#Meta?

[rkivees]

Do you ever wonder if Wei Wuxian sometimes thinks about the fact he lost everything from his parents? Before he at least had his body, he looked here and there and imagined that his eyes came from his mother and his nose came from his dad and that his lips were probably shaped after his grandparents.

Now, he looks at the mirror and his eyes, his nose and his lips are from someone else's lineage. They are his but not his and never his parents'. Before, his memories were failing but at least he had his body to remind him that they were real and that they were kind and that even though they weren't there he was and he was made of them but now he has neither.

So, do you ever wonder about it? Because I do.

#we dont talk enough about the implications of wwx not recognizing himself in his new body #wei wuxian #mo dao zu shi #mdzs #wei ying #meta?

[opheliasam]

among the grating cesspool that is spn youtube clips comment sections… found some peers.. academics.. people who get it if u will

#“idk why but this scene reads so much like a rape scene to me :/” #that’s bc it is one ! thank u 🙏 sam’s autonomy being violated is not only part of but is a central thematic of the show #starting from the very first season like come on the csa parallels couldn’t be clearer #tw csa #tw rape #tw mentions of sa and rape #the irony that is this episode being called “being free to be you and me" BC GUESS who didn’t really get to exercise their freedom #sam and autonomy and never belonging to himself and constantly trying and trying and trying #genuinely character of all time LBR . #sam winchester #spn #meta? #meta

[sunflowernyx]

I keep having thoughts about Scully's immortality, because it's always sort of brought up as an afterthought. It's just an observation from Bruckman here, or Mulder mentioning the doctors were astonished at her recovery rate, or Scully herself joking about it in s10, but... 2's a coincidence and 3's a pattern, and Carter is well.. Carter so....

What if Scully's immortality plays in with Mulder's reincarnation?

Mulder is cursed to reincarnate until he gets it right, and Scully is now able to be there until he does.

But more than that...

Mulder suggests that "death finds you when you look for its opposite".

And I don't think that is about life. Because the character that was cursed with immortality was cursed because he turned his face away from the sufferings of others, from a person who cared for him when he was in pain. He rejected her pain and her death, callously, heartlessly, and so death cursed him.

And the moment he wanted to save someone, Scully; the moment he cared enough to not wish death upon them, and looked straight at her as she was shot, wished for her to have his gift, not so he could die, but so she would survive, death transferred the curse to Scully.

Even in mythology (and I think we can assume that Carter knows his mythology by now), the opposite of death isn't life. It's love.

The opposite to Thanatos is Eros

So if Mulder has to get it right to lose his reincarnation curse, and Scully has to look for [love] to die, then their solution would be each other. What they would've been searching for always would've been each other. The truth would be their love for each other.

So maybe together they'd be able to clasp hands and cross that final boundary of reason, and I think that is beautiful in a way that is also deeply tragic.

#txf #the x files #meta? #meta #I promised myself I wouldn't do this but on the other hand I couldn't find anyone else to reblog something similar from so here we are #msr #fox mulder #dana scully

[sassasafreeaction]

I’m sure someone more clever than I has brought it up, but I’ve been reading some JUICY things about the halo scene (Here) and how it’s what spurred Metatron to come to Earth for Aziraphale in the first place so now I’ve got to talk before I vibrate myself into oblivion.

It’s so fascinating to me first that the halo isn’t what we always picture. Even the actual title of the show displays the halo as being above the o or the head. HOWEVER, what we actually see is something that’s much deeper ingrained. It’s a physical part of what an angel is. Aziraphale has to remove it from around his head, and it obviously causes him pain to do so if his grunts are anything to go off of. It’s the final chain that ties him to Heaven, and he (presumably) destroys it. We’ve been given no indication that Aziraphale will get it back now that he’s blown it up. 

It makes sense then that Crowley would be so giddy about it. Yes, it’s a parallel to the flaming sword. The conversation is set up in the exact same fashion. It emphasizes that Aziraphale, in many ways, is a bit of a rebel. Sure, there’s some of that amazement at ‘that was really stupid, and I love you’,  but, to Crowley, he’s removed himself from Heaven in a very physical way to protect himself, their bookshop, and two humans (humanity). Everything they stand for. Aziraphale, even unintentionally, has denounced Heaven in a big and obvious way. Literal alarm bells went off. 

Crowley carries that excitement through the rest of the conversation. He tries to sweep the war under the rug because that wasn’t what it was. He plans for them to dine at the Ritz. Only for it all to come crashing down when Aziraphale tries to realign himself with Heaven even though there’s no way for him to ever be like them again; he’s an angel in white wings alone now. Crowley really thought they were on the same page...

#Good omens #Rambling #Meta? #I dunno #I'm just vibrating #brain go brrrr #aziraphale #Crowley

[taihua]

From my collection of “Jun Wu is Cuocuo’s father” quotes:

Jian Lan claims to have met another man and that’s why she drove out Feng Xin. Ling Wen seems familiar with the process of creating the fetus spirits, and believes they only listen to their blood-related father. Cuocuo hates Feng Xin, but is docile and listens to Jun Wu.

There’s more I need to sift through with Mu Qing’s involvement, but I wanted to start with these before I get into that!

#tgcf #feng xin #jun wu #meta?

[greenerteacups]

also just read your favorite weasley post and !! love that Ron is your favorite he gets so much bashing in dramione works im like grrggr he’s not so horrible omg! he has his shortcomings but if you’re literally diving deep into draco as a character who in canon is overtly an ass then why are we destroying Ron’s character to justify the dramione relationship TT poor story building imo, but to each their own!

love your work, excited for what’s to come!!

I think Ron would've had better reception in the D/H fandom if — I mean, for one, if he wasn't a major obstacle to their ship going canon, which is like, not his fault, but also means he's never gonna be the most popular dude on the block — but also if the later books hadn't done him a bit dirty. Without even getting into how their characters change, Hermione becomes a lot more likable in later books when her enduring flaws of bossiness, paranoia, and know-it-all-ing become incredibly useful and appropriate in a literal war. Ron, in contrast, starts as an almost idealized "hero's best friend" archetype, friendly and witty and loyal, and then gets his flaws uncovered slowly. Whereas Hermione wears her faults on her sleeve from day one, Ron's self-esteem issues and empathy problems emerge realistically over time as the plot brings them to the fore. But because JKR doesn't conclude emotional arcs, he doesn't get an actual moment to overcome those flaws and triumph, restoring audience faith and making himself more likable by having overcome struggle.

Draco canonically exists to be a bully and antagonist. The stories are not terribly interested in him beyond that role. But there's something honest about that, since the reader never feels like the text expects you to like him. Draco is awful and owns it. He's narcissistic, cruel, and mean from the first interaction, so he has nowhere to go but up. If you like him, you like him because (probably) you're interested in where he could go in the future or in alternate universes, and how he could overcome his faults (making him extremely likable, because we love characters who struggle and win). He's not a three-dimensional character so much as he is the possibility of a three-dimensional character, and all that potential is really easy to like. Meanwhile, Ron is a three-dimensional character, full-stop. He fucks up sometimes, but in general, the text wants you to like him — problem being, the text doesn't always know how to make that happen, and sometimes it fails. Which can be doubly annoying, because then you feel like you're watching a character getting rewarded for bad behavior.

Now, me? I'm a consistent bitch. Blond or ginger, I'm equal-opportunity: give me a witty asshole with empathy problems and a fanatical devotion to the people they love, I'm locked in. I like Ron and Draco for a lot of the same reasons. I think they're very similar in a lot of ways that get overlooked. And if you ship Draco/Hermione, that should be great news, because you might suppose Hermione has a type.

#greenteacup asks #meta?

[thislilstangirl]

Penny for your thoughts on the Hades/Persephone symbolism re: Namor x Shuri? 😃

well, the three main elements of the hades and persephone myth are: the abduction, the mother’s search, and the inevitable return. and we see close to all three in wakanda forever.

the abduction of shuri:

though in the film shuri “willingly” goes to see namor, the reaction of everyone in wakanda is to see it as an abduction. okoye sees the talokanil leave with the unconscious princess. queen ramonda declares her daughter ‘lost’. nakia is sent to rescue her. shuri has a descent to the underworld underwater kingdom of talokan after picking up a flower riri williams.

the queen mother’s search:

the mother/daughter relationship is central to the persephone myth, and it’s central in this story too. queen ramonda is relentless with finding shuri, serving as a demeter figure of course. while demeter has the torch, ramonda has the shell.

the contrast between the dark, cool underwater scenes between shuri and namor and the warm, summery feel of queen ramonda on the beach with namor makes me think of the seasonal cycle the persephone myth symblolises as well. and of course, like demeter, her search is fruitless- there’s ‘nothing’ that can be given in exchange for the princess’ safe return.

ultimately it is up to nakia to ‘rescue’ shuri and riri. and funnily enough nakia shares similarity to hermes, the god who helps and finds persephone in the underworld. her (familial) love for shuri makes her to come back to the wakanda fold and find shuri. she is a very knowledgeable, from languages and culture to countries due to her spy background.

the inevitable return:

in the myth hades tricks persephone into eating the pomegranate seeds, she not knowing that eating anything from the underworld will mean she is eternally bound there. interesting that food is offered to riri but we don’t see her consume anything.

while namor doesn’t trick shuri into eating anything, i wonder if he knew that gifting her his mother’s bracelet would one day help create the synthetic heart shaped herb? like playing the long game. by the time he ties the bracelet around her wrist, he is already wanting her as his queen by his side as they burn the world together.

shuri consumes the herb and so BAM she is eternally bound to talokan. mythically anyway. the alliance that namor proposed to her in the middle of the film is accepted by the end. they have an alliance, a union. an eternal union to stop an eternal war?

namor is counting on shuri coming back to him. and he’s sure of himself because he understands her and the predicament wakanda faces. just like how hades is certain persephone will come back to him every six months to the underworld.

anyway these are just some quick thoughts off the top of my head x the persephone and hades myth is primarily about death and rebirth though. and boi, wakanda forever is full of death/rebirth imagery.

#namuri #shuri x namor #namor x shuri #meta? #wakanda forever spoilers #wakanda forever #hades x persephone #marvel meta #nashuri

[homlvssocialmedia]

Theo Anders aka Golem is so good on retrospective. The name Golem coming from (iirc) Jewish folklore in where a giant man made of clay is made to protect the Jews and has the word "truth" printed on its forehead. this is so cool because of his familial background being born from two key members in empire 88. i like the truth thing and if you subscribe to the idea that he almost knows truths before they are true or confirmed, aster, not really being able to stop jack slash before he wreaks havoc, how to defeat scion.

i love analyzing shit so much.

#wormblr #worm web serial #worm spoilers #theo anders #golem #meta? #check the reblogs 4 why this is a poor post

[andy-skull]

I had to rewatch Ep02 to appreciate it

In my first rewatch, I really despised this episode, mostly for it's pace and how bad the reunion felt like. But then I watched it again and this time I realized something important

During the first and second episodes, we follow Loki through his misadventures, meaning we're seeing the world through his POV. So everything feels rushed, overwhelming, and there is this sense of urgency because (as Loki) we know the TVA is breaking down and that threatens the multiverse so Loki has to do something.

So we go with him to find Sylvie but there this sense of urgency and desperation. So in the rewatch I chose to see things from Sylvie's pov and let me tell you, Sophia fucking delivers!!!!

First, their initial meeting inside, yes, angsty, and nervousness, the feelings are there for both and despite all that happened before, Sylvie could have told Loki to go away, that she didn't want anything with him, neither talk or see him, but instead...

Sylvie cares about what he wants to say, she's been waiting for him to find her, and to talk to him. She still feels betrayed and awkward, but she still cares enough to hear what he wants to say. So then they talk outside, Loki's been looking forward to this moment, so has Sylvie.

When Loki suggests he's the last one she wants to see, Sylvie rushes to confirm that, yet in her rush, her voice breaks on that single word. Because it's too much, he's back, he wants to talk to her, it's time to face the consequences and she doesn't know what's gonna happen now and she cares so much!!! Loki states he's not there to make trouble and Sylvie answers with the only way she knows, being direct and rough.

This is the moment when Loki decides to take a step back from the emotional speech and make it all business. Sylvie just doesn't seem to cooperate. He starts his explanation and she's looking annoyed. She's not buying it, he's stuttering. But then he says "It's been a problem," and THEN Sylvie changes her expression

Hubby is in trouble! so she's listening now... Keep going, what is it? But he just keeps stuttering and babbling about timey whimey stuff and she's at the edge cause she's only thinking about them, that they are having the conversation about what happened the last time they were together

She can't handle the emotions anymore, and by this point, she's even holding back her tears even!!! Aaaaand Loki starts talking about the TVA and she closes herself. This again, TVA this and that. She's out. He's here just because of the TVA and not her. He probably doesn't even care about what happened at the end of time, he's over the betrayal and the kiss.

The teenage argument starts because at this point none is really listening what the other is saying, nor are they saying what they really want or what they feel.

The fight is rushed and chaotic so I'm skipping that part

Sylvie is chilling while they clean the place and take Dox away, but Loki is aware of her. Sylvie still refuses to look at him. He has to pass her by when Mobius tells him they have to go back.

By this point, Sylvie has rejected Loki in different ways, verbally mostly and with "Don't overthink it," she hasn't given him any emotional clue of sympathy, so he's giving her the space she asked for.

And YET, Sylvie:

Has her eyes on him. While he's determined and giving her space, she has a moment to decide for herself. And she takes it to follow him. Was it because he looked back?

Maybe....?

And so Sylvie goes to the TVA again, she follows him into the place that represents all wrong in her life. Why? if he's only there for business and everything went wrong anyway. Maybe because, she hopes there's something for her, with him?

But then not lol and she's pissed and leaves. It's fair. I support her completely.

Finally, the last scene is Sylvie on the hood of her car vibing with music, and at the moment Jack gets out, in a split second, Sylvie can be seen fidgeting with her tempad to quickly hide it away.

It's a quick move, look at her hands. That's because she's been there for a while, reminiscing....

Jack asking her if everything is all right only makes me think that this is not a common behavior for Sylvie. And when he's worried, she quickly changes the subject to cover whatever is actually wrong with her, and even then, her voice is forced out, her throat is tight and the sound comes from a runny nose

Overall, the episode is not that bad, but it's still lousy to me. A rewatch made it better though and gave me a lil hope for Sylki.

But what I have no doubt over whatsoever, is that Sohpia Dimartino is an absolute Queen, delivering such a good acting for such a complex and layered character 10/10 for Sophia as Sylvie Laufeydottir

#sylki #meta? #long post #my thoughts on ep02 #opinionated opinion #with images #Loki show #sylvie laufeydottir

[esevik]

I kind of wish that, in the scene where Light is trying to figure out Naomi Misora's real name, he would have tried to attack/wrestle with her ONLY because I think it would be funny to see her kick him in his smug face.

(I know it was made canon retroactively but she knows capoeira and is good enough with it to fight off a random attacker. She's also the reason for why L knows it. It's stated in the "Another note" novel.)

#death note #manga #anime #meta? #my thoughts #text #funny? #light yagami #naomi misora #capoeira #just imagine Light lying flat on the ground with Ryuk laughing in the background #then Naomi goes and informs L who Kira is #a happy ending for everyone

[littleweowmeow]

"Zuko's redemption happened because he had someone who loved him..." and he also took responsibility for all his actions and sincerely wanted to become a better person. And that's the main thing. But these are obviously not convenient details that suggest that not everyone can be redeemed. Redemption is an internal process. No one can force you to change or become a better person, you have to want it and do it yourself. People just like to boil it down to "this character is bad just because he/she didn't have love! If someone loved him/her, he/she would change!" This is a bad excuse for the actions of villainous characters, because that's not how it works. That's why they like to belittle Zuko's personal growth. After all, real redemption is hard and dirty, and believe me, not everyone can do it. You can hide behind sad prehistory and lack of love for the character as much as you like (although lack of love is not always true, as the fandom says. Hello Azula) but this is not an excuse because every person is the creator of his own destiny and only he decides who he should be. This is everyone's choice and it is always there. Your psychological traumas are not your fault, but your responsibility. You didn't inflict them on yourself, but your actions are your area of responsibility. The same goes for the characters. So don't even think about telling me that a vile and villainous character deserves a happy ending. He got an end worthy of his deeds and character. That's why Zuko, who had to suffer and fight so much, change his value system and become the best version of himself, earn the love and trust of not only the characters but also the audience in the finale is surrounded by real friends and people who love him. That's why in the final Azula is alone.

#atla #pro zuko #avatar the last airbender #meta? #prince zuko

[bonnie-toyour-clyde]

Just got to s13 in my rewatch and i never noticed before that when Sam’s alone in the bunker w Jack watching him try to use his magic (i think 13x3) he’s reading The Drama Of The Gifted Child which is book about discovering your true self after childhood trauma and repressed anger and the knee jerk instinct to become numb to cope with abuse etc and like…. I love that.

I love that he’s aware that he needs to heal his inner child if he’s going to raise this kid who everyone in the world will hate (especially his own brother, who Jack already looks up to and tries to mimic). And its beautiful seeing him confront Dean for telling Jack he would be the one to kill him when the time came (and it’s heart wrenching to watch Jack sitting on the floor behind the corner like a kid trying to listen to his parents in a screaming match while also staying out of sight to keep himself safe). But…

I also hate that we only see a glimpse of the book’s cover. Like I had to pause in order to read the title. And that’s ALL they give him in the later seasons to show that he’s struggling with all of this. With Lucifer being out, with trying to raise the antichrist to not be the antichrist (which feels strangely displacing, like Jack’s himself from 9 years ago and he’s in the role of Dean but trying desperately to do a better job of making sure the kid knows he’s loved), and losing all of the same people that Dean lost but not being able to grieve for them quite yet. He has soooo much on his plate (as per ush) and the writers refuse to give him any depth about it. Any trauma response other than a clenched jaw and scared eyes. They’re just like Look! He’s reading a book about childhood trauma! Can’t you see he’s traumatized?! and then only show it for a split second.

This is not to say that that’s a bad way to cope at all, again I think it’s amazing that he is reading this book and you can see that it IS helping him - but only if you squint. Its very subtle. Like he isn’t allowed to have upsetting trauma responses anymore, he’s too old for that, he isn’t the baby anymore, Jack is. And that’s really what breaks my heart - it’s the treatment of the (100+ years of) trauma from the cage and from the wall in his mind and from losing his soul as something he should be over by them. He’s a big boy. He can read a book about it, he’ll be okay.

Anyway I’m frustrated by the lack of care for Sam’s healing throughout but especially s12 forward

#idk. i just woke up and this was my first thought #i watched 13x1-3 last night and its just /: #he’s going through SO MUCH #but he has no one at all to talk to. definitely not dean anymore. #deans so blind with rage this season it’s like he can barely look at Sam #/just this once let me be my own #/from the grave #meta? #spn #Sam Winchester #abuse trauma #childhood trauma

[neeturnal]

this is gonna be very shitposty but every once in a while i just gush over the creativity and amazing writing that is farah's character, specifically in context of her being a black woman. like her character archetype only makes sense if she's played by Jade Eshete.

Her whole life she's been brought up by a strong black military family, so she's always been expected by not just her family, but by American society as well to be the "strong, independent, badass" character. and she expects this of herself too, most of her panic attacks/breakdowns are based on her feeling like she's not being strong enough (im specifically thinking of s1, that scene with amanda). but thats the thing, Farah is incredibly strong, shes incredibly brave, and she literally is called a badass by almost every major character because she really is what holds the entire cast together.

but despite this, her character still rebels from that archetype so well, because shes not strong and brave all the time, there are many moments in the show where we see such a vulnerable side of her. and these deviations arent just a cold emotionless moments, they're messy! she's a hot mess! but thats a good thing!

The overall message of the show is one that I am already in love with, but another message the show represents in specifics to farah is that there are sooooo many ways to be strong. you're never going to prove yourself to others if they only have one way of defining their expectations of you. its because of her vulnerabilities that she is one of the strongest female protagonists ive ever seen.

#hello i have no idea what to tag this as #dghda #meta? #meta #dghda meta #idfk #farah black #jade eshete #dirk gently's holistic detective agency

[miralines]

so, thinking about points of inspiration for the different mechs, it’s not at all unreasonable for quite a lot of them to exist together in a (mostly) mundane historical au that keeps their backstory at least somewhat...

Like I’d say all of them but Carmilla and Aurora* can be traced back to a real Earth time and place, and a lot of those are technically close enough together for many of them to meet within natural human lifetimes. A timeline to demonstrate:

Between 100-1 BCE: Ivy, though the actual ending point of the Library of Alexandria is disputed. Caesar burned it in 48 BCE, but there’s evidence it still existed after that.

0 CE: Brian, if we’re assuming that Brian is space Jesus. Brian and Ivy could reasonably know each other in this case. 

between 1300 CE and 1860 CE: Scuzz, though both these ends are fairly unlikely. From my research, it looks like the height of the ninja era in Japan was between 1400 CE-1640 CE.

1400-1500: Possibly Raphaella? She’s a mystery, but based on the advanced science, the angel imagery, and the name, I think there’s the most evidence to put her at some point in the italian renaissance.

circa 1500-1650: Brian, if we’re assuming Brian is a space witch. Most witch hunts occurred within this window. This would put any combination of Brian, Raph, and Scuzz as feasible friends!

1800s: Marius? Like Raph, he’s a mystery, and I am not an expert on historical menswear, but based on the outfit and the baron/doctor thing I think he’s probably at some point in this century.

1837-1901: Toy Soldier’s origin, assuming it’s a victorian automaton. It also does not necessarily have a reasonable death date, as it wasn’t made immortal by Dr. Carmilla.

1865-1895: Jonny

1914-1918: Tim

1918: The historical storming of the winter palace. If Nastya was irl Anastasia, this would put her as being born in 1901

1920s-1940s: Ashes, based on the timeline of the American mafia, which seems to be the point of inspiration. However, that organization was founded in 1861, and it’s theoretically possible for them to come from a time as late as the 1980s, but based on historical mob peaks and costuming, 20s-40s seems most likely.

So depending on exact times (and places where my information or analysis may be incorrect) it’s completely possible to write a historical mechs au set in the 1930s which features Marius and Jonny (possibly also scuzz) as being older, with Tim and Nastya as adults and Ashes as a young adult, and the toy soldier, as usual, present, all within reasonable human lifespans.

*I have a few vague, barely-formed ideas about Aurora, but those are based on like. a handful of words in the forbidden lore. and Carmilla’s post-apocalyptic origin makes it difficult for me to place her in a historical timeline; the future seems far more likely for her. However, if we’re going by the 1872 novel, she could have been born in the 1700s, and if she’s still a vampire could at least meet the majority of the others.

#the mechanisms #the mechs #i don't even know what to call this #meta? #jonny d'ville #nastya rasputina #ashes o’reilly #scuzz nishimura #ivy alexandria #drumbot brian #the toy soldier #gunpowder tim #marius von raum #raphaella la cognizi

[pxayopina-unilsiyu]

i can't wait for Frontiers to come out so everyone can thirst after this guy

#avatar: frontiers of pandora #save me so'lek #save me #so'lek save me #being fully serious im not even an avid fic reader but id read fic with him #meta?

[lovekenney]

if you are gonna hate debbie for assaulting matty you have to hate these ppl as well.

if you hate Debbie for the thing with Matty then you have to hate Sheila for the thing with frank, Mandy for the thing with lip, and jimmy for the thing with Fiona.

just think it is annoying when people act like Debbie is a cold-blooded rapist (she was 13 and didn't know proper consent) but then go and talk about how amazing Sheila is. (a grown woman)

matty called debbie sexy and even said he would have sex with her when she was 16. baffles me that people defend him. he called her sexy, and told her to come over after receiving her nudes…

#you should reblog this tbh #shameless #shameless us #this isn't a joke #debbie gallagher #Matty shameless #sheila jackson #mandy milkovich #Jimmy Steve #Fiona Gallagher #lip Gallagher #frank Gallagher #meta?