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every time I see someone say that lucy gray would love taylor swift, I immediately lose 120HP

#no she would NOT like the hypocritical climate-polluting billionaire tf?? #gonna piss some ppl off with this one I fear #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #tbosas #lucy gray baird #taylor swift

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“I trust Scott” “I don’t like keeping secrets from Scott” it’s always ‘what would scott have to say about this’ and ‘hey scott what do you think’ he comes back to fight because of scott he doesn’t leave town because of scott he dips on derek’s pack to join scott’s he can only be pulled out of a fit of rage by scott his emergency contact is scott his go-to person is scott his anchor is scott he agrees that scott is ‘the hot girl’

holy FUCK just bang already you're embarrassing everybody

#from the drafts #scisaac #scott mccall #isaac lahey #teen wolf

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seeing a tiktok edit of finnick with the comments full of complaints that his death was “shock value” convinced me that our entire generation slept through HS english class. just because it shocked you doesn’t mean it was pure shock value…

“he didn’t deserve to die, suzanne just wanted to hurt us 🥺” well no she actually wanted to illustrate that even the most well-prepared people with the best intentions can still suffer the way “villains” do because real life doesn’t have plot armor. every single day, good people die unjustly because the violence of war doesn’t discriminate no matter what cause you’re fighting for.

but yeah sure. shock value.

#I’m so tired of the media illiteracy #Not to sound like a boomer but some ppl rlly need to pick up a book that isn’t just fairy smut #hunger games #finnick odair

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can’t post a SINGLE hunger games edit without insufferable snow girlies pulling up in my comment section like “coryo 🧑🏼‍🦱 is sooo 👅 sexyyy 🥵 🔥 snow ❄️ lands on🔛 top🔝 of ME 🤪🤭”

I’m gonna commit arson I DON’T care that you Think Coryo Is Hot. why are you in the comment section of other character edits yapping about the blond twink??!!

#started deleting them on sight #not unique to the hg fandom but its sure been driving me nuts #shut up about blondie I don’t care!! #“he’s SOOO much hotter than sejanus” okay congrats pls go have your opinion somewhere else ✋ idc #tbosas #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #hunger games #sejanus plinth #coriolanus snow #lucy gray baird

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okay breaking some of this down:

"now derek, although harsh, was trying to do what was best for both his pack and Beacon Hills, whilst scott was busy screwing allison at every possible opportunity, including when he was supposed to be keeping watch for the kanima"

Breaking News: Sixteen y/o Boy Horny. Eight Dead, Four Wounded. No but jokes aside, yes that was irresponsible timing on the sex, however in the scheme of things I'd argue that Derek freshly turning three teenagers just before a full moon with no experienced werewolf backup was also pretty irresponsible. Speaking of screwing at inconvenient times, what about when Scott was literally dying of guilt because he felt responsible for Derek's death at the same time Derek's rolling around the sheets with THE MAIN VILLAIN OF THE SEASON? Everyone fucks up, and Scott not being perfect 24/7 doesn't equate to him being an overall bad person.

I'd also argue that Scott invested a LOT of time and energy into defending Beacon Hills and protecting innocent people. Almost died doing it, too.

"now derek, although harsh, was trying to do what was best for both his pack and Beacon Hills... In every scene you can tell he's doing it for their own good, and they (the betas) are learning from it. now, he's not perfect, but his methods w o r k e d."

He broke Isaac's arm for talking back to him and flirted with Erica (a minor) to entice her into taking the bite. Effective? Yes. Morally okay? No. Basically what's being said here is "abuse is okay as long as it achieves your goals!" which is...?? an interesting take to say the least.

"three bitten wolves, one an abuse victim, one an epileptic who was bullied all her life, one who'd lost his sister and never had a real place"

Fair point. However it's heavily debatable how much of that was out of the kindness of his heart considering:

a) Such vulnerable teenagers weren't in a position to refuse the bite and he probably realized that

b) He gets an Alpha Power Boost by having more betas. He directly benefits from them taking the bite.

c) He handed these poor kids power then immediately turned them into his own personal killing squad and put them in the line of fire right between a kanima and the oldest hunter family in the world. Not cool.

"isaac has so many issues with authority, and pairing him with scott, his so-called alpha, who demands loyalty and utter subservience, who will literally physically attack him for daring to like scott's EX"

So-called alpha? He is one, that's just fact, though whether or not he's strictly Isaac's alpha is up for debate. A beta's "biological" alpha (their sire) vs. the "adoptive" one they choose... which is more important? I have a theory, but there's no concrete answer.

Having said that, where does Scott demand "loyalty and utter subservience"? A lot of Scott's "leadership" isn't necessarily him taking or demanding power so much as his friends naturally looking up to and respecting him as a leader. I can only think of one time Scott used an "alpha roar" (*kid from shrek voice* do the roar) on Isaac - at the bus stop in 3x05 when Isaac was beating Ethan bloody, and in that case I think a little bit of oomph was needed to break through Isaac's tunnel vision. It's also possible that what stopped Isaac wasn't any kind of alpha powers, but the simple fact that he doesn't want to disappoint the one guy who's shown him real trust and respect.

As for the scene where Scott throws Isaac into the wall...yeah that was fucked up. But considering it was probably originally written as a comedic one-off (not a character-defining moment for scott), I think we can give him a little leeway. Writers' intent is an important thing to take into account when genuinely criticizing a character. Also, why was Isaac in the woods with the girls? Following Allison? You can't condemn Scott for his weird behavior when he has a crush, but then not acknowledge that Isaac was also being a lil creepy here.

Scott McCall stans will claim that Isaac “deserves better"  and then pair him up with the toxic, abusive asshole who repeatedly assaulted him just because Isaac liked his ex girlfriend… 

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usually i don’t respond to these in depth (not because i don’t love them but i’m usually a bit pressed for time) but actually you know what? this deserves a long post

so, what do we have. isaac lahey, victim of domestic abuse by an authority figure, who is tossed into a wall twice by his current authority figure (although that’s a bit tenuous, considering scott wasn’t even an alpha and frankly never should have been)

now look, derek made mistakes, right. (believe me, jeff made sure he PAID for those mistakes viciously). but he, at least, was trying to help his betas. he was trying to find the kanima so that no one else died, and he was r i g h t.

he grew up in a werewolf pack, and so we can assume that those methods (the pain, healing, anchors, chains on a full moon) were what he’d been taught. and in every scene you can tell he’s doing it for their own good, and they (the betas) are learning from it

now, he’s not perfect, but his methods w o r k e d.

look at them. all three of them have near perfect control within days of first being turned, whereas scott took weeks to learn how to keep the shift in his pants (and during that process assualted his best friend twice, nearly wolfed out at a lacrosse practice, stalked his crush, and threw about sixty temper tantrums)

now derek, although harsh, was trying to do what was best for both his pack and Beacon Hills, whilst scott was busy screwing allison at every possible opportunity, including when he was supposed to be keeping watch for the kanima. you know. the incredibly dangerous supernatural creature responsible for many deaths.

derek taught isaac the way HE had learned, and it fucking WORKED. isaac only lost control once canonically, on the full moon, and what do you know, derek was there to make sure no one got hurt. isaac found his own (however fucked-up) anchor after derek taught him how, and had almost impeccable control after that.

not to mention he was finally free from the abuse of his father and had a real place, a real pack.

and you know, we don’t love the hale pack because it was perfect, but because it had so much potential.

three bitten wolves, one an abuse victim, one an epileptic who was bullied all her life, one who’d lost his sister and never had a real place, all in a pack together. led by derek hale, the last known survivor, who lost his entire family and pack and is STILL, somehow, determined to do the right thing to help people.

and look, scisaac is a cute ship in theory. it’s funny, it’s adorable, it’s got canonical evidence - but look beneath the surface and it gets dark.

isaac has so many issues with authority, and pairing him with scott, his so-called alpha, who demands loyalty and utter subservience, who will literally physically attack him for daring to like scott’s EX, is wrong on so many levels. that ship has never sat right with me, and while i don’t think there’s a basis for it in canon, it DEFINITELY wouldn’t work without a whole lot of fanon interpretation and retconning.

thanks for sending this in!

#pro scott mccall #scott mccall defense squad #not liking scott is one thing. using DEREK as some kind of moral counterpoint to prove scott being a horrible person is crazy behavior #teen wolf

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the ex-confederate-soldier-turned-vampire cinematic universe

#no bc what kind of a pipeline is that and why is it such a common trope #at least I understand with jesse bc he was a villain already but...weird #jasper hale #twilight #vampire diaries #stefan salvatore #damon salvatore #near dark 1987 #near dark #jesse hooker

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sometimes a family can be a stone cold milf, an ex-confederate soldier, a y'allternative twenty-something, an old man trapped in a child's body, and a manic pixie dream girl

#near dark #this movie is so special to me brb gonna go rewatch #near dark 1987 #diamondback #jesse hooker

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troy's line to luciana about how nick "left her for the ranch" is made 100x funnier when you realize that in-universe it's been about a decade since s3. this man brought up TEN YEAR OLD relationship beef for... the drama??

#troy's a piece of shit and he has every mental illness known to man #he's also unironically the funniest mf on the show since nick (rip king) #ftwd #fear the walking dead #luciana galvez #troy otto #troy x nick

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hob gadling be like

You are perfectly immortal. You can’t age, you can’t get any wounds, you can survive anything, and even if the universe were to end you are immediately taken to another universe. Not because you are demi-god or a wizard, but because the god of death’s daughter is in love with you.

#death’s little brother but same difference #dreamling #the sandman #hob gadling #dream of the endless

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not making any excuses for sn*w, but I will say that the Failed Situationship x Homoerotic Teenage Friendship combo is a hell of a double whammy

#I’m not saying my post was the most original thought to ever be had #but the phrasing feels MIGHTY close… #I see too many ppl taking others’ jokes to let this slide sorry

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“omg 🤭 🥺 katniss was sejanus’ revenge and peeta was lucy gr—” *gunshot*

#I’m sorry it’s a nice parallel but it’s become the MOST lukewarm of takes #I’m not tryna be a hater I swear #but WE GET IT now let’s form some more original thoughts & connections #tbosas #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #hunger games #katniss everdeen #peeta mellark #coriolanus snow #lucy gray baird #sejanus plinth

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gritty gets sent to ‘nam

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not making any excuses for sn*w, but I will say that the Failed Situationship x Homoerotic Teenage Friendship combo is a hell of a double whammy

#been in them separately & it wasn't good #both at once might've sent me over the edge too #it's shitposting hours #coriolanus snow #lucy gray baird #sejanus plinth #snowbaird #snowjanus #hunger games #bosas

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#sorry not sorry #anti sjm

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Hate hate HATE when people try and criticize Sejanus' character for liking Coriolanus. "I can't believe he trusted Coriolanus so much" okay well I can. Coriolanus spent ten years pretending to be Sejanus' friend. He called them brothers. He saved his life in the arena and Sejanus never knew about how he was threatened academically to do it, in his eyes that was an act of goodwill.

Coriolanus is such a skilled charmer and manipulator that even reading the book from HIS POINT OF VIEW, knowing exactly who he is and what he becomes, seeing every nasty, horrible thought that crosses his mind...we still hoped that the love story would have a happy ending. We have SUBSTANTIALLY more knowledge about the inner workings of Coriolanus' mind than Sejanus ever did, and we still thought Coriolanus might be truly capable of doing good once in a while... so what chance did Sejanus have?

tldr: He wasn't some hapless idiot for trusting Coriolanus. He was lured in by the biggest liar liar pants on fire in the entirety of Panem and it's a little hypocritical to blame him for that when we did the same exact thing.

#i firmly believe sejanus realized the imbalance in their relationship. he's not an idiot #especially prior to the arena/d12 before coryo got on his whole “we're brothers” schtick #even at 12/13 I was able to recognize that my friends at the time were closer/more genuine w/ each other than me. it's a noticeable thing #but I didn't mind and kind of let it happen because coolly distant friendships were better than no friendships at all #that's not something i'd wish on any kid but it's the truth #coriolanus snow #sejanus plinth #bosas #hunger games

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what she says: i'm fine

what she means: holding on to something, to someone, might be what you need at first, but there will come a day when you no longer do. there will come a day when you're holding on because you want to, because you think you don't know how to let go, but learning to let go doesn't mean forgetting and it doesn't mean losing someone entirely. it just means that one day when our bones are dust, when we've all returned to the earth from whence we came, when we're nothing but stars in the sky and roots in the ground... then we will belong to each other in a way we never could in life.

long way or short way, all we'll be in the end is a handful of words on someone's lips, but for now we'll travel our own paths and keep each other alive in the stories we choose to tell. it's what we need, even if it's not what we want.

#i'm normal about this show (lie) #white moon carrying on eli's legacy while he disappears into the frontier like a ghost... #it's about becoming a story. not a legend. not a mythic hero. just a story. every one of us a part of history #the english #the english 2022 #cornelia locke #eli whipp #western #grief #emily blunt #chaske spencer