#I loved being able to see her again

[antianakin]

If we do ever get a Reva spin-off show (or movie, whatever), I would like to put it out there that it shouldn't have a SINGLE cameo. Not one. No Rebels characters, no Sequels characters, no Force ghosts, no Ahsoka, no Luke or Leia, no other Jedi survivors, NOBODY. No cameos, just Reva and a cast of original characters.

#star wars #reva sevander #reva #little easter egg things in like props or sets or whatever are fine #oh also DON'T SEND HER TO TATOOINE #STOP SENDING PEOPLE TO TATOOINE #i never want to see reva on tatooine again #give her new planets to go to pls and thx #look i love the idea of what would happen if reva met adult luke and leia too #or having reva meet jedi survivor characters like quinlan or cal #or interacting with the rebels crew (the real ones not these fake ass knock-offs from the ahsoka show) #or telling off ahsoka for the genocide apologist she apparently is and defending the jedi to her stupid face #or being able to speak to obi-wan and yoda's force ghosts one last time #but she deserves to get to shine in her own show without having to share the spotlight with already beloved characters #she deserves to establish herself without that burden #esp since she was introduced on a show where she had to hold up against a whole slew of pre-established characters #LET HER SHINE

[mulderscully]

ten did nothing wrong by becoming the timelord victorious actually. he was missing his wife

#and god knowing that he gets to be with rose. but no he doesn't! #that would drive anyone insane #and the way he accuses tentoo of being dangerous #is not because of how tentoo was created #it's because he needs rose. to hold onto his humanity. #s3 he is barely keeping it together IN HER NAME #'​that name keeps me fighting!' #and s4 he is almost a person again and he is able to move forward to a degree #but donna knows and can see how much he misses rose #& the whole 'I CANT GO BACK I JUST CANT' isnt even abt gallifrey #it's about rose #and then he does get rose back. and he's SO HAPPY #so genuinely happy for the first time since s2 #and then he aborts the regeneration and accidentally creates another version of himself #because HE LOVES HER and he knows how traumtic watching him regenerate was for her the first time #tentoo is born out of his love for rose #so ten losing her again is what drives him crazy #if donna had stayed. tbh i still think he would have gone crazy #dw

[chirpsythismorning]

Mike low-key fuming here bc Will was a little too quick to turn down going to see a movie

#byler #stranger things #i think mike's feeling really guilty about last night here (he should) #that's why he keeps looking back at el's plate worriedly #and he's also trying to ignore will #mike in real time worrying about el and feeling like he has no choice but to ignore will #otherwise he gets fucking distracted and everything goes to shit #but this part where Jonathan recommends they go see a movie #and wills just like nah we'll stay home and mikes just like whatever man #back to worrying about el again #back to ignoring will #leading to him going to give her that eggo w/ syrup and no fork (michael..) #all the while the will the wise drawing is in the frame when she confronts him about not being able to write love in her letters.... #all the while wills just sitting there like unrequited love is a bitch #yeah there are layers here ppl #st 4x03

[thedevotionaltour]

even for period typical ableism it still drives me nuts for karen to go oh poor matt how can he deal and get around as if he hasn't been blind most of his life at this point and living on his own by himself as an adult for his entire adult life after college and has also lived in the city his whole life like girl use your damn brain he can get around by himself just fine. good god. like take five seconds to use your brain. literally adult man who lives by himself if nothing else that should tell you he is fine and when he needs assistance has the knowledge and ability to go get it you act as if he can't even walk on the sidewalk by himself. he literally shows up to work by himself. it drives me up the wall sometimes how she sees proof of him functioning fine independently literally witnesses it on the daily and still thinks these things. like again foggy isn't great either bc again the period typical ableism (and just general ableism in the world outside of this period as this is a common attitude of viewing disabled people as helpless and unable to function even if they are people who do live independently (and im not touching on people who do need extra support and caretaking in this context. as this post is about these characters in the context of a story. so im talking about what we see there instead of any truly meaningful nuanced way) but the writing here is like. Particularly this way due to the time) he has a modicum more of understanding that matt is literally a capable grown adult man. literally told karen matt is a big boy who can handle himself and then karen went b-b-but you forget he's blind as if foggy hasn't known him for years of his life and is his best friend like PLEASE SEE HIM AS AN ADULT. I AM GOING TO GO INSANE. PLEASE RESPECT HIM IF YOU LOVE HIM SO DEARLY. AND EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T. JUST RESPECT HIM AS A PERSON!!!!!!

#i think it's particularly maddening bc we have seen characters be able to understand civillian matt is like. more than just Blind Man. #i am always highly aware of period typical writing and can remember the context etc etc but sometimes. #sometimes it truly. truly does drive me up the wall. especially when other characters have been capable of not being That Level #of infantalizing. again foggy still isn't much better in a lot of respects he is just as capable of and has been as infantilizing #and insulting as karen has been. for sure. on multiple occassions. no questions asked. but i dont think he does it to the extent karen does #as in we dont see it on page just as much. it's just a bit less. so we see karen focus on it far more. to an almost exaggerated extent #part of that is the romance plot of ohhh i cannot possibly love a blind man while foggy is matt;s best friend of many years #so of course it will be in the way of the stan lee and old romance comics schools of writing that this goes down and is written like this. #of course we see her focus on it a touch more in a different way bc she's still getting to know matt and hasnt witnessed him #for about like a decade(? they met in undergrad right?) function on his own the way foggy has. but jesus christ man. good god. #at a certain point even with the period time context it does just still leave a bad taste. at certain points it becomes less eye roll #and far more maddening and hard to push down. bc it is gross. no matter what time period it is. #again. both of them are pretty disrespectful towards matt about it at this point even if mostly in their inner monologues or dialogues #with each other and not super to matt's face about it every time. but still. sometimes karen drives me far more crazy about it than foggy. #becase at least foggy can in fact recognize every now and then. matt is a perfectly capable grown man who can function and thrive. #and is someone who lives independently but also can know how to get assistance when needed. #while karen at this point has never really once given matt the benefit of that assumption despite witnessing his capabilities. #because even with his act of trying to fit the image ppl have of him. he still functions within that! and shows he can do things! #and ask for help when he needs it! even within his act of making himself smaller and quieter for others. #he's still like. adult man who lives his life. and does stuff on his own time. #i cant really speak about matt on any more deeper level than that in regards to his disabilities. i am not disabled. #i only speak as a reader and someone watching what these characters do and have proven to be able to do and how they act. #so i can only talk about karen and foggy's behaviors and attitudes in that regard. #and also as a person with like. basic understanding of other ppl living their lives. that all ppl live their own damn lives however it is #like most ppl on planet earth. #i apologize if any of my wording here is bad or if i dont talk on it well as none of this in the real world stuff is my lived experience #and you are free to go hey. incorrect. think about that or word that differently. #ok i promise im done now it's just. EUGH. UGH!!!!! #static.soundz

[idiosyncraticrednebula]

People who say that Beauty and the Beast (1991) endorses Stockholm Syndrome and domestic abuse have very grossly missed the entire point of the story.

#disney #beauty and the beast #meta #disney meta #txt #belle was never abused once by the beast in the movie. he was really just a jerk #y'all do realize that there are people who are jerks that aren't necessarily abusive #now they might have a higher inclination for it but no beast never abused her #the scene where he lost his temper was supposed to show how much beastly nature was having a hold on him and he immediately showed regret #afterwards. as soon as belle called him out on his bad temper he never tried any other shit ever again #y'all really think that if he was abusive he would have redeemed himself THAT quickly? #again he did act like an ass but he was not an abuser. i don't think he woulda even been able to stomach doing something to her #unintentionally or not #the entire point of the story is that despite him literally being a beast belle was able to see “beauty” in him #she was able to look past that and see that he was actually a good person but that he just needed to improve himself #see belle wasn't a “i can fix him” type. she was the inspiration for him to become a better individual #being with her made him feel things he probably never felt before. he felt loved wanted desired #that is what he needed but had stayed away from because of his own insecurities #which is also why this discussion about whether he was hot in his human form or not is irrelevant in the end #belle loved him for who he was and she probably thought he was the most beautiful man in the whole world both visually and spiritually #also beast respected and loved belle. gaston only lusted her and saw her as a pontential trophy wife to boost his social status #you see gaston and beast are actually quite similar in the beginning #but the thing is that beast has virtues that gaston lacks #beast also wanted belle just to break a spell although he did try to show her humanity to show that there was an emotional complex human #being but he did genuinely fall in love with her and let her go. he sacrificed himself and his servants because he truly loved her #gaston would have never done that before he was already too far gone in his fixation with being the BEST #anyways #i have gone long enough about this but you get my point

[8rujaa]

my therapist really saved me….

#tw abuse // tw sa #i can’t sleep bc i keep thinking about this. #like i probably would’ve not been here if it weren’t for her #i started seeing her january of 2023… my life has changed entirely since then and she was definitely the one who got the ball rolling #literally so much has changed since then and it’s all because of her #i was so dissociated during our first few sessions #thanks to her i was able to get diagnosed and medicated for adhd. i was able to realize i was in an abusive situation and plan a way out #i was able to focus on myself and my healing and she’s helped me reframe so much of my negative thinking #i was able to process a lot of emotions and become a better version of myself with each session #she’s truly incredible. #i remember the first comment she made about the relationship had been ‘’so it’s like there’s an imbalance of control in the relationship’’ #i had put my partners on such a high pedestal that i had no idea they could be doing anything wrong #and i asked her what she meant and she said ‘from what you’ve been describing it’s sounds like a strict parents and child type of dynamic’ #she told me they didn’t need to understand why i wanted to leave and they didn’t need to make that decision. if that’s what was going to be #best for me the only thing i could do is let them know my reasoning and simply leave. i didn’t need their permission.’’ #i remember being so confused at that realization bc like… i had been putting their emotions over mine the whole time i had forgotten simply #doing what’s best for me was an option… l #ever since then i’ve been putting myself first and it’s been a steady uphill from rock bottom… i’ve made an incredible amount of progress #when i first started with her getting out of bed and walking to the kitchen was incredibly difficult and took all my strength. #yesterday i conquered a mountain!!!!!!! i hiked all the way to the top!!!!! :D #me a year ago thought it was going to take me years and years to recover. as soon as i left i made leaps of progress #im incredibly proud of myself and grateful for her. and my reiki lady she’s also been a great great help. #the silver lining is i realized who really matters. and the relationships i cared about deepened. #my sweet virgo friend was the one who was always like ‘THATS A GROWN ASS MAN WHO CANT UNDERSTAND BASIC CONSENT???’ #LMFAO i would be like ‘but he has trauma and bla bla bla’ she looked me dead in the eyes and said #’jess you said with your last boyfriend that you would never make excuses for a man who was hurting you again. stop defending him.’ #she’s really a gem and i treasure her with my life. i hope she knows i love her. she’s family at this point #she’s also literally saved my life before (like deadass called 911 for help) #im glad i had the support system i had. that was a rough situation with so many layers and im glad i got through it #my 22nd year of life was by far the worst of my life and i don’t ever want to put myself in that situation again. im glad i learned.

[koravelliumavast]

Lifehack! Don’t do this. Unless you want to cry

#stormlight archive #cosmere #brandon sanderson #oathbringer spoilers #RENARIN AND JASNAH SCENE AT THE END IM SOBBING #she prepared to swing but then Renarin turned and looked at her tears streaming down his face he met her eyes and he nodded #suddenly they were young again he was a trembling child weeping on her shoulder for a father who didn’t seem to be able to feel love #little Renarin always so solemn always misunderstood laughed at and condemned by people who said similar things about Jasnah behind her back #Jasnah fell to her knees then pulled Renarin into an embrace. he broke down crying like he had as a boy burying his head in her shoulder #yeah ok I can see why that’s your favorite scene brandon #AND KALADIN NOT BEING ABLE TO SAY THE FOURTH IDEA #and Renarin thinking that dalinar was dead #and YOU CANNOT HAVE MY PAIN #and szeth and lift and nightblood #AND TEFT #AND ASH AND TALN #I’m sobbing right now

[fourteenthz]

LOVE AND PEACE ON FUCKING PLANET EARTH

#kelly plays ykz #yakuza 0 spoilers #I'm stopping now its like 7am I prefer to believe they are going to have a dinner and plan a trip to Europe and never come back actually #IM SO OBSESSES WITH THEM IT'S MAKING ME SICK IN THE HEAD #i didn't start this game expecting anything other than brother^tm but you know what. IF #they every single one of majima's old boss can say tell this guy has feelings maybe i can too. yeah. YEAH. #OBSESSED SO BAD with chapter 16 first cutscene... he has absolutely NO hesitation in running up to her. #and the second she goes past him he immediately refuses to let her go. #ITS SO INSANE how he has been so lifeless the last chapter and accepting his fate as a pawn for the next one #to show that fucking face he makes while looking at her. ITS SO WEIRD IN A FANTASTIC WAY my man is having too many feelings he can't #she** can't even see it and it KILLS ME bc he is making the world's puppiest eyes at her IM SO AUAAGAHHAHH SLAMMING MY HEAD ON THE TABLE #I NEED THEM. TO BE. SO NORMAL RN. I NEED THEM TO HAVE SUCH NORMAL DINNER RN. #I'm stopping playing bc i'm not sure that's going to happen so enough tears for today but I JUST. REALLY NEED THEM. #TO HAVE DINNER. HOLDING HANDS. AND THAT'S IS. CAN SOMEONE HEAR ME. #she really is like my top3 favorite characters in this damn game I adore this woman to death. #feeling so majima by his sigh in realief as soon as she stopped walking away when she tripped. the way his damn face changes from pained to #'IDEA!' and imediatelly offers to take her out........................... i'm so unwell at this momento. #I thought if they met again I wouldn't be able to trust majima bc he was so set in being a damn pawn in the previous chapter but man..... #the amount of thoughts behind his eye everytime he looked at her. if they end up playing that as him bring in pain #bc he has to win her over im going to kll a guy. there's no way NO WAY U HEARD ME #thry are literally my everything. there is NO way she is going to survive this game and I'm trying sk damn hard to get #used to that idea but it just sucks i love her so much. and thw worst part i have no idea what's up with majima on the other games #is her dying being his villain storie??? his hero redemption? HELL IF I KNOW. IS SHE EVEN DYING FR?? #i truly think they could get away wih shipping her to another country. and it would make sense for majima to insist her to go. #but oh I doubt so hard they are giving me anything but pain with my favorite relationships in this game. i really do. #until then..... lying down in bed.... thoughts abt majima soft expression at her.... abt the weight her voice #carries rn.... abt the way he said 'hey' and she said 'you think I'm emotional because I'm hungry again'..... they. are. so. #the way they dont even give a choice to walk faster when she is accompanying majima. #I have such low standards at this point. if they don't at least hold hands again i will cry. #he doesn't need to guide her around anymore so... u see my vision? him asking for her hand bc he wants to... hello?

[franeridan]

I understand why everyone who read dunmeshi instantly shipped marci and falin but tbh the fact that it's just treated as canon by the fandom cuts on a lot of interesting analysis that could be done on their relationship outside of the romantic reading, which is kind of a shame

#when i read through i spent a lot of time trying to understand if marci saw her as an equal or as a younger friend she had to take care of #this started from her comment about how 29yo is “a child” and falin is younger than that #and then the scene in the bathroom which is very loved by the shippers #it felt a lot like falin understood the implications and marci didn't yk #i read that and it just felt like they were failing to communicate bc marci just couldn't see falins body as something she should be #embarrassed about #very mom with a child behaviour #same in the bed falin mentioned growing up and marci said it was just the same #doesn't it imply she still sees her as a kid? #there's that time in the backstory of when she first met laios and how she treats falin like a kid who can't make her own choices too #like she tells laios off for taking her away and then tells her she'll take her back to the academy like falin isn't #perfectly able to choose for herself #extremely “mom knows best” of her?? #there's a lot of moments like that #then there's also everything that could be said about falin being marcis first friend and what it means for her to die #like...if you just call it romance it goes to undermine a bigger issue in marci's character imo? #like marci went to those lengths just cause she's in love with her but i think the point is that this was yet another person she lost before #she was ready to let her go? her character arc culminates in her accepting that falin might just be dead after all #and even with the possibility of falin being reborn she was ready to be taken away by the elves and never see her again #this is incredible growth for her but it only makes sense if falin was just one of many friends this could have happened with #and not the love of her life? I'd assume she would want to spend the rest of falins life with her if that was the case #whether or not she got over her fear of everyone dying before her #it's a thought! i think it's interesting to think about! #it's fun to ship them so I'm not saying we shouldn't or whatever but not treating it as canon now and again would open #to so many possibilities #for example I can't get out of my brain the scenario in which falin is in love with her and marci just can't see it until it's too late #kind of like himmel and frieren? think of the angst!! all lost because we just assume they're canon......tragic

[ladysophiebeckett]

marcela does a lot of cruel things throughout the series but i think her true moment of traditional telenovela villainy is that dinner she has with margarita and patricia, (the day betty gets made president) where she basically states 'yeah i know armando is still in love with her and i know beatriz is still in love with him but she believes everything in the letter and she has no way to disprove it. and armando has no witnesses to speak on his favor.'

and she's very smug about it:

in marcela's head she believes the only one she's really hurting by withholding this information is beatriz, how armando feels is not even much of an afterthought. marcela puts herself and her needs first. which is understandable. she has no incentive to help beatriz and why would she? she sees beatriz as the reason why her relationship with armando deteriorated even tho it's actually more complicated than that.

of course armando knows he doesn't have witnesses or anything to prove that in middle of everything he did truly fall in love with her and he's not going to ask anyone for help. mario offers to talk to her (tho not seriously) and even patricia says mario could tell betty the truth but marcela knows betty would never believe the author of the letter.

her only goal is to keep armando by her side. i dont know if she knows that she's hurting him or if she justifies her own actions as a consequence of his past actions towards her. or maybe its something she knows she's doing but doesn't care. (im gonna let the audience decide that bc im not even sure how i feel about that).

we see armando go through hell after betty disappears but when she returns he never once thinks to tell her about what exactly happened after she went away. he only says 'all the damage i did to myself' but never elaborates and betty never asks. it's deliberate that armando never tells her about his state of mind during that period of time bc he knows that to do so would be seen as a form of manipulation. that's not how you prove to someone that you've changed. and that's aside from him knowing that she would never believe him. (bc we know she wouldn't). he loves betty and although he's not yet at the point of truly understanding just how much pain and damage he's caused her, he would never want her to take him back bc she feels sorry for him.

meanwhile, way before the truth of the embargo happens, marcela tells him she would never survive him ending their engagement. that it would just as bad as when her parents died.

his face is immediately affected and she knows. she knows that the only way to keep him is through manipulation. and later on, participating in the act of withholding information that could help him, but again she doesn't see it as helping him. and never actually does. when she gives beatriz this information, it's actually in her attempt to save the company her father co founded. bc up until the last minute she was still holding out hope that betty's indifference to armando would push him back to her. not understanding that armando's changed indefinitely. he's not going to be manipulated by her again and he's not going to stoop to his past behaviors bc it never did him or anyone any good to begin with.

#ysblf #betty la fea #i was in the middle of something else when i wrote this just now #it was unintentional but like i do think that scene is her true moment of villainy #bc u claim to love this person but also u dont want whats best for that person bc u fail to see that ur mutually hurting each other #and armando sees it and his biggest development in his character arc is his need to change it and recognize #that he doesnt' want to cause her pain anymore #but marcela fails to see the pain she's done to him via her own manipulations #bc again--she justifies it #the biggest difference between armando and marcela is that armando would know in the back of his mind #that the things he was doing were wrong #he knew the entire time--thats why they showed him not being able to sleep #but marcela doesn't care about who she hurts and she doesn't lose sleep if she mistreats anyone #not even armando #bc AGAIN she justifies with his infidelities

[mettywiththenotes]

TSUYU DEVELOPMENT CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS

#like this has been building up since kamino #where it was shown that she would not budge to help someone if it meant breaking the rules or law #that doesn't mean she doesn't have a heart but she's very set on not doing anything to get in the way of the professionals #and most recently at octo island she's been shown to focus on taking down toga #all of her dialogue and thoughts are ALL focused on the fight not being disturbed and also thinking about confessions #'midoriya will not be able to ignore her words' #and then she sees ocha's desperation and you can SEE her changing her mind #all leading up to this moment!! #WE LOVE TO SEE IT!! #bnha #bnha 392 #bnha manga spoilers #like bro i have been talking about this but now lets talk about it again because she GOT her DEVELOPMENT HELL YEAH #tsuyu asui #bnha spoilers #mettys posts #metty posts

[chirpsythismorning]

📝 💐 🛼 💔⏪️💭🧊🌄❤️‍🩹

More Than Words by Extreme

previous ⏪︎ now playing ⏩ next back to playlist

#bizarre love triangle playlist #stranger things #el hopper #el's pov #okay so basically this song sort of captures el's series long realization coming to a head #which is that she never needed to hear mike say i love you for it to be real #she needed to feel it based on his actions #i don't necessarily think she was going to break up with mike here #because arguably she already dumped his ass with that from el letter #HOWEVER i do think she was prepared to solidify her concerns and how she feels now #maybe her hope was to rid mike of his misery and try to meet him on his level and put all of this fake nonsense to rest #with them both coming to the decision mutually that it would be better for them to focus on being friends #bc she will always want that even if mike is too much of a peabrain to realize that it's even an option for them (yet) #he's giving her all these signals up to this point that he does not have romantic feelings for her #it was never about him not being able to say i love you (tho it contributed in that he avoided it) #it was the fact that she needed to hear it at all to believe it that cemented their permanent romantic fallout #a consistent parallel between the endgame couples is that none of them ever say i love you out loud #bc they show it! and the other person knows as a result! #which follows the whole 'show dont tell' rule #el basically broke up with mike in vol 1 and was prepared to not see him for a long time or ever again #but then they were reuniting and she was so relieved that didn't have to be the case #and yet mike isn't kissing her #he's not saying he loves her #he's stalling #but i think el takes it as him respecting her decision to finally call it quits via her from el letter and that maybe he's matured since s3 #but then he's rambling and dancing around his words #and you can literally see the pity start to be written all over her face #it's as if she's realizing he's going to try to mend their romantic relationship AGAIN even tho she can tell his heart isn't in it #she looks confused and almost disappointed #then abruplty romeo is interrupted

[leaflnthewind]

Sometimes I see Supergirl gifs of Lena and Lex and I get kind of... disappointed that they made that relationship so horrible?

Sure, Lex and Lena's relationship in comics is not the best. Their currently story is that he left her to live with her aunt and never spoke to her again after not being able to help her when she got sick. Then when he did he tried to hide her from the world of fear of not being able to protect her. She grew resentful of him after that and tried to kill him (which was so valid of her actually).

But it sucks to see that Lena so alone because besides all that, Lex loves Lena, she was once referenced as the only person Lex was truly capable of loving, and it sucks that they didn't let her have that.

Like, sure, he deserved to get shot for crying his ableist tears everytime he said he couldn't stand to see her in a wheelchair because he failed or wtv. But at very least he does lover her in his Lex Luthor way.

(then there's also the fact she's not disabled in that series, and as far as i know she also doesn't have her telephatic powers either so i wonder who that Lena was ever supposed to be lmao)

#oh so your greatest shame is your failure to make your sister walk again?? #have you tried throwing yourself off a cliff? #not opening your mouth ever again may also be helpful #i hate that it's actually in character for him to feel ashamed for not being able to cure her but really??? #hiding her from the world bc you can't stand to see her in a wheelchair?? #again #have you ever tried throwing yourself off a cliff #lex luthor #lena luthor #dc comics #im rating bc i love them actually #he loves her so fucking much i just wish this wasn't the storyline they decided to go with #she could've at least have some incurable comic illness or wtv #but alas #still better than him having that awful beard and being so fucking weird around her for no reason like that series seem to have done #again i have never touched it and i don't think i ever will but still

[zincbot]

HM. MIRABELLE?

#in stars and time #in stars and time spoilers #(in the tags) #so after loop told me not to bother with giving mira the bow again i was like: okay i shld give her the bow again #i spent a loop checking every single rollback spot and it was really interesting #but scarily i was in a dead-end checking that paper where you tell a story about running away from home #but there was a rollback. and *i* forgot what i was talking about. and everyone kind of laughed it off but... that's really concerning #okay so basically after all that happened i reset to town and gave mirabelle the bow again. and instead of being able to move on #past the skip. she kind of became aware that something was wrong? and her expressions oh my gof #pointing out the bow she already had made her slot back into normalcy but. aack #i'm concerned and very excited to see what's going on. hopefully i'll be able to cut through the third floor on my next loop #( know abt the 2nd floor key now) #and then we'll see what happens when i fight the king if he's what's up there #i Really wanna know what isa has to say to me (gay heart praying for a confession-) #odile noticed smth strange too once. i'm wondering maybe if there's a way for her to pick up on what's going on frm within the loop #(she's very very smart + i love her)

[wormlette]

Soooooo glad i’m not the only mickbell enjoyer; the family dynamic makes me insane 😭

THANK YOU SAAAAME!!!! Like we see Daya critiquing their relationship and assuming Kuro is being used but Kabru (who is the best at understanding peoples' relationships and motivations!) is the one who recognizes "you're both really overprotective of each other, aren't you?" Like. They've both been through the worst in life and seen the absolute lowest of people and yet they have each other and love each other so fiercely they only want to be a comfort to each other. Mik is so scared of Kuro leaving her. Mik also started paying Kuro in food when HE HAD NOTHING... they started adventuring together... they're brothers!! Mik just has no idea how to have a healthy sibling relationship!!!! I completely understand why it seems like a lot of people see "he's underpaying the cute dog that was a SLAVE" and are turned off by her but there's SO MUCH MORE GOING ON THERE THAN DAYA SEES. IN MY O PINION

#again. my genderqueer mikbell agenda #that comic where mik and kuro go to the baths is what made me open up to them personally. now you're the cleanest dog in the world... #now no one will be able to look down on you... like that's what love looks like 😭 #im not saying their love is the HEALTHIEST but it's a story. complicated relationships are my bread and butter. i love them #and i think it's sooooo important that Kuro's bio takes care to mention #he doesnt care about the wealth or the fame from the dungeon. #he just wants to see the world WITH MIK. #AND ANOTHER THING!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mik told Kuro to go do whatever he wanted! i think if kuro wanted to leave mik would let him. and that's why #it is so scary for her to see kuro learning from kabru WHO SHE KNOWS IS KIND OF A RAT LMAO. she's afraid of being alone again... #or (and?) of kuro being taken advantage of by someone charismatic...

[in-tua-deep]

man i have really been thinking about worldbuilding and exposition in books recently

when i was like, i don’t know, twelve-ish, I picked up this book about a teenage girl in a spy school. and i absolutely fell in love with it - I thought it was incredibly neat how the book just seemed to drop me into the middle of the story, even starting in the girl’s second year. in fact, the main character frequently referenced events from her first year (falling in love with a civilian, things ending badly, finding secret passageways, losing her mother’s trust etc.) 

and I actually really enjoyed the fact that the character had a rich and vibrant life outside of what i had read and that the book didn’t go out of its way to explain her past in flashbacks or anything. i understood the main takeaways and why she was reacting to things based on what i gleaned, and more than that i understood the growth of the character, why she was cautious in certain places but reckless in others, etc and i felt smarter for not being handed the answer on a silver platter

anyway it wasn’t until i finished the book and realized there was a sequel that i looked it up and found out that. in fact. i had started with the second book in the series.

oops.

#i will say i genuinely read the sequels and NEVER went back and read the first book #it genuinely felt like i understood the takeaways from reading the second book #it almost felt like i would be doing cammie a disservice by going backwards and undoing the progress she had made #anyway i just remember thinking about how cool it was that the author didn't go out of their way to explain exactly what happened #and yet i was able to understand what happened just by her reactions to this new guy #the oh. OH. of realizing she hadn't fallen in love with a civilian so much as fallen in love with the idea of civilian life #her life being made much more difficult from the loss of trust by her mother and teachers #kind of want to go back and reread it but i feel like reading ur childhood books again sets you up for disappointment #probably not the masterpiece i remember reading #but man it made so much sense bc of COURSE cammie wouldn't just like. give me info about how the world worked. her mum was headmaster. #ofc she knew how the spy world worked smh #so when they were like FUCK the secret passageways we used to sneak out are blocked off bc we got caught last year #we need to figure out either a) another way out of the school unseen or b) find more secret passageways #and i was like !!! yeah! of course! that makes total sense and adds an obstacle for the main character to get though! #and now i also know that cammie a) was sneaking out to see her boyfriend which means it was b) a secret worth hiding for some reason #idk that second book was the only bitch i respect