#and it's not that she thinks ppl who 'kill the person that killed others' are no better than the killer it's just like

[catoscloves]

thinking about the scene in book!tbosas where teslee (district three female) was being attacked by the horrifying snakes and she nonverbally pleaded with mizzen (district four male) for help. and he only shook his head, not moving to help her - but the book specifically stated that this was more out of stunned fear/horror than any kind of menace or glee at teslee's imminent death.

and he wasn't even from her district too. they were not in an alliance. she literally had no reason to expect any assistance from him, but district divisions & sectionalism didn't matter when she was scared and in pain. none of these divisions of districts one, two, three, four, five through twelve matter!!! not when children are suffering and dying as penance for a just war that ended several years ago! it's as if the narrative is trying to tell you there is no difference between a suffering/dying child from one district or another.

#'i am snow's slave. that's why i killed cato & cato killed thresh & thresh killed clove & clove tried 2 kill me' #'remember who the real enemy is' #the only person responsible is snow #or the tyrannical govt in place before snow became president #etc etc etc #like it's such a recurring theme throughout the series that katniss herself takes pains to reinforce several times #yes she had to kill these ppl because her survival & peeta's demanded for it to happen #but she knew that people that she despised like cato or clove or enobaria or any other career tributes #were just as much victims of the capitol's cruelty as people she genuinely did not want to see dead like thresh/rue #also I'm thinking about how teslee begged mizzen to help her even though that's literally the opposite of the entire idea of the Games #('how can one have an ally in the hunger games?' - coryo himself) #and katniss saying 'you don't forget the face of the person who was your last hope' #teslee's last hope was some random middle school aged murderous boy from another district that she didn't know before any of this #and idk that's just getting to me #anna reads tbosas #anna reads thg #mizzen tbosas #teslee tbosas #the ballad of songbirds and snakes

[stupid-sloot-headcanons]

I miss when Harley and Ivy's relationship wasn't bland and boring and unrecognizably tame

#the desire to make Good Representation™ has led companies to think that means gay/bi ppl cant be toxic and like. interesting. and compelling #sloot bitches about things #like modern Ivy isnt a character. shes a green support device for Harley that spouts couples therapy advice #MAAM YOU ARE AN ECOTERRORIST. WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT CHANNELING RAGE IN A NONVIOLENT MANNER #Ivy is the rage of the planet personified. at her best shes portrayed as this being tortured by the pain of the Green and going insane #bc NOBODY she tries to explain it to understands. humans will never understand and will never stop poisoning. so she stops bothering to #appeal to their humanity bc their humanity is what drives them to do this. killing them/feeding them to plants/making them plants is justice #and better for everyone including them to her. #SHE IS NOT A HEALTHY PERSON AND THAT IS OK. ITS GREAT EVEN. #she and Harley are very broken women who find refuge in each other. Harley is proof to Ivy that humanity isnt 100% worthless #Ivy is proof that Harley can find love and companionship that can be truly reciprocated.

[spocks-kaathyra]

"ur repressed" okay well have u even considered that emotions r purposeless and only serve to cause harm to those around u and I have achieved a unique transcendent state beyond them. have u considered that

#joking but like. am I wrong though #yeah no one is able to overcome the inherent human flaw of emotion and anyone who thinks they can is in fact mentally unwell #except for me I'm built different I have actually managed to transcend emotion. this is a good thing and not a problem #I saw my father's anger and my mother's discontent and my brother's self loathing and my friend's yearning. #and I saw how it only made everyone more unhappy. and I decided I would be above them all and never let my emotions rule me. #I was scared of the dark until I realized that fear wasn't useful to feel. so I stopped feeling it #this is a good thing and I am a paragon of mental health I think #mmm alternatively I was made to play mediator in a family of traumatized ppl and learned to repress my emotions to the point of dysfunction #but I prefer to think I'm enlightened and have no problems. this is fine and will not blow up in my face #anyways. just now realizing that this might stem from my childhood. oops #also realizing that I'm probably not aro and I just learned to turn off romantic attraction bc I saw how miserable it made my friend?? #well. I still don't experience romantic attraction. but probably I should and I will if I ever sort out this repression thing. whoopsie #really she was ready to kill herself over some white guy and I looked at that and was like. nope. I'm never stooping to that level #mm might not help that my parents never loved each other and I never had a healthy romantic relationship modeled for me as a child #but still like really like what is the point. of having emotions. they're just not useful #oh hurr durr I'm angry at my friends for talking over a tv show. there is no way to act on this without damaging ppl and relationships #ohh I'm in love with this guy who will never love me back. THERE IS NO PRODUCTIVE WAY TO ACT ON THIS #literally emotions can only be destructive and I'm a better person for opting out of them #there are no downsides to being repressed! I can still feel positive emotions. I'm happy sometimes. sometimes I'm excited. it's fine #guy who is Unpacking Things live on ur dash. sorry #narcissus's echoes #vent

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

#man ive never seen an eating disorder kill someone else besides a parent infecting a child but my nana is really trying #shes like 1000% orthotexic. will not eat anything not filled with vegetables or fat. and my grandpa is 87yo with a heart condition currentl #in the hospital for covid bc thry went to Christmas church and dont believe in being vaccinated and my dad is so frustrated #bc he knows his mom is not gonna give his dad hearty foods. he needs to eat like protein shakes and meat and ice cream. anything thats not #her cooking which sucks on top of being extremely healthy. except its not healthy bc they dont eat a balanced diet #so its my nanas eating disorder killing her husband and shes so fucking frustrating. im like 99% sure she has obsessive compulsive #personally disorder bc she fits to a T and has zero insight. she may have full on 0cd bc talking to my dad he has more obvious 0cd #compulsions than i do. he used to say phrases before going to bed and would take 2 steps across the floor to prevent bad things from #happening. so like im pretty sure my nana is where i get my perfectionism and 0cd. god. i wish i could express how fucked up she is #like my dad said at least he had a stable home to grow up in but like she has zero sympathy for other people. cannot look past herself. wil #not wear a mask bc she doesnt care enough abt other ppl. my dad was like: u would not have survived in that house. which is fair bc i am #barely keeping it together coming from a stable home with two sympathetic parents who i know love me #and like its sad that they're suffering the effects of buying into the fox news bullshit and its killing them #but also. genuinely. i think theyre not very good ppl. theyre the type of people who think they're better bc they're religious. white. and #thin. and theyre not better thsn anyone. their grandchildren cant stand them. well cant stand her at least. papa is just quite so its hard #to say what hes thinking. apparently he was confused last night and saying something about eating dinner on the golf course. which sounds #nicer thsn being in the hospital lol. ugh. he seems not long for this world tbh. may he pass peacefully to b with his 1st wife who died of #brain cancer at age like 20 or something. so it goes. bleh. how many funerals are intended for me in the next 5 years? hopefully none but #that seems improbable with the unspoken drain circling that seems to b going on in this family. old age and like almost 10 years of cancer #defying the stats but for how much longer? #i dunno. its just so weird to watch these things happen and not talk about it directly to the other ppl who see it #i worry that ill come off as too callose or inappropriate bc i have that tendency when something bad is happening but thats everyone else #excuse? idk i just feel like its better to talk abt things #unrelated #ed mention #i tell u this so i can say these things to someone and also bc if i were u. i would like to hear the drama #bc im nosey and i assume other r too ;-]

[arvoze]

me when the girl in the woods looks at me and puts a dead fish in my face as her way of saying hi

#pokemon #pokemon mystery dungeon #nuzleaf #lombre #my art #luwel #calamity #theyre best friends btw. hes like the only person who actually talks to her #everyone else is like. scared of her and yeahtheyre right for that #(not that calamity really has a lot of people to talk to in the first place............) #she's controversial bc she raises magikarp and other 'wild' fishes and kills them for food and ppl are lke #dude. i dont think that's ethical. #luwel voice unfortunately for you im also a little bit fucked up kind of so you know what. yeah this is fine #(<- he thinks she is going to fucking kill him the first time they talk)

[etchedstars]

favorite thing ever is to go on goodreads and search up the names of books i hate to see if Everyone Else has the same opinion on it

#they usually do #this is about a lesson in vengeance which i read on the way back from my writing program and hated with a passion #today on i hate pretentious mcs who have literally every privilege and treat poc/enby ppl to further their own growth #also ik this is dark academia but literally why the fuck do they drink hard alcohol so much #when its not alcohol its black coffee like ok. what the fuck #i love complex characters but they were both pretentious -> traumatized -> manipulative -> hatred just switching up the order #then theres . 'my dormmate wants to be skinny soooo bad she does everything to be skinny well IM skinnier than her and she wants to be me' #'my doormmate is black and has been ostracized from her sorority cult for having a personality :((( well IM white and i was ostracized for #KILLING MY GIRLFRIEND' #like there is a clear difference. plus that character was only ever there to further the mcs understanding of race which . bffr #this couldve been fine if it wasnt for the mc who is The pretentious dark academic white girl trying to pretend shes not like the other #pretentious dark academic white girls #'and then theres me. who like REAL literature and wears tweed blazers' like youre aware this is literally the starter pack for every 13 y.o #person who thinks this will make them Cool right . like you do know that . #wow. anyways #the overdue asteroid strikes again #i am in fact a hater

[reikunrei]

wondering about how Kali’s doing...

i always always think about that final shot of her, watching El turn around and run away, to go back to her friends and family because they need her, and how heartbroken Kali looks because of it

and you know that ate at her. that moment where El said “no, these people who you are saying are trying to suppress me. they need me. and i need them. i love them. i can’t stay.” you KNOW that ate at Kali. you KNOW that she thought about it for months and months and months and she thought “am i doing this wrong?”

i like to think that, because of that goodbye, she realized that she can’t be going down the path she has chosen. that maybe El is right and it’s better to have mercy, to forgive, to strive for goodness rather than sticking to revenge because of the temporary relief. love will always be the better choice

#kali prasad #stranger things #KALI MY BELOVED COME BACK!!!!!! #she and el are so fucked up and traumatized like. i love #how both of those characters have such loaded histories with love and family #and kali had to fend for herself with no immediate good support system #like her friends are good people. just maybe a little misguided #theyre behaving the way they behave bc the world has forgotten about them #and kali was forgotten. so she wanted the ppl who made her life hell to remember her #anyone who says kali is a bad toxic person im biting you im biting you im biting you #she and el are the SAME just like el and henry are the SAME it's all about CIRCUMSTANCE #she's just FUCKED UP like all the other kids and is deserving of wiggle room!!!! #anyway not to be like *guy who's only ever watched atla* hm getting lots of atla vibes from this #but kali reminds me very much of katara when she goes to find the man who killed her mother #and how in the end she couldn't kill him #and not bc she forgave him. but bc it wouldnt make her feel better #it wouldnt bring her mother back #i think that's what el taught kali. that the murder might feel good for a moment #but it won't help in the long run #that look kali has on her face as they drive off and leave el.......... i think that lesson is clicking in her head #ANYWAY #i say things

[glitter50000]

I just think that in Aleksander’s eyes, Alina is fucking stupid

#Obviously she’s not cause she’s human and humans make mistakes and have flaws and she’s not immortal or hadn’t lived long enough like he has #I think he also believes that a lot of people are idiots compared to him #What I mean is that he has super high standards that few people can reach and he gets disappointed. Like imagine coming back and finding #Out the fabled sun summoner is just straight up gone and then finding out she ran on her own or that she burned maps cause she didn’t want #To leave her friend and it got her whole team killed accidentally. Or that she deliberately hid her power cause #she didn’t want to split up with her only friend #he wouldn’t like it cause why is she letting her personal feelings impact her decisions he doesn’t do that #even tho it’s pretty common for ppl to do that sometimes #Anyway this is me waving a flag and saying “dear god let him feel other things for Alina besides love” by which one of them is jealousy #Imagine working YEARS trying to achieve your goal and being labeled a heretic for it then you find a newbie who has the fabled sun powers #Which is great for you but she just showed up and everyone is already labeling her a saint simply for this. #She’s hailed as a saint in the hopes of destroying something that YOU created. One of your first interactions #Is her saying she doesn’t want the fabled powers that will hail her as a hero. You’re still labeled a heretic but no one knows that #He’ll still pester her cause he hates being alone more than anything. #The quote “she makes me more human” doesn’t necessarily mean only love as love isn’t the only human emotion there is #shadow and bone #aleksander morozova

[caruliaa]

do you a ever listen to an artists music and are like “this is good but not enough to justify how often fans of this artist act as if theyre superior to fans of my fave artist”

#im gonna b honest w u babes i dont think enough of u take a good long look at the music #you listen to before you act like listening to tswift is the epitome of bad taste #ur already rbing her lyrics in the webweaves you tag as fave #move on from your need to be better than others youll b happier for it trust me #like ur allowed to personally like and dislike whatever music so long as ur not a dick #and arent mocking other ppls music taste its rly that easy #ALSO I WOBT SAY WHAT ARTIST INSPIRED THIS POST BUT HER MUSIC IS LITERALLY GOOD #ITS JUST NOT SOO MUCH BETTER THAN MUSIC OF ARTISTS THAT ARE HELD UP AS CRINGE #(i actually think tswifts music is quite a lot better in lyricism #like i cld say that abt anyone but iv had the opinion ‘a tswift breakup song but abt friendship and not as good’ abt one of her songs #forr a whilee now so. i shld shut up before ppl realise who im talking abt and literally kill me) #LIKE I SHLDNT B COMPARING THIS ARTIST TO TSWIFT AT LEAST IN THIS WEIRD EHOS BETTER WAY #BUT WHEN A POST ABT HER BEING INSPIRED TO WRITE A NEW ABLUM IN QUARINTINE #BC SHE SAW TSWIFT WRITE AN ALBUM BASED ON FICTIONAL SITUATIONS HAS A BUNCH OF PPL IN THE NOTES #MISSREADING THE POST AND GOING ‘yea tswift SUCKS!!! all her fans r so annoying’ I KINDAA HAVE TOO !!! #sorry. ill shut up now #flappy rambles

[thefinalwitness]

l'aiha did so much good for the ala mhigan resistance but she was also in the worst depression of her life and a little uhhhhhh crazy. just a little jaded about the universe. this is as close as she gets to dooming herself the way artemis (and all of l'aiha's other shards) did, but then zenos is dead and it's like. wow. this didn't make literally anything better. i'm going to stop being murder-crazy now.

#like to be clear she doesn't judge others for exacting revenge on people who have severely wronged them #she just. kinda learned that it doesn't do anything for her. it doesn't help #she doesn't feel better that the person responsible for so much of her misery is dead #she doesn't even feel relieved or anything. it's just like. she thought it'd do something for her #and it didn't. so she kinda steps back from the jadedness after that #and it's not that she thinks ppl who 'kill the person that killed others' are no better than the killer it's just like #having a direct hand in zenos's death didn't do anything for her so she resigned from looking for healing that way #for her pinning everything--her recovery--on zenos's death only served to delay her recovery #she still had to mourn and accept those friends were gone and so on. killing him didn't change any of that #sure. it was a relief to know he couldn't hurt anyone else (until he could again but sshshhhh) but #admittedly #that's not all she was looking for. or even mostly what she was looking for. #she wanted his death to make her heart feel like it wasn't drowning anymore. and it didn't.

[tariah23]

What’s with folks saying that they don’t “get,” Maki’s character and that it seems like she doesn’t care about anything/ anyone anymore or have any goals. That she’s just a muscle head who’s creeping towards being power hungry? Have we not been reading the same manga all this time or not-

#how do you read her story and come to such conclusions when some of the shit that she’s always wanted to prove and accomplish had even been #stated on various occasions 🥴 #and knowing how awful the Zen’in #clan is and how they treat certain individuals who who lack specific techniques and skills and don’t let you be born a female #of course Maki wanted to prove herself to be just a great as those around her #she wanted to prove them wrong and to become strong enough in Order to protect her sister and herself. to create a place where they can just #simply exist and not have to carry the burden of such hardships #but now that Mai is gone and now that she’s reached toji’s level I mean what else is there to do but continue to be herself #I don’t get where the ‘she doesn’t seem to care about other ppl-‘ like huh? #confused because are they talking about the zen’in clan massacre? or her killing Naoya??? #like yeah if you’ve been reading the manga you’d know why she went that far #and she’s always shown throwing herself in the fire if that means that she’ll win/ protect whoever else is fighting alongside her like #especially with her fighting alongside Kamo and even giving him some advice about his family and his relationship with his mom etc #like how can you say she’s like a robot now #she literally just lost her sister like not too long ago she was the most important person in her entire life #I hate reading stupid meta shit from ppl who can’t use context close and pay attention to anything that they’re consuming bro #so annoyed rn sorry #rambling #spraying these people in the face with hot tea #do you think I care about the zen’in clan being massacred 😭… #is this why some ppl hate her or? #I hope I don’t see ppl comparing what Maki did to what itachi did #itachi was bogus as hell for what he did regardless #maki… have we been reading the same manga the zen’in clan was… 😵‍💫… I don’t think she should’ve did what she did to her mom but everyone els #and they were trying to kill her anyway like have we not been reading the same manga bro #be Foreal #‘are you justifying genocide-?’ 🗿 #anyway I’m rooting for maki she’s cool #why would I care about a clan like that after what they did to her her sis Toji and literally anyone else who they’ve always viewed as #lesser because they’re either a woman or someone who lacks technique

[cruelsister-moved2]

tbh im hesitant around most attempts to like analyse fundamentals of abuse or something bc it's so intensely complicated and it matters who has the power in the relationship and that can be so difficult to even tell from a distance. like, abusive men LOVE to go ummm but she slapped me and yeah that sounds like abuse but then you realise that he was physically capable of killing her and she was constantly terrified for her life, and suddenly it feels different. or hearing that a strong, tall man lashed out at a woman sounds like he's abusing her, but what if he's disabled with high support needs and relies on her to eat and wash and leave the house, and she controls all his finances and interactions with others. you can frame these situations in infinitely different ways so attempts to standardise abuse criteria usually just hands the distinction over to whoever has the power to control the narrative while ppl believe theyre discerning something objectively based on facts

#ppl have a fixation w hitting and it makes u so easy prey for DARVO bc MOST ppl end up in some way laying a hand on their abuser in defense #the startling thing for me w Amber and D*pp was how much he fixated on the technicality that she hit him #without even.... trying to address the fact that like #she was clearly afraid he was going to snap and kill her #he never for a moment had that concern and I don't think he even tried to pretend he didl #like i just really think it makes a difference if ur being hit by someone who could easily overpower u or not #and that's not to say like a physically defenceless person can NEVER abuse a much stronger person #but like ur not going to get that from looking at a checklist of behaviours #bc it would be about other ways of control they have over that person #like that white girl who was physically abusive to her black boyfriend she had the social control tjay he could never defend himself #bc he would be the violent black man and probably police would get involved resulting in a danger to his life #which again is not something you would get solely from analysing the behaviour of the two individuals

[pepprs]

kind of amazing that i get down on myself for having impostor syndrome and feeling constantly stupid and naive and radiating insecurity about being young all the time when actually there is a completely explainable reason for it which is that i live in this house 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

#groaning and laughing over liz memes with my siblings and explaining to my parents why ppl are doing this / why ppl hate her and #are celebrating her death and they start attacking me for relaying the information (and agreeing with it ♥️) and saying shit like This #Generation has no respect and are so cruel and classless and always pick at problems for no reason and make unfounded baseless claims when I #was literally reading them evidence of the awful things that happened under her reign and they were going i don’t believe that. LMFAO! ok. #and the generational disdain has been such an issue too. like our parents straight up think we are stupid! love and light 💖 #purrs #one of the worst fights i ever had with my mom that was the reason i started going to counseling happened bc of how jason mraz announced #that he was two-spirit and i was talking to my mom about it and said that he shouldn’t have called himself that bc he&: white and she BLEW #UP at me for like 3 days straight for trying to be ‘labelist’ about him and for caring about sexuality and ‘policing’ his / her language and #she literally went out of her way to pick a fight with someone on ig who was saying the thing i was to prove a point to me and she said othe #other extremely hurtful things about me being bi and about me having the audacity to ‘root for the underdog’ and how she was going to cut me #out of her life just like she did with her aunt because i push her buttons too much so ♥️ always very fun to get into debates with my parent #and i know it goes against literally everything i am supposed to know / be for me to be arguing like this and to be complaining about it and #even joking about queen elizabeth but like. idk. i feel so torn between how i feel. i know she was a human being yeah yeah but she was #also a colonialist monarch parasite and i genuinely think the way tumblr explodes when politicians and world leaders die is endearing and #exciting and funny. i adore my job and my colleagues and also working full time is killing me. i recognize that my parents are human beings #and that i am flawed and don’t know everything and am saying stuff without fully knowing what it means and also it makes me giddy to pick #fights with them a little bit. i am kind of a bad person i think and i care about it so much but also i don’t give a fuck anymore. nothing #in my life feels real rn and i am a scared creature in my skin all the time. so no i don’t feel like i can hold my own and represent my work #well because i am living a double life just wanting to play video games all the time and run away from everything but also wanting to create #the golden thing and help people open the door to a better world or whatever and i can’t tell wha ti want to do more because im fucking #EXHAUSTED and experiencing 15 kinds of despair at all times lol! #not to turn a post about queen elizabeth into a vent lmfao but i am so angry. it really fucking gets me that they think im stupid lol. like #i know im stupid for other reasons but it’s not fair to think im stupid because i am pointing out inequities and trying to help you learn or #whatever and it’s not fair that you think that im stupid because im a young person like im literally your fucking daughter and it is made st #STAGGERINGLY clear to me every day how you only wanted babies and you didn’t want us as the messy growing learning imperfectncomplicated #adults we are becoming and it fucking hurts and i hate you for it a little bit. lol 🤸🏻‍♀️ #delete later #idk what i even just typed i an just hitting post and letting the consequences roll in. im a bad person fuck it! #parents tw

[oflgtfol]

i love noir aunt may but jesus the pacifism is annoying. man was literally going to eat you alive (and ate your HUSBAND alive like six months ago) and then you blame the dude who just saved you from that. “an unarmed man” bro???

and the whole “above the law” thing like miss ma’am you are a communist in the 1930s ??? your husband was already murdered for being a communist in the 1930s ??? who gives a shit about a little vigilantism. especially when i cannot stress this enough, you were about to be eaten alive

#brot reads marvel comics #spiderman noir (2009) 4 #idk like its one thing to personally prefer to not be violent #but like youre a communist in the 1930s quite literally being assassinated #its rhe way she rationalzies nonviolence here that irks me within that context #like your husband was assassinated and you almost faced that same fate #do you truly think just demonstrating in the street is going to be the only solution ??? #the whole ‘give me the gun’ thing like jesus #again its one thing for personal individual pacifism but that just seems so like #pacifism even against the systems. which is nuts #again this is the great depression and she knows how the system is inherently corrupt and her husband was literally assassinated #but OHHH i dont wanna live in a world where ppl kill each other :( #you already do !!! stand up for yourself !! #you wont even do SELF DEFENSE ??? #you SCOLD the guy who literally just saved you from being eaten alive ???

[baltears]

ok. didn't like c/rse of the white knight however i am still obsessed with sgms jarley vision

#harley being the joker's biggest enemy bc she saw parts of him that he hated and tried to hide so he was ready to just kill her. iconic #if im being honest i don't super love j's bifurcation into two separate characters bc i find that trope very boring #(would much rather have 1 extremely messy person who is on substances and/or mentally ill) #but hey listen respect for actually killing him off. i don't want to read anymore bc of that but i respect it! #btw hot take but the reason joker immunity exists is because the joker is fun. the story is less fun without him there #which is why most writers are very very reluctant to kill him off. they like writing him. he is fun. #like i Guess if he is gonna get killed off this was an ok way to do it but i found it a little annoying how like. he had no arc #Jack had an arc... kind of... i guess but he was very out of focus in curse vs the first white knight #ANYway. i love knowing nothing about comics and organically reacting to things without having to care what other ppl think :) #fight starting portion of dc fandom come get this ass #dc

[yuridovewing]

anon here yeah no dw i do believe maple is a bad person who doesnt want to improve herself, my point more so is that people will say that stuff about maple while also saying the opposite about equally bad male characters. like clear sky did not improve and did not want to but he redeemable because. he was sad about his sister dying so he can murder all he wants. its not that i dont think maple is a bad person its moreso that im annoyed by the double standards built around her (just like how basically every woman in the series is treated with absurd double standards by both the fandom and authors)

ahhh okay, sorry if my response was kinda odd, i'm very sleepy and it's hard for me to tell tone when i am slkdfjsdlf. i see what you mean now! yeah the double standards around mapleshade are batshit insane. even back in the day before TBC the writers thought ASHFUR was better than her. the guy who didn't even have the sympathetic exile backstory, he just did all that atttempted murder on his own, but its ok bc hes sad...... like to act like there's no double standard here is to be deliberately obtuse.

(i also pointed out in my MSV liveread that even within her book theres a huge double standard with appledusk. he gets exposed and his wife immediately forgives him after two seconds and everyone coddles him and gives him the tiniest slap on the wrist and then tell his side chick to go kill herself basically. and this disparity isn't really pointed out, like yeah it's a point that mapleshade was treated so harshly but... lbr it's a pattern where the mollies are treated much more harshly than the toms. and we even see it in the fandom where ppl just make up shit like "she emotionally abused him")

i'm still holding out on my evil prediction that we're gonna get a scene with dead dad jayclaw and frostpaw abt how he hates his bitch wife and he's the good parent frostpaw had all along and the fandom will eat it up and make "uwu sweet dad" art of him and make up ideas like "his wife abused him for the funsies"

#while i definitely dont personally agree with this flavor of fanart. i kinda miss mapleshade interpretations where she was a river guardian #like where she looks after lost children like mosskit. bc while i think thats strictly AU territory for me personally #i think its much better than the discussion ppl try to have now where they lean too far in the other direction #bc at least at that point there was this compassion for her and a desire for her to be better #like it was a response to the misogyny in her writing most of the time by defying the hand she was dealt #compare that to now where people are now saying shes a stupid dipshit who got her kids killed and deserved it #mail #anonymous