#i totally didn't add jealousy jealousy in the background

[leogichidaa]

Omg reblogging that post of James and Sirius brought renewed passion of the idea that Sirius gives off either this James dean poser vibe or a heartthrob vibe in the eyes of everyone in the school (opinion varies), and how the bottom line is he’s misunderstood by the Hogwarts populace…by everyone except James. Even Remus and Peter misunderstood him sometimes and I bet it was out of jealousy of his status in the school.

And at first Sirius didn’t care that he was misunderstood because it got people to keep a distance (while admiring lol). But when Lily and James started dating and entered that honeymoon phase of their relationship I can see the loneliness hit Sirius for the first time in awhile.

Ironically (or perhaps coincidentally) I can see Regulus as also feeling isolated and lonely? Like even though he thought Sirius was a twit he was still his blood brother and they’ve been through certain things by default in their family, but perhaps Regulus felt that Sirius threw it away and abandoned him for James. Cue rage.

Yes! I kind of feel like the marauder fandom at large is proof positive of this - Sirius is so frequently misunderstood in fanon. For such a complex and nuanced character he is alarmingly easy to put into a box because he has the trappings of a) hot bad boy everyone had a lil crush on and b) that cool kid who either bullied you or ignored you completely in grade school. Oh and c) tormented rich kid with a dysfunctional family. His surface presentation pulls out strong emotions - anger, envy, infatuation - and then folks define him based on those initial strong reactions.

James is such an important person for him because James is totally nonplussed by Sirius' status. He doesn't seem to be all that bothered by Sirius' family background in the train scene and he's not going to be jealous or blinded by Sirius being smart and pretty and whatnot because James is also smart and pretty and the like. So James can look past all that and see Sirius for who he is.

And, oh, my heart! Sirius didn't mind keeping everyone at arm's length when it was him and James against the world but then things shift when James starts dating Lily and shift again when they get married and have a child. James is expanding the love in his life while Sirius is getting less genuine intimacy.

I think @artemisia-black does a really good job depicting Sirius' loneliness and longing in Dog and Deer Detective Agency. He loves the Potters and they love having him around but he's a little bit on the outside of the family unit. There's a recurrent theme around tea and no one making Sirius' tea the way he likes it that speaks to this idea of not being truly understood and seen.

I definitely see Regulus as a lonely child as well. I think he is very adaptive, good at presenting the way he thinks is expected, and so no one really gets a chance to understand him. He keeps everyone at arm's length pretty intentionally, imo. And yeah, he and Sirius may not get along, but I think he's counting on Sirius to always be there and always be his brother. And I imagine that he could be more himself around Sirius than perhaps most people because Sirius is family but less...mm, I want to say less judgmental but I'm not sure if that's really true. Less punitive, perhaps.

But then things shift when Sirius goes off and attaches himself to James and makes new friends. Sirius is expanding the love in his life while Regulus is getting less genuine intimacy. Bah. But while Sirius is able to integrate Lily and Harry into his life and appreciate them, both for what they mean to James and as people themselves, Regulus cannot do that with James (imo).

I explore Regulus' anger at James for "stealing" Sirius a lot in my writing, but since we're making this parallel, I will add that I always thought that Sirius would be angry and a bit bitter towards Lily when she and James first started dating. Prior to the release of DH, which messed with my whole timeline, my hc was that Sirius told Snape about the Whomping Willow shortly after Lily and James started dating because Sirius was feeling left out and lonely, and he wanted to pull James into another great Snivellus prank so that he and James could bond in a way that Lily did not approve of. And he went and told James and James was like "wtf, no" and ran off to stop it and Sirius was just standing there bewildered and sad because James wasn't his James anymore...

#sirius black #regulus black #house of black #james & sirius #sirius & regulus #ask #freezedive

[wondereternity]

can we talk about this scene though? like literally what reason does EJ have to be looking at gina and ricky like that? and the look he and nini share right after? The way his smile legit dROPS . like i'm not saying anything, but if anyone didn't know better they'd say he was jealous or something. and i don't know better so idk

#portwell #ej caswell #gina porter #hsmtmts #ej x gina #i totally didn't add jealousy jealousy in the background #it fits nicely with the scene tho lol

[ramblings-of-a-mad-cat]

I'm trying but I just can't forgive Wyatt for what he did to Lucy

Wyatt is a character that I've defended in the past, but make no mistake, he's done some rotten things. I've got to say, I don't think either of the ending routes wrap up his story especially well.

The official ending is much too easy on him, and the writing of his character does a completely 180 just to try and (unsuccessfully) make a Ly*tt happily ever after make sense, even though that wasn't even close to being in a place where it could work in Chinatown. All of a sudden, Wyatt, who was begging Flynn not to shoot Jessica and still trying to get her to come back after knowing she was Rittenhouse...he's the one to come up with the plan to kill Jessica for the sake of Rufus? No, no way. No way Jose. I don't even see Wyatt agreeing to that plan. He'd have to be dragged in kicking and screaming, or else the others wouldn't tell him about it for fear of him interfering. On top of that, he seems to have decided to act far more mature about the whole Lucy/Flynn idea, and accept the possibility - when as recently as The General, he was still expressing resentment and jealousy, and he and Flynn were still at odds with each other in Chinatown. The canon finale is desperate to erase any factor that conflicts with Lucy and Wyatt getting together. Like Flynn. Like Jessica, and her baby. Like all of Wyatt's flaws, pretty much. Like any negative impact his choices had on the events of the second season, up to and including Rufus' death. Lucy literally says that Wyatt bringing Jessica to the bunker doesn't matter because no one else remembers it...you kidding me?

But the Continuation doesn't fare much better. Actually, it has the opposite problem. Wyatt is basically never forgiven for his actions in Season 2, even though he's sorry, even though he never meant any harm, all he wants to do is make things right, and he just accepts it when everyone keeps him at a distance...for the rest of the series, pretty much. It's not like he's expelled from The Time Team, but he might as well have been. He's more or less demoted to a background position. Even into Season 4, characters are talking about how "far" Wyatt has come, and he says to Lucy that he hopes it isn't "awkward" for her to be around him. Like, guys? This was over two years ago now. Can we please move on? Can we please let Wyatt off the hook for this already? Because you seem to have totally forgiven Flynn for doing things that are arguably far worse? I didn't appreciate Rufus literally forgetting why he was angry with Wyatt in The Miracle of Christmas, but in The Fan-made Continuation...Rufus and Wyatt's friendship is never really the same after that. Between that and Flynn more or less becoming Rufus' new best friend, and Garcy being end-game...Flynn didn't really become the fourth member of the team, he basically usurped Wyatt's old position. Which is kind of depressing, and doesn't feel fair at all. Listen, Flynn's not exactly innocent himself. I love him, don't get me wrong, but he kidnapped Lucy and tried to have Rufus shot. I feel like that's worth as least as much as Wyatt choosing to trust his wife despite the red flags. Wyatt made mistakes, but they were well-intentioned and they're the kind of mistakes anyone could make.

I think Wyatt is a fine example of toxic masculinity. I think it's telling that he was raised by an abusive father, compared to Rufus and Flynn who were primarily raised by their mothers. I also don't think it's an accident that Wyatt is so obsessed with protecting the women in his life, but only the ones he feels a romantic connection with, and they're the only ones that he opens up to. I really love how the Continuation implies that his driving his father's car into the lake was a suicide attempt, and all of the other stuff it adds about his mother being a meth addict. Wyatt is such a tragic character and he's clearly in pain, but I think a lot of that pain comes from terrible lessons that he's imbibed from his upbringing. Mrs. Sherlock Holmes is easily his most obnoxious episode, because it really is rich that he thinks it's any of his business who Lucy dates, or that he's in any position to tell her off for it. Lucy handles the situation like a pro, as does Flynn. Both of them try to bring Wyatt back down to Earth but unfortunately, they're not especially successful. Chinatown also has the moment where, after Rufus dies and Jessica is gone, Wyatt tells Lucy he loves her. My god, not the time buddy, not the time. No, Rufus is not saying "about time" from the great beyond, he's face-palming. This is why I dislike the entire idea of having Jessica be Rittenhouse just so Wyatt is free to choose Lucy. That...has all kinds of problems. Wyatt should choose Lucy because he loves her, and realizing at this moment just doesn't convey that message.

I suspect the writers' intention was to redeem Wyatt in Season 3. I think the canon finale actually gave us several glimpses into what Season 3 would have been if it had been allowed to happen. Most notably, Flynn basically describes the Ly*tt subplot we would have gotten. He and Lucy kissing on the Titantic would have definitely been an episode, and them having a relationship that ultimately ends because Lucy still loves Wyatt, would have lasted at least six episodes or so. I can only hope that Jessica wouldn't have been shafted, nor her pregnancy ret-conned, though I suspect Flynn being her killer was always the plan, just that it didn't land well with how squished together it was. Anyway, Wyatt really had the potential to grow as a person and I love the moment between him and his future self where he decides that he's fighting for his child. I also love that last scene in The Recursion, between him and Jessica, how wistful and reflective it is, and "You always loved me more when I was gone." But even so, Wyatt felt like he was shunted off to being an afterthought in the continuation, when he was one of the lead characters. And in the canon finale, it felt like the story literally unwrote itself so that none of his mistakes ever happened, even though they did, and now the audience is just expected to forgive him when he has not earned it.

Because Wyatt wasn't ever a villain. He wasn't even an enemy. He was a friend to the heroes, he was one of them. But he became a real asshole in the second season, about his "Lucy/Jessica Soap Opera" as Rufus put it. He made all the wrong choices. He shouldn't be let off the hook so easily, but he should be given the chance to make it right, and then the characters should move on. I'm not saying Lucy has to wind up with him, either. I'm a Garcy fan myself. But Wyatt didn't exactly betray the team in ways that other characters haven't also done. Rufus spied on Lucy and Wyatt for Rittenhouse, and Connor was in their pocket for a while. Denise used Lucy as a pawn to backstab Flynn. See what I mean? The other characters get forgiven for crimes that are far worse. It just feels...well, I hate to say it, but I can really feel the writers' bias in both versions. Kripke and Ryan wanted a Ly*tt end-game, no matter what they had to do to get there. Meanwhile, QqueenofHades very clearly preferred Flynn to Wyatt.

#Timeless #Wyatt Logan #Lucy Preston #Garcia Flynn #Jessica Logan #Rufus Carlin #Rittenhouse #Timeless NBC #Timeless S3 #Timeless S4

[farawaysoph-ie]

It happened. Hyena ended. And now I'm sad and a little empty. I usually don't stick with dramas, I tend to skip ahead or to leave them unfinished. But this one I loved so much! So here's one of my very long and very spoiler-y lists.

First the stuff that really didn't sit well with me:

What in the name of all that is sacred is this?

Because sure as hell THAT is NOT pizza.

The jealousy trope, why Lawyer Yoon, you were doing so well, why become a whiny child for a couple of episodes? That was your only uncool move so I'll let you off

They are all bad people, so I often felt bad for who they were using

I think they got off the hook too easily when everyone found out about the dating, but I can suspend my disbelief

Now the good!

A female lead that was badass and unstoppable, and stayed that way until the end! I may cry, I loved how lawyer Yoon was the one with a troubled conscience, and she was kinda of a bad person

I felt so sorry watching lawyer Yoon falling more and more in love, even if at the trial lawyer Jung was amazing

Their antics while working against each other were so FUN (what can I say, I'm a sucker for enemies to lovers)

But watching them destroy other people together later on was even more satisfying

Of course when lawyer Jung set foot at Song&Kim our lawyer Kim was so in denial, but their first trial? The wink? The secret high-five?

Can I thank the kdrama gods for lawyer Boo? I mean she was smart, competent, elegant, a good person working among sharks, but more than anything she was like NORMAL?

No hysterics? She started to respect and learn from the female lead? Wow, thank you

Oh Gyeong Hwa was precious and her story broke my heart, like she was always there on the background never asking for anything or doubting her savior (also the GPS thing xD)

What were we? Two people in love (SOMEONE SEND HELP)

The chemistry between our leads was something else

So you think of me like an ex-boyfriend (touchè)

The bickering

Lawyer Jung is one hell of a woman, I mean her past? The sole thought of how many times she was beaten up to toughen up so much. I'm not saying that stabbing herself and falsely incriminating her stepfather is okay, but you know neither is waiting until someone who should have taken care of you beats you to death.

She was literally ready to die

But no matter how much a case resembled her past, she never swayed. Never letting stuff clouding her judgements and goals

Sometimes being a woman sucks, I mean look at Seo Jung-Hwa. She had to be with an obsessive lover and when she was almost free, someone else killed her, bc that's what powerful people do if you cross their path.

Lawyer Jung was an excellent detective and I loved her relationship with Park Joo-Ho, he was the little brother who always stick up for his big sis (real ride or die guys)

The stepfather coming back asking for an apology: ???

Like dude? Don't you think you should at least apologize first?

When she took a step back, it broke my heart

Use me, my feelings are mine to deal with (legit died here)

Keving Jung who?

I told them I loved you

Rich boy

Lawyer Yoon's father, disappointment of the year: what the hell dude? How can you do that to the son that stayed with you through everything?

This ⬇⬇⬇

And then this ⬇⬇⬇

They were cute *.* I loved them being vulnerable with each other

Also him telling her she was the only one who would have grabbed a knife with her hand... dude what was she supposed to do? Die? ^^'

The best friend and the divorcee, were often the drama comic relief, but she gave him very good advide, especially about loyalty at the end: they make the girl always go after the money in this case, so I was pleasantly surprised

The criminal lawyer had less will to live than me sometimes, I get it dude

Finally we didn't get a proper final kiss, but they were going around hug-walking, which in this case translates as married, I don't make the rules

So as always I feel like I loved this story more than my words can convey (and I'm totally forgetting stuff, feel free to add), but I just loved this drama, by far one of my fav of the year.

Gonna be hard finding the next one to seriously obsess with. Now I'll go listen to HYENA by Giriboy, again.

#hyena #sbs hyena #thank you magical gif makers #they are amazing #one day i'll try to learn this mystic art #kdrama