#i could have watched 9 seasons of jamie & dani being domestic

[angieschiffahoi]

older jamie, ripping off himym: kids, I'm gonna tell you an incredible story; the story of how I met your au pair.

miles & flora: are we being punished for something?

jamie: no.

wedding attendees: yeah, is this gonna take a while?

jamie: yes. 20 years ago, before I was aunt jamie, I had this whole other life. it was way back in 1987. i was 27, just starting to make it as a gardener and working in bly manor for henry, your uncle and guardian. my life was good. and then uncle henry went and screwed the whole thing up.

#how i met your au pair #i mean #the haunting of bly manor #haunting of bly manor #hobm spoilers #spoilers #ignore #angie rants #the wedding is in 2007 so it checks out #i could have watched 9 seasons of jamie & dani being domestic #while narrated by carla gugino in the background

[youngbloodbuzz]

With thobm being such a big hit and the holiday movies coming out like happiest season and the prom, as well as all the popular new cartoon series like she ra (lumberjanes greenlit too) and the owl house, it's like wlw media content has exponentially grown all of a sudden. And it makes me so happy but I'm also kinda worried that alot more people will feel entitled to wlw stories and scream hate at the writers when the story doesn't end in a happy ending full stop. 1/2

Hearing the backlash in some circles about root in poi, ellie in tlou2, and dani in thobm kinda rubs me the wrong way. Like I get it I love domestic bliss and unnecessary drama/tragedy too but like. I feel like it's a disservice to the bigger picture that there exist wlw characters in these large roles of diff genres with character arcs that aren't central/only about being wlw. And the writing choices for me were less bury your gays and more personal differences, which is where fanfic comes in.

Idk man. Sorry for laying this all on you buzzy, you don't have to post this. Just wondered what your take on these opinions are since you're in most of these fandoms.

mm it’s no problem at all, it’s an interesting situation. dani and jamie in particular was tragic and very bittersweet but i never felt like it was a bury your gays moment. it had purpose, there was a reason for it, and dani’s sacrifice was not in vain because her love and bravery for those kids gave them a happy ending even if they did forget her sacrifice. and besides, she got 9-13 years of her Happy Ending. she spent those years in peace with the love of her life, and according to what you believe, still watches over jamie years later. 

similarly with ellie. the entire point of tlou2 was Consequences. joel’s consequences for saving ellie, abby’s consequences for killing joel, and ellie’s consequences for her downward spiral and eventually abandoning her family because she was unable to let her need for closure and revenge go, losing dina and jj in the process. it was one of the main thesis of the game and you cannot fault dina for leaving or even ellie, she’d never be happy anyways if she never left. the farm was a bandaid, a dream. and anyways, i felt like it was somewhat ambiguous enough that there was a reunion when ellie returned at the end. 

as for root, that happened at the worst time possible when there was a plethora of bury your gays that year and the year prior. to make matters worse, lexa had just died like almost 3 months prior, wounds were still very fresh. they really just had the worst luck of the season being delayed for so long and being cut in half by the network. there was a purpose to it, but it would have worked better, been easier to swallow for many if there was a longer build up with a full season, or even better, like many of us including myself wished, that it had been harold instead. i DO like that it was root who became the machine, but it also lives in the grey area of that “it could have been better”

i dunno, it’s almost unfair. i personally LOVE stories like that, bittersweet but with purpose and meaning, and the history of wlw stories doesn’t really allow for that grey area of having intense dramatic stories that het ships are allowed to have. it’s always either one or the other, happy and almost too bland sometimes because they’re playing it too safe, or tragedy, with no in between. there are obviously some exceptions, especially in these last few years but that’s how it felt for a long long time. 

but also it really just...still does NOT mean you get to harass writers and showrunners because things are not going your way. whether it be supposed queerbaiting or begging for a ship to be canon or killing off characters. like full stop. just because they’re accessible to contact doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be boundaries. 

#asks #anonymous #poi #tlou2 #thobm