#I’m so sad it’s over but I’m so glad I watched this incredible show

[inaflashimagine]

just finished watching all of the sopranos for the first time…

#I’m not okay #😭😭😭what incredible writing I’m so sad it’s over #I already wanna rewatch it but gotta watch other classics before school cancels my HBO subscription HAHA #I’m so glad I never got any spoilers save for that one in she hulk f that show LOL #honestly my bad for choosing to watch she hulk when I should’ve continued watching the sopranos bc damn #what a show #so fing good gosh I’m so happy I finished it but I just know I’m gonna wish I could rewatch it as if it’s the first time #this show truly had me gasping so loud throughout the seasons. gosh I could write a whole thesis on this show #ranting oops #sending my wild thoughts into the void #I’m like a decade late but WHATEVER

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FANGTASIA. send in a character from my guide + one of the prompts below for a drabble!

how about... "you shouldn't have touched them. every single mark on their body is going to be returned to yours." wiiith our mans eric northman!

please, thank you, love youuu!!! 🩵🩵

𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗𝗡'𝗧 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗠𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞

eric northman x fem!reader

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You’d had vampire blood. Pam and Chow had been gracious enough to offer you their wrists months after you’d started working at Fangtasia, a safety precaution as they’d claimed. You'd had Eric's blood. He could feel your fear, he knew where you were, why wasn't he coming?

or the one where eric saves you from an anti-vampire rights enthusiast.

warnings: canon-typical violence, blood, death, kidnapping, stabbing

a/n: i know i said drabbles but i couldn't contain myself. i am violently ill with my love for this man.

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You think you're dying. surely. There's no way the human body would be able to endure this much pain without ultimately giving up the ghost, right? 

You never should have gotten involved with vampires. They were nothing but a bucket of trouble, as your mother would have put it. And has she had put it, a multitude of times, before she'd ever even known you'd applied to work at Shreveport's resident vampire bar. 

What she didn't know, though, was how incredible they could be. How, even without all their supernatural abilities, intensely good they could be when they decided they wanted. How loyal and caring and kind when they chose to do so. Just how beautiful they could be, fangs and all. 

‘Course, there still was that whole bucket of trouble thing. 

"You sure are pretty for a fangbanger," your captor drawled from where he was watching you from across the room. He'd tied you to a chair at the center of it, thick scratchy ropes binding your wrists to the unlaquered wood beneath you. You spit, knowing that it won't reach the man from this distance, but hoping, almost willing it to hit him squarely between the eyes. 

“Fuck you,” you say.

“Ooh,” he whistles. “You’ve sure got a mouth on you, sweet cheeks. Why waste it on one of those dead fuckers when you could have someone with an actual, bleeding fucking heart?”

“You’re a waste of skin, you piece of shit,” you huff. Not that it was any of his goddamn business, anyway, but you had only ever slept with one man, and it sure as shit hadn’t been one of your bosses.

“Aw, c’mon. I bet you get so cold after one of them vampers is inside you, don’t you. All icy and chilly like. Let me give you a little tip, sweetheart. Humans. Need. Warmth.”

“You say that as if you aren’t a fucking sad sack,” you say. “What a sorry excuse for a human, huh?”

“What’d they do to you, huh, girl? Did they glamor you into only wanting a dead man’s dick?” he asks, slowly shifting and standing from his stool so that he could approach you. Despite their constant–and half-hearted–threats, you’d never been glamored by your vampire coworkers. Your breathing shakes as he approaches in swift steps. It’s then that you see the knife in his hand. 

For the first time in a long time, you realize, genuine fear strikes through you. 

“I’m gonna teach those vampers a lesson,” he says. “And you’re going to help me do that.”

You’d had vampire blood. Pam and Chow had been gracious enough to offer you their wrists months after you’d started working at Fangtasia, a safety precaution as they’d claimed. You'd had Eric's blood. He could feel your fear, he knew where you were, why wasn't he coming?

The knife trails along your collarbone. You're glad it was as dull as it was, knowing if it'd been sharper it would be slicing the skin open in its path down. Then he presses down harder. You can’t muffle the whine as it escapes you, no matter how much you want to. No matter how desperately you wish to not show the man that he holds any power over you. You can feel the blood seeping out of the wound. It dribbles down your chest in a thick stream as it pools and stains the gray cotton of your t-shirt.

“Stop!” you plead. He chuckles before driving the blade deeper into you. With feeble force, you try to get him off with a stunted kick to his knee; It was all you could manage with the way your knees had been duct-taped together. 

“Bitch!” he heaves before rearing back to slap you with the bladeless hand. It slashes your cheek, shallowly, thankfully, but you can feel the ache of where his hand had connected with your cheekbone. “You’re gonna regret that.”

He takes the knife and stabs it into your side, just narrowly missing your ribcage. 

Before you can manage out even a wince, the door to the small shack you’d been held in for the last few hours splinters and it unceremoniously removed from its hinges. 

Eric says nothing as he rushes in. You barely register that it’s him save for the split second image you’d captured from where he’d lingered in the doorway. Your captor is off of you instantly, though you’re still bound to the chair. Eric stills. Wind warps around him as he does so, wrapping him in a flurry of movement as he stands with the man locked in his grasp. 

“You never should have fucking touched her,” Eric growls with his fangs fully extended, grip tightening around the burly man’s neck and raising him inches off the ground. There’s not even a hint of the usual smirk you were so accustomed to seeing. “Every single mark on her body will be returned unto you tenfold.”

“She fucking deserved it,” he gargles as the vampire latches onto the expanse of neck not currently held within his hand. The man screams out in anguish and you pull your eyes tight to avoid watching any more. Of course, that doesn’t stop you from hearing. The screams and the rips and the crunches. You hear something hard and solid hit the floor and somewhere deep in the pit of your stomach you know it’s bone. 

You hear the man gasp out a dead fuck only for Eric’s grasp to tighten fully, effectively severing the man’s skull from his spinal chord without detaching it from his body. The man drops to the floor with a loud thump and Eric shoves the corpse away with the toe of his shoe before he moves toward you. 

“What took you so long?” you exhaled as he moved behind you to unbind your wrists. 

“I was away on business,” he gruffs, spitting slightly to get the last of the man’s blood out of his mouth. He’d already drunk his fair share, you thought, what good what that do?

Swallowing, you ask, “And you still came?”

He walks back around to begin undoing the restraints on your legs. He’s being so gentle, you realize. If he’d wanted, he could have had this done within seconds and yet, here he was, tenderly undoing the tape and rope and rubbing a soothing hand over the abraded skin. 

“I’ll always come for you,” he says. “Until I meet the true death, I will always come for you.”

He extends his wrist up to his mouth and you wince as he punctures the flesh. 

“Eric,” you sigh. 

“Drink,” he says. 

Nodding, you allow him to bring his wrist to your mouth and latch down on the leaking wound. It’s tangy and metallic and overall pretty gross, but you’re more than grateful for it at that moment. You lick your lips when he pulls his arm back down, the small bite marks already well on their way to closing completely. 

“Will you take me home?” you ask, suddenly overwhelmed with the wave of fatigue hitting you. 

He rises back to his full height and extends a hand out towards you. The second you grab it, he’s pulling you up from your chair to hold you flush against his form. Then, in another rush of wind, you’re standing on your front porch. 

Slowly, you pull away from the vampire to take a step towards your door. Your body aches, but it’s already mostly healed as you run a hand over the small incision at your waist. 

“Thank you,” you say. “Eric.”

He’s silent, looking you over in a way that you can’t help but think is more than just an assessment of your injuries. He settles on your eyes when he says, “Anytime.”

#eric northman #eric northman x reader #true blood #true blood imagine #alexander skarsgard #alexander skarsgard x reader #r's 3k

[thegoodending-thelasttime]

my reaction to the resident lover lore drop: part two

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spoilers utc

DONNA CONTD

i have a lot to say about the the donna and daniela relationship section, none of which i feel capable of putting into words for the time being. i will, however, say this.

"Donna is watching what could've been in regards to her past self when it comes to Dani and MC"

"Just sometimes [Donna] really wants to hit [Cassandra] you know?" i think a lot of people in the fandom know after Cass' infamous neutral ending

"She grieves but she lets herself live too." all the muscles in my face are convulsing

"Donna struggles to stand up for herself for a long portion of her route and only through the aid of MC will she start to show a little more of her backbone." Donna. i can help you be brave Donna. pick me. choose me. love me. (delusional 3)

"There is a brief scene in which Miranda and Donna are having tea while Donna has a complete and utter breakdown about just how on the edge she is. Miranda of course encourages her to keep spiraling..." miranda i'm going to get you.

"Donna is mentally unstable at this point and can either be sent into the abyss or helped out of the low point toward a brighter future." I CAN HELP YOU TOWARD A BRIGHTER FUTURE DONNA I SWEAR PLEASE (delusional 4)

Depression being a theme is just. I'm going to write a hurt/comfort fic about this.

and, "Destiny [Soulmates]" don't think I'm normal about that either. cuz i'm not.

the nursery being an allegory for Donna. my brain feels like a backyard and you're mowing it with a tiny little lawnmower.

"Hades and Persephone" words. in my mind.

glad that Donna fans unknowingly cracked phantom of the opera though, that's fun

"...she is not unwilling to lunge towards Miranda herself and brandish a weapon in her direction." she's so real for this

"Miranda has had to trigger the loop several times in reaction to a violent outburst of Donna’s." WOOOO YOU GO BABE. FUCK UP MIRANDA'S LIVES HELL YEAH

"MC shows unconditional and unwavering love towards someone with severe abandonment issues and gets a very attached flower shop owner for their troubles." SHUT UP MY HEART.

"...a small part of her is pleased to know she got the upper hand on Miranda. Donna’s ability to make MC explicitly reject Miranda has left the goddess incredibly pissed..." FUCK YEAH

"Post Donna Miranda is particularly cruel about how she treats the toxicologist and parades MC near her but never in reach." top five sentences that make you want to kill a cult leader

"LIKES: Stuffed Animals..." help i love her so much my heart really can't take this

"LIKES: Pranks. I’m sorry she’s a menace" i'll prank her back (by kissing her on the face)

"DISLIKES: Those really sad adoption commercials where they play ‘I Will Remember You’ while a slideshow of really sad puppies plays. They make her cry" NO DONNA POOKIE BEAR DON'T CRY COME HER LET ME HUG YOU

"DISLIKES: Miranda" OMG SHE DISLIKES MIRANDA TOO (shocker) !?!?! WE'RE SO SIMILAR WE SHOULD MARRY ACTUALLY

MIRANDA

MC and miranda being burned alive the first time around. man wtf

love that they were both canonically sickly victiorian children at one point

"Death penalty for sodomy" that actually has me so fucked up. how could you do this to me

"[MC] Drowned, Miranda was nearby but chose not to save them" WHAT WHY

"Mia got mad and threw a stone at MC" i would get mad too if i saw someone repeatedly fall for miranda over the course of multiple timelines

"Miranda ran MC over in an accident" HELP 💀

miranda really fell for the unluckiest motherfucker goddamn. tom and jerry ass

"Yes + Mia" "No + Mia" best way to word this. i will be using these from now on. ask me a yes/no question i dare you.

"This life is when the very first iteration of Eva is born and it completely changes Miranda’s soul as a confounding variable in their soulmate-hood" oh my GOD. i'm a little scared miranda's section might be making me start to like her a little.. NO I REFUSE. THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.

"Toxic Yuri + Loving" thank you Cinder. i appreciate you for your silliness.

really wish we got more eva content but oh well. maybe in the dlc content the team said would probably come out in a few years/maybe more

"Mia’s soul has slowly changed over time and has grown to naturally despise Miranda’s soul for its unwitting part in MCs death every life" nvm i like Mia infinitely more than miranda

"Mia acts as a foil to Miranda’s relationship in every life they meet because she is - without fail - naturally resistant to them being together and highly suspicious of the way Miranda behaves" FUCK MOTHER MIRANDA ALL MY HOMIES HATE MOTHER MIRANDA. MIA'S A REAL ONE.

"[Bela and Miranda] would be insane if they worked together, but unfortunately, they are narratively designed to be pitted against each other" i disagree i think it's very fortunate they're not on the same team

"Miranda is afraid of [Donna] because she remembers every single time loop... Donna is also handy with sharp objects and has been known to attempt a few murders at meetings when pushed..." fuck yeah. be afraid miranda.

"...views Donna as “cursed” due to her family history of deaths" can i say kys just this once (to miranda).

"Intrinsically offended when MC chose Donna during the loop" be offended. L + bozo + cry about it + Donna's better

"[Donna and Miranda have] used each other as crutches in moments of weakness... they used to have regular tea together in which they would act out their familial roles and encourage each other further down their spirals" i'm actually not okay rn thanks for asking!

...that legitimately has me so fucked up

"Miranda actively encourages Donna’s fears to keep her under control..." "She would kill Angie to both punish Donna and to relieve herself of the annoyance" hey miranda come here. what do you mean, i don't have anything in my pocket. don't worry about it just come here. so i can... hug you. SHANKS YOU MIA STYLE BUT IT ACTUALLY WORKS THIS TIME SHANKS YOU MIA STYLE BUT IT ACTUALLY WORKS THIS TIME SHANKS YOU MIA STYLE BUT IT ACTUALLY WORKS THIS TIME

"Miranda and MC are soulmates, all the way up to their 19th life this is 100% proven and true (even though they don't always get to meet) but the 20th life is different because Miranda is still in her 19th. It could be argued that MCs soulmate is who 20th Miranda was supposed to be. (Could've been if a coin had been flipped)." I'M ACTUALLY HYPERVENTILATING RIGHT NOW THANK YOU FOR FEEDING USTHANKYOU MY HEART OH MY FUCKIUNG GOD ASDFGUIHUADSDHLFKAJHSDFKLGJHDAFKJG. I BANGED ON MY DESK THAT'S NOT EVEN A JOKE WHAT THE ACTUASL FUCK

"MC would go into divorce arc which is salvageable but very long winded" need yall to elaborate on this, also it made me giggle

"The only exceptions are Mia (who told Miranda to fuck off), Bela (who still remembered), and Angie (who doesn’t listen to anybody)." that's so based of all of them. naming them the based squad for this.

"DISLIKES: Her height being mentioned" i don't care if it's a low blow and that she's actually one inch taller than me. i'll call her short. short ass. imagine being 5'6" lmao

part three coming up

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[it-happened-one-fic]

Dancing with Visions - Der Lauschaer Galopp - Folk Dance- Bennett

Author Notes: This is the fifth fic for my "Dancing with Visions" series. With the knowledge that Mondstadt was at least partially inspired by Germany, I wanted to use a German folk dance and found this one on Youtube. I am not entirely certain as to whether this dance is wholly German or just Germanic, or as to it's name, although it seems to be called "Der Lauschaer Galopp." A performance can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNamAy83NBE&list=PLVg_j5iznUjYWnT-fYAHMVVKxIxc0Yfb6&index=43. Just like the rest of this series, reader is female. I hope you enjoy!

If you would like to read more of this series, the fics can be found here: Dancing with Visions Masterlist.

Type: Female Reader/ Dance/ Fluff/ platonic/ sfw

Word Count: 1565

I shifted slightly as I glanced around the crowd, looking for my partner for the upcoming performance I’d agreed to put on for Jean.

We were going to be dancing a folk dance as part of a group at a fair, but my partner had yet to arrive, and I found myself growing ever more nervous. To be fair, it wouldn’t quite be a day without Bennett without at least one thing going wrong, but the idea of that one thing being him not showing up would be too sad.

Especially considering how much effort, bruised toes, and sore muscles both he and I had put into learning the dance we would be doing for this festival.

“Y/N!!” I whirled at the sound of his voice, the skirts of my costume flaring widely with motion as I looked towards where Bennett came running down the street. His vest wholly unbuttoned open and flapping in the breeze as he tripped and landed squarely on his face with an ‘oof’ that had me running over.

“Bennett! Are you alright?!” I knelt in front of the young man worriedly, only for him to look up at me with a wide grin.

“Yeah, I’m just glad I made it on time! My dads are going to be watching,” He scrambled to his feet as he spoke, hand finding mine before starting off a trot once more and pulling me with him. Both of us hurrying to reach the stage in time to appear in front of the crowd at the same time as the other performers.

We trotted across the stage, Bennett tripping in the process and earning a few chuckles from the audience as we took our places with the other dancers. 

Looking out across the crowd, I could see a mixture of familiar faces and less familiar ones. The Knights of Favonius were here, of course, since they were hosting this entire thing, but so were several people from the Adventurer’s Guild, Dawn Winery, and elsewhere. All of them watching us with fond smiles on their faces as we got ready.

The music began, half startling me into motion as all of us began our steady, trotting motions interspersed with careful hops so that we all landed at the same time and the sound of our feet hitting the solid wood rang out. Almost like it was a part of the music that we danced too.

The men were all an inner ring, with the women surrounding them as an outer ring.

 In truth, this dance wasn’t a proper galop and could better be described as a folk dance, but it was danced to the tune of a galop. 

It had always been referred to as Der Lauschaer Galopp, but whether or not that was the actual name of this dance, I’d never known. All I did know was that it was an incredibly fast-paced dance that was surprisingly difficult for something described as a folk dance of old.

Without even making a full circuit around the stage, the partners met and switched places with an easy spin. And after just a few more steps, the two rings met once more before all of the couples entered closed hold. Trotting around the circle in the manner that gave the galop its name,laughter already began to bubble up among the dancers.

Bennett, for his part, was counting under his breath and glancing between my face and his feet with flashes of a smile before his eyes would fall once more to his feet and concentration would crease his brow.

But we’d struggled up until our very last practice with timing our galop, which was interspersed with pauses when he would raise his arm and allow me to dance around him before being twirled, and the circuit continued.

And we were surrounded by couples who’d known this dance for quite some time and were even the ones who taught us. Huffman and numerous other members of the Knights of Favonius danced with us, making us the couple who were the least experienced.

That said though, Bennett gave his best as we switched to our sideways steps, where we stood hand in hand facing the crowd and moved from left to right before he would let go of my hand so that I could twirl freely as he walked around me, clapping his hands to the racing beat of the song.

I found myself laughing slightly as he turned to face me and danced carefully, rocking back and forth before he picked me up over his head, holding me only by my waist, as he swung me first to the left and then to the right. 

I tensed briefly as he stumbled before quickly setting me back down and flashing me a nervous smile. But that was a mistake we’d already made several times during practice, and it always ended with us landing in a mangled pile of limbs with Bennett frantically asking me if I was alright as our horde of teachers would rush over. 

But I’d never actually gotten really hurt. Even for all of his clumsiness and well-known streak of bad luck, Bennett always managed to ensure that when we did fall or collide, he took the brunt of the hit.

Our music paused, giving us mere seconds to return to our galloping circuit as our entire group trotted across the stage in a wide circle. But this time without holding hands.

In fact, Bennett only had one hand resting on my waist, and I had one on his back. Our other hands, which would usually be interlocked, were instead outstretched as if we were showing our audience the direction our circuit would be moving in.

After making one revolution, we separated once more, now forming groups of three that trotted sideways across the stage. And inevitably, just as it had happened each time in practice, this was when grins started creeping onto everyone’s faces as we did our best to not stumble over each other and keep with the unerringly peppy song.

I could see Barbara in the crowd, next to Jean, already clapping along as we formed longer lines that switched from the forefront of the stage to the backwards section.

Both me and Bennett stumbled at almost the exact same moment but managed to stay upright as we kept going, making eye contact and grinning as we did our best to keep up the dance that was at long last at its halfway point.

But things were fixing to get hard on the guys; that was something both he and I both knew as we reentered our separate rings of men and women to spiral once more. 

We rejoined briefly, with me grasping his elbow and spinning while holding onto him; before we stopped to watch Huffman, Donna, Porthos, and Margaret take center stage. 

The two women were smiling giddily as the group formed a small ring, their arms locking together as they started spinning. And we all watched, clapping along and laughing as the women slowly lifted off the ground, swinging out from the momentum as the two men kept spinning.

After a brief moment, they slowed, and I was turning to Bennett, nodding at him and praying he was ready as I wrapped my arms tightly around his neck and he grabbed my waist. Holding it carefully as he began spinning before slowly and timidly releasing so that we were spinning, with my legs swung out behind me where I’d attained lift off and he was no longer holding me.

A part of me wanted to cheer at our hard-won success after numerous trials that ended in him falling backwards and me landing on him with both of us laughing.

The crowd cheered even as we slowed, and I touched back down. But I wasn't meant to remain grounded, and none of the other women were either. Instead, couples began to start meeting up. Creating groups of four in a line with our arms clasped over one another’s shoulders. The women on the outside and the men in the middle as we all began trotting in a circle, gradually speeding up until the women, myself included, were able to curl up our legs and swing out to the side as the men kept spinning.

Both me and Margaret were grinning like fiends as the crowd applauded, even though I also knew that both of us couldn’t help but feel bad for Huffman and Bennett as they propelled us along.

After what felt like a few seconds, we touched down once more and resumed closed hold with our partners. 

I eyed Bennett worriedly, but he only nodded with a bright grin, proof of his incredible toughness that he’d honed through years of bad luck.

We took off in our galop once more, stumbling at the start but making it safely into the final circuit as applause rang out from the crowd, accompanied by piercing whistles and loud cheers. 

The dance at long last came to an end with each couple practically hugging each other and spinning together before breaking out to beam out at our audience, who cheered wildly. And as soon as it was over, me and Bennett were both laughing.

Half-stunned that we’d successfully complete the performance without any tumbles and still giddy from swinging around at such an incredible pace.

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[bigtittiecomitte]

[Small Rant!]

(Hope this is alright!! Sorry for my ask being so long and all over the place, but I just had so much to say!)

I honestly might leave the fandom, I'm REALLY tempted to at this point. Because, I don't know how much more of this toxicity, the behavior of Envy and V stans (NOT ALL, BTW) and the Nuzi hatedom, I can take..especially knowing that Envy and V stans are doing the same thing they did back when episode 6 released, attacking and harassing Liam Vickers + sending death threats...it's absolutely disgusting and unacceptable and shouldn't be normalized, AT ALL. These individuals who are doing this aren't real fans of the show and don't care about it, they don't give a shit about the love, dedication and care that goes into Murder Drones or all the hard work that goes into the show. They only care about wether their ship becomes canon or not and if they don't get what they want, they start harassing and shitting on the crew behind the show, especially the creator (Liam) and say they don't wanna watch the show anymore and it just proves they were probably NEVER fans in the first place and only cared about shipping and that's just so damn sad, it's especially pathetic and childish how some of these fans act..

I've said it before and I'll say it once more, SHIPPING ISN'T EVERYTHING, STOP MAKING IT A BIG DEAL. There's so much more to love and appreciate about the Murder Drones and there's so much to love about the show and shipping shouldn't be something you should even go into and look forward to when getting into any piece of media, MD isn't even a romance show. I'm overall just so damn tired and sick of this fandom, like REALLY TIRED..it's just so damn draining and exhausting especially when the same arguments are used again and again. The fandom just sucks and I fear it'll only get worse and I really don't know if I can stay for much longer. (I'm seriously missing the pilot-era days when the fandom was small and not that bad) but even though the community isn't the best, I'm glad we have some respectful and caring individuals in the fanbase like you and others, I honestly don't think the fandom isn't as bad here as it is on both TikTok and Twitter, the MD fandom side of things on Tumblr is more tame compared to the other social medias I mentioned.

Overall, MD is such a comfort show for me and has had such a huge impact on me, it's seriously one of my favorite shows, I'm not even joking. I'm incredibly thankful and happy for it's existence and also thankful to Liam, GLITCH, the animators, the VA's and just the entire team as a whole for making such a great and wonderful show! It means so much to me and I'll never stop loving it despite it's ups and downs + the community not being the best at times, I'm truly thankful for this show and those I've met in the fandom. ❤️💞

Hey you Dorky goober

No need to apologise for the long rant. Generally I adore long rants so win win for both of us (if anyone does need to rant about something then I’ll totally be here for you, I know what it feels like to not rant about something but you really do)

With you thinking about leaving the fandom due to the toxicity honestly I would not blame you at all. I’m someone who’s comfort ship is Nuzi so just seeing any hate would make me think about it for the rest of the day

Usually what I do when I see any toxicity is just laugh at it, laugh at how stupid their take is. Recently I had a fight with this Lesslie person and all I did was laugh at how silly it was like bro was getting aggressive bc people preferred Nuzi

I’m trying not to dogpile on toxic V fans + Envy shippers cause I don’t want to seem too obsessive over drama but for some reason it always gets worse

There are toxic Nuzi shippers but there aren’t as many as toxic Envy shippers like never in my life have I seen an Envy shipper getting doxxed because they like Envy. For some reason it’s always the toxic Envy shippers that make this fandom miserable

I don’t think they even know that they’re toxic shippers and desperately need to leave the fandom, most of them are kids but that never excuses any actions that they do because it’s the internet, once you post something it’s there forever

Murder Drones has so much in store than just romance and I’m saying this as someone who mostly posts Nuzi related things although I really do want to post more about the lore and I even planned for a full post on the details (I was pretty busy so I didn’t complete that but it’s in the drafts lol)

Not only the lore but just Murder Drones in general, the romance is great but so is the show, just everything about this show is filled with so much love and you can tell just by all the silly things they put in the backgrounds and the writing by Liam

Like the N x Uzi scenes are just small scenes like they’re put in different places but it works because the show isn’t focused on romance. I do think people forget that the N x Uzi scenes are quite literally important for the plot as well, it’s not just there for fanservice. Liam knows what he’s doing and anyone that tells him otherwise can go fuck off honestly

There are bad people but there are also a lot of good people in this fandom, a lot that do appreciate Murder Drones for even continuing. Screw whatever those 13 year olds on Twitter say, they don’t know crap about respect

#murder drones #n x uzi #nuzi

[thislovintime]

1968.

“‘Actually, I wanted to leave the group over two years ago when the first season ended, but the guys convinced me not to. I didn’t care about all the things that were happening, all the acclaim. I hated the work! It was tough, and I didn’t like it. I just wanted to record for all my life. Also, the pressure was awful. We were working in an incredibly new environment. Half of the crew on the show was young and had very little experience at that level of work. Many of them were getting their first big break. Actually, after the TV show was canceled it was easier for me to leave. Doing the TV show was the worst. Then came the movie, and I couldn’t forego the movie, so I did it. You know, there were moments here and there — lots of good, funny stuff happening throughout — but the only time that I was really happy was when we were recording the ‘Headquarters’ album. The concerts were fun, but during the concert tours you are removed from your friends except for the guys. And even when we did take a few friends along it was only a mild relief. This last tour of Australia and Japan wasn’t fun because I felt hideously under-rehearsed. I was constantly pushing for rehearsals, and they were constantly saying well, like later. We couldn’t get together. Also, we didn’t play any new music this last concert tour. It was all old tunes, nothing from our newer albums, and it was a bore. But I think they suspected I was leaving anyway. For me, a lot of the pressure was off. When I felt a part of the group every time someone said something that jarred my sensibilities, I’d raise a huge ruckus and everybody thought I was out of my mind. While we were making the TV Special, knowing I was not going to be there any longer, I just thought to myself — I don’t have to worry about this thing — and I just let everything slide off my back. They must have though something was screwy. Then I finally told them, ‘Gentlemen I’m in negotiations to resign from the group.’ And they said, ‘Okay, well, there’s not much time, we’d better get to work on this Special.’ So we taped the thing and that’s the last I saw of them. The last day of the taping they gave me this little testimonial memorial watch.’ From his pocket Peter drew out a silver, antique-looking timepiece with the back side engraved, ‘To Peter Tork, from the guys down at work.’ ‘I’m free, I don’t know what I’ll be doing. I’m actually a little apprehensive, because there’s no doubt that there are three other incredibly talented fellows out there. They’re very talented guys. Mike is one of the funniest people I’ve ever known. Micky is even funnier and Davy is just cute as a button. Who could ask for anything more? Davy dances so great, did you see him dance in the film? I’ve not seen dancing like that on the screen except from Fred Astaire. The only other thing is that I’m both really relieved and really, really apprehensive. I’m terribly glad and also terribly sad.’” - NME, January 25, 1969

“Peter and I were the bulk of the playing ability because we were musicians. But when Peter left it rather unnerved Davy and Micky — and I changed my mind [about leaving]. After all, the personal appearances were pretty well satisfying, the music was fun, and the whole thing was fairly lucrative. And Davy and Micky left alone would have been in real trouble.” - Michael Nesmith, Disc and Music Echo, September 19, 1970

"In a telephone interview this week, Tork explained why he left the group in 1968, three years after it was formed. ‘Musicians were being auditioned in an effort to create the Monkees, and the purpose was to reap money,’ he said. ‘But for our first two albums, studio musicians were hired to do the instrumentals and we just did the lead singing. I didn’t want that.’ Tork convinced the other three members, Davy Jones, [Micky] Dolenz and Mike Nesmith, to do the third album themselves. ‘But I couldn’t get the guys to go for that again, so the fourth album was half and half,’ he said. Critics had frowned on the Monkees for this. ‘Every single malcontent felt he had the right to tell me what was wrong with the situation. I took the critics to heart,’ Tork said. ‘When I talked to the guys about it, they told me if I want more I should get my own act.’ Tork describes his current relationship with Jones, Dolenz and Nesmith as ‘cordial.’ ‘I learned to put all my bitterness behind me,’ he said. ‘I hear about them through the grapevine, but we have no real call to talk to each other, although, I had a brief lunch with Davy Jones in Japan recently.’ When Tork joined the Monkees in October 1965, he was 23 years old and inexperienced in handling fame and fortune. ‘There’s a lot of things involved with money and recognition, and the price was much higher than I expected,’ he said. ‘There’s an isolating pressure that goes along with success. I couldn’t handle it.’" - article by Lisa Stenza, Connecticut Daily Campus, February 26, 1982 (read more in an older post)

#Peter Tork #Tork quotes #Davy Jones #Micky Dolenz #Michael Nesmith #The Monkees #Monkees #long read #Peter and Davy #Peter and Micky #Peter and Michael #can you queue it

[jadeylovesmarvelxo]

The one

Summary; y/n loves Eddie but knows he doesn't feel the same because he's with his dreamgirl, Chrissy.

However, life is full of surprises.

Warnings; Angst with a happy ending, fluff.

"You should tell him how you feel". Robin murmurs as she catches her staring at Eddie and Chrissy.

They were so perfect together, Eddie was smitten and despite y/n wanting the best for her friend she was still heartbroken.

God, she had to get over this. She was no Chrissy, she wasn't a cheerleader, popular, queen of Hawkins high... She was just y/n, a Hellfire member and dealing with unrequited love.

"I can't". Robin sighs and shakes her head but doesn't press the matter.

"Sweetie, you've been avoiding him for weeks now, he's miserable and so are you. He puts on this fake smile but I see the way he looks at you".

Teary she pushes her lunch plate away and feels sick. She desperately misses Eddie he's her friend and she feels like she's being selfish because he's happy and that's all that should matter.

"I'm a bitch, aren't I? He's happy and here I am sitting feeling sorry for myself, I miss my friend but seeing him with Chrissy, it hurts so much".

Robin wraps an arm around her and she wipes her eyes feeling just shit and incredibly emotional.

"I don't know why I ever thought he could feel the same way, I'm not pretty like Chrissy". She hates feeling like this but it's the truth.

"No. Don't do that to yourself. There's a guy out there for you. Look, Steve is throwing a party on saturday and you're coming. Maybe you could meet someone and move on".

Move on... she looks over to Eddie and he's watching her with a sad expression and the idea solidifies in her mind.

Moving on is exactly what she needs to do because she wants her friend back and to stop feeling so heartbroken.

💖

Eddie corners her at her locker and she offers him a smile.

"Hi". He doesn't look happy and folds his arms across his chest.

"Where have you been? You're never around now, you show up at Hellfire meetings but you're distant...have I done something wrong?". She shakes her head and closes her locker feeling an ache inside her as Eddie still looks pissed.

"No. No, nothing". It's me. It's all me, I wish I could get over you.

"You haven't come to my trailer in days, hell over a week. I miss our movie nights when you'd fall asleep in my arms and sleepover. I just miss you".

The ache in her chest grows even more and Eddie gently strokes her cheek. She moves away as she sees Chrissy round the corner.

"I can't sleep over, fall asleep in your arms. It's... you have a girlfriend now, I don't think Chrissy would like that". She squeezes his arm and tries not to cry at his devastated expression.

"But you're my girl".

"Chrissy is your girl Ed's. Im just, just a friend". Her lip wobbles and she quickly tells him she will see him at Hellfire then heads to class.

Chrissy had watched them the whole time a dawning look of realisation on her face which went unbeknownst to her and Eddie.

💞

It's Saturday. She's at Steve's party and has made gas one too many drinks. The place is loud and it dulls her racing thoughts.

Eddie arrives but he's strangely quiet and doesn't interact much which worries her and Dustin.

Had he fought with Chrissy? Honestly, she can't remember seeing them together at all the last few days.

When she's had enough of the loud music and definitely enough to drink she joined Steve who was sitting quietly by himself watching Nancy and Jonathan.

She knew that look on his face. The longing, the unrequited love and sits beside him.

Steve leans forward and kisses her and she returns it. His lips are so soft and it's nice that someone wants her but she doesn't want to use him.

It doesn't feel right.

She pulls away and misses Eddie who's just left the room and looks like he's been struck dumb until she glances around and doesn't see him anywhere.

"Well, that was an epic fail". Steve jokes and she laughs a little and kisses his cheek glad things aren't awkward then goes to find Eddie.

❤💖

She can hear quiet sobbing as she leaves Steves's house and notices Eddie by the pool with his head in his hands.

Her heart shatters because she's rarely seen Eddie cry and she rushes to him panicked and takes his hands.

"Ed's, oh god what is it. Did you fight with Chrissy?". He looks up at her and his eyes are red, he wipes them harshly and shakes his head.

"We broke up. She told me something that I should have fucking realised a long time ago but now it's too late". Confused she moves closer and wants to comfort him.

"I don't understand" he sniffs and looks down at her with those beautiful brown eyes and sighs.

"Chrissy told me that I was in love with someone and she could tell that always had been that I just needed to see it.

Now I understand that she was right but I realised too late and lost my chance because you were just kissing Steve right now".

It feels like she's dreaming like she's in the best dream ever and in one minute she will wake up.

"I'm an idiot, aren't I?". She shakes her head and happy tears pool in her eyes.

"No. You aren't. I kissed Steve because I was trying to move on from you but you were with Chrissy and every time I saw you together it was like I was being punched in the heart".

He's at her side pressing a shaky kiss to her forehead and his hands caress her face.

"I love you, Eddie. I'm so, so sorry I've been so distant". He kisses her silencing her ramblings and he moans pulling her on his knee.

"What about Chrissy? You've just broken up". She panics and he presses soft, tender kisses to her hair.

"She told me to go for it. That she would never stand in the way of a love that was meant to be". She smiles because Chrissy was a sweetheart like always, the girl was a saint.

Eddie pouts.

"Kiss me again, I've gone far too long without your kisses princess". His dramatic sigh makes her roll her eyes indulgent but she happily kisses him again.

"Well you've done it now sweetheart, I'll be kissing you like this even when we're old and grey". He's very serious and her heart flutters because that sounded perfect.

💞

#eddie munson x reader #eddie munson x y/n #eddie munson imagine #eddie munson #eddie munson x you

[pinkandpurple360]

Sorry for always being in your inbox, I have a lot of thoughts about this show and I’m glad I’ve found people on Tumblr to talk about it.

I’ve been rewriting Helluva Boss and I’m going with the angle of Stolas being a somewhat sympathetic antagonist. I’m just… shocked how well it works. Like outside of changing the backstory and tweaking the Stella stuff, he works incredibly as a Claude Frollo esc antagonist.

A haughty, spoiled, and powerful leader whose grown bored with his life and believes he’s found love, but in reality it’s just unsettling and unwavering obsession with the idea of Blitz and the sex they have. When he realizes that he fucked up and that Blitz doesn’t actually love him, and that he’s been treating him like a sex toy this whole time, it’s too late and he has irreversibly fucked up his life and can’t fix it.

I just.. AAAAAA! How do you write such a compelling and complex villain for the narrative and then decide that he’s actually a love interest without rewriting him at all? I’m just.. so sad about what we could’ve had here..

RIGHT??

Let’s watch him in this scene (I use this one a lot) This is the real Stolas. Not the pathetic wimp he becomes in the scenes immediately following. Andrealphus is just season one Stolas’ personality inserted into an Elsa doll. Paimon is also the Stolas we could have had :(

On the same power level as Stella, with similar self righteous, pompous, and callous behaviour as her. All three of these characters are villainous. The episode should have stayed here and not taken the ridiculous yaoi kidnapping route it did. But maybe if this show was good, we’d see this turn of events as fuelling Stolas madness. He’s enraged he didn’t arrive to save him. He tricks the audience into thinking he’s letting blitz go, when in fact, he’s trying to get this divorce over with as fast as he can so he can propose marriage to blitz with the Asmodean crystal and buy his office from under him. Maybe even hiring himself as the company receptionist. Removing all of Blitzs agency and inserting himself unnaturally and forcefully into his life. Then calling it love.

Like you aren’t even rewriting it, you’re just writing the story that wants to be told and the character that wants to be written and flows naturally

He just proves a massive writing lesson to me, write someone as somewhat sympathetic, with a terrifying apathy for others, and with a clear motivation explaining his behaviour, and then take a step back and have him naturally fit into the villain role he was clearly born for. Don’t interact with the shippers on Twitter who don’t understand subtle storytelling. Also never ever let fandom and shipping culture interfere with your vision. That has destroyed so many franchises. And it’s destroyed this one now.

#helluva boss #rewriting #villain!stolas

[clickerflight]

Esial: Part 10 - Night walk

Aaaaand we're back, bois!!! I know I said I was going to do Fallen, but Fallen is complicated in my head right now so I came over here. Hopefully there will be even more writing since I'm feeling recovered from the story I put on here in October.

Masterlist

Part 9

Content: Mostly just sad boi hours. Mentions of tramatic expiriences and that's about it. Our boi does break down.

..........................................

Joseph was tired, but significantly more relaxed as he went back into work after his day off. He had to keep from opening his phone to look at the pictures he’d taken with Muir at the museum together. 

He reached the front desk to pick up the paperwork he needed to do for the evening before he got on with his other tasks and nodded to the vampire behind the counter. 

“Evening, Paliop.”

“Evening,” she said, not looking up from what she was typing. “You clocked in?”

“Not yet.” 

“I’ll wait to tell you, then.”

Joseph felt his heart sink as he opened his phone and clocked into work. He put his phone back and asked, “What?”

“Now, don’t get too freaked out,” she said in the way of person who fully understood that you would freak out upon hearing their next words, “But there was an accident with Esial yesterday. One of the glass hallways got smashed and he got roasted. I did most of the paperwork for you since you weren’t there and it needed to be done quickly. I deserve a coffee for that, by the way. But he’s fine. Anastasia took it upon herself to watch after him and he seemed fine. Well, as fine as he could be, I guess. It would probably be a good idea if you talked to him.”

Paperwork and chatting would have to wait, then.

“Right,” Joseph said, trying to keep the sigh out of his voice. “I’ll get right on that, then. Thanks.”

Paliop nodded and went back to typing as Joseph picked up his packet of paperwork, stopping at his office to drop it off, and headed through the halls to Esial’s door. He didn’t hear anything inside, though he could smell the ancient vampire. Esial was a strange dilemma. He was so incredibly old, but really not mentally older than a couple centuries. It made the task of helping him a little more tricky. Joseph would of course do his best, but it was a lot to try and navigate on top of all of his other tasks. 

He knocked gently on the door and listened quietly as there was movement inside. 

Esial opened the door, dark eyes watching Joseph with a softness that wasn’t there before. 

“Hello,” Esial said politely before simply turning and disappearing into the darkness of his room. Right. Even before Esial’s incident he was a loner. Manners weren’t really necessary out on your own. 

Esial came back with the two crocodiles that Joseph and Muir had picked out for him, one tucked under each arm. Joseph noticed the damage the two appeared to have taken, and after a long moment of silence, Joseph asked, “Did you like them? I hope it didn’t upset you. I just wanted to get you something that might help.”

Esial looked down at each one carefully and nodded. “Yes. They are….” he cleared his throat and Joseph recognized the emotion that filled his face. “They are good.”

“Do… did you name them?”

Esial nodded. He turned to show the one with damage to the tail and said, “This is Jesep. And this one is Keta. They were… my favorite crocodiles.”

Joseph nodded. “Right. I’m glad I got them for you, then. Um… do you want to go for a walk?”

Esial hummed. “Is it dark?”

“Yes.”

He nodded and turned, putting the crocodiles back and coming back out with a cloak that appeared to have been made of one of his blankets. Joseph didn’t comment as he turned to lead the way to an exit, opening the door for Esial. 

They stepped out onto the grass, which had Esial pause to feel the soft plant life on his bare feet before he continued. 

Joseph put his hands in his pockets and cleared his throat as they started walking. “So, I know that things are… confusing. And hard for you. I want to help you in any way that I can. If you have questions you can ask me or anyone else, for that matter. We want to help you feel comfortable in the world again and go on living your life.”

Esial was silent, but nodded faintly, watching the ground in front of him as they walked, like he was making sure he wouldn’t step on anything that could hurt him. 

“I think we’ll just start you off in the language classes. You’ve learned English really quickly, actually, but I know it’s hard to really get everything when you still don’t-”

“You lied to me. You said they were called forms. They are called paper.”

Joseph nearly choked on his surprise at the accusation. He searched his memory and faintly remembered the small talk they had at the precinct. “Oh, right. I didn’t lie to you, Esial, though I should have been more clear. I’m sorry. Do you want me to explain what forms are?”

Esial seemed to approve of the apology and nodded. 

Joseph breathed an internal sigh of relief and said, “Right. So, paper is a sheet made from wood pulp. It’s used to write things down on.”

“Oh,” Esial said, nodding a little. 

“The things written down on them can have different names as well. Like when you start classes, you’ll be giving homework, which is usually paper with the tasks witten on it given to you to help you learn. And forms are kind of like that. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to explain it very well to you, but forms are just important things written down on paper so we can look at them and remember what happened.”

Esial nodded, brow wrinkled with thought. “Okay. I understand.”

Joseph, once again relieved, said, “Learning a new language is hard. You’ll get it, though. Hey, I heard you made a friend yesterday. Anastasia, right?”

Esial nodded again. “Yes. Although, I do not know if we are friends.”

“Ah, gotcha,” Joseph said. “Well, she wouldn’t be a bad friend to have.”

The two vampires walked through the dark for a few more paces in silence, Esial still watching the ground and giving no indication of what he was thinking until he spoke again. 

“I do not think I am safe for the humans to be around.”

“Oh?” Joseph asked, more worried than confused this time. 

Esial nodded. “I… ever since I drank her blood, I want to drink theirs. I was hurt and I wanted to bite the human who came to help. I do not want to hurt them, but I want human blood all the time now.”

Joseph was surprised by this revelation and asked, “Wait, you never had any human blood before Joanna?”

Esial shook his head. “Only hippo blood and grains. Occasionally pig’s blood.”

“Ah,” Joseph said. “I’m surprised. Being a vampire born in the age you were, I would have thought you needed human blood to stay healthy.”

Esial shrugged. “I feel…. Stronger now. Breath better, sleep easier.”

Joseph nodded slowly. “Sounds like you needed some human blood. Animal blood will get you by, but you would have eventually gotten sick. I’ll get you into one of the therapists that help with the bloodlust issues. Controlling yourself really isn’t that hard and they can train you to help you keep your cool in intense situations so you don’t bite anyone on accident. Okay? You’ll be fine.”

“You’re sure?” Esial asked doubtfully. 

“Yes. I’m sure. We have a lot of vampires who have some issues with controlling their thirst. We have people who will be able to help you pretty easily. Alright?”

Esial relaxed and nodded. “I am… glad. It is strange to not be on my own in things anymore.”

“I can imagine. Were you always alone? Besides your crocodiles?”

Esial shook his head. “No. I lived in a village with my parents, once.”

“How and when did you turn, if you don’t mind my asking?”

“There was a man traveling through. He spoke to my father about his magic… I think my father refused? I cannot remember well. The man stole me in a rage. I don’t remember anything until my father found me. I was unable to die after that, and I craved the blood of the forest creatures.”

Joseph nodded. “Do you remember what the man looked like?”

Esial shook his head, leaving Joseph not surprised but a little disappointed. There was a tale told by the older vampires that the whole stock of them originated from a single man who had gained immortality at the price of almost everything else. The stories changed from telling to telling, but Joseph entertained the idea and asked because Esial was old enough it was possible he had been turned by the oldest of the vampires. 

“That’s alright. It was probably pretty traumatic. You don’t have to try and remember it for me.”

Esial nodded. They fell into another silence, this one a little more comfortable than the last before a detail registered in Joseph’s mind. 

“Wait, magic? Your father could use magic?”

“Yes.”

“And he was human.”

“Yes. Is that strange?”

“Well, there’s never been a first hand account of a magic user being human. Some vampires can use magic and there’s a few giant folk around still that can give it a go, but no humans.”

Esial simply shrugged. “My father used magic. He created a stone for me that would protect me from the sun. It was the last thing I had of the village when that man came back and killed all of them while I was hunting for blood. I did not see him, but I recognized his smell.”

“I’m so sorry, Esial,” Joseph said softly. He wanted to hold back, to not let his curiosity and burning eagerness take from this moment, but he had to know. “That stone must have been incredibly precious to you. What happened to it?”

“I lost it,” Esial said, stopping in his tracks with great sorrow in his voice. “I lost it while I was being hunted. It was how they finally caught me.”

He rubbed at his eyes as Joseph gently put a hand on his shoulder, but Esial dropped out from under Joseph’s hand, soft sounds escaping his lips as he buried his face in his crouching knees. 

Joseph sat down in the grass next to him, folding his hands in his lap while he waited. 

Esial cried for a long time, occasionally slipping into the ancient forgotten language he had been raised with, pleading or apologizing from the tone of it over and over and over again until he finally calmed down. 

He slowly leaned back till he sat on his butt, uncurling his legs and staring at his feet. 

Joseph opened his mouth to say something, to comfort him or ask him if there was anything Joseph could do, but Esial got there first. 

“Kyle,” he said, voice still watery. “I would like to speak with Kyle.”

Part 11

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#vampire whumpee #vampire caretaker #sad memories #mentions of death #bby having a bad night #ooh #but wat does he want to talk to Kyle about? #We shall have to wait and seeeee

[becauseicantthinkwritings]

Just wanted to say hi Chelsea! Welcome back. We’ve missed you a lot on here but so glad you prioritised yourself and took a break. I hope you’re doing well. Don’t feel pressured to rush back into anything but wanted to say that person defending you was totally right, you write about bb’s characters not him himself and on top of that you write au’s of his characters so it’s like twice removed from him so I hope you don’t feel bad or let anyone make you feel bad for writing. I’ve already said before your billy to me feels like a different person and I love reading him. It’s like it still had his essence you know it’s still him from the show but your billy always has so much more depth and character and Is just more interesting. The punisher is great and all but I actually prefer re reading your stories than watching it. You’re incredibly talented and have added so much to this community I know you won’t/don’t believe it but truly you are. Your writing has distracted me and gotten me through some rough times, like now for example I’m recovering from jaw surgery and I’m miserable and can’t stop thinking about food(im only allowed liquid and then eventually soft but will be a while before I can have solid) so instead of spending hours feeling sorry for myself I’ve been re reading all your stories again.

Sorry im rambling I just wanted to say I hope you’re well. Im so proud of you for taking the break, proud of you for going to Germany(that’s so cool!) Don’t rush into anything and don’t let anybody make you feel bad. It’s just nice to know you’re doing well and that you’re still hanging in there(like the cat poster Billy spoke about😂) and please take care of yourself, definitely get your thumb checked over at a hospital if you can also. Fingers have so many little bones and tendons it’s so easy to hurt them and never think much of it and later on have issues. Take care chels💗

I know this ask is old, but I kept it in my ask box to reread when I was sad and it's high time I finally thank you for your support.

It's no secret that I don't think highly of myself (and I fear I never might) but I want you to know that on hard days, hanging onto this ask helped me stay just a little bit more together.

Thank you thank you thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

#❤️ #ask

[actual-changeling]

you’re the only person i feel comfortable saying this to. but i feel like a fake fan for not wanting to/not engaging with tlou2 content. i don’t like the story and i don’t like the characters/characterizations. it makes me really sad and uncomfortable at times. i won’t be watching season 2 when it comes out. i’m sure the making of it and the actors will all be incredible it obviously has nothing to do with them.

i know there’s like a whole thing where you don’t have to engage with content you don’t like blah blah but it just feels like *some* (emphasis on some, not generalizing here) tlou fans really get mad with people who don’t like tlou2, they think that they don’t understand it and are just mad there isn’t a happy ending and just hate abby. which, idk, i would never expect a happy ending of an apocalypse story. but there are so many problems with the story that i cannot get over. and yeah. i don’t really think **** should have died (asterisks for spoiler). honestly these people make me want to engage with tlou2 even less.

i love tlou1 and it’s been such an outlet for me and for so many others with parental trauma. i think it’s okay to want to protect that.

i wonder if you think it’s okay and still good etiquette (for lack of better word) to not engage with tlou2 for these reasons?

i know you’ve spoken about tlou2 before and your take on it. i wouldn’t ask you to go through this all again, but i just felt like this was a safe outlet to say all this. i’m sorry if this was a bother!!!

It is completely fine to send me asks about this, don't worry! I'm glad you feel comfortable enough to do so.

I've watched the show and played both games, and it is always okay to dislike any aspect of a canon universe, no matter what your reasoning is.

A tiny part of me is still riding the denial train and hopes that Craig will at the very least vastly improve the plot if not change it, but since Neil is also involved I doubt it. The first game was perfect as a stand-alone, and just like you, the characters and the world helped me work through a bunch of issues.

It didn't need a part 2, especially not one that demolished everything they had built. The one we got also destroyed some of the comfort the first game had simply because once you know how the story ends, you will never be able to see it again like you did before.

Pedro and Bella will be amazing in season two, that am sure of, and I hope Kaitlyn can shield herself from the hate she will undoubtedly receive.

The fandom is, like you said, very. sensitive about part 2 opinions that aren't "I loved it and want Abby to rail me", and it would be hilarious if it weren't sad and didn't involve those people harassing others. After playing part 2, I realised that 90% of the tlou content I see anywhere is so removed from what is actually happening in the game that I cannot take anyone who praises it seriously.

For some reason, many seem incapable of separating themselves from people's opinions about the game. If you told me you liked the game and constantly talk about it, sure, fine, I am not a toddler, I can co-exist or even be friends with someone who has a different opinion on a video game. 99% of the tlou2 fandom just cannot do the same and I have no idea why, they take any and all non-positive takes and treat them like I personally insulted their mother.

The pure game mechanics of it, the infected, the environmental designs, the details—all of that is beautiful and I genuinely enjoy playing Ellie's Seattle Days because of that; I just try not to think about why she's there. But for a story-driven game, good mechanics and nice graphics aren't enough to balance out the shit writing.

Even if we ignore the Death tm, there are so many other issues, including various flavours of homophobia and transphobia (that I also never saw anyone talk about??? and I mean transphobia in the writing itself, not the characters), plot issues, pacing issues, horrible character development, and much, much more.

Not liking the game and feeling uncomfortable watching/playing it makes perfect sense, and you 100% have the right to block any and all content related to part/season 2. I know you know that, but sometimes it really does help to have someone else tell you something you technically already know (half of my therapy sessions consist of me and my therapist talking about stuff I already know).

No one—and I mean no one—gets to decide that for you. Anyone who demands you expose yourself to something that makes you feel like shit is an asshole and has no validity.

I hope this wasn't too rambly and turned out somewhat coherent. My inbox is always open for you (or others) to talk about anything tlou related. I've weathered several waves of hate from those people and I couldn't give less of a fuck about it.

#alex answers asks #all my hope hinges on craig locking neil in a cupboard until season 2 is written #save me actually good writer craig mazin #save us from whatever the fuck neil did to our characters

[mishydraws]

My life has been an absolute hellscape for way too long and I was worried about Young Royals releasing its final season right in the middle of it all. Honestly it was risky for me to watch it right now, not knowing what waited on the other side. I can’t afford an additional spell of despair on top of everything else right now 🥲

But this has been my favorite show and it remains my favorite show. Easily. It has been such a comfort for me during this time and I really don’t know where I would be without it right now. I was so worried I’d be too stressed to even enjoy the last new episodes there will ever be… or the story would just tank and disappoint me in the end like some other shows have that I’ve held close to my heart and then it would just make me feel even worse.

But what a beautiful show.

What an earned and deserved ending for every single one of the main characters. It was better than anything I’d ever realistically hoped for. (It was actually just a lot of me yelling and arguing with my screen and then So Many Tears 😭)

It is so rare to find a show like this, that is just incredible to watch from start to finish (heck, it’s rare to even get a show these days that even has a proper conclusion or otherwise doesn’t get dragged on for too long until it’s not even enjoyable to watch anymore).

I’m so glad I got to be there for its conclusion and experience it on the last day before our internet service gets cut off before our move. The timing is actually crazy for it all to have played out like this considering I didn’t plan it that way and I really needed this show to not let me down during *gestures at literally everything in my life*

Thank you to everyone involved in bringing the story, world, and characters of Young Royals to life. I’m sad I have no new episodes to look forward to now, but the show did what it needed to do and told such an incredible, heartbreaking, but beautiful and fulfilling story that, for me, will always be worth revisiting over and over again 💜

#young royals #young royals spoilers #young royals s3 #mishy talks #need to draw more fanart when I have more will to live omg #PLEASE give me a cute fluffy update season or extended movie a few years from now where nothing happens and everyone is just happy for once #also is THIS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO NOT HAVE A SHOW END IN DISAPPOINTMENT #INJECT IT INTO MY VEINS THIS IS LIKE CRACK COCAINE TO ME

[spiderlingh]

TEEN WOLF SPOILERS !

jeff davis truly has got to be the most spiteful person out there to make this movie. teen wolf was my absolute favorite show as a teen. i remember being obsessed with it for like three years, at least. i’m glad i’m seeing all the fans of the show hate on the movie because it’s what it deserves.

the fact that jeff davis refuses to acknowledge that scott mccall was never the star of the show is plain stupid. stiles was the star from the pilot to the final episode. he embodied the show, gave it life. to this day, he’s still one of my favorite fictional characters of all time. the show would have been nothing without stiles. void stiles was one of the biggest highlights of the show (as it should). dylan o’brien shined every second on the screen in his role.

what’s even more wild to me is that stiles and lydia, one of if not the most popular pairing from the show, got broken up over something so incredibly stupid and irrelevant that it makes me question if i was even watching the teen wolf movie. stiles and lydia who had a six-season slowburn and were the fan-favorite ship from the very first season (at least that’s how it felt to me) and it got ruined just like that. i just don’t get it. like it was so unnecessary that it’s just funny to me.

and then there’s the also very unnecessary death of derek hale. my beloved. derek who probably went through the most in the show (if i remember correctly anyway, i haven’t watched it in a couple years). like this man had to kill his first love, his family died in a fire, he was sa’d by kate, and now they let him burn to death in front of his son??? respectfully, what???? that is beyond fucked up. i only liked the moment where he spoke about stiles’s jeep. i’m not really a sterek shipper myself but i do get why fans like them.

also the weird thing is — for the longest time i was bummed that i didn’t get my scallison endgame, and now that i did get it, i just… i don’t know. it’s not the same? it certainly wasn’t necessary for me anymore. her death was sad as fuck but to be honest i didn’t need her back.

can’t believe i’m only realizing it now, but i’ve grown to prefer kira over allison. allison used to be my favorite girl on the show for some reason but she definitely isn’t anymore. and the fact that arden cho was offered half of what the white actresses would be receiving for the movie?? what the fuck??? that’s ridiculous. i’m glad she turned the offer down because she deserves better than to be involved in this shitshow anyways. can’t believe all the other actors went through with the film while being aware of that. most of them are jobless anyways sooo

i feel like the movie could have worked if everyone had returned with a solid storyline (honestly everything would have been better than this, the majority of fanfic writers could come up with a better script than this). and when i say everyone i mean everyone. stiles, kira, isaac, you name them. but in all honesty? we didn’t need a movie. even though i feel like the show didn’t end on a high note (season 6 was shit if you ask me) i thought the ending was fine.

the show itself wasn’t fantastic writing or acting (it definitely felt better at the time but i was younger so yk) but its storylines were enjoyable enough, i liked the script and most of the characters and their dynamics were fun. it was a different time with all the supernatural-ish shows and stuff and whatever but i did love it for a long time. it’s sad to know they went in this direction with the movie but my expectations were very low anyways so i kind of saw it coming. i’m gonna attempt a rewatch of the show soon to see whether it was as i remembered it.

these were my thoughts, might add more later!

#teen wolf #teen wolf the movie #stiles stilinski #void stiles #derek hale #lydia martin #allison argent #kira yukimura #malia hale

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

MONKIE KID SEASON 3 EPISODE 10 REACTION 

RIGHT

SO 

UH

WOW

THAT WAS UH 

OH MAN 

SO THAT LAST EP WAS UH 

HOO BOY 

MACAQUE IS UH 

HAHAHA 

Y I K ES 

wow 

I’m not over the fact that the power is literally eating him up and like erupting out of him even while he’s in shadow, he looks trapped by it as it consumes him that’s insane bro 

Also uh 

ah 

wow he really 

beat Mk into the ground long and hard enough that he couldn’t get up haha 

wow

LEGO Monkie Kid WHAT THE CRAP 

that was insane 

that was insane

OKAY

EPISODE 10

MIGHT AS WELL DO IT WHILE MY BRAIN’S TOO FRIED TO UH

YEAH 

OKAY 

HERE WE GO 

still reeling but HERE WE GO 

FOR MY MENTAL HEAAAALTHHHHH— 

(which this show is destroying /j) 

HERE WE GO HERE WE GO

I’m gonna be killed this is it 

MAN THIS THEME SON GAFTER ALL THAT 

I am so freaking glad i didn’t watch this all at once, I’m so freaking glad i waited for the english dub THIS SHOW IS FREAKING INSANE RN 

FLASHBACK TIME

OH YES LETS FREAKING GO 

TRIPITAKA TANG SANZANG VOICED BY TANG YEAH YOU BET HAHA SCREMS 

“To split the fire you need to harmonize ur energies” HAHAH THEY COULD NOT BE MORE DIFFERENT I’M WHEEZINGBSFDL;MAWE

TRIPTIAKA’S SHOES ARE INCREDIBLE I’M YELLINGSDBF;LAWME

“this is kinda easier than i thought it would be” MONKEY KING PLEASE 

THE FIRE COMING AT HIM 

HAHA IT’S ONLY ONE OF THE ONLY THING STHAT EVER HURT HIM AHAHA YEAH OH MAN OH MAN

OH HE TRIPPED

HE TRIPPED

OH MAN

THAT FIRE EFFECTS HIM WAY MORE THAN IT DOES THE OTHERS HE’S MORE PWOERFUL THAN DBK AND THIS

OH MAN

AND THE WAY THEY’RE ALL YELLING AT HIM |;A;/ 

WUKONG YOU FOOOOOOL 

noooo

noooooo

oH NOOOOO

OH NO 

THAT IS WHAT 

OH NO

BUDDY 

YUP

THAT EXPAINS A LOT 

THE UH 

HAHA 

WAY TO COMMUNICATE AO LIE WAY TO LET PEOPLE KNOW UH

OH MAN

THIS EXPLAINS A LOT 

YEAH SO 

UH

HOW’D HE NOT DIE IS MY QUESTION 

HAHAHAHHAHA

SO MEI JUST GREW UP WITH THAT IN HER

SHE REALLY IS THE REINCARNATION OF UH

WOW WE’RE REALLY DOING THIS HUH AHAHAHAHHAHA I’M SCREAMING 

I LOVE NEZHA AND WUKONG’S LITTLE DYNAMIC THO 

THAT MY FRIENDS HAS THE ENERGY OF LIKE LAID BACK DAD AND HIGH STRUNG TOTALLY NOT ADOPTED SON GB;LAKSDMFWE THEY REALLY ARE JUST BUDDIES I LOVE THEM 

Not over the fact Wukong slipped up, everyone yelled at him, and he got hit by the fire, tripped, got hit again (the fire that is the only thing to every hit him) and like, no one even… cared? I mean I know he’s the monkey king, I know he’s immortal x7 but like 

dang 

Ao Lie Bai Longma tho, he took a brunt of one for sure and Tripitaka’s concerned about him instantly 

and the group hug with the jttw crew that’s in the background and Wukong’s just… not in it. He doesn’t even feel like he’s part of the group I’m actually gonna cry, that’s his family and they didn’t even seem to care beyond yelling at him 

WOW I’M

YEAH NO WONDER WUKONG DOESN’T LET PEOPLE KNOW HE’S HURT, NO ONE DOES ANYTHING BUT YELL AT HIM FOR IT UH 

HAHA

WOW

Like if hhh

MAN

If Wukong were in Bai Longma’s position, and jumped in front of Tripitiaka, no one would have batted an eye because that’s his job, that’s what he’s supposed to do. He could be hurt, hide it and they wouldn’t acknowledge it, and he certainly wouldn’t get praise cause that’s just what’s expected of him. Put him in another position, slips up, peoples lives are at stake, makes sense they’d startle, but like, if he ever slips up, shows he’s hurt, what does he get? Yelling. Scolding, anger. LIKE NO WONDER HE DOESN’T COMMUNICATE NO FREAKING WONDER ALL HE DOES IS TRY TO PROTECT MK, HE’S USED TO PEOPLE YELLING AT HIM FOR ANYTHING ELSE I’M 

H 

HECK

OKAY I REALLY NEED TO MOVE ON NOPE PAUSED AGAIN

THE WAY “YOU DID IT MASTER! WE KNEW YOU COULD!” AND THEY HUG HIM AND WUKONG LOOKS AT THEM FROM A DISTANCE, WITH THIS SMILE, THIS STUPID SAD KINDA HAPPY SAD SMILE, THE SMILE IS JUST AAAAAAAAA IT’S HE LOVES HIS LITTLE FAM BUT HE’S NOT EVEN PART OF IT I’M GONNA SCREAM 

OH YEAH RIGHT WE’RE IN THIS 

HAHAHA AW MAN 

TANG’S CRYING 

GOLDEN CICADA

THAT’S FREAKING H

MAN 

FREAKING

OKAY WE’RE FINE 

HE JUST KNOWS 

AHAHAHA 

WUKONG’S JUST PANCKED 

REALLY WANTED THEM TO WAIT

HAHA AW MAN 

AW

AW NEZHA

YESSSSS

YESSS

HE STOPPED TO LISTEN TO MONKEY KING

I’M NOT SURE H

GOSH DANG 

I’M HOLDING THEM BOTH SO GENTLY 

WUKONG LOOKIN GSURPRISED 

“Lets see if my aim is as good as it used to be” 

Wukong: AHA HOW BOUT WE DON’T— 

HE DOESN’T TRUST THAT AT ALLGBSDLKFMAWE 

MANS LOOKED ACTIVELY NERVOUS 

ALRIGHT

ALRIGHT GO SAVE YOU’RE FREAKIGN SON AND ALMOST DAUGHTER / REINCARNATED FAM 

GO GET YO SON 

GO GET YO FAM 

OH MAN

OH NO MEI

OH NO 

TOO LATE

OH NOOOOOO

OH MAN POOR MEI 

HEY

HEY NOW

ALRIGHT, HEY SO, THE CHAINS SNAP

IN THE

IN THE FRAME THING

AND HE LOOKS DOWN AT BOTH WRISTS

NOT THE BONE SIDE

BUT BOTH WRISTS WHERE THEY WERE

AND HE COUDL SEE THEY WERE GONE

WHICH MEANS HE COULD CONSTANTLY SEE AND FEEL THEM ON HIM THIS ENTIRE TIME 

OH GOSH MEI THO 

HERE WE MOTHERFREAKING GO 

Ngl 

I get the feeling Wukong was gonna try and snatch the fire and use it himself instead of it going to Mei judging from the way he was jumping directly in uh

Fire and monkey don’t mix

that would of uh 

hm 

interesting Wukong you really were ready to die huh

right we’ll lets see how this goes 

WELL ALSO THERE’S NO WAY HE DOESN’T KNOW NOW

THAT MEI IS BAI LONGMA’S REINCARNATION 

HAHAHAHAH THAT’S GONNA BE FUN 

THEY’RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA ADDRESS IT BUT BOY I WISH THEY WOULD 

AW MK

BUDDY

I’M GONNA CRY HE’S SO WORRIED 

THE WAY

THEY WAY MK

TRIES REACHING FOR HER ANYWAYS

WUKONG SNATCHING HIM AND GETTING HIM OUT OF THE WAY BECAUSE HEY, FIRE IS STILL MONKEY KING AND BY ASSOCIATION MONKIE KID’S BIG OL WEAKNESS

Nezha really has the worst bedside manner

Nezha: so, bad news. Yyou’re gonna die 

Mei: WHAT

I’M CRYGNDSKFAMWOE

MK’S CONCNERN, WUKONG DOES NOT LOOK LIKE HE’S INTERESTED IN LETTING THAT HAPPEN 

THE WAY WUKONG ZERO’S IN ON MACAQUE

YOU

AND MACAQUE JUST LIKE AH I NEED TO RUN RIGHT NOW

AND WUKONG REACHING INTO THE

REACHING INTO THE SHADOWS AND TEARING HIM BACK OUT 

HAHA

WOW 

YEAH

YOU DONE SCREWED UP MACCY BOY 

THE WAY THAT MACAQUE TRIES TO RATIONALIZE 

HE REALLY IS JUST

REALLY STUPID

HE HAS NO IDEA

HE’S JUST

HE JUST DOES STUFF WITHOUT THINKING 

HE HAS NO THOUGHT PROCESS

HE CANNOT SEE WHAT CONSEQUENCES MIGHT COME AND WHEN THEY DO TRIES TO ABSOLVE HIMSELF FROM SAID CONSEQUENCES DESPITE HIS HAND IN MAKING THEM HAPPEN 

THIS IS WHY HE BLAMES WUKONG FOR LITERALLY ANYTHING, HE JUST CANNOT RATIONALIZE IN HIS HEAD THAT HE MAKES ANYTHING BAD HAPPEN EVER, HE’S ALWAYS THE VICTUM I SWEAR I’M GONNA DRAG HIM TO THE UNDERWORLD MYSELF BGSDLKFMAWOE 

a

ah

THE WHOLE ITS THE

IT’S THE 

Dang 

Like the whole 

shoot man that’s 

heck 

Wukong goes to punch him, right? And Macaque just, turns his head away, but not to shield his injured eye, but the one he’s got left cause he was genuinely like “ah, he’s going to take my other eye” HOLY CRAP MY GUY 

…

shoulda punched him in the face

COME ON TANG YOU JUST WATCHED THIS GUY HURT BOTH OF YOUR KIDS

STOP BEING SO NICE AAAA 

I’m one to talk LOL 

MAN THO 

ACK 

THE WAY TAHT WUKONG ACTUALLY STOPS THE MOMENT HE HEARS TANG’S VOICE THO 

MAN 

ALSO TANG YOU LITERALLY CANT’ TAKE RESPONCIBLITY FOR THIS PLEASE 

I mean Macaque’s been through a lot, i get not wanting to see anyone get hurt but MAN holy crap has he wrecked a lot of stuff YIKES AND REALLY HARMED UR KIDS TANG 

OH FREAKING NO

TRIGGER WORD

DESTINY

AND NOW WUKONG’S HORROR, PANIC, PARANOIA OF PLAYING RIGHT INTO HER HANDS RIGHT ON HIS FACE 

JUST DROPS HIM LIKE AN EMPTY SODA CAN GBDSLKAFMAWE 

Like, 

hhhh

MAN I HAVE WAY TOO MANY THOUGHTS RN 

You ever think about the fact that Wukong maybe has gotten so used to people yelling at him and telling him he’s wrong that he genuinely can’t tell what action is truly the worst or not right because they respond the same way regardless? 

ANYWAY THO UH 

THANKS TO MK FOR THE BREATH OF FRESH AIR

THE FACT THAT MEI HASN’T EVEN MOVED YET BGLKDFMAE I AM SO FREAKING CONCERNED

also the fact Macaque hasn’t tried to run away again that’s getting to me 

as long as you stay away from Mk i’ll be happy 

AH HA

YEAH

THIS IS GOING WELL 

THIS IS GOING GREAT 

THE WAY THEY’RE ALL SHEILDING EACH OTHER 

the way we get a close up on mac’s face while Wukong explains his plan 

he really has no idea what’s going on also YEAH WUKONG’S LACK OF SELF-PRESERVATION MAKES AN APPEARANCE 

YEAH THAT ISN’T A GOOD PLAN BUT LIKE

UH

IT’S LITERALLY THE ONLY ONE THEY HAD 

YES THEY COULD HAVE DISCUSSED IT MORE AND MAYBE COME UP WITH A BETTER ONE

HHH

WUKONG *SHAKES HIM* I DON’T KNOW HOW Y’ALL COULD HAVE MADE THIS WORK BETTER BUT LIKE, IF YOU’D JUST COMMUNICATE YOU COULD HAVE FREAKING AT LEAST BEEN ON THE SAME PAGE BUT HE’S SO FREAKING USED TO FIGURING OUT STUFF ON HIS OWN I’M GONNA SCREAM 

The way Mei yells at him 

“Time and time again I’ve watched you hurt” yeah wow heck 

he really just

gets yelled at every time and you know what

yeah

crap man 

no matter what he does it ends in him getting yelled at 

understandable sometimes but no wonder he gets it wrong so much 

ALSO I KEEP TALKING ABOUT HOW MEI WATCHES WHAT HAPPENES TO MK BUT STEPS BACK A BIT TO LET HIM FIGURE STUFF OUT AND SUPPORT HIM BUT HHH

OH MAN I WASN’T EXPECTING THEM TO ACTAULLY BRING IT UP I’M GONNA SCREAM

WUKONG’S FACE 

H

THE WAY MACAQUE HASN’T LEFT THO 

HE HASN’T TRIED TO LEAVE 

THIS IS 

WE HAVEN’T SEEN THIS FROM MACAQUE BEFORE THIS IS THE FIRST TIEM HE HASN’T ACTED OUT OF SELF-INTEREST HE REALLY IS JUST STANDING THERE WATCHING THIS UNFOLD 

AND THE WAY MK’S LIKE “NOT A CHANCE GUYS I’M NOT LEAVING MY BEST FRIEND” 

AND THEN WUKONG EITHER GLANCES BACK AT MACAQUE OR MK 

AND THE WAY MACAQUE LOOKS 

I’m telling ya y’alls Wukong and Macaque were just best friends way back in the day I’m calling it now and hh

I’M FINE 

“DON’T YOU REALIZE YOU’RE HURTING THE PEOPLE YOU CARE ABOUT THE MOST?” 

…

hooooooo boy 

had to go back to that cause uh 

yeah

wow

really calling this monkey out on that one, which is rough, because he really is trying his hardest and its just… never right 

Except it has the potential to be with this group because they listen

he’s just…

not used to that 

dang 

heck 

okay

I can move on 

probably 

oh man

and the fact she’s just also basically saying “we care about you” um 

we care about you and you’re hurting us 

yeah 

I’M IN PAIN GUYS 

FR 

I WAS NOT EXPECTING THEM TO ADDRESS ALL THIS AND HAVE THIS ACTUALLY SAID 

IV’E BEEN TALKING ABOTU THIS FOR AGES AND THERE SHE IS SAYING IT ALL 

HOLY CRAP 

ah tHERE WE GO

FINALLY 

BYE MACAQUE 

HAHAHAHHAHA 

The fact that Mk still actually hoped he’d stay to help even after LITERALLY GETTING THE CRAP BEATEN OUT OF HIM BY HIM and actually looked kinda… hurt about it, but jsut squeezed his eyes shut, cause expected, and turned to do the thing whatever thing he’s about to do haha 

oh man 

Mk: we’re heroes 

Macaque: not me bud PEACE OUT 

No fr tho I don’t think Macaque views himself as someone who’s even capable of being a hero. it’s so funny how he’s so mad at Wukong for possibly “abandoning” him and getting all that power without him, but at the same time any time he’s presented with a chance to do something different, to change like wukong did, he nopes out. I don’t think macaque really wants power so much as he just… wants someone?? To care about him?? I dunno my dude, he’s an idiot whatever the case with truama and he needs to stay away from Mk because neither of them are really good for each other right now and get some freaking therapy away from this kid that he uses as a punching bag

AA TOO MANY THOUGHTS LETS KEEP GOING MY BRAIN IS SCATTERED SO NONE OF HTIS IS GONNA MAKE SENSE 

EVERYONE TELLING HIM TO LEAVE AND MK REFUSING BECAUSE THIS KID WILL LITERALLY DESTROY HIMSELF BEFORE HE ABANDONS ANYONE 

see this is why I’m an Mk kinnie BGLKA;M;OFE BUT ALSO A WUKONG KINNIE BECAUSE I’M GREAT AT COMMUNICATING /J 

THE WAY WUKONG REACHES FOR HIM 

OH NO THAT’S GONNA HURT HIM 

OH NOOOO

OH NOOO BUDDYYYY 

MK

HECK IT’S BURNING HIM HIS JACKET IS SINGED 

AND HE’S JUST

“I know you’re upset, and that’s okay—“ I’M GONNA START CRYING?? 

WAIT I JUST REALIZED

I JUST REALIZED 

MY POST

THIS IS MY POST THE WHOLE

MEI ALWAYS CATCHES MK AND WALKS HIM THROUGH STUFF UNTIL HE’S READY AND NEVER LEAVES HIM 

AND I TALKED ABOUT “I WONDER WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF MK’S PUT IN THE SUPPORT POSITION RATHER THAN MEI” AND HE IS

RIGHT HERE

AND HE’S NOT LEAVING, NOT EVEN BACKING AWAY, HE’S MOVING FORWARD THROUGH LITERAL ACTUAL FIRE AND TALKIGN TO HER YOU GUYS I’M GOING TO FREAKING SOB I SWEAR 

THE WAY HIS CLOTHES ARE BURNIGN AWAY

I’M GONNA START CRYING 

THE

THEY HUG

THEY DID THE HUG THING

THE YOU ALWAYS HAVE MY BACK 

WE WILL FIGURE THIS OUT

I’M GONNA START SOBBING

THE HUG Y’ALL THE HUG TO BRING HER BACK 

also this is a sidebar totally messing with the intense moment bUT FINALLY THE LIPSTICK HAS BEEN BURNED AWAY PRAISE THE CELESTIALS WE’RE FREE FROM THE HORRID THING— /hj 

MAN GBSDA;LKFMAWOE 

I 

I really love the fact that the MK crew is like YEEEAAH WE KNEW YOU COULD DO IT! because through everything they support each other and as long as they do that, things turn out okay (and i mean i know Mei’s gonna push him away and she’s gonna run away for fear of hurting them but like bgdls;kfae) AND THE WAY NEZHA AND WUKONG LOOK SO SURPRISED, SO SHAKEN, LIKE THEY CAN’T IMAGINE WHAT SUPPORTING ANOTHER PERSON REALLY DOES 

Wukong’s face

Wukong’s first time really seeing the crew rely on each other, love each other, hug each other, he sees Mk support his friends with everything he has and them support him back and that is what he looks like 

You guys this monkey is not okay 

I’m gonna start sobbing 

HUGS MK BACK

STARTS CRYING

MEI PLEASE

YEAH PUSH 

NO

ARGH SHE’S GONNA RUN AWAY

 OHHH

OHH MAN

OH MAN

THE

FIRST OFF, CLASSIC I DON’T WANNA HURT YOU SO I’M GONNA DISTANCE MYSELF FROM YOU *coughs and looks at Wukong* HAPPENIGN THERE IS FIRE (pun intended) AND I LOVE IT WITH MY ENTIRE SOUL THATS ONE OF THE BEST TROPES 

AND UH 

I STRAIGHT UP AM CLOSE TO CRYING FR RIGHT NOW AT THE WAY MK REACHES FOR HER AND TRIES TO JUMP, BUT CAN’T DO IT CAUSE HE’S BEEN BEATEN INTO THE GROUND AND WALKED THROUGH THE ONE THING THAT CAN ACTUALLY REALLY REALLY HURT SOMEONE WITH MONKEY KING’S POWERS 

AND HE CAN’T EVEN

STAND

I’M GONNA CRY Y’ALLS 

THE WAY THAT THEY’RE ALL HOLDING HIM 

Not a lot of shows are comfortable or even are good at writing the emotional stuff, the comfort, the holding each other, the emotional baggage, i am so happy this show keeps giving me everything i want and more I love this show fr y’alls 

Monkey King feeling real bad about this 

Guilt’s rough my guy

Wukong’s gonna do something stupid isn’t he 

ohhh no

“cant’ you see you’re hurting the people that care about ou the most” great way to not hurt people (except it does hurt them) LEAVE

GUESS WHAT I THINK THE MONKEY’S GONNA DO 

LEAVE

HE’S GONNA LEAVE ISN’T HE

HE’S GONNA LEAVE AND POSSIBLY TRY AND GO FACE THE LADY BONE DEMON ON HIS OWN BECAUSE WELCOME BACK TO WUKONG’S MIND, WEHENVER HE’S AROUND SOMEONE HE HURTS THEM, WHY DOES HE EVER LET HIMSELF STAY AROUND PEOPLE WHEN ALL HE DOES IS HURT AND HARM THEM RIGHT? BETTER TO JUST DO IT HIMSELF, ALONE, THAT WAY HE CAN’T HURT ANYONE RIGHT? 

I CAN’T BELIEVE THEY’RE LEGIT GONNA DO THIS, IF THEY LEGIT DO THIS I’M GONNA FREAKING FLIP 

also vocally out loud realized a minute ago that Red Son has yet to show up which means he’s probably gonna show up to mei and be like “fire powers, am i right?” and then BGALKSMFAWE I’M GONNA BE THRILLED IF THEY DO TAHT IT MEANS POSSIBLE MORE RED SON TIME IN THE NEXT SEASON AND MORE RED SON AND MEI BONDING I’LL LOSE MY MIND

okay now that i’ve dropped my dumb predictions LETS GO 

KID CANT’ EVEN STAND 

THE FACT NEZHA’S LIKE “WEIRD SHE HASN’T DIED YET” 

I think it’d be neat if she has some uh… immunity to the Fire since its literally been part of her for her entire life. That would be freaking epic ngl 

“y’know, for people not paying attention” I LOVE THEM ALL SO FREAKING MUCH GBB;LWKEMFOFE

OHHOHO I JUST REALIZED THE

THE PARALLEL OF THE FIRE BURNING AWAY HIS JACKET

TOOK ALL OF MEI

TAHT WAS A GIFT FROM MEI

AND THE FIRE TOOK EVERYTHING OF MEI, HER, HER GIFT TO HIM, HER SUPPORT, HER PRESENCE, EVERYTHING GONE 

HAHAHAHA WOW I’M GONNA START SOBBING 

WOW 

ohhh man

the way Nezha’s talking, even saying “hey, maybe his plan wasn’t completely crazy” 

and Wukong doesn’t even respond

he’s just…

standing there 

(his tail is gone animation error but I’m choosing to assume he wrapped it around himself) 

he is not okay uh 

oh boy if you do the thing monkey… 

Oh nooo

Wukong

buddy 

don’t do this 

AH YUP, HE’S DOING THIS

HE’S SHAKING

GUYS

HE DOES NOT

ACTUALLY THINK HE CAN DO THIS YOU GUYS HE’S SCARED OUT OF HIS MIND TO THE POINT OF SHAKING 

GRABBING HIS ARM TO STOP IT SO THEY DON’T SEE 

GUYS

GUSY HE’S NOT OKAY AT ALL 

“If one more of my friends FLYS OFF today I’m gonna LOSE IT” YEAH THAT’S FAIR TWO LEFT CAUSE “I don’t wanna hurt you guys” BASICALLY I’M SHAKING BOTH OF THEM 

They really both said “I don’t want to hurt you so I’m gonna leave” HUH, THEY REALLY DID THAT 

THE WAY WUKONG SAYS ALL THAT THOUGH 

“I need to stop dragging you into my fights” ONLY HE KINDA HASN’T?? LIKE THERE’S THE SUCCESSOR THING, BUT LIKE, HES TRIED SO HARD TO KEEP MK AWAY FROM THE REAL FIGHTS HE KNOWS ARE DANGEROUS AND THAT HE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE, IT’S THESE VILLIANS THAT KEEP GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY TO PULL MK IN SOLEY BECAUSE HE’S ASSOCIATED WITH WUKONG

LIEK NO WONDER THIS MONKEY HAS ABSOLUTELY NO ONE 

I’M 

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

MK REALLY SAYING IF ANY OF OU LEAVE I’M GOING TO KILL YOU  

THE WAY NEZHA BGL;KSAMFAWE

“Less… slim??” I LOVE HIM HE’S PART OF THE TEAM NOW PLEASE STAY HE’S INCREDIBLE 

LOVE THE FACT MK’S JUST “NEZHA TELLS SOMETHING? SURE ACCEPT IT AS FACT HE’S FAM NOW SO WOO” 

Mk just adopting dad figures, and siblings left and right HGL;AKMF;OAEW 

WELCOME NEW SIB NEZHA, ENJOY UR STAY IN THIS CHAOTIC BUT SO SOMFT AND DEVOTED FAMILY WHO LOVE EACH OTHER SO VERY MUCH 

Them truama beans are just drawn to Mk i guess, he’s just so freaking kind and forgiving and understanding regardless i’m going to cry 

doesn’t put up with some crap when it crosses a line *looks at the monkeys* but he really is just open to letting anyone close if they’re willing to just try and I’m hh

yeah 

its rough to be that person it really is but man

man

lays down

man 

going after wukong

you ever think about the fact that this is probably the only time people have bothered coming after him outside of needing him for something. they’re going to bring him back so he doesn’t get hurt trying to do something 

AGH I JUST

I WANT THEM TO CATCH UP TO HIM (they probably won’t i know that, I know he’s probably gonna get possessed, or beat to pulp or just locked away  or half erased or something I know that) BUT LIKE, IF THEY CAUGHT UP TO HIM AND MK DID THE SAME THING HE DID FOR MEI, AND JUST HUGGED HIM TO STOP HIM FROM GOING ANYWHERE, FORCING HIM TO PAUSE AND THEN JUST TALKS TO HIM, AND WUKONG LIKE, LISTENING TO HIM AND CALMING DOWN AND I DUNNO CRYING MAYBE EVEN CAUSE HEY THEY CAME AFTER HIM AND TEAM WORK AND STUFF AND HHHHH AND THE AAAA AND THE HIM MAYBE YEAH CRYING AND HUGGING HIM BACK AND GOING BACK WITH THEM 

I KNWO IT’S MORE LIKELY HE’S GONNA GET POSSESSED OR SOEMTHING CAUSE THIS SHOW LIKES IT’S MOTHERFREAKING ANGST BUT BGL;KSADMFAOWE

IT’D BE GREAT IF MACAQUE FOLLOWED WUKONG IF HE’S FOLLOWING ANYONE IT’LL PROBABLY BE HIM NGL I SWEAR I’M GONNA THROW HIM INTO THE SUN 

okay sorry I’m good now i can move on HAHAHAHAH SCREAMS

THEY’RE SO ENCOURAGING 

OH HE DESPERATELY NEEDED THAT HUG 

THANK YOU SANDY FOR GIVING THEM ALL THE HUG THEY NEEDED FOR REAL 

NEZHA AND MK TEAM UP, SIBLING ROAD TRIP—

PIGSY GAVE HIM HIS JACKET

EVERYBODY SHUT UP TAHT IS A FATHER THAT IS A DAD THAT IS HIS DAD I’M GONNA START FREAKING SOBBING DADSY PIGSY IS A FATHER I’M SOBBINGBF;LAMOG;OIAW4EBG;AOUIEFN;AG;OAI4EWMFRAGBA;WOEM;OIAGFO;W

Monkie Kid gives me literally everything I want, this is the most satisfying show I’ve ever watched in my life, it gives me stuff I didn’t even know i needed right on a silver plate this show is everything I ever wanted and everything I ever wanna make straight up it’s gorgeous 

Mk: If another friend of mine flies off today I’m gonna LOSE IT

Mk, five minutes later: *flies off with Nezha* 

I’M /J I JSUT THINK IT’S FUNNY BG;LASDFMA;OIWE F

OKAY MEI TIME

OH THIS IS GONNA HURT ISN’T IT TO WATCH HER PUT OUT THE FIRE

BUT I WAS RIGHT RED SON’S GOTTA SHOW UP NOW OR NEVER

AND IT ALL BURNED UP INSTANTLY 

OH MEI

MEI PLEASE 

THE WAY HE PEEKS OUT FROM BEHIND THE BUSH

AND SHE’S JUST CRYING

AND HE THROWS THE

THE PLSUHIE TO CALM HER DOWN

I’M GONNA START SOBBING HE KEPT IT BGDL;KFMA;WOEHF 

THE STUPID POSING

THE WAY HE HAS TO POSE FOR THIS

“RED SON TO THE RESCUE” 

STUPID HAIR FLICK 

OH MY GOODNESS

I LOVE HIM SO MUCH 

HE’S SO STUPID HE’S SO LOVELY I’M SCREAMING

HOLY CRAP THESE EPS WERE INSANE I’M NEVER GONNA RECOVER AND THE SPECIAL IS COMMING OUT WAY TOO FAST IT’S ALMOST HERE I’M GONNA DIE BG;LASDKMFA;HG;OAWIEFN;OGOIWEFMW 

I’M SO HAPPY THE LIPSTICK’S GONE I’M SORRY BUT LIKE, SHE LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER WITHOUT IT SHE’S SO PRETTY AND LOVELY HASTA LA VISTA LIPSTICK 

OH MAN

THAT TOOK

HAHA

FIVE HOURS TO WATCH BOTH

I’M NOT EVEN KIDDING Y’ALL BG;LKASDMF;AOH;AIWOEMF  WHEEZING 

WOW THO

THAT WAS A LOAD TO UNPACK AND I BASICALL ANALYZED EVERY MOMENT DEAR GOSH WHY DON’T I JUST POST MY REACTIONS AS ANALYSIS’S CAUSE THAT’S WHAT THEY ARE AT THIS POINT BG;SALKMF;AWOEFOIM 

OKAY I GOTTA STOP AND UH 

FOOD

WATER

FIND MY SANITY I DROPPED IT SOMEWHERE  

SEE YOU ALL FOR THE SPECIAL FOLKS I’M GONNA NEED SOME RECOVERY TIME FROM THESE SO UH, I’LL GET TO ASKS SOMETIME IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS GODSPEED I’M GONNA GO PERISH NOW BG;SLDKFMA;OHWER F

#Knox Reacts #Monkie Kid #LEGO Monkie Kid #Monkie Kid season 3 spoilers #Lego Monkie kid season 3 spoilers #knox rambles #LOOSING MY GOSH DANG FREAKING MIND #LOSING IT GUYS #I'M LOSING IT #RUNNING AROUND IN CIRCLES #THE SPECIAL'S COMING IN LIKE FOUR DAYS I'M NOT FREAKING READY

[thislovintime]

Photo 1 by Bill Chadwick.

“‘Actually, I wanted to leave the group over two years ago when the first season ended, but the guys convinced me not to. I didn’t care about all the things that were happening, all the acclaim. I hated the work! It was tough, and I didn’t like it. I just wanted to record for all my life. 
Also, the pressure was awful. We were working in an incredibly new environment. Half of the crew on the show was young and had very little experience at that level of work. Many of them were getting their first big break. 
Actually, after the TV show was canceled it was easier for me to leave. Doing the TV show was the worst. Then came the movie, and I couldn’t forego the movie, so I did it. You know, there were moments here and there — lots of good, funny stuff happening throughout — but the only time that I was really happy was when we were recording the ‘Headquarters’ album. The concerts were fun, but during the concert tours you are removed from your friends except for the guys. And even when we did take a few friends along it was only a mild relief. This last tour of Australia and Japan wasn’t fun because I felt hideously under-rehearsed. I was constantly pushing for rehearsals, and they were constantly saying well, like later. We couldn’t get together. Also, we didn’t play any new music this last concert tour. It was all old tunes, nothing from our newer albums, and it was a bore. But I think they suspected I was leaving anyway. For me, a lot of the pressure was off. When I felt a part of the group every time someone said something that jarred my sensibilities, I’d raise a huge ruckus and everybody thought I was out of my mind. While we were making the TV Special, knowing I was not going to be there any longer, I just thought to myself — I don’t have to worry about this thing — and I just let everything slide off my back. They must have though something was screwy. Then I finally told them, ‘Gentlemen I’m in negotiations to resign from the group.’ And they said, ‘Okay, well, there’s not much time, we’d better get to work on this Special.’ So we taped the thing and that’s the last I saw of them. The last day of the taping they gave me this little testimonial memorial watch.’ From his pocket Peter drew out a silver, antique-looking timepiece with the back side engraved, ‘To Peter Tork, from the guys down at work.’ ‘I’m free, I don’t know what I’ll be going. I’m actually a little apprehensive, because there’s no doing that there are three other incredibly talented fellows out there. They’re very talented guys. 
Mike is one of the funniest people I’ve ever known. Micky is even funnier and Davy is just cute as a button. Who could ask for anything more? Davy dances so great, did you see him dance in the film? I’ve not seen dancing like that on the screen except from Fred Astaire. The only other thing is that I’m both really relieved and really, really apprehensive. I’m terribly glad and also terribly sad.’” - NME, January 25, 1969

Q: “Why did Peter leave?” Michael Nesmith: “He just finally collapsed. A lot of people asked us, ‘How did you get through the whole thing without going stark raving mad?’ Well, the point is we didn’t. He was a lot less stable than any of us — I was probably the most. I’m a street fighter, always have been. I grew up with hot rods and fists. Peter just finally went crazy and wanted to quit. He was a very tired person.” - Hit Parader, February 1972

“To tell you truth… I… I never was able in those days particularly — I’m getting better at it these days — but in those days I was almost entirely unable to fight for what I saw as quality. If I didn’t get somebody fighting on my behalf then it didn’t, just didn’t come to pass. [...] I just basically think that I wasn’t feeling a part of anymore already by that point, I’d already felt like I was odd man out, and of course I quit almost immediately thereafter.” - Peter Tork, Headquarters radio, 1989

“I’d always had deep doubts, ever since the session for ‘Last Train To Clarksville.’ I walked in there with my guitar and Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart looked at me with derision and scorn, like, ‘Guitar in your hand, you fool!’ That was the end of it for me. Right there I was done with The Monkees in large measure. I struggled against it with some success at one point. But after Headquarters nobody wanted to be a recording group anymore. I did what I could, but I didn’t feel like there was any reason for me to be there anymore. I wanted to be in a rock group.” - Peter Tork, Head 1994 liner notes

“Headquarters was by far the best album in the sense that it was us. It was honest, it was pure, and we had a great time. Peter says that the reason he quit was because after we did this album, we decided we weren’t going to be a group anymore. It broke his heart, because Headquarters was the whole reason why he’d become one of The Monkees.” - Micky Dolenz, Headquarters 1995 liner notes

#The Monkees #Monkees #Peter Tork #Tork quotes #1960s #33 ⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee #Michael Nesmith #Davy Jones #Micky Dolenz #60s Tork #70s Tork #80s Tork #90s Tork #<3 #long read #1968 #1966 #1967 #so much respect for PT #bearded Peter #Peter deserved better #NME #Headquarters Radio #Headquarters #can you queue it

[andi-o-geyser]

im curious how you feel about how the lady vex moment was done in the show?

as someone who is only starting to watch the campaign (so i’ve seen just clips of that moment and not the whole thing) and who also watched the cr watch party as they explained it, i quite like how it was done. the intent and meaning was there so from a perc’ahlia standpoint i’d say it works (esp since they are still developing that relationship and they aren’t as close as in the stream i think) but also syldor’s (at least the show’s version) reaction felt appropriate and allowed for vex to stand up to him and for that to be the main part of the moment imo

Thanks for the ask! I’ve had some… conflicting feelings about the Lady Vex’ahlia moment, which I do think is in part due to me having built it up so much in my head over time. It’s such an incredible moment in the stream, and the victory of Syldor having to accept the title was lost in TLoVM which really threw me off. That being said, with a week to rewatch it and let my feelings about it settle, I’ve warmed up to the animated version much more. Objectively I think they did it wonderfully, and just like you said, the way Syldor didn’t accept it made much more sense in this context. They had so much more time to fit nuance with Syldor into the stream, but here they needed to make him an absolute asshole to convey the insecurity of the twins. it would have been a bit hollow if Vex so quickly had a win when Percy one-upped her father because that would have made her sadness and willingness to go with Saundor much less clear. Taking that win away from her in the show I think made this version hit much harder than it otherwise would have. The scene works perfectly in the stream as is, but TLOVM simply is not the stream. That's not to say TLOVM doesn't have its weaknesses, but as much as I first did, I no longer believe this moment is one of them.

I also think adding the new scene of Percy and Vex talking afterwards made it all come together really nicely. They haven't had nearly as much time to develop Percy and Vex’s relationship, so as much as I wanted more Perc'ahlia it almost would have been too abrupt for them to suddenly act the way they did with each other in the stream. In the stream, Vex was ecstatic with Percy and even gave him a kiss on the cheek, and that simply wouldn't have fit here (as much as I adore that scene). That deep feeling of the upset of not being able to rattle somebody so awful, and just like Vex said, telling them to fuck off usually feels like it hurts you more. Having her express those feelings gave her comfort while also not fixing her issues, so the audience can understand why she then has an emotional struggle with Saundor. I know that they have much more to squeeze in, and I think it will always take me some time to get used to the changes, but once I do it’s really fun to be able to appreciate them as a different medium. The stream will always be there, and I can always go back and watch the (absolutely marvellous by the way if you haven’t seen it) “I’ve known a lot of people with money” and “it’s Lady Vex'ahlia” scenes. Still, I think the way they adapted it was super well done and has made me more excited about it as time has gone on. I think you’re absolutely right about how the appropriate reaction from Syldor and Vex talking back to him worked here, and I’m so glad to see that people are enjoying it. As the expectations of it have worn off a bit for me I’ve been able to have much more fun with it as well :)

Also if you haven’t, I would HIGHLY suggest going to watch any Perc'ahlia scenes in the Feywild. The arc is much (by usual TV standards, but it's not actually too many CR episodes) longer in the streams and all of VM is there, and it’s so so enjoyable as a short few episodes of dumb fun and daddy issues. The “they are definitely not worth you” exchange is also objectively incredible in the stream and makes me lose my mind every time I watch it, so while they couldn’t fit it in its entirety, which is totally fine, I think it should be required viewing for everyone because it’s one of the most heartfelt Perc'ahlia scenes hands down.

#sire we have revived trebuchet thoughts from the front #release the weapons and send our response with haste! #andi answers asks #i could also talk about how well the OG stream titling works for literal hours but this answer is already so long #so i'll refrain until another day ;) #critical role #relentlessly posting perc'ahlia #perc'ahlia #cr1 #vox machina #tlovm #the legend of vox machina #tlovm s2