#he doesn't sound worth it

[fayevalcntine]

Positioning Louis as the "Edwardian wife who becomes trapped by her husband" in a literal sense does no justice to analyzing his actual place and role as a Black man in his society and in his relationship with Lestat. Any interpretation or analysis you do of him when it comes to their relationship cannot be stripped of the racial aspect because it's constantly there. Texts analyzing Edwardian wives (and particularly ones this fandom loves to bring up) typically were white and the dissection of their place in societal rules are always viewed from the aspect of gender that is within these texts only allowed to white women, but never to Black men or even Black women. And gender and race become inseparable when you discuss the latter, no matter how people may view it.

This is why I can't take this approach to analyzing Louis' story seriously because if you don't consider the racial aspect in his relationship even to himself and his sexuality, what's the point? You're still centering the standards that were more placed upon white male/female couples than you're willing to look into the unique structure of Black families, religion, their view of homosexuality and how that sooner heavily influences Louis than the family's "need" for him to be sold off to an Edwardian husband. Even in Louis' own story, him and Claudia being Black is more centered on than any demeaning "housewife" comment he tries to go against from Claudia's perspective. She makes that comment once, whereas we have at least two episodes from Louis' perspective that have very blatant hints and showings of the racism he still suffers from under the Jim Crow era and how it affects his self-worth as well as his relationship with Lestat who doesn't seem to take into consideration how any of the blatant racial aggressions and objections still affect Louis and what he considers to be important to achieve in his own life.

Then there's also the pointed topic of Louis' position as a Black man who is a pimp to the Black women he has as sex workers, as well as how his position as a Black father affects Claudia, another Black girl. If you insist on Louis being centered as this "Edwardian white wife" who is confined by his implicit gender in his marriage, where does that leave Claudia and the blatant misogyny and disrespect she gets from both him and Lestat? Lestat who is her white father abuses her. Positioning Louis within the strict confines of "being her mother" doesn't do her any favors because he didn't hesitate to choke her when he was deeply emotionally distressed, nor does it make him look any better when he's fine with chopping up her diaries and then delivering them on a silver platter so that Daniel, another white man, can read and dissect. Even if he does this under the sole pretense of "doing right by her", how does it in any way help when he also can't face up to his failures towards her?

#interview with the vampire #claudia #louis de pointe du lac #i just feel like all these needless 'Lestat is the patriarchy' discussions; even when done in order to shield Louis #do him and Claudia no favors because y'all keep centering these weird strictly white standards in your interpretations #'Louis is an Edwardian wife' Louis is a Black man who was turned in 1910s Louisiana #the structural confines Edwardian wives were given really aren't the same when you take into consideration the racial segregation #of Louis' time; and I feel like the specific issues that Black men then faced when it came to 'proving' their worth when it comes to gender #are then just sidelined and forgotten as if those aren't the standards Louis grew up with #if you want to discuss Louis' placement in his relationship with Lestat it's kind of really heavy-handed even on the show #that he's a black man and that that heavily affects him foremostly in this relationship #also I'm so confused over this insane idea that Lestat is somehow the patriarchy while Louis is a woman and y'all say this unprompted #without considering how it looks when you call a gay black man a woman and a white bisexual man a guy #i feel like you can evade bad stereotypes of painting black men as overaggressive without veering off into the whole other side #while still sounding vaguely backhanded #and it doesn't make it any less weird when I see other non-black/white fans insist on this interpretation #it just comes off as y'all sooner being able to connect to Louis if you see him in a role typically embodied by white women #than to refer to the actual identity he has as a black gay man

[hellaverse-critical-confessions]

I see the new episode has recently dropped, but I'm disinclined to bother with watching it myself...

Those who have subjected themselves to it: a penny for your thoughts?

#admin talks #helluva boss critical #not just because I don't care about the characters in it (Fizz enjoyers are valid though. hope they didn't butcher your boy too bad) #but also because it seems looong #the whole video is thirty minutes. that's the longest runtime we've had yet for this series #and the talking Christmas tree just doesn't seem worth it. albeit I'm kind of curious about how he sounds but I can find that out from like #five seconds of dialogue #either way. I wanna hear some opinions

[britishchick09]

every single poto unmasking (original book 1910, 1925, song at midnight 1937, 1943, 1962, night gallery's phantom of what opera? 1971, phantom of the paradise 1974, 1983, animated 1987, 1989, mini series 1990, phantom 1990, staller 1991, the canary trainer 1993, journey of the mask 2000, 2004, musical 2011, graphic novel webtoon 2021, phantom heart 2021, ghost on the roof 2022, angel's mask 2023, my rewrite 2022)

#testing out tumblr's new 30 pic limit with this one! ;D #there are 22 unmaskings here! :o #it's not every single one but it's still a lot! :o #this took 2 HOURS to make last night! :o #and today i added the full 'phantom heart' one (i had a google preview placeholder) and the graphic novel/canary trainer screenshots #so much time but it was worth it! #i used gifs from google to speed things up and had to make the rest myself #i made the 83 62 night gallery paradise 89 animated and mini series ones #i even whipped out the mini series dvd for it! ;D #i also took out some frames of the staller one so that's a half and half ;) #i had to condense the book and rewrite's unmaskings since they're long (especially the book!) #i took out the rewrite's face description since you can see it pretty clearly ;) #the most interesting one is 'canary trainer' since the unmasking isn't done by christine or the phantom... but sherlock holmes! ;D #62 is the lamest since he shows it for just a few seconds before dying #the animated one and 'song at midnight' are the funniest for the sounds #the book musical and 1925 versions are the most iconic (and the rewrite for me!) #the best ones for me are 1925 and 'ghost' #1925 for how quick and surprising it is and 'ghost' for how groundbreaking it is! #she doesn't pressure him and besides the reveal there's no horror to be found! #and instead of anger and fear there's sadness and comfort #instead of shocking moment it's a beautiful one :') #all of them are great in their own ways! :D #it's so neat seeing them all together! :D

[franeridan]

nearly done with my op reread and for the longest time my theory was that the d marked the descendants of the people native of the island that eight hundred years ago fought the twenty nations, but rereading the part about lili I thought maybe it's more lax and it marks everyone who opposed the current government in general, not just those from the island - she was the queen of one of the twenty kingdoms after all, and imu didn't seem to know the nefertaris had a d in the name as well, but before the war there would have been no reason to hide it? so i think it's something they added to their names later, maybe to recognise each other as allies? or something? the kozuki were obviously allied too and don't have a d though, so I can't say this theory makes a hundred percent sense. also i find interesting how law is hiding the water part of his name too together with the d, i wonder if that has any further meaning? another interesting thing is that there seems to have been some form of prophecy or prediction about what's currently happening in the manga, since oden knew he had to wait twenty years and the sea monsters in the oden flashback on fishmen island were talking about it too... maybe a prediction about a war? since oden wanted to unleash pluton. I wonder what exactly they found out on laugh tale that made them all laugh when the events the wg is keeping secret seem to be this tragic... also, i think i never even noticed during my first readthrough of egghead but there's someone offshore with blackbeard's flag? a small boat, it seems, but I think atm we know all blackbeard pirates are either on the pirate island or fighting against the hearts (;;;) so I wonder who exactly that is? also, I didn't catch this either first time around but I feel like the germa might just be heading there as well right now lmao the thing with kuma returning to mariejois happening so soon after vp talked about the ancient robot attacking mariejois and no one knowing why is also suspicious to me, I wonder if vegpunk used data from that robot to turn kuma into a cyborg and that's tied to why he returned there for apparently no reason...?? anyway I thought rereading would help me clear up some questions but instead it left me with even more kkkk should have figured

#I'm about ten chapters away from the latest one im so sad #im also sad cause i just saw kidd and law lose once again but that's beside the point maybe #luffy is headed to elbaph next i wonder if he'll find kidd there... #i love shanks sm and i get why he protected his own but i love kidds crew i hope they're okay 😢😢😢😢 #the hearts too but i trust the hearts will be back #bc the manga used the word destroyed for kidd and defeated for the hearts #defeated sounds a bit less........ definitive #and also cause we know at least bepo and law are fine and bepo said to trust the crew to be fine too so #i don't think oda would be that big of a bastard #maybe blackbeard took them hostage hoping for law to be back since he obviously wanted the ope ope fruit? #maybe theyre with pudding now and they'll help her escape #maybe i need to stop setting myself up for disappointment lmao #but yes i trust the hearts to be back for now but im worried about the kidd pirates ;;;;;; #i hope shanks didn't kill them kidd had just become one of luffy's friends 😭😭 #also hoping garp didn't actually die but that's........like............... hoping in a delusional sort of way yk #on punk hazard kuzan told smoker to trust that his sense of justice is still intact #and i sorta like kuzan's morals tbh so i trust he knows what he's doing when he stands between blackbeard's crew #i just hope he won't regret it yk? man just maybe killed his life techer for this i hope this is worth it for him #also straight up i just don't want luffy to lose someone else like straight up my son doesn't deserve this #and dragon doesn't either!!! #i love dragon so much........i hope he'll be luffy-relevant soon..........

[kyouka-supremacy]

Anyways. Where is the hurt / comfort fic of newly started dating sskk with Atsushi being his usual kind self always delivering little compliments to Akutagawa including (but not limited to) praising his fighting skills that results in Akutagawa growing increasingly frustrated and angry and depressed and Atsushi being entirely clueless on what he's doing wrong until they finally have an heartfelt talk about it and Akutagawa admits it saddens him because he can't believe any praise in his regards can be genuine because he knows he can't do any good. Where is it

#I like how 1) Akutagawa being deeply insecure about himself and especially his fighting skills #and 2) Atsushi openly admiring how strong Akutagawa is are both things that are canon #Uh! It sure does not have anything to do with them being in love! #I think a lot about the chapter 51 Dazai telling Akutagawa “can you show me that you're at least a bit more capable now”– #and episode 9 Dazai “not to mention that useless ability of yours” #Like Akutagawa has literally been told nothing he does is of any worth all his life #Plot twist but that might actually be also why he's so mean with Higuchi: #being constantly told he's strong and amazing in his fucked up mind only sounds as a reminder of how untrue that is– #and how weak he actually is #And nota bene it's not about him getting angry at Atsushi or Higuchi because he believes they're lying to him #(okay probably a little that too) #but mostly it doesn't matter if they actually believe it or not– #because that won't change the reality that it isn't true‚ that he's incompetent and inept etc etc #So in his mind it only uses of a reminder of how weak he his‚ how undeserving of love he is #So yeah. angst #atsushi nakajima #ryūnosuke akutagawa #sskk #bsd #bungou stray dogs #mine #q. #It's like I always say actually the journey of Atsushi and Akutagawa towards loving each other– #is a journey of Atsushi and Akutagawa learning to love themselves and I think that's beautiful #22/05/22

[solomon-tozer]

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#it was my birthday yesterday #and it was not very nice lol #hardly anyone remembered and said anything #first time in my life not getting a card from my uncle too #my mother also didn't bother to send or leave me a card which... well okay i guess #she has everyone's birthday in her calendar apart from mine and her own (she detests her birthday) #my dad didn't get me anything either but he did buy some food to bbq and spend a few hours with me so that's okay #then i was just gonna chill on my own at home with the cats but my ex fucked that up ofc #then got mad at me for being upset and crying #so yeah yet to have a birthday where i don't end up in tears :') #i hate this so much i want a do-over #i cherish the things i did get i need to see if i can print one of them so i can gaze lovingly at it #but ugh when a server i've been in for over 10 years doesn't even remember... hurts kinda #i don't feel worth much to anyone at all #rhubarb crumbles #i have not been okay lately (well for a while) lol #i also wish i knew what was going on with my uncle #it's been a good few days and my dad hasn't heard anything back #no one's got in touch with him with news either #but my dad said he sounded really bad and - for the first time ever - scared #i don't like not knowing #anyway gonna curl up bc i'm cold and haven't got anything to eat so it's all fun and games #might watch more terror i was doing an armitage watch #which is just watching all the episodes he's in

[robotslenderman]

Okay but I think if Zain and Sullivan got together it would be purely because Evie keeps introducing them under the bathroom door like a couple of cats, because the more I watch them interact in my head, the more intimidated they are by each other.

friendly reminder these are grown-ass men.

#mostly it's Sullivan scaring the shit out of Zain #and Zain occasionally calling him out on it #and Sullivan hiding under a rock instead of discussing it like an adult afterwards #Zain: ''why are you always so fucking mad at me'' #Sullivan: ''I would sooner die than admit this is just how I respond ot hot people #so instead I'll just pretend he never said anything'' #Zain: ''ugh he doesn't think I'm even worth responding to'' #Evie: ''you fucking idiots'' #Also Evie: ''he likes you. I know he shows it weirdly but he genuinely likes you'' #Zain: ''sounds fake but ok'' #Sullivan Blackmoore #Sullivan was 32 when he died and Zain 41 #they are not dumbass teenagers they are GROWN ASS MEN #Zain al-Shahir bin Zakariya

[marklikely]

everyone's been making a fuss about British Chinese food this week and im honestly so lost bc after days of seeing everyone like "oh my god how could they eat THAT" with no context i FINALLY saw someone from england unpacking their chinese food and it was like. fried rice and beef and broccoli and mini egg rolls like i didn't see whats. so fuss worthy.

#i mean he also had a side of fries and put curry sauce on them which was like the only difference bw that and american chinese food #and im going to be honest you guys that doesn't sound that bad. that sounds like food. #certainly not worth blowing the entire clock app up over it... what am i missing #avpost #if anyone has more context on what the issue is with the food... #it didn't even look that unseasoned! like did i just happen to see the one guy who went to a good place or what.

[abluescarfonwaston]

The fact kotetsu can hear Dr Saito when Mattia can't without his powers is astounding. I know his powers can heal minor damage but like. This man has worked in first response for over a decade. He's worked alongside sirens and screams and point blank gunshots. And i know they've got some great medical treatments but has he really had No hearing loss over the years? Damn that blue suit must have had earplugs built in or something.

Course there is the added point that kotetsu Used to struggle to hear Dr Saito as well but now he doesn't seem to have any problem at all. Tie that to his ability to filter through 100x layers of noise until he finds exactly the one he wants might just mean he's Really good at listening. It just took a while for him to find Dr Saito's frequency.

#kotetsu might not have feeling in his hands #or a healthy work life balance #or be able to separate his self worth from his ability to help others #but damn if he doesn't have fantastic hearing #kotetsu t kaburagi #i am going to picture kid Kotetsu hiding in the woods cause his powers keep turning on #and the world gets SO LOUD #stop trying to block it all out you'll never succeed #focus on one sound instead #and let the rest fall away #i wonder if mr legend could do that too or if that level of control was derived from Kotetsus fear of his powers

[sage-nebula]

All these years later and I'm struck by the idea of a TSME AU on my way home from work. Sometimes the characters never really leave us, huh

#it's not the most original idea. in fact i'm sure it's been done before #but it's ''what if Lysandre was Manon's distant father''? #like she was still raised by Grandpapa Ramos bc her mom died & Lys was too busy planning mass genocide to take care of her #but they are both aware of it and so while she still meets Alan by chance #Lys *tells* Alan to keep an eye on her and Manon wants Alan to train her so SHE can help her papa's ''peaceful purposes'' #bc she doesn't know the truth either and has insecurity issues over never seeing him and him picking someone else to help over her #so it adds another dimension to things. esp considering how Lys has emotionally abused Alan for 2 years #(bc what Manon doesn't realize is Lys was always planning to spare her. but Alan is disposable. far from a favorite) #plus it adds another dimension where - Lys & Manon are biofamily but he was absent most of her life #meanwhile Sycamore adopted Alan and raised him with love & care #(makes Alan sound like a pokemon lol) #anyway it would give an actual reason for the Flare grunts to address her as ''Manon-sama'' like they do #which alone makes it worth it to me #(rip to Ramos for having such a shitty son tho. where did u go so wrong dude. what happened.) #(did u give Lys unrestricted reddit & 4chan & youtube access as a young adult? smh) #(at least you've done a better job w/ Manon)

[jpegcompressor]

past 11 pm is tomorrow and tomorrow hours. nobody fucking talking to me

#untitled.txt #STAND TAAAAAAAAALL MY FRIEND #MAY ALL OF THE DARKNESS INSIIIIDE YOU FIIIIND LIGHT AGAIN #*loud sounds of projectile tears in the background* #good fucking christ i have fixated on this game i'm so down bad #i listen to the music when i'm not even playing it like #it's not even my FAULT though the music was written by someone using the whisperings of christ himself #every song he writes fucks so severely??? for no reason??? #the tireless one did NOT have to go that hard #nor did neath dark waters #nor tomorrow and tomorrow #nor scream #nor- #if he doesn't write the ost for the next expansion pack i'm deleting the game. it's not fucking worth it anymore. #ffxiv is the ''collecting soken songs and playing them on repeat in my house'' simulator clearly #i would do this in real life if things didn't cost money and if i didn't hate square enix

[covertblizzard]

More Kyle and Maura’s interaction because every single thing about them is both heartwarming and adorable.

#kyle rayner #maura rayner #green lantern #mypost #dc thoughts #her setting a cardboard on fire for him to put out is soooooo cute #i think it later on says that kyle doesn't really remember that? #i can't remember it's been a while since i read this but i wonder how this ties into the first memory he has is of fire in the trailer house #is this pre-trailer house fire or post-trailer house fire #i think post #the line 'may you never forget what is worth remembering or remember what is best forgotten' is soooooo good though #also sounds very irish based on my limited knowledge of irish stuff (in other words it sounds like it would fit into an irish hymn lol)

[fluentisonus]

Me and and this guy have been friends for a while and i went to pick him up from his soccer practice and when he saw me he ran over and picked me up in a hug and was like “HOW ARE YOU!!! MY FAVORITE BOY!! BEST BOY!!!!!” And idk i just hugged him back and was like “good hru” and ive had a crush on him for a while do you think he likes me back

anon I wish I could help you but unfortunately I'm terrible enough at reading my own social situations let alone ones that are described to me. this is very cute though, it definitely sounds like he likes he likes you a lot

#SORRY I know this isn't the response you're hoping for! i would say though that if you do feel close & comfortable with each other #it might ve worth bringing up just to see! I think even if he's not into you like that that with a stong friendship #suggesting/asking about it doesn't mean anything irreparable & it Could well mean he does like you in which case you'll be glad to have said #something #<- tbh this may just me being completely unable to read subtleties though so my go to approach is just to be direct or say nothing #I hope things work out for you though it sounds like you have a very sweet & enthusiastic connection either way #thoughts #ask #anon

[idsb]

This was such a thing with pop rock guys at the time. Like, I feel like people need to talk about it more! They were really riding that line of okay/not okay with their young female fans! The same thing went on with my friend and the We the Kings guy!

wait stop Travis Clark? I know SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAD SHIT LIKE THAT W HIM 😭😭😭😭😭 it really is so crazy in hindsight, and it's interesting, because I think a lot has come out in terms of like, the pop rock guys who really did go over the line (example, The Jack Barakat Stuff of the past 2ish years that's come out), but not a lot of the like, really cautious 'riding it for narcissism but never going too far over' vibes because I think just about EVERY one of them did that much and it's truly wild that it was even okay to tread it so close

#and I think it's interesting and worth a conversation of like #guys who probably were ALSO weird and got bullied in high school #with this newfound access to communities of people obsessed with them #and how like. they could really play up their interactions with those people to #at the drop of a hat make them go CRAZY and think they were in love with them etc etc etc #so then those people would be more all over them bc they thought they had a chance #but they'd always pull back at just the right time to a) not cross the line and then b) make those fans go a little CRAZIER #about why he doesn't like me why won't he do x which made them more desperate (me included) #and then feed their ego more and on and on and on #and that's the vibes of what's coming out with Colleen over the past month and #it's just insane cause that's considered SO REVOLUTIONARILY CRAZY and I'm like #every bit of this sounds like every bit of shit most people I know dealt with lmao #which makes it crazy how UN talked about it it is

[maddy-ferguson]

Sick of getting called homophobic for not enjoying or shipping byler. Sorry but will stans are right for not shipping him with a guy who said his life started the day he disappeared. There is no enjoyement here aside from supporting it to piss off actual homophobes. The ship itself sucks ass.

you're so funny for sending this to me like am i supposed to agree that it sucks😭😭 but yeah i know what you mean like are people not allowed to dislike a ship anymore as long as you're not being weird it's literally fine it's A STRANGER THINGS SHIP

#people were like no this is terrible why would they do this to will i kinda hate mike now after volume 2 so they literally KNOW #it's not for everyone and like. a lot of bylers who are will stans' tweets and posts read like they don't even like what's happening that #much since their mike is like...a different mike sometimes or is portrayed as not good enough for will and not as someone who was #struggling too. idk. i feel like you have more to gain from being a byler if you're a mike stan than you do if you're a will stan which #sounds weird bc i just said that a lot of people are always like mike sucks will is the bestest ever but like. if you watch the show its #definitely mike who has the upper hand and who's 'making will suffer' even though he's suffering too if you think he's gay too which i #obviously do. but it means that you have to accept that and like that this is the story for will and a lot of bylers who are will stans #(even mike stans tbh) simply don't! so being like no i don't like this anymore because will's my favorite and the idea of it paying off #eventually doesn't make it worth it to me is like...very normal behavior lol #and when i say mike stans have more to gain i don't mean that mike has more to gain from the relationship. in universe at least (like no #omgg mike you are such a lame person how did you pull will) #because for us as a character he gets depth and an oh mike hasn't had nothing going on for two seasons plot twist. which is always fun #does that make sense #ask

[righteousruin]

icb Bane said

#props to this woman who not only laughed off every weird thing bane did but also sat there #and listen to him say he's murdered SO many men and enjoyed snapping batman's spine so much #that he still dreams about the sound it made #then watched him shoot without missing and say it would've been a challenge if they shot back #then watched him kill three men in front of her (granted one of them threatened her life) #and she was like 'yeah yes he can get it' #hats off to you miss spencer you are indeed a real one #Worth a Thousand Words || Comic Spams #sorry this is random I was like 'Bane doesn't like being touched bc trauma but he's probably pretty touch starved' #and then I remembered this woman was like 'i like to cuddle things like you' and bane said 'take my money immediately' jklasd #silly hours #Editor's Note || Analysis #I credit Spencer with rebooting the DCU because she touched Bane's cheek and made him relapse because he can't have nice things klasdj #It never would've worked out between them because Bane is Like This but she's sweet and I love her I hope she thrives