#like holy shit dude the way her fans defend her???

[canyourscienceexplainthis]

If Taylor swift has a million haters I’m one of them, if she has 1 hater it’s me, if she has no haters I’m dead

#like holy shit dude the way her fans defend her??? #actually insane to me #it’s giving I’m also a mediocre white woman #that wants everyone to bow at my feet #love that people are finally starting to hate her and her basic ass music

[xyyvex]

Rumors or Not?

Vampire!Taylor Swift x Fem! Reader

Warnings: Swearing

Words: 1,052

A/N:this is my first time writing fanfics ya'll, hope you'll enjoy it :) sorry if it's not that good 😅

Parts: 1 , 2

Y/N'S POV

I am Y/N L/N, I have been working at a cafe as Barista for a while now and i enjoyed it, especially when i see people smile, people would think that I would quit my job or its not safe because i work at night, but for me I'm fine with it, plus my house is just a few walk away from this cafe so I have nothing to worry about, also there were rumors saying that vampires exist in this world and they stroll out at night, i didn't believe them because they were just myths.

i am currently on my phone scrolling through the social media to entertain myself as i was waiting for a customer, then something caught my attention. it was a post about Taylor Swift, i decided to check it out because I am huge fan of taylor swift herself, my eyes suddenly widened at what i just red, it was a post about suspecting Taylor Swift as vampire, anger starts to build up inside of me at the post. I think to myself, WHY THE HELL WOULD THEY THINK THAT??! VAMPIRES DONT EVEN EXIST! THAT'S JUST STRAIGHT UP BULLSHIT i started to be frustrated at this news that I didn't hear the bell of the door ring. i pressed the button to post a comment as i wrote something defending her, as a Swiftie ofc I'll defend her from those stupid haters. i started to type.. THIS IS SUCH BULLSHIT WHY WOULD SHE BE A VAMPIRE? VAMPIRE DOESN'T EVEN EXIST STOP MAKING UP FAKE NEWS i press the post and groaned in frustration putting my phone down on the counter.

i looked to my left to check for any customers and got startled by woman figure infront "SHIT! you scared me!" the woman giggled and spoke "Oh I'm sorry dear.. you seem frustrated that you didn't notice me, is everything all right?" the woman ask, her voice sounding so familiar, i stand up and fix myself finally getting a better view at the woman, my eyes widened and my breath got stuck at my throat, Taylor Swift. Taylor Fucking Swift was standing infront of me, inside the cafe, i tried to control my nervousness and excitement acting normal around her so I won't weird her out. "O-oh u-um Sorry about that i just saw something i didn't like." i mentally slap myself for stuttering "It's okay don't worry" she reassured, "Y-yeah so what would you like??" i flash her a nervous smile "Could i just get some Black Coffee and a Croissant?" she stated, "Of course! dine in or take out?" "I'd prefer dine in" "alright I'll serve your order once it done ma'am" "Thank you dear.." she flashed me and smile before walking to her seat, i turned around and start panicking HOLY SHIT! TAYLOR SWIFT IS IN MY CAFE, SHE TALKED TO ME, AND SHE SMILED AT ME AND DID SHE JUST CALLED ME DEAR?, AM I DREAMING?? PLS DONT TELL ME IM DREAMING, i pinch my thigh to test it, I'M NOT! ITS REAL! OH MY GOD! THIS THE BEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPEN! , i start fangirling inside but soon shaked my head remembering that I have an order, i slowly made my way to the coffee machine brewing her coffee and getting her croissant from the pantry.

once its all done i put it on a tray and walked towards her serving her order. "here you go ma'am a freshly brewed Black Coffee and a delicious Croissant!" i smiled and put her order carefully at the table "Thank you very much dear.." i blush slightly at this and nod before going back, good thing she didn't notice my blush because God that would be embarrassing! i sat back down at my place still processing what's happening, i suddenly got startled by a hand on my shoulder yelping "OH GOD DUDE! WHAT'S WITH TONIGHT?? I KEEP GETTING JUMPSCARED!" i turned around to my friend who works here at the cafe aswell "Well if you weren't always zoning out! you won't get jumpscared.." she said scoffing playfuly "what are you even thinking anyways?" she ask "YOU DONT KNOW?" "dont know what exactly..?" i stare at her in disbelief, "TAYLOR SWIFT IS IN OUR CAFE!!" i said in low voice, she raised her eyebrow at me, "and? what's with it?" "WHY AREN'T YOU FREAKING OUT?" "why would i? I'm not even that much of a fan" she stated, i scoff at this and playfully hit her shoulder, "you're no fun"

I couldn't help but still glances at her direction, as i watch her enjoy her order, she look back at me flashing a smile as i get caught staring, my eyes widened and instantly moved my gaze, blushing in embarrassment OH GOD Y/N! NOW SHE THINKS YOU'RE A CREEP! i groaned putting my head down at the counter, few moments later I heard footsteps approaching me, i perked my head up seeing her approach me, i instantly stood up and fixed myself. "Thanks for the delicious food dear.. I might comeback again tomorrow night" she winked before paying and walking away. I started blushing again when she winked at me and mentally panicking. WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED.. I started zoning out trying to process what just happened.. until my friend went up infront me and wave. "Hello..? earth to y/n!" she said, i flinch out of thoughts and look at her "oh um.. hi?" she sighed and shake her head "you're zoning out again!" "sorry.." "whatever just go pack up your Inlove ass we're closing" she tease, "I AM NOT INLOVE WITH HER OKAY?" "I didn't say who~" she cooed causing me to blush "shut up" i hit her on the shoulder playfully, packing things up before closing. i think to myself.. i hope she comes back.. i shake my head trying to disregard the thought stop it y/n she's a celebrity there's no way she'll ever like you back, i sighed as i lock the cafe doors and start walking towards my apartment. my friend abigail walks beside me as we were roommates, soon we arrive at our apartment opening the door, going inside,i went upstairs and plop down to the bed, exhausted, i didn't bother changing as sleep was taking over me.

A/N: AAA IM SO HAPPY HOW THIS TURNED OUT I SUCK AT MAKING FANFICS BUT I'M PROUD OF MYSELF THAT IM ABLE TO CREATE ONE 😭 HOPE YA'LL ENJOYED IT 😊😊 there will be more parts coming dw ;)

#taylor swift x reader #taylor swift #taylor swift x you #taylor swift x y/n #vampire au #vampire #gxg

[helluva-dump]

Just gonna say it here

As much as I dislike Vivziepop and how much it a crybaby brat she acted in twitter yesterday… can you like not defend right wingers that literally donated to politicians that want to eliminate the right of lgbt people????

Like wtf… is this the hill you guys wanna die on??? Literally defending right wingers that want people like me dead????

Listen I love FNAF but I honestly cannot stand Scott, I see him the same way as Doug TenNapel. Loving their works but that doesn’t change the fact they have harmful politics. Like the dude donated to anti lgbt causes and you call people that bash him “SJWs???” Who the fuck still lives under that mentality???

No Shannon, getting rightfully angry at someone donating to bigoted people and causes doesn’t make someone an “sjw” it’s literally basic human rights.

Yes, he may not react like a baby on twitter like Viv does and I don’t think he deserves to get doxxed and harassed, but that doesn’t change the fact he donated to donations that harmful to queer people.

I swear being a critical myself, I see antis hate shit over the dumbest reasons and now I see some going too far to justify and defend someone that’s a bigot.

The only “sjws” are mainly antis that take fiction too seriously…. Like if you like a problematic character or ship, that means you support abuse and abusive irl 🙄🙄🙄 like god forbid you can’t like blitzo or Verosika because “they do horrible stuff and if you like then your horrible too”

Like holy shit, just because I like a few questionable characters doesn’t mean I support their actions. And this is coming from someone like me who doesn’t like Stolas or Stolitz but just saying people actually support abuse and r*pe is a little out of the line…

Yes, I’m annoyed with how Viv is writing the character and I want her to make them face consequences, but literally getting mad at those that still like some of these characters is honestly childish and you need to touch grass.

And before you call me an ass kiss, I do NOT like Viv. I criticized the shit out of her many times and I don’t like how she works as a “professional”, nor how she treats her employees, giving fans false hopes, and I don’t like Stans that blindly eat shit up and worship her without question.

That being said, the antis getting to the point where they will literally defend a right winger content creator or even get angry if someone likes problematic characters like blitzo or Verosika and call you a r*Pe sympathizer is insane.

If you seriously have this mentality, fucking unfollow me and do not fucking interact. If you actually that queer people are sjws for getting rightfully angry at Scott, please go fuck yourself and fuck off the critical tags.

Your only proving Viv’s point with the homophobia and that’s not fair for criticals that had valid reasons to dislike her, cut that shit out.

#helluva boss critical #anti helluva boss #yes I’m putting it on the anti tag so they can have a wake up call #scott cawthon critical #like Jesus #are you guys this fucking stupid #anti ​Vivziepop #only tagging anti viv so critical can be aware of homophobes lurking in the critical and anti blog

[realityescapee01]

I got a little jealous (part 1)

Steddie | Steve x Eddie | where things ended differently

Steve doesn't like this Eddie person because Dustin always talks about him a lot.

Eddie doesn't like this Steve person because Dustin always talks about him a lot.

And then the two meet. Will they keep hating on each other? What do they think now that they've seen each other?

Doesn't like? Hate? No, rather, jealous. That's the word Steve was looking for. Steve had babysat the kids for a while and for quite a few times through insane situations too! So, he naturally expected them, specially Dustin, to have him as their favorite person.

Then comes the school year. Dustin started talking about this Eddie person. A lot! How cool Eddie is. How awesome Eddie is. How great Eddie is. Eddie this. Eddie that. Steve hated it.

He would always challenge Dustin about Eddie and grab any opportunity that he can to one up this Eddie. And it doesn't help that Robin is kind of voting for Eddie too.

"You know that guy?" Steve questioned Robin.

"Yeah! Eddie! And he was the same grade as us. He got held back though. He plays the guitar. He's quite metal."

"Very metal." Dustin added.

"You don't remember him, huh?" Robin added.

"Yeah, I don't."

"Was too busy being Mr. varsity, Mr. popular." Dustin mocked.

"Come here!" Steve locked Dustin by the neck in his arms and messed up his hair.

Steve tried to remember who Eddie was but he just couldn't. He then just shrugged it away.

Everything was running fine in Hawkins until it doesn't. Strange shit started happening. Again. And again, Eddie is somehow got involved.

Dustin was defending him ferociously.

"Eddie is not like that, man! I swear! We have to find him." Dustin has Max to back her up.

Max narrated everything she saw and from there they knew what it was Well, at least they knew it's not "cult leader, devil summoner" Eddie who did it.

A little more running and hiding and poking on covered boats with an oar, they finally found Eddie. Steve almost poked him. Eddie sprang forth from the boat and held a broken bottle against Steve.

"Eddie! Eddie, stop! It's me! It's Dustin! That's Steve."

"I didn't do it, dude!"

"I know! I know! Put that down, Steve isn't really gonna poke you, right, Steve?" Dustin tried to calm him down.

"Y-Yeah." Steve drops whatever he was holding.

"It was crazy, man! You won't believe what I saw." Eddie started.

"Oh, try us." Robin egged on.

Eddie narrated it, Dustin and the gang wasn't surprised at all. And then they started narrating their experience.

"Holy shit!" Eddie was still processing everything. But at least, there are people who believe him now.

So the gang went about facing Vecna. The whole time, Steve kept looking at Eddie. He was... okay. He dresses up okay for a metal fan, yeah. But he just couldn't see why Dustin is so amazed by him.

'Hmn, he's okay. Nothing extra... I don't get Dustin at all.' Steve thought and looked at Eddie again.

But what Steve doesn't know is that Eddie also observes him.

'Steve Harrington, huh? He looks... better these days.' Eddie thought as he remembered how Steve looked back when he's still in the varsity team. Eddie remembers Steve. Everyone does. Mr. Popular. 'Anyways... I still couldn't believe he's with these kids through this shit! That's kinda badass.'

They walked some more through the upside down, on their way to a possible exit: Eddie's trailer. It was a long walk. A lot more time for observation. For Steve and Eddie.

'Hmn, let's see. He's a little... uptight and intense.' Steve thought as he stares at Eddie as they walk.

"... that was very metal you did back there. Very Ozzy." Eddie said. "Henderson said you're badass Insisted on it. The kid worships you, dude. It gets kinda annoying."

Steve's thoughts was stuck at the -he worships you,dude.- part.

"It shouldn't matter what the little shrimp thinks, it's just, I got jealous you know. I guess I couldn't believe that the Steve Harrington -is a good dude. Rich parents, popular, chicks love him, not a douche. No way, man. But you are badass."

"You are too."

"Nah, I just did because those ladies did." Eddie leaned in closer.

Normally, Steve would lean away if other people did it. But for some reason, it was okay. It's Eddie. Leaning in closer to his face is okay. He found himself looking at Eddie's eyes and then Eddie's lips.

And then rumbling sounds and quakes started again.

"Here we go again!" Eddie exclaimed.

Thankfully, they got out with the help of Dustin back at Hawkins. Dustin was so happy to see them make it. He hugged Eddie and then Steve. They then began planning how to defeat their new threat.

Eddie was actively participating as well. Steve was amazed at how fast Eddie adapted. Guess the DnD nights helped.

And now they're here, Eddie hotwiring a trailer. With Robin asking who's gonna drive?

"Harrington's got her. Don't ya, big boy?"

And there it was, Eddie leaning in again on Steve's face.

Steve didn't know what to react to that. The leaning in and the words: Don't ya, big boy? It sounded so... and made him feel things...

He made a mental note to talk to Robin after all these.

They are now in their do or die plan to defeat Vecna. Steve and the others are set to go.

"Hey... don't try to be cute... or superheroes. Okay?" Steve said. Very worried about Dustin and Eddie. He has been attacked by the bats and he knows he got lucky back then. He doesn't want Dustin and Eddie go through that.

The two promised and Steve's group is on their way. Things have gone good and then bad in a few turns. For some miracle they don't know yet, Steve and the others were freed from the vines and was able to set Vecna on fire. The three were relieved, unaware of the hell Dustin was going through.

"Eddie!!!" Dustin cried out to him. He ran, as much as his broken ankle allowed, towards Eddie.

"H-Hey! I didn't run away this time."

"Eddie!"

Steve and the others were walking back to the trailer. They saw what was happening. Steve ran frantically towards Eddie and Dustin.

"Hey! What-I told you! To not do something like... Eddie... come on, we could bring you to a hospital at Hawkins." Steve began standing Eddie up.

"I c-can't. I'm a wanted man in Hawkins, remember? I think this is it for me, Steve."

"No way, man. You can survive this. Come on." Steve refused to let Eddie die.

He carried Eddie over his shoulders and made their way into the trailer. Sending Nancy and Robin up first. They then took the mattress back there and sheet rope.

"How am I gonna get up there?" Eddie asked brokenly.

"Piggyback on me." Steve made him cling to him and climbed the sheet rope.

"Oh... you got it, big boy." Eddie said as they successfully got out of the upsidedown.

Then Eddie passed out.

"Eddie!!!" they all called. Steve being the loudest of them all.

"...Kids?" Joyce, with Hopper, saw them get out of the trailer.

"Ohmygod! Help!" Dustin ran to them and explained Eddie's situation.

"I have just the right person for that." Hopper started calling someone.

Steve was by Eddie's side the whole time.

6 days after. Everything came to light, Will, Mike and El were back. Eddie is back from a secret government facility where he got treated. His name was also cleared from all the killings and the earthquake that happened.

"Eddie!!!" Dustin ran towards him and hugged him. "No wedgies!!!" they screamed at each other.

"Eddie." Steve also greeted him back.

"It's nice to be back! And cleared. And also Hellfire club got cleared. That's really great."

"Yeah. Great. Now, Dustin can't stop talking about you. He missed you a lot."

"Really? Anyway, I'm good, Harrington."

"Just call me Steve."

"Okay... Stevie sweetie." Eddie leaned in again on his face.

Steve had a little blush on. Eddie has this certain glow to him that day. Plus the new pet name. Steve thought that that talk with Robin should happen now.

---

"Robin... how did you... know for sure you're into girls?"

"... Ohmygod!!!" Robin exclaimed.

"Shhh! Quiet down!" Steve hushed her and pulled her away from the others.

"Are you-Steve, are you into boys now?!?"

"I don't know! That's why I'm asking. I mean, I still get attracted to girls but, there's this boy I can't get out of my head."

"Eddie Munson." Robin said. For a fact. Not a question.

"Wait, how'd you know?"

"I knew it! He's the only adult guy you let in your personal space and get away with it unscathed. I noticed. All the times Eddie leaned closer to your face. You somehow, shut down. It was adorable."

"Am I that obvious???" Steve was worried that more people could've noticed.

"No, not really. But to get back to your question. I think you're bi, Steve."

"Bi?"

"You get attracted to both."

"...I guess."

"Okay, quick question. So as to know, whether this thing you have for Eddie is real attraction or just some kind of like: maybe you're just bestfriends kind of thing... Do you like Eddie in a way that you'd go on and date him? And do you think of, you know, having sex with him?"

"Wo-woah!" Steve was taken aback by the straightforwardness.

"Just answer it. Fastest way to know. Are you sexually attracted?"

"It's... not definitely just a: bestfriends kind of feeling."

"Oh, so you are! Right. You are bi, Steve. Problem solved." Robin happily said and was walking back to the volunteers section in their school gym.

"Wait wait wait! What do you mean problem solved? Nothing got solved!"

"Steve. Just ask him out. Easy peasy! Now, there are hungry survivors. My PB & Js are calling me."

Robin left Steve standing there. She then mouthed: ask him out. to Steve before busying herself volunteering.

"Steve." Eddie suddenly was beside him.

"H-Hey!"

"How can I help around here?"

"Oh... uhm... let's sort the clothes at the back."

Steve walked with Eddie to the back of the gymnasium. Where there are boxes of donated clothes to sort through.

Steve can't stop thinking about Robin's advice. Just ask him out. Ask him out. Just. Easy peasy, she said.

"It's not easy." Steve unknowingly said out loud.

"What's not easy, man?"

"Oh... nothing. I mean, what we went through."

"Oh yeah." Eddie started rambling on about it.

Steve just stared at him. Eddie is adorable. He's also not bad looking. He's quite cute actually. With that long, curly, jet-black hair.

Hair that Steve was twisting between his fingers by now. Unknowingly again.

"Hey, Steve." Eddie was staring at him, playing with his hair.

"...Oh! Sorry... Shit." Steve looked away.

How could he even ask Eddie out??? He isn't even sure if Eddie is into boys too.

"Sorry, Eddie. It's just, so stressful lately."

"Okay. Whatever you say, big boy." Eddie tapped his arms and continued sorting through the clothes.

At the day's end, Robin asked him if he asked Eddie out yet.

"I can't, Robin. Besides, I think he's straight."

"You thought you were straight too."

"Well..."

"Just ask him. You never know. Here." Robin gave him a bandana.

"What's this for?"

"Eddie lost his bandana. You could use that as asking-you-out conversation starter!"

---

And so, Steve was here, standing outside Eddie's trailer. For 10 minutes now. He didn't even check if Eddie was in. He could be having campaign night with his DnD boys for all he knows.

"Woah! Stevie sweetie. Whattya doing here?" Eddie opened his door and was surprised to see Steve standing right outside.

"H-Here. For your lost bandana."

"Hey, great! Oh, I wished you saw how I did it on the roof of the trailer back there. It was very metal. Ever!" Eddie said as he tied the bandana on his head.

"I'm sure it was."

"Do you wanna come in? I could reenact it for you." Eddie leaned in closer again.

"Are you sure? Aren't you just about to go out?"

"Oh yeah, I'm about to buy some beer. Care to give me a ride?" Eddie winked.

"Ah-yeah. Sure."

Steve and Eddie drove to town and went around for some beer. And then drove back to Eddie's trailer. Where Eddie started to down his 1st bottle of beer out of the 6 they bought.

"So, I did like this." Eddie started playing Master of Puppets. "And Dustin was looking through the binoculars like this. And counting down T-minus of the bats."

Eddie reenacted and narrated the whole thing in great detail and passion. And acting too. He did the voices too. Steve was smiling and laughing throughout.

"...and then that's when you came back and saved me. My knight in shining armor!" Eddie said dramatically.

Steve just chuckled and looked down. Then drank from his bottle of beer. If it were up to his love-fogged mind, Eddie's 'my knight in shining armor' words are interpreted as Eddie flirting.

But Steve knows Eddie is just like that. He wasn't even sure if Eddie is aware that he comes off as flirty. Or if Eddie really even is flirting. Steve can't really tell.

"How about you, Steve? How are you really doing?"

"Oh. Well, we've been through something like this before, so I kinda expected the worse. But still, there's no way you'd get used to it."

"Yeah..."

Then they were silent. Just drinking. Eddie strumming his guitar every now and then. Steve contemplating whether to ask Eddie out on top of trying to figure out if Eddie even is into boys.

"So uhm... Chrissy... are you two... was she your g-girlfriend?"

"Oh! No. We're not together. She was just buying drugs from me. And that shit happened."

"Oh, okay."

"How about you and Nancy?"

"Nancy has a boyfriend. You know, Wil's brother."

"Oh, really? I thought you and Nancy are..."

"Nah. Not anymore."

"So... are you into someone right now?"

Steve almost choked on his beer when Eddie asked that.

"Sorry, man! I don't mean to pry or something. Forget about it." Eddie started playing his guitar again.

They just sat there. Playing music. Eddie teaching Steve a few riffs every now and then. Steve just enjoyed the moment. He thought, he'd get to know Eddie more before asking the question.

---

Robin smacked Steve's head.

"Hey! What's that for?!?"

"You're pretty stupid, Steve! Ugh!"

"What? I don't get it! I came here to tell you what happened at your request, and then you hit me? And call me stupid?"

"Because... didn't you think that was Eddie's way of trying to know if you're into girls or boys?"

"Oh... Oh!" Steves suddenly sat up and realized that Robin could be right. He then smacked his palms on his face.

"Oh man, Steve!!!" Robin started shaking Steve by his shoulders.

-+-+-+ ( to be continued ) +-+-+- PART 2 HERE

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[khihi]

As a french person who read les misérables at school but has never watched the movie/musical, I'm quite curious about what has attracted many (foreign) people to it. Feel free to rant and share your thoughts, I'm genuinely curious

OH GOD OKAY LOOK HERE'S THE THING FIRST OF ALL the musical is absolutely incredible. I'm a musicals fan in general but les mis is something else. It will make you cry and laugh and somehow it will also make you proud to be French even when you're not French.

Long rant/fucking essay under cut so I'm not bombarding everyone who doesn't care about musicals or dead French dudes

I wish everyone could watch a live performance of it as their first experience of les mis because I feel like most people only see either the movie or the 25th anniversary concert. And while I adore the 25th anniversary concert and I'm a Les Mis 2012 Movie Defender 4 lyfe, I think both of those won't anchor you into enjoying les mis quite as much as an actual, professional live performance of the show will (bc the anniversary is mostly just standing and singing and the movie is.. flawed).

Also I imagine your first experience of it being the brick probably would not help you see why foreigners love this story so much because that thing is CHONKY and I've absolutely not read all of it - I've literally only read bits of it that include my faves. Sorry Hugo but I'm not here to read your rant about Paris' sewage system, I'm here to read about Grantaire bullying Enjolras and laugh at Marius for crying against a tree for hours xx

Les Amis de l'ABC are the main attraction for me and I think a lot of les mis fans tbh. Their friendships combined with their doomed narrative is just the absolute best and worst, emotionally speaking thing. Just the fact they believe so strongly in wanting to change the world that they're prepared to fight and die for it but they're also just a bunch of super young guys who drink and laugh together makes my heart hurt. They're martyrs to a hopeless cause but they're so human.

It makes you want to see them happy and victorious (I know there are a lot of mundane college kids les amis fics out there where they're "all happy and nothing hurts" because of this) but also that doomed narrative is so delicious every single time (which is why me and other les mis fans come crawling back to rewatch the musical whenever we're presented with the opportunity).

And DO NOT get me started on ExR. Grantaire and Enjolras are THE most angsty ship in the world, they make me ill. Grantaire is so in love with Enjolras even though his depression makes him a lot more aware of just how fucked they all are in this revolution, he's like a moth to a flame. Also the guy who played Grantaire in the 2012 movie shipped ExR. George Blagden if you can hear me right now I owe you my life and I hate them for cutting your Drink With Me solo.

Also the female characters in les mis are SO FUCKING GOOD HOLY SHIT like yes Cosette and Eponine are both madly stupidly in love with Marius "Just Some Guy" Pontmercy but to me it always felt like Marius was their love interest rather than the other way around. He's the chain that links Valjean to the revolution and back to the Thénardiers, but Eponine and Cosette are both so much more interesting to me personally than him.

AND FANTINE?? Fantine who had her life torn to shreds and does everything in her power (of which she has NONE) to protect her little girl and is punished, like fucking everyone in the story, for being a good person?? but who is always shown to be a sympathetic character?? written in a time when women were possessions and prostitutes were seen as scum of the earth?? Once again it's emotionally catastrophic, but it's beautiful. I for one enjoy when stories reach into my chest and squeeze my heart to pulp.

ALSO I'm such a sucker for motifs and symbology and themes and all of that Good Literature Shit, which les mis has in buckets, so there's also that.

so yeah

tl;dr the characters are my babies, i love a masterfully crafted story, and the music makes me feel shrimp emotions. PLEASE SEE THE MUSICAL.

thank you for letting me infodump this fine sunday afternoon <3

#les mis #ask

[caddy-crystal-queen]

Okay on tonight's episode of who in the GoT/HoTD Fandom need to be slapped, I'm gonna address two issues cause I'm pissed and honestly it deserves mentioning.

Gonna start with the most recent thing I heard. Wtf is with Fandoms driving people off of social media with their nonsensical bullshit?! Not to drag another Fandom into this but Star Wars is notorious for this bullshit, and I seriously thought we moved past this! Clearly not!

Can Fandoms just stop doing this? The most recent victim of this nonsense is apparently the actor playing Young Alicent Hightower, Emily Carey.

*WHACK*

STOP. BULLYING. PEOPLE!

Be. A. Nice. Human!

Holy tap dancing Horus! She's an actress literally just doing her job and giving her perspective on her character! This ties in to these actors being people at the end of the day! You don't bully someone for simply stating an opinion, an opinion which doesn't harm anyone. First off that's just rude as fuck, you can disagree with someone and still believe they have a right to their opinion! Miss Carey has literally done nothing wrong except...apparently saying her character isn't a villain? Um...when did this become a crime? When did this become one of the worst things apparently you can do?

Holy shit there should be a support group for all these actor chased off social media but Fandom entitled fuckwits who can't see in front of their faces or think with their brains!

Now this is not being a support of the character Alicent Hightower. I've read Fire and Blood, I know what happens. But this isn't even about the character, this is about the actress. Like the rest of us she's allowed to have her opinion and state it. All YOU have to do, if you disagree, is ignore the tweet, walk the other way, and leave it the fuck alone. Anyone who bullies people, not just famous people, off the internet for a harmless (notice I said harmless, meaning they aren't saying something deeply troubling about real life issues) opinion deserves a swift kick in the ass and a sharp slap to the face!

Fuck. You. All!

Now, the second thing I'm going to address has actually been a problem since casting for the show was announced. People, what kind of piece of shit sits there and talks shit about another person's appearance?!

Yeah, I'm mad yall mother fuckers got me defending Matt Smith up in this bitch.

Again.

*WHACK!*

Quit. With the high school. Bullying. TACTICS!!!!!

Like I said how fucking hard is it just to be a decent human being?! Like what has to go so wrong in your life that you decided to just take your bullshit out on someone you don't even know? And going for their appearance? That's just fucking low.

I'm gonna just get this out of the way: I'm not a fan of the guy. I never really have been. I don't think he's ugly, like everyone seems to be saying, but he just doesn't do it for me personally, and it's absolutely nothing against him. I'm sure Matt Smith is an awesome dude IRL, and he seems pretty chill as far as I know. I respect the guy for his acting ability and his passion but that's about it. I see why a lot of people find him appealing but he doesn't do it for me.

That being said, I am so sick of seeing comments like "Oh, well he looks like he's the product of incest anyway!". Like dude...that is not cool and no one should be saying that about anyone. I may not find him attractive personally but I'm not sitting here behind a phone screen bashing the appearance of a dude I don't know. Nothing, not a thing, gives anyone the right to say things like that and bully someone for something they literally have no control over.

It's seriously some petty ass bullshit and it needs to stop. Maybe he doesn't need me to defend him but goddamn yall are just doing too damn much and being a POS about it. Your insults, name calling, and bullying are completely uncalled for!

Stop. Your. Bullshit!

Be. A nice. Human!!!!

It literally costs nothing!

Fucking assholes...

#house of the dragon #matt smith #emily carey #fandom nonsense #internet bullying #name calling #petty bullshit #daemon targaryen #alicent hightower

[percontaion-points]

By request of @awordwasthebeginning, authors that I have a beef with! I’m not sure how long that this is going to take, but we’ll see...

If you’re reading this, please tell me about your one-sided author beefs, because I’m nosy and always looking for more miserable books to read!

First up is a classic of C*ssandra Claire. With her, it’s pretty much just take your pick of any of the negative things nobody likes to see pop up in a book. Misogyny, racism, weird anti-Semitism and homophobia disguised as the author’s fetish... Plus I seem to recall that there was at least one sexual assault scene in her original main series. And what the fuck is up with her incest fetish? 

Plus, there’s a lot of shit with her behind the scenes that ranges from flat out plagiarism to harassment of people who dare to call her out on her shitty behavior. 

My issues with her have gotten to the point where I’ve started to have beef with her fans, because they’re also shitty and terrible. 

Up next is Deborah Harkness. Which following that first one, it’s probably a bit of a let-down because I can’t comment on what Harkness is like as a person. But her books were so badly written and to this day, they are literally the worst thing that I’ve ever had the misfortune to read. I saw that she had written another book, something unrelated (I think?) and I near about had a panic attack at the thought of her putting MORE garbage out into the world!

EL James. And probably not for the reasons why you think. I applaud her for exploiting the fanfic system and opening up a new “genre” for us, even if most of what I’ve read from the 2p2 section is nothing but forgettable garbage. 

No. The real reason why I have beef with her is mainly because she wrote multiple graphic, brutal rape scenes but played each and every single one of them off as being “romantic”. 

Plus, she’s basically given a bunch of shithole men an excuse to literally beat the crap out of women. Literally nothing about the 50S series is remotely romantic.... or even in the realm of acceptable. 

Also, what she wrote isn’t even BDSM. I’m not even into that, but the book made me deep dive into the world, and holy shit. It’s literally just Christian beating the shit out of a woman and raping her... and calling it a kink. 

Chr*stopher  P*olini. The dude literally straight up plagiarized from David Edding’s The Belgariad series and thought nobody would fucking notice. Edding’s books are miserable, but holy shit, his works don’t deserve that. 

Plus, his fans are up there with CC’s in that they are rabid and are going out of their way to defend a literal piece of poop. 0 stars, would rather throw myself into a pen of rabid wolves than deal with them. 

Nora S*kavic. Up there with EL James in as far as writing super healthy romantic relationships that are in no way based around physical abuse and playing emotional games with your partner because you refuse to get psychological help! 

Also another fandom that’s way too hung up over defending toxic opinions. 

PC and Kristen Cast. Since they both wrote the series, it’s hard for me to determine which one had these toxic opinions from. But their HON series is full of racist stereotypes, and a creepy fetiziation over Native Americans THAT’S ALSO RACIST AS FUCK. 

Also, what the hell is up with PC Cast’s bestiality fetish. I’m not saying that I’m canceling her over it (in comparison to the racism), but like... it happened on multiple occasions, in multiple series. o.o

KI Lynn. I’m not finished with her Breach series just yet, but two books into it and I can tell you that she’s up there with James in this regard. She wrote a graphic, brutal rape scene, played it off like it wasn’t a big deal. And then all of the characters are pushing for the MC to hook back up with the guy who raped her and then tossed her aside like she was garbage. 

Tahereh Mafi. Stop writing thinly veiled n*zi-metaphor characters sexually assaulting the MC multiple times, and then trying to be like “owo redemption arc!” 

Also, I don’t know who needs to hear this, but like... episodes of Criminal Minds are not good examples of “award winning parents”. Selling your children to n*zis is not a good parenting look. 

I’m sure that there are plenty more, but like... I can’t possibly think of every bad book that I’ve ever read. 

[thatsgay-writes]

Day 16

PREVIOUS

"Here they are, the brave young women whose tale of struggle and survival has gripped the nation." The host says as she sends the camera a smile. "The unsinkable nine, as we have come to know them. Ladies, you must have dreamed of coming home for so long. Now that you're here, what do you wanna do most?" She questions as she turns towards you and your friends. "Honestly, smoke about a hundred cigs, you know? Like, really rip through a carton or two." Dot starts as she leans forwards on the couch. The host gives her a slightly awkward smile, "Okay. How about the rest of you?"

"I don't know; Maybe hit up the OG for a never-ending pasta bowl and just... I don't know... Get back to our real lives." Toni says next followed by Nora. "I'd like to read the Odyssey again, rather than, like, live it." She jokes awkwardly, causing some of the girls to laugh in response. "Leah, what about you?" "Oh, um, I just wanna reconnect with certain people... People who may have been worried and-or felt like we had unfinished business. And if that person is watching right now, I just wanna say that I did not not miss you every day." You cringe at Leah's little monologue, still not feeling 100% about her after her fight with Shelby.

"My turn, Brooke, and I've got a nice, straight answer for you. I'm going to fuck the rowdiest guy with the biggest dick as soon as I fucking can." Fatin says, causing everyone to pause the fantasy you all shared and look at Fatin. Fatin turned to look at you, since you were at the end of the couch, and you couldn't contain your laugh. "Holy shit!" You belt out as you roll onto your side, "I don't think you can say that." You tell her after you finally catch your breathe. Fatin rolls her eyes, "Okay, make it more media-friendly. I am going to fornicate with the healthiest penis I can find ASAP." You let out a laugh at her newly formed answer.

After that, Dot changed her answer and Fatin got on Leah for her "emo shit show" answer and how Romeo's would be in everyone's DM's, before they finally started cheering over the fact that there was a chance to return home. "We're going home, bitches!" Martha yells as she holds up the bottle of vodka, causing all the other girls to cheer. You go to celebrate with them but notice how Shelby stays silent and slowly pulls away from the group. You watch her go, debating if you should follow her, as Toni helps you stand. Her face holds a large smile that slowly falls as she notices how distracted you are and that Shelby was walking away.

Ever since kissing Shelby, Toni had been confused on her feelings between the both of you. She had loved you for years but Shelby just had something so attracting about her. Unknown to her, you were having the same thoughts. "I'll, um... I'll be right back." You say as you pat Toni's hands that were still holding your own after helping you up. Toni just nods her head as you hop away after Shelby.

---

"You don't seem very excited..." You try and joke as you hop around the rock Shelby was sitting on, closing your mouth as soon as you see how sad she looks. You fidget nervously for a few seconds as Shelby doesn't respond to your presence. You let out a deep breathe before sitting down next to Shelby on the rock. "Are you okay?" You ask as you slowly reach out your hand to grabs hers. You move slowly so she has enough time to pull away but she doesn't. When you tangle your fingers with Shelby's, she finally reacts some and turns her head to look at you. She opens and closes her mouth a few times wanting to say something, but ultimately ends up closing it and shaking her head. You let out a sigh but nod your head. You lean forwards and cup one of her cheeks, giving her a quick kiss on the other one. Your face gains a small smile as you notice Shelby blush, "I'll leave you to your thoughts... If you ever need someone to vent to or a shoulder to lean on I'll be here." You tell her as you slowly stand up and start hopping back towards to other girls, missing how Shelby stared after you longingly.

---

As you get closer to the other girls, you smile as you hear them all laughing and joking around. "Oh, Martha, you're gonna be trippin motherfucking balls dude." You hear Fatin say as you finally reach the group and collapse next to Toni. Hopping around was not fun and you were going to need to find a walking stick or something soon. "And she won't be alone." Rachel says as she holds her hand out towards Fatin. Taking what looks to be a bag of gummy bears? You nudge Toni with your shoulder and send her a questioning look. "Martha ate edibles." She whispered to you before turning back to the group and reaching for the bag. You covered your mouth in shock and laughed at the fact that Martha, sweet and innocent Martha, ate edibles. "You want one y/n?" Toni asks as she holds one out towards you. You think about it for a second. Your doctors back at home would probably advise you not to get high but you had been feeling fine the past few days. "Why not." You answer as you take the gummy bear from Toni and pop it into your mouth.

---

"Marcus!?" You hear Martha yell out for the 5th time as almost everyone laid on the beach, high out of their minds. The only ones not laying down were Fatin, who looked like she was meditating, Shelby, who still hadn't returned from the rock, and you, who had taken a seat on Toni's back and kept tracing out random letters and shapes on her back. "I'm so fucking blissed out. Not even from the gummies, just from the thought that in 48 hours I can have an orgasm." Was the first thing Fatin had said in an hour, causing you to giggle and almost fall off of Toni's back. Unlike Toni, who always got more relaxed when she was high, you got more giggly, enthusiastic, and talkative. You being high rivaled Shelby's whole "Who wants to play an ice breaker?" persona.

"Wait? You haven't like self-induced?" Leah asks, seriously but still with a playful tone. "No, I can't do it with my hands actually. I have this weird cello-vibrato PTSD. It's a whole thing." Fatin responds, breezing over the subject. "So your electric toothbrush hasn't seen any action?" Dot asks causing you to laugh more and add on, "I mean we all kind of assumed." You send a wink Fatin's way before turning your attention back to Toni's back, effectively spacing out on the conversation.

When you do focus back onto everyone, it's from Toni tapping your thigh to get you to get up. "Huh?" "C'mon we're gonna go play in the water." Instead of standing up and hopping your way towards the ocean, you just roll of Toni's back and lay on your back in the sand. "I'm good... I think I'm just gonna lie here." Toni gives you a questioning look but you just push her thigh towards the water. "I'll be fineeeee, go have funnnnn." Toni rolls her eyes as you purposefully draw out words and follows the rest of the girls into the water.

You could hear the girls from where you laid, all of them letting out screams and laughs of joy. You would have joined but hopping around on one leg isn't fun and tired you out pretty quickly. You rolled onto your side once the sun felt too hot on your face and you noticed that Shelby hadn't joined in on the fun either. You contemplated going up to her and trying to talk to her or give her more space, but went with the first choice. If she had rejoined the group than maybe she would want some company now.

---

"Not a fan of the water?" You ask as you let yourself collapse next to Shelby, taking note how she now had the bottle of vodka and it had a less in it than it did before. "I... Um..." Shelby stuttered out as she purposefully did not make eye contact with you. "It's fine." You say with a shrug and lay on your side. "No need to talk, just relax." You say as you suddenly get hype fixated on making shapes and letters on her back. Missing the way she tensed up before finally relaxing. You spaced out again from what was going on, a common thing that happened when you were high.

---

The rest of the day blew by as everyone did their own thing. Nora and Rachel went off talked somewhere, you noticed that Toni and Shelby got into a argument, and you just chilled around with Fatin, Dot, and Leah, while Martha decided to adventure into the woods. "Guys! Guys! Guess what I just saw!?" Martha yells as she runs over the hill and back towards the group. "I just saw Marcus and he's alive!" She yells out, out of breath, causing everyone to laugh at how ridiculous she sounded. "No, guys, I'm being serious!" Martha defends and grabs the nearest person to her, Dot, and starts dragging her along. "C'mon, he's in the woods." Dot turns to give the group and exasperated look but you all decide to follow along.

You had your arm wrapped around Toni as you all journeyed through the woods. You had tried to get out of going, but Martha wanted everyone to go with her. "You're just saying that he, like, fucking pinocchio'd?" Dot asks, having not stopped laughing or joking about the situation since you all headed into the woods. "Yes. That is exactly what I am saying." Martha says in relief, missing that fact that Dot was still making fun of her. "He turned into a real boy." She finishes as you and Toni see Marcus... Who is still as fake as he was the day he was found. "I don't know, he kinda looks the same to me." Toni says as you release her arm so she can pick up Marcus. "Hey! My leg!" You say excitedly as you notice it laying under Marcus. When Fatin goes to kiss Marcus, you kiss your leg. It was all fun and games until Leah had to mention the fact that Marcus and your leg had been swept away but suddenly ended up in the middle of the forest. You had thought the same thing but hoped to just ignore that fact. "Leah. We're mellow. We're leaving."

---

"Oh Shelby, you love America so much. USA! USA!" Martha cheers, trying to get Shelby to join her but the other girl is completely zoned out. "Is she okay?" You and Toni ask at the same time. Both of you sharing an awkward look with each other, neither of you had told the other about your own kiss with Shelby. Luckily, Fatin isn't stuck in an unknown love triangle and walks over to Shelby. You all watch as Shelby starts to brush her hair, it seems to stay tangled no matter what she does. Until the brush gets stuck in her hair. Fatin attempts to help her but Shelby goes into full freak out mode. "It's all ruined." She says as she grabs the scissors out of Fatin's bag. Fatin attempts to stop her but Shelby was inconsolable.

"I don't' fucking want it! I don't want it!"

NEXT

#the wilds #the wilds x reader #shoni #shoni x reader #toni x reader #shelby x reader #toni shalifoe x shelby goodkind #toni x shelby #toni shalifoe x reader #shelby goodkind x reader

[highfaelucien]

I completely agree with how you feel towards azriel. Thinking about azriel’s character now vs how I used to view him during acomaf times is just... sad and so so so much more complex. Part of me still wants to love him for the character that was presented to us in acomaf and other small good moments, like his friendship with nesta. And then the other part of me is disgusted, disappointed, and honestly kind of terrified of who he may become if sjm allows him to continue acting predatorily/toxic. The whole mor/az situation really fucked me up. As someone who is also a lesbian and an abuse survivor, it broke my heart to watch the situation unfold in acowar. It still hurts seeing many readers (and sometimes even sjm) take az’s side and paint mor as some sort of liar/two faced character that is playing everyone. I kept thinking that things would be fixed in future books, but instead az has grown worse and mor was, once again, sidelined and written out as a character. And honestly... as much as I love the idea of gwyn x azriel ... I think his books would need a lot more focus on his own recovery/growth and not center on a romantic relationship. If anything, I hope it’s written as friends to lovers so az has a better way of interacting and forming relationships with women. Because right now... well, that shit is borderline predatory and isn’t coming across well. And I really really do not want that for him. Basically, azriel deserves a better arc than what has been written for him. I miss him :( he used to be a character that made me feel safe and now :/ idk anymore

I'm going to quote parts of this/chop it up and reply to them a chunk at a time. because there's a lot going on here and I want to try and reply to as much as I can because I resonate with.....all of it. Please forgive me for the length of this.

I completely agree with how you feel towards azriel. Thinking about azriel’s character now vs how I used to view him during acomaf times is just... sad and so so so much more complex.

He feels like a different character? There was always an anger simmering under the calm surface, we knew that. But it was an anger born of love, deep down, and the desire to protect his family, and his court, at the expense of himself. Az was always the first to volunteer himself for dangerous missions, to spare the others.

Now that anger is directed at his family, and at the world, for not giving him what he feels he 'deserves'. That has NEVER been Azriel. Azriel's deepest issues and insecurities have always stemmed from the feeling of being unworthy, and undeserving of anything.

She's just made him into......Every other dude in this series tbh. Snarling, and possessive, and wanting to fuck anything in a skirt that moves.

Azriel was actually somewhat of an original, complex character initially. It's unusual that we see trauma affect men in the way it did Az. Usually it makes them angry, and vengeful, and eager to prove they are the alpha etc. Seeing them withdraw, and think less of themselves/that they're unworthy is something not explored often enough. But bye bye nuance hello #Drama.

Part of me still wants to love him for the character that was presented to us in acomaf and other small good moments, like his friendship with nesta.

I feel this. I found a lot of comfort in Az's character. Particularly the way he reacted with Mor. I was a big fan of their relationship, and I wrote a few 'missing scenes' style fics in the gap between ACOMAF and ACOWAR. One of them was where Az went to her when she had pushed everyone else away, including Cassian, and comforted and calmed her.

I hate that Maas took that away from Mor. I hate that Az no longer does that for her. I hate that Az was the one to betray her along with Rhys and bring her abuser into her safe space behind her back. I hate that he is no longer a symbol of calm, stable, dependable comfort and support for Mor, but is instead a threat. I HATE it.

Every now and then Az has lovely, gentle moments - his friendship with Nesta is a good example, and something I hoped we'd see. But also quieter times with Rhys, and their similarities being explored. And I adored the flying lessons with Feyre in ACOWAR, and the training he did with Cassian and the others in ACOFS.

But then she goes and twists him and does something else that just makes me want to fucking scream. Like the High Lord scene where he 'frightened' Mor. And his entire POV chapter which is frankly fucking gross.

And then the other part of me is disgusted, disappointed, and honestly kind of terrified of who he may become if sjm allows him to continue acting predatorily/toxic.

I agree.

I don't know how she can write a series that explores the effects of emotional abuse so well with Feyre and Tamlin...And then write what she did with Az?

The possession to a traumatised, still impressionable and desperate young woman, who likely finds the same comfort and safety in him that Mor did. Before that got shot to fucking pieces.

He sounds like a whiny toddler 'Cassian has a mate, and Rhys has a mate, where is mine!?!?!?!?' I DESERVE Elain, because I'm your brother and you guys have her sisters and what the FUCK. Who let that shit get published holy mother of god.

It's just...It's so unhealthy? Like, not even talking ship wars here (which I'm aware are rampant, and which I'm trying my best to stay away from). But that just.

How can that ever be a healthy foundation for a relationship? A man who thinks that he deserves, not only to be in a relationship with her, but to be bonded to her. Not because of HER, not because of who she is, or how she makes him feel. No. Purely because her sisters are mated to his brothers?

The whole thing made me feel so uncomfortable. It's predatory and toxic, just as you said. It's not right, it's not fair. Forget alliances and Lucien, even if none of that was a factor, that sort of thinking is still not right. And it's completely unfair to Elain.

But it also just. It didn't read like Azriel. The first part, where he struggles to sleep, and pushes himself until he passes out, and the insight that his shadows are basically hovering beside him screaming SELF CARE YOU DUMB BITCH at all times was very pleasing.

And the part where he goes to Clotho and leaves an anonymous gift for Gwyn. No fanfair. No audience. No pressure on either of them to react/perform. That felt like Az, too.

But everything in the middle. Everything with Elain, was just...Gross and out of character. And this is not because I dislike E/riel as a ship. I could get on board with it, tbh, if it wasn't written the way it was.

But it's not about ships, for me. It's just. Everything felt out of character. The predatory way he was with her. The fact he lies awake and gets himself off to fantasies of her. How apparently quickly he was aroused by putting a necklace on her. Idk, maybe it's my ace ignorance, but that doesn't sound normal/healthy to me.

Nor does him having to leave a room because he can scent her mating bond with Lucien. Or not being able to control himself to sit and eat dinner with her?

This is the same dude who has, apparently, been in love with Mor for 500 solid years, and who never did a damned thing about it. Who always kept himself in check. Even while she's had other lovers. But he can't control himself through one dinner with Elain?

It just. It doesn't feel like him. It feels like...Honestly not even Cassian. It feels like Tamlin on horny, predatory steroids. And that's not something I ever wanted to see from Azriel's POVs.

She could have explored a darker side to him without making it sexual? And misogynistic. And having him treating Elain as little more than a fucking object that he feels entitled to because 'everyone else got one, where's mine?'. What the FUCK???

The more I write it the more angry I get.

Because SJM has consistently put Az in the position of saving women when they were in danger? He was the one who found Mor near death at Autumn. He was the one who rescued Gwyn from her attackers during the war. He was the one to retrieve Elain when she was taken.

She always puts him in this position and, for better or worse, presents him as a safety figure for these women. The first person who they saw come for them, and fight for them, and protect them.

And on the inside she makes him this vile, predatory monster who just thinks constantly about fucking them? Who isn't actually safe at all?? It's sad. And it's infuriating. Because this isn't about ships anymore. This is about female survivors who have an apparent safe person who's presented as almost as dangerous as the people who attacked them in the first place. And that makes me feel so sick and sad that we've gotten here.

It still hurts seeing many readers (and sometimes even sjm) take az’s side and paint mor as some sort of liar/two faced character that is playing everyone. I kept thinking that things would be fixed in future books, but instead az has grown worse and mor was, once again, sidelined and written out as a character.

This is yet another vile thing SJM has done to queer readers with this whole fiasco. Because it puts me in a position where I want to call out her shitty writing, and what she's done to Mor - sidelining her as soon as she became queer. Undermining her power and her strength. Undermining her role as the survivor to look up to. Saying her power is truth but then making her seem like a liar. Which is all shitty, shitty, shitting writing.

But I'm also a queer person. And I will always always ALWAYS want to defend a queer person's right to remain closeted. Regardless of their reasons for doing so. But in this case it's a concern for their safety/a fear of how those around them will react. And I will NEVER condemn that. I will never say Az is suffering more than Mor for her being closeted. I will never call Mor a liar/a manipulator/two-faced when all she's doing is trying to survive.

I WILL condemn SJM for making this a scenario. For putting homophobia in her world purely to cause pain for queer characters, and drama for her straight ones. And for sidelining Mor as soon as she can't write graphic scenes with her fucking men because now she's a lesbian so we best get her off the page so the guys can get their cocks out some more.

And honestly... as much as I love the idea of gwyn x azriel ... I think his books would need a lot more focus on his own recovery/growth and not center on a romantic relationship. If anything, I hope it’s written as friends to lovers so az has a better way of interacting and forming relationships with women. Because right now... well, that shit is borderline predatory and isn’t coming across well. And I really really do not want that for him.

This is going to sound sarcastic but I actually mean it fully and completely genuinely: 95% of the drama inducing problems in this series could be fixed with some fucking therapy.

But I agree with you. I think it's high time Azriel worked on his own issues. Even if they've apparently made a complete 180 from what they were in ACOMAF.

I...Like the concept of Gwyn/Azriel, but I'm not sold on the ship. Not with the way Maas has been writing Azriel lately. That kind of man shouldn't be with any woman right now. But especially not a rape survivor who sees him as one of the first men she's been able to trust in a long time.

Basically, azriel deserves a better arc than what has been written for him. I miss him :( he used to be a character that made me feel safe and now :/ idk anymore

"he used to be a character that made me feel safe" - This shit hit me like a tonne of bricks because this is EXACTLY how I feel about Az, too. You just managed to say it in a few words instead of 12 pages of rambling, like I do.

And I think this was intention. Azriel was presented as a very dependable character. He rescued Mor, and was respectful enough to keep his distance, despite his feelings, for 500 fucking years. Because he didn't think she was ready/interested.

He had a very calm, and calming air about him. Always in control of himself. Without the expected bursts of aggression and temper we'd seen from...Every other male character in this series. He was stable, and solid, and that was comforting. An anchor. And someone who would quietly, and without fuss, seek out Mor/others when they needed someone to talk to or comfort him.

That was a very soothing, reassuring presence in the book, I felt. And now she's made him seem...volatile, and unstable. With this dangerous anger that he can't control, that he uses not to protect, but to intimidate, and to fuel his entitlement and desires.

it's just sad. It's sad that she's taken this away from Mor, but also from other survivors who found comfort and safety in Az. Because I'm sure we weren't alone in that regard.

I miss him. And I mourn the character he was, and feel anger for the character he should have been. but instead he's become yet another possessive, entitled, snarling cardboard cutout dude like...everyone else.

And I ache for the Az/Mor dynamic that we had in ACOMAF. Even without it becoming romantic, there was no reason for that to be destroyed/ruined.

She could have written it that Az is the only one who knows about her sexuality, and that he pretends he's still in love with her as a shield/buffer, so no one looks too closely/to protect her and make her feel comfortable.

Instead she turned it into a soap opera style drama. And wrote it almost as though her sexuality was her cheating on him? Denying him what he deserved. And now she's just...just pussyfooting around it. And apparently he's just. Just moved on. Without them having any kind of conversation or closure at all. He just wanks off to the thought of Elain instead of Mor, now, problem solved /s

I miss what they were. I miss what he was to Mor. I miss when she had that support system, and that safety net. I miss when he protected her. And looked out for her. And understood her in a way that no one else, not even Rhys, did.

Mor deserved that. Azriel deserved that. WE deserved that. And she nuked it for some fucking twisted drama that punishes a lesbian because a man is thirsting after her. it's a fucking disgrace. I'm so fucking done with SJM, y'all. So fucking done.

#azriel acotar #azriel #morrigan actoar #elain archeron #acomaf #acosf #acotar series #anti sjm #anti acotar #i feel like i should have two separate tags for az #acomaf az #and everything else az #because he's a totally different character #even elriel shippers have to admit that? #he's not the same man he was presented to us as #maybe i'll just #just write a fix it fic #that just #just fucking takes everything post ACOMAF and fixes everything she's done dirty to the side characters #i won't actually do that #because it would destroy literally all of my fucking sanity #but i might write fix it/fuck canon Az/Mor dynamic #because i miss them #and i crave to explore the concept of platonic mates #which they do very well #anyway #anonymous #taryn answers #long post #acotar meta

[ghstandpucks]

HI NATE ANON HERE i forgot to ask for 41 and 67 together for him 🥺🥺🥺 sorry

Lol no worries! I got you! Enjoy! Requests are still open from this prompt!

Master List

41. "It’s like watching a chihuahua provoke a rottweiler." 

67. “Speak for me again, and I’ll punch you in the throat.”

           It was a Friday night and you were out at a bar with some friends. Thankful the weekend was upon you after a stressful week at work, you were ready to let lose, have a few drinks, and dance the night away. The night was alive in downtown Denver and you had gone to get your second drink. Making your way back through the crowd, a hand landed on your waist and pulled your back into them. “You’re too hot to be here alone,” a deep voice whispered in your ear. You cringed away from the unknown man, setting a glare on him as you turned around.

“You’ll have to do better than that,” you rolled your eyes. Why did men feel like the had a right to do such a thing to women? He reached for your arm this time as you started to walk away.

           “Why don’t you let me buy you a drink?” he slurred.

           “Already have one pal,” you said shortly, waving your drink around. His grip became a little tighter as you tried to pull away.

           “Hey I’m trying to be nice here,” he said in a tone you did not like.

           “Then let go of me,” you tried to keep your voice steady. As you tried to pull away this time, you stepped back into a solid figure.

           “Dude she said to let go,” the man behind you spoke. Turning your head, you looked up in shock. Nathan MacKinnon was standing behind you looking pissed at the guy still holding your arm. You didn’t know the forward personally, but you had to be oblivious (or just not a hockey fan) to not know who he was living in Denver.

           “And who are you?” the drunk man asked.

           “Her boyfriend, so back off,” Nate said, pulling you into his side and away from the man. Rolling his eyes, the drunk guy left you alone and you collected your thoughts on what just happened. “Are you okay?” a voice broke through.

           “I had it under control,” you said, not wanting to seem weak. You didn’t need someone to ‘come save you,’; let alone have it be a professional athlete whose ego was probably already too big.

           “Sure…” Nate started but you spoke up again.

           “And who are you to say you’re my boyfriend? Just because the hockey world would bow at your feet doesn’t mean I will,” you cut him off, completely irritated. Nate held his hands up in defense.

           “Just thought you could use a little help,” he muttered, rolling his eyes.

           “I can handle myself. And maybe I was playing hard to get, so thanks for ruining that,” you sassed back and turned to head over to your friends. As you approached them, they started laughing. “What! Some friends you guys are, that guy was creeping me out,” you said about the drunk one, you honestly didn’t mind that Nathan MacKinnon came to your rescue, you just couldn’t let him know that.

           “We swear we were about to come and fight the first guy off of you,” Sarah said with a giggle.

           “Then why are you still laughing?” you lightened up being back with them.

           “Because,” Diane started, “Nathan MacKinnon got to you first! Like holy shit!” she whisper-yelled.

           “Yeah, and you totally told him off after,” Chelsea looked at you like you were the crazy one.

           “I don’t need protecting!” you defended yourself.

           “It was like watching a chihuahua provoke a rottweiler,” Sarah chimed in. “You should have seen his face as you walked away. He looked totally annoyed yet amused at the same time.” The four of you laughed and kept enjoying your girl’s night. About an hour later, a round of drinks arrived at your table without any of you ordering anything. When asked, the waitress motioned across the bar to a group of men. Making eye contact with Nate, and he sent you a small smile with a nod. You smiled back, mouthing a thank you. You weren’t completely heartless. A little while later you were up to pay your tab when someone slid up next to you. ‘Not this again’, you thought, mentally preparing yourself to fend off another drunk guy.

           “Just thought I would say sorry,” Nate spoke up next to you. You huffed out a little laugh.

           “Why?” you asked him and he shrugged.

           “I thought I was helping a pretty girl, but you seemed totally annoyed and could probably actually handle yourself. So I’m sorry if I overstepped a boundary,” he apologized and you smiled at him.

           “Honestly I appreciate what you did. I was just in a defensive mode at the time,” you said. “So thank you.”

           “Does that mean I can ask you on a date now?” he asked, and you could see the nerves in his smile. You pretended to think for a moment.

           “On one condition,” you started and Nate looked apprehensive. “Speak for me again, and I’ll punch you in the throat” you smiled sweetly at him as he chuckled.

           “I will not make that mistake again. I’m Nate,” he held out his hand for you to shake.

           “Y/N. Nice to meet you.”

#nhl blurb #hockey blurb #nathan mackinnon imagine #nathan mackinnon blurb #nate mackinnon imagine #colorado avalanche blurb #nhl imagines #nhl x reader #nhl imagine

[hoefette]

All the petty things I hate about fate!winx and their shitty universe/world building because

I'd added most if these in tags of other posts but I'm still so mad lmao

The way characters, Aisha and Mrs Dowling specifically make references to explicitly human or American things like instagram and Harry Potter

These people are from a different dimension for ffs why are they concerned with or are even aware of this very earth-specific shit? Do they teach earth classes at school over there?

I understand not wanting to have them be oblivious so Bloom wouldn't have to explain it to them, but it simply could be ✨omitted✨

Why would you go out of your way to date your work like this lmao ew

Ms. Dowling calling Tinkerbell an air fairy.. I cannot breeve with the stupidity why did they keep that in there

Why is Ms. Dowling.. the headmistress.. teaching classes? Where are the other teachers?

We ended up with a trio of antagonists (I guess you could call them that?) by the end of the season anyway so why not give us the trix, why have the characters play double roles as friends of our protagonists and also the villains/bullies? They clearly wanted a delinquent trio, in which case they could've gender bent the trix if they wanted to keep all the unnecessary sexual tension.

It just feels like the production team was lazy, they didn't want to hire more actors, they didn't want to bother with making the world immersive or lived in or believable at best, they just didn't give enough of a fuck

They wanted to make this show and attatch Winx to it for.. what? Like did you even google the main plot points? The abridged version or sparknotes to get details on the very literal, basic characteristics of our main characters or their roles or the world they inhabit????

It lacks wonder and intrigue.. I mean Bloom moves to another dimension, a school for fairies and we don't see her marvel once at anything.. and that's because she might as well have been in Switzerland because she's in exactly the same environment she would've been in over there anyway.

They could've said Alfea was in Europe and I'd believe it because nothing about the setting makes it feel otherworldly. I'm sorry but I'm not impressed.

Why do the teachers and graduated specialists communicate via facetime ?? In the magic dimension. ??? Why do they text each other and those texts then appear on screen like .. oh look, like a bad netflix teen movie ????? HELLO ??? it's the way technology and magic could've blended in so seamless into the world THE WAY IT WAS ALREADY DONE/SHOWN. Missed opportunity. it just takes you out of it imo every time you see the ugly, bland, gray text bar. Some fucking flavour pls I'm begging

How stupid the specialist must feel clonking around with the skinniest shreds of armor, plastic swords on their backs and battery powered flashlights and cellphones in their bags. R we larping?? I know I'd be laughing and asking why we hadn't already come up with something more effective .. idk like guns. I'm surprised I ain't see one gun in there.

In the beginning Ms. Dowling says some nonsense about fairies having lost the ability to transform to explain why there are no wings, which means they could've transformed before. So are we to assume that this supposed to be set in the time proceeding the original then?? Because something is not adding up with where they should be as a magical society technologically if that's the case

How does the production team want to keep the dark academia vibes with torches lining the walls and also want them to be face timing each other, presumably from miles and miles away in the dark forest???

Pls pick an aesthetic and stick to it everything was so unnecessarily dark. Where do they charge their phones since it's the only device we see that is the slightest bit modern and dont fucking tell me they charge it with magic I will punch you in the face

Why is there only one major monarchy that we are shown? Why are Solaria the only ones contributing to the efforts to defend the school and where is this mysterious battalion we never see lmaoo it's all so bad its laughable.

Is this set in the kingdom of Solaria? And why does the queen of an alleged interdimensional superpower monarchy pull up in black SUVs??????????? Why does she pull up with Andreas?? Is he not the king of Erakleon?? Where are his soldiers and his battalion and just?? Huh!? The world just feels empty like nobody lives here fr

Are we supposed to believe that the specialists get paired up with fairies just as a normal occurence and that they have to 'trust each other' and not because the plot demands it suddenly half way through when all we've seen so far are the fairies doing normalish school and homework, and the specialists outside, being physical everyday all day. This was never even implied that they'd have to work together apart from when we see the faculty as youngins with Rosalind. But even then.. it's like well why are they even together lmao? Is this a special team formed from Rosalind’s protégées? Were they formed after graduating from Alfea or what is this?? Are they the ONLY team of specialist/fairies hunting every single burned one?? What?

Are we now supposed to buy that Musa is being switched to 'support' because that's where her strengths lie and not in combat?? Are we supposed to believe that these girls know hand to hand combat?? When was this established? We see Terra wrapping some baby vines around a dude and I'm sorry is that the practical application of her power? Is this what the fairies are supposed to do once they graduate? Or is it just a switch in curriculum because of the threats outside the barrier?? This is never made clear.

Because if not then what's the point of this?? Why do they suddenly have endless classes together when the expectation was never set for the fairies to be like soldiers or out in the field fighting ?

Where exactly are they supposed to be what was the purpose of including Aster Dell and why is it a joy ride away from Alfea lmao?? Where Bloom is from and also not from?? Plot pls make it make sense

Why are fairies from another dimension vaping or smoking weed?? They are not human so why are they engaging in specifically human vices, yol couldn't come up with anything else to characterize 'delinquents'?? Very lazy very como se dices.. no effort. Nothing a little more spicy yol could invent, at least change the name and some properties holy shit did yol even try ??

So its fairies everywhere, having a lil party in the east wing of a phat castle.. and they are playing beer pong and dressed in t shirts and jeans..

Can you hear me screaming? Can you hear me vibrating with rage?

Not one floating decoration or magical anything in sight. Just purple lights and subpar vibes

Stella's costume design: tragic. I won't discuss further because we don't have the space or time but just know that it was absolutely atrocious and I hated it. Giving very debutante vibes

The entire budget going to that lame transformation sequence that was not a transformation sequence and those horrible, barely-there fire wings

Edgelord bloom and all her fucking leather jackets. Why do 30 yo, white cis men think girls exist in a binary? They could keep her earlier characterization and make her a hothead.. Bloom literally screamed herself into a couple power upgrades in the original come ooonnnn

Let girls be feminine without it being a character flaw what is wrong with yol its 2021. They could make her more mature, more angsty or whatever the hell else and not style her like that

The way Aisha's abilities flipflop between episodes and scenes. Very inconsistent. One minute she's struggling with a drop of water and the next she is moving an entire body of water for her bestie Bloom to fake transform because the plot demands it. Why even add in her struggles at all if you're just going to ignore it?

Why was Stella with them in that scene? She didn't do anything literally.. Aisha pulled the water and she did .. nothing.

Who the fuck is Rosalind? Why would they add her in,, to add nothing to story? The company of light was a thing, they could've plucked one of them hoes to be the antagonist. Why did the winx club need their own Delores Umbridge? Valtor was right there if you wanted an evil educator type character.

The camera work was so bland during the down beats, stagnant and fixed during a fairy party and erratic and ugly and disorienting during the fight scenes

I'm not getting over the fairy party because it was a good opportunity for the production and everyone else to show the differences between where Bloom was and where she is now but instead it just looks like a regular teen high school party?? This could have been set in Switzerland fr.

Everyone's just kind of standing?? You mean to tell me these people are from all different places in the magical dimension and their customs are all the same? They all throw parties like this ??

White and flavorless I am very bored

I guess the main question or takeaway I have is just.. who is this for? Because everyone, including the showrunners keep saying that it's for us, the fans of the original. But apart from the characters sharing some names, there are really no other similarities. So again, who was this supposed to appease or placate or satisfy? Because it sure as hell wasn't the winx club fans.

Overall, this feels very much like something I wrote and probably published on ff.net when I was 13 because I thought girls couldn't be taken seriously if they liked pink, and injected angst into everything that didn't need it and had no idea how to structure scenes or dialogue. It's just bad, objectively and N*tflix will keep making shit like this because apparently some people have bad taste??? Idk yol, be easy

#im never gonna stop i dont care i dont care #and i dont even usually make my own posts i just be reblogging and vibing #but im passionate abt this because he originak was the reason i wanted to learn how to draw #it was the reason i wanted to learn how to write and tell stories #it shaped a lot of shit for me because it was the very first one of its kind id ever seen #i ran home from school to watch it and argued with my friends about who got to be flora #i forced them to make cardboard wings with me and to perform the opening song during a school talent show #thank god we didnt get to perform otherwise we would all have died of embarrassment in hindsight #but ye i just hate to see things that obviously are very dear to a lot of people be treated with such casual indignity and its a disservice #a disservice to the fans and to the people who had probably want to create it as a passion project #to the people who spent hours and hours in rewrites and fanart amazing fanart and post series continuations #no one is saying the original is sacred and cannot be touch #this fandom actively calls out the bullshit rainbow has done and continues to do to the characters we love.. i havent spoken to one fan who #doesnt have an alter dedicated to their downfall. we found a piece of ourselves in these gorls and they were stripped and caricatured and #played for laughs so netfilx can make money and its just very upsetting to see. #so again fuck you brian young fuck you ignio and rainbow and fuck whoever the costume designer was #mine #text #fate winx club #fate: the winx saga #f:tws #winx club

[characteroulette]

all right I feel like I have to talk a bit about DGS2 (the actual gameplay and story stuff) before I do a deep dive into the theme because like. I have a lot to say that doesn’t pertain to the topic so here’s a few things:

(first, some not so spoiler things)

The way that there’s a musical build-up to the really big turnabout moments is TIGHT. like holy shit, having there be a prelude to Ryuunosuke’s Objection with less instrumentation is so good, it got me freaking hype every time (and also laugh really hard when I’d fuck it up and the music just cuts out)

For that matter, having a twist on the usual system of “if music stops, you are correct!” by having “if music stops, you are wrong” is so good. It’s a very subtle thing I don’t think many would notice, but I did and I really appreciated it as a little detail

Also, the way they finally figured out how to mix and match expressions with each talk sprite! seeing Ryuunosuke make different emotions while in the same body position was wild and I noticed it like every time it happened, it made things a lot more intense honestly because like. wow they can emote a lot more now!! This one small detail makes me excited for a potential AA7 because more expressions!! hell yeah!! (this is the one thing I’ll accept the 3D models for whoop)

(okay, onto spoilers stuff)

I love how Case 1 was constructed. Susato is good and I love her a lot and seeing her actually be a teenager who doesn’t know everything (while also giving her a better understanding of what Ryuunosuke has to go through) was awesome. Seeing the Judge as a character off the bench, also, was wild and really cements how hard they went with the story this time.

Though it is wildly weird how every dude calls her super attractive in her disguise. That’s a bit unsettling, she is 16. It’s okay when Haori (/Rei) does it because they’re the same age, but literally every other older male character doing it is a bit gross, c’mon guys

I hated the beginning of Case 2 because I’m all ready not a fan of flashbacks that are like “oh hey remember this thing we never acknowledged or talked about? that happened” and sure there were a few hints in DGS1-4, but like. It rubbed me the wrong way up until the first day of the trial was halfway through. This was also the point where I was getting really, really fed-up with the Summation Examination (and grateful that they actually didn’t continue Apollo Justice’s jury system in the mainline games because holy shit I hate all of these people I feel like Kristoph goddamn)

Can we just talk about how they gave Lord van Zieks a twink boyfriend?? Also I’m a dumbass who looks at the character design for Enoch Drebber vs. Dr Sith and thinks they’re related purely because their hair is a similar colour. Even though they are decidedly not related. This case was hella though

Also it made me laugh that Lord Stronghart is basically like “Okay Ryuunosuke I guess I can allow you back into the courtroom” and immediately Ryuunosuke tears open EVEN MORE government secrets like what a legend. Phoenix absolutely inherited this penchant for uncovering the government’s darkest secrets we stan the Naruhodou clan

I don’t like how the final case was split between 4 and 5, the cut off in 4 seemed really abrupt. I get why they did it, because there was a lot to reveal in this trial, but the ending of 4 jarred with me. It just didn’t seem like a good stopping point.

That being said, Asougi makes a perfect prosecutor opponent and I can’t believe these galaxy brains over here really decided “what if 1-4 but with two games worth of build-up and all of 4-1′s dread BUT MORE” like holy shit does it work. And I sorta had an inkling that this is where the story was going, of course you’d have to defend the Reaper of the Bailey (because even Ryuunosuke, despite trusting van Zieks, is very often like “yeah but he’s probs a murderer though”) and of course you’d have to fight against your best friend to do so it’s just. *chef’s kiss* perfection I loved it

And van Zieks’ speech at the end. word for word, I called it. I fucking called it like I saw it and word for word I was 100% right, that was such a hype moment for me. I can’t believe I read van Zieks’ character from moment one so well holy shit

All the talk of Asougi being “totally different” than how they remembered him also kinda. fell flat. like we knew Asougi for all of one case, you guys, we have zero reference for who you’re talking about. That being said, Asougi didn’t actually seem all that different for me. Like, I wouldn’t have known he was a hothead if I hadn’t read his profile in DGS1-1, but with that knowledge, everything Asougi did during 4 and 5 made sense to me for his character. I dunno what the hell Ryuunosuke and Susato were talking about, so their worries kinda bounced right off me whoops.

I expected the ending to be more bittersweet, considering we’re leaving all our friends behind to head “home”, but I’m surprised at how heartwarming and genuine it was. All of them promising to meet again is great, very tooth-rottingly sweet. And Iris recognising Sherlock as her dad!! I’m weak for that sort of thing ;w; ;;;

although one last gripe, I kinda hate how the narrative definitely pushes a sort of Ryuunosuke/Susato tone. She is 16 and he’s at least 23~24 (judging from Asougi’s age), Capcom you have to stop doing this. Especially with the AA series. Japan, in general, you have to stop doing this please I’m begging you it’s gross and I hate it

but yeah overall, very good game. as a stand-alone, I’d say it’s better than the first by a slim margin, but together they make one hell of an experience, I’d highly recommend it

#Momo writes stuff #this counts as a review also #DGS #DGS2 #TGAAC #The Great Ace Attorney #The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles #The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles: Resolve #spoilers #DGS spoilers #Ryuunosuke Naruhodou #Ryunosuke Naruhodo #Susato Mikotoba #Kazuma Asogi #Kazuma Asougi #Barok van Zieks #lots of good things #lots of small gripes #honestly the jury system SUCKS #I hate all these people!! #I don't know how DGS1 made it work so well #it's at least not a huge part of DGS2

[chalkrevelations]

Episode 32 of Word of Honor, and once again, this is just. A LOT. A LOT is happening, and all of it is A LOT. Also, show, what is even happening? I have questions. A LOT of questions.

(Spoilers. Go ahead and scroll on by, then come back later, if you want to watch it unspoiled.)

BUT FIRST, before anything else, you know I have to yell about this for a minute because we once again see that the Gu Xiang/Cao Weining relationship and the Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishou relationship are the same relationship. We get the same scene with A-Xiang and Cao Weining – again – that we’ve already seen with Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu, this time from Ep 27, with Fan Shishu in the role of Ye Baiyi. Fan Shishu (YBY) asks “Do you know who she (he) is?” and this time, Cao Weining knows, just as ZZS knew in Ep 27. Cao Weining (ZZS) literally throws himself in front of A-Xiang (WKX) to protect her (him). “Kill us both” (Ep 27). “If you’re going to hurt her, kill me first” (Ep 32). Fan Shishu, like YBY, eventually lets A-Xiang and Cao Weining go, despite having them in a position where he could do them in. Color palettes between the two couples in these scenes match again, with the younger couple being more intense this time – A-Xiang and Wen Kexing in pinks, Cao Weining and Zhou Zishu in blue. (ZZS is mainly in creams and grey, but the piping on his robes is a very light blue, I think the greys have a blue undertone to them, and when you stand him next to Chengling in more intense blue while he’s wearing that particular outfit, it really starts to pull out the blue of ZZS’s outside robe – you can see this at the end of Ep 26.) Between the way these relationships continue to mirror each other and the hairpin scene from the last ep, I honestly don’t know what our takeaway is supposed to be, other than that WKX and ZZS are essentially married.

I also find it interesting - although this almost seems like too much of a stretch to be anything other than coincidence - that we get a specific callback to Ep 27 in this episode, as Ep 27 is also when WKX talks about not wanting to lie to Chengling about who he is anymore, and this ep is when they finally (apparently) meet again after Chengling learns the truth.

Aaaand now A-Xiang is crying, so of course I’m crying. Aaaand then we have the mournful montage. Give me a minute. And some tissues. I notice how much of this mournful drunken montage is ZZS remembering all the times he was cranky with WKX. Oh, honey. No. That’s what you’re remembering, because you feel bad, but it’s not what he would remember at all, if he was looking back over his time with you. And even if he did, it would be with great fondness.

Yeah, so, if I haven’t mentioned, this episode is a LOT. We get a big confrontation between WKX and half the jianghu/the Scorpions/some of the Ghost Valley contingent, ZZS showing up to support his man, Fantastic Cranky Grandpa of my heart getting in his eleven cents, Chengling shooting one of his dads, and two yeets off a cliff. And that’s only 15 minutes into the episode. This is too much, show. And I have too many questions. Also some observations. Also some wild speculation, not just about the fact that Wen Kexing is not dead but also about how he may have (not) got that way. And not just because there’s still four episodes left, and it’s too early for him to be dead.

First a small observation but pretty significant, I think: WKX is NOT in his blood-red Ghost Valley master robes during this confrontation. In fact, I think we’ve seen this set of robes in happier days with Zhou Zishou and Chengling. Just noticing this. Also noticing WKX’s face when Shen Shen starts going on about WKX’s parents and how omg if they could see WKX now they’d die all over from the shame, and WKX’S expression is like, the fucking audacity of Shen Shen saying this, and if he could actually kill people with the power of his mind, Shen Shen would be twitching and frothing on the ground. Also noticing the complete change when WKX sees Chengling – it’s like Shen Shen ceases to even exist for him. Gong Jun, your face, it’s killing me. Anyway, I’m going to start wildly speculating here for a minute, because WKX is willing to let Chengling kill him, because he’s so tired and wants to stop fighting, but he’s going to kick everyone else’s ass who even tries it? And then Chengling is actually the one who shoots him and yeets him off the cliff? Is this a set up? Is Chengling in on this? Is he the one who’s supposed to “kill” WKX? If so, at what point did we get Chengling in on this? And who did it? Did Chengling send what’s his name, Jing Beiyuan’s guard, away on purpose at this particular point, because he knew ZZS would show up in time for this confrontation if he heard about Chengling’s reaction to the news about WKX? And do I actually believe Chengling is smart enough – and a good enough actor – to pull off any of this? (Look, I love our little goldbean plenty, but let’s face it, he’s not the brightest kid running around here.)

Also, my dudes. My clever little killers. Xie Wang and Wen Kexing. I am unwilling to believe that you two aren’t somehow still together on this in some way in order to fuck over Awful Yifu. Your antagonistic back and forth seems a little bit like playing roles. Xie Wang gives Awful Yifu a weird side-eye a few times when Awful Yifu talks about how tricksy and cunning WKX is, like maybe he’s reconsidering, and do not tell me you’re questioning and reconsidering whatever deal you’ve made with WKX, little gambler. Why does your Awful Yifu’s bs always work on you? This is really not the time to roll the dice again. I’m assuming A-Xiang is still the only one who knows about their tete-a-tete? If so, this is a side-take I never would have expected on “you don’t fail me, and I won’t fail you.” Honor among thieves? Stick to the plan, Xie’er, whatever the hell it is. Do not blink.

So then, Ye Baiyi shows up, and my immediate reaction is NO. My beloved cranky grandpa, don’t fuck this up, because whatever is going on seems to already have a lot of moving parts with a lot of places for things to go wrong! But … are you in on it, too? Have YOU coordinated with Chengling? (If so, maybe you should have warned him to expect ZZS’s wild-card self-yeet over the cliff’s edge, since you’ve already seen how self-destructive self-sacrificing these two can get over each other.) Making me even more suspicious, Ye Baiyi later proceeds to walk out of a banquet before even eating anything. This guy is walking away from food? There is no clearer sign in this ep that something is up.

Also, while we’re on the banquets, listen. I cannot be the only one who wants to punch Zhao Jing in the face during his interminable yapping during both post-fight banquets. This is one of those places where the show and the actor have done their job too well, because he is so dislikeable and so off-putting that I almost can’t bear to actually watch him. And yet, I can’t fast-forward, because what if I miss some info? Like the fact that … you know, I went back to watch this bit three times, and that is a very … interesting series of camera shots during the second banquet - after the toasts, just as a couple of randoms start advocating for Zhao Jing as head of the Five Lakes Alliance, and we move from Xie’er to Shen Shen to Chengling, all of them still standing, facing Zhao Jing after their individual toasts, all of them in a formation that’s almost caging him in from the front and both sides. It gets more interesting every time I watch it. Is … is Shen Shen also in on this, somehow?

See, I know that is a lot of wild speculation. I know Wen Kexing got yeeted off a cliff, and Ye Baiyi was busy catching Zhou Zishu. And we saw a body. And ZZS set that body on fire. But I also know that Liu Qianqiao was the person holding vigil outside the shed where the body was being held. And I know she’s the other person, besides ZZS, who we know of that knows the facemask disguise technique (in fact, didn’t she learn it from ZZS’s shifu?) We actually get reminded of this later on in this very episode. Which makes me wonder if that was actually WKX’s body, or somebody else, in the shed. Who “found” that body and recovered it? Was it a Scorpion or one of the Ghost Valley contingent? Also, where’s that key WKX was waving around, and why does no one seem to remember it?

 Other things:

lol at A-Xiang’s reaction to Jing Beiyun talking about how ZZS used to ask him to set ZZS up with girls. Further lol at Jing Beiyuan, “And funny enough, he was NEVER interested in them. Welp, time for another drink!” Seriously, Qi Ye, we like you, you can absolutely stay.

Still at the banquets, Xie Wang seems discombobulated during a lot of this. And then when Awful Yifu calls him Zhao Xie’er in front of everybody, holy shit, he’s getting everything he ever wanted. Xie’er, you … you’re not going to fall for this again, are you? Please tell me you are not falling for this again, at what is likely a crucial moment. This is NO TIME to take another roll of the dice, little gambler. Stick with the plan, whatever the hell it is.

Oh, hey! Are we finally getting some backstory on Fantastic Cranky Grandpa? Oh. OH. “Our child?” What is up, my friend? (I did go back to Ep 16, when WKX calls Chengling “my child” while defending him against Ye Baiyi, and looking at the Mandarin subtitles, I can’t entirely figure out (with my Level 2 Duolingo Mandarin) all of the nuances of these two references, but it doesn’t look like they’re using the same words to describe these relationships.) So some further wild speculation: Apparently, Cranky Grandpa Fantastico is solitary drinking in the dark instead of feasting at the banquet, over someone who (he feels) foolishly wanted to save the lost souls in the Ghost Valley? And now he feels like fate is making fun of him? And he’s asking Dead Beloved what he would do in Ye Baiyi’s position? Ye Baiyi, is it possible that fate is making fun of you because you have found yourself in the position of saving a lost soul from the Ghost Valley? Also, Ye Baiyi, I’ve noticed the children have been turning you grey. I don’t think you had that grey streak when you showed up for the first Hero’s Conference, did you? In fact, I feel like you got offended when WKX talked shit about possible grey hairs on your head. 

Duan Pengju, this asshole, omg … OMG. Well. I guess you got your confirmation, Xie’er. Were you really considering rolling the dice again? AT THIS POINT?

#wen kexing #zhou zishu #gu xiang #cao weining #zhang chengling #shen shen #xie wang #ye baiyi #liu qianqiao #zhao jing #word of honor #word of honor episode reax

[qqueenofhades]

I really don’t want to start a discourse™, but I want you to know that I really appreciate how you write joe and Nicky in deo volente. So many of the fics I’ve read have placed yusef in the role of more sexually experienced and less devoted to god, while Nicky is depicted as an inexperienced and virginal priest/knight/monk and so forth and so on. Your narrative of joe out there rescuing people and being faithful, while Nicky looks back on his life of gambling and pleasures of the flesh ...(1/?)

Not to say that there’s anything wrong with either, obviously. I love guilty priest Nicky and repressed Nicky and p much every Nicky. But in the vast array of fics out there, it’s rare to see the opposite. Not that you’re working in a binary morally good/religious vs. not way. Your writing in the fic is really subtle and and your characterizations reveal a lot of depth. I just think it’s cool to see Nicky, average second son of a duke, drinking and gambling and feeling terribly guilty (2/?)

Guilty about the crusades and the fucking horror of crusade 1 without being excessively devout. Just an average dude. Not some paragon of virtue (btw, I’m on chapter 2 of the fic, so I don’t know how much your characterization changes moving forward. You have a lovely ability to combine your incredible knowledge of history, your beautiful writing, and these intimate details of the characters that make them fit— fit the canon and fit the history. (3/? Shit I’m sorry this had gotten way too long)

I enjoy the way you’ve really inserted us into the quotidian aspect of history. Aaaaaanyway— the discourse that I was afraid of: I think that a lot of fans of the movie that are generating fan content (tysfm to all of you beauties, btw 🙏🙏♥️) are westerners (which is a whole nother kettle of fish) and that carries a sort of ignorance about the Muslim world in the Middle Ages and this desire to simplify Europe as “Christian” “fighters for faith” etc. (4/? Fuuuuck. One(??) more)

And when we do that, we end up as characterizing the brown people as “not that”. The thing I love about this fandom is that people are definitely down on the crusades. I feel like all the fic I’ve read has been particularly negative about those wars, but the thing I love about your fic is that you don’t just say war is bad because people died and it was despicable and this pious white dude says so and this one brown person agrees. (5/6, I see the end in sight I swear it)

Instead you give us a larger cast of Muslims and Arabs and really flesh them out and give them opinions and different interpretations of faith, and I really appreciate that. The crusades were terrible, and we know this because these regular dudes who struggle with their different faiths and lives say so. And I just. I think that’s really great. Also, I fucking love yusef’s mom. I feel like more people would be accepting of the gift in this fashion and I think she’s lovely and (god damn it 6/7)

Aaaaaaaand. The bit where yusef returns and she’s already gone breaks my fucking heart. Also the moment where he’s like “I’m not sure about Abraham’s god, but my mothers god is worth my faith”?? Just really fucking great. So. Excellent fic. Excellent characters. Excellent not-being-accidentally-biased-towards-white-Christians. That is what I came here to say. Thank you so much for your amazing stories. I love them and I love history. Sorry about the rambling. idek how I wrote so much. (7/7)

Epilogue: tl;dr: you’re great.

Oh man! What a huge and thoughtful comment (which will in turn provoke a long-ass response from me, so…) I absolutely agree that no matter what fandom, I don’t do Discourse TM; I just sit in my bubble and stay in my lane and do my own thing and create content I enjoy. And I don’t even think this is that so much as just… general commentary on character and background? So obviously all of this should be read as my own personal experience and choices in writing DVLA, and that alone. I really appreciate you for saying that you love a wide range of fan creators/fanworks and you’re not placing one over another, you understand that fans have diverse ranges of backgrounds/experience with history and other cultures when they create content, and that’s not the same for everyone. So I just think that’s a great and respectful way to start things off.

First, as a professional historian who has written a literal PhD thesis on the crusades, I absolutely understand that many people (and regular fans) will not have the same privilege/education/perspective that I do, and that’s fine! They should not be expected to get multiple advanced degrees to enjoy a Netflix movie! But since I DO have that background, and since I’ve been working on the intellectual genealogy of the crusades (and the associated Christian/Muslim component, whether racially or religiously) since I was a master’s student, I have a lot of academic training and personal feelings that inform how I write these characters. Aside from my research on all this, my sister lives in an Islamic country and her boyfriend is a Muslim man; I’ve known a lot of Muslims and Middle Easterners; and especially with the current political climate of Islamophobia and the reckoning with racism whether in reality or fandom, I have been thinking about all this a lot, and my impact on such.

Basically: I love Nicky dearly, but I ADORE Joe, and as such, I’m protective of him and certainly very mindful of how I write him. Especially when the obvious default for westerners in general, fandom-related or otherwise, is to write what you are familiar with (i.e. the European Christian white character) and be either less comfortable or less confident or sometimes less thoughtful about his opposing number. I have at times tangentially stumbled across takes on Joe that turn me into the “eeeeeeeh” emoji or Dubious Chrissy Teigen, but I honestly couldn’t tell you anything else about them because I was like, “nope not for me” and went elsewhere rather than do Discourse (which is pretty much a waste of time everywhere and always makes people feel bad). This is why I’m always selective about my fan content, but especially so with this ship, because I have SO much field-specific knowledge that I just have to make what I like and which suits my personal tastes. So that is what I do.

Obviously, there’s a troublesome history with the trope of “sexually liberate brown person seduces virginal white character into a world of Fleshly Decadence,” whether from the medieval correlation of “sodomite” and “Saracen,” or the nineteenth-century Orientalist depictions of the East as a land variously childishly simplistic, societally backward, darkly mysterious and Exotic, or “decadent” (read: code for sexually unlike Western Europe, including the spectrum of queer acts). So when I was writing DVLA, I absolutely did not want to do that and it’s not to my taste, but I’m not going to whip out a red pen on someone else writing a story that broadly follows those parameters (because as I said, I stay in my lane and don’t see it anyway). Joe to me is just such an intensely complex and lovely Muslim character that that’s the only way I feel like I can honestly write him, and I absolutely love that about him. So yeah, any depiction of hypersexualizing him or making him only available for the sexual use and education of the white character(s) is just... mmm, not for me.

For example, I stressed over whether it was appropriate to move his origin from “somewhere in the Maghreb” to Cairo specifically, since Egypt, while it IS in North Africa, is not technically part of the Maghreb. I realize that Marwan Kenzari’s family is Tunisian and that’s probably why they chose it, to honor the actor’s heritage, but on the flip side… “al-Kaysani” is also a specifically Ismai’li Shia name (it’s the name of a branch of it) and the Fatimids (the ruling dynasty in Jerusalem at the time of the First Crusade) were well-known for being the only Ismai’li Shia caliphate. (This is why the Shi’ites still ancestrally dislike Saladin for overthrowing it in 1174, even if Saladin is a huge hero to the rest of the Islamic world.) Plus I really wanted to use medieval Cairo as Joe’s homeland, and it just made more sense for an Ismai’li Shia Fatimid from Cairo (i.e. the actual Muslim denomination and caliphate that controlled Jerusalem) to be defending the Holy City because it was personal for him, rather than a Sunni Zirid from Ifriqiya just kind of turning up there. Especially due to the intense fragmentation and disorganization in the Islamic world at the time of the First Crusade (which was a big part of the reason it succeeded) and since the Zirids were a breakaway group from the Fatimids and therefore not very likely to be militarily allied with them. As with my personal gripes about Nicky being a priest, I decided to make that change because I felt, as a historian, that it made more sense for the character. But I SUPER recognize it as my own choices and tweaks, and obviously I’m not about to complain at anyone for writing what’s in graphic novel/bonus content canon!

That ties, however, into the fact that Nicky has a clearly defined city/region of origin (Genoa, which has a distinct history, culture, and tradition of crusading) and Joe is just said to be from “the Maghreb” which…. is obviously huge. (I.e. anywhere in North Africa west of Egypt all the way to Morocco.) And this isn’t a fandom thing, but from the official creators/writers of the comics and the movie. And I’m over here like: okay, which country? Which city? Which denomination of Islam? You’ve given him a Shia name but then point him to an origin in Sunni Ifriqiya. If he’s from there, why has he gone thousands of miles to Jerusalem in the middle of a dangerous war to help his religious/political rivals defend their territory? Just because he’s nice? Because it was an accident? Why is his motivation or reason for being there any less defined or any less religious (inasmuch as DVLA Nicky’s motive for being on the First Crusade is religious at all, which is not very) than the white character’s? In a sense, the Christians are the ones who have to work a lot harder to justify their presence in the Middle East in the eleventh century at all: the First Crusade was a specifically military and offensive invasion launched at the direct behest of the leader of the Western Roman church (Pope Urban II.) So the idea that they’re “fighting for the faith” or defending it bravely is…

Eeeeh. (Insert Dubious Chrissy Teigen.)

But of course, nobody teaches medieval history to anyone in America (except for Bad Game of Thrones History Tee Em), and they sure as hell don’t teach about the crusades (except for the Religious Violence Bad highlight reel) so people don’t KNOW about these things, and I wish they DID know, and that’s why I’m over here trying to be an academic so I can help them LEARN it, and I get very passionate about it. So once again, I entirely don’t blame people who have acquired this distorted cultural impression of the crusades and don’t want to do a book’s worth of research to write a fic about a Netflix movie. I do hope that they take the initiative to learn more about it because they’re interested and want to know more, since by nature the pairing involves a lot of complex religious, racial, and cultural dynamics that need to be handled thoughtfully, even if you don’t know everything about it. So like, basically all I want is for the Muslim character(s) to be given the same level of respect, attention to detail, background story, family context, and religious diversity as any of the white characters, and Imma do it myself if I have to. Dammit.

(I’m really excited to hear your thoughts on the second half of the fic, especially chapter 3 and chapter 6, but definitely all of it, since I think the characters they’re established as in the early part of the fic do remain true to themselves and both grow and struggle and go through a realistic journey with their faith over their very long lives, and it’s one of my favorite themes about DVLA.)

Anyway, about Nicky. I also made the specific choice to have him be an average guy, the ordinary second son of a nobleman who doesn’t really know what he’s doing with his life and isn’t the mouthpiece of Moral Virtue in the story, since as he himself realizes pretty quick, the crusades and especially the sack/massacre of Jerusalem are actually horrific. I’ve written in various posts about my nitpicking gripes with him being a priest, so he’s not, and as I said, I’m definitely avoiding any scenario where he has to Learn About The World from Joe. That is because I want to make the point that the people on the crusades were people, and they went for a lot of different reasons, not all of which were intense personal religious belief. The crusades were an institution and operated institutionally. Even on the First Crusade, where there were a lot of ordinary people who went because of sincere religious belief, there was the usual bad behavior by soldiers and secular noblemen and people who just went because it was the thing to do. James Brundage has an article about prostitution and miscegenation and other sexual activity on the First Crusade; even at the height of this first and holy expedition, it was happening. So Nicky obviously isn’t going to be the moral exemplar because a) the crusades are horrific, he himself realizes that, and b) it’s just as historically accurate that he wouldn’t be anyway. Since the idea is that medieval crusaders were all just zealots and ergo Not Like Us is dangerous, I didn’t want to do that either. If we think they all went because they were all personally fervent Catholics and thus clearly we couldn’t do the same, then we miss a lot of our own behavior and our parallel (and troubling) decisions, and yeah.

As well, I made a deliberate choice to have Nicky’s kindness (which I LOVE about him, it’s one of my favorite things, god how refreshing to have that be one of the central tenets of a male warrior character) not to be something that was just… always there and he was Meek and Good because a priest or whatever else. Especially as I’ve gotten older and we’ve all been living through these ridiculous hellyears (2020 is the worst, but it’s all been general shit for a while), I’ve thought more and more about how kindness is an active CHOICE and it’s as transgressive as anything else you can do and a whole lot more brave than just cynicism and nihilism and despair. As you’ll see in the second half of the fic, Nicky (and Joe) have been through some truly devastating things and it might be understandable if they gave into despair, but they DON’T. They choose to continue to be good people and to try and to actively BE kind, rather than it being some passive default setting. They struggle with it and it’s raw and painful and they’re not always saints, but they always come down on the side of wanting to keep doing what they’re doing, and I… have feelings about that.

Anyway, this is already SUPER long, so I’ll call it quits for now. But thank you so much for this, because I love these characters and I love the story I created for them in DVLA, since all this is personal to me in a lot of ways, and I’m so glad you picked up on that.

#history #medieval history #queer history #dvla asks #long post #the old guard meta #anonymous #ask

[gamergirl929]

Dressed To Impress (Carli Lloyd x Reader)

Anonymous Request:  Can you write one where R dresses mostly feminine but at one of the uswnt formal functions she surprises her gf carli and wears a suit and every one is like damn cuz she looks better than everyone

Formal events were far from ideal for you.  

You weren’t the type to enjoy mingling and making small talk with a bunch of ritzy people you’d never see again.

You were in NO WAY a fan of dressing up, but that didn’t mean you weren’t a fan of seeing your girlfriend dressed up.  

Seeing Carli Lloyd in a dress and heels made your heart skip a beat, but in all honesty your heart skipped a beat every time you saw her.  

You stand in the mirror, adjusting your little black bow-tie with a lengthy sigh.  

You run your palms down your suit jacket, ridding it of wrinkles before nodding to yourself.  

“Show time.”  

                                                            ***

“Where’s Y/N?” Alex asks, brows furrowed and Carli shrugs.  

“She told me to go ahead, she should be here in a few minutes.” She shrugs and Kelley snorts.  

“You know her, she probably wasn’t even dressed yet.”  

“Where’s your better half?” Julie teases and Carli rolls her eyes, smiling.  

“Late?” Emily asks and Tobin snickers, she and Christen walking up to join the group.  

“But that’s not something new for Y/N, I mean on the Thorns she showed up with her uniform on inside out before.” Tobin laughs, Lindsey nodding as she and the other babies walk up.  

“That was hilarious.”  

From out of nowhere Megan and Ashlyn come bursting through the crowd, both grinning as Ali follows close behind.  

“HAVE YOU SEE Y/N?!” Megan grins and everyone shares a glance, shaking their heads.  

“Well, you’re about to, and may I say, Carli, you’re a lucky lady.” Ali winks and Ashlyn gasps, a hand on her chest.  

“My heart belongs to you love.” Ali gives her a kiss and Ashlyn pouts.  

“I hope so.”  

“Holy Shit.” Emily mumbles, earning a smack on the chest from Lindsey, but when the blonde sees what she’s staring at, or more like WHO she’s staring at, she mumbles the same words under her breath.  

"Dude, Y/N looks like a fucking snack. Carli you lucky bitch.” Kelley mumbles as you strut up, Carli’s brown orbs wide as they rake down your front.  

You were never the type to enjoy wearing dresses to formal events, but you’d always had, biting the bullet each and every time, but this time, this time you were going to dress how you wanted, and dress how you wanted you did.  

“W-Wow.” Carli mumbles eyes running from your black dress shoes up your tailored suit pants covered legs to your suit jacket covered body, a white button up beneath, topped off with a bow-tie around your neck.  

“Do... Do you like it?” You ask nervously and Carli grins, placing her hands on your shoulders, running them down your chest, the suspenders beneath your suit’s jacket beneath her fingertips.

“I love it.”  

A slap on your back makes you wince.  

“Seriously Y/N? You couldn’t warn us that you were going to come in dressed like that?” Emily mumbles and you snort.  

“Yeah...” Kelley scoffs. “You made us look bad.”  

Alex gives Kelley’s ear a tug and the defender winces.  

“I for one, think you look great.” Christen grins, Tobin turning to her with a pout.  

“Thanks Chris.” You beam, turning back to Carli, who’s still greedily taking you in.  

You smirk, a brow arched.  

You lean towards her ear, grinning.  

“Be careful, if you don’t stop looking at me like that, we may have to leave the party early.” You wink, Carli’s cheeks flushing red.  

The veteran forward smacks your chest playfully.

“Ready to mingle?” She asks and you exhale, loudly, your teammates snickering.  

“I guess.”  

                                                            ***

You did most of the mingling that night, considering Carli was too busy ogling you the entire time, only adding a few comments here and there.  

You were in no way helping considering every time she’d start speaking, you’d run a hand teasingly up and down her back, the woman having to clear her throat a number of times before she could continue speaking.  

“Let me go get us drinks.” You pat her back and Carli nods.  

“If you would excuse us.”  

Carli grasps your bicep as the two of you move across the room towards the bartender.  

“One Jack and Coke please, on the rocks.” You nod to the man who grins.  

“And for you Ms. Lloyd?” He asks and she hums.  

“A mocktail please. ”

As he busies himself getting your drinks ready you turn to Carli, a grin spread across your face as you lean back against the bar.  

“You seem a little distracted tonight Ms. Lloyd.” You smirk and the woman giggles.  

“It could be because someone decided they were going to dress... A little different than usual, and they’re distracting me.” She winks and you shrug.  

“I thought I’d dress a little more like me tonight.”  

The bartender clears his throat and you turn around with a grin, taking your Jack and Coke and passing Carli her drink.  

Out of the corner of her eye, she spots a number of party guests ogling you, unashamedly and she huffs.  

“Hey. Hey.” You step towards her, placing a hand on her waist.  

Carli turns towards you and you smirk, ducking down to whisper in her ear.  

“They only get to look, but you get to touch.” You wink and her tanned cheeks flush.  

Carli sits her glass down on the bar and your eyes widen as she slips a hand behind your head, pulling you in for a kiss.  

“Oh, I know only I get to touch.” She smirks, kissing your lips again before glancing at the group of women who’d been ogling you previously.  

The group of women glance away, embarrassed and Carli grins cockily.  

“You know you’re always going to have to wear suit to these events from now on.” She winks and you grin, your hands on her waist as you pull her close.  

“So, you can glare at anyone who glances my way?” You tease and she shrugs, biting her bottom lip.

“There is one thing I know...” You whisper and Carli hums.

“I’m sure you’ll be the one to take it off at the end of the night too.” You wink and Carli rolls her eyes, leaning in for a kiss.  

“Shut up and kiss me.”  

#uswnt imagine #carli lloyd #carli lloyd x reader #carli lloyd imagine

[thatskepticalbitchcara]

during blm, ttb was awful. she like completely refused to mention anything about it at first, she referred to it as "negativity" and "drama", she was accusing black fans who were disappointed in taylor of being "keyboard warriors", "toxic", etc.

people were sending in anons to her trying to explain why people were upset with taylor, and she was ignoring them and deleting people's comments about it in the notes of her posts, even though people were being civil with her and trying to educate her. she kept getting really defensive.

and then she accused the upset black fans of being "bots".

she also kept defending taylor's silence. she said something like, "taylor's donated more money than all of you combined". she said people are focusing on taylor on tumblr instead of actually going to protest and donating, not realizing they can do both. also, she was just being really patronizing, stubborn, acting like she knew best as a white person.

and then she reblogged this post about a blm protest, it was literally like the first one she'd reblogged, and she wrote something in the tags like "people actually doing something to help instead of being negative and toxic". lots of people unfollowed her over the way she was behaving :/

dude… holy shit. thanks so much for the write up. that’s beyond awful and disgusting. this is really upsetting. the second someone uses the term “bots,” i think they’re far right ngl. here’s the thing, right? like ttb HATES taylor. she hates her. but the second there’s an issue at hand where she’s being criticized for a valid reason, she gets defensive? that makes me think she is for sure right wing. jesus. i cant believe she’d have the audacity to get mad at black swifties for being upset that their favorite artist, who most have dedicated time and energy and money to, would be hurt and confused and upset about taylor staying silent when people were begging those with power and platform to stand up for them. sick… and the “she has donated more money than all of you” oh wow. no shit? someone worth hundreds of millions of dollars has donated more than middle class teenagers and young adults on tumblr? who would’ve thought!