#julie plec

[rhaenin-time]

There are too many people who, upon encountering a woman character with too many specific traits and flaws established, lose the ability to identify with them and turn to secondary, less active, less developed characters that they can more easily project into.

As in, they'll reframe the whole story in their head and insist the true protagonist is a secondary or tertiary character. That the original protagonist is a 'Mary Sue' not worth regard. And it's weird because so often women characters are also criticized and labelled as Mary Sue's for the opposite reason as well.

I do not mean said secondary/tertiary character is bad or uninteresting. I simply mean it's inaccurate to frame them as the protagonist, and I do often see said characters proclaimed to have traits they don't possess (often traits taken from the protagonist).

It's a phenomenon not restricted to women, but I have noticed it's more common with women. For some reason they rarely do this to the men of the story. And I feel like there's some internalized misogyny in there.

I see it on both the audience end and occasionally even the writer's end. *cough* The Vampire Diaries *cough*. For now, I'll call it the Trapped in a Island with Josh Hutcherson phenomenon where Jenny Nicholson points out that the author wrote a self-insert, got jealous of the self-insert when she took on too much of a life of her own, and proceeded to write a new self-insert to push the old one aside.

Some examples:

Rhaenyra → Alicent, Helaena, and occasionally Baela & Rhaena (might also be some ageism in there too)

Arya & Dany → Sansa, the Dead Ladies Club, Brienne on occasion

Elena Gilbert (TVD) → Caroline Forbes

Those are the most blatant examples, but I swear this phenomenon is EVERYWHERE.

Anyways, I'm looking for more specific examples so I can better look into it. If you can think of another one, do me a favour and drop it below!

#hotd #hotd critical #hotd fandom #asoiaf #asoiaf fandom #daenerys targaryen #arya stark #the vampire diaries #julie plec #trapped in a island with josh hutcherson syndrome #media analysis #literary analysis

[romancegifs]

Stefan Salvatore & Caroline Forbes ━ The Vampire Diaries 7.04 | “I Carry Your Heart With Me”

#tvdversegifs #steroline #tvdedit #sterolineedit #userbru #forbescaroline #tusercarolina #userlix #usercallie #usersiesie #tuserkaz #2000s #julie plec #stefan salvatore #caroline forbes #by lolo #gifs #userstream

[blckthrns]

how do you have esther (a villain, who's supposed to be in the wrong) say that elijah hurts every woman he loves and instead of proving her wrong you make elijah responsible for hayley's death???

#the originals #anti julie plec #julie plec #haylijah #elijah mikaelson #hayley marshall #klaus mikaelson #hope mikaelson #klamille #rebekah mikaelson #camille o'connell #kolvina #kol mikaelson #davina claire #marcel gerard #klaroline

[thesocietalmisfit]

#hope mikaelson #legacies #the originals #tvdu #danielle rose russell #hope x landon #handon #hope x josie #hosie #hope x lizzie #hizzie #hope x rafael #hafael #julie plec #hope x ethan #hope x maya #haya #hope x cleo #cleope #hope x clarke #holarke #hope x roman #hope x ryan

[fictionalnation]

I would like some of the big names to finally speak out about Dan… like Miranda Cosgrove, Victoria Justice, Ariana Grande, Really the whole victorious cast. I understand everyone has their own time to speak out I too am a survivor of child sexual molestation, but its so important to speak out. Its so important to protect people. All these abusers need to be shown publicly as abusers. Looking at Disney and Julie Plec and Marc Schwann and so many others who have also caused trauma.

#quiet on set #drake bell #ariana grande #nickelodeon #julie plec #josh peck #victoria justice #jamie lynn #amanda bynes

[fearlessfairy]

M'kay. If dullena could do vamp pancakes, which was a bamon thing, all I'm saying that Bamon could kiss, that would be a fair exchange.

But we know, let's stuff Elena into everything Bamon had.

When you think about it, it's pathetic....bamon can't even have a damn pancake thing, aesthetic, ritual. :D It's more funny than sad how insecure Julie Plec, Dries and literally everybody was about Bamon potential and Kian chemistry.

#bamon #bonnie and damon #bonniexdamon #damon salvarote #bonnie bennett #kat graham #ian somerhalder #julie plec #caroline dries #anti delena #anti damon and elena #anti elena #anti elena gilbert #the vampire diaries

[xdarkeningkrystals]

From Julie Plec's latest show. She has absolutely no self-awareness. Lmao

#Gif credit to Chppedhearts #Anti Julie Plec #The Girls On The Bus #Julie Plec

[easily-distracted-ivashkov]

Watching Adrian Ivashkov irritate the ever living hell out of Dimitri for a whole episode is exactly what I needed

#adrian ivashkov #dimitri belikov #vampire academy #sydney sage #sydrian #rose hathaway #va #eddie castile #romitri #christian ozera #vampire academy series #julie plec #richelle mead #hes just a silly goose #just a lil silly guy #so silly

[annoyingvoidzombie]

When Life Gives You Reunions

#tvd universe #tvd cast #julie plec #caroline forbes #stefan salvatore #jenna sommers #tyler lockwood #elena gilbert #katherine pierce #vicki donovan #the vampire diaries #tvd #nina dobrev #the originals #i miss them so much #i miss this show #tvdu #I was feeling epic

[westidia]

I just realized something. Why did they call esther the “first witch” when she learned all her magic form Ayana….

classic Julie plec…

#laughing but it ain’t funny #julie plec #the vampire diaries #the originals #the cw tv series #Ayana Bennett #bonnie bennett #esther mikaelson #klaus mikaelson #Klonnie

[yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere]

these two=THE BEST PLOT TWIST EVER. if you know you know.

             --  just dimitri hating adrian for 1 minute and 15 seconds  ---         #VampireAcademy #RenewVampireAcademy #Bloodlines #AdrianIvashkov #DimitriBelikov #Family  *loved episode 1x07*

EDIT FROM: https://mobile.twitter.com/fIeursdumal/status/1579156206576623618

#va #vampire academy #vampire academy tv show #vampire academy series #va tv show #romitri #Lissa Dragomir #va 1x07 #vampire academy episode 7 #Adrian Ivashkov #sydrian #bloodlines #leo woodall #dimitri belikov #Rose Hathaway #sisi stringer #kieron moore #daniela nieves #richelle mead #julie plec #family #cousins

[lagosbratzdoll]

If the rumours about Nettles are true then the House of the Dragon showrunners/producers continue to prove that they hate black women with a fervour only matched by Alan Ball and Julie Plec.

#house of the dragon #not asoiaf thoughts #i'm inclined to believe that they are #on one hand I am glad that Nettles is safe from them and on the other hand #i am furious that she has been erased(allegedly) #alan ball #julie plec #miguel sapochnik #ryan condal #sara hess #i am in your walls #in three days you will begin to cough #hotd

[nightingale2004]

Teen wolf and Originals fans, i just had a crossover idea.

OK, so those who have seen the Originals remember Hayley marshall and how her birth name was Andrea Labonair, right? And the Labonair's were a werewolf pack along with Jackson Kenner's pack?

And for the teen wolf fans, we remember the Hale pack, correct?

So the crossover idea I bring forward is.....

What if the members of the Hale's and the Labonair's were actually related? More specifically, what if one of the members of the Hale pack married into one of the members of the Labonair pack as a form of alliance or something.

That would make Hayley and Derek distant COUSINS!!!!! And Hope WOULD BE A HALE!!!!!!

Just imagine it and think about it

#random idea #teen wolf series #teen wolf mtv #teen wolf #teen wolf fandom #teen wolf headcanon #the originals #the originals fandom #the originals crossover #teen wolf crossover #the originals x teen wolf crossover #teen wolf x the originals crossover #hayley marshall #teen wolf derek hale #derek hale #hale pack #Labonair pack #the originals labornair #andrea labonair #the originals hayley marshall #the originals hayley #teen wolf jeff davis #labonair pack #anti julie plec #julie plec #hope mikaelson #the originals hope mikaelson #the originals headcanon #think about it #legacies cw

[blckthrns]

i will never forgive julie plec for not giving klaus mikaelson a happy ending

#he deserved to live #with his siblings #his daughter #with camille #klaus mikaelson #the originals #klamille #julie plec #anti julie plec #elijah mikaelson #hayley marshall #hope mikaelson #camille o'connell #rebekah mikaelson #freya mikaelson #marcel gerard #kol mikaelson

[romitritrashswiftie]

Me @ Julie Plec when I actually really enjoyed the show

#vampire academy #dimitri belikov #rose hathaway #romitri #va tv show #julie plec

[rhaenin-time]

So back when the TV writing industry was slightly more permeable without connections and TV itself was more episodic, a common way to get your foot in the door was with "spec scripts." Where you'd write your own episode of a show.

You (well, your agent) would never submit a spec script of the show to the show you want to work on to the actual show you want to work on though. Rather, it was only meant to demonstrate that you understood how to write a self-contained story that remained faithful to the overarching story. Consistent in tone and theme and characterization. That not only were you a writer, but a writer able to tell a story someone else asks for, alongside other writers.

So yes, you'd basically submit fan fiction. And your goal was to make it read like a genuine lost script, rather than like... "fan fiction."

Anyways, Julie Plec once wrote a Buffy spec script. And it's EXACTLY what you think.

I mean it, a hellish mix of cringey and boring. All the incompetence and self-indulgence we associate with bad fan fic, but with none of the fun. None of the soul. If you ever feel embarrassed about writing what you consider a particularly cringey fan fic, just remember that Julie Plec not only did worse, but that she wrote it for a professional reason, looked at it, and decided, "Oh yes. This will get me all the jobs." And proceeded to SUBMIT it.

#julie plec #the cw #fan fiction #buffy the vampire slayer #the vampire diaries #julie plec is proof that tv writing runs on nepotism #anti julie plec #fic writing #fanfiction #Season 6 “Freaky Friday on Crack” (Plec's words) and oh no everyone woke up in each other's bodies but Dawn's science fair is today! #Xander wakes up in Spike's body and not only does he thirst for blood but he must also learn that Spike has a HUGE DICK and it's SO UNFAIR!