#but we’re just a man and a woman

[franknfurterstriangulardinosaur]

things @strawberriiiiii and i said in physics:

- of course i’m biased, i can’t be assed and i’m bisexual

- i’m so many spectrums that i might as well on be the electromagnetic spectrum

- radiohead, infrared

- i’m eating this paper to keep sweden alive

- get out my coffee, sir

- there aren’t my thoughts behind these eyes

- you have eyes, you’re a spy

- men are more important than microwaves

- *the whole of the creativity song*

- this paper is more unavailable than my parents

#physics class #none of this has good context #well some of it does #but we’re just a man and a woman #i’m a man and a woman #in physics and drawing about the spectrum #and drawing the narrator

[iamnmbr3]

So you know the scene at the end of The Taming of The Shrew where they have that stupid competition to see whose wife is most obedient? Can you imagine if other Shakespeare characters were there?

Ophelia: You called, My Lord?

Hamlet: No I didn’t. Why are you here when nobody likes you? Go away!

Petruchio: Even I think that’s mean.

Romeo: Go find Juliet and ask her if she would come here and tell her she has the most beautiful eyes, that make the very sun seem dull, and the loveliest hair and a face that puts to shame Aphrodite herself...oh and bring her this sonnet I wrote her...and actually I’ll go find her myself for I can’t bear to be apart from her another moment!

Petruchio: …

Petruchio: … Yeah he’s not coming back. Next!

Coriolanus: Go find my wife and ask her to come here and also ask her if she's seen Aufidius. Actually, have you seen Aufidius...or heard any news of him?

Servant: No I haven't… Is there a name or a description I could use to find your wife?

Coriolanus: Hold on. I know this one.

Petruchio: Wow... We’ll come back to you. Next!

Orlando: I refuse to participate in this farce. It’s demeaning to women.

“Ganymede”: Nonsense! Any real man (which I totally am) wants women to obey him without question!

Orlando: That’s wrong! That’s not being a “real man”; that’s just being a bully. I would never treat Rosalind that way and I hope no one else would either!

“Ganymede”: … You pass the test.

Orlando: What?

"Ganymede": What?

Benedick: HEY BEATRICE!

Beatrice from 3 rooms away: WHAT?

Benedick: CAN YOU COME HERE A SECOND?

Beatrice: WHY?

Benedick: SOME MAN HERE WANTS TO SEE IF YOU’RE OBEDIENT.

Beatrice: WHY ARE YOU PERPETUATING THE OBJECTIFICATION OF WOMEN INSTEAD OF PUNCHING HIM IN THE FACE?

Benedick: YOU MEAN YOU DON’T WANT TO COME HERE AND SHOW OFF YOUR OBEDIENCE? I AM SHOCKED AND HEARTBROKEN!

Beatrice: HA. HA. SO HILARIOUS.

Beatrice: … HE STILL DOESN’T SOUND VERY PUNCHED IN THE FACE. I SUGGEST YOU FIX THAT UNLESS YOU WANT TO SLEEP ON THE COUCH FOREVER!

Benedick: ON IT!

Benedick *rolling up his sleeves*: Isn’t she great?

#Petruchio: Why are you rolling up your sleeves? You’re not just going to let some woman tell you what to— *gets hit right in the jaw* #Benedick: She is not *punch* “some woman”! *punch* She’s *punch* Beatrice! *punch* #Benedick: WAS THAT ENOUGH DARLING? #Beatrice: YEAH! SOUNDS GOOD #Petruchio to “Ganymede”: YOU'RE a man after my own heart. Will you help me up? #“Ganymede”: I am neither a man nor after any heart but Orlando's. *punches him while he still is trying to work that out* #Coriolanus: We’re fighting? Who are we fighting? Is it Aufidius? #listen. after they get together Beatrice and Benedick are THAT couple and they absolutely make that everyone's problem #humor #Shakespeare #Shakespearean shenanigans #the taming of the shrew #much ado about nothing #hamlet #Coriolanus #As you like it #gen

[romainlettusdinnerparty]

byler quarantine au where theyre on zoom for school and the one class mike and will have with each other they pin the other to stare at them while they do the lesson but they both start realizing that they look very smitten while theyre supposed to be learning until theyre both convinced the other is in love with their teacher,, thus ensues chaos, jealousy, and the moral quandary of your best friend being in love with a teacher

#then you have one of those moments in hs sitcoms where the student randomly becomes very hostile to their teacher and the teacher has no #idea why but as an audience we’re like yah go get em! #i just think mike would be So Funny to be like #grrr here’s my assignment grr >:( #it would just be so sillyyy!! #and you could do something funny or sad with the teacher like the teacher could be a like weird unattractive old man and they’re like #why them :((( #or it could be a young nice woman and theyre like #sigh hes straight :((( #this was inspired by a comment from rainy toll of the trypod if you care #a truly inspirational woman <3 #byler #byler fic #mike wheeler i know what you are #mine

[thewhitemaletm]

Friendly reminder to trans, nonbinary, intersex, gender-fluid, and gender queer folks.

Don’t listen to TERFs and radfems and gender criticals. You know yourself the best.

Very little dysphoria? Still valid. Only wants to get top surgery or something? Still valid. Doesn’t want hrt? Still valid. Gender non conforming? Excellent. Butch trans women, trans femboys, both, anything in between.

Love you.

#lgbtqia #lgbtq #queer community #trans #transgender #trans community #trans femme #trans women #queer #lgbtqiia+ #2slgbtqia+ #trans woman #trans man #trans masc #ftm #nonbinary #gender fluid #genderqueer #Demiboy #demigirl #gender nonconforming #transsexual #trans your gender #it’s ok #just do it #fuck TERFs and fuck radfems #we’re so back #lgbtqia community #lgbtq community #pride

[baeddel-txt]

and while I’m at it, I’m begging you people to understand that when baeddels say “transmasc” and “cafabs” they mean all afab trans people.

multigender, abinary, atrinary, and female-aligned afab trans people are implicated under “cafabs” and “transmasc” in baeddel posts just as much as actual transmascs and trans men are.

and, quite frankly, 9 times out of 10, “trans men” and “tbros” also include non-men in baeddel posts.

baeddels don’t care about how we identify. we reject womanhood to various degrees, and as far as baeddels are concerned, that makes us all men.

#this is without even getting into the whole “schrodinger’s gender” bs #how if you’re afab trans + also a woman in some way #then you’re “appropriating” trans womanhood #which also makes you basically a man #a la janice raymond-esque “men are invading women’s spaces” rhetoric #the baeddels fucking despise us for rejecting what they want #we’re accepted as women easily #while they have to work hard for it #and so they hate us for not embracing that #and if you’re partially a woman #they see that as “having your cake and eating it to” #like #afab nb women are accepted as women #which they (the baeddels) are not #but they (afab nb women) also get to reap the benefits of “male privilege” #by not fully embracing cis womanhood #also something about “being trans for clout” #and since afab nb women can be both women + trans without facing the exact same bs that trans women do #that means afab nb women are “appropriating” trans womanhood #this doesn’t just apply to endosex folk either #baeddels see intersex people the exact same way #the baeddels never consider the intersex experience #and when they do #they think it’s exactly the same as the endosex one #lmao #the tags are longer than the post

[radsplain]

being a younger lesbian in your 20s and 30s is actually insane rn because not only is our dating pool small enough as it is (especially for lesbians who only want to date other lesbians) but then we’re also having to contend with the fact that half of the lesbians around our age are going by they/them or they/he pronouns and like kudos to y’all who can maintain relationships (hell, even friendships) with people who require you to deny base reality every time you’re around them or even reference to them when they’re not even in the room but like. i can’t pretend to indulge in it, like not even for a little bit. and i really do feel like this is actually a real issue and has so many implications for the lesbian community as a whole and how it really is disappearing right before our eyes, all in just a matter of a few years etc but all that is to say! we need to free young lesbians from the shackles that is gender now before i go completely insane and end up single forever

#like I’m so tired #and it’s not just that I want a girlfriend lolol that was just a joke (kind of) but like!!! #I swear it seems like EVERY single lesbian I come across is engulfed in this gender stuff #so when older lesbians are saying the lesbian community is dying out this is part of what they mean #like there is barely any solidarity amongst younger lesbians and it’s sad #not only are we letting men infiltrate our safe spaces #but we’re also not standing up to things like the definition of lesbian being changed to ‘non man loving non man’ or whatever the fuck #like soooo many lesbians are ACTIVELY feeding into that rhetoric and it’s driving me insane and making me want to scream & pull my hair out #and like actually I’m not willing to be with a woman who doesn’t even acknowledge her womanhood #idk it just feels like an act of disrespect to not only them but all women #anyways no one asked for this lil take or my rant in the notes but LMAO it’s on my mind #lesbian #radsplain.txt

[designernishiki]

I never finished the telephone club stuff in 0 until today (currently replaying 0, trying to 100% the game) and like. actually. what the fuck was up with the bad-end telephone club dates. like. not even exaggerating, completely unironically, it is fully implied that kiryu got fucking raped. multiple times. as a joke. that’s absolutely fucking wild

#it’s so fucking jarring #I mean kiryu is sexually assaulted all the damn time (mostly by women #because he’s a man so it’s okay :) ) but this is like. full-on implied rape. #unclear what kind in particular but that’s really unimportant #it literally gets to the point where after one of them- a woman old enough to be his mom (mind you he is hardly even legal and definitely #not at the maturity of most 20 year olds in this area) forcibly takes him to a hotel and the next thing we see is him outside that hotel #with his health bar completely depleted keeled over like he’s exhausted and in physical pain/discomfort #muttering to himself ‘that didn’t happen. that didn’t happen.’ #like #this was?? played off like any other end-of-substory comedic moment #bitch that wasn’t funny at all that was actually the most disturbing non-storyline scene ive seen in this entire game #he is straight up traumatized from being physically and sexually assaulted by someone twice his age and just has to shove it in the back of #his head and hope he forgets about it somehow because. well. he’s a man. #like wow we’re really just. gonna glide over that one huh #fucking christ dude #I seriously wonder how much that shit has haunted him and damaged his perception of physical affection/etc #anyway this is gonna linger in my head for a while #kiryu #rambling #yakuza 0 #y0 #kazuma kiryu #cw sa mention #cw sa

[broannalmao]

Were you always anti trans?

yes and no, i’m not anti-trans, I do believe gender dysphoria is very real and they truly feel like they’re not their gender.

what I’m against is the inconsistencies and problems that come about when you don’t call it what it is, a type of delusion

#delusion isn’t a disgusting word #shit happens and brains can be complicated #but biology is fact and the differences between men and women are physically clear #it’s like we’re all supposed to just know the obvious but ignore it to appease feelings #and then what happens if a trans woman gets physical with an actual woman? #is it a cat fight or a man hitting a woman? the latter obviously #and we all know that and would find it appalling so in that case if that specific person is misgendered #what mental backflips do you do to not misgender other trans people #its just all so inconsistent and im babbling so ima stop

[midwestemoboyfriend]

Society if there really was a significant social force to make them feel this way in the first place

#we’re just making shit up now #the most ridiculously arrogant space-taking man i ever met was a trans woman

[hecksupremechips]

Girl like. The reason he said "this is how it should be" and faced death with a smile....is cuz he wanted to die. For 2 years he sat there thinking he was worthless and deserved to die. If he hadn’t be shot, his death would’ve been suicide, he was fully planning to die in a gutter somewhere undetected. When saying "this is how it should be" hes literally saying "don’t cry because I’m dying, my death is a good thing actually because I fucking suck and you are better off without me". I don’t think that’s badass even slightly, it’s actually really sad and really shitty. Shinjiro is so convinced that he deserves to die and hates the idea of anyone giving a shit about him because he literally can’t wrap his mind around the idea that he will be missed when he’s gone, that his death is a bad thing actually. And his last words were meant to be comforting because he fully did not intend for anyone to be there when he died, he intended to die alone, so he says them as a reminder that he’s not worth crying over

Personally, if it were me, if I was holding my dying best friend in my arms who was deeply depressed and suicidal and he said "this is how it should be" uh. I wouldn’t admire him for it??? Like am I losing my mind when I say the way this game handles Shinji is bad or is anyone else seeing this too 😰

#its like okay listen i understand the basic math of any persona game they say things and everything they say is actually #very bad when you think about it for more than 3 seconds #like what theyre intending to do with the death of this character is be like oh no your sad friend dies tragically thats so saddddd #but that doesnt mean you cant live a wonderful life full of meaning you cant let grief consume you life is beautiful awagga #and i guess shinji is a specific character whos used cuz i guess its more tragic that he never realized he was worthy of life and shit #and i guess its also like ‘dont be like this guy who let grief consume him and then died you gotta Be Different’ #which i dont. love. that last part cuz if you think about shinji and what led him down this road #its like. of course hes depressed! he accidentally killed a woman with a child when he was 16! #he himself is an orphan and he just made some other kid an orphan as well and it happened cuz his persona went out of control #which very much can translate to ‘this must mean im dangerous and can hurt everyone if im not kept under control’ #so of course he isolated himself and believed he was evil and became suicidal like who wouldnt feel that way #like am i supposed to be mad he left sees and took drugs cuz uh while i dont think isolation or Evil Drug is good for his mental health #i dont think him continuing to fight in sees is something he can just easily do again given how he killed someone like he shouldnt have to #be a part of this thing anymore like how would he even safely get castor to not do that??? he cant kill more people on accident! #so yeah like using shinji as an example of bad coping mechanisms is already just. a big fucking oof to me like it just feels like the game #is saying he shouldve gotten over it and simply not be suicidal and stayed on the team. idk if thats the intent but uh it wouldnt faze me #cuz persona games are notoriously awful at writing characters who are traumatized and abused #but what makes everything even worse is how the game kinda like. acts like shinjis death is a stepping stone #like we’re supposed to use it as a wake up call and understand the stakes but keep going on anyways #and akihiko and Ken get. ‘great character development’ according to the game telling you they have now developed #but damn all akihiko is is just repressed he cries for 3 seconds and then is like I SHOULD MAN UP and then neglects a depressed child #shinjis dying words are words to live by now even though they piss me the fuck off like girl am i crazy HES FUCKING #HES TELLING ME NOT TO CRY OVER HIM BECAUSE HE SHOULD BE DEAD ACTUALLY AND THIS IS A GOOD THING ACTUALLY #like if the game wants us to still find meaning in life despite losing someone it just really hurts that shinji has to die for that to work #apparently. cuz the character i see myself in is shinji. not some perfect prettyboy who does everything perfectly and has 4 gfs #his death seems like a punishment for bad behavior. the bad behavior being of course depression and drug use. and im simply supposed to be #better than that if i want to live. and we dont get to form a connection with him cuz thats gayyyyy #and his death is like a NOBLE HEROIC SACRIFICE idk its just such bullshit to me i hate it so bad #how is killing a suicidal guy and then treating it as admirable that he said ‘this is how it should be’ supposed to make me feel #makes me feel sick personally and it ruins the entire game’s theme to me because its fucking shallow and the story is bad and im tired

[uncaught-coolfish]

rambling time but while I’m fine with emerald getting redeemed (it was gonna happen eventually) and thank fuck for ilia getting redeemed but if they redeem cinder and especially if they redeem salem herself I will throw a metal chair at

#not tagging bc I’m rambling #cinder may have had a sad backstory but she’s also an abusive piece of shit villain who has KILLED PEOPLE #huh wonder who that sounds like. and if she meets ANY fate that isn’t exactly what [THAT GUY]’s was I’ll be side eyeing bombastically #there was a post that was like. what if emerald became a maiden and killed cinder and if there is a v10 please let that happen so help me #and if SALEM is redeemed? yeah fuck no. fuck off. i feel bad for her because the gods are shitheads but she is AN EQUALLY TERRIBLE PERSON #SHE KILLED HER HUSBAND AND KIDS. AND OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING ELSE SHES DONE #i beg on my hands and knees clasping my hands together to stop woobifying the female villains. in my eyes it’s actually sexist #because noooo a woman can never be held reprehensible for her evils 🥲🥲 they just weak wittle babies who do nuthin wrong!!!! #like no fuck off. that’s sexist. genuinely to me. #and the sexism extends to the men too. i want to hope merc will get redeemed but we’re talking about this show. #male victims of abuse get either swept aside or ignored or KILLED. #and no man in this show except for JAUNE and I guess james can ever show emotion EVER EVER because EMOTIONS ARE FOR GIRLS #AND JF THEY SHOW THAT EMOTION ANY EMOTION ITS CUZ THEYRE WEAK. UNLESS UR A GOOD GUY LOLOLOL #this show’s got the maul’s lightsaber of sexism huh

[canichangemyblogname]

going absolutely fucking feral. fuck?

I’ve been getting a lot of TERF posts rec’ed to me through the #feminism tag lately. And they’re most often only tagged something like #feminism or #woman, so filters aren’t catching them. And it’s all just… anti-woman and anti-feminist take after take. Like. How have they hijacked the narrative and monopolized the meaning of feminism to be something so reactionary and reductive? They genuinely believe takes like, “women should be forced to abort children” are feminist. BFFR. They just hate other women having bodily autonomy.

I saw one just now where someone was like, “I was daydreaming about men just disappearing”— like being raptured— “and then realized that all women don’t know how to do male jobs and got angry” (and they did say ALL). They then went on to talk about how no women knows how to operate machinery because women have been prevented from EVOLVING to do the same things men do because men forced women to EVOLVE to serve them. Evolved. They were like, “all men could just… build a wood bridge but we women are kept from that knowledge. We have no teachers.”

Further fucking proof that these misogynistic asshats do not build community with black, brown, indigenous, poor, rural, or working class women. They live in a theoretical fantasy world daydreaming about men disappearing and “female separatism” rather than offering real fucking solutions. They live in a world where every last woman has the same lived experience as them. They assume all women are oppressed in the same way. They ignore intersectionality to purposefully minimize ableist, racist, classist, heterosexist, and cissexist structures so that everything is organizable into a simple and universal M > F dynamic. This way, in their chronically white movement, they, the white woman, is always oppressed and never responsible for the marginalization of others.

Oh. And the OP had the label “fascist” in her username. They’re self aware now, but at what cost?

Trans Exclusionary Radical Fascism, everyone:

The patriarchy is inevitable. Change is impossible. We are never escaping this hell hole.

Some other “gems” I saw, TW for racism, misogyny, ableism, and abuse:

The amount of Arabophobia, Islamophobia, racism, misogyny, and ableism I see in the #feminism tag every day is truly sickening. Like 1/4 of the posts anymore seem to be from white radfems sexualizing Arab, Asian, and Black women (while denigrating and singling out typically Arab, Asian, and Black personal-care and beauty practices) while another good 1/4 of the posts seem to be anti-queer. And then some 50% are porn bots with #sissy kinks. The tag has been trashed by bigots and bots, and I’m surprised that Staff hasn’t marked it mature content yet for the sheer level of porn bots using the tag. Oh, wait. I do know why. It’s because Staff employs JKR stans who would rather label #transfemme as mature content than combat the porn bots.

#misogyny #In their weird rapture fantasy #I would not get raptured despite being a man/man-adjacent (or maybe I would given they want us ‘troons’ to keel over too) #but. as a former farm girl. this rhetoric is personally insulting #do they think farm girls are all like the wealthy trad wives in TikTok? #‘I spent today baking bread and organizing flowers with my baby on my hip’ #and the oven behind her is— like— $80000 #I spent my childhood building platforms and decks and bridges #as well as operating combines and tractors and wielding a machete (the machete was fun) #‘No woman knows how to do these things’ 😔 #Most woman in my family did. But I also recognize that not every woman is a farmer #Like. Yeah. I’m sure that the OP of that post has no clue how to drive a combine #but she doesn’t need to know because there are already women out there harvesting this nation’s feed and food #and I’m not gonna clown her for not knowing. because— again— she’s never needed to know #but here she is complaining about women being helpless because of men and how we’re all just screwed and there’s no digging ourselves out #I saw a post talking about how defeatism is oft a feature of white mentalities and worldviews and I’ve been chewing on that #like. the idea fate is predestined and nothing can change. we are just beholden to our base ‘natures’ is VERY Catholic Natural Law of them #which tracks given the foundation of radfem ideology is Catholicism #also makes sense why they’re so keen to embrace the idea of women being ‘inherently’ one way (oft good and beautiful . etc…) #and men inherently the opposite way #see: screenshot about natural predators #or their support for rape as a biological strategy natural to men’s psyche rather than a way to reinforce & take power under the patriarchy #they’re constantly arguing that the patriarchy is natural and inescapable #cool. fantastic. so… you have no real solutions or answers?

[camping-with-monsters]

Kind of a rant with full offense but I genuinely despise all the hate Geeta gets as a champion. Yes her battle was a pushover. You have exactly 1 fire type which could totally be your token “overleveled starter” and she’s basically done for. But as a character? She’s not that bland— not from everyone else’s standpoints. Specifically the gym leaders.

First of all, everyone forgets she’s not even the final battle of the Victory Road storyline. Second of all, the fact that in the post game when you rematch all the gym leaders, many of them seem to react somewhat brashly thinking that you are Geeta (as far as I remember. Cause like. I think they’re supposed to have some sort of meeting I guess but Geeta sends you to take care of matters instead.) Many of them mention Geeta having a weird aura— a bewitching aura even (quote taken specifically from gym leader Tulip.) and she seems to rub a lot of the gym leaders the wrong way mentally. People seem to forget that she’s blatantly supposed to be a character shrouded in mystery but everyone and their mom wanna pin the blame on the rock flower she sends at the end of her battle for why she’s a bad champion. Y’all are focusing on the wrong material. Yes, her battle is pretty decently hyped and is a let down because yeah, she’s got a weird ass team and doesn’t use Kingambit or Glimmora’s ability the “right way” and that “Gamefreak doesn’t know how to make a good game” as if most of y’all weren’t crying at the mere concept of Arven’s whole motive for his storyline. Y’all ain’t slick.

Glimmora as her ace is genius. Not because of the battle standpoint— in that regard, it’s of course used very poorly considering it’s hazard setting gimmick. This is introducing the importance of this Pokémon and the lore of Paldea as a whole. Glimmet and Glimmora have something to do with the origins of Area Zero. The way it’s found in large abundances— the emphasis on the Pokémon in general in the endgame. It’s supposed to display it’s importance and not much else. Maybe even give way to whatever is going on in the DLC. It’s called “The Hidden Treasures Of Area Zero” for goodness sake! I firmly believe that when the DLCs come out, we will be getting some major answers to some questions. Why does she battle so carelessly? Why does she emit such a bewitching aura? Why is Nemona oblivious to this? Why is Geeta just… like that? What! Is! Geeta’s! Deal!?

Geeta is a character with so much opportunity for open speculation. She is a character we are supposed to be theorizing on. She’s a character we are supposed to be learning more about as time goes on.

But all y’all wanna focus on her easy ass battle. Hmph.

#The Kiwi Speaks #warning I’m about to be so fucking brutally honest in the post and the tags #/ neg #FULL offense but Geeta is a really solid character BECAUSE of the speculative opportunity #People are so unnecessarily mean to Geeta like. #WE STILL GOT 2 WAVES OF DLC MY GUY #GET OFF HER ASS MAN. LET THE WOMAN BREATHE DAMMIT #“we’re so sorry for bullying you diantha wahhh” #STOP FUCKIN CRYING BITCH. WAH WAH WAH. I DONT WANNA FUCKIN HEAR IT /ref #okay genuinely just. I really like Geeta okay #I think she has a really interesting concept behind her #we have a champion who doesn’t know how to be a champion #and thinks she knows exactly what she’s doing when she doesn’t #but is still considered top champion #and you’re left to question what happened #WHY DO PEOPLE HATE THIS CONCEPT SO MUCH???? #I’m sorry but I will DEFEND Scarlet and Violet and DEFEND Geeta whether you like it or not #y’all jump on the hate bandwagon so fucking fast. can we please for the love of fuck let the DLCs happen #sorry but Pokemon Fans make me mad sometimes <3 #why do people choose to relentlessly hate a character for not living up to expectations #she’s not even the final battle man #I promise you—you’ll hear it here first I guess— that I think her battle is like that on purpose #Pokémon #pokémon scarlet and violet #pokémon scarlet #pokemon scarvio #Pokémon violet #Geeta #geeta pokemon #Pokemon Spoilers

[saintlesbian]

as an Esme enjoyer (NOT APOLOGIST!!!!) I have lots of conflicting Thoughts ™️ on her current character rn. maybe it’s bc AKP is such an entertaining actress or maybe it’s bc I only started watching recently (so I kinda missed out on most of her really unethical behavior) but. there’s something about this fucked up little skrunkly animal of a girl that draws me in sorry.

like esme’s sociopathic snark was funny to me. the whole thing of her being manipulated by her father into manipulating the cassadine men in order to try and break up Ava and nik’s marriage was entertaining to me as a supporter of Women Who Scheme… and she’s doing all of this to gain the attention and affection of her father who is kinda Incapable of Love and is preoccupied with his Ava obsession at all times. like I can get why she would fuck nikolas to try and screw over Ava since to Esme, Ava is the main obstacle standing between her and her father’s love. and Ryan’s manipulation def bled into the way she interacted with the rest of the people she supposedly cared about since she literally alienated herself from the entire rest of the YA friend group by COMMITTING A SEX CRIME???? AND FRAMING TRINA FOR IT???? all to sow discord among them, isolate them, and ESPECIALLY to isolate spencer so she could keep manipulating the shit out of him.

like i think she saw trina, being friendly and reasonable with Spencer, as a threat to her relationship bc she’s insecure as hell and doesn’t have a model of healthy attachment to base her experiences on. and she sees joss and cam being happy together (maybe still wanting cam a little bit bc he was one of the few people she showed a softer side to??) and gets jealous as fuck bc she doesn’t have that kind of happy relationship. so she kills two birds with one stone, records the caoss revenge porn to sabotage their relationship and pins it on trina to isolate her from her friends… except even with all that reasoning behind it it’s still like GIRL??? you really didn’t need to do any of that??? like Ryan didn’t even order her to do that she just picked up a little sociopathic side project for herself. the crazy roots ran deep with this one. god forbid women have hobbies I guess

so to have those roots ripped out of Esme with the amnesia plot, it’s kinda like they sucked out all the meat and left behind a shell of Esme, this panicky waif, this sopping wet animal in the rain, directionless and loveless. I kinda imagine this is just what she was like before she started communicating with Ryan, and with the recent death of her adoptive family she just latched onto the first family she could find, with Ryan, modeling all of her behaviors after his orders. and even after the amnesia she still latches onto the first family she can find, with Laura the maternal figure and Kevin her uncle, who looks just like the father she can’t really remember.

she’s def not a victim tho, despite the two different hostage situations she was in recently. those were mostly her own fault lol. I think for Esme to have any shot at a meaningful redemption she does still need to face the consequences of her actions, whether she remembers them or not. jail time 100% for the revenge porn thing bc even I can’t make an excuse for how yucky that was. but what would really seal the deal for me is if she actually got her memory and a little of her personality back. scared animal Esme is fine and all but I’m starting to miss her snarky side… I think her redemption would be more satisfying if she had to deal with the guilt of her past atrocities and come face to face with everyone she hurt and have them all lay into her.

and I think the specter of Ryan should haunt her. like how she used to hallucinate him telling her to hurt her baby… I think that should be an ever present threat in esme’s head. like esme should def keep her snark and mild criminal behavior, but also when faced with the chance to fully revert to her old ways, she should be actively choosing not to be evil, rather than it just being a byproduct of her blank slate status. also this bitch needs therapy for sure but I’m wondering what impact talking to Kevin would have on her fractured subconscious…

#general hospital #pentababbles #long post #hi sorry for the rant about everybody’s least favorite bitch in the world but. I like her sorry #some of my fave character type are literally just scared animal failgirl woman who schemes & girl w/ smth Wrong w/ her #and esme is currently a confluence of all of them. I think she needs to be tormented more 😊 #I just think we’re at a crossroads with a lot of potential okay!! #if the writers could just do this right then we could have an interesting multifaceted character on our hands!! #also I think even if Esme apologizes for all that shit she did I don’t think she should be forgiven. #or at least not forgiven quickly or easily since did shit that had lasting traumatic effects on people. #like she fucked with Spencer’s self worth real bad. had trina deal with the horrors of the criminal justice system. #major invasion of privacy for caoss leading to the rift in their friendship and joss seeking the love of a dangerous man #while cam deals with the feelings of violation and insecurity from having that sex tape leaked #also Esme did kickstart a chain of events leading to Ava divorcing and KILLING her husband #like shit dude that’s a lot to atone for. bitch good luck!

[donna-rinascimentale]

“what do you bring to the table” is such a red flag. just thinking about it is so bizarre to me. women are like “hey i’d like to be treated with care and romanced by my boyfriend/husband like i’m important to him” and men really went “but what have YOU done for ME to warrant that”

#mina.txt #high value woman #femininity #leveling up #modern women #tags for exposure #idk i just hate modern dating #why are you as a man trying to make your prospective girlfriends sell themselves to you like this is a job interview #as if we’re looking for a business partnership and not an emotional connection #dating app culture which makes you quantify yourself into palatable little paragraphs has taken all the emotion and nuance out of love

[nowandthane]

not to generalise or whatever but if you’re queer just stay away from the cishets

#yknow what #he was a great partner when he could pretend I was a straight woman #idk maybe that’s unfair cause he was supportive of my sexuality #but the man got insecure when I gushed about haley stardew valley #so maybe not #it’s a fun 3 yr wedding anniversary that’s for sure lmao #I think possibly I’m moving past the heartbreak #and going into just absolute rage thinking about how he has treated me since I came out as trans #and ik he’s not obliged to stay with me and if the relationship just ended #because hey we’re not compatible anymore? sure. I can live with that #but that’s not what he did is it #‘trans ally’ fuck u so hard #ranting in the tags again I should find another outlet or smth lmao