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chirpsythismorning · 2 years

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I just wanna talk about this quick and then I’ll shut up forever.

I HATE byler kiss manips (not talking about fan-art, I’m talking about photoshopped byler edits using milkvan scenes). I hate them with a burning passion. The only exception to this would be when bylers use them as a response to homophobic anon asks... now that’s funny. But that’s it 🤣

Like I get it. It’s mostly all a big joke, but it’s just cringy to me..? And weird?? Why can’t we wait for the real thing???

AND YET! AND YET!… Even though I’m kind of contradicting myself by making this post in the first place, I honestly don’t see much value in confronting fans who do this or staging a whole call out about how it makes me personally feel uncomfortable for reasons x y z.

Because that’s just me. I’m sure there are some fans who agree with me and I’m sure there are plenty who don’t. But still, I don’t see the point in policing anyone that disagrees with me on this, to make them feel bad for engaging in fandom differently than me, to make a big spectacle about how it upsets me, bc the reality is, nuance exists!!!

While there are some people out there with horrible, even offensive or concerning takes, not every single disagreement of opinion needs to be put on blast as if that person is bad for whatever point they’re trying to make. Because now suddenly everyone is giving their two cents, clogging the tag to the point where no one can escape it. Now we’re all uncomfortable. Who is that helping?? No one!

So if you’re like me and there’s certain things that make you uncomfortable, no matter how small or even major, BLOCK.

Maybe you are just like me and you give someone a few chances, only to finally block them after one too many posts that are just 😬

Or maybe you block right away the moment you see something you didn’t want to and don’t want to risk seeing again.

I just hate this tendency fandoms (it’s all fandoms, not just st or byler) have to attribute one or even a couple hundreds of fans opinions, to the entire fandom… and then project that onto the rest of us like “IF YOU THINK THIS! YOU ARE BAD!” Like be real, there are hundreds of thousands of us, exponentially chances are there are gonna be a great deal of people you won’t agree with. That doesn’t mean we have to ruin this space for everyone.

I really don’t want to do this again, bc like I said, im basically contributing to the very thing I hate. I hate that I feel this need to voice my feelings on something everyone is already talking about, and now i’m also taking away from the aspects of fandom that can be fun and welcoming and worthwhile.

It’s just unfortunate how all fandoms put themselves in this situation. We allow one or a few to control the vibe of the tag and suddenly you can’t find theories or headcanons or just fun banter between fans. All you see is virtue signaling and people trying to find someone to blame. And then we wonder why fandoms fizzle out with resentment. Because we ruin it for ourselves. We turn on each other for the sake of being right. And it just sucks.

At the end of the day, everyone has the right to say how they feel. By all means, that is your choice and you can do whatever feels right to you. But just know that not everyone is going to agree. And that’s not always a bad thing. And even if and when it is, we don’t have to make it EVERYONES business.

#byler #honestly this could apply to literally any fandom drama #recently with the whole hose joke…#or the hc that Mike has an Ed #fans discussing these concepts aren’t inherently bad or wrong #that’s my opinion #you can feel differently and voice it and that’s your choice #but let’s not turn it into a war of you must think/feel this way bc that’s how I feel #some of us are more sensitive #some of us are more confrontational #if we were all the same there wouldn’t be much to talk about #there are pros and cons that come with fandom #it comes with a territory #if you see something disturbing and want to call it out! go right ahead!!#but also.#BLOCK #and let’s move on.#let’s not make it everyone in the tags problem to contend with #or else this isn’t going to be a space anyone will want to be apart of if we have to all agree about everything #sometimes you disagree with mutuals takes but that doesn’t mean you need to put them on blast #i disagree with ppl I love sometimes #we exist #i love u all #might delete l8r #but still I just had to get this off my chest even tho i contradicted myself by posting it in the first place 😭#the byler tag is already over it too so pls ignore this post and let’s all move on 😅

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mysticssum · 3 years

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Personal opinion- I think the chances of the ssum "just being a April fool's joke" is incredibly low. My reasoning being that we had gotten a full demo with voice acting, the option to pay real world money for the game, a website, cgs, music, and etc: things that are very money and time consuming. Cheritz is a company and they're here to make money, so I really doubt they would go through all that just to be like "it's just a prank bro" lol

I also believe we're just in the midst of a hiatus as we wait for new content, unless Cheritz had decided to cancel the game all together. We'll have to see what happens next, I suppose. Also thanks for reading! I wanted to put my two cents into the matter since I know during the Ssum's hype days it was felt uncertain among fans if the game was real or not. It's been nearly four years since the game was announced so I wanted to reflect on those feelings of the fanbase during that time as well as myself, knowing what we know now

Also you're totally allowed to disagree with me, no worries 💗💗💗

[Written August 20, 2021. In case this post gets outdated]

#my post #jihyun speaks #thessumcheritz #thesssum #thessum #the ssum #the ssum teo #the ssum cheritz #ssum teo #teo ssum #teo #cheritz team #cheritz

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ruby-whistler · 3 years

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This is targeted at your dream apologist post, just to be up front. Just wanted to give my two cents in on some of the stuff w/o doing a whole rebuttal, since… I don’t really want to lol. To start off, I had an issue with how you framed the beginnings of Lmanberg. How Lmanberg formed wasn’t colonizing, it was just independence from the greater dsmp from a set of members that disliked the way things were ran by Dream (and by more direct extension, the rest of the dsmp citizens, namely sapnap.) Dream was protecting his power, not any kind of attachment made to the server, I’d argue, becuz in the end the way he relinquished control was by gaining more; by getting leverage over one of the original members, Tommy, via taking his discs.

Another thing, you shouldn’t be angry at ppl for not feeling sympathetic for a character that’s done such heinous things against other characters. You’re more then welcome to feel bad for him yourself, but no one else has to. After watching the whole of Tommy’s exile arc, it’s very clear to see the Dream was cruel and horrible to a child that hardly deserved it. Dream was dehumanizing to Tommy. Making him put all of his self earned items into a hole every visit and promptly destroying it all, telling Tommy that his friends don’t miss him, blowing up Logstedshire after finding Tommy’s secret room (that he hid from Dream to stop him from destroying it) filled with Tommy’s resources for escaping, not even allowing him to leave, these aren’t the actions of a good person put into a hard place, or a person with trauma dealing poorly with said trauma. That isn’t justifiable. Dream shouldn’t be allowed to hurt and inflict trauma onto another person becuz he has trauma. What he did to Tommy and to his friends (saying he didn’t care about them, saying he only cares about Tommy’s discs, Sapnap even had that sad moment of “you don’t think he meant it did you?” which. Yknow. Look between the lines methinks) was awful and doesn’t have to be forgiven by either the victims or the fans of said victims.

My opinion on the prison stay is…. I don’t really care lol. I definitely do see it as he deserves it, because what he did to Tommy was horrific. I don’t have any real sympathy for an abuser, especially one that does shit that I’ve had done to me before and done against a character I relate to heavily. So. Sue me if I think that Dream should have his shit rocked. Ignoring that Dream had very clear reasons as to why he was put into the prison and the fact that many characters have reasons to hate his guts and also not feel sympathy for him is…. Definitely the Dream apologist mantra. Noah fence ^^

One last bit since this ask is getting real long, but it was narratively cathartic to see Dream actually receiving punishment for his actions. Cathartic quite literally means “psychological relief through strong emotions” so. Yeah. Sorry ppl were getting it mixed up with catharsis, but there’s the word they probably meant to use. Didn’t realize it would be such a crime to mix up two very similar words but what can you do with a younger audience.

This isn’t meant to be an attack, or mean, so I’m sorry if I’ve been a little passive aggressive in my wording, but to be fair. Your post was as well ^^ Cant wait to hear your response, if you feel like giving one.

Alright, so first as a quick disclaimer, I’m going to out a summary of the original post’s points, just to ensure that we’re on the same page;

The post does say:

- don’t dehumanize c!Dream because it continuously hurts people who relate to and/or sympathize with him, also dehumanization in general is an inherently wrong mindset

- don’t attack people who sympathize with him because he’s a victim of abuse besides other things

The post never says:

- you cannot hate c!Dream and not sympathizing with him is wrong

- the things c!Dream has done are to any degree excused

- don’t dehumanize c!Dream because he’s a good person

- people who dehumanize c!Dream are real life abuse apologists

If you read the post and didn’t get these points from it, i advise you to reread it as I made pretty much all of these abundantly clear.

I don’t know why you’d start talking about L’manberg, but sure; I never said it was colonization. I said some people who have had their country colonized relate to him because he had his home torn apart and is desperate to return it back to its original state. This is a completely valid reason to relate to him as it is a pretty big part of the character.

Dream wasn’t protecting his “power”, because he didn’t actually have any power on the SMP besides technically owning it. Before L’manberg, all he’d do is walk around, fix creeper holes and the prime path, jump into conflicts and end them if they got too pointed - he even fixed Tubbo’s house once after Tommy burnt it down, he got unfairly mugged by Sapnap and Tommy because he had weaker armor etc. He never used his position as landowner unfairly and was on the same level as any other member; his only concern was too keep the community united and semi-peaceful. Of course he had an attachment to the server, it had been his home for months, maybe more on the SMP timeline.

Do you genuinely think listing the bad things he did is going to do anything to my empathy or the empathy of other c!Dream fans?

I saw the entirety of the exile arc live, and I saw what was happening, and I hated it, and I hated c!Dream. Yet I’m sympathetic to him when he goes through a similar situation, perhaps because I’m not a biased hypocrite.

I never said c!Dream was a good person. Saying “these don’t look like actions of a person with trauma” doesn’t make sense to me because, as you said later on, it isn’t justifiable either way. I’m not saying anyone has to forgive him. You don’t need to forgive an abuse victim for their prior actions to recognize their situation is messed up. You’re making up points to fight against in your rebuttal that I never actually said.

I’m not saying “don’t dehumanize c!Dream because he’s a good person”. I’m saying “don’t dehumanize c!Dream because he’s a person and dehumanization is wrong” and “people who relate to him shouldn’t be hurt or harassed”.

He didn’t even do “terrible things” to his friends, by the way. Tommy has said like five times that he doesn’t care about anyone but the discs but when he said that isn’t true his friends believed and forgave him. Dream says it once while something that matters to him is being threatened, so that it doesn’t get destroyed, and suddenly he’s hurting his friends (double standard methinks). As if he didn’t repeatedly try to help them and care about them up until that point and they abandoned him even despite his prior actions. He did things that might’ve hurt them, but that doesn’t compare to the amount of things he did for them. Saying he doesn’t care is blatant mischaracterization.

If you think (fictional) people who have done bad things deserve to be horribly abused and have their basic human rights violated, you know what, you do you. Be a fictional abuse apologist, be as bad as the people who say c!Tommy deserved it, go on. I disagree with you however, and I’m sure many people who are actually sensitive and care about/relate to fictional abuse victims (I have seen many c!Tommy apologists say the torture is awful and he doesn’t deserve it, thankfully) will disagree as well, so why should I care about your wrong opinion? If you’ve dehumanized him and are failing to see you’re incorrect and hurting people, bad for you. You’re just proving me right that this is a very real problem that this community has to do something about.

#tw abuse #tw torture #abuse apologism #c!dream neg #(in ask)#discourse #my asks #crit anon

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eagles-translated · 3 years

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So one of the things that struck me as really interesting that was mentioned in the Podcast was that Swedish fans liked Felicia x Ludde better as a couple while International fans liked Amie x Elias better. I have been thinking about this a lot and you don’t have to answer, but Do you think there’s an element of racism with this? For example, I know that in Skam + it’s remakes the Sana Season is less popular in Europe (which many people attributed to racism). So what do you think?

I don't think so, to be honest. From what I've seen no Swedish fan has ever made racist remarks towards Amie as a character nor the actress that portrays her.

Felicia and Ludde are popular in Sweden because a lot of people can relate to them. They're a quintessential Swedish couple.

To explain, Ludde is a stereotypical hockey guy with a nice side and he's conventionally attractive. Adrian also portrays Ludde with a softness that I believe the female side of the audience really appreciates. Ludde isn't just popular in Sweden for this but also among Russian fans. Elias, while being my personal favorite, isn't given as much screentime in the first season and also has a more macho side to him. He's not as easily likable as Ludde is supposed to be.

Felicia in season 1 is basically a cut-out version of a normal Swedish girl (aside from being rich and famous) even if she's supposed to have grown up in Boston. There are so many people I've met that are just like her. If you've been to Sweden or live here you'll know exactly what I mean. For a typical Swedish girl, she's just very easy to relate to.

Felicia and Ludde's relationship was pretty much the first thing developed in season 1 which earned them a lot of fans. Their relationship got much more screen time than Elias and Amie's did and this made them grow in popularity more.

To a casual viewer, season 1 is essentially the story of how Felicia and Ludde fell in love and how Ludde broke Felicia's heart. Season 2 shows them both hurting while spending time apart before getting back together again. They're the main couple, so of course they would be the most popular among the casual Swedish fans.

Elias and Amie didn't get the same development until season 3. To someone who isn't a hardcore fan, they might've forgotten the road trip episode and not even thought of the two as a couple. It's not until season 3 that Swedish fans started jumping on the Elias and Amie hype train, because that's when the writers started building towards a romantic relationship between them.

If I may I'd also like to throw in my two cents on the Sana season of SKAM, as a European who watched it while it was airing. I don't think racism was the main reason it was less popular than the other seasons. From my understanding a lot of people actually rooted for Sana to become the main.

First off, no matter who the main character was, it was inevitable that the international success of season 3 would be nearly impossible to live up to. It's also difficult to neatly wrap up such a popular show in just one season when it was clearly supposed to go on until the russefeiring in the sixth season. And maybe even further than that, considering there was talk of NRK originally having planned for 9 seasons.

You can't deny that the announcement of the upcoming fourth season being the final one generated a lot of disappointment among SKAM fans and set up a bittersweet tone for the start of the season.

Compare this to Eagles which will also end with a final fourth season. Of course you want to see more as a fan, but you understand that the characters in Eagles are starting to enter their adult life and more than half of them have already achieved their dreams. It makes sense to end the show there.

SKAM however, made for a bizarre ending that felt like the show had been canceled and rushed to write a satisfying final season. We know that wasn't the case at all and that Julie Andem could've gone on for many more seasons. I am ultimately sympathetic towards the decision to end SKAM early as the show produced a lot of stress for Andem, but personally I felt like season 4 was a let-down.

What I disliked in season 4 was, firstly, that there wasn't a lot of thought put into Even's backstory. It feels like Andem decided on a whim to invent this history of Even being involved with the balloon squad to appease all the Evak fans who kept saying they needed to know Even's backstory while also have it be related to Sana. It should've been Sana's season only, and not some lazy attempt to shoehorn in a backstory that wasn't really needed in the grand scheme of things.

Secondly, SKAM's fourth season also suffered from characters acting strangely and just downright insulting. Noora took up so much of the season that was supposed to be dedicated to a Muslim woman and her personal struggles.

I have some Muslim friends who were excited for Sana's season but were ultimately disappointed at what we got. One of them didn't even finish the season. It's strange to draw the conclusion that the reason Europeans didn't like season 4 of SKAM must be because of racism, and not the glaring problems with the writing. I also believe this is an unfair label when it comes to Elias and Amie's popularity in Sweden.

It makes perfect sense that Swedish people would gravitate towards the familiar relationship of Felicia and Ludde—after all, it's the couple they can see more of themselves in.

I find that Elias and Amie are more interesting to me because of their chemistry and also the fact that I myself am a WOC. And for that very same reason I can understand why someone Swedish would be more interested in the traditional and familiar Swedish couple.

At the risk of sounding controversial I believe we should all be more careful when discussing racism in media. I can understand where you're coming from, but the severity of this issue is lessened when it keeps getting applied to the smallest of things that—in all honesty—don't really have a basis of racism in them. At least not for the majority of the show's audience.

As I've stated before, you are all allowed to disagree with me and critique me. In this particular instance I see no elements of racism towards Swedish people preferring Felicia and Ludde but there are of course people who might feel differently.

We're all allowed to interpret the show how we like, but as someone who is very involved with the fandom I haven't seen any signs pointing towards Swedish fans being racist.

#eagles-translated asks #eagles svt #svt eagles #skam #eaglesspoilers

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borhap-au · 4 years

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Joe Mazzello: the fluffy chronicles.

Joe defending your relationship against his family.

Joe was very excited about introducing you to his family. After all, you were his first serious relationship since that unfortunate incident a few years back, that ended in a heartbreak for Joe. You already knew his mom and his siblings, his nieces and nephews loved you.

Before it actually happened, you weren’t sure how Joe’s closest family members would react to you, after all, you were much younger than him. But Joe said they all thought you were a nice girl, and it was “really up to him” who he was dating, after all, it wasn’t their call. Unfortunately, that wasn’t what the rest of his family believed in.

You met them at a big family party. It was unfortunate for you, because you hated family parties, you hated being in a center of attention in a group of strangers, and you hated that Joe was all the time asked to go somewhere, so you were alone most of the time. You were obviously trying to be very nice and kind to whoever you were talking to, trying to show your best side, but also, you were always looking around, hoping to spot Joe and excuse yourself from the conversation. At the party you had the most fun around children, playing with them, because that was the only place you knew for sure you weren’t being judged. Unfortunately, that didn’t really help your case.

When you finally spotted Joe, he was going inside to the house, so you followed him. You thought he was going to be alone, but when you heard his voice in a mix of others, you stopped yourself from going there. You wanted to go back, but then you heard your name. At first you thought someone was calling for you, so you moved a little in the direction of the door, but then you realized, it wasn’t to you. It was about you.

“Come on, guys, just give her a chance. She’s really nice and smart. You will like her,” you heard Joe’s voice and sighed quietly. So all of your effort was for nothing.

“She’s out there playing with the kids, Joey. She’s a child herself. You should find yourself a real woman,” one of his cousins said.

“First of all, she looks younger than she really is. Second of all, she’s not a child. Sure, she’s younger than me, but she’s been an adult for a good few years now, so don’t worry, she is a woman,” Joe didn’t give up fighting for you and it was really sweet in your opinion. Although you didn’t really want him to fight with anyone, especially because of you.

“The age difference is too transparent. What you two even talk about? She’s probably into Justin Bieber and that Miley girl, while you listen to the old classics. Does she even know who Freddie Mercury was? Has she heard of Queen?” another of his cousins said.

“Excuse me, you don’t appreciate her enough. She actually loves old rock n’ roll. She listens to the classics more than I do. Her favorite movie is The Godfather. We have so much to talk about,” he took a breath, probably to drink something, while his female cousin gave her two cents.

“If she loves old things, that would explain why she wants you,” she joked, and the rest of them laughed. You were sure Joe rolled his eyes at that comment.

“Are you her sugar daddy or something, Joey? Is that what it is?” you heard another voice saying.

“No, I am not her sugar daddy. She has a job, she has her own money. She’s not even comfortable with me buying her expensive gifts. She’s not in this relationship for money, don’t insult her like that, Karen,” oh, Karen. Now the comment made sense to you.

“Okay, but what does she even know? Those young kids these days, they don’t appreciate anything. Only social media are on their minds. Facebook, selfies, no culture, no nothing,” you heard one of the older aunts.

“I’m about to prove you wrong. She actually loves literature, she knows a lot about cinema, her hobbies include sports and taking frequent breaks from social media to be around nature. We often go on small trips around the country, she is a great photographer. And she has unbelievable knowledge about history. We don’t only have million topics to talk about, it often is that she talks and I just listen, because she has so many important and fascinating things to say. And she also has very strong views and beliefs, and your old school view on women is definitely something she would disagree with. She’s smart, she’s independent and she’s with me because she loves me. I really do not understand, what is your problem, people,” Joe was actually starting to get mad, and you were mad as well, but even more so because of the fact that they made him mad. You didn’t want anyone putting Joe down because of something, or someone, he loves.

“Well, if she’s not in for the money, then probably for the fame,” you heard that voice before. Apparently Joe didn’t persuade them enough.

“No, none of that. She refuses to go on red carpets with me. She doesn’t even allow me to post anything about her on my social media. She doesn’t want the attention. She wants the relationship to be a private matter, and frankly, that’s what it should be. I shouldn’t even have to explain that to you,” despite all the nasty comments about your alleged motifs, Joe didn’t give up fighting for you, even if that meant going against his family.

“Let’s just all calm down. We spend too much energy on a topic that’s not even worth it. It’s just a whim, he will soon come to his senses,” you weren’t the one to really care about some old woman’s opinion, but that one hurt you. For anyone to assume you were just a quick thing for Joe, it was hurtful and unfair.

“Oh, no. I beg you pardon. I want none of those kind of insinuations. She’s not a doll to throw away when I’m done playing with her. She’s a real person, with a heart and soul and she’s so much more than you give her credit for. You guys are awful, you know? You didn’t even give her a chance! How is she supposed to prove you wrong, when you dismiss anything she says? Stop belittling her. She did nothing to deserve this. I really expected more of you,” he scoffed.

“Come on, she’s not a wife material for you, and most definitely not a mother material. She was a child herself not so long ago,” another person added.

“Once again, you are wrong. She’s most definitely a wife material and I would be more than happy to marry her someday. Don’t be surprised when you get an invitation to our wedding. Or if you don’t get one, if you’re going to continue to act like that,” you smiled hearing that. Becoming Mrs. Mazzello was a dream come true for you, but you had no idea Joe even took that under consideration.

“Before it comes to marriage, Joseph, you will change your mind five times,” another aunt, another wrong statement about Joe. You thought that they not only treated you like a child, but actually also him, not listening to a word he says.

“Maybe, or maybe I already looked for a ring. We’ve been together long enough. Some of you were married after shorter periods of knowing each other,” oh, you could feel that he smiled ironically. And wait, were you supposed to hear that? I mean, you weren’t really supposed to hear any of this… But maybe you just found out about a surprise engagement… One way or another, you were overjoyed.

“But she may change her mind. She may change a lot in the next few years. She’s still growing, discovering herself as a woman. You’re a grown up. That’s the difference. Where you want to settle down, she only starts her journey,” nice quote, but no. You were all about setting for a journey together, helping each other grow, give each other peace and love.

“Actually, I have no plans of holding her back. She can grow and discover herself as much as she wants, whether it’s in the relationship or in a marriage. I want her to find her path, pursue her dream career, become successful and do whatever she wants to do. She’s a woman with big dreams and plans,” Joe said, but was quickly interrupted.

“Yeah, I bet a girl in her 20s wants to stick with one dick for the rest of her life,” one of his cousins said, and you almost threw up in your mouth hearing that.

“First of all, don’t be disgusting, there are ladies in this room, and you’re talking about a lady as well. Second of all, despite of what you’re implying, not every young woman’s dream is to party and change partners all the time. Some actually want to settle down. And she’s one of those women. I know that, because contrary to you, I listen to what she says. She focuses on her career and her relationship, trust me, she’s not missing anything,” some of the guys laughed, but most of the girls acted more tasteful.

“Is it about your former girlfriend, Joe? You try to patch up a broken heart by having a fling with a much younger girl?” oh, wow. You didn’t expect that one.

“I’m long over that relation- whatever that was. I’m not trying to make up for anything here. I met her, I fell in love with her, and now we’re happy together. You really think I would bring a ‘fling’ to a family reunion? For what, to brag? Come on, you know me better than that. And if you really think I would do something like that, then maybe I’m wrong, maybe you don’t know me at all. But I’m not wrong about her. Now excuse me, I’m going to find my girlfriend and I plan to spend the rest of the evening with her. Have a nice party,” you realized you should probably escape quickly so that nobody finds out you were listening to all of the conversation. So you quickly run to the bathroom and then got out of it soon enough so that Joey saw you and knew where you are.

“Oh, hey,” he smiled, and moved his arm around you. “There you are, I was looking for you. How’s the party?” he had an empty whisky glass in his hand. Clearly, the conversation exhausted him. He quickly put the glass away when he saw you looking at it.

“Oh, the kids here are amazing. Your niece won’t let me have a break,” you chuckled quietly, and he smiled.

“That just proves how great of a mommy material you are,” he pointed out as you were walking out of the building together to get some fresh air and get away from people.

“Well, then I’m happy that I was able to find a perfect daddy to match my greatness,” you smiled at him.

“Honey, I told you not to call me that around people,” he joked, and you softly punched him in his chest.

“I’m never complimenting you, ever again,” you pretended to be mad, but soon rested your head on his shoulder, petting the side of his body, as you slowly walked around the garden in perfect harmony and peace.

“What if we stay together until the end of the world? Then you won’t compliment me either?” you smiled slightly hearing that, because you knew what he really was asking you about. He wanted to be reassured that he didn’t fight for you for nothing, that you really wished to be with him forever, or at least you hoped that it would all work out between you and you would still love each other after all those years.

“If you promise me we will be together forever, then maybe I’ll change my mind,” you teased, because even the most serious topics turned into a light-hearted conversations between you two.

“Want to get married someday?” he asked, petting your arm with his thumb and smiling at you with such love in his eyes, that you fell for him all over again.

“I’d love that,” he smiled in response.

And guess what? A year after that conversation you were actually married. And Joe made sure that everyone on the wedding reception knew he remembered about the conversation he had that day, when during a toast he mentioned how “nobody believed in you two, but for him it really could be the whole world against him, because he didn’t care as long as he has you by his side to support him through the roughest times,” and how “you were there for him even if nobody else was standing by him.” After that, you were always strong together, loving each other, and even produced a few newest members of the Mazzello clan.

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golbrocklovely · 3 years

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I didn’t want to put my two cents in but I guess here I am lol anyways I get what you’re saying about stans being quick to defend their faves but what’s there to defend when someone respectfully and kindly says they don’t like certain content? at that point it goes beyond “defending” it’s basically just a bunch of stans trying to silence someone else’s opinions and thoughts :/ which i do feel like you and the other anons were trying to do. This isn’t hate but i just wanted to share a bystanders perspective on it lmao

even tho i said i was done talking about this, i'm gonna answer this ask and then one other that i just got. after this, i'm not talking about this anymore today. if you or any other anon send in another ask about this topic, i'm just gonna ignore it and not answer it for the sake of my own sanity lol

from my perspective as someone who has been in colby's fandom a while, i feel like a lot of us are on the defense when it comes to him. colby gets hate for a lot of dumb fucking things. are there things he's done that is messed up and worth talking about/calling him out for? 1000%, and i do that when it happens. however, there is a lot of stuff that he does that gets hate even tho he did nothing wrong. all he did was exist and that's enough reason for ppl to hate him. hell, that's why he's not on twitter that much anymore, bc for months on end he got hate every time he tweeted. so he just stopped. he only recently started to dip his toes back in the hellscape that is twitter.

that being said, bc of this onslaught of hate, i feel like a lot of fans are on the defense with him, ready to defend him whenever. and especially when it comes to girls, bc there's a lot of internal fighting in our own fanbase. some fans are super disrespectful to the girls, some to the both of them, some try to tell ppl not to talk about it bc it starts drama, some ship it to hell and back, some argue over who's the best fit for him... it's a never ending shit storm when it comes to his love life and our opinions on it. i try to remain positive and neutral bc at the end of the day, it doesn't effect me in the slightest. do i find his love life interesting nonetheless? yeah. but i don't really focus on it outside of on here and when we're all just discussing it together anyway.

and i think a lot of problems happens bc it's hard to indicate tones when ppl are discussing on here (or online in general). you can't tell if i'm being serious or sarcastic, or outright yelling at you. even if i say i'm being light hearted about something, it's still hard to tell. so i think that's where problems can arise.

for the two anons that posted about not liking the content amber and colby make, even tho i don't agree with them, that doesn't mean i was hating on them. bc i even said in both of those asks 'i might not agree but i get why you feel the way you do'. and i would like to argue that there is no way i'm silencing them when i'm literally answering their asks. silencing them would be not answering the ask at all.

and the other anons weren't silencing them either. they were just disagreeing.

i let my ask box be a space where anyone, regardless of if i agree with your opinion or not, is allowed to discuss things that have to deal with snc. i let everyone speak, minus the handful of times i've gotten hate or have been sent mean things about other ppl (those i don't post and only sometimes address if necessary). i have no way of stopping an ask coming in that disagrees with another anon. if i think the ask is super mean, calling the anon names or something like that, i won't answer it.

the two anons that disagreed with the previous two maybe could have been nicer, but i don't believe they were trying to be malicious to the other anons. they were just saying what they believed, much like the previous anons were doing. i think their intentions got lost in translation bc of a lack of tone (and also jumping the gun to defend colby) and it came across as rude. and even tho i didn't agree with the previous anons, i still added in their view point when i responded to these anons.

at the end of the day, you should do what makes you happy. if watching amber and colby's content doesn't do that, then stop watching it. idk how else to explain it.

fandom discourse should be fun and light hearted bc that's what it's meant to be. we're all talking about ppl that don't know us for christ's sake. let's have a little fun with it and try our best to be respectful of ppl's opinions, regardless if they go against our own.

#ask #personal

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valleydean · 4 years

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hi there. i’m not sure what post you’re referring to specifically, so excuse me if my answer is on the vague side. if i came across as shaming people for not being able to vote, that wasn’t my intention. of COURSE there are people out there who are unable to vote for a number of different factors, which is why i believe, if you are able to vote, you should do so for the people who can’t. ya know, if you’re privileged enough to make your voice heard, it’s my belief that you shouldn’t take that lightly and to use it for people who don’t have that same privilege.

[i’m putting the rest under the cut because this got long.]

as for the people who choose not to vote even if they are able.... like, obviously people have their reasons, and maybe they’re good reasons! i don’t know. but broadly speaking - and to address what you said about being let down by the establishment - i get that. personally, i really do understand that. i’m not a huge cheerleader for our government or our two party system or for capitalism and imperialism and etc. none of these things are my first choice. but the fact of the matter is - it’s what we’ve got. i personally don’t see much value in saying “in a perfect world, i’d do this or that.” because we have to work within the system we have in order to strive for a better one. and by choosing not to participate in that - it’s a choice in and of itself. like, yeah it’s tough to know you’re a drop in the bucket and you can’t change much - but imo, it’s worse if you don’t try. because by not trying, you’re allowing this system that let you down to keep going at the same pace. so, even if your voice is tiny and you don’t fully believe in what you’re saying, or you feel as if you’re compromising no matter what you do, it’s still important to at least use what you have to get yourself in the ballpark.

i saw something a few months ago that said politics isn’t a taxi, it’s a bus. by voting, you may not be going to the exact destination you want, but at least you’re headed in the right direction.

and yeah, maybe it’s all a bunch of bullshit to vote for the “let’s make the country not actively on fire again” party rather than the “let’s let fuel the flames” party. i honestly do not disagree with you at this point in time. like, look - i’m 28. in my conscious political years, i have never seen a truly functional government, so i’m also extremely disenchanted by politics and our system. and i was also brought up in the age of tech, which allowed capitalism to infiltrate every facet of life - so i, too, am tired. i hear you. i agree!

but again, this is the world we live in. and hopefully, in time, if we get on the right bus, it’ll help the next generation get closer to where they need to go, and then allow the generation after to get even closer. and i think it’s important to do that for the people who can’t speak for themselves.

and like - i just wanna note that, yeah, i am a white person. so, if i’m gonna “shame” anyone into voting, it’s gonna other white people. because it’s no secret that our voices are listened to the most in this country, and we really need to fuckin use them. and, as a white person, choosing to be apathetic about that is choosing to oppress other groups, imo.

but for other groups who have, of course, been let down by the system time and time again... obviously i can’t tell them what’s right or wrong. like i said, it’s a good reason! and i’m not gonna be like “oh, speak up for yourselves” because that’s demeaning. but, as an individual, you have a responsibility to do what’s best for yourself and for your family and - in this heinous system that’s unfortunately not gonna be torn down anytime soon, the one we’re all trapped in - i think voting and encouraging others to vote is the best way to do that. because unfortunately we gotta work with what we’ve got.

is it right? no. is it fair? no. but it’s the only game in town.

so like, that’s my two cents. kinda just a broad “we didn’t have to do things this way but we did, so let’s try to fix it over time.” so, thank you for your ask. i’ll be more conscious of my language from now on, but i respectfully have to disagree and continue to err on the side of action, no matter how seemingly insignificant.

#ask #anonymous

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incarnation-of-victory · 3 years

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I wasn’t initially planning on saying anything about this scene, but since it’s generated a decent amount of discourse, I’d like to add my two cents, because it is about Bakugou after all.

So, do I think Bakugou shouldn’t have been used for comic relief here? No, I think it's fitting because Bakugou is often used for comic relief, and I feel like this scene is supposed to come off mixed to us. We're supposed to find it funny, but since we also are the only ones privy to the full extent of Bakugou's feelings right now, we're also supposed to feel a little bad for him, because we know he's frustrated and worried about Deku and wants to check up on him, but he’s been stopped short from seeing him right now (though nobody else is allowed to come in either, so everybody loses). I also think it makes perfect sense for them to physically restrain Bakugou to stop him from moving. It's partly for his own good so he won’t reopen his wounds, and it's evident that by how desperate Bakugou is, he won’t listen to any kind of reasoning, so they have no choice but to resort to this. The students also don’t want Bakugou to disturb the rest of the patients in the hospital, hence that one lady going “At last, some relief!” I also think it's clear that his classmates are relieved to see that Bakugou is not so gravely injured that he still can't move around and yell. They're glad to see that he's awake at the very least. On the other hand, Bakugou does claim to Best Jeanist that he's not actually as okay as they think he is: whether he means emotionally or physically is uncertain. How seriously we’re supposed to take Bakugou’s confession of not being alright is also unclear. Whatever's truly the case, let's just assume that Bakugou is indeed, physically well enough right now to be out of the woods.

This leaves my only real gripe(?) with this scene: nobody acknowledges why Bakugou’s acting so emotional and out of control to begin with. Granted, I don't think anything anyone can say will stop Bakugou anyway, but an attempt at acknowledging his feelings would be nice. I mean, in 298, we already had Sato & Mineta warning Bakugou that if he kept moving around like that, he might die. So yeah, they did acknowledge Bakugou's physical state, but what about his emotional state? Why couldn't anyone say something like, "Bakugou, I know you're worried about Deku right now, but you need to slow down?" or "Man, Bakugou's really that determined to see Deku, huh?" or idk, just any kind of recognition of why he's acting that way?

Which leads me to the 2 ways I interpret their reactions in this scene: a) the class 1-A students & others there aren’t supposed to really understand Bakugou's behavior here because they don't know the full extent of what happened between Bakugou & Deku, or how Bakugou truly feels about him. One hint of this gap in understanding could be from the flashback sequence in 284, when Uraraka mistakenly thought that it was Bakugou's decision to use explosions against Deku for Black Whip training. The inclusion of that detail is very deliberate in showing a disparity between how people used to view Bakugou vs. how he actually is right now, particularly in regards to Deku. Hell, even I thought it was Bakugou's idea until Bakugou claimed otherwise.

And/or maybe it’s like b) when Bakugou got tied up at the Sports Festival: people rarely try to understand why Bakugou acts the way he does in the first place. It's easier & more convenient to just to scold him or put a muzzle on him. And the thing is, everyone did get that Bakugou was mad there because he felt like he won an unfair fight, but nobody tried to sympathize with why he'd feel that way (except Aizawa later, when he stood up for Bakugou at the press conference). It's not that I expect anyone to be particularly successful in talking down Bakugou, but an attempt at acknowledging why he's acting that way is enough to feel like the other characters have some respect for his personal feelings & desires.

And it's not like I'm asking them to psychoanalyze every single time Bakugou blows up: obviously it's not going to be that deep every time. But this is an extreme case here, and even then, Uraraka only made a surface observation of Bakugou being louder than ever (which is odd: Uraraka’s ability to understand Bakugou/his relationship with Deku has always been somewhat inconsistent).

Anyway, I don’t like how the opposition to any critique of this scene has devolved into "those stupid Bakugou stans overreacting and woobifying their uwu poor bby Bakugou" or even claiming that this is just “bkdk shippers being mad.” While I do think some people are blowing this scene a little out of proportion, I don't think it's unreasonable at all to interpret this scene as another instance of people not truly understanding Bakugou, particularly because there's been multiple precedents for this kind of situation before. Also, there's no need to bash or condescend people who have strong negative reactions to this scene: they're entitled to expressing their feelings. Saying that people are reading this wrong and need to shut up is just an attempt at shutting down any kind of conversation that you disagree with. You don’t get to dictate what’s reasonable to analyze or criticize and what’s not.

Everybody wants their favs’ struggles to be taken seriously, trust me: this isn’t just a Bakugou stan thing. Earlier in the series, nobody really cared about Bakugou being used as the butt of the joke because a lot of people didn’t like him, so it was framed as “heartless bully gets his just desserts.” But now that we know Bakugou a lot better as a person, and that we know that yes, he is indeed a human being with feelings like anyone else, it makes sense why a lot of us would feel more sympathetic toward him.

Personally, I’d just like it if other characters pointed out Bakugou’s true feelings more often, because I feel like Bakugou’s a lot more reasonable than they give him credit for, so the things he does often fly over their heads. Even some fans reading the series still have trouble grasping Bakugou’s true intentions, which is why it can be helpful to have other characters spell them out for us (i.e., All Might recognizing that Bakugou is worried for Deku). I mean, I’m genuinely surprised that they are people who are completely caught up with the manga and still don’t realize that “there being a dissonance between Bakugou’s true intentions and how he appears on the surface” is a big part of his character. But when the characters in-universe even act like this, I guess I can see why (but it would also be helpful to note that it is… indeed possible for characters to have more than one feeling or motivation for something…). Though I will admit that people can take this to the other extreme too and make him seem softer or more persecuted than he actually is.

In conclusion, this scene didn't bother me too much, but I also couldn't help but feel somewhat off-put by how all the reactions to Bakugou were missing the whole picture, but I feel like that’s kind of the point.

#this is a scene analysis but also a bit of a character study of bkg/fandom critique too #probably longer than it needs to be but hey that’s my brand #bnha manga spoilers #303

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It’s not so much that people get angry about you deleting your fics as it is your attitude about deleting them. It felt like you were bragging about it. It still does, whenever you bring it up. It feels rude, as do your implications that people are cheap and unwilling to pay for something they enjoy (especially when they have never been given the choice to pay for it). It’s not okay for people to attack you over any of this, but their frustration is understandable.

I don’t know if this ask will get long, but to be safe I’m going to put it under a cut just in case =u=

You know, I’ve noticed a trend about this kind of stuff -- especially on this site because people use the anon function to hide. Whenever someone is happy, whenever they express that and talk about it, there’s always people like you that try and tear the person down over it. Something good happens to someone and they dare talk about it and suddenly, that person is rude, that person is bragging, that person is stuck up, that person needs to be brought down a notch.

When I deleted my fics, the only thing I did was add a chapter to the chapter fics to apologize and explain why I was deleting so that people wouldn’t think I’d just up and vanished. That’s bragging to you? That’s having an attitude about it? Nah. People move on from things, it happens. And here’s a crazy thought: you’re allowed to do that. You don’t need anyone’s permission or anything, either. After deleting my fics, I explained why I did so. I didn’t have to do that, but I did. Sorry you got offended and sorry you don’t like seeing people happy and comfortable with themselves, but I’m not going to lose any sleep over it.

Also, look at the way you wrote this using phrases like “it felt” and “it feels.” This isn’t me having an attitude, this is you taking things I say and assigning your own feelings to it because you want me to come off in a negative way. Maybe you have negative feelings toward me for deleting and in retaliation you’ve decided I’m just a bad person with an attitude. I don’t know and honestly don’t care. I never made a single post on here about me, not one (1) post. I’ve answered asks when people asked about my books or congratulated me on anon and if you consider me answering people when they specifically ask about my books as bragging then that’s honestly a you problem and I can’t help you with that. I’m excited about what I do! I’m so happy and proud of what I’ve accomplished! I’ve overcome so much to get to where I’m at and I’m thrilled! You know nothing about my life, you know nothing about what I’ve gone through or what I do in a day, so why does hearing that I’m happy offend you so much?

And I need to address this: “as do your implications that people are cheap and unwilling to pay for something they enjoy (especially when they have never been given the choice to pay for it).” What in the ever loving fuck are you on sdgyifayso;difjalksd WHAT? This is just plain reaching because I don’t even know what you’re talking about. Are you insinuating I think people need to pay for fanfiction or...? If I thought people needed to pay for fanfiction why did I write over 100 of them just for Gintama alone and never ever ask for a single cent from anyone? If I thought people needed to pay for my fanfiction, why didn’t I start a Patreon and force people to pay if they wanted to get the next chapter? I’ve never needed anyone’s money and I’ve never asked for it, but oh man do I feel people are cheap because they’re not willing to pay because that makes so much sense.

All I can think is that you’re massively misinterpreting shit because you’re only seeing what you want to see. Have I told people like you that it’s ridiculous for you to be mad you’re not getting what you want for free anymore? Yeah. Does that mean I’m calling you cheap? Nope. That means I’m saying I spent years writing for free because I loved it and it’s ridiculous for you to be upset with me for no longer doing it.

At the end of the day, all I did was delete my fanfiction over two years ago. It was mine, I have every right to do what I want with it. I’m sorry you disagree, but people are allowed to do whatever they want with the things they create. People aren’t terrible just because they don’t do what you think they should and they’re not terrible for not reacting to hate like this the way you want them to. Your frustration isn’t understandable to me. I don’t go around assigning feelings to people I don’t know just because they did something for themselves and I’ve never in my life ever sent anyone anon hate. It’s not okay for people to attack me over this, but I also don’t see how you’re any better. “I’m not attacking you, I’m just trying to explain that I feel you’re rude and it feels like you have an attitude.”

If you feel compelled to send messages like this to people, then you should work on yourself first because going around trying to lecture people that have done nothing except mind their own business is just as childish and fucked up as publicly throwing tantrums in callout posts. And I think you know that. Otherwise, why are people like you always on anon?

#anon #long post

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basketballandtextbooks · 4 years

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i saw this discourse on other blogs and come to the realization that most people probably won’t agree with me but... here’s my two cents:

wendy and kyle are very similar characters, not identical, but the character writing in south park is usually quite shallow (for any character in the cast) and normally any depth that can actually be found in any one character is entirely coincidental or accidental on the part of the observer. For example, in a previous post I mentioned that Kyle probably learned to dance after the events of the rain forest episode, and we know he must have because of highschool musical. This creates and interesting nugget of character depth that fits with his overall character but the connection is most likely entirely accidental. Did the writers think that deeply about Kyle’s character, or did they just forget the throwaway joke they kin-assigned Kyle for one episodes purposes?

for me these gaps between writers intent and interpretation are entertaining and it’s very fun for me to play detective, putting together the whole characters through the lens of ‘death of the author’ and figuring out how the characters behave based on not only their behavior in any one individual episode, but how the inconsistent and shallow character writing makes an overall character-arc (no character is more fascinating in this fashion than Eric Cartman, who has the most cohesive and entirely accidental character arc that spans from episode one and showcases a fascinating and horribly flawed individual)

All of this stated, the similarities in how Kyle and Wendy are written may not be intentional, but the fact is that given the same exact situation they respond similarly and to varying degrees. A good example of this is when they are jealous or their ego is bruised, they both have a tendency to have excessive if not murderous reactions (teacher into the sun, nuke canada, burn down the school, bully your friends)

I don’t think anyone can really make a good faith argument denying that they have strong similarities. There are of course differences, during the smurfs Wendy showed a much cooler head than Kyle would in the same circumstance. They do not need to be identical to share strong similar characteristics

Now for how fandom has perceived Wendy.

There is good reason that some individuals feel that the fan-reaction towards her isn’t entirely based on her writing being inherently ‘worse’ than Kyle’s. It also isn’t true that everyone who loves Kyle and hates Wendy is sexist or suffering from a case of internal misogyny.

That said, Wendy is held to a higher standard than Kyle is. Or more accurately, she is held to account for her actions in canon and Kyle is not. A primary example that I’ve heard multiple times in explaining why she’s a ‘bad’ character or a ‘bad’ person is that she broke Stan’s heart by dumping him. Some accuse her of cheating on him (with either Gregory or Token, pick your poison).

We can dismiss the cheating accusations immediately, there isn’t even a sliver of evidence she ever cheated. The times where she pursued other love interests they were either broken up or not together.

But the underlying message that hurting Stan makes her a bad character and not holding Kyle to that same account when Kyle, as early as the super best friends episode and as terribly as the assburgers episode, has a pattern of hurting Stan and in worse ways.

Wendy dumped him, that’s awful, but she’s allowed to have different feelings for other people and she’s allowed to end a relationship with a boy who constantly vomited on her. But the fan perception of this is “what a bitch” while the reaction to the style friend breakups is “oooh the angst”

This is only one of the ways we can see her being held to a different standard than Kyle. Not every fan is guilty of this, but enough people share this sentiment that is entirely justified for people to point out what appears to be underlying misogyny in how the characters are treated.

There are arguments based more on her writing than her actions, I have heard the ‘she’s always right and that’s not realistic’ on at least four different occasions now. But not only is this factually untrue if you’ve actually watched the show, it ignores the many times Kyle has also been right for seemingly no other reason than the writers convenience. Making him the moral center of the episode or a center of a joke. I find the ‘she’s too perfect’ to be a bad faith argument because the research behind it is shoddy and even when the person behind it acknowledges cases where she was wrong (killing her teacher, bullying, petty grudges to name a few) it’s always hand-waved away as ‘oh, okay, that once, but other than anything that disagrees with me, she’s too perfect. This is a very clear case of confirmation bias. Any evidence that backs the argument that she’s too perfect is guarded and anything that refutes it is discarded.

There will be some fans that hate her and love Kyle for completely unrelated reasons to holding her to a different standard, sexism, or internalized misogyny. But it is a fact that a significant amount of the fandom holds her to a completely different standard and a very possible reason for that is either her gender or how she disrupts their precious ships.

I would make the argument that she has a far stronger and more engaging characterization than Clyde using the same standards I set above where I judge characters based on the totality of their appearances rather than on individual episode. A even removing that framework and basing solely on episodes that focus on them individually, she has a stronger character. And yet I have never once heard or seen anyone making the argument that they dislike Clyde because his character is too flat. This is another case where she, and the majority of the female cast, is held to a different standard. I’ve never seen anyone say ‘it’s hard to write Gregory because he has very little character and the writers only created a flat stereotype’. But I see that sort of perspective all the time for female characters that have more screen-time and development than Gregory ever had.

I love all the characters above and I find their characterizations and lack thereof to be a fascinating puzzle that I spend my free-time putting together.

But female characters in South Park do suffer from what I would consider a form of internalized misogyny. Most fans don’t do this on purpose (thus internalized) but the society we’ve been raised in has a tendency to put men and women on different scales.

This isn’t a scale that’s fair to either sex. The unconscious mentality that “its okay if he has no personality because he’s a guy” does men a disservice too. If you do fall under the category of someone who judges the female characters more than the male ones, I’m not trying to say you’re a bad person or even that you’ve done a bad thing. I want you to reconsider your opinion. Take a moment to actually think about it. I know I’ve been guilty of holding men and women to different standards. In both real life and fiction, I expect less from men. I look down on them in an unhealthy fashion that if I don’t address, could lead to ending up in harmful situations or harming someone else.

fiction is a lens that we can use to better understand reality. I am an advocate that you can treat fictional characters in any way you like and it doesn’t fucking matter. You want to kill Wendy because you think she’s an annoying bitch? Go for it. It doesn’t matter. Wendy is not real.

I don’t want you to change your fandom behaviors, I want you to reexamine them and ask yourself how deeply the disparity in how you view men and women goes. If you use fiction as an outlet for misogynistic or even misandrist feelings, I think that’s valid, but I want you to know that you’re doing it.

If you hold men and women to different standards, whether in fiction, real life, or both, I want you to be aware of it.

Now the elephant in the room.

Damien is one of the most popular characters in South Park and he has one episode focusing on his character. His personality is frequently discarded because in canon, he’s an uppity little git who is both petty and weak. He wants to be liked, is affected by bullying, and cries to his daddy about it.

In fandom he is frequently portrayed as a cool and collected impervious person who, yes, has a temper but instead of how petulant and bratty he appeared in canon, fandom portrays this as ‘badass’.

To put it simply, fandom has a tendency to ignore canon entirely in the name of what’s ‘hot’. They want the prince of hell to be sexy and dangerous, so he is just that.

The majority of popular fanon characterizations fit these same molds. They want Butters to be cute and sweet, so every character flaw he’s ever had is hand-waved away.

How does this relate to my topic?

Fans of the female characters are not impervious to this. Heidi Turner is an extremely flawed and vicious individual who would stoop to any low to protect her damaged pride. She is also a victim in a toxic relationship that put her through a horrible experience. And so the fandom either acknowledges one half, how cruel she can be, or the other, how pure a victim she was someone protect her. And neither combine her to a whole character. A person who was in a bad situation, had a lot of positive traits, bad things happened to her, and she didn’t bad things in return. Her penitent for cruelty in some earlier episodes when she was still a bg character is completely hand-waved away by both camps.

She’s an interesting character and she’s dumbed down for the pleasure of the audience, isn’t this the same treatment the men receive and thus invalidates my entire thesis that they’re held to a different standard?

For starters, the idea that an argument is entirely invalid because of one exception is in itself a fallacy, but to avoid acknowledging her existence would be confirmation bias. She is an anomaly, a female character given the same treatment as the male characters. Is it because she’s deeper or better written than the other female characters? I would argue no, critically watching her episodes she has tons of the same troped behavior that the fans love to despise in the rest of the female cast. Although unlike the other characters (both male and female), where I must do an in-depth watch of the series over the course of 20+ seasons in order to create a whole understanding of them, the majority of her arc happens over the course of two seasons.

An easily digestible amount of content. No one needs to put together the puzzle pieces to understand her like you do with the majority of the cast, it’s all there.

Except it isn’t, and this is why I mentioned her behavior in earlier seasons is discarded. The way people frame her is solely from the seasons where she’s a primary character, ignoring the clear characterization we got from her in earlier seasons that do help to create a more whole understanding of her personality and character.

That all said, there are still portions of the fandom who hate her purely because she blocks their kyman or style or insert-gay-ship-here. There are fans who hate her not because of her flawed personality or even that they find her character flat, but purely because they want to see ‘two hot boys kiss get the gross girl out’. Which is a pretty common mistreatment of Wendy as well.

Now, male characters are on occasion given this treatment but nowhere near as often. While creek shippers and crenny shippers might fight until their last breath, neither group seems to actually hate Kenny or Tweek. But in the ship wars of a ‘het ship’ vs a ‘gay ship’, the female character is frequently trashed by the gay side.

I could go into an aside about the troubling fetishization of gay men that borders on outright homophobia at times, but this has been surprisingly alot.

I guess my point is that any which way you fandom, try to at least understand that sexism is real and be aware when you might be perpetuating messages that can appear unbalanced. And maybe, ask yourself why you do that.

#meta #and this is when everyone unfollows #sometimes when you're being perceived as problematic #it's because there's a problem

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biestcallisto · 4 years

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Nobody here is saying that you shouldnt vote or fuck voting, but dont come here and act as if youre an expert on the subject when you yourself admitted you dont know enough about american politics, yet you choose and feel comfortable enough to give your 2 cents on that matter and to police others on how to organize in america, while being completely isolated from these issues all the way in germany. 3/

This is going to be the only one of your messages I am going to answer. Because in others you simply misquote me or are so agitated that you misunderstand me. Yes, people do say “dont vote” or “Fuck voting”. That is the entire point I disagree with. I did not say “Rioting doesn’t solve anything”. Let me make it more clear. Rioting is a fist. In order for the fist to be effective you also need a voice. Protesters are a voice. In order to be heard, you need an ear. Elected representatives are an ear. That’s why one should always ALSO use their other voice. The voice in the ballot box. At best: GET ELECTED. That’s even better, especially if there is no reasonable ear on the ballot box. I am not undervaluing protests or riots. If you ask nicely without showing you have a capable fist, no motherfucker in charge is going to listen. Those are important and should be kept up. Also important: Information. There is a great article about policing on medium called Confessions of a former Bastard Cop. Educating oneself and others is just as important as a protest. The protest doesn’t change anyone's mind if “anyone” isn’t provided with information about WHY you protest and what solutions you propose to solve the problem. A protest is saying “THIS is a problem”. That is important. Also important is finding a solution for the problem AND sharing the information about the solution so that others stand with you to solve the problem.

In short: Not only are there multiple ways to approach a large systemic problem. The people need to walk ALL the multiple ways.

*Multiple paths need to be walked in order to achieve progress.*

Multiple- like protests, riots, education (aka sharing information) and also voting.

You need the elected people to change legislation and laws. You also need people to protest, to say “this is a problem”. You also need people who provide solutions. You need people who share the solutions so that they’re widely known. And in some communities you need to burn down a police station. I never said “oh don’t burn down a police station”. YOU know YOUR community better than any outsider. I wouldn’t burn down MY police station, because in my country police (although ALSO with racism and brutality problems, US ain’t that special, we are not free and totally separated from your problems. It’s just less bad) is vastly different from the police in the US. But if my police would start killing people every year without consequence I would reconsider my stance about MY police station. I won’t tell YOU what to do with yours. Because YOU know YOUR police in YOUR community. With community I mean your neighbourhood, not your whole country (though it seems more problematic the bigger the city is)

The problem with American elections is imho that yall are so focused on the presidential election. That’s just one guy in a whole system though. You should vote for your senators, governors, mayors and fucking school board. You should always always always vote. As long as you’re able. I get it might be hard depending on your socio-economic status and I wouldn’t judge you if you’re poor and going to an election would mean losing a paycheck. That’s pretty shitty of America but not the fault of an individual. (I wouldn’t judge anyone for not voting. I just think it’s a mistake to NOT use this tool) Let’s take a look at Obama. Oh wow, a black president, racism solved. Meanwhile he was a shitty president who either couldn’t do good things because congress and senators or whatev was Republican dominated. These Republicans could stop everything and simply because he was black, they stopped as many good things as they could. On the same time he WAS passing bad legislations as well. These the Republicans let happen. If back then all of you would have voted a different congress in, with progressives in like AOC or Ilhan Omar (sorry if that name is wrong) and less Reps, Obama might have done more good things and less bad things. I remember yall used to have a term for presidents with their hands tied because of congress: lame duck. Why was Trump able to do so many shitty things? Because congress and whatev is still dominated by the Reps. Please, keep putting the pressure on. But *also*: VOTE. And btw, if you don’t like the two party system? Build the Third party via ALL minor elections. Put the Third party in mayor offices and then you have a chance to break the two party system. ONLY then. Not by only voting for a president. Vote always WHILE protesting and sharing information.

And fucking abolish ICE too.

PS: A large problem is only solved with multiple diverse tools. One tool is a protest. One tool is a riot. One tool is burning down a police station. One tool is sharing education. One tool is elections. Do not throw any of these tools away just because you think another tool is more effective. Yes, protests ARE effective. But yall.... Americans are always acting as if the people in elected positions are different from yall. They’re not. They are supposed to REPRESENT YALL. They often don’t and they themselves think they’re different and better than yall cause they got money. There are initiatives to get money out of politics. I’m sure there are also initiatives to make lobbyism for transparent or even stop it. For fucks sake, abolish and defund police and ICE. But also get money out of politics and fucking vote whenever you’re allowed.

They made LAWS to forbid people from voting. You get in prison and are not allowed to vote anymore. You get out of prison and still are not allowed to vote and most of these are BLACK people or other people of color. Why? Because they want YOU to NOT vote. Imho it should be your moral duty to vote for anyone who isn’t allowed anymore. They hate minorities voting. That’s why they target black people and poor people.

So there’s the system basically stopping as many black and poor people from voting as it can. And then there’s you ALSO telling black and poor people to not vote. Great.

If you can, DO BOTH. Protest and vote. Riot and vote. Educate and vote.

#long post #Do what you can #including to vote

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I’m confused by you asking V “Why are you pooping where you eat ?”. It makes sense that her and Silky would do a tour together cuz that’s her best friend who she loves and supports :). Nothing wrong with that. Plus a lot of people love their dynamic even if it’s a bit chaotic.

Disclaimer: a) If I sound angry or mean or negative, it is not my intention. I tend to come off as dry in text. b) I don’t hate anyone, let alone a drag queen that has no impact on my life. c) this is my opinion based on my observation, you are allowed to have yours and it doesn’t need to match. d) this gonna be long because there was already a discussion on this in the gc so I’m covering everything

Now,

Don’t poop where you eat is usually used when you advise against mixing business with pleasure or in any way engaging in dubious behaviour at a place where you frequent/earn your living.

I say that for this tour because I believe that this could potentially result negatively for Vanjie. I say this because I have followed and love V since s10 and the behaviour she exhibits when she is with Silky is far, far more chaotic and messy than when she is with other queens or by herself. I say this because this quarantine has given me an impression that V is trying to promote Silky and boost her career (which, okay, she is her friend and there is nothing wrong with that). But, it became Silky and Vanjie show, where Silky dominates everything they do, and Vanjie is either side commentary or laugh track. When they do lives together, they do them on Vs page (yes because they’ll get more views) but Silky still gets upset when people focus only on Vanjie. Problem is, a lot of people still are not a fan of Silky. You can see in the comments of the tour there is already someone saying ‘why silky’. To me, Silky should’ve tried to establish herself as her own person with help of Vanjie as in support and promo not latching on to her hoping the perception of her will change. I personally believe that while we can talk about mushy stuff and how this is noble and beautiful (which it is) I want to express the business side concern (it’s my education I can’t help it) where this *could potentially* - I’m not saying I’m 100% sure and throwing accusations- slow down V on her path or even pull her backwards. If they put on a proper show (not improv/wing it because Silky will dominate and it will be chaotic and could potentially turn south) and they structure it and execute it, sure it could be amazing but if they exhibit behaviour they have already shown, nahh. Now you could say, “but it’s one show”, sure, but if SIlky doesn’t achieve what she wants it won’t be. And if it’s a repetitive thing, people will get bored. Remember, you’re only as funny as your ability to channel it.

I want V to be mainstream enormously successful, and from the examples of queens/influencers/celebrities, this could not be the path she wants to go on. I love her and she has so much talent and charisma, but I wish she spent this quarantine trying to earn herself some coin and work on projects and not just go on live so that Silky can find herself a man.

Don’t use successful duos as a counterargument because all successful duos have been two established people previous and remain two established people who happen to do things together.

I can’t stress this enough, this is my opinion and I don’t hate Silky, I don’t like what she is selling (but that’s another discussion) and I don’t like her influence on V. I’m only mentioning her when it has to do with V because I care for V. And no, don’t think ‘but it’s her best friend if you don’t like Silky you don’t like V or a part of V’ because that’s not realistic, sometimes people are in relationships that are bad for them and you’re also allowed not to love someone by pressure. Also the argument ‘well you’d like it if B and V did a tour together’ actually I’d be skeptic too because they’re very different but at least I do believe from past experiences that B has a good influence on V.

This is way too long but I over-explain things always. In any case, we clearly disagree judging by the tone of your ask but I wanted to put my two cents in anyways.

#anon #they are best friends but i'm yet to be convinced they can monetize it #Anonymous

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dekimdeku · 5 years

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Cold Touches - Todoroki x Reader (Chapter 2)

Notes: English is not my mother language so forgive for any mistake.

Just to make things clear: 'Italic+bold quotes' are the characters throughs.

Warning: cursing.

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Chapter one

"OH MY GOD! Y/N IS THAT YOU?" Y/N heard a cheerful voice and saw a pair of horns and pink locks.

"ASHIDO! COME HERE." And in seconds both girls were hugging and giggling.

"So have you met the other girls?" Mina asked pulling away the hug.

"Not really, I just talked a bit with Ochaco and Jirou."

"So let's find the others. I'm sure they'll love you".

Just like that Y/N was introduced to a floating dress called Hagakure, a really pretty girl called Momo and a cute frog girl called Tsuyu.

"I can't believe you and Bakugou are related. You're so nice." Tsuyu said and even being a little mad about someone insulting her brother Y/N let out a chuckle. She knew Katsuki wasn't an easy person.

"So Y/N you don't seem too much younger than us? How old are you?" Ochaco asked with genuine curiosity.

"I am fifteen years old. I am just one year younger than Katsuki."

"Wait so you're starting high school, right?"

"Yes. In fact I applied to U.A. Support course. I should get the results tomorrow." Y/N said with a smile.

"That's so cool Y/N! I am one hundred per cent sure you will pass." Ochaco said smiling. "And if you pass I could aways get my suit adjusted with you. If you're okay with it of course."

"I am, really. Actually I am the one who developed the mechanism of the Grenades Gloves in Katsuki's suit." Y/N said with a proud voice.

"Those grenades are the best part of Katsuki suit. You seem really smart and talented, Y/N." A male voice emmerged and Y/N ruby eyes met again with heterochromatic ones.

"Thanks Todoroki-Kun. Katsuki came with the original idea. I just helped him put it into practice." 'WHY AM I TRYING TO EXPLAIN MYSELF TO HIM? OH FUCK.'

"uh... Y/N?" Turning around you saw Kirishima with his sharky smile. 'Cute'

"Oh hey Kiri. What's up?"

"Remember that Crimson Riot rare shirt that I told you about? Wanna see it?"

'What the fuck is talking' Y/N frowned a bit. 'Oh. I get it now.' The girl glanced around the backyard and found her brother in one of the tables with a scowl in his face deeply focused in the UNO game he was playing with other boys. 'I think we have time'.

"Sure Kiri, I would love to"

All the girls were chatting with each other not really paying attention about the conversation but the half n' half boy didn't lose a single word and couldn't allow himself to stop thing about the meaning of the strange invitation. 'Why am I bothered anyway?'

...

As soon as the door Eijirou pulled Y/N close to his body and let his right hand travel through Y/N's back while the other hand cupped the girl's cheek. Y/N felt Eijirou’s hot breath near her face. Her heart was pounding fast and she could feel her face getting warmer.

“I missed you.” Eijirou smiled and Y/N couldn't take it anymore. The girl sealed her lips into Kirishima's and melted in his embrace.

A few months ago...

It all started after Katsuki being kidnapped by the League of Villains. At first Eijirou was just a friend who gave her emotional support while she recovered of the trauma of almost losing her brother. But then the two realize everything they had in common: Favorite heros, movies, songs and suddenly they were texting non stopping everyday. Y/N also learned about the boy's insecurities and did her best to help him. And in one of his game evenings in Y/N's home it just happened. Her parents weren't home and Katsuki had left the house to buy some snacks. Eijirou and Y/N were talking in the living room about the new edition of the comic about Kamui Woods and suddenly their faces were drawn to each other resulting in a passionate kiss.

The situation repeated a few times when the two found themselves alone: Talking. Kissing. Awkward moment when both didn't knew what to do or what to say. Y/N making a sloppy excuse to leave the place.

Y/N felt weird. She didn't had any romantic feelings for Eijirou but he was one of her closest friends. He was also Katsuki’s best friends and without a doubt her brother would be mad if he found out about what happened in his absence. But still, the girl enjoyed the moments shared with the Red hero and even made the first move to initiate the kisses a couple times. She definitely didn't want to stop whatever they had.

Y/N was at her school in the last class of the day not paying much attention to whatever the teacher was saying. She had a lot in her mind and couldn’t wait to go home. Still thinking about UA, Eijirou, and the changes she could make in her brother suits and other heros, Y/N felt something vibrate in her bag. Discreetly grabbing her phone the girl saw a text message from Eijirou.

Eijirou:

Hey Y/N, you're probably in school right now so please forgive me. But there’s a few thing I wanted to discuss with you… Could you meet me at Dagobah beach park in two hours?

Y/N:

Not problem at all, Eiji. I wanted talk to you too but I have no idea where is this park :( the only Dagobah I know is where Yoda trained Luke lol

Eijirou:

It’s the one that used to be a trash spot but got mysteriously cleaned.

Y/N:

Oh, I know where it is. See you later. :)

…

Y/N saw Eijirou sitting in the sand looking peacefully to the sea. Standing behind him, the girl positioned her hands in the boy's eyes.

“Y/N? Is that you?” He told and smiled.

“Hey sharkboy.” She said taking her hands off his eyes hugging him from behind. Eijirou scanned the girls features and felt his face getting warmer with the approximation.

“So… what you wanted to discuss?”

“Well… I am feeling a little bit confused. You know… About us. And I think the manliest thing to do about it is talking to you.” Y/N just nod to the boy. “To be honest, I think you're amazing. You're beautiful, smart, cool and mainly” The girl smiled in response. “The thing is I really enjoyed the times we kissed but came to the conclusion that I don't have romantic expectations about us. I want to be your friend.” He told you like he was apologising.

“Kiri. It's fine. I think we’re in the same page here. I don't have romantic feelings for you either. I just like being with you and I appreciate our friendship.” His features seemed to relax.

“But I am sorry. I feel like what I did was kinda wrong and unmainly. I shouldn't have kissed you.”

“I disagree. I don't know if you remember but I started a few times.” Y/N said with a grin and Eijirou laughed. “In fact I wouldn't mind if we did it again.”

…

Currently

“Kids c'mon. Lunch is ready.” Eijirou’s mother said. She was a little bit mad about her son inviting almost twenty teenagers to her house but she enjoyed the energy. Quickly all of them positioned the tables of the backyard making just a big one. “I hope you all like soba.”

At the sound of the word soba Y/N felt wonderful. “Soba is my favorite meal! Arigato gozaimasu Mrs. Akaisame.” Y/N said followed by all the others thanking Kirishima's mom.

“Soba is my favorite too.” Todoroki said. The boy was sitting in front of Y/N and between Bakugou and Hagakure. “That's cool. Making soba was the first thing I asked my mother to teach me.”

“I see...One of my favorite childhood memories is my mom making soba. I guess that’s why I like it so much.” Todoroki said and Y/N saw a hint of sorrow in his face. She smiled softly.

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lupizora · 5 years

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Curiosity

This was my piece for the @thebnhaspacezine! It was an honor to work together with so many amazing artists and writers to raise funds for The Trevor Project! I enjoyed the whole process greatly, and it was fun to indulge myself into writing about Mecha suits and space with no other than the kickass Kendou (she is one of my favorite BNHA girls in the series). ^w^

Also, a big thank you to my lovely beta readers, @kacchansass and @myloveistoblame for their tremendous help into polishing this story.

This fic wouldn't have been the same without you~ ♥

Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure

Pairing: Gen

Rating: G

Word Count: 1996

Summary: Satellite Maintenance Leader Kendou Itsuka has faced several challenges during her duties in the past. When an accident occurs, Kendou's choice brings her a step closer to the answer they had been searching for all along.

“Ground Control to Major Tom. Do you copy?”

Kendou smiled as her T-5 mobile suit came to a halt in a series of tremors. The crew never stopped finding new ways to joke about her promotion for the past six months. It didn’t bother her though. Kendou considered it endearing that they indulged her when she was blasting classical music during work. It made the routine of the Satellite more bearable.

She flicked the intercom switch over her head. “Major Tom to Ground Control. How are you guys?”

“Same old, same old.” Fukidashi’s voice wavered through the speakers, the volume rising and lowering as if he was underwater. It was a common characteristic of his species as their heads were an ever-shifting liquid. “Anything new to report, Major?”

Kendou glanced to her right. Floating like a pearly white lance in front of Beta, the Satellite continued its orbit around the planet. Her mobile suit clung on the third crescent structure that circled around the main shaft. Its slow rotation always allowed Kendou to see Alnitak Aa in the distance. Despite several parsecs separating them, her home planet was not able to hide the blue supergiant star. It reminded Kendou of a permanent sun rising behind an invisible horizon.

“Nothing out of the ordinary,” she said. “Dunno if the others have anything else to report.”

“Aren’t they with you?” he asked.

“I’m on my way to them.” A cold feeling traveled along her spine, and Kendou restarted the suit. “What’s wrong?”

Fukidashi took a lot of awful seconds to reply. “We haven’t been able to reach them for fifteen minutes now.”

“And their marks?”

“They are all glitching except yours. I thought it was another interference honestly.”

She sighed. “No need to panic. Make sure backup is on standby and wait for my signal.”

“Roger!”

The T-5 gained speed, its legs thumping against the surface of the Satellite. Her heartbeat pounded as if Kendou was the one running, and her link with the suit wasn’t the only thing responsible. Even the slightest deviation from the routine amounted to a threat. That was the nature of working on nothing remotely Earth-based.

The construction site came into focus along with the bright red TALOS suits of her teammates. They were under attack. Bots swarmed over their every direction as if the surface had come to life. Whatever they did must have been serious to receive such a massive reaction. Kendou didn’t want to point fingers at the moment. She wanted them safe. With a powerful jump, she landed on a robot that threatened the T-6 of Kodai Yui.

“You okay?” Kendou asked.

Kodai gave her a thumbs-up with the suit.

Kendou pointed in the direction she came from. “Communication works that way. Tell them we need reinforcements.”

Kodai seemed hesitant but lead the T-6 away nonetheless.

Up ahead, the rest of the team took a stand against the onslaught. Kendou dashed to their aid, tearing a robot from the T-13’s back.

“Nice save!” Tetsutetsu shouted through the intercom.

They stood back to back, striking down any blue light that moved. The security robots were quick on their four legs. Graced with sharp teeth and claws, they were set on tearing the TALOS suits apart.

The last member with his T-1 was kneeling a few meters away. “Care to explain what’s going on?” Kendou asked him.

“Malfunctioning,” Awase said, panic coloring his words. “Give me two minutes.”

“That’s no simple malfunctioning. What did you do?”

“Nothing! I swear!”

“It all started after we cut that damn cable,” Tetsutetsu grumbled.

“You did what?!” she yelled.

“It snapped on its own! The thing was at least a hundred years old for fuck’s sake. Whoever thought the TALOS suited this job is beyond me. I mean, look at these!” Awase rattled his suit’s burly arms. “You’re putting them to better use now.”

Kendou punched a robot out of the T-1’s range. “Stop complaining like an old man and tell me the plan.”

“I say we punch the thing into oblivion,” Tetsutetsu said.

Awase cursed under his breath. “I’m trying to glue these things together and bypass the security protocol on this delicate equipment. And this is your two cents?”

Kendou didn’t disagree with his reasoning. They strived to maintain a balance with this ancient machinery in the hope that it’d reveal its secrets. Violent approaches were frowned upon for that reason. They had to do something though. Damaging one small part of the Satellite wouldn’t be too troublesome. After decades of human space exploration, the technology still needed a good whack from time to time. Tools don’t make craftsmen; it is how they use them.

“Tetsutetsu! We’ll go with your plan!”

The T-13 turned around mid-punch. A jumbled mess of vowels came through the intercom as its owner tried to object.

“You serious?!” Awase screamed instead. “What part of ‘This is delicate equipment’ you didn’t catch?”

“We are running out of time! I’m gonna do it,” she said. “Just get out of the way.”

“Are you sure, boss?”

In the past, Kendou would have never done anything this reckless. She would have analyzed every variable and form a cohesive plan. They were in space, the most dangerous frontier humans had ever crossed. One thoughtless action and her life would have been at stake. But she would do anything to protect her team. After going through a lot together, their bonds ran deep enough for her to consider them as family.

“Yes! Now take him out of here!”

Tetsutetsu grabbed the T-1 from behind. While Awase struggled to free the suit from his wrestling hold, the T-13’s thrusters led both suits into the darkness of the cosmos.

The moment they were out of reach, Kendou slammed her fist on the control panel. Cracks spread on the Satellite’s surface beneath her feet. She felt rather than heard the rumble it produced, waiting until it stopped to pull her hand back. The suit’s fingers opened with ease. Nothing seemed damaged. Whopping cheers resonated through the intercom as she looked up to reassure them. Then all hell broke loose.

The explosion was soundless, as everything in space should be. So the T-5’s speakers only received Kendou’s screams. The destroyed arms unraveled outside her broken windshield like puzzle pieces floating away to join the stars. Numb and in great pain, Kendou plummeted helplessly under the crescent. Beta’s sole star appeared before her. Together with Alnitak, they cast a crown of light over the planet. Blues and reds and yellows spread around her like spilled watercolors over a dark canvas. Despite her desperation, Kendou was still wishing to protect this breathtaking view with all of her heart.

As she continued her descent into the planet’s shadow, a slice of light remained flickering outside the suit. Slowly, it transformed into a figure much alike Kendou’s. The celestial woman’s fair skin gave off a golden glow, bright enough to conceal the details of her features. Her long midnight hair blended with the cosmos; constellations dancing among the strands.

The woman entered the cockpit as if nothing was there to stop her. With no further resistance, her hands cupped Kendou’s face. They were warm, anchoring Kendou against the crippling cold that wanted to consume her whole. Her breath fogged the glass of her helmet. Still, the celestial’s eyes remained visible like two pools of endless night and knowledge. Leaning close enough for their foreheads to touch, the brightness of the lady’s form consumed Kendou’s line of vision. Her consciousness followed as everything faded to black.

Voices called her name. Someone shook Kendou’s shoulders. Opening her eyes, a blue light greeted her from above. It bounced on Tetsutetsu’s rigid hairdo, giving it a metallic glint. Tears shined on the keratin spikes around his eyes.

“Are you all right?” he shouted.

A cane smacked him on the shoulder. “She will be, if you give her some room to breathe.”

Tetsutetsu stepped back to reveal Shuzenji Chiyo, the space station’s head doctor. Behind her Awase and Kodai observed the scene, visibly relaxing after a good look at Kendou.

They were in the station’s infirmary. Screens stood in place of windows, usually running diagnostics on the current patients—Kendou in this case.

“Boss…” Awase started, clenching his fists on his sides. “We… I’m sorry for what happened! I’m ready to receive my punishment!”

“Wait a minute, man! It was my idea. You should punish me!” Tetsutetsu said patting his chest.

Shuzenji smacked their shins with deadly accuracy. “What are you younglings saying? The woman just woke up. Leave this for a later date.”

Raising her arm, Kendou returned their attention to the bed. “It’s okay... Granny.” Her voice sounded as scratchy as it was on her throat. “It was.... my call to make.”

“But-”

“No buts. She needs rest so get out!” Shuzenji pushed all three through the door and sighed when the opening closed again. “How are you feeling, dear?”

Kendou stared at her arm. Every part of her body felt sluggish but she could move without thinking. This shouldn’t be possible. In the back of her mind, she still remembered the agony of being trapped inside her own body.

“Thank the stars something disconnected you or the damage would have been significantly worse. Your nervous system is still in shock,” Shuzenji said as she checked Kendou’s vitals. “Security robots and mines? Millennia might separate our civilizations, but we think alike. Such a shame.”

“Granny. I saw one of the Ancients.”

The old lady looked up from the tablet but said nothing, prompting her to continue.

“I wasn’t disconnected. My hands didn’t budge. I couldn’t do anything about the controls. Then she appeared.” Kendou’s breath dropped as she replayed that moment. “Like a ghost in space.”

“People hallucinate many things during a situation like this. Our radars caught no other heat signature than yours.” Shuzenji clasped her shoulder. “This was probably only a vision.”

Kendou nodded reluctantly.

While listening to the rest of the doctor’s report, her luck became apparent. Other than the lack of limb-coordination, she had minimal injuries. Two weeks of rehab and she’d return to her duties without a problem.

The reality of going through it turned out less simple. Her feet refused to step one after the other. Her fingers wouldn’t hold onto anything. However, Kendou had faced similar problems when she first applied for the space program. Truths which had shaped her entire life didn’t apply on zero gravity. This gave her hope and before long, Kendou stood inside the hangar again.

“How does it feel being back?” Awase asked from her left.

Kendou finished securing her long auburn ponytail inside the helmet. “I didn’t expect much and you know what? I wasn’t disappointed.”

He snorted. “For one, I’m glad you’re back. These past few weeks were hell.”

“Monoma can’t be that bad of a commander.”

“Just a shitload overzealous. Not gonna lie. It was a nice change of pace but it’s different with you, boss.”

“Yeah, I’m more likely to save your butt.” She punched him playfully on the shoulder.

“Truer words have never been spoken!” Tetsutetsu said as he enveloped both into a tight hug. “Let’s go, Red Oni Team!”

“Please don’t call us odd names,” Kodai said as they boarded their suits.

Stepping outside, Kendou was pleased to find the same void and stars. The Satellite was in the same spot too; its presence reminding her of an old promise.

“I’m gonna find what you are...” Her nine-year-old self vowed, stargazing from their front porch.

Kendou knew she had only a slim chance of learning the Satellite’s true purpose in her lifetime. It’d be too much to ask for the universe to reveal the rest of its many secrets. But maybe everything was more connected than it seemed. So, if she continued down this path, would it be possible to meet her savior again?

Although the cosmos remained silent, some stars flickered a little stronger than before.

A/N: For those that have purchased the zine, you might have noticed the ending here is kinda different from what's in the zine. The truth is I overestimated my word count and ended up with two additional pages. It resulted in me changing the ending to be fair for the rest of my fellow colleagues. But I really liked my original ending so this is what you see here. You could say the zine ending is exclusive to those who bought it in a way XDD

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winryofresembool · 6 years

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EdWin one-shot: A Food Fight (of sorts)

Summary: Ed and Winry are preparing to move in together a bit before their wedding, but of course things don’t go like planned. (could be canon ‘verse or whatever universe you want!)

A/N: my part of the fic-art trade with @mavistuffz! I was planning to finish this way earlier but sometimes life and writer’s block happens :/ Either way, I really hope you’ll enjoy this! It’s probably not quite what you had in mind, but hey, it’s EdWin, so that’s the main thing, right? :’) Let me know what you think!

Words: 2900+ (hey, at least it’s p long?)

Genre: fluff

Warnings: swearing and some sexual implications, I guess (nothing bad tho)

Ed and Winry had only one month left till their wedding, and that meant a lot needed to be done before the big day. The quests had been invited, dresses and suits bought, the venue and the theme colors chosen (to Ed’s surprise, Winry had even allowed a little bit of black in the decorations because it had been his wish), but that didn’t mean they were anywhere near done.

Perhaps one of the biggest tasks they needed to do before the wedding was moving into their own house. It had been decided they’d move to Rush Valley after returning their honeymoon, which meant their new home needed to be organized before the wedding. That only added pressure for the bride and groom who had been stressed even before the moving.

They had found a nice small place near Garfiel’s, something Winry was happy about despite her teacher’s playful accusations that one day she’d open her own automail shop and steal all his customers. While Winry was dreaming about opening her own shop at some point, she had a secret she had only told Ed so far, a secret that would affect her professional career quite a bit. That’s why she was perfectly happy to work with Garfiel until she was financially stable to start her own business. Ed would still continue doing his research, and he had also received an interesting offer from General Mustang. He had suggested Ed become an alchemy teacher in a nearby university that had been opened recently. The young man had been a bit reluctant, reminding Roy he couldn’t even perform alchemy anymore, but afterwards he had told Winry he might consider it. That way he could spread important information that could help them avoid the misuse of alchemy in the future.

The couple finished carrying the last pieces of furniture (Winry only carrying light clothes boxes because of her condition) and decided to take a breather before starting to organize the smaller objects into their shelves. They had decided to start with the kitchenware because they were planning to spend the night in their new home and cook something for their helpers, Al, Garfiel and Paninya.

“Whew, I thought we’d never get it finished,” Ed swept sweat from his forehead and took a couple of steps back to see the final results of his work.

“Can you believe it? Our first home together,” Winry marveled as she watched the view from the kitchen.

Ed walked right behind her and wrapped his arms around her belly. “Well, technically we have been living together for quite a while now…”

“You know what I mean,” Winry remarked. “This isn’t my granny’s place, this is yours, mine and the baby’s.”

When Winry said the last word, Ed’s hand automatically sought the still non-existent bump and rubbed it lightly through her shirt.

“Do you think she will be angry?” Ed asked worriedly.

“About the baby? She’ll probably say something like ‘you damn kids start way too early these days’ and then congratulate us. I’m pretty sure she and my grandfather weren’t married yet when they had my father…”

“The old hag is something else,” Ed snorted. “Remember what Dominic told us about her?”

“Hey, this is my granny we are talking about! Please have some respect, she let you live under her roof!” Winry reminded him and slapped his hands away from her belly.

“And while there, I also got her granddaughter pregnant,” Ed laughed and earned an elbow on his ribcage.

“Ouch!”

“Sometimes I don’t know what I see in you.” Winry shook her head and turned to stare at her fiancé judgingly.

“That’s too bad because I do recall you promising to give 85 per cent of your life to me.” Ed smirked at her smugly, and she stuck her tongue out at him.

“I might still change my mind about that, Mr. Elric.”

“Nah, you wouldn’t, future Mrs. Elric.”

“Oh, about the name…” Winry seemed to taste the word with her tongue, “how would you feel if I changed my last name to Rockbell-Elric instead?”

“That sounds good to me.” Ed nodded. “I know you are proud to be a Rockbell.”

“I am. But I’m also glad you have your mother’s last name because Rockbell-Hohenheim would be a monster to say.”

“I won’t disagree with you on that. Anyway, should we start organizing the kitchen?” Ed asked. “The others might come any minute now…”

“Sure thing. I’ll carry the dry foods here, you can set them where they belong.”

The work progressed rather peacefully, until…

“What?” Winry yelled suddenly. “The chocolate doesn’t need to be in the ice box! Why would you put it in there anyway? I was planning to eat it soon because the Truth knows I’m in need of something with a lot of sugar and fat right now.”

“Oh, here we go with the cravings…” Ed mumbled under his breath, but unfortunately for him, Winry heard him.

“Excuse you, mister, I would like to see you carry a child for 9 months and see how much chocolate you want to eat!”

“Relax, Winry, I didn’t mean… I was just going to put it in there because it’s hot outside and you really don’t want it to melt, do you?”

“Fine, then… just don’t make that mistake again!”

“I won’t!” Ed promised quickly, knowing it was dangerous to fight with Winry right now.

The couple continued to fill the shelves and closets, but it wasn’t calm for long.

“Did you… did you buy blue cheese even though you know how much I hate it?” Ed nearly screamed when he opened the ice box again. “It’s even grosser than the milk it’s been made of! It has fucking mold on it!”

“Oh, I’m sorry. I try to remember that the next time we go do some grocery shopping. The same way you hopefully remember to not buy pickles! Even the smell of those things makes me throw up, Edward!”

“You never told me that!” he claimed. “Of course I wouldn’t have bought them if I had known!”

It was a half-truth; now that he thought of it, Winry might have mentioned something about pickles earlier, but he hadn’t remembered. If he had, there was no way he would have bought them.

“I most certainly did!” Winry argued. “Do you remember when I got sick the other day after seeing your sandwich? It was because it had pickles on it. And I remember clearly saying: ‘don’t ever eat those again near me’! You just never listen!”

“I do listen! It’s just, when you go ‘don’t do this, don’t do that’ all day, every day, some things are just easy to forget!”

“You know what, Edward? Fuck you. I really really don’t know why I’m gonna have a wedding with you in a month.” “Winry! I’m sor…”

Ed didn’t get to finish his apology before Winry marched out of the room, slamming the door angrily behind her.

“Oh, great,” Ed growled to himself. “I screwed it up again. Just when we were supposed to move in here too…”

Ed didn’t get to fume alone for a long while, because Al and Paninya chose that moment to return from their break.

“Why do you look so murderous? Not that you don’t always look a little bit scary, but isn’t this supposed to be a happy day?” Al asked, raising his eyebrow questioningly.

“If there was a moment when I wished I’d be able to hit myself, that would be now,” Ed stated, making the other two glance at each other with confusion.

“OK?” Al tried to get his brother to elaborate a bit.

“I got her mad again,” Ed said after a while. “And in the worst possible moment too. I know she’s been particularly sensitive lately, yet I couldn’t stop in time…”

“What do you mean when you say she’s been particularly sensitive lately? Is there any specific reason for that?” Paninya had become good at reading other people’s emotions and she could sense Ed was hiding something from her. He turned away from the other two, running his hand through his hair in frustration.

“I… uh… you guys weren’t supposed to know yet… she wanted to tell you herself. Oh man, she’s really gonna kill me when she finds out…”

“Brother? Could you please talk like a normal human being? I don’t understand a word you said.”

“I shouldn’t tell you!” he tried one more time, even though he knew he had already lost this battle.

“Wait a second…” Paninya had a moment of realization. “You said she’s been sensitive lately… she’s been spending a lot of time in the toilet, and… you guys didn’t tell us what you are going to do with that spare room… She’s pregnant, isn’t she?”

“I… Fine… Yes, she is.” Ed stuttered, seeing it was too late to deny it anymore.

“Way to go, guys!” Pan exclaimed and smacked Ed on his shoulder in a friendly manner. “Although, I admit I didn’t think you’d have it in you. Usually you blush when she’s simply in the same room with you. I gotta talk to her as soon as possible! But you, mister,” she pointed at Ed, “You need to talk to her first. I remember hearing something about a stupid argument earlier, and I won’t let you get away with it that easily. Go make it right. That’s what she’d tell me if I was in your situation.”

“I guess you’re right,” Ed sighed. “Why does it have to be so damn hard, though? Hey, Al?” Al hadn’t gotten a chance to say anything yet, he was just standing there, looking dumbfounded.

“You’re having… a baby? I’m… gonna become an uncle?”

“Yes,” Ed said carefully, scared of an explosion even though he should have known Al would never react like that.

“That’s… that’s so amazing, brother! I’m so happy for you!” the younger brother suddenly exclaimed and rushed to hug Ed.

“Take it easy, Al,” he tried to calm him down, although he was secretly very happy and relieved about his reaction. “I can’t breathe!”

When Al finally let go of him, he got an idea.

“Hey, before I go to talk to her… There’s something we could do.”

Ed dragged Al to a grocery store, and when they got to one of Ed’s favorite sections, he asked:

“Which flavor do you think she’d like? Nuts? Salt? Berries? Just regular?”

“Shouldn’t you be the one to know that?” Al asked back. “You’re the one who’s gonna get married to her.”

“Shut up, Al. Oh, look! There are even skeleton shaped ones! These are so cool!”

“Edward,” Al said with a warning tone, “remember that you are buying them for her, not for you. She would not like that.”

“Fine. What would you suggest then?”

“I say you should try to make them special. Something she can’t buy from this store. Hey,” he pointed at one shelf, “there are molds there! Look at this, don’t you think she’d like this?”

After buying the products for preparing the special gift, Ed and Al told Paninya to go and distract Winry while they’d be working in the kitchen. She was still sulking upstairs, and the boys didn’t want her to come down before they were finished with their work. Paninya agreed after hearing the brothers’ plan and climbed the stairs to the bedroom, stopping to knock the door.

“Who is it? Ed, if it’s you, I swear to Truth I’m in no mood to…”

“No, it’s me, Pan.” The dark-haired young woman said calmly.

“I guess come in then,” Winry replied. Paninya wondered if she had heard a bit of disappointment in her voice.

“I heard what happened,” she said. “You know, I don’t usually defend your idiot of a boyfriend, but he really is sorry.”

“If you came here to talk for him…”

“No, I came here because you’re my friend and of course I’m worried about you.”

“OK.” Winry calmed down and sat down on the bed, folding her arms on her lap.

“Uh, please don’t get mad,” Pan said after trying to decide how to tell her the news, “but… he accidentally revealed your secret. Or rather, I guessed it when he said some weird things.”

“Oh great. That idiot. I really didn’t want you to find out that way,” Winry sighed, understanding Paninya must have talked about her pregnancy. “I was supposed to tell you soon…”

“It doesn’t matter, Winry! I’m happy for you, I really am! It’s just, you guys seem to get into a fight over smallest things, and what if… what if it gets out of control and one of you says something you can’t fix?”

“Trust me, that thought has crossed my mind a few times. But don’t worry, at the end of the day, we still love each other. He may be an idiot, but… he’s still my idiot. And besides,” Winry blushed fiercely, “afterwards, making up is always fun.”

“That’s too much information, Win!”

“OK, OK, sorry. But it’s not just the sex, he’s always super sweet and thoughtful after a fight. Sometimes he cooks something good, and once he even let me use his favorite leather jacket… You know how he loves that thing.”

“Wow. Sounds like you have him totally wrapped around your finger.”

“Even though I hate to admit it at the moment, he does that same to me,” Winry’s face got even redder. “There’s a reason why I’m marrying him, after all. But what is taking him this long?” She suddenly got worried. “Usually he comes to find me a lot faster…”

“He’s… busy doing something.” Paninya said carefully, not wanting to reveal the secret Ed was preparing.

“OK. He’d better do it fast, though,” Winry complained. “I’m getting really hungry here.”

“You have already forgiven him, though, haven’t you?”

“When you are fighting with him as much as I am, you kinda have to learn to do it fast.” Winry smiled.

“You seem to enjoy the fighting, am I right?”

“I guess you are. I wouldn’t be able to be with someone who never challenges me.”

“Aww. Then you are definitely marrying the right person.”

“Hey! Only I have the right to insult him!” Winry exclaimed, pretending to be angry, but soon burst into laughter.

The girls changed the subject and started talking about baby related things, like the baby’s sex and name suggestions. At some point Al peeked into the bedroom and told Paninya Ed and he were ready.

“Where are you taking me?” Winry tried to pry when Al came in and tied a scarf around her head, so she couldn’t see what was happening around her.

“It’s a surprise. That’s why there’s a blindfold,” Al said and spun Winry around a couple of times so she wouldn’t be able to figure out their direction too easily.

“I don’t like surprises,” Winry tried to protest but followed Al when he dragged her forward.

“Are we there yet?” she asked impatiently when her future brother-in-law seemed to take her in and out of a lot of rooms.

“Soon, Winry, soon.”

They stepped into a room that had been empty before the fight because the couple had agreed that they still had plenty of time to organize it. When Al took the scarf off from Winry’s face, she didn’t recognize the space at first. There was a chest of drawers for the baby’s clothes Pinako had given for the couple (not knowing they’d be using it for this purpose, however), a shelf for toys and other things (a surprisingly cute dragon plush already sitting there), a table for changing the diapers, and…

“A crib?” Winry asked aloud when she saw the object she didn’t remember seeing earlier. “When did you have time to get this?”

“Just a little while ago… You know, Al helped a bit…” Ed said, referring to his alchemy. “But I added some things of my own in there. And I would have added more but Al didn’t let me.” Al rolled his eyes at his brother, knowing he had wanted to make the crib black and add some spikes and gargoyles here and there. He’d have to hide Ed’s drawing from Winry…

Winry pulled the blanket on the crib away and saw a huge bowl in there. And the bowl was full of…

“Chocolate wrenches!”

“If you want to throw me with them… go ahead.”

“No way!” Winry said and took one chocolate wrench into her hand excitedly. “I’m going to eat this right away!”

As she munched happily, Ed said: “I’m sorry about earlier. I know this moving in and the wedding and now the baby too have been stressing you… I shouldn’t be the one to add you even more stress. And I promise to listen to you more often now. By the way, I threw all the pickles away too.”

“That’s good. I shouldn’t have nagged you about the chocolate either. And you don’t have to eat the blue cheese if you don’t want to.”

“You know I don’t,” Ed snorted and went to hug his soon-to-be-wife.

“We’re a pair of idiots, aren’t we?” Winry murmured when she snuggled her head against his shoulder.

“I guess we are. Hey, we’re not skipping our favorite part of making up, though?” he whispered, trying to make sure Al and Paninya weren’t hearing.

“You give me some real food first, and we’ll see what happens after that,” Winry said with amusement, intertwining their fingers.

“It’s a deal.”

A/N: In case you missed it, I drew a picture of Ed’s version of the crib. Check it out!

#edwin #edward elric #winry rockbell #my fics #fullmetal alchemist #mavistuffz

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