#and frankly I really respect that.

[wolves-in-the-world]

y'know that classic, gorgeous scenario where eliot gets Some Sort Of Injury and can't easily shave/wash his hair/etc for a while, so hardison and parker convince him they can help and he melts into it and it's all very intricate rituals and intimacy and vulnerability?

#quinn hair is like eliot hair (soft; looks braidable) but FORBIDDEN #touch on pain of maiming etc [via @darkfinch, here]

thanks to these tags I'm now thinking of a quinn who gets The Nonspecific Hand And/Or Arm Injury and, upon figuring out how long it's going to take to heal and finding a suitable pause in the job, just nods to himself and asks eliot for help and both of them disappear into the bathroom, and the others figure eliot's just helping him get it clean—

—only they emerge half an hour later with eliot looking resigned and quinn with a buzzed head, funky scalp scars on display like it's not a big deal. sophie just stares at hardison like did you know they were going to do that? and hardison gives a helpless and slightly terrified shrug, and they carefully don't mention it. even if sophie has to stamp on nate's foot to keep him from commenting when he turns up.

#'cos it's different accepting eliot's help once compared to accepting it every time #gritting your teeth through one necessary session where the other person isn't anything but practical #compared to the inherent danger (vulnerability) of the 'I'll help you wash your hair. as often as needed.' scenario #quinn leverage #orig #like I LOVE the first scenario with eliot I absolutely adore it #I just tried to mentally apply it to quinn out of curiosity #and got this vivid image of him reaching for the clippers in protest #and frankly I really respect that. #accidentally showing a very different kind of vulnerability by tacitly admitting to the team #that he'd rather lose his hair and deal with that inconvenience than let anyone help him with it more than once. #parker I think understands the concept of Crisis Haircuts and also is less hung up on Having To Look Good than the others #so she Notices but she's not as weirded out and probably actually comments on it #and maybe next time they hang out together on the roof she just briefly asks him about it #and he can put her mind at rest that it's not a distress indicator.

[rayes-rain]

As a kataang girlie myself, seeing so many zutara shippers saying they hope it becomes canon in netflix atla makes me sad for them. Like, girl, you deserve better.

#idk maybe that's my Canon Privilege talking #avatar the last airbender #atla #netflix avatar #netflix atla #kataang #also i say this out of care pls don't attack me i know what this fandom can be like #like netflix atla isn't horrible but the characterizations are still weak in a lot of respects #i don't really want kataang OR zutara to become canon frankly

[autrizzms]

so. i am really thinking abt the shapeshifter storyline. and how each of the party members have at least 2-3 duplicates that are extremely similar to their real counterparts, whereas everyone sorts out laios’ fakes immediately. his shapeshifters are obvious, being based solely on his size, supposed shallowness, or youth. it just made me especially think a lot about the “what if” chapter where everyone gives up on the quest if laios and falin’s positions were switched.

the point of the chapter is that laios picks up on the subtleties of his party, even if they think he isn’t capable of doing this. in contrast, his party sees only shallow versions of him, and their contempt of his shortcomings are palpable throughout the issue, in doubting his ability to determine the real versions of them. i think it gives more insight into the issue of laios not fully connecting with his party, especially with this chapter coming on the heels of his conflict with toshiro.

#dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #laios touden #falin touden #i’m gonna throw up #saw an analysis recently of chilchuck + laios’ working relationship recently that i really liked #abt how chilchuck appreciates and respects laios bc he gives him space to work and doesn’t push his personal boundaries #whereas the other party members push him to talk abt his personal life #and actively get in the way of his (frankly dangerous) work #like the friendships and care between the members are there #but the difference of caring for someone and liking them vs being willing to traverse a dungeon and fight a dark mage for them…… #kill me #marcille donato #senshi #chilchuck #chilchuk tims #ryoko kui

[nikki-tine]

Hey so uh… when was it ever okay to push boundaries like this??

I’ve been genuinely FREAKED by the ungodly number of people (minors specifically!!) who aren’t listening to the pinned posts/bios when it says “MINORS DO NOT INTERACT”. It’s really NOT hard to respect others, and there is NO EXCUSE for this to be happening.

Seriously, this has me both concerned and pissed off (especially considering some minors’ blogs have the “25+ don’t interact!!” stuff on it - The FUCK?? Y’all that’s textbook hypocrisy, PLEASE respect those adults like those adults would respect you). How would you all blog owners under 18 feel if someone didn’t even bother to respect your bio/pinned post? Because THAT’S how it’s feeling to adult blogs who have EXPLICITLY stated they didn’t want minors interacting with the blog (that includes likes, reblogs, comments and PLEASE for the LOVE OF GOD don’t send them asks if you are under 18!!).

This is to the point where I’m having a hard time coming up with the words to better describe how this feels as someone three years away from 30. When there are boundaries set, it’s as clear-cut as “follow them or face the consequences for disrespecting them”. Squicking out my friends who are just wishing for some semblance of respect for once in their lives is NOT COOL, and it screws ANY chance at you being able to have proper community-integrated friends after you turn 18.

Respect, even down to the bio of the blog goes BOTH. WAYS.

#sfw tickling community #sfw tickle community #This is completely ridiculous and shouldn’t even be an ISSUE in the first place!! #It doesn’t matter if your thing is to rebel or be snooty to make a point… respect needs to be had y’all #It’s really NOT that hard and all you’re doing to yourself is making it harder on yourself. #I needed to get this out because quite frankly my blood is boiling over the blatant disrespect my friends have been getting recently #Also like… dude. if you’re a minor and your blog says for people over 25 not to interact then… don’t interact with those same people?? #double-standards man…

[presdestigatto]

the contrast between lance/seb’s and sebchal’s social media pr videos always gets me because charles is constantly looking at sebastian like he’s the second coming of christ, meanwhile lance has the biggest “peacefully minding my own business” aura i’ve ever seen

#this isn’t to say that one is more real or genuine or better than the other just that i find it funny #how it illuminates how #frankly abnormal charles was (and still is) about seb #like contrary to whatever we write in rpfland i dont find charles particularly passive or demure at all #except for how in those years he was always deferring to seb and letting seb take the lead #like when they were doing the german video and charles just repeated what seb told him word for word no hesitation? #ofc he is a good child who respects his elders but he really let seb get away with a lot #sometimes people say out of pocket things to him and he gets that dead fish look in his eyes even tho he’s v polite about it #but #he would let seb poke fun at him with the biggest smile the silliest giggles #🐝🆑 #this is an expansion of what i posted a month ago about charles’ dignity’s disappearing act but it still holds #anyth w my emoji sebchal tag is not meant to be taken seriously and are just my silly little musings

[dollsome-does-tumblr]

me: i can’t realistically endorse gerri kellman having continued sexy vibes with the man who helped orchestrate the fascist takeover of America in a nihilistic temper tantrum

me:

me:

me: no i can 🤦‍♀️

#listen. i don’t love it. but I’m here til the end!!!!!!!! #which is blessedly soon #after this i swear I’ll ship something really morally respectable #romangerri #roman x gerri #succession spoilers #succession #but if she wants to kill him that’s more okay with me than ever #frankly it would be a mercy killing at this point #and also a boon for america

[bijoumikhawal]

only going "rape and torture are bad" when people defend Palestinians is pretty fucking scummy, speaking as someone who knows more than the average person on this site does about torture, and hates it real bad and knows a lot of people repeat torture apologia because it's deeply pervasive in modern culture

#cipher talk #Again: yes rape and torture ARE bad. Currently there is limited evidence of that occuring from Palestinian militants #During this operation #Instances may happen and may even be likely purely because this is armed conflict #How come you don't state the same when faced with Israeli opinions? #Because there are MANY. AND I MEAN MANY. Near constant reports of both from Israeli prisons and soldiers! #I get part of it is that frankly American Jews and Jews on tumblr do not see the most rabid forms of Zionism #Because I do remember being shocked when I got more active in Twitter and realized just how deeply racist and genocidal #Some zionists openly were #But I really almost want to laugh because like. A lot of yall are reformniks #The state of Israel does not respect you! It barely thinks you're Jewish! But you defend it so hard! #Claiming it's the only refuge for Jewish refugees in times of crisis like I've seen one rabbi do... completely ignoring how many jews #Are effectively declared not Jewish enough for those very purposes #A few weeks ago I was in fact darkly wondering to myself how they would be used if something happened that made Ugandan Jews into refugees #How they were not Jewish enough for the rabhinate but would surely be used in propaganda if antisemitic violence occurred #About why Israel is 'necessary' even though they were denied upfront

[symbioticsimplicity]

I have a theory that someone else has probably already put out but I haven't seen it so here we go.

I don't think Alastor is actually all that powerful.

Propaganda under the cut.

There are a lot of things that make me think this but we'll start with the first and frankly most obvious to me.

His methodology. Alastor's main thing is making contracts and deals. When we're first introduced to him in the pilot, its with a warning to never make a deal with him. While plenty of other Overlords obviously wheel and deal, I think Alastor's are different. They're more binding and more dangerous because they're his modus operandi.

Another thing is his seeming lack of territory. Every Overlord has actual terf that we see them in, except for Alastor. This could be from lack of interest, or due to having been gone so long, or what have you but it seemed like a strange thing to have not mentioned. In addition, Carmilla, who was leading a meeting on the property and interests of all the represented Overlords and how to protect it, was utterly dismissive of his sudden return. Which to me implies that whatever he controls is likely minimal at best. Meaning him being there is pretty inconsequential to the larger picture. Dude was able to disappear for seven years and it was mostly fine? So what does he actually have?? (My only thought honestly is that maybe the air is his space since radio waves and all. That would honestly be broke as hell but there's no real evidence for this, is would just be really cool.) As much as Vox as making a dig at him, he did have a good point that the reach of radio has certainly died down over the years. While that alone doesn't mean Alastor's power has waned, its not really a *good* sign for him. He still has speakers all over but that and one really rundown store front with a single radio are really the only traces we see of him outside of the hotel.

This bit is conjecture, but when talking about his past, not only does no one ever mention HOW he killed so many powerful Overlords, they don't go into detail about much at all. There's every chance that he could have contracted them the same way he did with Husk and either forced or waited for them to break their end of their deals and THEN used them as fodder to terrorize the masses. Most of his power comes from fear and word of mouth. Most people don't even bother fucking with him because they've heard the stories, or the broadcast.

Which brings me to my next point: The Broadcasts. There are a LOT of ways that Alastor and Vox parallel each other and I can't help but wonder if using their medium to deceive people isn't one of them. So far a lot of the magic we see Alastor use is largely illusionary. Phantoms and shadows and temporary changes of environment. So what if his broadcasts are the same? What if he DOESN'T kill the Overlords he claims to have and instead used his broadcast to simulate it instead. Like War of the Worlds, but on purpose. Honestly it would be smart of him, especially if he's NOT as strong as he seems. This is also conjecture but if he made deals with those Overlords instead, he could still have them stashed away somewhere and just be calling on them and their power as needed. (Also: Husk. This man is a constant pain in the ass and usually disrespectful at best. The only time he pops off on him about it though is when Husk mentions his deal which is really just a big No-No. But he still only *threatens him* which to me implies that he actually does need him. If not for his services, even if only for the power granted by his contract. In the same way that Val doesn't actually kill Angel or anything because he can't REALLY afford to, so he controls him in other ways. If Al isn't this super strong demon, he can't really afford to just go wasting the contracts hes got due to momentary irritation when he can bring them back to heel with some light terror.)

The next thing that makes me think he's probably not super powerful is his fight with Adam. Not because he lost (I firmly believe he only actually lost because he was fucking around most of the time/ wasn't fighting for loved ones) but because of the form he took to do it. He was in a life or death fight with an ostensibly high ranking angel, and yet he didn't pull out anything more than he would have used to fight other sinners. Sure, that could be him being prideful, but I just don't think so. Home boy was being recorded and presumably knew that, if he was being prideful shouldn't he have gone balls to the wall??

In relation to that, he also made a deal himself. Not that we know what it was for or who its with, but would someone as control oriented as Alastor really make a deal if he didn't HAVE to? Overlords don't just DO that, there had to have been a compelling reason and honestly assuming Alastor isn't as strong as he makes himself out to be gives a very good opening for it.

Smaller detail, but it still matters, the smiling. He very clearly uses it as both a shield and a tool to help him maintain control of a situation. Thats not really the kind of thing you think of and commit to if you're the strongest person in the room. Covering up weaknesses obsessively is the sort of thing someone who's fronting does so their secret stays exactly that.

In the same vein, the way he reacted to Lucifer. He was threatened, which is understandable given that Luci is leagues above even the strongest Overlords, but I think it was slightly more than that. Having Lucifer around would make it drastically obvious very quickly that Al isn't as strong as he claims. So of course he tries to unbalance the situation and put focus somewhere else, the same as he always does. (Its actually the same thing he does in his duet with Vox. I'm almost certain Vox IS actually stronger than Alastor but hes so wrapped up in Al's head games he might never notice.)

It's honestly unclear if this has always been the case with him, or if its a result of his deal or his time away or something else entirely, but to me it seems incredibly likely. Alastor mostly keeps order and power through fear, not through enormous shows of power. And even those when he does them are strategic and mostly against opponents he knows are weaker than him. He's clever as all fuck, and still very dangerous for it but I don't think hes actually all that physically powerful.

#hazbin hotel #hazbin alastor #the radio demon #i love him I really do but this has been bothering me since the pilot #hes a mover and a shaker and I'm pretty sure hes hustling all of hell #which is frankly fucking impressive #what i wouldn't give for his backstory to show his daddy being a conman #mama is respectable but black in 1920 something #and daddy is a pos conman #alastor the gentleman con artist just FEELS right #especially ESPECIALLY if he was a white passing mixed race man #like actually that would be amazing #and then he just kept up old habits when he died and learned he could FINALLY have the power he never had in life #except its still all a lie #I'd be fucking foaming at the mouth I'm telling you #also i didn't mention this but hommie is a fucking DEER #hes a PREY ANIMAL #that alone seems pRETTY FUCKING TELLING

[giantkillerjack]

Uh-oh! You are like, SOOO awkward!!

You're so awkward that it is occasionally mildly uncomfortable for people!

You're so awkward that sometimes people are confused by you and then there are awkward silences!

You're so awkward ...... that ultimately no one is harmed!!

Oh damn!!! What a vile crime you have committed! What an unforgivable thing it is to make a fellow human briefly confused!

Why, if *I* were ever briefly confused and kind of uncomfortable as a result, I'd be devastated.... by the absolute net zero change in my happiness and health! - From which I might never recover!! Yes indeed! No punishment can ever be enough for you!!

So you better absolutely hate yourself for it.

Better be SO MEAN to yourself about every single missed social cue so you don't forget your horrible crime! Meaner than you'd ever dream of being to someone else for the same thing! This is YOUR responsibility!

Better accept that idea that bullies carry like guns in holsters - the idea that people who have trouble with social cues should suffer. Better carry on the burden they placed on you. Aid the cause of the callous by enforcing shame and suffering upon yourself extra hard; try your best to do their work for them. They're very busy.

Better not recognize that you need patience and kindness to heal from your trauma. Better not find out that it was trauma rather than personal weakness filling your head with self-hating thoughts. Better not find out it wasn't your fault.

Better not find out that awkwardness is not inherently harmful or unkind, and, in fact, the people who act like it is *are the ones enacting harm and being cruel.*

Better not get righteously angry when you realize just how much unnecessary damage this has done to you. After all, if you get mad, you might realize you deserve better. You might even feel brave enough to DEMAND better! You might build boundaries that keep you safe! You might make other people think they deserve to feel safe too! And we obviously can't be having that, so...

Better not show yourself even a little kindness a little bit at a time.

Better not make a habit out of it after all that practice.

Better not get confident.

Especially if you can't first wipe out every trace of awkward. (And you probably never will. Because people who experience absolute social certainty at all times tend to be insufferable assholes that enforce the status quo. And you just don't have the stock portfolio for that.)

Better not be confident and awkward because then you might confuse and delight people

- you might accidentally end up making other people feel less shame for their social difficulties

- you might make isolated, traumatized, and shy people feel like they deserve to be included in social situations

- you might even make them feel they can be themselves around you

- you might start loving the effect you have on a room

- you might enjoy conversations more

- you might forgive yourself and bounce back from shame more easily and frequently

- you might come to enjoy some of those moments of harmless confusion you cause because NOBODY expects the Confident Awkward, and that can genuinely be an advantage in social situations

- you might stop apologizing so much.

- you might find that socializing is like a video game: it requires practice but also a safe space for it to be fun and positive.

Or if you can't become assertive and confident, better not remain awkward and shy and quiet, and then love and forgive yourself anyway!

Why, it would be carnage!!

In either scenario, you run the risk of finding out that it's not your fault that safe spaces full of kind people can be really hard to find, create, and nurture. You could end up building a skillset that helps you do those things!

- You might realize that it was never your fault that it took so long to like yourself.

- You might realize that you were always worth talking to, even when you didn't like yourself and communication felt impossibly difficult.

- You might realize that you'll still be worth talking to even if communication becomes harder as you age and/or experience disability.

- You might know that you deserve to be heard even on bad days when words come slow and blurry.

You might discover that you were always deserving of kindness, first and foremost from yourself.

So. As you can see, it's FAR too much of a risk to take to cut your awkward self some slack for your many heinous and harmless crimes. Better to just leave it there.

#social skills #i have a few posts now in my ' social skills' tag #original #maybe eventually I will compile them and polish them in some meaningful way. I know what I want to call the book title #in big text it'll say 'I'M AUTISTIC' and then beneath that in smaller text 'And I Have Better Social Skills Than You' #or something to that effect. and the cover of the book will be me making an exaggerated smug face like the little rascal I am #challenging the viewer to pick up the book and see if they can prove me wrong. #and then the entire first section of the book is about how actually the issue with our society's social skills is the harsh judgment #for people who have trouble communicating and not the other way around. I don't actually think I'm the #most charismatic person in the world by a very long shot. but i do know that I have put more thought into my social skills than #most allistic people and frankly i have surpassed most of them. not because i am more persuasive or smooth or funny #(tho i am persuasive and funny lol) but bc i have questioned which social functions are more restriction than utility. #and instead i have focused my energy on actively learning how to make people feel safe. i feel social rules would benefit all people by #being a little more autistic tyvm. i don't think every person should dedicate themselves to being better at communicating #i think people should dedicate themselves to being kind and patient to everyone regardless of their ability to communicate #I think our society wrongly links communication ability to intelligence and intelligence to level of humanity. #when in fact all three of those things are fucking unrelated and connecting them inevitably leads to #really fucked up views on disabled people that hurt us. and then with that aspect of the book firmly understood and established I would #go on to recommend some ways to make socializing easier and more fulfilling (and less shameful and terrifying) for all kinds of people #it wouldn't be a book about Leaning In To Succeed in Business or 'here's how to avoid being the awkward loner at a party' #it'd be a book about how if you see someone alone at a party here's how to invite them to join your group without pressuring them #stuff like 'hot tip! if someone takes a while to type or speak a full sentence - talking over them b4 they can finish makes u an asshole!' #I know that a lot of people cannot or don't want to dump a lot of skill points into socializing like i did and they shouldn't have to in #order to experience basic dignity and respect. if we treat people like that then we just validate that people - especially #autistic children and elders and disabled people of manu varieties - have to suffer unless they learn all these arbitrary bullshit rules #and a lot of them are arbitrary bullshit! one of the reasons I throw people off so much is because I harmlessly break a lot of social rules #but I know I'm doing it and I'm not ashamed and people just don't know what to do with that! but a lot of them like it actually!! #i think it's a relief to be around someone so openly and unrelentingly weird bc what am I gonna do? judge you for being weird?? #I only care if you're kind. not necessarily 'nice' or passive. Kind. Brave enough to care about people being treated well. Kind. #also I recognize that at least some of my ability to be openly weird is white privilege so that's important to acknowledge too

[bernardisgross]

i watched Doukyuusei (movie) for the first time today and.. and... i'm a changed person.. i feel like a brand new person...

#things i take yeaaaaaaaaaaars to get to #i've always seen it from afar and you know i love and respect the gays #but i never know what to expect from bl (i'm a fujo tm tho !!!!) #so i've always thought..aah .. one day... #more recently i got myself the sarazanmai comic collection (dk what's it's called) and nakamura asumiko drew a little comic in it #and i love her art #i was really curious about it being animated.. frankly the movie on its own was beautiful... ooh how great it is when a beautiful story #beautiful art gets transferred to another medium in this way.. #so beautiful.. #when i get money i'll buy the manga ^^ !! definitely.. #nanabim

[thewhizzyhead]

I know the reunion concert was literally just 2 days ago but my bros my guys my dudes I miss WATT so so much and I really do want this show Actually Revived because I miss my cheerleaders, pma's stories and music are fucking great and I wanna hear more, watt has so much room for improvement, and I wanna see watt thrive aaaaaaaa

#like i have had my fair share of musicals that Greatly Deserve A Revival (alice by heart (!!!) and love in hate nation (!!!)) #but i cheer for watt the most because um well yes it had me hooked in 2021 so im biased #but also because i've spent so much damn time analyzing the damn show #and ive said time and time again that it is a genuinely well crafted show that not only treats the teenage experience with mature respect #(like watt is the only modern-teenage-girl-focused musical that comes to mind that doesnt ridicule its demographic) #but also has a perfectly crafted emotional core (that being the story of vices and grief with annleigh farrah kate and chess) #+ the relationships they all share with one another! #and another reason why i cheer for a revival because i really do feel that show can be improved even further #(i still stand by my 2 yr old rambles that act 2 could be better and that the exploration of guilt with kate annleigh & reese would be nice) #and i really do want watt to improve because frankly the emotional aspects of the show have so much potential! #and lastly: as an aspiring writer and musician i genuinely admire pma and his works so much #and id love to see him become even more successful and prominent in the mt sphere or wherever he wishes to be #anyways yea watt has a special place in my heart and id love to see it officially come back some day #and thats the end of my ramble gotta go bye damn i really am in a 2021 mood #we are the tigers #preston max allen

[94erz]

I need more JK fans to stop treating him like a fucking child. He got signed to Calvin Klein as both a jeans AND underwear ambassador, meaning yeah, there’s a good chance he could model the underwear too. Yet for some reason I’m seeing a lot of his fans hate that idea? Some even going as far as to say it would damage his image? Fuck off. 

He’s already been sexualized to this point, what would it matter now if he modeled in some boxer briefs for a company that’s entirely known for its ad campaigns of people in the brands underwear? If JK didn’t wanna model being that exposed, he wouldn’t have signed with them under the label for jeans and underwear.

He was just on live folding a bunch CK gave him, hell don’t be shocked if that was his way of giving y’all a spoiler for what’s to come. Don’t drool over his abs and talk about how sexual he is and then get angry when it tips a point you now feel is ‘’too much’’. That’s HIS body, that’s HIS choice, either continue to drool over him or shut up.

#Sab talks BTS stuff #why are his fans so weird #JK is the last member who should have puritans at his neck #'damage his image' like get off this mans back ffs #I really though the piercings and the tattoos and the drinking on live would rattle these freaks off him #*thought #he even grew his hair back despite how much his fans said they hated it #like bitches he does not give fuck about what most of you think LOL #frankly it's the side of him I love and respect the most

[ya-killin-me-smalls]

guess I'm gonna have to create traffic on madcom ao3 myself

#would y'all be madsies if I put my current wips on hold to fully pursue my next passion project? #like I like the other two I've got going but To Be Redeemed is really just a headcanon expansion and Let Me In is practice at horror #which mad respect to horror writers because that shit is not easy #but frankly I prefer the stuff that makes people cry and this next one is a doozy

[dockaspbrak]

i think the stock market in its entirety is such a flop....back to grain markets.

#sorry i know this isnt really the topic for my followers #but imagine me trying to say this to my pretty wife who is deep into psychology and special ed academia....she just doesnt need to be burde #ed #so essentially i was watching a breakdown of current crypto trends bc i do that often sorry #and i just.....crypto is basically the absolute boiled down end of what the stock market did to businesses #instead of making. a business that does anything for society....they're made to be valuable to sell to the consumer and then itll literally #never be as valuable again? #thats why tech companies are struggling and its all bullshit. its literally just everything isnt made to work its made to be sold and thati #crypto is just abunch of losers who think theyre smarter than everyone else selling nothing to eachother... and literally why? #its like. wework wanted to be a valuable tech company so bad their frankly basic idea of communal workplace real estate #got fucked from over-valuation and scammy shit bc they want to sell stock #stock selling is like. hypothetical representations of a company that you gamble with right that should have its worth defined by the #performance of the business....in theory. but its all propped up by who ever is buying into it and why and also stupid bullshit #jergoiejgoie hahahah i have a lot of feelings about how stupid financial markets are and very little respect for them

[novelconcepts]

wait i have one more lol what about jackie/tai. i find their dynamic to be so interesting!

I do NOT ship Tai and Jackie, but again, I dig their dynamic--this time from a rivalry standpoint. It's especially interesting to think about how they don't talk about anything, but they're constantly circling one another. Taissa wants to freeze Allie out; better not tell Jackie. Jackie just left Van in the plane; Taissa has not been informed directly of this. Jackie's losing her grasp on her friendship with Shauna; Tai's stepping in, because Tai knows a secret that would devastate Jackie, but Jackie doesn't know this, so it just looks like she's being replaced. Taissa wants to be in charge, but Jackie's the one with the captainship, even though their coach is so aware that Tai's the better player (and do I think this leads eventually to Tai running for office? you bet I do!). It's two people who just...don't really want the other to exist? Not out of malice, but because the other person is something of an obstacle at every turn. Tai's gonna turn a vote against Jackie to look for the lake. Jackie's gonna get everyone to do a seance even though Tai thinks it's stupid. And yet, in the end, Tai's the one who tries--and fails--to stop Jackie from walking to her death. It's fundamentally crazy, and I would have loved to see them interacting as adults.

#ask #ship ask game #taissa turner #jackie taylor #this show is just a giant corkboard with a frankly crazy amount of pins and different-colored string #and almost every iteration scratches some itch or another in my brain #i also love how for all of this jackie really DOES respect taissa. she says as much at the party. #and of course she does. you don't fear losing to someone if you don't respect them.

[perroulisses]

A friend of mine just found out that i draw animals because i like and I'm interested in animals and not because I'm a furry ☠️

#they really thought i was a furry I can't ☠️ #I mean i do tag mi anthropomorphic creatures like furry art #because I think it's the most accurate way to call that (???) #but I'm not a furry 🧍 #like i don't know a shit about furry fandom and frankly I don't want to #but #I've been interested in any kind of animal since very young #i love all of them from the smallest ant to the biggest whale #the way us humans create relationships with animals is really interesting too #animals are so interesting and deserve so much respect #I'm not vegan or anything like that tho but like yeah #rambles #rambling