#obviously i think there's justification for seeing It as a kid but so many people call it Chine's Weird Dog...
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man... i'm going to be so messed up when after spending two years (or however long it takes) thinking about/depicting It is a child, sangfielle two begins and they immediately treat it like an non-sentient pet.
#this is the curse that i see in my future#maybe i'm wrong that'd be nice#austin DID make it talk#dre DID have chine insist that it could talk#art DID describe It as a ward#obviously i think there's justification for seeing It as a kid but so many people call it Chine's Weird Dog...#you know what i'd love to see though?#a repeat of that counterweight scene where cass punches a guy for objectifying audy#duvall punches a guy for calling It his pet#mmm#broken record voice#i guess idk#this isn't... to say that dogs are not people for the record#its to acknowedege that most people view relationships with dogs differently then they do to children and i think It is the latter#thank you for coming to my ted talk i know nobody asked for this but here i am thinking it out loud anyway#addition: actually i don't want that scene i think duvall is shrewd (...) enough to let that sort of thing go#but i want duvall to WANT to punch somebody over it y'know?
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I'm curious what Vox's first impressions were of the Alastor's daughter, like as a kid, I mean he briefly mentions it but I kinda wanna read his reaction about learning the radio host he grew up listening to has a daughter (and if he learned before the serial killer thing was announced, did imagine scenarios of meeting the radio man and his daughter like little kids do with their imagination or teens with their daydreams).
Another inquiry is what his impressions were when he read the reader's book (obviously he read it) and if he could sense there was more to it than the words written down
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To answer your second question succinctly, yes. Not to the extent that he would suspect them of anything but he would have definitely picked up on some very subtle hints of defensiveness when it came to Alastor’s killings. I think he’d probably read it as them feeling like they need justification for still caring about him despite what he did but in reality, it’s less about their own justification and more so like a “he’s not a monster. He was helping people, why can you see that?” you know?
To answer your first question, thank you for giving me a reason to write this:
A Voice on the Radio | Vox x Alastor’s Child Reader
It was a surprise when the radio switched from producing the sound of blues to voices. For the past week, nothing but blues music came from the station. A very stark change from the upbeat jazz that normally played. There had also been no speaking. Not a single soul had spoken for the last nine days.
A throat cleared. “Is this on?”
“The light,” another, much younger sounding voice said.
The fifteen year old paused eating breakfast and looked at his mother who was staring at the radio with furrowed brows. Neither voice was familiar.
“Ah, yes, right,” the first voice said with a laugh. “Good morning all, we would like to apologize for the radio silence on our part this past week. Some unexpected tragedies came our way and with them uncovered some gruesome truths.
“The dearly beloved host, Alastor, has passed. He was killed by a misfire of a hunter. A truly tragic event but with it came to light the horrific acts of the late Alastor. As you likely know if you’re a long time listener, for the past decade or so, there have been many murders that have befallen this otherwise serene part of Louisiana and it’s been confirmed to be the acts of our previous show host.
“Today, I have here with me the one person who knew him better than anyone else and can hopefully shine some light upon the situation and perhaps give some peace to the families of the victims. Alastor’s daughter—“
He looked towards the radio now. His breakfast was forgotten now. His fork barely dangled in his hand.
Not only was his mother’s (and by extension his own) favorite radio show host dead but also a murderer and he had a daughter? So much information in less than three minutes. His brain was struggling to keep up.
Even his father set down his paper to listen in.
“Why don’t you say hello to the people?”
“I’m not dignifying you with a proper greeting until you dignify me with a proper introduction. You’re doing a terrible job, Gregory,” the younger voice said.
He smiled curiously at the radio.
“I— um, I’m sorry?” the man, Gregory, said. There was only silence in reply. An awkward chuckle, “Well, my apologies then. Let me introduce the daughter of our show host—“ Gregory said your name and silently he tested it on his tongue— “Do you have anything to say to the people before we begin?”
“Yes, I would like to sincerely apologize for Gregory’s lack of bravado and charisma. I did do my best to convince them that Raymond would be better but alas,” you said.
That’s when he got it. You did sound like a younger, more feminine version of your father. Down to the tilts of the accent.
There was a longer pause and then, barely picked up and barely able to decipher, “You have your father’s creepy smile.” Louder, intended to be heard, “Why don’t we get into the questions then?”
“Yes, let’s. The less time spent listening to you, the better for everyone, hm?”
“You little— So—“ the sounds of hands clapping together— “the reports I have here suggest that you knew about the murders. Was there a reason you didn’t say anything?”
“I’ve been raised by a serial killer, Gregory. Please, take a guess,” you replied.
He couldn’t help but snort as reached for his glass. His mother shot him a look. He bowed his head down as he took a sip.
“Right, well,” Gregory cleared his throat, “did you happen to know his motivations?”
“He’s a very righteous man,” you said. “You’ve seen him when people are being disrespectful. He’s not just some ravaging animal. He’s very selective.”
“Was,” Gregory corrected. “He was very selective, you mean.”
“Was,” you repeated and he could hear you seething even through the crackle of the radio.
“Oh, heavens! Get your stuff or we’re going to be late,” his mother said.
He didn’t want to go though. He wanted to stay and listen to you on the radio. He was having fun listening to your snark.
It truly surprised him, impressed him how you were able to have such moxie so soon after tragedy. He couldn’t imagine being so quick witted so quickly.
His mother called his name and he snapped back to reality. As he headed out the door, he heard you snap back at Gregory one more time, “And would you call yourself a saint? Don’t think no one’s noticed the looks you’ve shared with Ms. Brown, as a married man, no less!”
He compressed a laugh to his chest as he followed his mother.
The next day he saw a paper with a headline related to a serial killer in Louisiana. He paid for the paper and read another interview with you.
He couldn’t help but wonder what you looked like. What would such a snarky, confident girl look like? He wanted to know. He wanted to meet you. Even in tragedy, you seemed like good company to have.
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I wasn’t really a big fan of The Giggle by the time I finished watching it, and I liked it less the more that I thought about it. Which is a real shame, because I think it was full of a lot of great ideas that were squandered with poor execution. I didn’t really want to just post pages of negativity, so I’ll quickly skim through a list of things I think could’ve been done better, and maybe I’ll expand on some of them later or if I’m asked about them. Still, this is your warning for negativity.
The whole 'screens are evil and making everyone think they're right' felt so shallow and cheap, especially because it was set up as the main obstacle and then largely ignored. A lot of the characters at UNIT really didn't do much (I totally forgot about The Vlinx after my first watchthrough) but I think that didn't bother me much while watching because I was used to Chibnall regularly ignoring characters like that. It was nice to see Mel again, but she didn’t really serve much purpose.
RTD’s take on the Toymaker is quite similar to his take on the Master, which was sometimes fun and sometimes annoying (specifically the German accent, which lost its appeal pretty quickly for me). But he felt pretty hollow and full of wasted potential beyond that, feeling like he was there just to give the episode a villain. Although speaking of the Master, his brief inclusion was hilarious and an easy way to write him back into the show later, nicely done.
The last third of the episode had some many intriguing and potentially awesome ideas behind it. The new Doctor turning up partway through a story? Cool! The Doctor defeating his final villain alongside the next star of the show? Fun! The Doctor getting self-care and words of wisdom from his next self? So heartwarming! One Doctor retiring to be happy while his next incarnation travels off to continue the adventures? A fun use of the show's format!
But for me these ideas just didn’t work or didn’t fulfill their potential, and it’s mostly because there’s no narrative justification for them. No cause and effect. There’s no given reason for the Doctor to bigenerate, it just happens. There’s no particular reason that it was the Doctors rather than the Toymaker who won the game of catch to save the world, it just happens. Without any narrative reason the third act feels so unsatisfying, like spectacle for the sake of spectacle, and (I don’t say this lightly) incredibly lazily written.
That lack of story reason also undermines the ending, clearly the thing RTD was most interested in, by making it feel unearned. Like a first draft script that worked backwards to make it happen. The retirement ending itself I have mixed feelings about, which I’m not sure I can fully articulate. One thing I love to see is that RTD can actually do a genuinely happy ending rather than making every ending a tragedy. But said happy ending feels a little too ‘married-with-kids-and-a-white-picket-fence’ to me – though obviously I can’t stress enough how relieved I am that romance didn’t factor into it. It just felt like it wasn’t set up well enough. I’d probably like it a lot more if they made clear if Tennant’s Doctor was going to turn into Gatwa’s Doctor or if they’re just separate people now. It was sweet of RTD to try and bring a conclusion to the ‘Doctor is traumatised’ thing that he introduced to the show 18 years ago, but he did it poorly. At least it offers interesting new possibilities for the show going forward!
With all that said, in the end The Giggle felt to me like RTD retreading some of his biggest flaws as a writer, and throwing in a few borrowed from other showrunners for good measure. It was a disappointment both because of the good ideas just below the surface, and because it came after a very fun first episode and an incredible follow-up.
But like I said, I’m excited to see what the show does next! I saw talk that there’ll be lots of mythical and unnatural creatures turn up due to the Doctor’s salt thing, which is super cool. And obviously I’m excited for more Gatwa! I haven’t really felt a lot of reason to be excited about Ruby yet, but as always I’m ready to fall in love with the new companion quickly!
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darling for the ask game obv let's get the important one out of the way
😭 idk if this was meant to say darkling but I'm doing him anyway
how I feel about this character: I love him. he's an interesting character that usually gets misinterpreted by the majority of fandom. I like that he has so much potential as a concept, but it makes me sad that that potential is rarely actually realized canonically. all in all, he's a character I really relate to for many reasons: his isolation and loneliness, his depersonalization and dehumanization, his high levels of empathy, his relationship with oppression and repression, and his drive to help others at the cost of his future and his sanity. I also really love his complex relationship with rage and apathy at the injustices of the world, which gives fascinating insight into his existence as an immortal and as a naturally idealistic person who lost faith in others
all the people I ship romantically with this character: mostly alina and mal! I also like him and nikolai together sometimes, and I can see the appeal of luda. plus of course any poly combination of any of these.
my non-romantic OTP for this character: aleksander & ivan is a hilarious friendship tbh. also I'm so in love with the ways genya parallels him and is so similar to him that I adore seeing them together on screen or in fics or basically anywhere, even if just for the horribly tragic tension that really brings out the depth of both their characters.
my unpopular opinion about this character: I have a lot lol. he was right about most things, but I don't think alina was wrong to leave him. I think he's a good character in the book, less so in the show, but in both he suffers from such bad writing that he ends up acting ooc half the time anyway. he's clearly empathetic and caring, and he is obviously able to feel love - but this has no bearing on his morality or any justification for his actions whatsoever. tbh I have so many unpopular opinions of him that it doesn't bear repeating them all lol.
one thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: that he died better in the show (and that he was written better overall with actual real depth). that he was never resurrected in the books (or at least that his second ending wasn't what it was)
my OTP: malarklina! 💖💕
my cross over ship: none
a headcanon fact: he's still afraid of the dark to this day. he's always cold and alina's always hot. he's very good with kids. he speaks so softly because his mother is abusive garbage and his experiences with men all suck. he's demisexual and biromantic and agender. he dissociates regularly due to both trauma and regular dehumanization, and this affects the way he views his personhood as well as his gender. he always knows the time of day because he can feel the shadows around him. he operates at some level on inhuman instincts tied to the nature of shadows & light.
give me a character (x)
#shadow and bone#sab#grishaverse#aleksander morozova#the darkling#myramblings#asks and answers#ask games#eyo!! ty for the ask! <3 <3
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Yeah, okay, I'm officially annoyed at the direction this Volume took with Alyx.
RWDE and spoilers for V9E06 under the cut.
This whole "Alyx was actually evil" twist pisses me off for so many reasons.
One is that it just seems so... unnecessary? We don't know Alyx. If you didn't read the fairytale book (which the majority of people watching RWBY didn't) you'd have no idea who she is until maybe Volume 8 where Oscar and Ozpin briefly talk about the story she appears in. This feels like a twist for twist's sake and it rings hollow, because Alyx isn't a character anyone really cares about. We never spent time with her. All we have of her is her story, which is fed to us in snippets by the actual main characters. Additionally, Alyx was already hinted to not be an ideal heroine, being responsible for a war breaking out and stealing and cheating to get ahead. Making her a straight-up villain is not as shocking as the writers seem to think it is.
Second, it's very obviously just there to inflate Jaune's importance as the one who actually got to meet Alyx and saw her "true self". Jaune has no business being in this volume and the writers knew that. So they just stapled him to yet another way more interesting character so him once again stealing screentime from Team RWBY has the flimsiest of justifications. I dare you to tell me one good reason why Jaune should be in the Ever After that is not the Alyx-twist. Heck, even with the Alyx-twist, Jaune is still painfully superfluous. The Rusted Knight was already an established character in Alyx' story. He didn't need to be Jaune, he literally could have just been the Rusted Knight.
Thirdly, Alyx continues the trend of "every character that isn't one hundred percent good in the eyes of Team RWBY and their sycophants and hanger-ons will inevitably turn out evil". I have been waiting since Volume 5 for someone to tell Team RWBY to check themselves without getting villainized for it. The girls have been going 'My way or the highway' for far too long without being called out. So imagine my surprise when Volume 9 implied Team RWBY was gonna get called out, if indirectly. In episode 2, Yang starts to talk shit about Alyx, saying that she wasn't a good kid because she cheated and lied while travelling through the Ever After. To which Weiss counters that Alyx was a child in an unfamiliar environment, who most likely had to do all these things to survive and that the story is treating her situation in a way too black-and-white manner. The first time I saw this scene, I was immediately hooked. Critics have been pointing out Team RWBY's self-rightousness and unwillingness to see shades of gray ever since the whole Ironwood disaster. Was Rooster Teeth actually listening? Were the girls finally going to be confronted with the fact that they're not the last word on what is right or wrong? Haha, No. Turns out Yang was right. Alyx really was the worst. Just like Ironwood. No need for Team RWBY to take a hard look at their own morals and behavior.
Last but not least: With Alyx we have yet another character of color villainized. And the one to expose her was the blonde, blue-eyed white guy, whom she tricked and almost killed. And even before that, what little we got to know of her paints her as a violent, selfish thief. Thanks, I hate it.
EDITS:
Okay, I've just been informed that The Girl Who Fell Through the World (Alyx' story) apparently isn't in the fairytale book. It was literally added in in Volume 8. Making the Alyx "twist" even more fucking pointless.
Oh, and because I can't believe I forgot to talk about it before: Gotta love how the supposedly super-feminist show went "Yeah, the little black girl who's the heroine of one of our world's most beloved childrens' stories was actually an eeevil villain. The real heroes were her much smarter and much kinder older brother and the white guy who got his stupid ass self-inserted." Fucking yikes.
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I’m trying not to focus on shipping war nonsense because I have learned that my world is so much more peaceful when I mind my own business and stay in the little corner of fandom that agrees with me. But with that said…I am absolutely about to rehash old season 1 & 2 arguments, because some of y’all can’t seem to let anything GO and I am sick to death of hearing about it! (sorry for the length of this in advance. I really need to get this all out of my system at once so that I can go back to nicely shutting up about it.)
1) As for what inspired this post… I do find it interesting that there are still people trying to insist that Steve didn’t walk out on a blackout drunk Nancy at that party and instead claim “he asked Jonathan to take her home first.” It’s just that…no he didn’t? There is literally a scene of Steve shoving angrily past Jonathan and other partygoers and out the door? In fact, this is presumably what tips Jonathan off to go look for Nancy in the first place. Yes, Jonathan later tells Nancy that Steve asked him to drive her, but it’s pretty clear that he’s lying. He’s saying it because he doesn’t want Nancy to be more upset than she already is re: Steve. He’s just trying to be a good friend and to comfort her.
This misconception alone might not piss me off so much if it wasn’t for many of the same fans then insisting that jancy shippers or even just Nancy fans are delusional for holding true to the belief that Nancy never cheated and that she and Steve were broken up when she and Jonathan got together. Somehow we’re supposed to believe that Steve walking back into the party, seeking out Jonathan, and asking him to take Nancy home is all “implied”—despite a direct scene pointing to the contrary—but: “Well then tell me.” “Tell you what?” “That you love me.” “…Really?” *cue a long moment in which Nancy is unable to say it because it clearly isn’t true, and Steve clearly realizes it.* “I think that you’re bullshit.” *Steve walks away. Nancy says nothing and does not go after him*…is not a ‘clear enough’ breakup? Yeah, because they totally would have come back from that one if only *checks notes* big bad Nancy hadn’t gone off and ~cheated~ on poor Steve with creepy Jonathan. Right.
(It’s the needing to be spoon fed the breakup but then making up ridiculous justifications for Steve’s behavior to try to either absolve him or worse, to demonize Nancy and/or Jonathan, for me….)
2) Comparing Steve and Jonathan’s past mistakes is just dumb to begin with because they have both grown from their season one arcs. Still, if I have to see one more post about how Jonathan is completely irredeemable for taking that photo of Nancy, I might actually lose my mind. “Why have people suddenly forgotten Jonathan being a CREEP and STALKING Nancy in season one!!!” Listen. I can guarantee you that no one has forgotten it because y’all insist on bringing it up every. two. seconds. Please be serious.
•though you’d think otherwise from the way people talk about it, funnily enough I have never seen a single jancy or Jonathan enjoyer claim this was anything less than a horrific violation of privacy and yes, creepy and disrespectful behavior on Jonathan’s part. 
•Jonathan gives a sincere apology, which Nancy then accepts. He never repeats the behavior and he never tries to justify his actions.
•that’s all there is to it. You can like him or not, of course, but it’s ridiculous to go on and ON about this years later, often while, at the same time, jumping through hoops to claim Steve’s myriad of wrongs aren’t ‘nearly as bad’ as Jonathan’s photos. Steve calls Nancy a slut, lets his friends declare it on the theater billboard to the whole town. He pressures her about sex. He insults Jonathan’s family, including his missing kid brother, and calls him a slur. He definitely leaves Nancy alone at that party. I like Steve (though damn, do his stans work hard at getting me not to) and I obviously like Jonathan, but that’s because I can acknowledge that they’ve both grown, and I also don’t selectively pick and choose what parts of their arcs I care to remember.
3) which brings me to…season four. Honestly most of the st*ncy flirtations were pretty harmless (if forced, imo) and I firmly believe that people are allowed to have ‘moments’ with other people even when one or both of those people are in a relationship without either one being immediately crucified for it. Obviously Nancy and Jonathan had some similar moments between them in season one/two when she was still with Steve. I didn’t think she was ~emotionally cheating~ then and believe me, I don’t think she is with Steve now, either. I also don’t think Steve was being like, wildly disrespectful to Nancy and Jonathan’s relationship for most of the season (for instance, his comment about the three of them and Robin hanging out after all this is over felt sincere)
That said…it definitely got a little squirmy there by the end and I have no idea why the writers had to push it so far even if they wanted to resurrect the stupid love triangle for season five. Telling an ex who’s in a relationship that you’re dreaming about having six kids with her is…yeahhh…totally out-of-pocket, lol. Even if she wasn’t in a relationship it’d be totally weird, but it makes it worse that she is, because it means Steve’s not only disrespecting Nancy, he’s also disrespecting Jonathan. (It was a bizarre writing choice, so believe me I’m mad for Steve’s character arc at this point, too.)
Yet, what do st*ncy and Steve fans choose to go on and on about? An off-the-cuff joke from Jonathan about how Steve isn’t much of a leader like Nancy is. It’s so not even that serious, lmao. I mean, what?? Jonathan and Steve haven’t spoken in years, and have cordially spoken pretty much never. I think Jonathan’s allowed to get a small barb in (note: I think this was a weird writing choice too, because why would Jonathan even be thinking about Steve? It’s out of left field. But again. Love triangle drama. Sigh.)
At this point it’s just getting ridiculous. At the end of the day ship whatever you want to ship, but maybe find a way to do so that doesn’t revolve around repeatedly trying to trash the other side using the same stale, nonsensical arguments. Or at least keep it out of the jancy and Jonathan tags, Jesus Christ.
#jancy#stranger things#stranger things spoilers#anti st*ncy#I just want to stop seeing the same bad takes over and OVER#they squirm their way in even though I have ALL THE APPLICABLE TAGS BLOCKED!#Jonathan Byers#Nancy Wheeler#it’s really the year 2022 and I’m writing essays online defending jancy im too old for this#otp: monster hunting
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LWA here: I don't take the lockdown video as canon, as it's just too obviously a PSA. I do think there's more to be said about Crowley refusing to hear Chekhov's gun going off in the aftermath of S1, although that may be because I've now back-buttoned out of far too many supposed "fix-fics" in which Aziraphale has to abase himself before his much-abused demon. (Folks, they are equally to blame to the miscommunication pileup at the end! The yin/yang, single-character-split-in-half thing always manifests itself by them simultaneously botching things in their relationship! We are shown and told this explicitly! WTH?!) This is my own sequel to endlessly back-buttoning out of fics for S1.
I guess I'm one of the three or so people on the planet who got to the end of S1 and said, wait, there were two unambiguous betrayals during the course of this season, both related to trust issues, and unless they're discussed and resolved you cannot extrapolate a successful relationship out of this ending. Aziraphale betrays Crowley's faith that their friendship is different by not telling him about the Antichrist; Crowley betrays Aziraphale by manipulating him like /everyone else manipulates him/ by tempting him to kill first Warlock, then Adam. And there was a start to acknowledging the first during the bar scene, but there is no sign in the script that Crowley apologizes, mentions what he did, or even feels badly about it.* Fan attempts to excuse the manipulation usually repeat Crowley's own justification for the act at the park bench, but the script, via Madame Tracy, insists that "you can't kill kids" is a moral absolute. Crowley, and Aziraphale for going along with him, are in the wrong, end-stop. That was just such a massive stickle-burr for me in terms of conceptualizing how Crowley actually sees his own power in relation to Aziraphale's, and this season concretized that they are both suffering from trauma-related superiority complexes that they act out in ways that deny each other agency (Crowley by concealing information from Aziraphale about Heaven & Gabriel, then attempting to demon-handle him back into damsel-in-distress mode; Aziraphale by still being stuck in binary thinking patterns and offering Crowley a redemption plot he doesn't want).
*--I've seen exactly one analysis-in-fic-form that refuses to let Crowley off the hook, "Auguries of Innocence" (https://rainjoyswriting.dreamwidth.org/241857.html#cutid1), written by someone with experience teaching ethics. I think the author makes Crowley much too self-aware about what he did, but her conclusions about why he might be unable to bring himself to apologize are pretty plausible.
sliding this under a cut:
awesome, that's what i was kind of hoping someone would agree with me on (re: lockdown), mainly because from the feeling of the plot in s2 (plus the contextual characterisation already discussed about aziraphale's ability, vs surrender of his will, to protect himself/crowley's compulsion to overprotect), it felt rather extraneous of the canon narrative in retrospect. it felt like a fun, quirky PSA in isolation, but i didnt want to automatically discount it as not having its place in the story either if it indeed had one! so, im glad someone else was thinking what my gut was saying - that it is likely to be the former.
i get that many people are hungry for some kind of comfort following s2's ending (completely understandable), but i can't currently bring myself to read any fanfiction that follows the events of s2 because of this exact reason you've mentioned. frankly, i personally find it a little too uncomfortable that the resolution seen so far - in general terms, there are well-written exceptions - is for aziraphale to metaphorically prostrate and punish himself for the whole breakup, especially when i personally felt pretty much since ten minutes after finishing ep6 that there was more to it than aziraphale seemingly wanting to change crowley "into the angel he wants him to be", and rejecting him when he wouldn't. it's way more nuanced and complex than that. and every time i rewatch that scene, it feels so obvious that they are speaking words that on the surface fit together in terms of dialogue, but they are saying completely different things.
i love a misunderstanding-leads-to-angst trope, it's one of my favourites, and the way the dialogue was written in this scene to have so many interweaving and contradicting layers and meanings was a profound and immersive depiction of this. ultimately my end impression (until a point we get an actual Conversation in s3 that discusses these exact points) of the scene is that:
- aziraphale will always think he should and could do better and be better, even at the risk of sacrificing everything including crowley, and do so with only the greater good in mind... no matter if the greater good doesn't truly exist in the way he hopes or expects it to (and therefore is completely immaterial), and:
- crowley will always continue to keep and bury aziraphale in his own rage and pain, drawing him back in whenever aziraphale shifts to step outside of it, and do so because it's a constancy that has thus far worked in giving him purpose and a sense of being wanted.
there's way more to it than that, but those were the immediate first impressions i got. they may love each other endlessly, beyond understanding, and that's wonderful; but love alone is not enough to sustain a relationship of any kind. there has to be trust, yes, but also mutual respect, support for each others' true wants and needs, and a sense of wholly knowing yourself (even the things you wish you could change, or you dislike) so you know what you are giving to the other person. my perspective on being in a partnership is that your heart is no longer just your own, it becomes the other person's too - if not more - and you have to be someone that can be entrusted with it. neither of the characters give me the impression of having really learnt this yet, and have demonstrated on multiple occasions, including the ones you mentioned, that they haven't.
having a read of what you linked, this is exactly along the lines of why i think crowley doesn't want to recognise, or cant recognise, what he did in tempting aziraphale and manipulating him on the occasions that he did... because what would happen if he did accept it? and opened up the pandora's box that is bringing aziraphale's attention to it? how would aziraphale ever see crowley the same way again? id love to say it was the same lines along which i was thinking when i wrote the below re: saviour complex, but is far more insightful and eloquently put:
and also here, when talking in response to another ask of yours about I Forgive You:
essentially: that if aziraphale were to know why crowley does what he does, did what he did, if aziraphale received an explanation and a genuine apology for it, would crowley only be met with benevolence? or would he be genuinely forgiven in a way that is actually meaningful to him because it comes from aziraphale the person, not the angel? the latter would be too much to bear, i think. the irony however is that in not giving his shortcomings air, taking them out of the locked box he's crafted to hide them, he's occasioning further opportunity for misunderstanding between them.
trauma in whatever form is not a valid excuse to project that trauma onto someone else. it can be empathised with, but not excused. again, as always, at the risk of human-ifying two supernatural beings, it is entirely human to fuck up and do so, it's going to happen - that you hurt someone you love by keeping them in your pain. but it can't keep happening in a never-ending cycle, and has to have a breaking point that all parties actively learn from. this ground, them acknowledging having any feelings for each other, is brand new for them to tread on, but when it comes hand-in-hand with having millennia full of trauma, shame and pain, they also need to tread very carefully.
#i truly would give my life for LWA✨ but their asks do give me migraines and a sense that im not as intelligent as i think i am#good omens#ask#flashback meta#crowley meta#aziraphale meta#s1 meta#s2 meta
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A sort of serious question you totally don’t have to answer, but as someone I respect in the camp world I’d definitely value your opinion on: what do you think of the labor ethics of standard camp practices? I’ve never worked for a Girl Scout camp, though I attended them as a kid, but I’ve worked at other national org camps and well as local non profits, and at all of the resident programs I’ve done, I feel like camp employees (both seasonal and year round) are vastly overworked and underpaid. I’m not sure how GS camps do it, but at camps I’ve worked at, working 23 hrs/day for 6 days a week, 7-10 weeks in a row is not uncommon. With average pay, say, $600/week, even if you only count the 15 or so waking hours counselors are working, that comes out to like $6 and hour. Considering that counselors are also on duty all night….I don’t even want to do the math. Am I crazy?? Are other camps not like this??? I know some of the justification for not paying more is because housing and food are provided but it’s not like counselors usually have the option to stay or eat offsite. Idk I know a lot of camps—especially non-profits—don’t make a ton of money, and I think they’re important for kids, but it feels like we really overlook the physical and mental well-being of staff to run them. So I guess I’m wondering, have you seen these issues at camps? Do you think most camps are ethically run?
So this is a huge can of worms in the camp industry and I know it's a touchy subject with a lot of followers and camp people in general. I think it varies A Lot between camps. Like, an absolutely wild amount.
First, $600/week for an overnight camp is fairly high in a lot of places. I won't get into what the overnight camps I know of pay, but suffice to say it is significantly less than that. The hourly wage (should you dare to do the math) is appalling. Hours wise we also less in my council: we have 2 hours off a day (we talked about changing to 3/day also) and then 5 day work weeks for the most part. A lot of camps (my old council) did a one night a week off as well.
Day camps are different, because many have to pay hourly, and many pay above minimum wage to be competitive. I know some camps (day camps) paying $18-20/hour (or more). Obviously this is not all camps, but especially in places like California and the Eastern seaboard, where minimum wage laws are different. We now pay hourly for 0-12 hours during the school year, although not at that rate, and a daily rate for overnight programs. The overnight rate is a significant increase from when I was seasonal staff.
Full time staff are also low on the pay rate, and I see a lot of FT camp director positions in the 35-40k range of salaries. Sometimes year round housing is included, but how much of a perk is it really (also a big debate) to live where you work and never really escape? Unfortunately, that extends to a lot of nonprofit jobs. I made a little over $17/hour when I started, including when I transitioned to exempt, but I've negotiated and earned many raises and bonuses, so now I make not a great wage, but not a terrible wage, and better than a lot of camp positions (I'm not technically camp, but it's a similar pay scale).
I think from a "reasoning" standpoint, it's difficult because staffing is such a huge expense and A Lot of funders don't want to pay for it. Many, many grants are restricted and can only be used for program supplies, or maybe food. Staff salaries though? Difficult to fun through grants. So you have to pay for them with kid's fees. But how do you do that and still be affordable? Still be a price people are willing to pay, beating out the competition? I think that's where a lot of camps struggle, but also, camp staff are necessary, you can't run camp without them, so how do you balance that budget?
Is it ethical to significantly underpay and overwork? Not really. It's bad for staff mental health and it decreases the pool of staff to privileged individuals who don't need the money. But I think that it is getting better, in a lot of places. Not everywhere, but a lot of places. And the conversation is there. I expect that camp wages and hours will drastically change in our lifetime. Will there always be camps that exploit legal loopholes? Yes, absolutely. But I think that the camp industry is changing, and it's going to change more.
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And you know… Thinking of the parallels between Lloyd and the Queen of Tears’ child, that does raise the potential theme: What would you do for your child? In the end, are we not all doing it for the future, so isn’t it justified to sacrifice all of the present for it? That’s the extreme takeaway/evolution of this logic, of course.
So with what I mention about the Escapees choosing to project similarities onto Lloyd and this kid, as well as with the rest of his family, the Wayvrens –both parties in one, basically- I have to consider the Queen of Tears, in relation to the Wayvrens. Trexdis ultimately chooses to defy the Escapees and their cycle of pain by not punishing the child to prove a point to their parent…
Maybe the reason why the Escapees include Lloyd in their To-Kill list is because the Wayvrens, like the Queen of Tears, did this for the sake of their kid; They did it for Lloyd, to grow up in a better world, and openly cite and admit this fact. So how fitting would it be, that Midas’ group chooses to punish Lloyd because his parents did all this to them, for HIS sake; And Trexdis decides the opposite with the Queen of Tears’ child, because the kid never chose this and had no agency.
Obviously, what Midas and co. are doing is objectively terrible. I’m gonna laugh at their expense when, despite all they do to defy their fate and imprisonment and subjugation, inevitably get caught in it anyway, having done nothing to actually prevent it in targeting the wrong person. Again, it’s just an explanation, but it’ll never be a justification.
Because realistically, even if the Wayvrens did go out of their way to openly explain how each Escapee needs to be ‘dealt with’ so the children of the future, especially their own, are safe… It’s still ridiculous to target the kid for that.
Hmm. Maybe I could inject some topical discussion here; The whole ‘Think of the children’ sentiment is one that has been used for good, but it’s also been used by many conservatives and right-wing politicians to demonize those they see as deviant, an insincere justification; In other words, people like the Escapees would totally see the rhetoric that way, based on their own experience.
Obviously the adults themselves are the targets, not the kids, never the kids, even if you go with the idea that you don’t want to prove those adults right, self-fulfilling prophecy or not. This sentiment about the young generation is something that can be so redemptive, enticing people to change for the better and mature… Or it can be used cruelly, and not even in a genuine way. And maybe there’s a mix, where some people ARE well-intentioned, but desperate and scared, and they ultimately react out of needless paranoia.
What will adults do for the kids? Expect the kids to do something for them, mold them that way, as Arkley does? Or give everything to them, like the Queen of Tears? Can’t you do that, and still be mindful of others, as Trexdis tries her damnedest to? Don’t you want to make the world a better place, or will you raze it and leave the consequences for future generations to handle? Will you exploit this potential, or let it be whatever it chooses? Do you think of the kids to change things, or maintain them?
…Anyhow, I guess that makes some Escapees the equivalent of. Adults online who get really angry at kids for having politics they disagree with, being a ‘Puriteen’, or needing to be accommodated in some manner lol. Maybe not exactly, but there’s… connections. What’re you having personal beef with a child for, as a grown adult?!
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Ugh school has been... a lot. It's rewarding, because I love all of my classes and half the reason I'm so busy is because I was cast in the school play not too long ago, but it sure doesn't leave me with a lot of free time. But I caught up on Glass Divine and Strings of Fate yesterday!
So Glass Divine: Love all the complications that arose in this chapter. I'm starting to really get a grasp on Tommy and Wilbur's dynamic. They should hate each other but they don't, and that fact is something they have in common and something they can connect over. Nobody understands why Tommy still wants to guard Wilbur. Nobody can comprehend the amount of cognitive dissonance that was occurring when Wilbur overpowered Tommy. They don't even understand each other, but they can (kind of) trust each other. It's not full trust, but it's still a hell of a lot more than they should have for each other.
(Also sorry to make a comparison, but just thinking about the contrast between how trust is handled in this fic versus in Stars has me screaming. Sorry, I just really love comparing and contrasting things I love)
The scenes with Jack and Niki were so well written. Immediately, you established an interesting, unique, and compelling dynamic just by having the four of them laugh off what happened with Wilbur and Tommy. Jack and Niki obviously knew that the situation was serious. But they (especially Jack) seemed to pick up on the fact that Wilbur and Tommy were sick of serious convos. They also realized that Wilbur and Tommy aren't enemies despite what happened. So Jack gave space for Wilbur to joke about it and Niki was kind
Then there's Tubbo. I understand Tubbo's point of view. At the same time, he said some shit that's gonna stick with Wilbur. The Tommy side of that scene might have been more impactful on his worldview - but still, now he has heard a deathling talk about how it would make sense to kill him. That's got to fuck with him
I'm now wondering if Tubbo is going to continue to be an antagonistic figure in the future. Might some problems arise because of him? I don't know, usually Tubbo doesn't really fill that type of role in a story. Then again, in Stars, you proved that you aren't limited by the confines of how these characters are usually portrayed. If I had a guess though, Tubbo is probably just going to remain the skeptic/voice of reason
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oh i'm glad school has been rewarding even if it's been a lot! being cast in the school play is so fun, I hope you have a great time!! tech week is hell but it's a fun kind of hell that you and your theater group all bond through lmao
yuppp you get it. the bond between wilbur and tommy doesn't make sense. they should hate each other, but they don't. wilbur can't bring himself to hate this kid who is far too young to be covered in so many marks of near death experiences, and tommy can't bring himself to hate this mysterious religious figure who reminds him more and more of himself as the days go on.
lol don't feel bad about making a comparison to another work of mine. I love when people point out consistent themes that pop up in my fics. sometimes it's intentional, sometimes it's not, and i love seeing the interpretations people make when they read multiple works of mine.
YEAHHH ROCKET DUO!! they definitely picked up on the fact that tommy and wilbur were tired of serious convos and needed a distraction. jack is especially good at breaking tension, so he just shatters the ice and says the thing they're all thinking outright and makes a joke about it. niki isn't as blunt, but she's kind, and tries to focus on being kind because she knows both of them are really stressed out.
tubbo's perspective makes sense, but it definitely hurts to hear. especially for wilbur, who now has justification for the very thing he's been saying this entire time. someone agrees with him that it doesn't make sense to keep him alive. it definitely impacted him.
I love making dynamics complicated as I'm sure you know, so maybe tubbo will occupy a role like that in the future or maybe not. you'll have to wait and see :)
thank you so much for your thoughts though flame!! so glad you enjoyed!!
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finished dear m a few days ago and i am sTILL thinking about it omg
genuinely was not expecting to be this invested in it because plot-wise it’s not exceptionally groundbreaking and i saw a few spoliers anyway in it but the execution of all of it??? just wow. spoilers below the cut!
pros/ what i liked:
i’m seeing so many people talk about jaehyun’s kiss scenes (which were great btw) but the karaoke scene?? my gosh the choKEHOLD it has over me it’s my favourite and mst memorable moment by a long, long shot. the song choice, their voices, the paralleled montages, that effortless formal ambiguity of diegetic/non-diegetic sound -- the film student in me is screaming into the void because of it.
but on that note, i, an nctzen, love to see jaehyun, hearthrob of nct, be a complete and utter loser. i simply live to see it.
ensemble dramas have a special place in my heart and i felt like i had enough time to get familiar with every one on the main cast, as well as their rationales and backstories (to varying degrees, obviously). were some behaviours toxic? definitely, but they didn’t feel ridiculous or ooc because the perspectives involved took the time to delve into the events and logic that eventually built up to the eventual result (this broadly applies to jimin/haneul/rosa/yidam interactions, mainly because upon writing this i realise that everything that occurred between jooah and moon joon was told through jooah’s perspective, which is why i feel so much more frustrated at moon joon on the romance side of things)
the first 6 eps had some exceptional moments where the cinematography really popped off and the intended meanigns were so obvious and so beautifully done. most of those i remember off the top of my head were from the first 6 eps but there likely were moments in the later 6 eps that i could go on about for ages.
what i didn’t like: maybe it’s because it’s only 12 eps long, but i do wish they pushed some of the narrative details further in the overall story.
i love the minho/moon joon & jooah/yanghee rich kid poor kid parallel and in the moments where it mattered they made it crystal clear, but i would have loved to see a moment where it was a jooah + minho vs moon joon + yanghee sort of situation on that theme, especially considering the fact that moon joon and yanghee are supposed to be friends but rarely had direct interactions with each other LMAO.
another one that i wish they fleshed out more would be rosa’s thing with that senior in their major like i wanna know the dirt he’s got on her to be able to threaten her like that. would it have changed my opinion that she was terrible for everything she did in attempts to either win haneul over or trash jimin? no. could it have potentially provided further justification, or at the very least further complexity to her character? i like to think so.
i didn’t watch the og webseries dear m is a spinoff of, but i think the connection between the fact that haneul lost his father and the traumatic effects that has on him, especially regarding how this could affect his relationship with jimin, could be explored. potentially because the effects of losing parents was reflected so well in minho, minju’s, and (to a lesser extent but still) jooah’s actions ie the way minho works his ass off to save money to give his sister, minju needing to be minho’s parental figure when she was still very young, the codependent but prideful attitudes they have towards each other, minho’s decision to stick by jooah -- platonically and later romantically -- because of the longevity and/or history of their relationship in deferrence of ridding her from his life (choosing jooah over past and prospective girlfriends every. single. time.), etc., haneul’s loss of his dad seems like such a throwaway detail in comparison.
might give it a proper rewatch and add on some later thoughts, but please i need to let this all out of my system before i can even think of moving on.
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i've reread the linda watson creepypasta a few times the past month. i don't really have a reason, other than my love of dan salvato but idk.
it's horrifying to think of a friendly, sort of clumsy, first time killer who did it just to see what it's like.
it's gross to think of a person killing for fun so fervently believing they're separate from "crazy people" who kill. i think it's a very real depiction of how people use the advantage of being sane to make themselves appear better.
she's fallen for the very common idea that most people who kill have personality disorders and do it because their illness calls them to it rather than crime statistics obviously being affected by the marginalization of the person.
the narrator thinks that because she is sane, and she is normal that her actions are just as normal and okay as she is.
that justification makes my stomach turn.
it's scary to think that she left so many leads and nobody will care. she did a horribly sloppy job and left so many ties to herself and absolutely nothing will happen to her.
it reminds me of night in the woods. the idea that these kids can just be labeled as burdens on society and taken out because nobody will miss them. i've always found that scary.
last year and a few years before that i have a feeling that a lot of people viewed me that way. mostly other parents, relatives, and friends of my parents. i'm very lucky, and i do a lot. but i know these people viewed me as a failure, a burden.
it's scary to think like that.
i know you're not supposed to take horror narrators at face value most of the time, but i can't help but do it here. she seems so earnest in her want to share this experience with the reader. she seems to actually treasure meeting linda, learning about her, and taking her life.
idk. this isn't organized i just have thoughts sometimes.
#gamerwithaheartofgold#linda watson spoilers#nitw spoilers#i read books#(this isn't a book but whatever)
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Why I feel Bad for Audrey and Chad;
Summary; What the title says also a possible justification for why Chad and Audrey act the way they do. And why they might hate the core four.
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Okay, so first off this is just speculation based on what is implied and what we see happen in canon. And now that that's out of the way, let's get this started. Mal has done alot of terrible things-- we know this and we know that some of the time, she really doesn't know better-- and by extension, so have her friends. And I know what you guys are gonna say, okay? I know. They grew up on the isle and are new to Auardon, and don't know any better!
And yes, while that might be true, keep in mind that Audrey and Chad wouldn't know that. They think they're just regular kids who know right and wrong just like them and just chose not to do so. And their families and other people in Auardon telling them that these kids are bad and no good and trouble probably isn't helping their case either. So yes, while we know the Vks don't know better it doesn't excuse their actions to the aks. Not that it really should to begin with, but moving on to my point;
Chad and Audrey have every right to hate them from their point of view.
I mean, just think about it. Just imagine you're Audrey. Your life is perfect. Your parents and grandparents are proud of you. You have good grades and so many accomplishments to be proud of. You have an amazing boyfriend who is everything you've ever dreamed that your family want you to marry and you have amazing friends. You have all of this one day and then the next, the daughter of the woman who tried to kill your parents is brought to your school.
You don't like her and she doesn't like you. You follow the rules to a T and she breaks them every chance she gets but when you complain, your boyfriend and most of your friends (i.e Doug, Lonnie, and Jane) dismiss you completely. So you stand by and grit your teeth and just try to avoid her and get on with your life since no one will listen to you. Your bestfriend (Chad) is the only one who listens to you and he rants with you. He tells you how your enemy's friend is obviously a gold digger who only wanted to talk about the wand and his castle and how she cheated in class and insulted his mother's dress. You listen as he tells you what he did and you decide not to interfere because it's not your business. You think he'll come to his senses or go through with his word. You listen to him complain about how her other friend completely went nuts on the field and how he was rewarded for it instead of punished when anyone else would have suffered greatly for it. And again you do nothing because you know there's nothing you can do about it. You hear from Chad how Doug, another friend of yours, is absolutely smitten with the blue haired friend (which you already knew) and how she dismisses him in her pursuit of Chad.
You, again, do nothing because you know Doug is stubborn and won't listen to you. So you let Chad handle it. You notice that Lonnie and Jane and other girls from school who you might be friends with have got their hair done by your enemy who used magic. Something no one is really supposed to use anymore. And your boyfriend dismisses you when you point it out and your concerns and insecurities. So you grin and bear it, even though your friends and boyfriend are acting werid and tell yourself that everything will go back to normal.
Only it doesn't and everything comes crashing down around you. Your boyfriend sings a whole song about how much he is in love with another girl infront of all your friends and two whole schools. No adults do anything. Your friends don't do anything. Not even when he tries to Kiss her. Everyone is cheering and clapping and smiling and it hurts so you lash out using your other friend who hates the vks almost as much you do at this point. Then the girl and her friends continue to escape punishment no matter what damage they cause.
Made Jane so insecure that she tried to change herself with the wand? No punishment.
Tried to free their parents? No punishment and they got an A in their goodness class.
Knocked Chad out with a potion spray thing? No punishment.
Undid Jane's magic hair? No punishment.
Made an ugly portrait of you ? No punishment.
Runs away to the isle after continuing to use magic and after trying to erase your ex's memories so she wouldn't face any consequences? No punishment.
Your ex is kidnapped and no one is told until after the big party where a Glass picture is shown? No punishment.
These kids continue to hurt you and disobey eery rule you were ever taught and get no punishment at all because no one cares. And then you get to see your boyfriend propose to the girl who has destroyed your friend group and your life with absolutely no warning whatsoever and your grandmother blames it on you. No one cares if you're alright and you find out that you're one of the only people who wasn't invited to your childhood friend's birthday party. How would you feel? How would you feel if you were Audrey? Wouldn't you lash out too?
And then there's Chad. Chad who is Audrey's friend and the only one to stand by her through all of this while also dealing with what is going on. His whole friend group fell apart. Ben never apologized for hurting Audrey like he did. No one else ever did. No one gave them an explanation. No one cared that Ben was obviously spelled. And he is being replaced as one of the top players by Jay who doesn't follow the rules and gets rewarded for it. Evie gets to date one of his old childhood friends after brushing him off repeatedly in favor of trying to marry him so she could have everything he has. Gets to date his childhood friend after cheating in class and standing by the girl who caused his friend so much pain. Gets to date his bestfriend after insulting his mom and her dress. Mal gets to date one of his bestfriends despite all the harm he caused to him, Audrey, Ben, and the rest of their friends. After making Jane hate herself further and making Audrey feel like shit. Have you noticed that Chad never bothered Carlos except when he stole from him in the 2nd movie?
He didn't insult Carlos. He didn't mess with him like he did with Jay or Mal or Evie. He left Carlos alone? Maybe because Carlos didn't do anything to him or his friends directly. Maybe because he reminds Chad of his mom? Who knows. Point is, he only bothered Mal, Jay, and Evie that we know of. And same goes for Audrey (correct me if I'm wrong, I don't remember the books or wicked world that well). They lost everything when the vks showed up. They saw them get away with every bad behavior and lost their friend group because of it. Lost their respective roles and the respect of those around them (like Audrey's grandma). Why wouldn't they hate those 3?
Edited as of Jan 27, 2024:
Just learned recently that FG threatened to send them back to the isle after they stole a boat in tje books.
Don't know if the Aks would know that but just thought it should be mentioned.
#descendants#disney descendants#descendants wicked world#wicked world#disney chad charming#chad charming headcanons#in defense of audrey#in defense of chad charming#chad charming#princess audrey#descendants audrey#audrey descendants#prince philip and aurora#princess aurora#sleeping beauty#disney cinderella#cinderella#etc.#the core four#mal bashing#evie bashing#jay bashing#descendants jay#descendants carlos#evie daughter of the evil queen#evie x doug
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As much as i love Stede i think there is one aspect that not many people are talking about. I think Stede has a pretty awful habit of just sort of walking out on his loved ones without saying anything.
Like for instance, with Mary and his kids, he left in the middle of the night. He waited for Mary to fall asleep, was already dressed, packed and ready to leave. Leaving a spouse, you don't love and who obviously has resentment for you is one thing. Leaving your kids is completely different...
His kids are pretty young. Even if they seem to not get along that well with Stede, we still see him playing and them enjoying time with him. So I can imagine it probably hurt his kids more than anyone when he just up and left. I know for a fact this hurts because this is something I've personally experienced. I have had a rocky relationship with my dad. He out of the blue up and left to go live in another country for a while and it hurt. Still does years after the fact. Imagne how they feel. Your mother pretends/thinks he's dead, you have to play along. And then he just shows up again. It would be confusing and painful to process. We see in the show that his daughter is hurt and angry. rightfully so. There is the exchange of the pertified orange. The symbolizim by cutting it in half etc. But that isnt enough. The only justification for Stede leaving his daughter gives is that it made their mum much happier. She doesnt talk about her own feelings. Dealing with the prospect of your dad leaving (presumably forever) would suck.
Then later, Stede does almost the same thing to Ed. Stede doesn't even consider communicating with him, telling him that he needs to settle some things first. Right after the kiss and talk on the beach, we can see that Stede already has some hesitancy. He had multiple opportunities to actually talk to Ed. On the beach, in the barracks, he could have gone to the pier first etc. I'm sure Ed would have sympathized and been willing to give Stede some time. It's the man he loves. Being with Stede is worth that. But Stede doesn't. He leaves yet again.
Stede needs to learn that these actions have consequences. That They hurt people. He saw that when he went back to Mary and his kids. Now he needs to learn that with Ed.
I really hope in Season 2 they show that Stede has learnt that and that he can grow even more. And I hope they don't just act like his kids don't exist. I hope he writes them letters or sends them trinkets from his adventures. Keeps any kind of contact because they know he's not dead. Anyone with daddy issues or who has dealt with abandonment would value that. And I'm sure we will see the progression and result of Stede's actions with Ed. I hope we see a better Stede.
#ofmd#our flag means death#original content#blackbeard#stede bonnet#blackbonnet#edward teach#gentlebeard#stede#ed ofmd#ofmd spoilers#our flag means death spoilers#mary bonnet#stedes kids
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Ykw, the fact that so many people DO hate Will, who has done nothing objectively wrong throughout the entire series and is crucial to the story from the very beginning, is very interesting bc when you break down the reason why hes hated, it says a lot about the Will antis. The other day I saw someone say that He’s a crybaby. He has cried what, twice, thrice throughout the entire series? The kid loaded a shotgun in ten seconds flat, ready to defend himself from an intruder. at TWELVE years old. He survived a week in the upside down with no food or water, while being chased by a literal monster. People twist his character so much and make him into this selfish, needy person which is not how he’s portrayed at all…When I actually look at the accounts that act like this, they’re typically (if not always) the m//evens that go out of their way to shit on bylers. This solidifies it that most of the Will hate is because they see him as a threat to their ship. Some people think Jonathan is boring, too (which is wrong IMO but whatev) but I do not see people outright slandering him and treating him like total garbage half as much as they do Will. It’s bc they’re threatened, so they have to double up on the bullying and entitlement. I’ve seen non-mlm literally calling him the F slur, and others laughing. It’s disgusting
Yes! Exactly!
There is no valid justification for hating Will other than Milevens noticing the obviously superior chemistry between him and Mike and wanting to see the ship destroyed so that they can continue in their fantasy that Mike and the traumatised girl he found in the woods are true soulmates for life.
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Since pokemon is such a big franchise, I like to ask people what part of the franchise they engage with the most. I am a main series game kinda gal, I like to do nuzlocke runs. I have a buddy who loves the card game. What about you? Are you an anime person? A manga person? A pokemon trozei person??
This is a great question and actually something I think about a LOT lol
For me personally I think it's the catching/collecting aspect of Pokemon. I like that there are so many things and I like to have many things and I like that finding and obtaining the things are each separate tasks and also a large overarching quest. I used to have every main series game (red/blue/green > USUM) and as many of the side games (PMD, Ranger, Colosseum/XD, Pinball, Let's Go) as I could get my hands on (not so much recently because money/time justifications). I had a lot of the TCG when I was a kid, but my mom didn't see us playing/using them, so she gave them away. I also read a lot of the manga as a kid, but it diverged from the anime and confused me so I only sporadically do that now. I used to watch every single episode of the anime as it came out, and at this point I've seen them until halfway through Sun/Moon I think. I like to collect things and Pokemon is such a great franchise for all sorts of kinds of collecting.
But often I think about how exactly to separate all the little things that Pokemon as a franchise has to offer because there's SO much and obviously they're all connected, and it's not uncommon for someone to have at least dabbled in different parts of it. I want to know which, if any, aspect of Pokemon is the most popular one.
#dpc asks#thank you for the ask!#i think about this question all the time seriously lol#i think if i were one of the main game trainers i would be a pokefan#pokemon maniac pokefan pokemaniac pokemon superfan#however they call them now#thats me lmao
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