#THIS ISN'T SEASON 2 OR 3

[deancasforcutie]

Radio Company, "Watching Over Me" & "Every Light"

#maybe the real The Winchesters season 2/Reason For That™ was the jactor man's ARG we pieced together along the way #wild that their happiness is already there -Cas Is At Peace (and helped™) + Dean's narrations take place after finding his- #and we just have to give ourselves permission to see it. and well isn't that kinda the whole point? audience surrogates <3 #the winchesters #supernatural #spn #spn cast #jensen ackles #dean winchester #destiel #castiel #spnedit #spn meta #music #8.17 #15.18 #spnwin 1.01 #anniversary posting #mine

[saltpepperbeard]

david. *crawling through his window* david. the fact that ed and stede have both experienced harmful effects from monotony/having to live the same existence day after day after day is going to be a significant plot point/source of emotional conflict in the third season isn't it. david. that's why mary gave that whole speech to ed and stede isn't it. david. stede was so depressed having to go through the motions, and ed was so depressed having to do the same, so the idea of that happening to their relationship is probably going to be a terrifying concept for both of them. david. david can you hear me—

#OFMD #OFMD Season 2 #OFMD S2 Spoilers #OFMD Season 3 #((using that tag is WILD. but also...Manifesting)) #Gentlebeard #Blackbonnet #Edward Teach #Stede Bonnet #Revenge Rambles #I JUST #I've been thinking a ton about this because like #In this season David was very 'just loving each other isn't enough. you actually have to work for it. you actually have to show up' #Like intimacy wasn't enough to bandage the trauma type deal #SO I'M JUST FOAMING AT THE MOUTH THINKING ABOUT SEASON 3 BECAUSE LIKE #He's essentially stripped them down to bare bones #They don't have their crutches anymore #They don't have key pieces of their identities anymore #They just have each other and the whole world ahead of them #And are likely going to have to reckon with A LOT for that reason #And they BOTH have trauma from being STUCK #And while I don't think they're necessarily going to feel stuck with each other #I think they're going to feel AFRAID of that happening #((Which makes me wonder if the concept of marriage is going to scare Stede a bit also)) #There's just so much room for both emotional conflict AND the subsequent growth now #Like now that they're alone #They won't have any choice BUT to work at these things together

[certified-scoundrel]

Crowley: You made your choice. If you think I'm going to forgive you, you're wrong. Not this time.

Aziraphale: Crowley I-

Crowley: OK FINE IF YOURE REALLY THAT HUNG UP ON IT ILL TAKE YOU BACK

#he followed aziraphale like a dog #and i'll be damned if he isn't loyal like one #i made this at like 3 am #anthony j crowley #good omens #ineffable husbands #crowley #aziraphale #good omens season 2 #aziracrow

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

spop fans 🤝 toh fans

using the classic “the show was cancelled/there wasn't enough time” excuse to justify the creators' poor writing choices

#toh i might concede a little but spop? #5 SEASONS isn't enough time for a good redemption arc??? be ffr #most shows havd like 2-3 seasons at max #just admit that the crew-ra were just bad at their jobs #spop critical #spop salt #spop discourse #spop #spop criticism #she ra #anti spop #toh salt #toh critical #toh criticism #toh discourse #anti toh #anti stans

[carolperkinsexgirlfriend]

Steddie Upside-Down AU Part 87

Part 1 Part 86

Mom’s hovering in front of the door, a knife in her hand, trying to get the rest of them to get away from the window. It’s not working. If anything, Max’s nose only presses more firmly to the glass with every request she makes.

Will’s hovering just behind her, desperate to keep Steve and Eddie in his line of sight. He can just barely see the wisp of a curl through the side window of the van, bouncing as Eddie moves around inside.

He squints, trying to keep the hair in sight as the movement becomes more erratic.

Will hears glass breaking just as he loses sight of Eddie entirely, wisps and all.

He rushes past his Mom, using the weight of his body to open the door, even as she stands in the way. It’s almost involuntary, a compulsion to follow the thread that Eddie’d pulled him by.

“Will, don’t!” she cries, but it’s too late. He’s out, and through.

Mike calls after him, too, and there’s the sound of tennis shoes stampeding out of the house behind him. Will only hopes he’s not leading them all to their impending doom.

Bodies slump into the driveway, none of them human. They’re like if the Demogorgon had followed a different evolutionary chain. Dustin would find it fascinating. Will just wants Eddie and Steve back.

Wayne’s still standing sentry, looking out across the street, waiting for more monsters to creep in from the darkness, Barbara by his side.

Shielding the entrance to the van, is El.

“El!” It’s Mike, because it always is. He sounds so genuinely elated that something curdles and dies in his throat. He swallows it down, hopes it decomposes in his stomach, so he never has to look directly at it. “You came!”

El smiles, happily at Mike, then around to all of them. “Of course.” She looks over at Max, and she’s frowning now, that way she does when she doesn’t understand something. It used to happen all the time. Now, it’s rare.

Will doesn’t care, can’t when Eddie’s too quiet in the van somewhere Will can’t see. He pushes past her, too.

There’s a misshapen, monstrous foot sticking out of the broken window. He stares at it for a second before swinging the door open. It wrenches the foot strangely, makes it crack and tear with the resistance of the door before it breaks free, black blood flowing like the thing’s still alive. 

It stays still. 

Will looks past it, and finds Eddie’s pale face.  

There’s glass in his hair, and his palms are bleeding where they’re held in front of him, but he’s breathing. Alive. And he’s looking up at El like she’s answered all his prayers. Will and Eddie have been sharing the same prayers from the same broken pews for so long that for a second, Will thinks Steve is back. 

He scrambles over the dead thing blocking his entrance. It’s cold against his palms, flesh barely giving as he crawls hand over feet atop it. But, Steve’s still just sitting there, blinking, Carol huddled into his side like he can protect her, even like this.

“Steve needs your help,” Eddie says, plaintive. Begging with both voice and unblinking eyes, gaze locked on El’s own until she breaks it to look at where Steve still sits, unbothered.

Her brow furrows, eyes squinting like she’s peeling off layers of skin and meat to get to whatever’s underneath. “He’s lost?” she asks.

Carol is squinting at El like the words aren’t clicking for her. She looks back to Steve, then back to El, brow furrowing with anger.

Eddie nods. Will clears his throat. “Not like last time,” he clarifies. “He’s here, but his mind isn’t.”

El nods, decisive. “I will help.”

“What the hell are you all talking about!” Carol demands, even as people scatter around her, setting up for El’s latest rescue mission. “He’s right there!”

She’s not looking at Will, though. She’s looking at Eddie like it’s all his fault. Still, when Steve doesn’t say anything, her lip wobbles as she turns and asks, “right Steve?”

He doesn’t answer, even as she calls again. Will looks away when she bites her lips, eyes wide.

It’s easier this time. They don’t have to break into the school, don’t have to find a pool. El just sits cross-legged in front of Steve on the carpet, careful to stay away from the broken glass and the dead thing. Mike covers her eyes with Wayne’s flannel while the man himself switches the radio dial until he finds one with enough white noise to satisfy.

He can’t quite tune out the murmured conversation between Eddie and Carol, though, no matter how hard he tries. Eddie explains, in clipped, emotionless words, that something, one of the monsters from the other place she’d just gotten a taste of, has taken over Steve. 

“But we’re getting him back?” she asks, voice shrill and breaking, contrasting with Eddie’s own even tone. A veteran to the newbie in the warzone. 

Will, suddenly, feels terribly old. 

“Quiet now,” El demands. 

Eddie looks away from Carol without answering. There is no answer to that question when they’re all subsisting off hope, and not much else.

“Tell him we’re coming, okay?” Eddie asks. He’s looking down at his own bloody palms now, like he can’t bear to look at their last bastion of hope and wait for it to flame and go out. 

“Ask ‘im how to stop the thing taking ‘im over,” Wayne interjects. 

Eddie’s lip wobbles. Will knows how he feels. He doesn’t want Steve to know, if he’s in there at all, that they don’t know what to do. Neither does Will. He wants to save Steve. He always wants to save Steve.

But, Eddie finally looks up, meeting Will’s eyes before nodding. The movement knocks a tear free, but his voice sounds clear when he says, “Ask him how we kill the fucker.”

El nods, shoulders settling as she reaches out to take Steve’s hand. The white noise blankets them all. Will settles down to wait. 

That’s what they always do, when Steve is dying: they wait. This time is no different. 

Part 88

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#steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #steddie upsidedown au #will byers #my fic #Jonthan and Nancy aren't here for Multiple Reasons. 1. I think it would be funny if they were just at Nancy's house hanging out with no ide #what is going on. and also. Nancy's specific drive with the upside-down has NOT been activated because Barb is alive. So she didn't do\ #the whole Muarry expose the lab plot. and Jon is SLIGHTLY chiller because there are more people looking out for Will so he doesn't feel lik #every single thing has something to do with him. This would also make the season 3 plot smacking them hard and fast sooo much worse #this isn't plot relavant really. it will Not come up i don't think. I just think it's funy. #Also 2. that is just too many characters. I had to put a few back in the box. I have difficulty with any more than like 5? this scene #WITHOUT those two has what. 11??????? And it Shows I think. So no more

[squidsponge]

Analyzing the Clone Assassins: Part 1

A little comparison between the season 2 clone assassin vs. Tech the assassin who is so laughably not Cody, and how they interact with their superior officers. Their voices and cadence are completely different.

The original CX patiently waiting for orders, arms crossed, but he holds himself tall and professional like a classic clone.

Tech CX-2 does not wait to be spoken to before questioning why his time is being wasted. He is petulantly hunched in on himself and does not verbally acknowledge the request of his superior officer. He stares blankly at Wolffe when getting chewed out. (he is also covered in gadgets and is probably upset about being interrupted while modifying his gear)

It's almost like the brainwashing didn't fully take and this clone has a problem with being ordered around by 'regs.'

Stay tuned for part 2, a gif filled infodump inspired by the person who tried to tell the internet that CX-2 has prosthetic legs

#it's essential that this becomes public knowledge #it really isn't essential #but misinformation gives me hives #tbb s3 spoilers #tbb season 3 #tbb spoilers #the bad batch spoilers #tbb tech #tbb #cx 2 #the bad batch season 2 #the bad batch season 3 #clone trooper tech

[charcubed]

I NEEEED people—especially those with unfathomably large platforms???—to start doing just a tiny bit of internal evaluation before they log onto a blue website and say “I don’t want these queer characters to fuck in canon” or “I’d be fine if these characters never kissed again” or whatever.

This is a post about Good Omens and the prospect of Aziraphale and Crowley potentially having sex in season 3. It's a response to a tweet that I'm crossposting, but let it be known the above statement and this topic applies broadly across multiple fandoms too.

But anyway, in regards to Good Omens specifically:

I am seeing this take that essentially boils down to "Canon has now made it clear that these characters want to have sex with each other through subtext (i.e. Aziraphale and the ox), but I don’t want that to reach narrative completion because the idea of them having sex makes me uncomfortable or isn’t my personal preference” and it is, to put it mildly and delicately, A Very Bad Take.

This is rhetorical (and I do not expect or particularly want an answer), but: explain to me how and why queer characters who are unavoidably visibly queer (aka 2 "man-shaped beings") fucking on screen wouldn’t be a net positive, especially when you can indicate how canon has set it up.

Presumably, some people say things like this because ~they want to see them as visibly ace.~ Okay. But by some of these people’s own admission, there IS more evidence in canon now to indicate these characters crave sex with each other (vs arguing otherwise)... yet people would rather that be ignored/erased all for the sake of them feeling comfortable or feeling better about what canon shows or doesn’t show explicitly??

I’m sorry, but—speaking as an ace person, to be clear—your personal preferences for the story shouldn’t / don’t affect anything here. There’s too much in this.

Yeah, I understand on a personal level not having “representation.” I almost never see myself or my unique experiences and identity reflected in stories. And yet, I also understand that that doesn’t change any story or the world in which we live. Things like this are not said in a vacuum.

Any queer characters having sex on screen IS a net positive. It is rare and impactful, and openly calling for or hoping for otherwise when canon points to its potential is a detrimental alliance with purity culture, whether intentionally or accidentally. Because we live in a Goddamn society!

Who knows (other than Neil Gaiman) whether Aziraphale and Crowley ARE going to fuck on international TV. None of us do! But the subtext right now blatantly says they’re starving for it. And you don’t have to like the prospect of that, but honestly? We SHOULD get to see it play out. There’s no truly legitimate reason we shouldn’t ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Whether you "prefer" it or not.

And my ultimate hot take is… if someone balks at the idea of that or doesn’t understand the importance of it, despite even seeing the subtext… then they should perhaps unpack that? Just a thought.

Truly the way fandoms are managing to hit either “subtext doesn’t count :/ ” or “let’s keep it to subtext so it’s ‘open to interpretation’ :) ” nowadays depending on what corner one visits is MADDENING. Whiplash-inducing. Surreal. And so much nonsense you can’t pick where to start.

So! I do genuinely hope I'm not kicking off discourse but I felt this Needed To Be Said (and on more than one site). Because posts like “even if they never kiss again, we’ve won <3 “ make me want to be like…

These characters are YEARNING. Do not doom them and us to it. For once, we can reach for the stars and maybe–against all odds–pull them down. Embrace it!

---

[Update: after more discourse has occurred, I have somewhat elaborated on this further, from the POV of the significance of the queer themes in Good Omens and more specifically how they center illicit pleasure/desire]

#good omens #good omens season 2 #good omens spoilers #good omens season 3 #neil gaiman #aziracrow #ineffeble husbands #I'm OVER ITTTT. #this is the delicate version of this rant. trust me. I tried to keep it chill for the sake of posting on main #char writes things #PS adding some brief tags now that the discourse has Escalated: #Mr Gaiman can be pedantic on the internet and pretend by omission he's never heard of subtext all he wants. #it's not what his story is saying and I do actually think he DOES know how to do stories. so. love & light to whatever his deal is. #(what I mean: do not come into my house & try to say 'neil said the ox scene isn't sexual.' inaccurate + that's a whole suitcase to unpack) #(I have now written about All That at length elsewhere with exasperation but it doesn't need to be linked in this post lol.)

[madeleineengland]

Jennifer Coolidge and Michelle Yeoh winning their first Golden Globe at 60 and 61!!! A true inspiration 👑

#jennifer coolidge #michelle yeoh #everything everywhere all at once #white lotus #golden globes 2023 #golden globe 2023 #golden globes #and the winner is #celebrities #actress #middle aged women #asian actress #asian women #white lotus season 2 #female celebs #what a queen <3 #queens #happy for them #life isn't over at 30!

[archiephd]

so i spun out and hit a tree on the way to work in the beginnings of the snowstorm this last week. even the cheapest replacement hatch is going to cost me $375, and a new taillight $150. i haven't got a quote for how much it'll cost to smooth out the frame, or any of the labor. for the last 3 years i've been trying to save up to move me and my 2 disabled siblings out of such an extreme rural area to a place with even a little more transportation security for this reason alone, as well as the level of isolation i'm forced to experience socially as a closeted trans person in the middle of trump country. i'd already more than halved those savings just to get a deal on this car last fall to have a more reliable vehicle for a move.

my mom has offered to help pay what she can, but she's not exactly rolling in cash either, so i thought i'd throw this into the ether. if you're in a tough spot yourself as so many of us are, please keep your money, but if you have some extra cash, any dollar will help.

p*ypal

c*shapp is $foolshope

#j.txt #funds were also seasonally culled for christmas gifts recently which isn't helping either of course #i was already putting off buying the remaining 2 new tires it needed.a nd then this happened <3 #the guy who towed me outta there already cut me a deal that make me wanna kill myself but i'm poor so i received the grace for what it was #every year i tell myself this is it this is the year you move like you've been wanting to!! planning to saving to! #and then bullshit like this falls on my fucken head #i'm tired lol

[inafieldofdaisies]

Invasion (2023) | Season 2, Episode 8 “Cosmic Ocean” | Favorite scenes

"In Hindu mythology, there's this sage, Markandeya. One day, he climbs up and out of the belly of the world and finds himself looking out through the mouth of the great god, Vishnu. The cosmic ocean. His mind snaps with the enormity of it. He stumbles. Falls back down the god's throat. Smack-down to earth. He spends the next several millennia searching for a way back out."

#THEM. YOUR HONOR. THEEEEEEEM. #THE SLOW BURN ROMANCE. #THE LITTLE TOUCHES. #y'all I can't recommend this show enough. WATCH IT; even if just FOR Mitsuki and Maya!! #Maya was such a boss in this episode too (not that she isn't usually) <3 #mitsuki yamato #shioli kutsuna #invasion #invasion season 2 #maya castillo #naian gonzález norvind #apple tv #tv show gifs #myedits #mygifs #favorite scenes #favorite shows #currently watching #favorite characters #sci fi series #fantasy shows #tv series #tv shows #tv show recommendations #animated gifs #gifs #gif set #tv characters #my ships #ship dynamics

[hauntedmoors]

mental illness speedrun

#I feel so ill about those episodes that I can't even post about them #text #I finished the show by the way. those are the fastest 177 episodes I have ever watched. during exam season of all things sadkjfhsdfhskg. #my final verdict is that the show fucks severely until season 7 1/2 after which it kind of sucks. it also loses its track somewhat post #s6 1/2 and starts repeating rehashing and contradicting its messages but otherwise it isn't Bad or Mediocre the way those last episodes are #anyway. media embracing absurdism and committing to the bit are catnip to me and house md/tlt/disco elysium really hit that sweet spot <3 #do you know what they also have in common? gay people / discussions of love sex and power that make you insane / maladjusted protagonists - #- failing to succeed under exploitative systems / and most importantly gothic hauntings and entrapment. #house md

[p4nishers]

"there is no OUR side, crowley" "i thought WE craved it for OURSELVES" aziraphale has really picked up the fucking pace huh

#i might sound normal here but just knows i am absolutely screaming and puking ever since i heard it 3 hours ago i am still not okay #THE WAY AZIRAPHALE WAS ACTUALLY THE ONE TO NAME THEN AS SOMETHING THIS TIME LIKE HE'S COME SO FAR OHMYGOD #this makes me shake my fucking cage and scratch at the walls i am going INSANE #i slept like 4 hours once again i am barely hanging on and this isn't helping #good omens #crowley good omens #inefabble husbands #good omens s2 #good omens season 2 #azicrow #aziraphale

[helennorvilles]

it's interesting looking back on dale's apartment (cozy and warm and filled with SO much personality) and then knowing that when they move in together, you don't see much of a change to helen's house. you don't really see any dale in there.

#i'd be interested to see how he fully decks out his new house in season 3 (if we get to see it......) #but anyway my instinct right now is that much like they are professionally #dale just.... defers to helen #of course i love the dom helen sub dale jokes as much as the next gal #and i don't think it's necessarily purposeful from helen #and im sure dale isn't really..... fighting back for lack of a better term to have things be different #it is just..... so rare that we see dale Actually go against helen. we get a little bit in season 2 ofc #i want to see more. they need to be more comfortable doing that complete opposite with each other. #but still..... so much to consider here really #i do want to study helen's home in season 2 for the specific changes though. this is just a general observation still. #my post tag #nia watches the newsreader #the newsreader spoilers #the newsreader

[captain-hen]

gonna be controversial for a minute here and say that i don’t think the donor storyline was the kind of example of buck regressing that fandom made it out to be. now, i’m not saying that it was completely a sound decision on buck’s part. however. i do think there was this fandom-wide consensus that buck would not be able to handle it to the point that he would spiral into a full-on breakdown, that connor and kameron were evil and malicious people who were only ‘using’ buck, and that eddie would be super betrayed by all this and try to interfere and tell him what a terrible idea it was. all of this...frankly had very little basis in actual canon. i don’t necessarily disagree that the donor thing was a bad choice—but i also think it was blown waaay out of proportion by fans. because looking back on 6A, buck was more or less normal about it. a little over-enthusiastic and invested, sure, but that’s also just how he is as a person while helping people (for better or worse). so, yeah, i don’t think it’s actually that much of a shock that buck seemed to have a good grasp on his role in the baby’s life in 6x10, while telling his parents about it. and i’m sure we’ll get more clarity on where his head has been in 6x17.

#also like people acting like this has been this huge overarching storyline when it literally only had a semi-major focus in 2-3 episodes... #be so serious right now #'it was just left hanging and never concluded' the season isn't over yet susan #neethu speaks #fandom discourse

[laceratedlamiaceae]

Ivan isn't going to be in season 2 because he left to become the world's new greatest pirate captain and amass his own fleet of ships to woo Izzy with

#but for real imagine if he just isn't there in season 2 then he shows up in season 3 with a ton of ships and he seems like a huge threat #but he's actually just there for izzy who immediately falls in love with him and then they go on to terrorize the seas together #our flag means death #ofmd #ivan ofmd #izzy hands #ivizzy #which i guess is what i'm calling this ship? unless there's another name i don't know about #shitpost

[awkward-but-nice]

the fact that there are people who still thinks that bo-katan is currently playing some kind of long game is absolutely hilarious to me, like, girl has lost everything, she's depressed and tired and going through multiple different existential crises, you think she's got the emotional capasity to think about the darksaber right now???

#the mandalorian #the mandalorian season 3 #bo katan kryze #there's absolutely zero indication that she has any ill intentions right now #'but she has been untrustworthy in the past!!!' yeah well failure can change people #not to mention the whole 'her home getting bombed by the imperials' thing #like what would her plan even be??? #gain din's trust and then what??? kindly ask him to hand over the darksaber??? #if she wanted to fight him for it she would've done it when he was half dying in episode 2 #i mean obviously the season isn't over so anything could happen #but i just don't see it at all