#it's hard to say people's interpretations are wrong

[ajatheoleander12]

Sure, therapist Nahida sounds nice. But have you thought about good coping mechanism Nahida and bad coping mechanism Wanderer healing together?

There's something nice about her giving it to him straight, without coddling him or trying to get a result from helping him or looking down at him like the other people in his past did. She still let him believe that she was doing it for her own benefit cause she knows that he feels guilt for his deeds and his feelings towards others and he wouldn't belive her if she claimed otherwise. She doesn't want to push him to far out of his comfort zone and she doesn't need him to believe that she's trying to help because she doesn't need the affirmation that she's a good person, she doesn't push her insecurities onto him. She tries to both encourage him to walk out of his comfort zone and establish bountries.

I really like the scene where she practicaly tells him: "You were a bad person and you did horrible things and you have to own up to the shitty things you've done."

She's also probably the only person in Teyvat that completely understands him. She was also deemed unworthy of the title of an Archon, she was also deemed too little and not enough for her caretakers at the time. She was also discarded by the people that were meant to assist her growth. She was also replaced with a "better" option. I am fully aware that they also share differences, but I believe those differences are meant to show us an alternate ending to either story. Nahida was never coddled, which lead to her having doubts about herself and trying to please others and resulted in her growing a little on her own. Wanderer grew dependent on his emotional bonds with the people that cared for him and ended up taking their loss too hard and stalling his growth. Nahida met the right people that helped her through a difficult time, both physicaly and emotionaly. Wanderer met Dottore, who manipulated him and made him worse. Dottore was an enabler to Wanderer and a bad influence. And that might be a stretch, but I believe that the meeting between Rukkhadevata and Nahida could have been the meeting between Wanderer and Makoto.

Idk, I could be wrong, but I don't like it when there's a singular interpretation of the relationship between two characters. I'm also not a fan of how we forcfully speedgrow Nahida and how the "baby" metaphore in Wanderer's lore is only ever used to say he's a shotacon or smth. I like the complexity of these characters too much to only have one opinion for them. I also like the idea that Nahida is also self-healing by helping Wanderer, who is kinda like a man-child at times.

#the painkillers are working wonders this time #positive menstual symptoms #should have found this brand earlier #nahida #nahida genshin #genshin impact #scaramouche #scaramouche genshin impact #wanderer #wanderer genshin #il dottore #il dottore genshin #dottore #sumeru #sumeru archon quest #wanderer story quest #character analysis #aja out #edit: #dottore-> andrew tate & wanderer-> andrew tate fan real #trust/j #i can't get enough of the things i learn about dottore and wanderer #i hate/love toxic (non-romantic/non-sexual) relationships cause there's so much to talk about #but also healing relationships are so cathartic and i must also talk about them #i'll squeeze the three of them in my palms so hard they're gonna turn into diamonds

[nalyra-dreaming]

Hello! I love your blog! I watched the show when it came out last year and am getting prepared for season 2 by coming here and watching all the promos and such. I read the books years ago, so I am no expert. I have a tons of questions, but please forgive me if you have answered them before. At the end of the first season, when Armand was revealed, I assumed the love of my life line was for Daniel. To get a reaction out of Daniel, Louis did not seem Ok. But all the promo information seems to imply they have been happy for the most part all these years. Or if not happy, then content.  I get that there has been tinkering, I get they are putting on a performance for Daniel, but they seem to have elevated their relationship from the book. It has been years since I read the book, but I always thought in Paris, Armand was mind controlling Louis to some degree. They barely knew each other; it was only a couple of months I think before Claudia was killed. It wasn’t some grand romance. Just manipulation to get at Lestat. I know Armand fell in love with Louis, but I felt that Louis did not fall in love with Armand. He was infatuated. Then they travel around for 100 years, but just because Louis can’t be alone and there was no one left. They are not happy or even pretending to be.  Louis didn’t even notice when Armand left him. Did I interpret this wrong? I have seen that some are spectating that Dubai is Trinity Gate. But again, maybe I am wrong, but Trinity Gate never felt super romantic to me. Just two people waiting around for the people they really wanted to be with to get their crap together and come back. I know that they are polyamorous in the books, but their main romantic relationships are with other people. When Lestat and Daniel show up, they just get back with them, no drama or anything. It just feels like the show is trying to elevate Armand and Louis’s relationship to create some kind of love triangle, which just feels cheap to me. Very Twilight and Hunger Games. There are people have shipping wars over these relationships. I am also confused how people have such strong feelings about Louis and Armand when we haven’t even seen them on screen yet. Anyways, I guess I am feeling turned off by this season. Hardly any Louis and Lestat or Daniel and Armand and some love triangle with a ghost.  Part of the reason season 1 was so great was the chemistry between Louis and Lestat. I think an entire season with little interaction between them and a new Claudia just will feel like a whole new show.  Do you think the show is just completely diverting from the book with all of the stuff in Duabi? It seems obvious from comments made by the actors that Devils Minion happened in the past. But did it happen with Louis there? I can’t see that making any of these shippers happy on either side. Louis would very much be thrown aside for Daniel. Daniel and Armand were so intense about each other in the books and can’t see Louis not being ignored regularly if they were in a throple. I just don’t see it working because Louis in the show does not seem numb. He would care if his partner was deeply in love with someone else even if just for the principle of it. The show has already shown how well Louis handles cheating.  So I am assuming the broke up but then why did Louis say they had been together for 77 years? Also, Louis keeps giving side eye to Daniel and Armand when they are having moments. Does he not know about them? It seems like he does from his poking, but I am very confused by the whole thing. Why do you think they are trying so hard to manipulate Daniel? Taking journal pages out and such. What is the point of all of this. I just cannot see a way for any of this to make sense that at all keep in line with the books. Also do you think the show will do polyamory? They went so hard on the cheating aspect in season 1, which makes me think they can’t go there on the show. You can’t make it such a deal breaker for Louis for me to ever believe that he would ok with it later.  

Hey!

Glad you like!

So, first off, the last line, the "Love of my life", was revealed to be inspired by "The Graduate", and was played as such, which... changes the meaning quite a lot, imho. Here is a good post on that.

I think the Loumand we see is very much presenting a united front (something the reviews have been pointing at as well). That said, the extended look the other day made clear that the pages were not removed for Daniel - Armand removed them (at least the straight cut out ones imho), and Louis does not have access to them either. And whatever they reveal will be a catalyst for sure (I'm thinking Merrick reveal, as that book is where the diary entries are from after all).

Louis definitely knows about Armand and Daniel, in fact I believe he is trying to bring them back together.

I think that parts of the Devil's Minion happened with Louis there, or Louis at least aware. I also think Louis tried to break up with Armand in Paris (as he does in the book) and probably drifted away from him later on too (also as in the book) but maybe... that is the part where things get very muddy re memory. And tinkering.

I do not think we'll have love triangles in the sense of the word.

This is not about cheating, whether that be Loustat, Loumand or Devil's Minion, it never was.

It was presented to be, for reasons.

But these relationships just don't work that way, and one of the very hard to stomach realizations will be that Louis stayed with Armand (and especially if there were no full break-ups!) despite what Armand does to Claudia. And him.

For me it all makes a lot of sense, tbh.

It's a tale. A version of the story presented for a reason, from a specific POV. In season 2 we will get more POVs. And we already know they will revisit things. Likely in the last episodes, if the reviews are any indication.

And then... the tale will shift.

#Anonymous #ask nalyra #iwtv s2 #iwtv #amc iwtv #interview with the vampire #interview with the vampire s2 #amc interview with the vampire #interview with the vampire amc #iwtv amc #lestat de lioncourt #louis de pointe du lac #loustat #armand #loumand #the devil's minion #daniel molloy #devil's minion #cheating

[disasterbiwriter]

You already know I want to read about what happens the first time Jess gets sick and how Luke handles it 😅

As he has every morning since he brought Jess home six weeks ago, Luke wakes up at 3 AM.

It's not terribly far off from his standard 4 AM wake-up-and-meet-the-bread-guy schedule, but given that he hasn't been falling asleep until midnight most of those nights, a victim of sky-high anxiety and a mental to-do list that feels as long as his leg, it feels a little insulting that his body won't permit him to at least sleep until his alarm goes off.

He tries to focus on his breathing in hopes that he'll ease himself back to sleep for another blessed twenty minutes, but the minute his eyes close again, he becomes aware of the barest pressure on the edge of his blanket.

Luke cracks open one eye to see his three-year-old nephew standing next to him, all bedhead and solemn dark eyes.

"Hey Jessy," he croaks. He pushes up on an elbow. "What's up, bud?"

Jess shrugs and doesn't say anything. Not unusual - he's still shy around Luke, warming up by degrees day after day.

"Did you have a bad dream?" Luke tries.

Jess shakes his head.

Luke hesitates, not sure what to do next, then finally tries, "Do you want to come up here and try to go back to sleep?"

That's all it takes. Jess scrambles up the side of the bed and wedges himself firmly against Luke's ribcage. Luke is instantly on the verge of tears.

It's the first time Jess has ever reached out to touch him first.

Luke thinks he's in for it now, an hour of wiggles and kicking, but Jess drops back to sleep immediately. It's impressive, his ability to konk out like that. Luke envies it. Jess's little mouth drops open and the tight fist he has clutched up under his chin relaxes.

Moving centimeters at a time, Luke lowers himself back down on the mattress and gently reaches down to stroke Jess's hair. He breathes in the little boy's sleepy, sweaty scent, which has become so familiar to him he wonders how he ever did without it before. Luke frowns, then dips his head closer and takes another deep breath.

Jess smells... wrong. His normal, sweet, little-boy smell is still there, but he also smells mildly of something vaguely sour and phlegmy. Luke frowns and gently presses the back of his hand to Jess's forehead. A little sticky, maybe, and warm, but not unduly so.

Hm.

"He... smells sick?"

Luke tries to keep his voice level, but Jess's preschool teacher, Ms. Marian, sounds like she thinks he's nuts, and frankly Luke's temper is its own beast even when people aren't treating him like he's crazy.

He counts backwards from ten, then says, "I just figure keeping him home today is the right way to go. If he's better tomorrow, he'll be back then."

Luke stays on high alert for the rest of the day, taking Jess's temperature every hour or so, chasing the little boy down as he wanders through the diner. It's normal all day, and Jess is himself: tactile, curious, still quiet but getting bolder the longer he lives with Luke. Luke, on the other hand, is exhausted from trying to keep up with regular business and making sure that Jess doesn't climb into a bag of flour.

"But imagine how you'd feel if you'd sent him to school and he was sick," Lorelai says that afternoon when he admits that he feels like a mother hen. She's moving through the diner in this balletic way, delivering meals, bussing tables, plucking up one of Jess's crayons to add eyebrows to the monster they are drawing piece by alternating piece. It's starting to look uncomfortably like Taylor Doose, and Luke is certain this is not a coincidence.

"I guess," he grumbles.

"You gotta go with your gut. But guts can be famously hard to interpret." She rubs one hand over her stomach, stretching her face comically and bringing a giggle out of Jess. "Sometimes I think my gut is telling me one thing, but really it's just saying it needs one of Luke's brownies."

"Brownies?" Jess asks hopefully.

Luke shakes his head and checks the register one last time - plenty of singles, quarters, and dimes. "After dinner," he tells Jess. He comes out from behind the counter and angles his nephew towards the stairs. "Tomorrow?" he asks Lorelai.

"It's only a dayyyyy awayyyyy!" she carols after him.

They eat dinner and Jess happily scarfs down the promised brownie. Luke gives him a bath and sniffs his head again (still a little sour), so he washes his hair twice. They read I Am a Bunny once and The Monster at the End of this Book one and a half times (Luke's Grover voice was apparently unsatisfactory in the first attempt) and by the time Jess is asleep, Luke is halfway there himself. He strips and showers and collapses into bed and is asleep before The Arsenio Hall Show.

So when he jolts awake in the middle of the night, fully alert, he assumes it's because he went to bed so blessed early. He glances at the clock: half past twelve. So then what...

The sharp bark that rings out through the apartment pulls him immediately out from under his quilt and to his feet. A seal, he is convinced there is a seal in the apartment. What the hell kind of dream...?

The seal calls again, but this time Luke registers it for what it is. Not a seal, a cough.

He turns on his bedside lamp and squints across the room. There's Jess, sitting up in bed, curled over like an apostrophe. His back is turned towards Luke, and the sharp, barking coughs shake his little frame.

"Oh buddy," Luke murmurs. He palms the thermometer and crosses over to Jess, dropping into a crouch in front of his nephew.

He instinctively touches his wrist to Jess's forehead and hisses in a breath. "Hey Jessy," he says softly, trying for calm, "open up your mouth and let's take your temperature, huh?"

Jess coughs again - it sounds so deeply uncomfortable that it makes Luke want to cough in response. "No, Unca Luke," he whispers - or Luke thinks he's whispering. He realizes a split second later Jess is so hoarse his voice can't get any louder. "My neck hurts," he says now. "Inside." He swipes at his nose, smearing snot across his little cheeks. It's a testament to his two months as a parent that Luke doesn't gag.

"Ahh. Sore throat, huh? Okay then." Luke settles for wedging the thermometer under Jess's armpit, feeling like the lowest dog in the dirt when Jess whimpers that it's cold. They sit for a few moments until Luke pulls out the thermometer and reads it.

101.3.

"Shit," Luke whispers. "Shit."

"Unca Luke, it's too cold." And like a flipped switch, Jess starts shivering so hard it makes his pearly little teeth chatter.

Luke's head swims. "Well, we can do something about that," he lies. He takes Jess's comforter and wraps the little boy up in it, scooping him up into his arms and bundling him against his chest.

In between spikes of panic, Luke manages to get Jess to take a dose of Junior Tylenol, all the while running through the list of options.

Call the pediatrician and leave a message with his service - no idea when he'll call back. Take Jess to the emergency room in Hartford - Luke hates the idea of Jess shivering and crying in the backseat for that long. Call someone - Cesar? Lorelai? - to drive them to the emergency room so he can sit with Jess. He's pretty sure nobody signed up to play ambulance service for their boss and his nephew when he hired them.

All the while Jess is still shivering against Luke's chest, no energy to do anything except cough and wheeze, while Luke spirals closer and closer to a full meltdown.

God, if things weren't already bad enough, Jess's cough is getting so sharp and acute that Luke is starting to get properly scared. Every cough makes his pulse rocket, every whistle from Jess's little lungs is enough to make him choke down tears. His whole body aches to do something, anything to help the little boy.

Suddenly, he finds himself remembering a night not unlike this one: waking up in the wee hours in his childhood home on Peach to the sound of a sharp cough and his mother's soothing voice. He followed the sounds to the bathroom he and Lizzy shared to find her sitting on their mother's lap, the hot water running in the shower, the room tropically steamy.

"Lizzy's got a touch of the croup, is all," his mother explained. "We'll sit here in the steam and she'll be good as new. Go on back to bed, hon. I've got her."

He doesn't believe in messages from beyond the veil or anything hokey like that - that was always Liz's deal - but that doesn't stop Luke from whispering a thank you to his mother as he bundles Jess into the bathroom.

Luke turns the water as hot as it will go and turns on the shower. The residue from Jess's apple-scented shampoo is still on the tub, so for a moment the room smells pleasantly like a pie. Luke settles down on top of the toilet seat lid, tucks Jess up under his chin, and sort of awkwardly rocks them both from side to side.

"Okay, Jessy. Let's just hang out in here for a little bit, okay? The nice warm air is going to help your cough. You're gonna feel better in no time, okay?"

"I want to sleep," Jess moans. He coughs again, rough this time. "I want my ducky pillow."

Luke curses himself. Of course he should have grabbed the ducky pillow! "I know, Jessy," he says aloud. "You're tired. It's late and you're ready to sleep, I hear you. Let's get this cough taken care of and then we'll get some shut eye. I'll stay home tomorrow and we can rest and watch whatever you want on TV."

"Babar," Jess says meekly.

"Babar," Luke agrees.

"Can I sleep in your bed?"

"Sure, bud. Once your cough gets a little better you can snuggle up in my bed. We'll get ducky pillow and you and I, we'll have a sleepover. But for now why don't you just try to sleep on me, okay? I'm not as good as a ducky pillow but Uncle Luke is pretty soft too."

Jess whimpers a little. "It's too bright."

"It sure is, kid." Luke rises into a half stand and manages to use one elbow to knock off the lights. He settles back down onto the toilet lid and gently rubs Jess's back. He watches the steam swirl around them in the glow of the nightlight.

Eventually they both fall asleep. Luke wakes up at eight to the water in the shower running ice cold. Jess wakes up when he feels Luke shift and demands french toast. He's sweaty and cheerful, bright eyed as he smears syrup all over his face.

Thirty-five years later, it's the middle of the night when Luke gets the call.

"I don't know what to do," Jess says raggedly.

"Hey, it'll be okay. Let me listen to her."

There's a pause. Then, "Hi Pops" echoes weakly over the line, followed by an old familiar bark of a cough.

"Hi honey-girl. I'm sorry you're feeling so bad. Let me talk to your daddy again."

There's a shuffle, and then, "Well? Should we go to the ER?"

"It's the croup, Jess. She's got the croup. Go ahead and take her into the bathroom and let the shower run, sit in the steam. She'll be okay. You've got her."

#hey remember that time i demanded asks and then stopped writing? #this one's for ernest who makes my brain wake up whenever she lets me read her writing #ernest only asks lovely things #jess danes au #i'm here jess au #luke danes #jess mariano #sick fic #gilmore girls #gilmore girls fanfic #am writing #fanfic

[threebea]

I love how Obi-Wan Kenobi is a symbol of Hope and a figure of Goodness in the universe of Star Wars, but he is also anxious. He has imposter syndrome. He is sarcastic and smug. He's overconfident. He's kind. He cares about people. He has depression.

He's this complicated person that's fucked up and who has always done the right thing simultaneously.

#obi-wan kenobi #star wars #i like thinking about him #it's hard to say people's interpretations are wrong #because of all the characters he's very humanized outside if the archtype box #he has to fit the wise and good mentor #but he is also a guy that has had bad stuff happen to him from his mistakes #like he always has to be good but he also has to fail #idk he's just interesting

[musical-chick-13]

So I guess ultimately my question is why are we assuming that Nayuta specifically meant “Denji belongs to me definitively, and you are trying to take his attention away from me?”

Aside from the fact that narrative misdirection is a thing and that I think it would completely contradict all the themes of the story thus far to just have her be Makima 2.0 and inherently evil...

We don’t actually know if she and Yoru recognize each other or not? Even on a subconscious level. If she does recognize Yoru (and, reasonably, knows how her powers work) calling Yoru a thief could have meant that “You are trying to steal Denji’s spinal cord to make a weapon” or even “You have stolen this random girl’s body to use for yourself.” (Even if she doesn’t know specifically that Yoru is sharing Asa’s body, she might still be able to tell that something weird is going on?)

She’s still a child, she might have just impulsively said the smallest amount of words that would sort-of convey what she was feeling.

I’m not worried yet.

Yet.

#I know people are pointing to the 'don't kiss me in front of her' as evidence of her posessiveness over denji but. she's also a child? #lots of children just don't like seeing kissing in general. especially involving family members. it's also possible that...idk they were #watching a movie once with a kiss scene and she made a disgusted face or something and denji just interpreted that the wrong way #I mean. I know creators like to troll people especially ones who are essentially human cryptids like fujimoto but...he did say that part 2 #would be different from part 1. idk he's not a stupid writer I don't think he would go this hard on Themes™ of love and connection and how #they enrich our lives and then backtrack on that? I don't think he would highlight how Things Will Be Different if it didn't mean anything? #MANY THOUGHTS HEAD FULL #I'm still sad we didn't get a discussion between yoru and nayuta about eating crayons I'm thinking too much about that one comic #nayuta #yoru #chainsaw man #chainsaw man spoilers #chainsaw man manga spoilers #csm spoilers #csm manga spoilers #csm chapter 119 #(I think that's all of the tags people might have reasonably blocked if they don't want manga spoilers???)

[luxrayz64]

I think sonic has to be aro like come on. COME ON. sonic never sticks around in one place. not even for tails, and tails is his little brother. his pride and joy. and he still runs off to explore the world. sonic is the wind. he's freedom incarnate. the wind blows past everyone the same, and stops for no one. no one will ever be more important to sonic than freedom and adventure. and no one will want to live that kind of life with him. even if they did, he'd rather take his own path! his path is for him to carve. to go where he pleases without having to stop and ask.

and this doesn't mean that he doesn't care about his friends. of course he does. he'll always come back, always be there when he's needed. his compassion is free to give to everyone who needs it. but he's adrift in the wind, always on the run. always more to see more to explore wherever the wind takes him.

this hedgehog is so fucking aromantic it genuinely genuinely blows my mind that people can see him as anything but. I do not understand it. I cannot understand it. he's aro.

#I typed this up for the first aro swag poll and let it sit in my drafts im so right abt this #aro sonic is sooooo important to me. hes my special little guy. it's not exactly canon but it's not-not canon either #all in the subtext. the coding. hard to say if it's intentional or just marketing. but it's there #espeon cries #sighs. people r entitled to their own interpretations ig. but that doesn't stop them from being wrong #analysis

[goldensunset]

‘filtering out content about upsetting current events on social media is wrong and disgusting because you’re basically looking away and remaining ignorant’ is a weird bit of discourse to me. as much as we like to joke about being terminally on tumblr it’s pretty wild to assume someone doesn’t have, like, a life outside of the fandom stupidity website and that tumblr is the only source of information they could possibly have access to. buddy some of us actually do read the old fashioned news and talk to people i actually don’t need to hear you specifically talk in order to understand that the world is a nightmare. i use this website to scroll through pretty pictures

#i continue to see stupid posts on my dash #peach rambles #it’s really not hard to Gain Access To Information #when people say ‘it’s ok to step away from upsetting stuff on social media for your mental health’ #they mean ‘if you’re the type to collapse into a depressive spiral and doomscroll to no valuable end you gotta cut that out’ #if you interpret that as ‘turn a BLIND EYE to historical injustices just like people did with the NAZIS!!!’ something’s wrong with you #‘if you use this website casually that makes you COMPLICIT in evils you have no part in!! #obviously the solution is to reblog posts to your tiny amount of followers and practice actively Feeling Bad!’ #respectfully please get in touch with reality #like.

[nopefer-art-tu]

listening to ppl react to brokeback mountain is such a great way to identify who is good at paying attention to subtext and who is not lol

so many podcasters have cited the scene where theyre on their last campring trip together and jack tells ennis he has a girl hes been seeing on the side as proof of jack's bisexuality or whatever and like. look. you can argue whatever sexuality you want for him, but if ur gonna do that, CITE A DIFFERENT SCENE!

the whole reason the scene w david harbour and anna farris was written into the script at all was so that later in the story, when jack's dad tells ennis that he had another guy who was going to come up there and live w him on his parent's ranch, we realize that the "rancher's wife" jack said he'd been sneaking around with back in texas was actually the same ranch neighbor jack's dad was talking about, meaning jack was lying to ennis

and thats also why ennis kind of freezes for a beat when jack's dad says that, bc he's making the same connections the audience already did. or at least was supposed to lol

#its not that hard to understand people #i bet theyd have an even harder time picking that up if they just read the short story and had not seen the movie lol #cause that whole scene w david harbour and jacke gyllenhaal was not in the short story at all #we dont see any of jacks life in the short story so the only references we get to that mysterious rancher is when jack says hes been #hooking up with his ranch neighbors wife and then later when the dad says that whole thing about the ranch neighbor of his #like that scene was written into the script to make things MORE CLEAR #and ppl still dont get it #its just funny to me idk #anyways i love listening to movie podcasts talk abt this movie cause i love seeing ppls different reactions and interpretations of the film #but if ur gonna argue that jack is attracted to both men and women then please use a different argument ppl. thats the wrong scene to cite #brokeback mountain #still brokeback posting

[merymoonbeam]

PSA

if you are solving a math problem and the question says x=2 you can’t go and say x=9 bc you interpreted that way. You will get the wrong answer at the end. just like in books. if the book says "A is canon" you can't go "no B is canon" bc you interpreted that way. you will be wrong at the end.

have a good day.

#idk why people are trying so hard to say their interpretations are right when the books literally shows you the right way... #like you wanna be wrong so bad? is that it? #i really dont get it

[compil]

oh how the turn tables

#not saying either of them are "bad'' but i do believe that neither of them are all that committed to The Greater Good #and imo that's cool! makes things more interesting #i think. rather than doing heroic selfless feats to save the universe this show is about pursuing your personal desires #and what you're willing to do to obtain them #in sylvie's case it's freedom #in loki's case it's community #and i see a lot of people interpreting that as sylvie being more selfish than loki bc her goal is to be alone and loki's is to be with peop #but idk that doesnt feel right to me. i just think they want different things very very badly #sylvie's line asking what's wrong with wanting something hit me hard and i ::::////// #p comp #loki #loki season 2 #loki spoilers #loki laufeyson #sylvie laufeydottir

[averyreaderofmanybooks]

#wilderlore #i'm about to say something that's probably controversial btw #but #in my opinion #i like yasha and audrian equally #and i think that if yasha can have a redemption arc /lh #audrian can to /lh #i honestly think that audrian would want to be a better mentor than leopold #which is probably not very hard tbh #and i might just be interpreting things wrong /lh #i'm not very good at picking up on social cues and peoples emotions and opinions from just one post btw #but i feel like the fandom just makes him seem like he is a worse person than he actually is /lh #and it kinda frustrates me because #like i said earlier #he seems like an okay person who is actually not that bad #and i'm probably wrong about this #and i'm not trying to call anyone out #and im sorry if it feels like im trying to call people out #because i'm honestly not trying to #but i guess that's just how i see it i guess #yasha robinovich #soren reiker #audrian keyes

[youremyonlyhope]

why won't my brain shut up why won't my brain shut up why won't my brain shut up why won't my brain shut up

#i'm overthinking something that i did and was told off for doing by my director #and on my way home i was thinking when was the last time i was even talked to like that during a production #and then i remembered the costume experience from hell of only a couple months ago that i've already began blocking out #but the thing is that that person was someone i knew i'd never have to work with again #i mean at first i thought i would have to work with them more. then they announced they were moving away immediately #so i only had to deal with them face to face for another weekish after that point and anytime they yelled at me #i was like 'cool. i'll do exactly what you say to do. and nothing more.' but then of course me being me #i did some extra stuff and they initially were like 'oh that's pretty' and then days later told me to cut everything i added #and like sure i get that the show was frozen but girl. that costume was unfinished. i was trying to finish it. it was frozen but looked bad #anyway. whenever they yelled at me and had actual malice in their heart i was like whatever. i was hurt. but i didn't care as much. #but this time it's someone i've worked with many many times before and it was about a habit i have that i know isn't great #but at the same time the thing that prompted it wasn't even me doing this habit it was something else #but she interpreted it as that habit and said that i can't do that on a production she's directing #and that if i couldn't stop then i could pull out from the production and there'd be no hard feelings between us #and honestly i think her reassuring that she knows i'm valuable and that she wants me there while also telling me not to do this thing #and the fact that she's someone i like working with and will continue to work with just made it all hurt so much more #especially since she referenced another past production we've done where i didn't even realize she had noticed that i do this. #and i found myself in near tears. and still am kind of in near tears. i can't decide if i need to cry or not. #and i had NO sleep last night so i was looking forward to sleeping tonight but now i'm just overthinking EVERYTHING #and like. i know everything will be fine. if i just stop inserting myself and stick to just my specific tasks. it'll be fine. #but this is one of the ways my ocd manifests. i feel like i have to personally fix something i notice going wrong. or it'll be bad. #because every single time i choose to sit back and not be nosy when i notice something it ends up bad in a way i could have prevented #if i just inserted myself in a situation i technically wasn't part of but knew i could help or fix. so i just need to not do that. #but then i feel guilt if it does go wrong in the ways i immediately assumed it would and in a way i could prevent. #and i've been trying to work on this for like 6 months and aaaahhhh it's hard and being called out on it from her just really really hurt #i still may or may not cry. i don't know. the irony of me telling my therapist THIS MORNING that it's been a while since i last cried. #and the universe being like 'i took that as a challenge' and handing me this situation for me to spiral over. #i need to leave things alone. i need to stare straight ahead. and ignore whatever isn't specifically for me to do. but ahhh i want to help #and then of course my mom has this same habit and it annoys me when she does it yet i do it to other people and ahhhhhhhh #brain please just shut up. i need to sleep. i have to work tomorrow.

[artekai]

I like how the wiki simply takes her word for it

#my apologies if i'm interpreting everything wrong but i kinda always assumed that was a blatant lie... 😐 #come on girl. you weren't born yesterday. you're like THE person people are thinking about when they say gaslight gatekeep girlboss. #who are you fooling girl. please tell me you never believed for one second that far zenith were working class heroes 😭 #not that i think she was lying about pursuing elisabet's dream mind you. #i just have to wonder what her perfect world looks like... for someone who's so controlling and a perfectionist... #i miss my takuto cryo sleep au :/ #i love to make those two interact bc i genuinely believe they could talk for hours on end about their perfect worlds #and not realize that they have two very different things in mind until it's too late lmao #unfortunately it's pretty hard to work on stuff when you hate everything you write so. oh well! #i guess i'll just continue going insane talking to myself alone on main #ramble

[butterfly-apocalypse]

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#love how it’s always ‘I interpret these two character to have a familial relationship/related and everyone needs to respect that #and not even DREAM about bringing any talk of romance into it or I will throw a fit’ #until it’s your ship and then it’s ‘people who interpret these characters are related/familial are wrong and bad and possibly homophobic #and their interpretation is WRONG and I will never tone down my shipping for the sake of people who interpret it differently’ #like HOLY SHIT you don’t get to have your cake and eat it too!!! #if you go ‘I interpret these characters as related so you can’t ship them’ #and then turn around and go ‘you can’t interpret these characters are related because I ship them’ #…………………….🙃 #the amount of vitriol I’ve seen towards people who subscribe to a particular interpretation of a certain piece of media is ridiculous. #are people projecting so hard about how they would treat someone who shipped characters they believed to be related #that they are going on the offense?? #oh boy I’m salty about this. #honestly what I have to say is this: if you cannot handle people interpreting characters you ship as related #in my book you are a coward and would not survive the harsh Russian winter 😤😂 #hhhrrrngglll #it would be one thing if the anti/anti-adjacent crowd had consistent rules re: shipping characters interpreted as related #but no. it’s okay to tear down and ridicule people’s family headcanons if YOU ship it :/ #vent #salt #might delete this later #but I saw a post and was enraged

[ghomsts]

I know destiel fans love joking about the "me and dean share a more profound bond" line because it's funny as hell. But I can't help thinking about the fact that it's soulless Sam he's talking to. So potentially just the left over brain neurons and meatbag body left over from the Sam with his soul present that Cas would most recognize as his dear friend.

#ghomsts t #sam winchester #castiel #soulless sam #i love soulless sam don't get me wrong #but technically speaking. it's not a SAM that Castiel would see at any kind of equal to the Sam he knows she cares about #something could be says about Christian ideology constantly having the body and soul having separate roles #with the soul being who you ARE while the body is temporary. #while in other places the body and soul are intrinsically important to one another and the separation of them being a terrible fate. #and maybe one could apply that to the presumptions of angels who take vessels vs.the reality of how human beings exist w/preexisting bodies #but that's a little beside the point #THE POINT is that I'm not a die hard destiel fan #so the meanings of scenes can be open to many interpretations #and i choose to believe that Cas's bond with Sam is just as profound. if different. #like how your not friends the same way with two different people #SORRY I'M RAMBLING #sastiel #samcas #<-(for the fellow sam & cas enjoyers) #supernatural #spn

[daisyachain]

Adventures in cringe. Romance as a concept doesn’t exist but there are certain connotations to romance whence we can extract some kind of general experience. Sensuality. Physical contact. Use of stock gestures designed to induce pleasure (chocolate tastes good. Flowers look nice) in a generalized recipient. Exclusive time commitment. Focus on flattery and physical appearance as means of communication. Whatever. All, some, or none of the above, romance as a concept is entirely useless except for that fact that it Exists in the same way a magnetic field exists. You don’t notice it until you find a differently polarized object. A magnet can just be a regular old piece of metal if it never meets another piece of iron.

So romance is an undefinable thing that is both the focus of so much storytelling and obfuscated by the storytelling around itself. You may not know you’re aromantic until you come hard up against a romance. We’re all just making it up as we go along. It’s interesting to see how people treat the concept from an outside perspective. If a romance and a close friendship are functionally indistinguishable, why is one so valourized and one so disdained? Why is one policed and one ignored? Why can you feel the difference like a magnetic repulsion? From the limited writing I’ve seen, aro characters are portrayed as distant friends, comic relief, characters who are cheerfully married to their work, characters who just don’t like people.

Fair enough, these people exist, good for them. What feels kind of odd is that to me the defining feature of aromanticism is loneliness. No non-romantic non-blood relationship is ever going to be as valued as a sexual romantic partnership, so why even bother? Why hope to share your dreams and secrets with a person who isn’t your direct biological relation? Your life is going to be spent in a studio apartment buying the most expensive grocery portions by weight and eating the drywall because the only human beings you talk to in a day are coworkers and there will be no one to hear your screams. I don’t know. Everyone’s experience is different. It just clangs to me that the trope is an aro character regretfully have to block allo characters out of their lives when it’s the other way around. In my experience. It doesn’t go -> A: I have an immense liking and admiration for this person B: lmao no A: ah my feelings have been rejected. It goes -> A: I want to perform rituals with this person to the exclusion of all other people and normal person activities B: the ‘me’ you’re performing rituals around doesn’t exist and by ignoring the ‘me’ that does exist you are rejecting my feelings for you A: well I’ll just find someone else. Goodbye forever

#all that is to say I realized I was something approximating aro from a haikyuu fanfiction in high school #and reading romance just cements the feeling of slight wrongness. #brought up consuming media it’s impossible not to form an idea of romance as an idealized relationshop because that’s how it’s portrayed #yet the idea I formed is not romance. to this day it’s hard to interrogate my own thoughts on it because I just ain’t got the vocab #or I do got the vocab but it’s hard to unlearn 16 years of associations #kelsey rambles #idealized relationshop (mine) =/= romance (theirs) #all romance (mine) shares traits in common with romance (theirs) but not the other way around #does this make sense? no. good post #I’ve just been reading fic in a fan community with one common aroace headcanon #which a) based b) uncommon think to find I like it #but because it’s so uncommon. make you think. how are these people interpreting this. why are they.