#allison rambles

[thoughtsofthegirlwiththecurl]

I've got writer's block and reader's block, but goddamn if I didn't learn how to knit a sock.

Pattern is Rye Light by Tin Can Knits

Yarn is Rainfall on Oak from Spinning Tales Fiber

#allison rambles #allison knits things #knitting #stitchcraft #can't read can't write thank the gods i can still knit #this is the 2nd practice sock y'all voted i do and as you can see the heel is a million times better #now on to Emerson's gift socks #they picked an absolutely gorgeous yarn so I'm very excited

[yourleftpinkytoe-blog]

Andrew is the favorite uncle. Not just for Aaron and Nicky’s kids but all the foxes kids are just obsessed with uncle Andrew.

None of the foxes understand why except for Neil. But that only because Neil is there when Andrew gets up at three am to answer a phone call from their sobbing niece, who admits for the first time out loud that maybe she isn’t a boy and “is that okay uncle Andrew”. Or when Kevin’s kid shows up at there house after getting in an argument with her dad and Andrew lets her rage and rant until it doesn’t seem like the end of the world anymore, then walks her home (hc: they live pretty close for a while cause their on the same team). Or when nobody can get Aaron’s twins to stop crying but as soon as Andrew is given a turn at trying to calm the babies they stop immediately.

The kids all love Andrew he’s the first one they go to with their issues, he’s the first one they run too when all the foxes are together, he’s the first one that they come out too if they’re queer(Nicky is so mad when his kid comes out to Andrew before him)

He’s just a really good uncle.

#just a thought #anyhoo I rambled a bit #but I just love good uncle Andrew #like it warms my soul #aftg #all for the game #the foxhole court #andrew minyard #the foxes #neil josten #andreil #aaron minyard #katelyn mackenzie #kevin day #nicky hemmick #renee walker #allison reynolds #dan wilds #matt boyd #david wymack #abby winfield

[the-0k-gatsby]

I cannot emphasize enough the magic of re-listening to the songs that saved you in your teens in your late 20s. Not only is it a reminder that it gets better (it does) but it also reminds you of your cringe teenage music taste and keeps you humble

#I’m mostly kidding about that second part #but really I love going back to old albums and listening to songs I haven’t listened to in a while #bc it reminds me of a place and time that were pretty shitty but I loved those songs so much #and now I get to blast them in my adult apartment with balanced neurochemicals #music #emocore #allison rambles

[oc-factoids]

Tag the OC that’s allo-ace

Tag the OC that’s aro-allo

#as an allo-ace myself #lowkey sick of the very little rep we get being almost exclusively aro-ace #like don’t get me wrong aroace people absolutely deserve more rep!! #but when it’s the only rep we get it makes it seem like people who are one or the other HAVE to be both #does that make sense? #idk it’s almost midnight and I’m rambling oldie #shut up Allison #character prompt #character tag #oc inspiration #oc inspo #oc prompt #oc tag #oc questions #orginal character tag #original character

[tinned-beef]

Allison Hargreeves is being unfairly vilified?

Allison Hargreeves as in 'SA'd Luther' Allison Hargreeves? Allison Hargreeves as in 'confirmed Viktor's worst ongoing fears and anxieties just because Viktor was grieving his friend/stepson and it annoyed her' Allison Hargreeves? Allison Hargreeves 'contributed to the deaths of two of her siblings' Allison Hargreeves? Allison Hargreeves 'nothing anyone else has lost over the course of this nightmare matters as much as what I lost so I'm gonna fuck everything up potentially irreparably' Allison Hargreeves?

That Allison Hargreeves? I mean don't get me wrong I like her but she's very much a villain right now. She's an interesting villain, a compelling villain, a better villain than Reggie since we actually know wtf her problem is and we wish things hadn't turned out this way. But a villain all the same.

i don't think allison is a villain. at best, i'd say she's an antihero. at worst, she was a catalyst for viktor's arc in season three.

i would like to start by saying that i'm not defending allison's actions. i think what she did was wrong. however, i don't think she deserves all the hate that she's gotten. she's a character that is very morally gray, and people continue to paint her in solely black or white.

what i try to convey in this... very long post is that there's a reason for what allison does in season three. the question of if she’s a villain or not can be debated, but i believe that the reasons for her actions don’t make her a villain.

a big reason why the umbrella academy is such an incredible show is that all the umbrellas are flawed and nuanced, and despite it all they love. all of the umbrellas have their faults, and allison is no different.

in season three allison has lost all hope. she thinks she will never see her child again, her husband is dead, the world is ending, and to her it seems like her siblings don't give a shit. amidst all the chaos and the whirlwind of her life, she needs something that she's used to. something she knows how to navigate.

so she turns to luther. and she gets the comfort she's looking for but it's not right.

allison and luther's relationship is something that has been a topic of many debates in this fandom. i don't really want to get into it right now, but they've always been a person of comfort to each other. allison wants to feel loved and cared for, and she thinks she can get that comfort from luther.

allison is naturally selfish. she's used to getting what she wants. she's used to having the world at her fingertips. and yet almost everything she's held close to her heart has been ripped away from her. and she's never getting it back.

in season three she falls back onto her old habits, rumoring people left and right with no consideration for others. it makes sense because it's the only way she knows how to get what she wants.

and then she rumors luther. she doesn't want to lose him either, and she thinks that he's choosing sloane over her (which is true, but she thinks he's leaving forever. she thinks she'll lose him too). but she almost instantly realizes what she's done, almost instantly tries to take it away.

as for her relationship with viktor, that's another can of worms. in season one, allison is the only one really trying to mend that relationship with viktor. but it's a rocky road. allison snaps at viktor, viktor snaps at allison. these two have had tension from the very start. eventually, that bond had to snap.

at the start of season three, viktor is the only one that really tries to help allison. he stands up for her, and comforts her after she returns from la. but by episode three allison is so consumed by her grief that she's already clashing with viktor.

and when harlan makes an appearance, it just gets worse. harlan is like a son to viktor. someone viktor can care for. and when viktor turns that care and attention away from allison and instead towards harlan, it hurts. why is viktor allowed to have his child when allison will never get to see claire again?

in season three luther tells viktor that allison has “always been good to you (viktor)”. but there comes a point where your love and gratitude towards someone can morph into bitterness and hate.

the reason i say allison is a catalyst for viktor in season three is because the writers needed someone to contest his ideas. someone that will create a struggle for viktor that he will ultimately come out of with a new lesson learned. and allison is a great contender for that position. the show needs conflict in order to have an engaging story at all, and tense relationships between the siblings can be seen throughout all three seasons. (luther and diego in season one, ben and klaus in season two)

as for the deaths of her siblings, do you really think she wanted that to happen? she doesn’t want to lose any more people, that’s the main driver of her character shift in this season.

allison turns towards reginald because she sees it as the only option left. klaus does the same thing, so why is it any different when allison does it? she didn’t know her siblings would die in the process.

allison isn’t even the only sibling that has contributed to a sibling’s (almost) death. viktor slashes her throat in season one, ben sacrifices himself to save the world, and luther willingly walks into the room to talk to reginald. how is that allison’s fault?

i think this is also why five gives his talk to viktor, not allison. he understands what allison is going through on some level, understands the despair of losing those who are close to you. understands being willing to do anything to get them back. even though he quite loudly disagrees with allison making a deal with reginald, it's because he knows she's getting tricked. reginald never had their best interests at heart.

they’ve all lost people, and they all react to that loss in different ways. in season 1, when diego finds that patch was killed, he instantly wants to go for revenge. he plans on going after hazel and cha cha but five inevitably talks him out of it.

allison doesn’t have that influence. in fact, diego suggests to instead let that grief out through anger. i don’t think it was a very good solution in the end.

and despite all that, she wants to redeem herself. she tries to tell viktor the truth, she admits that she made the plan for all of them. she kills reginald and she’s the one that pushes the button at the end of season three. there’s so much left that we don’t know. did allison know what would happen when she pressed the button? did she know what reginald’s real plan was?

but in the end, allison is the reality of a person who has lost those who are closest to her. it’s probably the best job the writers have done while showing trauma and grief. i don’t think allison is a villain, and i think that accusing her of solely caring about herself is unfair.

#went kinda off of the rails there but i have a lot of thoughts about her #and i’m tired of people continuing to say she’s a terrible person without looking at the reasons behind what she does #and i have a feeling that if any of the white and/or male characters did this you all would be jumping for joy because the writers #are finally acknowledging their trauma #anyways i currently have a cold so this might not make complete sense #the umbrella academy #tua #umbrella academy #allison hargreeves #my rambles

[dayurno]

what do u like about allison? not attacking u or anything she's just always fell flat to me and im open to enlightenment

shes funny to me :) i like that she's catty and entitled and insufferable, but that there are moments where it slips (namely grieving seth, but also offering herself up to be a confidante to neil, crumpling into renee after andrew hurts her) and we get to see that she's terrified of herself And others and that money could not buy her a sense of self nor a reasonable emotional framework. there are also small things about her that i just find endearing, like the few times where her and matt act like siblings (when the foxes get rained on and matt takes a picture of her looking soaked, much to her horror, and when jeremy shows the foxes his game plan for the semi finals and allison tugs incessantly at matts sleeve to let her see it) and her horrible betting problem, the way she knew neil caused seth's death but also knew she couldn't live her whole life with that grudge, her gossip habits, the way she desperately wants to fix everything with money (taking the foxes out to the cabins after neil got kidnapped always seemed like such an obvious attempt to soothe the team to me, but allison was not raised on affection and the only way she can conceive it is through what she can offer them in monetary terms + i'm reminded of the bit in the ec that allison keeps a trustfund for the foxes' children and that she pays for renee's child's medical bills) etc!

i do mean it when i say that allison and kevin are not all that different, and they have a very similar understanding (or lack thereof) of the way relationships work, but allison can be such a steorotype sometimes it's hard to allow ourselves to see her as anything but a tall hot glass of skank, whereas we naturally give kevin more nuance and space for humanity because we are taught to believe men are more capable of complexity than women. one of my favorite allison is kevin in a wig moments is the fact that allison's goal with seth ('to make a real man out of him', to give him something to live for, to make him want to achieve it) is exactly the same as kevin's goal with andrew

#asks #allison #i think this is all? #but yeah i feel like allison can be very misunderstood because at face value she's playing the role of heiress perfectly #and its well its not unlike kevin's exy robot bit is it #i think they are both people who have developed a very specific shield to protect them from the world outside #and just because allison's is easier to be around doesn't mean that she's not just as lonely as kevin at the end of the day #thank you for letting me ramble about her! made me remember how fond i am of this horrible woman

[glasscannonviktor]

“we should have left you in the basement”

#tua s3 spoilers #the umbrella academy #viktor hargreeves #allison hargreeves #viktor #allison #rambles #i mean. im right! #should have said ‘dad should have left you in the basement’ for a truly cutting blow

[dracoj]

underrated cameron trait: she loooves psychological warfare. she reads girlboss negotiating books, she’s constantly using emotional manipulation tactics against her coworkers, and she doesn’t see a problem with any of it so long as her reasons for doing so are morally sound. it’s just that this category includes “i know im right” and “it’s not going to hurt anyone” and “just for fun ^_^”

#cameron we could’ve had a spring wedding #i love youuuuu i love youuuuuuu #j rambles #house md #allison cameron

[tiredwiredanduninspired]

Allison should just sit Fanny down with some Reddit stories. I think she’d love them

#*ramblings #bbc ghosts #ghosts bbc #allison cooper #allison ghosts #lady button #fanny button #fanny bbc ghosts

[chronicowboy]

in my heart of hearts that ending opens up the opportunity for a series of minis if the cast and crew ever so wish of all of alison and mike's visits to the ghosts and you can pry that delusion from my cold dead hands 😌

#sami rambles #i would KILL for one where mike and allison are old and grey #and mike had a health scare (heart attack) a few months ago where he died for a few moments #and they're still recovering from it but he still wants to go stay in their old home like they usually do #and when they get there mike's expecting the normal alison talking to an empty room schtick #except it's not an empty room there's a scout leader and a pantsless man and an army captain and a caveman and #ghosts #ghosts spoilers #bbc ghosts #bbc ghosts spoilers #bbc ghosts christmas special #bbc ghosts headcanon

[cinnamin-is-a-star]

I have squid brainrot so take some cephalopods in a stack

+closeups :)

#these are all my versions of the agents #theyre names from bottom to top are Allison Bailey Cassidy and the newest agent is Dawnie ;) #it.. it goes ABCD.... it's funny to me #agent 4 is also technically my squidsona... she's my favourite #enough rambling time for actual tags #hey look cinnamin drew something #art #my art #splatoon #splatoon 2 #splatoon 3 #agent 3 splatoon #captain 3 #agent 4 #agent 8 #squidbeak splatoon #did we ever decide on what to call the new agent 3?

[thoughtsofthegirlwiththecurl]

"So these are some super basic strength exercises/stretches. You don't need any fancy equipment, just a bit of empty wall."

Ahh, see. You've already lost me here. I've never met a stretch of empty wall I didn't put a bookcase or seven pieces of art on.

#allison rambles #i would LOVE to do the stretches to unfuck my back! unfortunately there are zero (0) stretches of empty wall in this house

[the-0k-gatsby]

Where’s that post that’s like that feeling when you keep trying to do things/ entertain yourself/ eat stuff to try and satiate your gremlin brain but it keeps crying and screaming like a toddler like I don’t know what I want but it’s not THIS. yeah I’ve felt that for two days straight now and I can’t figure out if I’m severely understimulated or if the state of world is collapsing

#adhd #maybe??? #I’ve tried going to the gym #and comfort eating #and calling my friends #and nothing I do can make it stop #I just keep refreshing the applications #and all my normal hobbies sound so unfulfilling to me so I don’t even do them #and now I’m absolutely WIDE awake at 11 pm #someone put me out of my misery #PLEASE #Allison rambles

[oc-factoids]

Tag the OC that has Alexandria’s Genesis

#we need more fictional afflictions like that I’m so serious #anyways my friend who never gets my tumblr references made an Alexandria’s genesis reference the other day #and I nearly spat out my water bc it was so surprising from her lmao #Allison stop rambling in the tags challenge (IMPOSSIBLE) #character prompt #character tag #oc inspiration #oc inspo #oc prompt #oc tag #oc questions #orginal character tag #original character

[rainc0at]

I love that Kerry listened. I love that Kerry would've won. Of course she would've, she was on that case from the beginning. She was smart.

#yes i am talking to you rigg #yes i do believe she'd have followed the rules #because she KNOWS that's his whole thing #she was there with eric she saw the “all you have to do it talk to me” -> “he's in a safe place” #she knows to listen #IM GOING MAD #saw #allison kerry #rain rambles

[cup-noodle]

I need someone to write an Ice Court Heist AU with the Hargreeves siblings this very moment

#luther is obvi matthias (dumbass muscle with a heart of gold) #then diego is inej (🔪🔪🔪) #allison is nina (knows how to work people & fab fashion sense) #klaus is jesper (resident bi clown with addiction issues) #five is kaz (grumpy old man™️) #vanya/viktor's gotta be wylan right (A+ father relationship and kinda the baby of the bunch) #i guess ben can be kuwei as a treat ('sweet' asian kid until he's not & also not really part of the main group rn) #the umbrella academy #six of crows #grishaverse #hargreeves siblings #noodle rambles