#another-step-you-take

[sulietsexual]

Colour Meme [x] @another-step-you-take​ asked Piper/Leo + Spring Colours

#another-step-you-take #charmed #charmededit #charmedgifs #still charmed #dailycharmed #piper x leo #leo x piper #witchesnet #colour meme #my gifs #flashing lights

[cuddlyreader]

You know I'm obsessed with your opinions so need to send you a make you choose... :)

Brooke Davis or Blair Waldorf (and why)? Obviously they're both queens, so there are no wrong answers here :)

OTH or Gossip Girl overall?

Serena or Marissa?

Ryan Atwood or Seth Cohen? (I know this is a cruel and difficult one!)

Here you go.

Blair Waldorf - I just love her and want her to have all the good things. Blair comes off as a stuck-up rich girl, but she has hidden depths. Her insecurities that stem from an emotionally abusive mother and abandonment by her father and Serena manifest as her eating disorder and a wall built to keep her safe. These things show her vulnerability. Blair protects her friends like a boss no matter what. She rallied all of them to take down Georgina when she was messing with Serena, and they weren't all on good terms at the time. There's probably tons more I could say, but I won't. Blair has quite the growth journey throughout the show. She makes me proud.

One Tree Hill - The story has more depth to me, and as you know, I love Lucas and Peyton.

Serena - I have issues with Serena, but I can't stand Marissa. Period. I do like Serena when she is being a good friend, sister, girlfriend, etc.

Ryan Atwood - I love them both for different reasons, but Ryan is my favorite, no question. He is the kindest, purest soul. He truly deserved the life the Cohens adopted him into, except for all that crap with Marissa. He deserved much better than that.

#my asks #another-step-you-take #blair waldorf #gossip girl #one tree hill #serena van der woodsen #the o.c. #ryan atwood #lucas x peyton

[maya-matlin]

If you had to pick just five favorite OTPs, what would they be?! In order if possible since I’m feeling particularly cruel today :) I’m guessing Dair makes both of our lists…?

You'd be surprised! No, Dair doesn't make my top 5. I adore them, but I have several OTPs so it's competitive LOL

1.) Zig & Maya

2.) Pacey & Joey

3.) Nathan & Haley

4.) Ron & Hermione

5.) Chandler & Monica

#another-step-you-take

[hydesjackiespuddinpop]

4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, 29 and any other numbers you want to do for Rory Gilmore :)

Rory Gilmore

4. How many people I ship them with? I liked all her ships in different ways. s1 Dean, s2-early s3 literati, and everything rogan. I also love gellermore

5. My favorite ship of them? Rogan and gellermore

6. My least favorite ship of them? Literati. I used to love them a lot and what they could've been and blamed Logan for her change but now ehh. When I did watch the actual show, I thought them in season 2 and early season 3 were intriguing as this bad boy phase sort of thing but when they got together and Jess just basically admitted he only did all that cute shit to get into her pants, I kinda lost interest. But him sexually assaulting her was the nail in the coffin. Rory told Jess several times to stop but he didn't listen. She literally had to PUSH HIM OFF her. And then he BLAMED her for what happened and made her cry. Not to mention Rory admitting to Lorelai that she didn't like how she felt and the things she did with him. UGHHHHH

13. Your favorite friendship they have? Lane and Paris

14. Best storyline they had? Her chilton days were fun and I actually like her Yale storyline. Sure, she made a lot of mistakes. But who doesn't? Besides, college is about finding who you are.

15. Worst storyline they had? Her sleeping with Dean and her storyline in the revival.

29. How do you think they would be as a parent? (and if they are a parent, how do you think they would be if they weren't?) She'd be very nurturing and supportive to her child. I'd like to think she and Logan would read their daughter stories every night before bed

#answered #another-step-you-take #that reveal made me so happy! #tho I wish they were married fr #but I'll take what I can get #putting under read more out of respect for the literati followers #anti literati

[austennerdita2533]

(Accidentally unfollowed you when I first tried to click the "Ask" tab because I'm super competent like that! Already rectified the error :)) I'm in an obsessive "healthy and normal" leyton phase and would love to know which Taylor songs remind you of them! xoxo

Lol it's okay! I've done that before myself because the darn buttons are so close together. And you've gotta love when an old ship puts you in a chokehold again.

Leyton:

-Sweet Nothing

-Labyrinth

-This Love

-You Belong with Me

-Speak Now

-ivy

-epiphany

-Dancing With Our Hands Tied

#another-step-you-take #replies #the loveliest of lovely people #ashlee bree talks leyton

[annacoleman]

Sending this to five people, and you can too if you want to keep it going :)

Pick any five OTPs and choose just one song you associate with each. For instance, I'm going through an acute Serenate phase (don't judge me, lol) and would choose either Perfect or Golden for them. And of course a million Taylor songs fit every OTP ever ;) Can't wait to see which ships and songs you choose!

ooo this is fun!! and you know what? serenate was a MUCH better couple than derena!

ok, so... naley (one tree hill) / 17 - pink sweat$ stellaride (chicago fire) / duet - penny and sparrow ft. stephanie briggs zaya (degrassi) / ace of hearts - zella day (yes, this is the song zig "dances" to) brulian (one tree hill) / never stop - safetysuit jeyton (one tree hill) / come back...be here - taylor swift

this was actually really hard lol. suddenly I forgot every single ship I ship and song I've ever heard

#anonymous #another-step-you-take

[userlaylivia]

Brucas for the song meme if you haven't already done them! I always associate Taylor's 'The Way I Loved You' with them: "I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain..." :)

ohhhh i always associate that song with them as well!! but I also think all too well (both versions) fit them so well!!

#answered #ask game #another-step-you-take

[whitewolfofwinterfell]

Hi! I've been rewatching TVD (I must be a masochist!) and wanted to challenge you to rank these ships in order from favorite to least favorite! I'm guessing you put Bamon and Stelena first, but I may very well be wrong :) Bamon, Stelena, Delena, Klaroline, Steroline, Forwood, Matt/Caroline, Bonenzo, Beremy, Matt/Rebekah. Have fun :)

Hey! I hope you're enjoying your rewatch 😊

You're pretty much right haha. I'm basing the ranking on how much I enjoy the dynamics between the two characters rather than how much I like them as a romantic pairing, because that's what works best for me.

Based on that, here's my ranking:

Stelena

Steroline

Bamon

Forwood

Klaroline

Delena

Beremy

Mabekah

Maroline

Bonenzo

Gonna be honest here, I'm indifferent to most of these ships so take the ranking with a grain of salt haha.

#answered #the vampire diaries #another-step-you-take

[willowser]

HMMMMMM interesting to think about arranged marriage with prince shouto...............

i think he wouldn't know. what to expect with you. i think he'd have an idea, as in, what his father, the king, has taught him; the duties of a wife, where your importance ranks in relation to his duties. what he's not meant to discuss with you, like politics and matters at court and foreign relations. how you will speak to him. what to buy in the event that you become...unhappy. a nuisance.

("and she will," enji had muttered, briefly glancing up from the parchment on his desk to fix shouto with a look he didn't understand. "they always do.")

you don't meet until the royal wedding, when you're coming down the long aisle of the grand cathedral, dressed up in a swathe of silk and lace. a thin, gossamer veil hides you from him, but he can feel the ardor in your eyes, the intensity burning through the material. it doesn't seem real until your bare face is only a breath from his own, until he has to see the earnestness in your stare, too.

your kiss is simple and chaste, nothing spectacular, something that leaves his mind as soon as it's over. ever a todoroki, a hundred other things enter his mind, all regarding his now iron-laid obligations: it's vital he meet with advisor keigo to reiterate the plan to establish his authority among the council; general aizawa is in attendance to the wedding, and shouto has not yet received word on his opinion of the new king's ideas to modernize their armed forces; midoriya is somewhere, no doubt wanting to go over state affairs again.

truthfully, shouto doesn't spend long "celebrating". there's already too much that's required of him, hardly enough time to even scarf down a few bites of the banquet laid out before he's being chartered off into discussions on foreign relations and infrastructure development. maybe once or twice does he look back to check on you, chatting pleasantly with his mother and sister at the front of the great hall, and that's satisfying enough.

it's not until much later that he sees you again; freshly bathed and wearing something sheer and long and white, atop his bed.

or his marriage bed, he must remind himself.

enji didn't spend long going over consummation, with him or either of his brothers—natsuo, red-faced and annoyed at the very subject, always storming off, and touya had seemed well-aware of the process, at the time (back before he'd been ex-communicated). it had sounded simple: strip off your dress, get his cock out and into you, and only retreat once he was sure his seed had been spilled.

—so he's not exactly sure what to do or think or how to feel, when you're laid bare and reaching up to hold his face.

it's so startling that he sits back on his knees, to frown where he's looming over you.

you stare at him quietly, like you're expecting him to say something, and he only has a moment to wonder if this is you becoming an unhappy nuisance—what had been the answer, to solve this, anyway?—before you let out a soft laugh.

"c'mere," you tell him, sitting up, too, when he keeps his distance. "i want you to kiss me."

"i already have."

"yes," you laugh again, amusement glowing in your eyes, like the warmth off the fireplace, as you reach for the ties on his trousers. "but you're meant to do it again."

and up until then, he'd felt confident in his achievements, his executions; he'd managed a lot today, in one evening, and he had a lifetime to manage more. it was a good a start as any, he'd thought, but now—

shouto almost can't get the words out when he feels your hands ghosting up the inside of his shirt, nails tickling over his ribs. "a-am i?"

you wrap your arms around his waist in what could be a hug, scooting forward to look up at him with your chin against his chest. "yes," you smile and—it's familiar in a way, how touya would whenever he was teasing. "you're my husband, you're meant to kiss me whenever i want."

that—was not something his father had ever said, he was sure, and it was a too-rare exchange between his own parents. now that he thinks about it—and he does, then, because he's faced with the reality that he doesn't know as much as he should—he's not sure the former king and queen even sleep in the same room, much less the same bed.

much less hug and touch and even smile, the way you do now.

there's no argument he can make against it, aside from finding keigo to find his father to verify the truth to such a statement, and he's only meant to retreat from this bed on one condition.

and if this is what it takes to meet that—then shouto supposes he'll have to do it, for now. he's a brand new king, after all, and it would seem he still has much to learn.

#i just really like the idea of shouto being raised to be like #alright. meet with advisors. council meeting. get married. consummate. find general aizawa. #like it's just another stepping stone #to be married #and you are very much like oh 😊🩷 my husband 😊🩷 #and he's SOOOO thrown by that #that's not how he was taught it would go LOL #and you want to hug and kiss and hold hands 🥺 #if he spends too long in meetings you take the dinner from the royal dining table and march right into that room #to have dinner with your husband god damn it #LOL #and maybe he even asks his mom like 'is this right ???' and she's like #yeah 🥺🥺 it is 🥺🥺 #and then he finds this weird odd unexpected happiness with you that he was never taught to expect 🥺 #✿ thoughts: shouto #✿ willow writes

[novelconcepts]

In watching more interviews with Liv about Van and the escalation of Van's pragmatism to such dark degrees, I find myself genuinely baffled that anyone could ever think Van the bad guy. I mean, I'm perplexed at finding ANY of these girls The Bad Guy. The bad guy is the situation. It's being lost. It's freezing. It's starving. It's being scraped down to the barest bone of being alive. They make choices that might be snippy, or cruel, or hard-headed, sure--Shauna refusing to just hash it out with Jackie; Jackie being too stubborn to come inside; Taissa refusing to discuss her situation plainly; etc--but by the time we reach the end of season 2, it doesn't even matter. Petty bullshit doesn't matter. Jealousy doesn't matter. Those things are still going to be present and complicated, because--for all their choices, for all the distancing they're trying to do--these kids ARE still human beings. But it isn't the point.

The point is survival. Plain, simple, straightforward. Van's pragmatism is survival. It is the difference between living another day with blood on your teeth or dying pretty. It is the difference between fighting forward through the fire and the snow and the hell of it all, and laying down to die. Van knowing, in watching the ritual violence of Shauna beating Lottie nearly the death, that they will be killing and eating one another soon. Van coming up with the cards for the hunt. Van not blinking when the moment comes, Van choosing a weapon that doubles as a tool to bring the body back, Van refusing to apologize for staying alive--it's not evil. It's not Bad Guy behavior. It's purely about survival, because there is nothing else left to her--or to any of them. They can play the pretty little Sweet Angel Girl game and die, or they can get dirty, bloody, horrific and fight. Van chooses the fight. Van chooses to fight for herself, for her lover, for her team, even knowing not everyone is going to make it out...because the alternate path there is that no one makes it out. Van knew the baby wouldn't live. Van knows the rest of them won't, either. Not unless they start making the hard choices.

And, honestly, the fact that Van sees this narrative coming. Comes up with this plan. Brings out the cards. To me, that is the opposite of Bad Behavior. That is as close to justice as anyone can find in the wilderness. If someone else came up with an idea, maybe it would have come down to voting--but that would have had such a human element to it, with bitterness or hostility or whatever ultimately petty shit always comes of humans selecting who to Other. The cards don't leave room for that. It isn't fair, because the situation isn't fair, because Man vs. Nature isn't fair, but it's as close to a just system as they could possibly find. It's the kindest solution to an unwinnable game. Not to bring it back to American Gods again, but all I can think is "it's easy, there's a trick to it: you do it, or you die." Van gave them that.

#yellowjackets #yj meta #van palmer #i simply cannot ever accept people blindly hating ANY of the girls for their actions at the end of S2 #because by that point it's not about personality flaws or errors of judgement or teenage bullshit #it's survival. it's literally do or die. #be mad at the stuff they did the first few weeks out there. THAT was in their control. #but by the end of S2 it's 'do i want to live? cool. then this is the next step. there IS nothing else. we are eating belts.' #every once in a while on instagram or somewhere i see a hot take like 'oh this whole thing is THIS girl's fault' #and it's like no no. no--apart from misty busting the black box--NOTHING these girls do will change the fact of their situation #they might make it worse or make it more palatable but in the end #it's the purity of man vs. nature as a story #and any of them getting darker. more logical. more pragmatic. just means they're putting another day breathing first. #the human element of it comes in with the faith and the ritual and the acceptance of violence--but the violence was coming either way #'this place cannot be argued with. and that is how we survive: by giving into that.' exactly. liv hewson you genius. exactly.

[wolfythewitch]

KEEPS PACE WITH TRIPPING STEPS

#i am NOT okay #i am not #ehat the hell #what is wrong with you #i saw another version of this that was like “taking two steps for his father's one” or something like that #insane #virgil why would you do this to me #Aeneid

[waitineedaname]

"Amestris is an allegory for nazi Germany" you fool. Amestris is not an allegory for just nazi Germany -- it's an allegory for genocidal, fascist, militaristic governments as a whole. Yes, it has parallels to fascist Europe, but it also has parallels to xenophobic militaristic US and imperialist Japan. The point is not "look at this outlier of a country committing atrocities," the point is that the country committing atrocities might be your country and you might be complicit in it no matter how morally upstanding you might think you are. To act like only one government is capable of committing genocide blinds you to the potential that any other government might commit genocide too.

#fma #im writing this at 11pm bc i was thinking about it so hard i couldnt sleep #i havent seen 03 but the nazi germany thing bugs me and i think this is why #like yes the parallels to germany are VERY clear #but also the bit where ishvalan soldiers were being rounded up immediately reminded me of the japanese internment camps in the us #and the oppression of the ishvalans is at least somewhat inspired by the oppression of the ainu in japan #the point is that it's COMPLICATED #this series is basically You Are Not Immune To Propaganda #anyway. stepping off my soapbox now. #im putting this in my drafts and i'll give it another read tomorrow to see if i should post it #<- it's been almost a week now and I'm finally releasing this from my drafts #it's a hot take but I'm gonna say it anyway #fma posting

[cuddlyreader]

How would you rank these female characters from your personal favorite to least favorite? Blair Waldorf, Elena Gilbert, Lucy Carlyle, Lorelai Gilmore, Rory Gilmore, Joey Potter, Peyton Sawyer, Brooke Davis. Have fun!!

I tried to pick all characters who I think you love because I enjoy torturing my favorite mutuals with brutal challenges :)

Joey Potter

Peyton Sawyer

Blair Waldorf

Lucy Carlyle

Lorelai Gilmore

Elena Gilbert

Brooke Davis

Rory Gilmore

I must have considered this at some point because a few were already ranked in my mind. :)

#my asks #another-step-you-take #joey potter #peyton sawyer #blair waldorf #lucy carlyle #lorelai gilmore #elena gilbert #brooke davis #rory gilmore

[see-arcane]

Just tripped and fell into a what-if scenario:

"What if Jonathan really had caught up to Dracula in Piccadilly and killed him in the street?"

Head lopped off. Kukri through the chest. The 'murder victim' turns to dust in full view of the gawking crowd. Then what? Then what??

Piccadilly Police: "So this man beheaded and impaled an aristocrat in the middle of the street."

Witnesses: "He did."

Piccadilly Police: "And the body..?"

Witnesses: "Crumbled into that pile of dust."

Piccadilly Police: "..."

Witnesses: "..."

Piccadilly Police: "...So has he named which magician he's working for or--?"

Witnesses: "No, he's just been busy kicking the dust into the horse dung piles in the gutter."

Of course, this is the best case scenario sillytimes version. Serious version? Jonathan only manages half of the process before some Good Samaritans tackle him; and likely get cut in the process. I bet he could chop Dracula's head off, but not manage the heart-piercing in time. He gets dragged off to jail. The Count's two pieces get taken to the morgue. And now Van Helsing, the Suitors, and Mina are all on a ticking deadline to stake Dracula's heart before sundown with Important Witnesses present to prove Jonathan's innocence and sanity in the slaying...

And if and when that happens?

That means the Drac Attack Pack are responsible for bringing the reality of vampires into the public awareness.

So.

Surprise, everyone!

Imagine the can of worms that would open around them, around the whole concept. Their original plan to head to Castle Dracula to end the Brides gets a LOT of extra tagalong company. Photographers are there. Ditto shady government sorts who, of course, are eager to investigate a way to turn vampirism into a benefit to the Crown. The Drac Attack Pack would be swamped with sensationalism. It'd be a circus.

Which all adds up to a belated understanding for me about just why Dracula had to get away from them in Piccadilly. If he had been caught and killed? God. What a mess it'd be.

#bet the real estate firm would get a business boom #hell yeah I want to get my house from Jonathan 'Vampire Slayer' Harker. Hey can you do the wall-crawling thing? Any knife tricks? #Van Helsing's professorial career is buried under questions about vampire lore. Say goodbye to the lesson plan #Mina can't take two steps without Disturbingly Interested strangers asking 'sooo what was it like?' 👀 #Art never knows peace at another aristo get-together #Quincey is considering moving into the woods and never coming back #Jack drops the asylum like a hot rock and follows him after the 100th question about whether he 'fed' Renfield to the Count or not #what a train wreck (positive) #dracula

[hydesjackiespuddinpop]

What are some Taylor Swift songs that you associate with Dair?!

Oooh fun!

The 1 (ovo)

Blank Space lowkey (tho i think it could fit S and vanderbaizen since I ship them too)

gold rush ig

midnight rain

#gg #otp: pure and simple love #taylor swift #i can't think anymore lol #i feel like such a bad swiftie hsjcdgjd #answered #another-step-you-take

[austennerdita2533]

What are a few Taylor songs that you associate with 1. Klaroline 2. Japril and 3. Phole? Have fun, and I already know I'll love your answers!

Klaroline:

champagne problems (I think this one is obvious 😅)

exile

Blank Space

I Think He Knows

I Did Something Bad

I Knew You Were Trouble

marjorie

Mastermind

this is me trying

...Ready For It?

Japril:

ivy

Everything Has Changed

Holy Groun

Mine

Speak Now

the 1

Question...?

Maroon

Phole:

Red

The Last Time

Ours

Haunted

peace

Don't Blame Me

The Way I Loved You

#another-step-you-take #replies #the loveliest of lovely people #ashlee bree talks taylor swift and ships