? We'll probably get it in the season finale but anything would be better than "Radioactive."

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Next issue. Black socks and jean shorts?  Wardrobe – what were you thinking? Nobody felt the need to tell Katie to take off the sox? Details matter!!

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Stephen Amell and Katie Cassidy kissing are like watching two pieces of flat cardboard trying to hump each other. Can they choose a direction? Are we biting or no biting? Are we using tongue or no tongue? Can Oliver unbutton his shirt or does Laurel need to help? Is Oliver going to drop Laurel while trying to get her sweatshirt off? It was just so awkward from start to finish. ZERO SPARKS.

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And for the coup de grace, they leave the curtains pulled wide open, so Tommy can see them screwing from the street. The look of utter devastation on his face is heartbreaking and that’s the final image they leave us with as their love scene fades to black. Oliver and Laurel reuniting are not framed as a good thing. It’s framed as a betrayal, because that’s exactly what it is.

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Even worse, Felicity finds the device while Oliver and Laurel are asleep and HE LEAVES. No note. No, honey I have to run out and save the city real quick, but I’ll be back for round two later. Nothing. But please, tell me again how much Ollie has changed.

When I watched this episode live I was horribly disappointed the big reunion with Laurel and Oliver fell flat. This was really my last gasp trying to be a Lauriver shipper. And I use the term “trying” loosely. I was more or less looking for any redeeming qualities in this love story, but after this hypothermic love scene I was officially out. I could not ship these two. I could never forgive them for betraying Tommy. But I feared Arrow would never move on from Oliver and Laurel.  

Of course, their real intention becomes all too clear later. Arrow was trying to blow them up to make way for something infinitely better.

 Theroy

Speaking of flipping back and forth, these two break up every other week. Roy is clearly committed to finding the Vigilante, which leads them to Merlyn Global and a run in with Oliver, the disapproving older brother. Again, Stephen Amell’s acting is superb.

I loved the way he said “What” to Thea and the firm alpha male handshake he gives Roy, warning him to stay away.

Obviously, Roy accomplished his goal. He found the Vigilante. Roy just doesn’t know it. He thinks Oliver Queen is too much of a wimp to ever consider him as the man in the hood. Thea was good and ticked off with that “wimp” remark. Enough to dump Roy. She will not tolerate any slander of her brother. #QUEENSIBILINGSFOREVER

But this is like the fifth time these two broke up, so it’s losing the impact. This isn’t all about the Hood’s identity and thanking him for saving Roy’s life. He wants to BE the Hood, so Roy can protect the people he loves and never lose anyone again. The question is – who did Roy lose? Unfortunately, Thea storms out before we get an answer, but hopefully one is coming in the season finale. (No I do not remember who).

Long story short, yes I like these two, but the faster the Arrow writers move the characters into the Hood storyline the better. Otherwise they are just marooned on their own show like Laurel Lance Island.

Stray Thoughts

Yao Fei died! It’s so sad and traumatic. I forgot he’s shot in the head. Really didn’t need to see that twice.

Fyers is shooting down a commercial airliner to destabilize the Chinese economy. It’s always about money for these assholes.

Walter wants a divorce and I would say their differences are irreconcilable. Moira is getting what she deserves. You can’t kidnap your husband for six months and then offer him tea and crumpets when he comes home.

"Who the hell is Felicity Smoak?" Uh oh. Quentin has Felicity’s name. That ain’t good.

“Is the other archer working for Merlyn?” Please don’t make Diggle look this dumb again.

Merlyn versus Oliver battle was EPIC! The fight scenes this season are so stellar.

“Psychopaths are color coding themselves. That’s helpful.” HA!

Listen to the Watchover podcast reaction to 1x22!!!

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[thequiver]

Charles being a character who wants all the optics of being a good person without any of the actual ethics, he’s more concerned with looking good than actually being good. And David being a direct threat to those optics…….it’s well known among mutants that Charles doesn’t care for his son, David is unwell, he harbors a lot of resentment for his father, and he’s one of the only people alive who knows that Charles preyed on his mother.

Charles loves the idea of having a son because he believes that his son would be like him- someone easily molded by praise to be this great image of the affluent man. But he doesn’t love the reality of having a son, because he cannot grasp that his son is a person who doesn’t want to be controlled and who cannot he easily molded. And he despises that the reality of his son reflects poorly on him. So he transfers that contempt to David.

Charles’ relationship with David is defined by this idea of shame and ownership. In their first interactions Charles takes pride in seeing Jack Wayne, an alter he views as similar to himself, an alter we know as one who wants to hurt David and who is ashamed of how weak and caring David is. When David asks for reassurance and care from his father he’s met with statements of possession, only to be abandoned, discarded to be experimented on as soon as it’s no longer convenient for Charles. The one time Charles organically cares about David in the wake of the Muir Island Saga it takes about five to ten minutes for the X-Men to break into David’s head and convince Charles that David isn’t worth saving and that it isn’t worth trying to save David because Charles likes them more.

Charles isn’t ever even shown to respect that unlike himself, David is not brought up as a rich white culturally Christian child. A fact which Charles should well known given that he met David’s mother in Israel when she was his patient, seeking care after having survived the Shoah. And when their entire relationship transpired while Gabby was his patient. Charles is well aware that David was raised as the son of an Israeli ambassador, and that David’s powers manifested during an antisemitic terrorist attack and that David spent years with the consciousness of the man who tried to kill him in his head. He knows that David was experimented on by Moira. And yet has an expectation of David to act like him, to not show any symptoms of his mental illness or to show signs that he has experienced trauma. And beyond that he also disregards that trauma, allowing a Nazi scientist to experiment on David even with his misgivings about the man deleting parts of his son’s brain, Charles barely offers any resistance.

Charles tells his son to his face that he thinks it’s better if David is dead, that the world is a better and safer place if he doesn’t exist while simultaneously imprisoning children who question his authority in the pit and allowing Nazis to have positions of power and influence on Krakoa.

And throughout it all he can’t seem to understand why David doesn’t like him, why his son might hold anger towards him, hatred even. Even when David tells him to his face “I love you, but I don’t know why,” Charles doesn’t even seem to question his own role in this father-son dynamic. He views his son being happy that his father is showing interest in him for once as a sign of aggression and psionically lobotomizes him, only to finally value David when he takes control of his son’s brain to use his powers to fight an enemy that David knew about already.

Charles views David not as a person to love or a son to cherish, but as an embarrassment to be controlled if brought out at all.

#Charles Xavier #david haller #david haller legion #professor x #legion #x-men #xmen #x men #tw antisemitism mention #tw Nazi mention

[thursdaygrl]

now that i'm back in indie i figured i'd make a little wishlist of some things i want now that i've had some time to think about it. this'll be a mix of plots/dynamics and some more basic things to elaborate. if you like this i'll come to you for plotting!

age gap romances cause i'm trash and i can't help it. especially if inspired by this but i'm down for any kind of dynamic really. i'm down to play either but i have a slight pref for playing the older muse and would be down to use one of my muses (adrian or moira), or one of the fcs i like but don't have a set muse for yet (gina gershon, jeffrey dean morgan, madchen amick, raúl esparza, joe manganiello, adam driver, mari yamamoto, david harbour).

toxic intense weird f/f stuff always pls. inspo.

if i don't have a logan/veronica from veronica mars inspired enemies to lovers thing.. i will cry.

i need exes or even like they never even got that far. situationship to enemies to friends to lovers? the gruelling path back towards being together again. i want PAIN. inspo.

👀 possibly some slightly kinkier smutty stuff i miss it

hot & heavy by lucy dacus inspired — the angst of your first love, homoerotic teenage best friend angst coming back to haunt you, bitterness and nostalgia mingling in the worst way, you hate her and you still love her after all this time. optional: period piece (70s, 80s, 90s, early 00s), a dead friend dragging them back to town, one of them is still closeted. 

scooby doo inspired, college cryptid/supernatural hunters  — they’re the only ones who believe and maybe that’s okay, could be a mumu/could utilise npc characters if we’d like a group. optional: more of a buffy style scooby gang who are solving problems/include creatures in it. 

normal people vibes. always. i need it. i will die.

figure skating or dance partners one of my favourite tropes ever!!!!

sister's bf or female best friend plot for dove. i love complicating the relationship with her sister further.

literally anything for elias where i can explore their backstory and have them fall in love.

messy choreographer/dancer thing for grayson.

best friends to lovers for jacob.

good girl/asshole or a kind of grumpy/sunshine dynamic for letha. someone who pushes her out of her shell.

anything for river. always. that's literally my favourite muse.

messy fwb with feelings for rowan.

any sort of opposites attract dynamic for sosie. she's a bitchy rich sorority girl with a bad attitude, i'd love for her to meet her match.

a rivals/enemies to lovers dynamic with a rival soccer player for stevie. alternatively stealing a friend's girl who she thought was straight.

i'm predictable and want a younger sister's best friend thing for warner i don't care!!!! it's fun!!!

#indie rp #indie smut rp #indie bi rp #indie lesbian rp

[farm-witches-fic-recs]

Community recs! Community recs! The coven is very pleased to pass along these recommendations from our wonderful farm witch friends for your leisure reading this weekend.

Be sure to leave the authors some love when you check them out!

========================== Blithesome Yuletide, Moira Moinahan (MeadowHarvest) “Moira is a proud and competent eleven-year-old trying to make the best out of a bad situation for herself and her younger sister. She loves eavesdropping at her mother’s salon, singing along to the radio, and dreaming about moving to the big city to become an actress. MeadowHarvest has written a lovely, vivid glimpse into Moira’s backstory, which reads like the best of vintage kidlit and is centered on a Christmas to remember.”

Love is a ruthless game (@nontoxic-writes​) “There’s three separate fics in this series and they’re all so good. Each one looks at Singles Week a new way and what that week might have looked like for David and Patrick if their situation might have been different. There’s little angst bits, but it pays off so well.” 

paint me up (you're my favorite color)  (@stereopticons​) “This is the ideal balance of feels and filth. Anything with self-discovery, especially in the form of exploration, is my jam, and this is just so well done. Plus, nail polish.”

Today and all the days that follow (@unfolded73​) “Just gorgeous wedding day feels and vibes. So many relationships at play. Such a wonderful look at all the dynamics and love that is shared on the show.”

An Unexpected Series (@agoodpersonrose​)  “A beautiful, slightly angsty series. David and Patrick are forced to hide their relationship for a week when the Brewers visit during Singles Week. I love the sneaking around, bits of tension, and how the Brewers are ultimately just concerned for their son's well-being. I also love how it explores David and Patrick's relationship, Patrick's relationship with his parents, and David with the Brewers(!!)”

Wanted Interruptions ( @aeliagioia​) “One of my favorite RPFs that captures the chemistry and feelings that seemed to eminate from the actors during that golden time of making seasons 3-6. Also bonus appearances by many other Schitt's actors and many real events that are written with that RPF twist (2019 Emmys!, Italy trip!).”

You can fall (sweetsirius/@wordthieve​) “I just recently reread this and it was like falling in love all over again for me. We don’t get to see this kind of Patrick very often (maybe ever) and the way he and David come together is beautiful.”

#friends of farm witches fic recs #sc fic rec #sc fanfic #schitts creek fic #SC fic #schitt's creek rpf #schitt's creek fic #schitts creek fanfic #schitts creek fic rec #David Rose #Patrick Brewer #david x patrick #Moira Rose #stevie budd

[ashleybenlove]

HTTYD AU where Hiccup and Valka have the same kind of mother-son dynamic as David and Moira Rose.

#ashleybenlove posts #Schitt's Creek #how to train your dragon #She's so WEIRD!!

[nitewrighter]

niche questionnaire ft. Moira

a song that reminds me of them: Oh! You Pretty Things by David Bowie

what they smell like: Iron and antiseptic--there's a natural 'off' smell on the nanite based characters, but her smell isn't as necrotic as Reapers--it does get stronger after she fades though. She covers up the worst of the nanite-metal smell with an anise/clove/peppercorn/ambergris perfume.

an otp: I like her character a lot but not really in terms of 'ships.'

a notp: M*icy. The first ship material I saw for it was dubcon so that kind of ended up flavoring my whole perspective of it. Also shippers basically slapping all the tropes on it that they would retch at and decry as abusive if it was m/f like.. it’s not it, bruv.

favorite platonic/familial relationships: I've actually really loved her rapport with Reyes, especially what we saw in Retribution but the more recent writing just kind of wiped it all away. So I'm willing to pick fanon over canon, there. I'm also fascinated by her fucked up dynamic with Widowmaker.

a headcanon that is popular in the fandom but that i disagree with: The "Mercy's Ex" headcanon just immediately pigeonholed her character. She's so interesting on her own but people are constantly making her obsessed with Mercy--like yeah, they're foils, but she's obsessed with her own work and herself, like come on.

the position they sleep in: On her back, her withered arm up over her head, good arm over her stomach, legs sprawled out, one leg bent. Kind of casual, a little butch, manages to take up an impressive amount of space despite how thin she is.

a crossover au i’d love to see them in: I'm a little sad she didn't get any appearance in the StarWatch skins! It would have been interesting to put her on the protagonist/space bounty hunter side while Mercy's with the Infinite Empire. Also I hope they add more fairytale themed skins in the future because her Wicked skin is SO GOOD and I'd love to see them work with that theme more.

my favorite outfit they’ve ever worn: I'm a glam skin Moira all the way.

#overwatch

[bouncehousedemons]

Ange Ange Ange 💖🫂

With the number of gifs you use from it, I get the impression you watched Schitt's Creek?

I am eyeing it for some time, is it worth watching? Really want to know your opinion

The sheer amount of restraint I am having to use here in order to not write you a dissertation length style response is astounding. Oof. You may regret this.

I fucking love Schitt's Creek.

It didn't immediately grab me - it as an acquired taste and will take a while to really get into, but once you do it will have you by the throat.

It is wickedly funny - it pendulums between dry wit and outright silliness, but each character is hilarious in their own right.

The character dynamics are wonderful. The relationships between Alexis and David, David and Stevie, and Moira and basically everyone are so heart warming to watch, but will also make you laugh ("no, you get murdered first!")

The casting is awesome - Dan and Eugene Levy, Annie Murphy, Catherine O'Hara, Emily Hampshire, Chris Elliott, etc. All amazing actors and actresses.

The queer representation on Schitt's Creek is tastefully done. Characters are gay, bi, etc. but it's not a defining characteristic of them as a person, it's just part of who they are and slots really naturally into the narrative. I think the fact that a gay man had a hand in writing the series helps a lot.

It is ridiculously quotable, worryingly bingeable and if you're prepared to invest the time then I would absolutely recommend it. I laughed and cried watching it. It's like being wrapped in a big, fuzzy blanket.

I will stop there, because I can and will go on for longer given the opportunity.

#lovely moots 💕 #asked and answered

[syd-adamu]

hi may! i got you for the lgbtqcreators gift exchange! i can't wait to make your set! here's some quick questions just so i can get a baseline to form an idea from!

do you have any favorite relationships/characters from stranger things, the good place, community, or schitt's creek?

what are some of your favorite taylor songs/are there any specific lyrics that just make you go AHHHHHHHH

what are your favorite color schemes/combinations?

i love your sets so much, the way you use color is so just,, yes,, AND UR TYPOGRAPHY!!! hope you're having a good day <3

oh hello!!! this is so fun :DD

i love the dynamics more than any individual character in the shows you've asked about so i'm just gonna tell you them: steve and the kids; the good place 4 and michael/janet; annie/troy/abed, jeff/the dean, and the whole gang; stevie/david, alexis/david, the roses, moira/anyone

my fav taylor songs are no body no crime, gold rush, and anything from 1989. i don't really listen to the lyrics jkdhsj but generally i've been enjoying 5sos5 and hozier's discography rn

i'm a sucker for pinks!!! every other colour is at the same level of interest to me tbh. i like monochromatic palettes and pastel shades tho :D

HGSJA thank u for the kind words you're so sweet <333 i'm excited to see what u come up with!!! i hope you're having a great day too :)

#may answers #lgbtqc gift tag

[daeneryssansa]

SCHITT’S CREEK 2.08, Milk Money

#schittscreekedit #moiraroseedit #davidroseedit #schitt's creek #moira rose #david rose #show: schitt's creek #mine: schitt's creek #dynamic: david moira #daensarah

[januarium]

2020 Schitt’s Creek Gif Advent Calendar

December 21: the moment you knew you were hooked

#Moira Rose #moiraroseedit #schitt's creek #schittscreekedit #SC Advent #bbsc creations #so I was hooked on David&Stevie's dynamic immediately #but THIS is when I knew I was hooked on the show itself #I am a simple woman who likes people saying words wrong

[rhetoricalk]

SCHITT’S CREEK APPREICATION WEEK Day 4 → Favorite Dynamic

David + Everyone

I'm trying very hard not to connect with people right now

#scw2021 #schitts creek #schitts creek edit #creeksource #favourite dynamic #schitts creek appreciation week #day 4 #scaw day 4 #my gifs #david rose #alexis rose #moira rose #patrick brewer #johnny rose #stevie budd

[thequiver]

Is Kevin the same age as David?

Uh yknow that’s an amazing question

Pretty much all we know is that Kevin and David are both born AFTER Moira and Charles broke up.

Astonishing X-Men #4-11 claims that Kevin was 10 around the time of the Muir Island Saga and David is implied to be 17-18 there.

I personally ascribe to the idea of Kevin being older than David, I think it makes a lot more sense for some reasons I’m not fully sure how to articulate just in regard to Moira and Charles’ whole dynamic, but I also think it makes sense in regard to Moira’s experimentation on David and her absolute resignation shown towards Kevin during his first appearances (“it was too late the day he was born”).

Ultimately the timeline is super fucked but I do stand firm in the belief that the canon is wrong about Kevin’s age and while I ADORE how tragic the age chosen in Astonishing X-Men makes Kevin, I’m….. not sure it’s accurate and I’m also not super sure that Kevin would really know how old he is given he was kept in an isolated cell from infancy and then killed pretty soon after he got out 🤷🏻‍♀️

[laurensprentiss]

I just started schitt’s creek and bro. It’s SO good?

#shut up amber #why did I not watch it earlier?? #pleasantly surprised by John and Moira’s relationship #and the David and alexis dynamic is everything

[farm-witches-fic-recs]

There’s so much to love about fic including being able to insert things we wish we’d seen more of. But I have a question for you as fans of the show, witches. Why do you think Dan made David and Patrick so hands-off despite David clearly being a tactile person. We had love/cuddling in bed scenes for Ted and Alexis, Johnny and Moira, and even a morning after scene for Stevie and David. I know Dan didn’t want to make them exclusively about sex but they seem so sanitized versus the m/f couples.

While we certainly would not have objected to seeing a spicier kiss (or several) from David and Patrick, the coven doesn’t really feel like we were slighted or that David and Patrick’s relationship was toned down . 

We get to see lots of great kisses, more than one bed scene, and the way they are constantly touching each other. Our general belief is that Dan chose to focus on the love and affection in their relationship, rather than making it overtly sexual. Dan has spoken repeatedly about what he wanted to portray for David and Patrick, the kind of content that he himself had not seen and thought was lacking.

Dan gave us a beautiful, romantic, queer love story that included allusions to (great) sex, threesomes, and a happy ending.

We appreciate the way fic authors build and expand on their incredible dynamic. We are very grateful for the writers who give us some much less PG moments.

#ask a farm witch