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jordisblogg · 3 months

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ur best friend pt.2

shuri.u x reader / riri.w x reader

warnings: romanticizing cheating, angst

a/n: i think i have a thing for having shuri call the reader 'pretty girl'

you straightened up the straps of your bra as shuri slid her basketball shorts back up to her waist. your hair was a mess, your legs ached, there was a strong aroma of sex in the room, and you needed to quickly get dressed before riri came back.

“as much as i would love for you to stay here with me, baby, riri’s gonna be here in like half an hour. and i still need to do something with my fucked out head.” you sigh, directing to the nest of curls that sat atop your head. shuri chuckled and leaned over to give you a quick, sweet kiss.

“i still think you look beautiful.” she spoke against your lips before trailing down to your neck and you were so close to melting into her again, and falling back into the bed with her, but you stayed strong.

“i can’t, shuri.. riri she.. she’ll be here..” you let out breathlessly, shuri at first wasn’t going to take you seriously, but she knew how bad it would be if she came in and saw both of you half naked on your bed.

“i know, i’m sorry pretty girl, i couldn’t help myself.” she gave you that smile that you loved so much, that had girls dropping to their knees and swooning over her, and you were getting a firsthand experience of that.

you looked over at your alexa, noticing what time it was, you quickly rushed shuri to the door, emphasizing that you don’t want her to get caught.

“okay, okay, usana, just promise you’ll call me later.” she leaned against the doorframe, placing her hand on your waist, rubbing her thumb slightly, and you couldn’t help but give an amused sigh.

“yes, my love, i promise i’ll call you.” you leaned up and gave her a couple pecks on the lips.

after a couple attempts you finally managed to get shuri to go to her dorm. you had just enough time to fix your clothes, spray the room with a nice scent, and tie your scarf on your head to cover up the fact your hair was a hot mess.

you heard a couple knocks on the door, and you knew it was riri, so you shouted that it was unlocked. you waited for her to walk in as you pretended to just get out of the bathroom.

“hey, babe!” you greeted the shorter girl, walking up to her to give her an embrace, and she happily reciprocated.

“haven’t been over here in a minute, whatchu’ been doing, mama?”

“um— nothing, really, just been to myself, lately.” you tried to come up with a lie. you know you’ve recently would reject riri’s requests to hang out in your dorm.

“yea, i get that!” she plopped onto your bed, taking a whiff of your spray that surrounded the room.

“smells good in here, you’ve been cleaning or something?”

“yeah, you know me, like my room smelling fresh!” you gave a cheeky smile.

you and riri didn’t really do much for the rest of the afternoon, mainly just watching movies, you rarely talked, which was strange, normally you had so much to tell her. and she was waiting for you to tell her about your job or rant about your teachers, but nothing came, it was.. awkward. she never felt awkward with you, something was wrong.

“y/n.. are you mad at me?” she looked over at you, snuggled up into her chest as you stared at the tv. you peered up at her, and gave her a confused look.

“no, why do you say that?”

“just asking.. you’ve barely said anything since i walked through the door..”

“oh no! i’m just tired, is all, don’t worry about it, babe.” you reassured her then returned your gaze back to the tv, but she continued to stare at you, clearly not satisfied with that answer, but she let it go, not wanting to push it further.

the rest of the times you would see riri, it would be exactly like that, silence and barely any bonding and it was about a 2 weeks after you and shuri instance of practically making out in the restaurant bathroom. you and shuri had been talking on the phone constantly, only because you've been constantly telling riri that you wanted to stay in your own dorm for the night. she didn't seem to mind, but she was a little hurt, but she made sure you didn't see. but she had started to notice that you had shuri were spending quite a lot of time together, and when all you would hang out, you would mainly talk to her, acting as if her and mj weren't right there, and shuri enjoyed it.

she even insisted on walking you to class whenever riri was running late or couldn't do it that day. riri couldn't help but feel a little jealous that her girlfriend and her best friend were hanging out more than they should. she felt like you were distancing from her, and she didn't like it. she wanted to ask you about it, but she didn't want to seem insecure, but she also didn't want this to actually turn out to be something that it shouldn't have and she hadn't addressed it sooner.

she couldn’t take this mysteriousness and decided to search your things, she needed to ease her stress, and tried to stop hoping of the worst. she had came over to your room one night, you both hung out for a little bit before you told her you needed to shower, feeling uneasy by the uncomfortable silence, she nodded and waited for you to close the bathroom door. once she heard the shower start she reached over to your nightstand, snatching your phone off the charger and typing in your passcode, luckily you hadn’t changed it from your birthday so she was able to get in.

she went to the instagram dm’s first, found nothing, so far so good. she searched whatsapp, nothing, she even checked tiktok (better safe than sorry) and found nothing. she then drifted to the message app, she took a deep breathe before she opened it. she quickly noticed that shuri was the first contact at the top of your list, matter of fact, she was pinned. but riri wasn’t. her heart started to beat out of her chest.

she clicked on shuri’s name and she soon felt sick.

shuri baby🩶

hey, pretty girl, just checking on you, let me know when riri leaves

hi lovey!!! don’t worry she’ll probably be out soon, i know she said she had a paper to finish so it won’t be long, i’ll let you know when you can come over🤍

“what the fuck..” riri whispered to herself. this had to be some kind of sick joke? this wasn’t what she wanted to find. due to her curiosity, she continued to scroll upwards, seeing more messages between you two, some lude, some romantic. but either way, all of it made her feel betrayed, she even went to your call histories, and it would be the exact time you would text riri, telling her you were going to bed. she searched your photos, immediately greeted with pics of you and shuri, chilling in your bedroom, or snaps of you both holding hands.

she couldn’t even begin to describe how she felt. disowned? stupid? she felt like she wanted to throw up and her eyes began to water. she tried to calm herself quietly, you had shut your water off and were most likely more able to hear any outside noise.

she couldn’t handle this. how could she have been so stupid? she should’ve seen this coming after how distant you’ve been with her. but when did this even start?

she scrolled all the way up, until she found a particular message.

you looked good in that dress, pretty girl

she noticed it was the same date as the day you all went out to dinner, did something happen then that started all of this?

suddenly she heard the door open and she quickly put your phone back on the charger and placing it back where it was.

“did anything happen yet?” you turned to the tv, asking about the movie you both were watching.

“uh.. n-no, nothing yet..” you turned around and saw the way your girlfriend was looking. you frowned.

“what’s wrong?”

“nothing.. i’m cool! i’m— uh.. i’m just gonna go to my room, getting kinda tired so i figured i should go ahead and finish my paper..” she faked a yawn. you looked at her questioningly, but shrugged in response.

“if you say so. well.. good night baby, i’ll see you tomorrow.” you bent down to place a kiss on her cheek, but riri knew there was no meaning behind it, there was no meaning behind anything you’ve said to her for the past week. and for the first time, she felt dirty after you kissed her, but she faked a smile for you.

she grabbed her phone and walked out of your dorm, not even bothering to say goodbye back to you.

the next few days she was losing it more and more. she needed to discuss this, how long were you going to keep this a secret? how long were you going to pretend like you still loved her?

she felt betrayed, by not only you, but shuri too, who was supposedly her best friend. she was going behind her back to be with you, knowing you both were dating, and had been dating for a while!

if you weren't going to address it, then she was, but how was she going to?

so now here she was, walking side by side with you, sweating bullets, battling with herself on asking you about your recent behavior. you weren't paying attention to her though, to busy looking down at your phone (texting shuri). you've had to admit, for you and her to be talking for a good few days she sure was being very affectionate, not that you minded. just this morning you saw that she had left roses for you in your dorm, which she most likely placed before she had left your room while you slept after you both had hung out the previous night, something riri had never done.

shuri wasn't only there materialistically, she was there emotionally, physically, her way with words was enough to make you fold. she made you feel like you were the only girl in the world, and god, the way she calls you pretty girl in her mother tongue. she was literally heaven sent, and sexy as hell. though you can't say riri was all bad, she was sweet to you, but after a couple months you had realized.. she just wasn't for you. you didn't have the heart to break hers, so you stayed.

that wasn't an excuse, you knew that, you were only hurting her more by keeping this secret, but what were you supposed to tell her? 'sorry babe, but i've been cheating on you with your best friend for almost a week because she makes me wanna drop my drawls?'

"y/n!" you picked your head up from your screen and looked over to your girlfriend riri.

"yeah, sorry, what were you saying?" you put your phone in your purse and riri sighed as she swallowed her last bit of doubt before speaking,

"i wanted to talk to you about the last couple of days.." she started and your stomach dropped immediately, you started to feel queasy. does this have to happen now?

"what about it?" you cocked your head to side in fake confusion.

"i.. um- i noticed that you and shuri.. had started hanging out.. more than usual. and i'm not tryna sound insecure or nothin' but.." she tried to reel you in, hoping you'd just tell on yourself, she didn't want to 'accuse' you then have you yelling at her, making a scene. you sucked in the hair through your nose as you waited for her to ask that question you've been dreading all week. "do you like.. like her more than me or something?"

hell yeah

"what?" you furrowed your eyebrows.

"come on , y/n, i'm not a fucking dumbass. i know how you both be looking at each other.. i just wanna know.." riri was starting to get agitated at your attempts of acting stupid. she wasn't in the mood for games, she just wanted to know if she was getting played, or if she has been since you both got together.

"riri, i-"

"hey riri, hey y/n!" just the person she did not want to see for the first time in ever, shuri. what made it worse was how good she looked and you couldn't help but stare. she had called you both from down the walkway of one of the student housing buildings, hoping to see how her friends were doing, but once she finally reached the two of you and saw the look on riri's face, that thought quickly diminished.

"oh, is this a bad time?"

"no/yes!" you and riri blurted out simultaneously and all shuri gave back was a blank stare, not knowing whether to go or to stay.

"i think shuri should be in on this too." riri said, eyeing shuri deviously.

"ri, come on, don't put shuri in this, this is just between you and me, okay?" you pleaded, not wanting to get the princess in trouble, you knew how close of friends she and riri were, though you knew better, they weren't going to be friends after this regardless if she was in the conversation or not.

"nah, fuck that, i've been noticing how you two been getting friendly on each other and shit since that day we went to dinner," you and shuri shared a look, "what, yall think i didn't notice? i've been seeing it all.. i've noticed how you barely want to spend time with me anymore, you don't even want me at your dorm! when we all hang out, yall two acting like me and mj ain't even there!" riri animatedly listed all the signs. you couldn't have felt worse at the moment. you both knew this was going to catch up at some point.

"don't treat me like i don't know what's been going on, like i don't know yall haven't been fucking seeing each other behind my back."

"riri.." shuri attempted to reason with the engineer, but riri wasn't having it.

"no! shuri, you were supposed to be my best friend, you're supposed to have my back. but yet- you go behind my back and fuck my girl, after everything me and you went through?!"

"and y/n, i never did anything to you for me to deserve this shit!" riri gave herself a minute to calm down before she prepared to speak again, "i went through your phone.." she admitted. your eyes widened, and shuri only looked at her.

"..saw the texts.. between you two. why.. why didn't you just tell me i wasn't enough for you?" riri's voice began to break as tears began to fill her eyes, and your heart only broke more.

"riri.. i'm so sorry" what else more could you say? that you didn't mean it? that you regret it? you didn't want to lie anymore.

"we should've known from the beginning that we should've told you to keep this from happening. we- i should've known better, and i'm sorry, i truly am sorry. but i can't say that i regret what happened between us, there was something about y/n that i craved, that i knew i had to have her. though, this was the wrong way to do it." shuri finally spoke up.

riri nodded in agreement, suspiciously too fast, "i get it."

"ri- come on.." you tried once more, but she didn't respond to you, only stuffing her hands in her pockets and walking off.

you sighed and dropped your head in defeat, this was not the way you wanted that to play out. you then suddenly felt a hand underneath your chin, and bring your face up.

"come on, i'll talk you out, wherever you want to go, if it'll make you feel better." you couldn't help the smile that spread across you face, shuri just had that affect on you. you knew she was better for you, but you felt horrible what it did to riri, she's most likely never going to talk to you again, and you couldn't blame her, but you couldn't worry about that at the moment.

you took shuris hand and she led you to her car, preparing to spend the rest of the day cheering you up after the event that just occurred.

#shuri udaku #shuri x reader #shuri x y/n #mcu shuri #shuri x black! fem! reader #bpwf #shuri fic #shuri #letitia wright #riri x reader

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herschelkrustofsky · 3 months

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appleflavoredkitkats · 2 years

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you know, i feel like general filipino audiences mischaracterize elibarra like. a lot. the thing is, i can see elibarra work in theory — these two seem like they're incredibly smitten with each other. but the thing about elias and ibarra is that, for me, they're admiration for each other comes of as shallow. surface-level.

(i'm gonna cite my interpretations of the book so bear with me here since last time i read it was december 2021. also this essay may be rambly and all over the place bc i wrote this at 3am lol)

elias was, i think, the first to be smitten. he valued ibarra because he believed he had the mindset and the power to execute change. that's why he helped him, and that's why he was incredibly shocked by ibarra's beliefs during the boat ride. and i need to emphasize this: that boat ride is so incredibly romanticized by media that it completely misinterprets the scene. if you actually read the damn thing, it showcases ibarra's true colors: he views filipino society as savages that need disciplining from the gwardiya sibil. to me, he's meant to juxtapose elias. while elias understands the struggle of the filipino (aided by the fact that he mentioned during the chase that he internalizes the misfortunes of the native land), ibarra is divorced from it. to my understanding, he is the antithesis of a model filipino: personal, vengeful, and close-minded.

and this is where general depictions of elibarra breaks for me. they are meant to be opposites. this is even supported with el fili's main point wherein padre florentino mentions that to be with your people is to "endure/suffer and work". elias has suffered, has understood the struggle of the filipino, but ibarra closes his mind to it. he wanted to do good only because he saw the filipino in his parents, but nothing else. even when he was imprisoned, he sought violent, personal revenge for HIMSELF.

and just. further insight; let's go to the infamous "then why do you advise me to go away?" line. elias and ibarra, for the first time in the book, receive a paradigm shift. a complete change in mindset and outlook. elias is sullen, pessimistic. does not believe in the chance of his survival because he was broken when he learned that ibarra's grandfather ruined his life. still, he chooses to suffer alongside the filipino. and fucking ibarra still does not internalize it. he goes on a ramble about seeking violent revenge, and even when elias says he'll hurt innocents, ibarra does not care. like, again, there's hardly anything profoundly romantic about this scene. they are self-destructing. elias lost hope in the filipino, ibarra chooses to fulfill personal desires.

BUT, and this is a BIG BUT, elibarra works in tragic ways, i think. because elias aids ibarra's survival in the end. he lets ibarra free not because he thinks he can help the nation, but because he believes he has the chance to be happy, unlike elias. and ibarra, even if he had differing opinions with elias at the first boat scene, was willing to learn elias' perspective. there is some worth in elibarra, but i think a few things need to be addessed.

one thing is; elibarra cannot work if their relationship was similar to how it was near the end of noli. there is a level of self-destruction there that i just absolutely do not think should be romanticized. the "why do you push me away" line is a whiny comment from ibarra showing how he still cannot understand ibarra's struggle. elias helping ibarra live was not because he loved ibarra to pieces, but because he prioritized the chance for personal happiness to exist. and this is is sorta difficult to explain, but to indulge oneself in individual happiness in this context is to sacrifice the chance to empathize with the nation. he fucking sacrifices his hope for the philippines in exchange for ibarra to continue thriving someplace else. so yeah, we need to stop believing that their relationship by the end was butterflies and rainbows because they were absolutely self-destructing.

second thing; even if ibarra is a privileged asshole who got most things wrong by the end, i also don't want to hold him to it, because his vengefulness ruined his life. his ignorance towards the filipino struggle still ruined his life. he is tragic as much as he is complacent. in better situations, let's say au's where they're happier and alive, i think a way to make ibarra's character free and more developed is if he actually found a way to open his mind to the filipino struggle. to get off his european high horse. not only would it be incredibly beneficial for him, but it would make his relationship with elias much more healthier. the thing is, elias how he is pre-chase scene was FINE. he has incredibly profound ideologies about the state of society which i think still we should uphold today. ibarra is the rich, spoiled, tragic brat who needs that sense of change.

the reason i emphasize their ideologies is because these two are founded upon them. these are their CHARACTERS. if ibarra still remains as close-minded as he is, it literally goes against not only elias' beliefs but his fucking existence. ibarra's beliefs are just a red flag period, incredibly classist and racist, and again, their relationship can only work if ibarra wakes the fuck up.

and yeah tldr; if you like elibarra and would like to portray them in other settings, it's important to not romanticize the boat scenes entirely because holy shit their relationship does not work. but it CAN work if ibarra can open his mind to better ideologies, which i think could happen in canon if he wasn't stuck in a miserable situation. but, if you wanna interpret elibarra by the book only, please be careful which parts you romanticize because a lot of it ignores the fact that ibarra exposes he has problematic ideologies + ignores the fact that elias and ibarra were at their lowest by the chase scene.

#noli me tangere #el filibusterismo #jose rizal #elibarra #elias #crisostomo ibarra

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arttheclown · 1 year

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forevfangirlwrites · 1 year

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love me better

She’s grocery shopping when she sees them. Just off the produce area, a beautiful bouquet of carnations in all different shades of pink just sitting there marked forty percent off.

Normally she’d just look at them and sigh then continue on with her shopping, but something compels her to move forward and pick them up. They’re even pettier in her hands, velvety soft and fragrant.

Annabeth has always loved flowers even though she doesn’t really get them that often, and now that she’s holding them, she doesn’t really want to put them back.

Why put them back?

It’s a great question. Why should she put them back? What’s stopping her from buying them and bringing them home?

Nothing.

Some revelations happen during important occasions or in the middle of a sleepless night or under duress.

Hers happens at two o’clock on a Tuesday afternoon in a grocery store in between picking up tomatoes and bread.

She can buy herself flowers.

An ability she’s always had really and now she doesn’t know why she hasn’t exercised it more.

Another rough day at work because of the project and on her way home she daydreams about coming back to dinner and flowers and Luke giving her a hug and telling her he’s ready to turn the day around. And the disappointment that follows when he’s not even there to greet her but at a bar with coworkers.

Actually, he never bought her flowers.

She’s already leaps ahead of him by simply ringing up the flowers alongside the milk and eggs.

The flowers are strapped to the passenger seat so she can look at them at the red lights and she wonders if maybe she’s going crazy. It took a month after her breakup for her to lose it?

“The project is almost done,” she says to the flowers as she starts to drive. “It’s been rough, but I’m really glad I pushed to take a half day off today.”

She nods to emphasize her point. “I can actually have real food in my kitchen now. Maybe I’ll make stuffed peppers for dinner, it’s been a while since I did that. Or…” she trails off thinking about her groceries.

“Or loaded at home nachos, and I won’t look at work stuff either, I’ll…”

She thinks of how to fill her afternoon. The luxury of free time is almost overwhelming. “Maybe I’ll go to the beach, it’s been forever.”

The beach isn’t far, but even with California weather, it’s not really warm enough to go into the water. But now that it’s in her head she can’t get it out.

She gets home, puts away the food and digs out a dusty vase for the flowers. They look nice on her small dining table, immediately working to uplift her mood even more.

Humming to herself, she grabs a beach towel and a book she’s been meaning to read along with some snacks and heads back to her car.

“I’ll just sit and read for a while,” she says out loud. “It’ll be cute, like I’m the main character in a movie or something. Piper is always telling me I got to romanticize my life.”

The flowers aren’t there so at this point she’s just talking to herself because she just feels like talking and it’s actually kind of nice to get her thoughts out of her head.

The sand is warm from the sun as she lays down her beach towel and sits there looking at the ocean and listening to the waves. It’s peaceful.

Some kids are running around, dragging sticks through the sand, no doubt trying to draw something, and it makes her turn to the sand beside her.

Without thinking her pointer finger automatically draws a heart, no doubt a remnant from the amount of times she used to doddle hearts back in high school.

Then in the middle she writes her initials: A.C.

They’d come to the beach with some of his friends and one of the guys had drawn a heart in the sand for his girlfriend.

“Aww, isn’t that cute,” she’d commented to Luke.

“Don’t expect me to do that though,” he’d said.

She’d frowned. “I don’t, I just meant that it—nevermind.”

Well, she definitely doesn’t need Luke to draw a heart with her initials in the sand for her, it’s something she can do herself. (And better because after years of doodling she’s mastered how to draw the perfect heart).

Two points of Annabeth, she thinks. Not that it matters, Luke is out of the equation anyway.

(But if it was a competition, she’d be winning).

It’s not till later while she’s listening to music and dancing along does she remember how much Luke didn’t like to dance. He claimed he wasn’t good at it.

“Neither am I,” she’d said, “it’s just fun.”

And she’s right, it is fun to spin around in your socks on the only part of the apartment that has tile other than the bathroom while you wait for pasta to boil.

The vague jumble of thoughts floating in the back of her mind finally unravels.

Three points to Annabeth.

For what?

For doing the things that make her happy.

For making herself smile.

For loving herself better than Luke ever could.

The things she’d wanted, needed, from him to feel loved and he never gave them to her, those things she gave herself.

She’s never really thought about the idea of loving herself, but listing it out like that, well, it’s obvious that she does.

And it’s obvious that Luke never really did.

It’s a bittersweet moment but ultimately the sweet wins out because Luke’s gone and she has herself.

And there comes the chorus of the song.

Time for an encore.

MORE DRABBLES: SEMANTICS OF LOVE 3

#percy and annabeth #percabeth #percabeth fic #percabeth au #percabeth fanfic

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esther-dot · 2 years

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I find it funny how jonsa is such a delusion, but jonsa antis are always so threatened by the possibility of Jon and Sansa being reunited to the point of denying that Jon cares about Sansa? I want to say this is because they hate Sansa, but it's more than that? They do act as though they're threatened when they say things like "Jon and Sansa hate each other" "Jon doesn't care about Sansa" etc... all the arguments that can be easily debunked by the books. They're pathetically projecting their hatred for Sansa onto Jon. Also, I can't speak for other jonsas, but if Jon didn't care about sansa, I wouldn't be shipping her with Jon lol

I can explain a little about why they’re so insistent regarding Jon “hating” Sansa.

A lot of the extreme anti Sansa/anti Jonsa takes come from Jonry@ shippers who read the Jon and Arya sibling bond as romantic foreshadowing so it’s very important to them that Jon doesn’t think about Sansa as much or care about her as much as Arya because to them, that disproves Jonsa. And then when they’re particularly annoyed, they talk about how he’ll hate her for betraying Ned or if she is disloyal he’ll kill her etc.

The only reason Jonsa isn’t too pervy for my tastes is the fact that they aren’t close, don’t have that strong sibling bond, but this misunderstanding was so prevalent, one of the blogs created to mock Jonsas tried explaining to their fellow antis that they had to stop throwing the lack of a Jonsa bond in our faces because we liked it. I’m not joking. Jonry@ shippers put so much significance on this that I saw one say that you can’t like Arya and ship Jonsa because Jonsa erases Arya from the story. I mean, Jon could actually be dead dead and Sansa and Arya would both continue to very much be part of the story, but no need to quibble over details. 😂

Anyway, Jon definitely cares for Sansa,

his thoughts of her are beautifully written

But it is nothing compared to what Arya is to him, and I would never say their bond is the same. I meant to emphasize in my previous ask that Jon wants to do everything for Arya, for Robb, but it means more to me that even for a sibling he doesn’t have this kind of bond with,

he refuses to take Winterfell.

Some people who love Sansa do think there’s pain and real tension between them that will have to be worked through, and it’s possible that Martin takes that route, but when I read Jon’s memories…I think he has a soft spot for her romanticism that her other siblings do not have. And even if he isn’t ever-present in his mind the way Arya is, he certainly cares for he safety.

#ask dot

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holyluvr · 6 months

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👍🏻 Sometimes people make art specifically to be edgy, gross, or to disturb whoever views it. This doesn’t mean it’s bad art, always.

Sometimes it’s for the giggles. Sometimes it’s to emphasize and make others accept the lesser romanticized parts of being alive. Sometimes it’s to be an asshole and upset people the artist doesn’t like. Sometimes it’s irony. Sometimes it’s an inside joke. Sometimes it’s from an artist who was hateful at the time. Sometimes it’s from naive ignorance. Sometimes to cope. Sometimes they mean it and sometimes don’t. Sometimes it’s to relate to a different issue. Sometimes to stir the pot.

“It doesn’t matter why if it spreads a hateful and dangerous social message”. Everything and nothing matters in art, man. You have to be so careful about all of this. You have to understand the difference between creeps and criminal predators. You have gotta understand that being a creep isn’t and should not be illegal or barred from society.

I don’t want to look at ableist, sexist, transphobic, whorephobic(a linguistic example of the arts being accidentally in-bad-taste-and-upsetting if you want to count the humanities in on this), or homophobic art or anything that connects children to adult topics in tastelessness. But I’d rather there be civil laws in place that don’t take someone’s rights away and at the most limit my accidental exposure to said art hitting my eyes rather than hear some stoner 23 year old is going to prison for a drawing depicting children too close to sexuality that wasn’t even publicly showcased unless you were deep looking for that BS and ignored the red flags and warnings in his other works.

I don’t care what his reasons were because he didn’t harm a child. He didn’t harm an adult. The most he did was make someone feel disgusted or enraged, and that’s not a crime. That’s being a creep and asshole. Whatever social backlash he gets is on people like him and up to the people who see it, but if you keep getting the law involved— how are you going to stop them when they start to once again say that homosexuals and interracial couples and anything non-[majority religion] or that could promote violence and satanic antisocial behavior should be banned?

You know they were having arguments with those exact main points to judge musicians by in the 80’s-90’s USA? The 90’s-00’s UK? The footage from the courtrooms doesn’t hide their language and tones. Anti-Christian. Satanic. Anti-social. Violent. The children can’t be exposed to anything that meets those criteria, and we get to decide what defines those now so your pretty little heads don’t have to think or worry about a thing. You don’t need to worry about raising your Christian children in this satanic society because we will for you. Think of the kids.

That’s why we can’t have you saying “bitch” in your song. But don’t worry! We decided some other pornographic and violent vocabulary doesn’t count as explicit or mature! You still have control in this agreement, we promise.

Who and what do you think defined, “explicit” for you? Why do you think that happened?

#…#like idk sometimes you do have to accept that there’s a diff between creeps & criminals and it’s ok to keep space and be suspicious but it’s #dangerous and giving scarier predators power when you get the law involved over ideas and artwork

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it's almost as if everyone involved in the production of better call saul inherently understands that jimmy getting life in federal prison is a shitty ending that should not have happened, otherwise they wouldn't be engaged in willful denial of it. i've been thinking more and more that the finale is not going to age well once enough time passes for people to think about it objectively. it's sad because this was my favorite show but it is what it is

this has been in my inbox since august 22, and i think i've answered it in my head a hundred times, and every time the response is inadequate. that said, i get where you're coming from and think you're entitled to it.

the post i wrote a little while ago about kim exemplifies my biggest issue with the show's final episodes, but i've also been clear on my very real issues with the prison ending and the lack of middle ground (ie: did it have to be seven years or LIFE? why did they feel the need to use adx, which is hell on earth, and not the place someone like jimmy deserves to be incarcerated? the fact that jimmy only got all or nothing testimony, rather than a nuanced examination of both his trauma and his culpability, etc) - i understand why they felt prison was necessary, but i disagree with the way it was presented. i also still get stuck on the fact that it doesn't feel like a proper ending to THIS story. it feels like an epilogue to breaking bad, and maybe that's by design, but it was jarring for me to be taken out of bcs the way we were, to have so little of our protagonists in those final episodes.

i'll reiterate that i wish so much that peter had given kim a flashback, i feel like there is such a dearth of her in those last episodes, and there's this sense i have of mourning her terribly despite her appearances onscreen, most of which are nearly silent. and i'm never going to be comfortable with framing prison as a happy ending. the american prison complex is inhumane and corrupt, and they did a 180 of sorts on its thematic impact from what it meant in this universe previously. the mutual i was discussing kim with brought this up - how exactly does jimmy heal and reclaim his identity in a situation where he has no free will? where every choice is made for him, and he is sentenced to the punishment of the system for the rest of his life? i know every single person involved keeps saying he'll get out, but that's an intentional misunderstanding of what they themselves constructed, because that's not how the federal system works. we have to suspend disbelief so far - which i support! give them any hope we can - but on some level, we know that's not going to happen. if they'd emphasized what a tragedy the ending is, i'd have less cognitive dissonance about it, but the idea of prison ever being "happy" has driven me further from it. they earn their love back and yet can never truly have that. the cost is immense.

since a little over a month has passed now, i will admit that as time has passed, i myself have become less okay with it the more i've ruminated over it. it was my favorite show too, which is saying a LOT. i have unending love and respect for this show's actors and writers and directors, and i am so grateful to have had it and experienced it. my respect for them is not undermined by critically disagreeing with some key points about the last run of episodes, but it does carry a particular sadness. it shadows a lot of the story in a way that, for me, is much less fulfilling than the romanticism of, say, jesse's escape and walt's blaze of glory death. it feels like they were trying to get some element of that, but swung too far in the direction of punishment, which is not the same as atonement. there is romanticism in the last moments with kim, but the grief is profound.

#anonymous #letterbox #bcs spoilers #not putting this in the main tag

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dmicld · 2 years

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how obnoxious is this? be honest. notes under the cut jddgsjsjdh

ride or die: LITERALLY we all already knew there’s nothing to add I just love them <3333 wish I could give them every single color and ten extra lines connecting them.

OTP: all i really have for this is to say that in general i tend to prefer f/f ships and i think that shows here. dmcl are more of an exception than a rule in that regard. there are a few pairings that could conceivably go here or really really like you a lot but i was trying to be discerning for the sake of creating an actual hierarchy.

really really like you a lot: <3 hmmm.... dmvn and dmfx are complicated because i like them both a lot it just varies how much. i always really like dmvn but usually not enough to feel compelled to write about them/seek them out unless its a v specific flavor. dmfx feels like the worlds most ship but they can be. a lot sometimes and putting them through the mortifying ordeal of learning to be close again is sometimes too much for me fdhsjfksd. again, they’re a lot, but i love them. favorite in house bl pairing by far. other than that i guess merceleth is kind of unique as it’s the only byleth/student pairing i ‘get’ as like it’s own thing. but i also believe in setleth/lettuce family rights so i usually tend toward that direction fhdsjkfs.

see the appeal but you do nothing for me personally: i like you IN THEORY but the actual emotions you bring me are essentially zero. i do enjoy fan art etc that gets made for these pairings, but i typically won’t seek out content fic etc.

platonic: i prefer the lord/byleth ships platonically tbh. dimitri has a really good s support scene (claude’s is so funny? like i'll be seeing you later i guess?). some of the scenes in cf make me uncomfortable regarding el/byleth so that’s kind of my issue there. i’ve seen cute art for all of them though which i support <3 i prefer claude an hilda as the worlds most besties but i understand ppl who like them together as well.

okay so i actually have no feelings...: this is the sly/vix category bc idk what to do with them fdhsfjksdfkjs. i see you guys so much i wish i liked you but there’s just nothing!!! i don’t even dislike like it either. anyways i still come across it a lot esp as a background ship and im always like okay you’re fine you can stay but unfortunately im not really invested for your sake :( also as an aside felix kind of reads to me as like. in love with dimitri on every route so there’s that too i guess hdfjksdjfsd. that being said i think this ship is a W for women for taking two of fodlan’s biggest misogynists off the market and into each other’s arms.

don’t really like: not a fan of lorenz/marianne tbh and enough that i felt the need to say it. that’s hilda’s girlfriend </3

good situationally: BUT CAN BE SO BAD. like so so bad it’s almost not worth it to try fhdsjkfs. dmdue especially people can be freaks about. which is unfortunate. bc again it can be so good.

i don’t want to see you together but i want to see you get divorced: would love for any of these couples to have an unhinged toxic relationship and then have the messiest break up ever. i think it would be so funny. no actual thoughts here just me laughing.

NOTP: i hate these couples and i don’t really even want to talk about it because i think i’ll start getting mean fhdsjfskd. cl/rz i dislike on principle and ed/el/cl/de is a combination of that and how it often gets... portrayed.. in fan works/spaces. either way i do not like them fdhsfjkdsf.

honorable mentions that didn’t make the chart: dimi/gard ???? just baffles me bc dimitri literally thinks of her as his sister but also idk it’s boring on top of that. thinking of their relationship through the lens of family/el’s connection to dimitri’s romanticized vision of the past is more interesting. i don’t like it generally but really i just need to emphasize that it’s boring on top of that. and then the other one would be ferdinand/lorenz which i don’t ‘go here’ for but i read it done REALLY well in a fic once. so i like them very much in the context of that fic’s canon/world.

#the text was loading weird so if u saw me repost this no u didn't dhfjksdfsd #perhaps they are cringe but they're my cringe #x

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obstinaterixatrix · 2 years

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the thing with historical rpf musicals is that assassins works because it emphasizes the ‘f’ of rpf, it is entirely fictional and it has a central thesis to pursue by taking historical figures out of their historical context and placing them in a musical revue to weave a larger narrative around a central theme—the corruption of the pursuit of happiness is what makes presidential assassinations uniquely american.

wise guys—eternal bias, light of my life, apple of my eye—is less fictionalized in that key plot points reflect actual historical events and certain direct quotes are used (as opposed to assassin’s ‘all these guys are chilling at a bar and getting on each other’s nerves), but it also wildly exaggerates and/or fictionalizes some events (which honestly suits a story about the mizners) to better communicate a narrative about two brothers—it’s a cycle, it’s a haunting, it’s a farce, it’s a tragedy, it’s about pursuing your own road and ending with nothing and ending with everything you’ve ever needed, it is a case study in the mizner brothers as narrative foils. “The road to opportunity.” / “The road to eternity.” / “The greatest opportunity of all! Sooner or later we’re bound to get it right.”

and hamilt•n (😒) (do not ask me about hamilt•n) at least is very clear about it’s themes of who lives/who dies/who tells your story and how the characters/historical figures are defined by that guy.

bonnie and clyde is a powerpoint presentation with solidly good orchestration and unconscionably middling lyrics and nothing else. what is the narrative? these guys sure existed. what are we supposed to do with the themes? one character fits this archetype, another character fits a different archetype. it’s a case study with no narrative except historical extrapolation. and I’ll admit I’m inherently biased against bonnie and clyde because I am in fact not enticed by the romanticism of two white americans going on a crime spree, but in the end (going by the cast album) the narrative does not condemn or validate the characters or their circumstances. there COULD be themes related to the prison industrial complex and policing in general, to some extent, exacerbating and escalating crime, but it’s just like a song. there’s TECHNICALLY a theme of ‘hey if we go out might as well go out with a bang and a blaze of glory’ but there’s no pursuit or exploration or challenge to this idea, it just… is. if hamilt•n states its theme as who lives etc. then the equivalent in bonnie and clyde is. ok I don’t remember the lyrics but it’s ‘how does a something something waitress from whatever and a whatever blah blah blah become the something crooks alive’ or whatever like I guess you’re going to tell us but can’t you at least also have some fucking narrative to it

#talking abt musicals

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ivaspinoza · 2 months

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"[...] a deepened appreciation of the beauties of nature; [...] a turning in upon the self and a heightened examination of human personality and its moods and mental potentialities; [...] a new view of the artist as a supremely individual creator, whose creative spirit is more important than strict adherence to formal rules and traditional procedures; an emphasis upon imagination as a gateway to transcendent experience and spiritual truth; an obsessive interest in folk culture, national and ethnic cultural origins, and the medieval era; and a predilection for the exotic, the remote, the mysterious, the weird, the occult [...]".

"Romantic works were a reaction to the Age of Enlightenment and the advancing Industrial Age, a time in which science and rationalization began to take firmer hold in the public consciousness. Romantic literature challenged this new wave of ideas by telling stories rooted in emotion, nature, idealism, and the subjective experiences of common men and women. It comes from the medieval French romaunt, the term for an epic, chivalrous quest told in verse." "Romantic writers felt that the average reader should be able to understand and enjoy their works. This sentiment often extended to the relatability of characters they created. Romantic writers would represent certain female characters as innocent, naïve bundles of perfection that needed sheltering and, in some cases, outright worship. Their admirers were nothing short of haunted by them." "Characters and their internal lives were a priority for Romantic writers. They gave readers access to the characters’ innermost thoughts and desires, emphasizing the minutia that made them tick. This hyper-focus on subjective thoughts and experiences opened the doors for an increased perception of the spiritual—and, sometimes, the supernatural." "Isolation and its accompanying melancholy played a key role in the experiences of romantic characters and, often, their authors. This loneliness and estrangement from the rest of humanity gives the character a way to express the uniqueness of their experiences and thoughts." "Nature was a source of endless inspiration and beauty for romantic writers. They often viewed nature as a teacher; a living, breathing entity; a god or goddess; or some combination of them all. For example, in the poem “Auguries of Innocence,” William Blake celebrates nature and its awe-inspiring majesty." "Pathetic fallacy is a type of personification where romantic writers attributed human feelings and thoughts to aspects of nature. In the poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,” with the title itself giving human characteristics to a cloud, William Wordsworth writes about coming upon a field of daffodils." "Literary romanticism honors universal human emotions like love, loss, triumph, and failure. These works did not center on bold religious statements or scientific theories; instead, they highlight a collective sense of morality and right versus wrong [the Natural Law, eternal, written in every human heart as opposed to the man-made traditions and laws]. They existed as accessible pieces of literature that featured the common man as a character to attract the common man as a reader. "

"The result was that ordinary people were considered worthy of respect and even celebration. Romantic works also underscored the value of nature in the richness of the human experience, as well as the need for isolation to attain emotional or spiritual growth."

source, "Portrait of sister Aline", by Théodore Chassériau

#romanticism #literature

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arttheclown · 1 year

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in honour of this server’s 3-month anniversary, i thought i would post an updated promo in the main tags once more! THE CLOWN CAFÉ is an inclusive, 18+ discord server for fans of the TERRIFIER franchise, art the clown, & iconic new final girl sienna shaw. the clown café’s purpose is to give gay, lesbian, bi & trans fans a safe space where we can discuss the characters and lore, joke around together, share fanart / fics / edits, and - yes, objectify the clown, if that sort of thing tickles your fancy. (and boy does that happen a LOT in there!!!)

🤍 🖤 server highlights include:

the ability to connect with other queer fans of terrifier, including artists, writers, and casual fans; being able to share your creations without relying on likes, reblogs, or any sort of algorithm.

sharing ideas and headcanons, speculating on lore, & potentially collaborating with each other if the inspiration strikes; we may or may not have a zine in the works soon!!

connecting with other queer fans of the slasher / horror genre in general, not just terrifier! we have a number of mutual interests in there outside of these films & an entire category dedicated to non-terrifier talk.

movie nights, voice calls, & game nights!

a casual / friendly vibe in general; anyone can pop in and out of the chat as they please. there’s no such thing as too much or little talking, so long as we all respect each other!

🤍 🖤 as far as ground rules go...

i feel the need to emphasize that this is not a server geared towards cishet people. this is not something that is going to change any time soon.

be nice to everyone in the server. don’t demean people or talk over them. please read additional rules carefully upon entering. that’s about it!

LIKE OR REBLOG IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING & I WILL (POTENTIALLY) SEND AN INVITE YOUR WAY!!! 🎪 🍿 🍭

#terrifier #terrifier 2 #art the clown #sienna shaw #new promo DONE!

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cheekbites-moved · 2 years

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People really need to learn that queer coding and subtext does not mean queerbait. It’s basically what authors have to use when they cannot be blatant about it but want to have it in there. That doesn’t make it any less true just because they’re not looking straight into the camera and saying every little minute detail.

i agree with you fullheartedly. especially emphasizing that sometimes coding or subtext is all a creator can get away with, and their efforts to give us the best representation they can within that does not deserve to be belittled or undermined.

however, what makes vnc a particularly infuriating case is that it's not even coding or subtext.

i guess for vanoe specifically you could argue that vanitas is currently only bi-coded, not explicitly bisexual & noe is gay-coded, not explicitly gay.

but, again, when the series has multiple canon lgbt characters already, it's not baiting anyone for having a gay couple that's currently only romantically coded. especially since the series is not over yet. trying to declare it as bait when we're not even 60 chapters in, & will probably end up with 100+ by the end, is bullshit all by itself, honestly.

and there's other shit i didn't even mention in that post!

we have an on-screen f/f kiss with chloe and faustina. and while the circumstances around that kiss are obviously not good, nor are they meant to be taken as good/romanticized, the fact that we got a f/f kiss in the manga (and anime!) at all is still nothing to sneeze at!

louis is universally accepted as noe's first love in the fandom for a reason. the feelings in the manga are quite tangible, even without any sort of confession or declaration.

and vanoe's flirting is just. like. SO blatant. the amount of times they've blushed at each other, and said shit to each other that's more romantic than a blunt love confession could ever be is nearly absurd (in a good way, of course), especially when we aren't that far into the manga's run, all things considered.

vnc just doesn't use any specific terms. nobody's screaming "im gay!!", but we have multiple instances of characters of the same gender blatantly flirting with each other.

& luna didn't say "im trans!"/"im non-binary!", but they did specifically say that they're neither female nor male, so, like... enough to be trans by definition (the definition of transgender simply being not identifying with your assigned gender, btw. if anyone was unaware).

we're not always gonna get a character directly declaring what their specific representation is, but that doesn't mean that representation doesn't exist or isn't valid.

bottom line...

people just need to stop throwing specific terms around. period. especially terms meant to describe a form of oppression. it takes away from these issues when they are actually happening, and makes the fight to get actual cases of it eradicated that much harder. it has to stop.

#vnc #vanitas no carte #vanoe #anon #answered #(the next tag is not aimed at you anon you're a dear & i appreciate the support!)#i once again emphasize though if you're an obnoxious dumbass on this post or in my inbox you're just getting blocked #i dont wanna hear excuses. there is no excuse. alright? cool.

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