#but the real nail in the coffin

[butterflysonnets]

yes i'm rooting for m*leven breakup because byler is neat but mostly? i'm rooting for m*leven breakup for the sake of el and mike.

to me, their romance was always a puppy love born out of a combination of social pressures, naïve curiosity, and a lack of true understanding regarding intimacy and romantic love and what it really is. it was real in that they do truly, deeply care about each other and they are close friends, maybe even shared an attraction, but a maturing romance is so much more than that. they've grown up and out of being boyfriend/girlfriend, and that's okay! i think television/film needs to show more often that most of us don't have definite "soulmates" or first childhood loves that we spend our whole lives with. it doesn't mean these relationships meant nothing and didn't impact us, it just means they've run their course and that something else is in the cards, and this is part of life!

i've always felt el was at her best and most confident self when broken up with mike, discovering who she was and what she liked alongside another girl her age instead of just relying on mike for mentorship on how to live in the real world. she deserves more of an opportunity to find herself, her autonomy, and her independence, and to love who she is, and she's made it clear she's felt insecure in the relationship with mike because she isn't being loved and understood the way she wants, needs, and deserves from someone who is her partner.

also, it's okay if mike doesn't love her in "the way he should". he is not obligated to love her romantically and stay in a relationship with her just because she's a girl, because she "needed someone", or because he cares about her a lot. he shouldn't be pressured into a romance if it's not truly coming from his heart. he deserves freedom to find out and honour who he is, too, instead of just staying in his non-functional first relationship — one he got into as a child, essentially — and defining himself that way because it's what's expected when a boy and a girl are close. he loves her in some way, yes, but it's okay if he doesn't feel comfortable or secure being her boyfriend anymore, for whatever reason that is. he's felt insecure too, and that's valid and it matters.

they are their own people and are steadily growing and changing every day. they need time to figure out who those people are, and it's become clear (at least in my opinion) that those people aren't meant to be a couple at this stage.

they deserve freedom. they deserve to grow up and be authentic to themselves and not feel like they need to lie for the sake of a relationship. they deserve to move on from this version of their relationship that isn't making them happy and rekindle the best part of their bond: their strong, beautiful friendship. they don't have to be a couple if it doesn't make them stronger and better and happier people.

i think it would be healthy and wonderful for a show, especially one consumed frequently by young adults, to show a relationship starting, progressing, and ending on good terms in this way. sometimes things don't work out, and that is okay.

#eve text #elmike #stranger things #byler #only tagging byler because i feel like yall will like this take lol #tagging tagging tagging WHAT ARE EVERYONE ELSE'S THOUGHTS #god i can't believe i'm making a post about stranger things. this feels like poking a bear #i'm not particularly anti m*leven but like... they'd have to do something pretty special at this point for me to feel like it's viable #i'm seeing the bts of s5 and it's got me Having Thoughts #elmike friendship is something i am so passionate about #even before i ever liked byler (didn't ship at all until s4 even though i knew it was a thing before) i've felt this way about elmike #i always believed they were close friends at heart and needed to break up #the romance part of them felt very distinctly young and very much “he was a boy she was a girl” to me #and it hasn't deepened into anything more mature and i don't see how it could based on the current state of the writing... #the fact that lumax exists — a young relationship that is actively maturing and is healthy — makes that clear to me #and the “love confession” in s4 and how disingenuous and miserable it felt was just the nail in the coffin #also the fact that will (who is IN LOVE with mike) was instrumental in making it happen? ... uh... okay... interesting choice… #fucked up and reductive if they make it another queer unrequited love sacrifice for the sake of pushing the heterosexual agenda YUCK #so i really hope the speculation about a m*leven breakup is real!! i think it just makes sense for their characters but who knows #i don't believe in the notion of love at first sight or one true love and i think the writers don't too??? #love to me is an accumulation of experiences and we inevitably choose it at some point rather than fall into it... but idk #tv is so fixated on keeping couples together... sometimes it's just not reality guys especially with young people... LET IT GO... #like i said though i'm not 100% sold that they're going to give up their “golden couple” LMAO #stranger things hasn't historically subverted too many tropes if i'm being honest #anyway i seriously need this season to come out quickly... i'm so bored and getting my master's is crushing my soul #i need frivolity #ALSO btw i won't respond to hateful messages about this so please don't bother. it's not that serious. this is a netflix show

[jasontoddenthusiastt]

“Stop excusing Jason killing just because he died!!1!111!!1”

We don’t excuse his killings, you ignorant fool. We actively encourage it.

#kelseethe #nobody is excusing it ‘cause he died’ #we want him to kill because everyone has fun then. he has fun and so do his real fans #and anyway I say this everytime #but it truly is none of your business what his fans like about him #and #what does Damian fans not knowing about his backstory have fuck to do with Jason fans #This should go without saying but Jason’s death had an entire meta purpose beyond just shock value #Jason’s time of being the personification of childlike wonder was muddied by the fact that the dark age of comics had already begun #just look at the number of times during Jason's robin run when he notices Batman's ethos being challenged #by problems that are unfittingly sinister and too big for comical heroes like himself and Batman #his death was practically the final nail in the coffin for solidifying Batman’s path towards the ‘dark knight’ persona he is today #boohoo cry about the fact that other fans do their research on this ‘crap’ And are interested in it

[wellthebardsdead]

Vivienne: *heavy bags under his eyes with worry and anxiety for Kaidan following a dremora who knew his name* k-Kaidan?… can we talk?

Kaidan: no. If it’s about the dremora, my thoughts, or last night. No.

Vivienne: b-but you were screaming in your sleep-

Kaidan: WILL YOU JUST FUCKING DROP IT?! Always with the fucking poking and prodding into me! I don’t follow you around every morning asking what’s going through your head!

Taliesin: Kaidan!! He’s just trying to help! We’re worried about you! This is the third night you’ve woken up screaming! We’re not even sharing a bed anymore because of it! What is going on!?

Kaidan: It’s nothing either of you need to concern yourselves with and I’m fucking sick of you both not listening to me!

Vivienne: k-Kaidan please calm down, please- you’re waking up screaming, you’re drinking from morning until you pass out- *touches his shoulder*

Kaidan: *spins around and grabs his wrist* IVE GOT ENOUGH BLOOD ON MY HANDS! DONT MAKE ME WEAR YOUR-

*CRASH!!!*

Taliesin: KAIDAN!

Kaidan: *coughs and lifts his head to find himself pinned to the remnants of a shelf as a familiar gold and blue mer with sharp features and blue flames to frame them, holds him there with the pole of his spear* v-vivec- I-

Vivec: Your past does not define you. I can forgive your outbursts for they come from fear and a grief many could not live with… but I will not tolerate you putting your hands on my child as you openly threaten him. *presses the spear against his neck threatening to crush his wind pipe* This is your only. Warning. *disappears and is suddenly replaced with a very dazed vivienne*

Vivienne: *tears streaming down his face, and wrist already bruising* k-Kaidan… *falls back into taliesins arms as he passes out*

Taliesin: Vivi… *lifts him up before looking at Kaidan with heartache in his eyes* …

Kaidan: *sitting there mortified at himself and at Vivec’s words* I… I have to g- *freezes as a lance slams into the wall behind him, and the heavy foot falls of nerevar and ryn fill the room*

Nerevar: You don’t get to run away from this, boy, either you tell us what’s going on or we’ll find out ourselves. *rips his lance from the wall* Start. Talking.

#I tried playing the Kaidan ashes of his past just to get everything I can out of the character before I switch to the Kaidan workshop ver #because fuck his current voice actor and team what a group of cunts #and the line where he threatened to wear the dragonborns blood genuinely sent me into a panic response #it felt too real to things I’ve lived through and I think was the final nail in the coffin for this version of Kaidan for me #I love his new voice actors work and the Kaidan workshop team are already 100% far better and more communicative than the extended lot #Kaidan skyrim #vivec #Vivienne dragonborn #skyrim Taliesin #nerevar #voryn dagoth

[fipindustries]

you know, i was expecting fucked up and toxic in the cannibal incest video game but i wasnt prepared to quite how much of an unlikeable bratty bitch the sister was going to be.

#she hits that exact balance of stupid malicious meanspirited and immature that is real nails on my ears #the coffin of andy and leyley

[dark-elf-writes]

Oooo does that mean Naruto is the only one being taught by Kakashi? Like a Minato apprentices kakashi pre Obito and Rin situation? Or do Sakura and Sasuke get passed by association too.

Bc on one hand, you can have a bunch of team seven angst where Naruto is excluded/singled out even more because he proved he was more skilled and also made them look bad. A classic “you got me in trouble” situation. And maybe it makes kakashi like them even less bc not only did they leave Naruto behind, but them “punishing” Naru for it reminds him of the villagers that tormented his father.

But on the other hand, if S&S don’t become genin with him, he would need new team members which could include Kabuto.

Ooooo I like both ways.

Like I adore the thought, even if it’s just in their minds, that they’re only Genin because Naruto chose to be kind enough to hold out a hand. To throw those bells at their feet as a challenge and a promise. To look them in the face and tell them in all but words that they fucked up and owe him a chance to be seen as their equal rather than just the dead last. There would be… a lot of tension there as they lashed out at Naruto. There would be so many days where Naruto comes home and shatters in the arms of whatever member of his family is there waiting for him. Kabuto in particular would be pissed because it would be like looking in a mirror. The knowledge that even Naruto is stuck in this vicious cycle with him and doomed to be failed by his team over and over again. Team seven would often have a certain medic nin watching them with a placid smile and rage in his eyes.

But I also like the thought of there being consequences. They didn’t pass the test, didn’t listen to their teammate who was very clearly coming to them with a plan, chose to turn their back on Naruto and leave him at the mercy of a Jonin they didn’t really know. Even if Naruto could grow to trust them after that, Kakashi absolutely would not.

(In that moment when Naruto throws the bells at their feet and flashes his fangs, Kakashi sees a different body on the ground. Cold. Dead.

The future if this child doesn’t have a team that would stand for him just as much he would stand for them. Those that break the rules are trash but those that abandon their friends are less than trash, after all.)

And Naruto apprenticing under Kakashi? Being paired in an older genin team that included Kabuto who would watch his brother’s back until his dying breath? They would be absolute terrors.

#the elf talks #naruto #venomous Naruto #I love both options so much #though it would through off wave a little bit #unless they were on like a probation period and somethign during wave was the final nail in the coffin #idk it depends on how much I want to lean into the “these kids have some real growing up to do” thing #either way Kabuto is pulling the scary big brother act

[the-owl-tree]

Honestly forcing a depressed cat who literally saw her partner die in front of her as she was giving birth, and on top of that LOST one of her kits in the process, to single-handedly raise her children and be happy and just move on as quickly as possible is ten times crueler than having someone who has experience with children handle them while she receives the necessary emotional help? Honestly that second option isn’t even cruel at all? Daisy arguably has the most important role in the clan and her and stormcloud helping out Sparkpelt should’ve been seen as an act of how well organized the community is in thunderclan rather than some sort of irresponsibility

I think it’s just hard to wrap your head around for some people, especially when the subject might hit a little close to home. Regardless though, the kittens were fed, played with, cared for, and loved. Sparkpelt needing time to recover after all of that doesn’t negate that fact the kittens were taken care of - which is what matters the most.

#deer rambles #you hit the nail on the coffin #idk I’m big into the ‘it takes a village’ mentality #it very much impacts how i view child welfare #so sparkpelt having to do things alone?? oh man she’s not real but that hurts my heart

[motherfuckingbrad]

never understood why people think the 4th season of community is the worst when geography of global conflict is literally in season 3

#least favorite episode alert #it’s disgusting tbh #i’m a dan harmon hater and i’m tired of hiding it #don’t get me wrong i like s3 a lot (even tho s2 is the best) #but that episode sucks way more than anything in season 4 #let’s be real #community has so many amazing episodes that delve into different character relationships #but every single episode about jeff and annie’s relationship was … disturbing and gross ? #and this one just puts the nail in the jeffannie coffin #community #anti jeffannie #anti geography of global conflict #someone needed to say it

[asagi-red-wolf]

Hyperfixation means having no control of your obsessive lizard brain going from THIS

To fucking THIS

Out of curiosity, who else is a YOI fan who’s currently in hell with me?

Also bonus points for this

vs fucking THIS

#yuri on ice #yoi #helluva boss #stolitz #victuuri #where did my life go off the fucking rails? #oh wait nevermind #IT WAS S2E1 #The Circus is what finally rammed the last nail in my coffin I live here now goodbye @ what sanity I had left #and please please please do NOT get me wrong I will still hold onto YOI with everything I've got #it's just that the dumb owl and the dumber imp have taken up more of my current real estate

[azirafuck]

sad to report sleeping isn't happening. time for my fourth espresso and a monster energy

#oh mothers gonna have to call 118 tonight for real for real #high pressure all over this bitch!!! EVERY is gonna be the final nail in the coffin

[certifiedmaidenlessblog]

#smisoverparty is REAL because Taemin and Onew said so‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

#breaking my staying off kpop tumblr streak for this #taemin you are always that bitch! #just like last week (? idk time isn't real) #i was feeling a little apprehensive about taemin's future direction cause sm is literally in shambles #and after i saw that clip of 10 saying that he decided to postpone his own solo debut because he didn't find any good songs....yeah #i was kinda worried to say the last #atp i think staying or not staying in sm is more or less the same tbh #given how neck deep sm is in their shit #and its only gonna get worse #or atleast that's what i think #also i think jinki will be able to put out music without having to deal with the typical idol lifestyle if he wants to now.... i think? #this is such a slay for them honestly #this is actually the final nail in sm's coffin. they're DONE. #ira.text

[runespoor7]

JGY who as LXC's confidant has been made aware of LXC's pain and LWJ's inclinations (WWX; JC): ah yes. When red is your favorite color

JGY, who would never tell LXC that: Privilege is wanting to make your life complicated for no reason. Romantic and sexual privilege is when you are 1)rich, and 2)not JGS' spawn, and thus 3)free to develop the most horrendous kinks for people who will do nothing BUT be a thorn in your life plan

JGY: thank god Er-ge isn't given to these sort of flights of fancies (: it would be awful if he got a crush on someone who made things difficult for him (:

JGY, who has to work with JC and thus knows exactly who is worse: at least WWX is safely dead, which means he can't ruin anything and if Er-ge's little brother wants to play Inquiry to the moon for him, weird taste, but largely harmless. putting your what-might-have-been's head in your secret office means they effectively can't ruin things for you. who said that

JGY: Sect Leader Jiang however is horribly alive and largely unmanageable. did being raised on Lan food kill of LWJ's taste. No-one is that pretty and SLJ's face is a harbinger of headaches.

#zhancheng #jgy's feelings for complications are repressed with an efficacy wwx can only dream of #persistent trauma about surprise incest was the final nail in that coffin #jgy like wwx thinks he's the smartest person in the room #JGY doesn't weaponize LWJ's thing for JC in Guanyin Temple bc he's a bit frazzled #but if he'd had time to plan it sure would have part 2 a 1) of his diatribe #romantic privilege is a real thing it's when u don't have to worry about surprise incest because u know for sure 100% ur not JGS's kid!!!!! #jgy believes that so hard #jgy is the antithesis to lord-botta-likes-complicated-things #jgy thinks jc is a complicated thing (derogatory)

[hetagrammy]

Currently thinking about how Lovino canonically had a phase where he was really into chivalric romances while Molly can literally see fairies and Ireland is known for its epics & romances. You cannot tell me they did not bond over that like the romantic nerds they are

#hetalia #my thoughts #hws romano #hws ireland #nyo!ireland #iremano #this was the nail in the coffin of him winning her over let's be real #she liked him before but an appreciation for literature and poetry? for the romance?? the tropes?? be still her beating heart #diarmund and grainne who? there's a new pair of clandestine lovers in town

[daylighteclipsed]

I'm not sure how much of an unpopular opinion this is (if at all) but it's so tiresome when I see a good majority of people wishing the Destiny *trio* to be the very best of friends. I don't think they've ever been on the same level as the rest of the trios. Sora really was/is the glue holding the three of them together and I've always found R+K interactions surface-level at best. Drifting apart doesn't mean they don't still care for each other and you shouldn’t have to force that relationship.

Before I respond to your comment, may I interest you in a few posts I’ve already written on the subject? x ⭐️ x ⭐️ x ⭐️

I think it IS an unpopular opinion. However, most of the blogs I follow share this opinion with me, so you’re in the right place lmao

I feel like a lot of older fans know or sense the Destiny “trio” is different from the other trios — like, they pick up on something — but they don’t want to accept it.

Because it hurts, right? It hurts if you grew up with these characters, if you spent years between game releases growing attached to what this friendship could be… only to have each new game move further away from that dream.

I started this series as an adult, with everything through MoM released, so I didn’t experience that… I picked up on a sense of division right away and felt as every game and trio introduced thereafter reinforced it… I realized I’m not supposed to expect Sora, Riku, and Kairi to be like the other trios. That’s not the story being told here.

And that’s not to say I’m not interested in their dynamic. I really am, especially from Kairi’s point of view. But it’s not as tight-knit bffs. I’m interested in the conflict canon suggests, the growing distance between people who hung out every day as kids. And in the case of Kairi and Riku, friends who seem to have always had mixed feelings about each other, who don’t really know how to talk to each other without their mutual bestie (Sora) around. That’s interesting, especially in a series about the power of friendship.

Sora being so big on friendship but failing to nurture his friendship with Kairi to the point where he has to build a new path to her heart is interesting — and also arguably parallels how Sora’s relationship with Riku deteriorates earlier in the series; Riku and Kairi kinda swap places as the “neglected” friend, but they also both fail to reach out to Sora and let him know how they’re feeling. (And because I associate Kairi with childhood/the past and Riku with adulthood/the future, it’s really interesting how Sora moves away from Kairi/childhood and closer to Riku/adulthood as the series progresses.) Kairi being so afraid of change and the one consistently left out of the action so she doesn’t quite grasp or refuses to accept how much Sora and Riku have changed without her. Kairi being quietly jealous of how Riku is the center of Sora’s attention. Riku being quietly jealous of Kairi as he believes she is the object of Sora’s affections. Riku and Kairi not wanting to be close friends again, if they ever really were, but still caring about each other… There are a lot of old friends I would drop anything to help, but that doesn’t mean I want to be their best friend again.

And that’s the thing. When people talk about wanting the Destiny kids to be close outside of fanon, they ignore that the characters — at least Riku and Kairi — do not act like they want to be close. There’s really nothing in recent canon that indicates they want to be best friends beyond Kairi’s general fear of change — and even that is kind of generous. There’s no concrete proof that Riku is really part of that, that she really misses him (as opposed to a period of time he was there for), not like Kairi writing letters she doesn’t send to the Sora of her memories in KH3, for example.

The Destiny kids not all being close doesn’t spark those warm, fuzzy feelings that the other trios do, but at this point it’s much more believable than if they were to act like bffs. Fanon is fanon. People are gonna do what they want. But when it comes to canon, I’m with you, that friendship shouldn’t be forced. Without some really solid development, it would feel painfully artificial and bastardize the last two decades of writing.

#kingdom hearts #and such a friendship could still be done in a way that doesn’t feel forced #however i think nomura has made his intentions clear inside and outside of the story #and kairi not going with riku to quadratum feels like the final nail in the coffin of any chance of these kids becoming a real trio #i.. can’t imagine there’s much story left to tell. it feels like we’re nearing the end of sora’s char arc #but who knows i guess

[m4g0rtz]

Today's polish is my second attempt at glitter placement! I'm keeping it at an accent nail until I get more confident at it. 😂 These glitters are definitely trickier to work with than the ones I used in my Resting Witch Face mani. It took three attempts to get the glitters placed in a way that I liked, with each fail requiring I wipe everything off and start again with a bare nail. I eventually figured out I needed to slightly bend the glitters for them to rest more flush against my nail. ANYWHO, once I got them where I wanted them I really loved this mani. The ox blood cream base was gorgeous on its own (bottom middle picture), but looked incredible with the UP topper over it. Ohh and the last picture is of my right hand cause the glitters are different and too cute not to share as well. 😁 @l0vegl0wsinthedark One of them is a cat!!! 😸 This is Acromantula Web 2.0 from Bees Knees Lacquer over Real Coffins of Transylvania from Glisten & Glow.

#nail polish 361 #manicure #bees knees #Acromantula Web 2.0 #unicorn pee #topper #glisten & glow #real coffins of transylvania #red #glitter placement #halloween

[see-arcane]

Van Helsing, fishing for info and vampire hunting accomplices: Aren’t you tired of being nice? Don’t you want to go ape shitt?

The Harkers, already down to wreck the Count’s whole unlife: Yes. :) :)

#as an aside I think the Harkers' situation was probably the last nail in the coffin--HA--for Van Helsing's methodology with Lucy's deal #'Why bother traumatizing Jack and his fellow suitors with Vampire!Lucy slaying?' #because he knows that Irrefutable Proof is the proven way to hammer through the modern callous of 'There must be a rational explanation!' #that we've just seen Jack return to after time to sleep #to mull #to make excuses and reasons for how it can't be what it looks like #we saw Jonathan's own self-doubt in full swing AND HE EXPERIENCED CASTLE DRACULA'S STAYCATION #even with proof the mind tries to backpedal against the unnatural #so yeah #shitty as the situation is #Van Helsing has been given a real-life example of the Power of Experience in forcing people to acknowledge the monster(s) #and if even his best student is willing to plug his ears over *circumstantial* evidence #Art and Quincey will double down even more #he has to show them what Lucy is #or they'll never move forward #anyway #abraham van helsing #jonathan harker #mina harker #dracula #dracula daily

[hella1975]

im due on and not in the mood for much of anything but of course there are stepladders that must be painted

#my mum doesnt half pull chores out her arse sometimes like what. no ofc that's a thing that needs doing #like okay tbh i LOVE the way my mum decorates it's something i rave about to all my friends bc im genuinely very proud of her and our house #bc basically my mum has an interior design degree and generally has an Eye for decorating like she's just Good at it #but she never ever ever spends loads of money if ANY when she can help it #put me in any room in our house and i can point at all the furniture and tell you some dumb story about it #'my mum's cousin sold that sofa to her for a fiver' 'she literally pulled that dining set from someone's skip' etc #like everything is always aquired for free or bc of some niche 'i know a guy' connection or she paid pennies for it #and then either me my mum or my sister will sand it down and paint it ourselves and it always looks amazing when it's done #like ive said to my mum before she could probs start a business with it bc she does it to such a professional standard #so it's given me and my sister not only a real respect for DIY and second hand and generally not spending extortionate amounts #but it's also given us handy skills like painting and sanding and glossing etc etc #and ive always loved that about my mum like she doesnt NEED to be doing this anymore like she has the money now to buy things new #but she just doesnt she genuinely prefers doing stuff like this and having furniture that has a story behind it etc and i love that #but my GOD is it annoying when we're doing it like i HATE painting it's sooooo dull #and when im due on and cant be arsed to do ANYTHING let alone chores this is just. nail in coffin #AITA my thrifty aesthetic is making my daughter contemplate offences against the person via stepladder #hella goes home