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Oh Pierre
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officialleotolstoy · 4 days
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character who;s doomed form the start but not because of tragedy or anything but because they're a woman and their writer is a misogynist
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sometimes it strikes me how much tolstoy hates women (thinking about natasha in the epilogue) (why would he do this to us.)
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1, 18 and 21. Burn the wap fandom alive baby
1. The character everyone gets wrong:
I already talked about Pierre in my other answer, so I’m going to go with a weird pair of characters: Marya B and Anatole. With Marya B, people love to just turn her into a soft girl cottagecore lesbian stereotype character and ignore all of the nuance she has. She helped essentially run the estate when her father was dying and whipped everyone into shape when no one else stepped up. She basically raised Nikolushka for her absent brother. She was relieved her father was dying and felt horribly guilty about it. She helps out people down on their luck out of the goodness of her heart even though her family disapproves. She’s so much more than just a cute sweet girl that can be dismissed because she’s “soft” and “boring”. She can be soft AND strong AND interesting.
As for Anatole, everyone treats him like he’s either a haha silly stupid guy who just makes mistakes and doesn’t think and infantilizes him to excuse his actions like he’s not a grown adult man OR treats him like some evil mastermind heartbreaker who just wants to hurt people. He is neither of those things. He’s too stupid to be actively manipulative but he’s also too self absorbed to care if anyone gets hurt while he pursues what he wants. He’s not innocent and naive but he’s not calculated either. His major problem is that he is horribly horribly selfish. He’s the worst and I hate him forever still of course
18. It’s absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on…
My usual answer is Vera Rostova, but it seems there’s been a bit of a revolution around her recently. Not really sure what’s going on in Veraland but I salute you all. So I’m changing my answer to Boris! He is one of the guys ever and we need to talk about him more. He’s ambitious he’s driven he’s a mommy’s boy he wrote his wife emo poetry and doesn’t even like her anyway. He’s friends (or something…) with Hélène. The guy ever
Also Petya!!! He’s sooo interesting as a parallel to Nikolai and a tragic cautionary tale about idealizing war. The scene between him and that young French prisoner of war haunts me forever
21. Part of canon you think is overhyped:
I want to say the philosophy rants but NO ONE is hyping that up lmao. I’m going to go with the bear cop river thing. Don’t get me wrong I love that bit but people talk about it like its a whole volume of misadventures when it’s literally mentioned once in passing
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officialleotolstoy · 6 days
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7, 8, 16, and 22! <3
7. What character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because of how the fandom acts about them?
Pierre. I loved Comet Pierre and I think his book counterpart is more annoying but still a fascinating and at times sympathetic character. However, I’ve had to turn into a hater because everyone and their mother acts like he’s a perfect angel who can do no wrong. Dave Malloy syndrome
8. Common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about?
DANATOLE. I have written paragraphs upon paragraphs about this but everyone is so wrong about them and I’m the only one that understands. If they aren’t horrible for each other and toxic and the worst men on earth you aren’t doing it right I don’t take criticism. Also much more minor but I hate Danatole as a ship name it’s so ugly
Also, people act like Marya D is such a good godmother but completely brush over the atrocious way she treated Sonya. I promise I’m not a hater of hers I just think she should be allowed to have flaws
16. You can’t understand why so many people like this thing:
MARYA D X HÉLÈNE. I know it comes from Grace McLean’s ensemble character Katya and Hélène making out in the Abduction sequence but why did everyone collectively decide that’s MARYA D. Katya was free real estate to give Hélène a gf and you all ignored that. Shame on you.
22. Your favorite part of canon everyone ignores:
The Marya B and Natasha closeness arc that happens after Andrei died. They fell in love and I will die on that hill. No one talks about this and I can’t believe it
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officialleotolstoy · 6 days
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🔥 choose violence ask game 🔥
the character everyone gets wrong
a compelling argument for why your fave would never top or bottom
screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr
what was the last straw that made you finally block that annoying person?
worst discord server and why
which ship fans are the most annoying?
what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them?
common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about
worst part of canon
worst part of fanon
number of fandom-related words you've filtered
the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them
worst blorboficiation
that one thing you see in fics all the time
that one thing you see in fanart all the time
you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)
there should be more of this type of fic/art
it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...
you're mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like...
part of canon you found tedious or boring
part of canon you think is overhyped
your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores
ship you've unwillingly come around to
topic that brings up the most rancid discourse
common fandom complaint that you're sick of hearing
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officialleotolstoy · 7 days
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NATASHA, PIERRE, AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at Streetcar Crowsnest
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officialleotolstoy · 7 days
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bro we are living in the wrong timeline because the great comet was supposed to become The Les Mis Of This Generation and run for decades with every bway/west end actor playing multiple roles in the show over their careers
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officialleotolstoy · 1 month
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Natasha, Pierre, and Andrei
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officialleotolstoy · 2 months
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Hello wap fans I made a uquiz you should take it
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officialleotolstoy · 2 months
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One of Nikolai Rostov's funniest moments has to be chucking a loaded gun at the enemy without firing it first. Like I get not having 30 seconds to reload but it was ready?
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officialleotolstoy · 2 months
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Feeling an incredibly weird specific nostalgia but what piece of media defined 2020 for you (as in you spent that year with it) mine is mtv's catfish
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officialleotolstoy · 3 months
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i refuse to defend my favorite characters. They did that horrible thing bc they suck really bad
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Putting two faves into situations
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Oooooohh...that makes sense
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officialleotolstoy · 3 months
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Many of you seem to enjoy my funny animal versions of comet characters (thank you, btw :-) ) so…..here’s anteater Pierre👍did him a while back
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officialleotolstoy · 3 months
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clown month day 20 - comet
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