#okay so this is a pretty personal piece full of personal stuff so imma point out some details

[argentangelhelps]

CHEERS BROTHER : EPISODE 15 RP STARTERS

starter prompts from episode 15 of the cheers brother podcast! (some have been edited for clarity and roleplay-ability)

trigger warnings : swearing, drinking/alcohol, mentions of drug use

“we’re in funky town!” “i will pay you to stay here!” “this is kinda depressing but okay.” “she sent me money for a flight.” “what a homie” “was it a crazy experience?”
“i think the plane just did a flip.” “i love turbulence, is that weird?” “i love roller coasters so its like the same thing, right?” “that’s a good coping mechanism.” “i’m waiting to face god.” “what am i gonna say to god right now.” “you think about that, i think about being at six flags.” “my two personality traits in one.” “i wanna be on a fucking toy story plane.” “you’re a fuckin trooper.” “i can’t think of one other person i’d get a middle seat for.” “there you go, baby.” “i’m clearly not ready to accept that i’m back here.” “the last place i want to be right now, is la.” “look at us all drinking!” “anyway, i’m drinking alcohol” “long distance, cheers!” “i can’t believe you’re taking a shot.” “i almost lost my life of the first one.” “what is that look you’re giving me?” “my hair is looking crusty these days.” “hey girl, i know our appointment’s at eleven, but could you come in at nine?” “i can’t fucking build a beat.” “come into my stu, let’s do some shit!” “9 am is creeping up.” “damn it was that bad.” “okay, one sheep, two sheep.” “it was in my stomach?” “i’m just so nervous, bro!” “you’re gonna be on the spot for a hot second.” “you have a cool job that people wanna hear about, i get it.” “a lot of people text me from high school, and i just don’t respond.” “i can’t dude, i can’t.” “she texted the other day and asked for money.” “it was eight years since i texted her number.” “i don’t know what i was more confused over, that you played soccer or that she asked you for money.” “he’s just a sweetheart. he’s misunderstood.” “not to be rude, but who are you?” “who are you and why are you here?” “he got straight to the point and i respect that.” “he’s like a sweet little teenage heart throb and he’s so humble and precious.” “i’m laying in my bed in the dark listening to my airpods.” “that spiraled real fast.” “did you respond?” “no, i blocked her.” “i was laying there counting sheep.” “like my stomach was pulsating, like there was a heart in my stomach.” “that rhymed bro.” “and then i woke up today at twelve thirty!” “i sprung out of bed like a spring chicken!” “oh bitch uh uh.” “i called five other bitches.” “oh you’re going on a road trip now.” “because i’m so traumatized from missing this morning, i’m pulling an all nighter.” “really bitch? how did you miss that?” “it’s a brand new day, get the fuck up!” “i went to school with a deaf girl and she has a bed that shakes.” “it’s this fuckin robot!” “my neighbors would hate me for that.” “it’s like kinda large so it would cause a ruckus.” “i was envisioning like a person robot.” “it just barks? that would be sick!” “i like think i’m happy with my life, but then she just spews things.” “i’ve invested a lot of money in this piece of paper.” “i pretty much got fired.” “ive met like a lot of cool people.” “were you like blackout?” “i was definitely drunk.” “it sounds so dramatic that a social media event put me in therapy.” “so is doctor phil in person like dead inside.” “i didn’t touch him because like pandemic, but like i wanted to.” “it’s gonna be something that’s like completely off the rails.” “so it’s like a cult?” “it’s in the middle of fucking nowhere.” “the only bad thing was that they put me in some questionable outfit choices.” “look at me on national television in skinny jeans.” “every time i go there, i rethink my whole life.” “i took shrooms while i was out there.” “i’m like scared to push my limits on that stuff.” “i haven’t been wanting [ muse name ] to do psychedelics, but . . .” “what is it? there’s like a performance right?” “let’s get a fucking coconut bra and shake our ass.” “it’s hot girl summer, baby.” “we were all sleeping in bunk bed and we almost burned the house down.” “after my experience, you to are on your own.” “either way nothing was gonna go well for me.” “fuckin david dobrik ass, filming our drama.” “we almost like invited boys over from tinder.” “it was a great outfit, i’ll give her that.” “full circle moment, baby!” “love you guys, imma go get drunk now.”

#rp memes #sentence memes #word prompts #word drabble #roleplay memes #roleplay prompts #ask prompts #rp starters #indie rp #*[ rp memes ]

[parachutingkitten]

Imma Rant About How Pixal Deserves Better (cuz what else is new)

I love Pixal. That’s no secret. But the writers need to make up their minds about if they want her to be a member of the core cast or not, cuz it’s driving me nuts. Now, this is not a ‘pixal needs to be a ninja!’ post, cuz no, she doesn’t. Her being samurai x is an awesome and coherent move story wise. Moving from samurai x to the water ninja was a natural transition for Nya (even if I personally didn’t like the execution that much, but whatever- that’s a rant for another time), but if they tried to do it for Pixal, it wouldn’t make any sense. This doesn’t mean I’m against Pixal having the potential for ice powers- I wrote a fic about her reaching her true potential for goodness sake- but that also isn’t what this is about. This is just a post about her being a member of the team, because the writers have been playing her with only one foot in the door for four seasons now, and it’s NOT working. 

Remember in season 1 and 2, when Nya was samurai x? Yeah, sometimes she would stay behind, but most of the time, she was going on the missions with them. She got to interact with all of the boys. When the ninja got captured, she got captured. When the Ninja went on a large scale mission, she went with them. Down. Out of the Bounty. She worked with the Ninja, beside them, not in a totally separate B plot with just Wu. Her role in the team was admittedly different, but it was still equal. But now, samurai x, as Pixal, is the designated ‘stay behind’ character. And it’s played like this big sacrificial move, and she does some cool things while the team is gone but the one big problem with it is THE TEAM ISN’T THERE TO SEE IT! So it doesn’t expand her standing within the team. It doesn’t give the satisfaction of a big heroic moment, because it’s a B plot! The one purely Pixal centered episode EVER was the one in season 11 where she fights the preeminent. Guess what? The only team member there is Wu, it’s a b-plot filler episode, and it’s never brought up again. 

And yeah, that’s the only Pixal focus episode in the whole series. She’s a side character in season 3, she’s non existent in seasons 4-7, season 8, her reveal episode is cluttered with baby Wu/Harumi drama, and she’s not even physically and mentally there until the last few seconds of the episode (that rewrite is on it’s way, promise), season 9 she’s drowned out by the EMs, season 10 she has half an episode to shine where, once again, she ‘stays behind’ in a b plot with 0 character growth, which leaves the one episode in season 11 where she is the true 100% focus, and even then... it’s ‘stay behind’ b plot filler. Pixal hasn’t even been given a decent character arc... ever! She has like 2 (and a half) arcs total in the whole series. Season 3′s ‘getting a heart and falling in love’ arc, Season 8′s ‘I am samurai x arc’ which they don’t even explore that well, and then arguably, if you really squint, season 4′s ‘becoming part of Zane’ arc, but even then, that’s pretty much discovered and wrapped up in one episode. Complain all you want about Cole not having his own full season, but at least he’s got himself several well written, entertaining, A-plot, multi season arcs. The ‘Holy crap I’m a ghost’ arc, the ‘frustration with my best friend’ arc, and the ‘I am a father now’ arc. Say what you want, but he’s a main character of the show, and one of the go-to characters the writers love to throw stuff at, with distinct relationships with his cast-mates. 

Pixal’s interactions with the team all feel so forced. Like the writers want to include her, but don’t know how to. Mainly cuz they don’t know how to write her when she’s not around Zane. Her scenes with Zane are drop dead adorable! And... I suppose her alone time with Wu was...okay. But it’s like when she’s not alone with Zane the writers forget who she even is. That season 11 episode? They play her weirdly innocently. I’m sorry, that’s not Pixal at all. It’s been established since season 3 that she’s our grounded, painfully realistic, sass robot. Where is this “does that mean you’re not mad at me?” stuff coming from? Thing is, later in the episode, she’s acting like herself. So... idk what happened in the middle there. But because they don’t know how to write her in the context of the team, most of the time she’s reduced to standing around in the background. Even in fight scenes. Why? WHY?! You obviously want to include her? How do you do that? Maybe, I don’t know, HAVE HER INTERACT?!

Seriously, this isn’t that hard to fix. You split up the team all the time. Just have her go on a mission with Jay. Or Cole. Or Nya. Or anyone other than Zane. Play it for laughs. Play it seriously. Play it for those sweet sweet wholesome vibes. Idk. Just have her do something! These characters have stuff to bond over! Jay has a fascination with Borg industries in general, that would be fun to play off of. Cole and Pixal both have a pretty DEEP untouched emotional baggage. Lloyd and Pixal both have this sort of “not part of the pilot cast, joined later and never really integrated 100%” vibe going for them. Kai and Pixal have beef! This could be one of the great Ninjago rivalries! Nya and Pixal can bond over samurai x, that’s a total gimme one! These characters have relationships ripe for building, but they just DON’T TALK TO EACH OTHER! 

Every main character. EVERY MAIN CHARACTER has at least one episode (but likely many more) dedicated to them, where they do something real cool, single handedly save the day or something, and the whole team comes and hugs them and says “wow, great job!” “You’re an important and valued member of our team!” “This is why you’re great!” and... I just want one of those for Pixal. Please. Pretty please. Just so she can have some validation. Just so that the main cast can acknowledge her existence. And as trivial as this one episode may seem, I think it’s really important. She needs her big ‘save the team’ episode. She never had a sort of “true potential” moment when she really proved herself, and I think that’s really what she needs. Think about how good the Royal Blacksmiths episode was for Cole. He spills about some of his baggage, each of the team members is forced to interact with it, and try to understand it, and in the end they all work together to help him get past this rough patch in his life, and he ends up looking like a boss and saving the day in the process (also note, probably the best group hug ever in Ninjago history). Now, you could argue that since she doesn’t have a element, her being samurai x could work to give her that episode. Great. Cool. That makes sense. But Pixal doesn’t have a “true potential” episode- she has a “reveal” episode, where the ninja have to fight her cuz she’s evil and she doesn’t end up saving the day, Nya does. You see why even though it’s technically “focused” on Pixal, it isn’t meaningful at all to her character?

Thing is, I wouldn’t even be that mad... if she were a Skylor type character. I like Skylor as much as the next chick, and say what you want about her screen time, but at least she has a defined role within this universe! If Pixal was Zane’s cool robot gf/ samurai x - secondary protector of the city - that popped up for a cameo once in a while and played a larger role in seasons that merited her, I would be fine with it! Borg isn’t a big character, but he gets appropriate screen time, some seasons more than others, and he still feels like a cared about piece of the canon! This would work pretty well for Pixal too! Would I like this better than her being an active part of the main team? Hell no! I think her being on the team is the right way to lean, but as of right now, she’s just doing nothing of substance. I’d rather the screen time she has be meaningful than have her as a token nothing in the background of every episode.

That’s my main point here. Either start respecting her as a character, or stop pretending she’s on equal footing with the team. We already know season 12 isn’t gonna improve on that. The ninja go into the video game world and Pixal stays behind. Granted, Zane doesn’t go either, so maybe we’ll get some good content. But again, it’s the B plot, and with Zane. Nothing we haven’t seen before. (I could keep going about how the show has been pushing Zane out of the picture even back in season 3, but again, a rant for another time) 

Anyway, this rant pretty much sums up why most of my fanfic is Pixal-centric. It’s a character the writers just REFUSE to write for but has a decent amount of screen time, so there’s a lot of possibilities. Might do another rant about the whole ice powers thing. Idk. Just needed to get this out. thanks for reading :)

#ninjago #Pixal Borg #parachuterants #pixal deserves better

[a-solitary-marshmallow]

Baby Take a Bow - Chapter 4

Taako grumbled as he tossed bits and pieces around the kitchen. So much for kicking back this cycle. He’d spent all morning combing the woods with Lup and Merle only to come up empty-handed, and then Davenport had the audacity to stick him with babysitting for the afternoon! Just great.

Tot-Magnus trailed after him over the tiles. “Watcha doing?”

“Cooking.”

“Watcha cooking?”

“Surprise.”

“Oh.” Magnus paused in the middle of the kitchen and started to gnaw on his thumb nervously. The little demon would chew through it at this rate. Taako conjured a rubber chewie toy shaped like an elephant and popped it into Magnus’s mouth in passing. The kid let out a surprised sound.

Taako dropped his bucket of apples onto the bench and started peeling with a practiced hand. Magnus, chewing absently on his toy, wandered over and crawled onto a chair to peek at what Taako was doing.

“Apples!” Magnus crowed excitedly. “Why are there so many?”

“They’ll go bad if we leave them for too long and this planet has plenty of fruit already, so I’m using them all up.”

“Can I help?”

“Sure, pass ‘em to me, my man.”

Soon Taako had finished peeling and chopping the apples into pieces. Magnus watched the quick knifework with stars in his eyes. Next came the rhubarb, and then he swept them into a pot to stew and started working on the crumble. He darted around the kitchen to retrieve the ingredients he needed.

Magnus watched him curiously from his chair, still gnawing happily on his chewie toy. At one point he dropped it and Taako caught it with a quick mage hand. He conjured a cord, strung the toy with it and tossed the chewie-necklace around Magnus’s neck to stop him dropping it again. Magnus cooed happily.

Taako dropped the measured ingredients and a bowl in front of the kid.

“Alright, time to make yourself useful ya little nuisance. I want that mixed together, and if you use your hands to do it you’ll be eating Merle’s cooking for a week.”

Magnus giggled and got to work mixing with entirely the wrong kind of spoon. Still, better than using his grubby mitts. Taako got to work on making ice cream. None of that store-bought shit. Just because the shops on the last plane sold that crap didn’t mean he had to buy it. Taako wished he’d had time to school that prissy ice-cream-man on how to make proper ice cream. The guy would have been weeping at his feet.

The crumble was well and truly stirred, but Magnus seemed pretty happy going at it so Taako let him continue. It wasn’t like crumble could get over mixed. While the ice cream was freezing and the fruits were stewing away, Taako made a decision.

“Alright, move over, short stuff.” He retrieved the bowl of crumble and slapped down a ball of cookie dough that he’d left to sit in the fridge last night. “You want sugar highs? Of course you do, you brat. What you wanna do is roll out the dough, like so, cut it into shapes, and put it on this tray, capishe?”

“Okay.” Magnus said brightly.

“Well hurry up, pumpkin, we don’t have all day.” Taako waved his hand and went off to start constructing the apple crumble and put it in to bake. The few times he passed Magnus, the kid was hard at work. Ha – that’d show Barold. Who occupies a kid with painting skulls? Of course Taako was the far superior babysitter. He was probably Magnus’s favourite, too.

Or he better be, after feeding the critter. Taako refused to let his ears blush at the thought of being the favourite.

“Ko!” Magnus squeaked. Taako ducked over to glance at the cookie-dough shapes on the tray. “Look, I did it!”

“Choice, my man. What are they?”

“That one’s a cookie.” Magnus said very seriously.

“Uh, yeah, no duh. What’s the shape?”

“It’s shaped like a cookie, duh!” Magnus screwed up his stupidly adorable face. “And this one’s a monster, and this one’s the ship,” He pointed out a couple others that Taako lost track of, “and this one’s your hat!”

Taako looked dubiously at a vaguely pointy-looking shape. “This one, huh?”

Magnus beamed at him.

“…good job, honeybun. Looks just like the real deal. What do you say we put these bad boys in the oven, then we can ice them?”

 By the end of the afternoon Taako had a tray of shitty-looking cookies, a dish of apple crumble and a tub of ice cream to show for it, just in time to pawn Magnus off on someone else while beginning to make dinner. He flagged down a passing Merle.

“Yo, Merle, come take the shortstuff for a while. I’ve got actual cooking to do.”

Merle waddled over and Magnus looked distraught. “What? But we were having so much fun!”

“Yeah, pumpkin, but Taako’s got work to do.” Taako opened the fridge and reached for the vegetable compartment – only to feel something small latch onto his leg.

“Please don’t make me go! I wanna stay here with you!” Magnus wailed.

Of course kid Magnus would be throwing temper tantrums. Adult Magnus was like, the most childish person Taako knew, and he was an adult.

Taako just wasn’t used to how small he was now, how tiny and fragile and trusting he was. How badly he wanted company, Taako’s company. Taako very carefully did not turn around and did not let Merle see how his eyes were prickling. The stupid dwarf seemed to notice anyway.

“I’ll just leave the baby with you.” He snickered. Taako could feel his cheeks and ears blush furiously. He didn’t turn around until the sounds of Merle’s waddling footsteps had retreated from the kitchen.

Taako took a deep breath, blinking hard to clear his eyes before swiveling around to glance at the human child still attached to his leg. Magnus was sniffling and looked ten seconds away from a full meltdown.

“Jeez, all you had to do was ask, no need to throw a tantrum. You wanna help me make dinner for everyone?”

Magnus sniffed and nodded.

“Cool. Imma need you to let go of Taako’s leg, then we’ve got a lasagna to make. Let’s cook some gourmet fucking food.” He paused. “Shit, don’t repeat that. Wait, don’t say that either.”

“Don’t say gourmet?” Magnus asked weakly.

“Err, no, you can say that.”

“You mean ‘fuck’?”

“You wash your mouth out with soap, young man. Now get over here and wash your grubby hands too, before you touch any of my food that’s not gonna be peeled.”

“Okay!” Magnus, bright once again and with only a few tear tracks remaining from his tantrum, scurried over to the sink. Taako most definitely did not swipe tears from his traitor eyes.

Babysitting was stupid. If anyone tried to take Magnus away he was gonna cast Magic Missile on their kid-stealing ass.

#taz #taz balance #balance #my fic #my writing #btab

[freeshavacado]

My thoughts while reading Gone by Michael Grant:

* wait how old is Sam

* He do be liking Astrid doe

* Damn so Sam is a Leader

* Ew Orc is an 8th grader? 🤮

* Ok I googled it Sam is 14

* I like Quinn

* Sam thinks he’s so awkward but he’s actually really chill so far

* THE PAIN THIS GIRL IS GOING THROUGH OH MY GOD

* Poor Mary :(

* Howard’s a bitch

* Cut to Quinn being a racist motherfucker

* I love Edilio

* Sam is WHIPPED for Astrid

* Orc is such a piece of shiiiiiit

* LANAAAAA :(((

* Poor thing is in so much pain

* Patrick her dog is alive so that’s good

* She’s deadass slowly dying

* Thank god her arm is better

* I want to make this into a TV series

* If Sam and Astrid don’t kiss at some point I swear

* Hahahaha Sam do be shirtless rn

* Why isn’t Astrid happy to see Little Pete???

* MARY. IF YOU POUR HOT ASS COFFEE ON A CHILD, DONT JUST STAND THERE AND THEN RUN AWAY. PUT COLD WATER ON THE BURN

* Aw Mary has had bulimia since she was ten :(

* Ok so what she just took her Prozac and then threw up? Wouldn’t the pill go up too? I think your stomach/body needs like 30 minutes to absorb it into the blood stream...

* HELP SAM HES CHOKING

* Bruh my ass would be so exhausted

* Quinn low key an ass tho

* Lol edilio isn’t standing for this bullshit

* Lmaooo Astrid knew 💀

* Omg little Pete has it too

* Wow Quinn is an asshole pt 2

* I feel like Caine is gonna be a villain...like he’s pretty AND nice? Nah bro too good to be true

* Fucking Orc god 😒😒😒

* Caine is up to some shit 🤨

* Lmao hold up

* Diana probably whipped tho

* Sam please only be a simp for Astrid 😩

* I bet Drake is hot

* Aww computer Jack :) DONT YOU TURN ON ME SON

* “The captain is already maintaining” Bullshit 💀

* Are they really gonna call this eighth grader ‘Captain’?

* LMAOOO THE BASTARD CANT EVEN READ OR WRITE 💀💀💀

* Lol making Sam the fire chief because he was brave enough to go into a fire one time, so therefore he is the most qualified

* Bruh that’s like if I gave a kid the Heimlich maneuver bc he was choking on a gummy worm or some shit and they were like “Well because she did that, she should be the head doctor!!!”

* CAINE IS FULL OF SUCH BULLSHIT OML

* PRETENDING TO CRY N SHIT GOD

* I already know that Diana is gonna try and seduce Sam while she’s actually a spy for the private school kids

* Which, btw, of course it’s the private school kids smh

* I feel like maybe Computer Jack will be someone who eventually switches to the Good Side

* ALSO wow jack really be thinking that he’s smarter than Astrid smh 🙄

* Jack is such a smartsass

* Diana is such a fucking bitch oh my god 😒😒😒

* “You don’t look tough, Astrid” STFU SHES THE TOUGHEST OF THEM ALL

* Ok but I bet Diana and Astrid low key have sexual tension. Like obviously nothing’s gonna happen...but still

* Bruh I hate Caine

* Fuckin Diana with her ‘readings’ bullshit smh

* YESSSS LANA 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 so strong

* Literally how do they not know how to make pasta

* “I thought your people ate tortillas,” QUINN YOU RACIST PEICE OF SHIT UGH

* Poor Bette :(

* Orc is a piece of shit, I know we’ve already established this but I wanted to say it again

* I love Edilio so much

* Orc really using a slur against Edilio huh. Imma kill him

* IM SO DONE WITH QUINN. THIS BITCH REALLY JUST SAID “let him have her” LIKE TF????

* Drake is such a bastard oh my god

* If you hate Quinn and you know it clap your hands 👏🏻👏🏻

* No seriously. I fucking hate him.

* Nooooo Bette died :((

* “I can’t kiss you with your little brother watching” AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

* Did they kiss or not wtf

* What the hell is up with this cat

* Ah so they did kiss!!

* Why didn’t I get details 🤨

* No a baby died 😞

* Quinn s u c k s

* How convenient that Sam got there *right* before Emma disappeared

* Those last 6 minutes before Anna disappeared too and was calling out to her sister, and so for what she thought was her last few minutes on earth she held sams hand :(

* Lol Diana sucks

* ‘WoRDs DONT sCArE mE’ shut up Drake

* Okay Computer Jack is definitely going to betray them because they underestimate him and take him for granted

* You’re telling me Caine and Sam could be TWINS???

* Why was the kiss ‘a mistake’ ?

* Okay NOW they’re awkward

* “But it was the first time I meant it” I CANT. ITS SO CHEESY

* I HATE QUINN

* These kids are crazy violent

* Fuck Diana

* Yikes now Sam only has some of his eyebrows left 😬

* Caine is in love with Diana 👀

* Little Pete might be more powerful than Caine 😛

* THESE KIDS ARE CRAZY LIKE CHILL

* Diana: I really dislike you Astrid: of course you dislike me, I make you feel inferior

* ROASTED ^

* Mmmm Quinn is trying to redeem himself

* “Don’t call me brah. I’m not your brother” OHHHHHHHHHHH HE REALLY WENT THERE

* that’s what you get for being a backstabbing asshole

* Poor Astrid :(

* Poor Little Pete :(

* Bro I need this to be a movie

* I love that Sam just punched Quinn like we had no choice but to stan

* Ok drake would definitely shoot up a school

* Fuck Drake

* Lana is so strong. Like she’s been in so much pain physically and mentally, and she almost died. But she saved herself and now even though she thinks she might be the only person left alive on earth, she is still keeping strong.

* What happens if the boat runs out of gas?

* Bruh these coyotes don’t give up

* THE COYOTES AGAIN??

* “Go out” “You’ll kill me,” “Yes. Go out, die fast. Stay, die slow”

* Wowwwwwwwwwww^

* Lmaooo “L.P.”

* Awwww Sam: “...she was still so beautiful that sometimes he had to look away.”

* Okay he a lil’ horny

* Awe Astrid and Sam hugging I’m soft 🥺

* I’m so sick of these damn coyotes

* Bruh these coyotes 😒

* Diana is annoying

* Literally can’t remember who Andrew is, but they’re about to film his passing away like wtf

* Poor Andrew :(

* “You’re a deep sleeper, Jack. Just now, while you were sleeping? I held your pudgy little hand. Probably as close as you’ll ever get to holding hands with a girl. Assuming you even like girls.” FUCK YOU DIANA

* Okay so Diana will protect Jack as long as he ‘belongs’ to her and does what ever she wants? That’s pretty sus

* Sam and Astrid kissed again 😖☺️

* Lmaooo Albert over here running McDonald’s

* Salads disappeared quickly from the McDonald’s menu since this whole thing? Who the hell orders a salad from McDonald’s?

* So Albert kinda whipped for Mary 👀

* I haaaaatttteeee the private school kids

* Y’know what depending on where I was and who I was with in this situation, I might’ve just killed myself

* “Remember who owns you” ew 🤨

* Diana. I hate you

* Bro I feel bad for Andrew

* How is Lana back at the cabin?

* That IS Lana right??

* Okay things are moving fast between Sam and Astrid. Like she’s already saying “I just want you here with me. Safe” like 🤢

* Lana, about Sam: your boyfriend? Astrid: ThAts nOt WhAt iTs AbouT

* LMAOO AFTER SHE SAID THAT SHE SAID IN A LOW VOICE “kind of” WHAT

* Lol Lana be out here like “yeah shits crazy. Get with the program”

* Ew they’re eating pudding with their hands 🤮

* I don’t care how hungry you are, that’s gross

* Like get a spoon or something

* Lana just called Astrid “smart girl Barbie” 🤨

* Part of me is like “lol” but the other part of me is like “bruh stop Astrid did nothing wrong”

* I still hate Quinn but he is kind of funny

* Lana calling Astrid “the blonde” like girl 😑

* Bruh you’re stuck in a house that is literally on fire and getting hotter by the second as it fills with smoke, now is not the time to be kissing Astrid

* Finally the damn coyotes are gone.

* Sam is so angry and he’s disgusted with himself for being so angry, I relate

* Fuck you, Quinn

* Fuck drake

* I would gladly kill Drake

* OOOOOOOOO EDILIO LIKES LANA AHHHHHH

* SIMP

* omg I love it 😩

* Lmaooooo Sams speech wow

* Sam you should NOT forgive Quinn. Especially not that fast. Yikes.

* Orc should feel bad for killing Bette. I have no pity for him rn

* Yes please kill drake.

* I am so happy that his arm is on fire. 100% he deserves to feel that pain

* Aww that’s kinda nice that Albert is planning thanksgiving dinner for everyone

* DAMMIT DRAKE

* I hate drake so much like dude just shut up and leave everyone alone

* Orc oh my god I could not be rolling my eyes harder right now

* Tbh if Orc and his other friends die, I’m okay with that

* What tf is up with this DVD

* Little Pete caused all of this??? 😦

* I’m sooooo sick of this whole darkness and coyote stuff istg

* Where is Patrick?????

* If Patrick is dead imma throw hands

* Diana is such an evil person. Like Drake is a monster, but she’s horrible in a different way.

* Also ughhhhhhhhhh Drake is back 😒😒😒😒😒 so sick of that mf

* “So. When do we go take down Sam Temple?” 🙄🙄🙄 no one likes you Drake

* AHAHAHHSJAHSHSHHSHD

* SAM JUST TOLD ASTRID HE LOVED HER

* AND SHE SAID IT BACK

* IM. S O F T

* (like my brain is still saying “y’all have talked for less than two weeks and you’re 14”)

* But like whatever 😭❤️

* My eyes just rolled into the back of my skull once Diana appeared

* Taylor low key flirting with Sam tho 👀

* When I first met Dekka, I was all: ‘what the hecka?’

* THOSE DAMN COYOTES

* I’m crying because Quinn couldn’t kill Drake because he was scared, and now children are screaming. Ugh I really wanted him to kill Drake but I understand that killing someone is a crazy thing to have on your conscience

* Call me cold hearted, but I would’ve shot him

* This is all in theory of course ^ I bet if I was in that situation though it wouldn’t be as easy as “just shoot him”

* I don’t think I’ve ever been more annoyed with a fictional character than I am with Drake rn

* Yooo I bet Isabella has some animal powers or sumn

* Caine 🙄🙄🙄 like that emoji doesn’t even come close to describing how annoyed I am

* Wait so is Patrick back now or...?

* Caine really just. Kissed Diana. Because she “owed him”????

* THIS IS SOME BULLSHIT

* I literally hate sooooooooo many characters in this book ugh 😒😒😒

* Quinn is watching Drake kill Sam and is doing nothing. I’m so done with this piece of shit

* Ok finally he tried to shoot him

* “You know it always gets me hot when you say ‘apt analogy.’” “Why do you think I do it?”

* Y’all 🥴🥴🥴

* THOSE DAMN COYOTES

* Literally? Imagine being this heartless. Giving up hundreds of kids to coyotes without hesitation. The hate I have for Caine is real

* Once again, Orc feeling bad for what he did to Bette. And honestly? I’m still okay with that

* This kid is an a l c o h o l i c

* Computer Jack is so annoying like dude stop holding on to Sams leg. Literally

* Still hate Diana, but I like that she’s helping out Sam a little bit

* Ew Diana just kissed Sam on the corner of his mouth 🤢

* I TOLD YALL ^^^

* Yay Patrick is alive :)

* “I guess we won,” Sam said. “Yeah,” Edilio agreed. “I’ll get the backhoe. Got a lot of holes to dig.”

* ^im. Depressed

* I cannot for the life of me remember who Cookie is

* “Orc sat with Howard in a corner by themselves. Orc had fought Drake to a standstill. But no one-least of all Orc-had forgotten Bette.”

* ^good.

* Y’all Sam and Astrid flirting I- 🥴🥴

* We love to see it ^

* Awww “we’re going to the beach” y’all Astrid and Sam are so cute

* THOSE DAMN COYOTES

* FUCK. Goddamn this cliffhanger 😡

#gonebook #funny #gonebymichealgrant #goneseries #readingfunny #readingmemes #gonefunny #samtemple #astrid #caine #littlepete #thefayze #gonememes #drake #book #bookfunny #bookmemes #bookmeme #mine #funnymemes #reading #read #gone #gone2008

[yuhuangzhou]

i almost gave myself a fricking finger cramp liking all your intro posts/prclubtalk posts...goshDARN you guys are so active already! i go grocery shopping for 2 hours and the dash is completely full of new content and amazing writers???

i leave you guys alone for TWO! HOURS!

anyways hi everyone!!! so excited to be here! call me aza and i’ve also gone by wren before. if either of those names sound familiar it was PROBABLY me (but i absolve myself of anything embarrassing it’s been YEARS since i’ve been really active in krp/indie) and i’m one of your resident dumpster fires in human form!

i don’t use enough periods and use almost exclusively exclamation marks in casual convo and i’d love to plot with you all!!! let’s get into it!!!! leave a like or a comment or slide into my messages if you’re interested in plotting/writing!

this is her whole bio but here’s a quick and dirty rundown

parents were fake designer handbag/scarf sellers on the streets of guangzhou, and she loved trying to pick out the differences in a fake vs a real one, but her dad got arrested (on additional charges), and her mother split so she took her ass to a police station

adopted at age 9 into a wealthy family (older couple) and she realized that this was a fucking amazing opportunity. took advantage of it, fell in love with traditional art during the art education aspect of her high-brow education, and from there devolved into exploring all sorts of mediums and traditional/contemporary artists!

but also really enjoyed criminal justice, knew art wasn’t necessarily a stable career path (plus she can’t do it herself), and so went into the forensic arts as a lab tech for 4 years or so. no one took her seriously at first, just thought she was a pretty face but BAM comes along a case and she fucking solves it because it involves a real? fake? jackson polluck piece. pretty high profile case, so she gains some recognition/starts building up a reputation

from there, she dips from the lab because *double middle fingers up* and starts making connections with people from the art world and specifically from the art auction world.

works with/studies under/interns her time to other art scholars while being selective in contracting out her time (aka make it super fucking hard for people to schedule her time, and then the more they’re willing to beg/pay to get her specifically). as her art scholar/art historian resume builds, she continues to take on only high profile auction jobs

to the point where if she’s at an auction, prices on specific pieces with her seal of approval go up by the million - and also if she says it’s a real piece, people are generally inclined to believe her (which might make everyone’s jobs in the president’s club re: art a little easier, but only by a smidge)

as for her as a person...

she’s a bit of a priss? a bit of a bitch! but not really it’s just all a *krp voice* defense mechanism.

and like, she generally maintains a ‘classy’ air due to her teenage years of upper class living/manners/education which for the most part broke the streets out of her, but it’s kind of an...insecurity of hers, even after all these years.

obviously has abandonment issues so she doesn’t like to let people in past close platonic relationships like...familial and romantic relationships? PHEW! forget about it!!!

thus has resigned herself to the fact that she’s going to be without a partner for the rest of her life, but is okay-ish with that (as it’s kind of a natural human longing to be loved) so long as she’s doing something she loves and is surrounded by interesting people (and oh hey, that’s all your muses!)

speaks english pretty fluently, but does retain an accent

has those UGLY designer baggy clothes, but hates wearing them because they’re just ugly AND expensive. she’d much rather wear oversize, cheap, comfy clothes with hair tied and glasses on - or get completely dolled (hair? DONE! makeup? PRISTINE!) up in a $$$ sheath dress. extremes. she lives her life in them!

yeah she fucks! she’s thirty-one! considers physical relationships as just something that needs to be sated every now and then. i’m comfortable with nsfw themes, but if you’re not don’t WORRY and don’t feel like you need to incorporate it at all...i’m just in the camp of ‘i don’t think people should be afraid of talking about that stuff for their muses’ lmao

loves a good red lip, honestly

absolutely fucking hates sandals. thinks they’re an absolute abomination

biggest ‘social’ pet peeve is being interrupted while in the middle of a sentence/thought. she will literally try to bite your head off if you consistently do this (especially if you know her/KNOW that sets her off).

honestly? get your butt over her and let’s plot! (imma go make dinner real quick, and in about 45 minutes come back and respond to things!!!!) looking forward to it, guys!

#prclubtalk #prclub:intro #( ok ok ok guys we're here!!! we made it!!!!! #intro

[inmyarmswrappedin]

Thoughts on each even, you don’t have to answer. You just have some of the better skam opinions on this site.

Hi 🤩💫 First off, flattery will get you absolutely everywhere with me, anon, thank you so much haha. 

I took a few days to think about how best to answer this ask because most of the Evens don’t feel so different to me that I could think of many things to say about each one. But then I thought I’d approach the Evens through their art style. 

I was a bit of an Even in high school— liked 90s hip hop, fell in love a lot, was a bit of a dreamer and a romantic, doodled and tried my hand at different art projects with mixed results, etc. So in talking about the Evens, I’m also going to talk a bit about myself if you don’t mind! 

I’m also not going to rank them this time, let me know if you want me to rank them (or to rank anything else about Skams, idc).

Even - I like Even’s drawing style and I feel it suits him very well. He never had an insta, but Isak’s season banner features a good amount of his drawings, plus the ones we saw on the show. He’s obviously influenced by American hip hop and comic culture, what with the COOLCAT, the weed, the crown, the diamonds… and the dicks. I’m very fond of Even’s Illuminati eye surrounded by boners, lol. It really feels like the kind of things a boy like Even (who loves Romeo + Juliet and Pretty Woman and Gabrielle, but also Nas and Lars von Trier and Stjerner uden hjerner and FIFA) would draw. I like that Even felt inspired by his conversations with Isak and pushed through his own fears to make art directly referencing things Isak said. Even felt scared by the possibility of parallel universes, but in order to show Isak how much he cared, his drawings for Isak all referenced parallel universes. I also like that Even’s art style is not stereotypically cute. It reminds me of the borderline gross style of Daniel Clowes and Peter Bagge.

Niccolò - Okay, so at this point I think we’re all aware that Skam Italia didn’t even have the budget for insta content, and they clearly didn’t have the budget to hire an artist specifically to create Niccolò’s art. He does have lots of drawings in his room, but then he doesn’t really draw anything for Martino? It feels like Niccolò is more of an arts and crafts kind of person, at least to me. Anyway I like that (aside from the red string of fate, which never got a follow up of any kind) the stuff Niccolò makes for Martino all reference Last Man on Earth, the TV show they bond over, in one way or another. The show is really not what I would call epic romance material, which I feel works for them tbh!

Eliott - My thing with both Eliott’s furry thing and Polaris, is that both seem really cute, but ultimately like… they didn’t mine either thing for all it was worth, I guess I would put it. Also, in comparison to other Evens, Eliott’s thing is almost developed (Eliott is after all a fictional character, not a real person) in order to elicit maximum cooing from its audience. Like, no one would say the illuminati boners or Last Man on Earth are objectively cute, not out of context! (And I’m far from a Skam Italia fan, I’m just saying.) But the hedgehog and the raccoon and the cat are all drawn in a very cute style. It feels a little too saccharine sweet for a 18-year old. However, Maxence not looking like a 18-year old might also play a part in my hesitance, because as a 18-year old I legit drew a full on comic about me and my then crush as superheroes fighting against our teachers in order to conquer college admittance tests together. (Like I said, Even and I have some shit in common lol.) And I drew my crush as a cat because he looked like a cat to me. So where the hell do I get off criticizing Eliott, y’know? As for Polaris, it’s like… Okay, so one is afraid of the light and one is afraid of the dark, and they meet and kiss right outside the cave, what else? It’s like, it’s cute and romantic, right, but not very developed as a season long motif.

David - I mean, do I have to say it? I love David and everything about him. I love that he has different art styles and uses different tools, it’s very realistic for someone his age still trying to find what his specific thing is. I love his sketches and his collages and the fact that he has a vampire persona that he draws in thicker lines. I love that he didn’t initially have an insta, and that he only got it because Sara and Leonie needled him about it, and I love that he didn’t post selfies or pictures of himself until he went through his character development. I love that his vampire persona crap is only for Matteo and he doesn’t post those cartoons on his very serious, very aesthetic insta. I love that his vampire persona looks similar to the Magdalene Hanke-Basfeld illustrations for the Angela Sommer-Bodenburg “The Little Vampire” book series. (I have no idea whether it’s intentional/an homage or just me seeing things where I wanna see them, but I loooove it.) I love that his first posts on insta really just seem kind of random (aside from the bird taking flight ofc) and like they don’t have a connection to the s3 storyline, it’s as if David really existed and made art and had ideas and thoughts before he met Matteo. I get such a kick of David’s sense of humor, like he seems kind of angry at the cliche of being barefoot on the beach and having a good time (ZUM KOTZEN!!!). Lol he’s just so delightful. I love that he can’t post a goddamn pic or video without a filter, oh no that’s simply not him!!!!1 And let me tell you about the time he made a highlights folder and named it Nights on Earth, I almost lost it on twitter I had such a great time. Anyway, David’s art and insta really scream that he’s a bit of a pretentious snob who corrects people on proper terminology and will only make cute things for the person he cares about the mostest AND NO ONE ELSE. PERIODT!

Joana - I’m a bit torn about Joana because I’m not into her more anime-esque stuff, but at the same time, god, if that isn’t me. I learned to draw by watching anime and trying to emulate the style, and because I’ve never really taken lessons, my cartoons just scream anime. I’m a bit embarrassed about it, because weeaboos and what not, and that extends to Joana as well lol. Before I revisited the Evens’ stuff for this ask, I had this idea in my mind that Joana’s art is a bit unrealistic because it seems too polished and professional for her character, but really, that’s just the piece that she in character made for the hospital/the BDP project. The stuff on the show and on her insta is actually believable as doodles or pieces she can put a bit more effort into, but aren’t like, art gallery-ready. I like that Joana started posting black and white doodles from graph paper notebooks (ftr this is the kind of notebooks most Spanish students use, lined or blank paper notebooks not so much), and started adding colors and creating more complex pieces as her relationship with Cris progressed. I think it says so much about Joana that the cartoons that represent her are always in some kind of pain, physical or emotional, but the cartoons that represent Cris (including the toads) are always cute, always happy, always desirable. Like, be more in love pls. I love that Joana is a bit of an edgelord, and uses a lot of imagery related to arrows, knives, tears/blood drops. That’s so accurate of girls like her. I love that the season banner has an actual to god vulva on it. Compared to other Evens, Joana seems more focused on drawing than anything else, so maybe that makes her video for Cris’ birthday not plausible, but on the other hand, I feel like Croana shippers could’ve used more cuteness in week 10, so you know what? Imma take that video, copypasta of “Gutten som ikke klarte å holde pusten under vann” as it is. I hope that Joana keeps posting art in s3 and s4, and so we get to see how her style develops. ✨

Sander - I haven’t really watched wtFOCK. 

#skam #druck #skam españa #skam italia #skam france #ask #Anonymous #brain vomit

[youmissedone]

A little rant about Doc from Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

First, I’ll say... this post contains MASSIVE SPOILERS for this movie, so if you haven’t seen it yet, don’t read on unless you don’t care if things get ruined for you, heh.

Next, I’ll mention that this is not a platform to shame the movies in general or to say Final Chapter sucked. I know a lot of you can (and would) say most if not all of the movies sucked, whether on their own or in comparison to the games, but I really love them, despite their flaws. So we’re not going to hate on the movies... except in fun ways, heh. There is a lot I have been able to enjoy, piece together, extrapolate on with these movies, maybe because I have a writer’s brain and a pretty good imagination, so I can overlook certain failings of horror/scifi movies and see their potential in other ways. It’s brain candy for me, so I can’t hate them too much.

Except... Final Chapter... Doc. (sigh)

Words cannot express how much I hated this character. I could just stop there. Buuuut, I won’t. XD Read on if you don’t mind spoilers or you hate Doc as much as I do, haha.

Right, so... Doc. This guy right here.

Doc represents to me the epitome of bad writing, bad plot twists, bad plot twist reveals, and bad scripting. I cannot say bad acting, because... with what this actor was given to work with I think he did a good job. Too bad the writing and script made him look like a total ass. 

So, Doc was made exclusively for the trope of good-guy-turns-out-to-be-spy. I mean, it’s overused, but in some cases it’s an effective and even necessary trope. Not here. Aside from the fact that Doc served no discernible function in the entire movie other than to save Alice from a trap he let her ride into in the first place, Doc was written so poorly that anyone with a decent amount of experience in mapping out and writing story arcs could spot his flip a mile away. But then, once his duplicity is revealed, the movie’s banking on the viewer’s acceptance of this “revelation” is so complete and so obvious that he actually changes in personality, demeanor, and body language. Come with me while I rip Doc’s character apart for being such an affront to expertly crafted spy and betrayal arcs everywhere.

We first meet Doc when Alice wakes up from riding into a trap that full-body bitchslaps her off her motorcycle and causes her to fall unconscious. She wakes up to Doc trying to ram a needle in her heart and get her full of adrenaline so she’d wake up. (sigh) Imma already stop here. Because... already we have problems. When she asks him what's in the syringe, the conversation goes as follows:

“I needed you awake.”

“Why?!”

“Somethin’s comin’. Somethin’ big. Same direction you came.” 

I just... *rubs temples* I have so many problems already. First of all, this is supposedly a group survivors that have barely enough to live on in a building crumbling so badly that it’s down to its metal framework. Where... the frick... is he getting pure adrenaline from? Okay, his “name” is Doc. I’m guessing that’s not his real name. Maybe he was supposed to be an actual doctor? I’m not buying it, and they never really went into that at all. Anyhoo... if we ignore that there’s really no way he would have something like that (unless it was given to him... but I’ll get back to that later), the bigger problem of how does he know something big is coming remains.

You might be like uhm... the armies of undead? Headed their way? That the Dr. Isaacs clone is leading to them? Duh. *wags finger* Okay, just wait up. First of all... how does he know what it is? What does he have like a sixth sense? I thought that was Alice’s job. And second of all, this would almost fly if they had said he saw it through the binoculars or something, but then later on when Abigail alerts Alice to the armies headed their way, she acts as if this is new news. Did Doc see it and just... not report it? I mean, if he was a spy, that would make sense, except that NOBODY REACTED AT ALL to him saying that. My first comment if I was one of the survivors would be, who the hell is this chick (Alice)? But my second one would be, wait what? What something big? Holy crap, Doc, why didn’t you say something?! But nobody reacts. Okay. Fine. Maybe it’s just bad script writing. Yeah, it is, and it only gets worse.

So then when Alice begins to succumb to the really bad wounds she sustained from hitting the trap, she’s taken to Doc’s little infirmary, where she’s offered... mouthwash? Hahaha, I mean that’s what it looked like to me, this bluish-green liquid that’s like... okay, wtf is this now, and where did he get it from? He says it’s the “specialty of the house,” and that it’ll have her on her feet in no time. Sure enough, Alice drinks this shit, and she’s all better. No limping, no more gross coughing, she’s fine! Wtf.

I wanna know what that stuff was, because nothing would have instantly fixed the bruising, possible broken rips, maybe a puncture lung, and possible other broken bones that Alice must have had from that trap. Unless... it was from Umbrella. Honestly, after I had written the earlier scene off as just not making sense because of movie crap, heh, this scene really made me think something wasn’t right with Doc. I immediately had the notion of... he’s getting information and supplies from Umbrella. That’s why he has this great stuff that heals people, that’s where he got the adrenaline from, and that’s how he already knows the armies of undead are coming. That combined with the “Alert our operative in Raccoon City” comment from Wesker pretty much confirmed it, but I’m not done with this scene yet.

So once he fixes Alice up, Claire and him have a little moment. And I mean little. Literally all we get of their relationship is this scene and a bit of hand holding later on. But yeah, they stand close together and that’s supposed to mean something, and then Claire says to Alice, “You know, he and I...” and Alice says, “I noticed.” That’s it. It’s almost like the movie was coming out of itself and telling the view, “Oh, by the way, these two are involved. That’ll be important later, so pay attention.” I mean, seriously, it was so blatantly, extraneous, and unnecessary, and therefore it felt out of place and odd. Also rushed. For all those reason, I already had Doc pegged as the traitor.

And how typical would that be? It’s always the guy you least suspect, right? The movie tries to set him up as a hero, an honorable badass. He’s involved with Claire, and we all like Claire. (Okay, not everybody likes Claire, or Ali Larter’s portrayal, but the movies assume you like her.) You’d never suspect the guy who helped Alice and who was involved with Claire would be a bad guy. They go out of their way to make Doc seem like a great guy - maybe too great - complete with the stoic, calm, suave persona the actor portrayed. He never lost his head, kept other erratic members of his group in line, was a natural leader, and seemed to have a lot of honor. All of these were red flags of a character that is being set up to be too glowing in a world of ambiguous and downright evil people.

Then... we have Doc’s participation through the standoff with the aforementioned zombie armies, the descent into the Hive, and eventually delving into the Hive. He was always asking Alice about things. Where are you going, what are you doing, have you seen (insert name of underdeveloped minor character here)? He really seemed to want to keep tabs on people, always know what was going on, always know what was happening next. To me, that’s exactly what a spy would do... except they would be MUCH LESS FREAKING OBVIOUS ABOUT IT. Double agents who are constantly asking WHATCHA DOIN’ THERE? don’t make it very far, heh. He couldn’t have been more obvious if he had an “I’m a spy” sign on his damn forehead.

And at this point, I feel like the movie might have feared that you were catching on, and it tried to point you in the wrong direction like a kid who says HE LOOK OVER THERE to get you to turn around and then runs in the other direction. I see what you did there, movie. When the Red Queen warns Alice about the “informant” Umbrella had in Raccoon City, the camera skips around to everybody present, Murder on the Orient Express-style, as if to ask the viewer oooooh, who could it be? And in doing so, the camera stops on everybody for a fairly decent moment, until it gets to Doc. Then it kindof flits away like WHOOPS you didn’t see him, don’t suspect him, it’s not him. (sigh) Yes it is, movie. I totally called it.

So yeah, that’s half the reason I hate Doc. They way he was set up was so contrived, and the path leading up to the reveal is so obvious, that I didn’t feel like it was a twist at all. By the time Doc is revealed as the informant, I was surprised at the movie’s insistence that this was big news. I honestly was shocked to realize that they hadn’t blatantly already told me that. That’s how obvious it was.

The other half of why I hate Doc is the change in him after he’s revealed as a traitor. Up until then, he was brave, unafraid, cool/calm/collected, stoic, tough, you name it. Golden badass boy. And a leader. Then we’re told that he’s an informant for Umbrella, and all of a sudden, he’s acting like a totally gullible, unintelligent, dumbass. This irritated me two-fold.

Firstly, the trope that good guys are sexy, calm, and collected, and bad guys must be irrational, erratic, and insane idiots in order to be bad is PLAYED and UNREALISTIC. Why does Doc’s personality need to change after he’s revealed to be a duplicitous asshole? Why can’t he still be a suave sexy bastard, but just be evil? The second he’s revealed as an asshole, he becomes a spineless follower instead of an honorable leader, sucking up to Isaacs by telling him he’ll disable the charges Alice placed in the Umbrella High Command cryo-tubes (even Isaacs patronizes him by saying, “You’ve done well, Doc.” It’s the way he says it. It’s clear he thinks Doc is nothing but a dog to order around...) and then begging for his life, first to Alice and then to Claire. By the time Claire is getting ready to shoot him, he’s yelling out loud in fear of being shot. Was this at all consistent with Doc’s bravery from before? I would have actually liked the character a whole lot more, even despite the crappy buildup, if he had remained the fearless leader-type character he was before he was revealed as a traitor. That would have been so much more interesting and frankly dangerous than the groveling, sniveling, erratic mess he became.

Secondly, I was really pissed off at how little he cared about Claire. And frankly how little she cared about him. Like... granted, their relationship really had no fleshing out whatsoever, but I have a writer’s brain and I tend to fill in blanks on my own. You tell me they’re in a relationship? I’m gonna assume a certain level of bonding has occurred. Now, this kindof goes along with the whole "good guys are badass and villains must be insane dumbasses" peeve, but why can Doc not be a spy for Umbrella AND be genuinely in love with Claire? It would have been far more interesting and compelling of an end to his arc if he had continued to love her and defend her until the end.

I mean, I can tell you why he didn’t. Because if the Resident Evil movies suffer from any catastrophic failures at all, it’s that they insist upon character fitting molds and tropes. It’s too difficult, tedious, and time-consuming to have characters that don’t fit the mold because then we have to address those feels. First of all, these movies don’t have time for that, they’re incredibly rushed. Second of all, they assume for us all as viewers that we don’t want emotions and uncomfortable psychological issues (outside the bare minimum norm for this genre) in a horror/action film. This is evident in them cutting many other scenes in the franchise that would have brought up difficult talking points and emotions, such as the White Queen questioning the morality of Dr. Isaacs butchering so many Alice clones in his obstacle course of death in RE: Extinction.

How uncomfortable and outside the box would it be if Doc still maintained the same affect he had before the reveal (strong, stoic, brave) AND defended Claire against Wesker. Not that he had a change of heart or anything like that. He can still be a villain, but can also genuinely love Claire. The two things are not disqualifying against each other. How cool would it have been if Isaacs ordered him to kill Claire and he said that’s the one thing I won’t do, and then he’s shot for it or dies protecting her from Wesker? That would have been...... awkward at best for the viewer, because you hate this guy. He betrayed Alice and Claire, but then oh... he does really love her and is a brave guy despite his morals not being in the right place. Uncomfortable.... but good.

But horror/sci-fi/action movies tend to not go to places like this with their viewers because they feel it ruins the action or the feel of the movie. To me, Doc would have been more compelling and seemed more realistic and human if things had gone this way instead of the way they did. Villains are real and they’re among us. They’re human just like us. They’re not robots, they’re not all insane, they’re not all grovelling spineless idiots. Sometimes they’re brave dudes who love people. Yes, villains can be capable of great love, and showing that in Doc would have been a very powerful moment. I also would have appreciate a tear or SOMETHING from Claire. I understand he’s betrayed you, but you’re in love with him, or at least involved somehow. Show us that you care, even despite knowing what you have to do.

Phew! *sits back and fans self* Okay. I feel better. I finally got out this long rant about this character that I’ve had in my for a while, haha. This was actually a lot of fun to write. If anyone has anything to add, feel free. if you agree or disagree with what I’ve said, let me know. I love talking about my rants, so feedback is welcomed!

#resident evil: the final chapter

[santiagostyle]

U kno what plot twist ill only ask u for all the even numbers this time!!! Unless any of the odd ones involve music bc i know those are the ones u rly wanna answer so

MARK THE DAY KIDS JO IS BEING NICE TO ME

anyway this is a hella long post lmao s o r r y

2. name your favourite books; why are they your favourite books and do they affect your writing?

my all time favourite is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee which like,, I feel like it doesn’t really affect my writing but it definitely reignited my love for literature which I guess consequently led to me getting back into writing??

also the A to Z of You and Me by James Hannah literally ripped out my heart and stomped on it and I’m seriously pretty sure I finished it within a few hours of starting it. That one probably does affect my writing because it’s very angsty but also in terms of style it’s pretty fragmented which is kinda the direction I tend to go in so!!!

I’m yet to make it past the first chapter but the style of Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy is,,, everything 

not technically a book but I’m a theatre major so ofc i’m gonna include a play!!! 4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane ripped my heart out, tore it to pieces, threw it on the ground and stomped on it (also side note it took me a solid week and a half to recover from watching it performed live). the style is so abstract and disjointed and strange and fragmented but it’s so so perfect and absolutely heartbreaking (also big ass trigger warning if you’re thinking about looking it up)

ALSO i got about halfway through before life got in the way so I didn’t get the chance to finish it but I absolutely adore the style of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and like,,, fun fact I’m actually related to him so ???? i guess writing runs in the family ????? and yeah there are some small parts of that book that I read and thought ‘this sounds like something i would write’ just because i feel like we have pretty similar styles4. why do you like writing? what inspired you to put paper to pen?

I guess I haven’t ever really been happy just living one life or doing one thing at a time so,,,, I write 6. tag any writers that you want to collab with!

hoooooo boy um ?? literally ?? everyone??? but specifically @elsaclack @startofamoment @kasuchi @peraltiagoisland and my girl @johnnydora but for real i wanna write with EVERYONE 8. how many wip do you currently have? which one is your favourite as of the moment?

HA HA HA HA HA for real I literally have like,,, 4 Big Major Fics in the works and then like 11-12 little drabble things also in progress (and by in progress I mean I’ve thought about them and done absolutely nothing else)10. describe your writing in five sentences or less.

sentences suck imma do dot points

- I can’t write chronologically and the beginning of a story is usually the last thing I do

- I have a tendency to write ‘moments’ as opposed to actual full fledged stories if that makes sense? like I find it so much easier to write little ‘scenes’ or slices of life so i often use quite a few time jumps because i find it so difficult to write the stuff that occurs in between big moments

- i always spend so much time and so many words describing the littlest details because those are what i think are most important 

- literally everything i write has a song associated with it and i can’t write without music 

- i either use really long super flowery descriptive sentences, or sentences with like 3 words in them. there is no in between 

12. what do you associate with each of your stories? with your writing in general?

I mean I’ve only published two (2) things on here/ao3 so far but like I mentioned before the music thing so I suppose i associate particular songs with each of my stories?

but also like in general all of my writing comes from a really intense emotional place and like, even if I’m unsure of how my?? mental state?? is doing at a particular time, it comes through in my writing. so if i suddenly only wanna write fluff i know i’m doing okay, whereas i kinda have to be sad to write something angsty like the hellfic14. write a personal history/mini autobiography/author description that you don’t mind sharing.

smol anxious tina fey wannabe spends too much time crying in her room thinking about so many stories while putting off actually writing 16. three pieces of other’s writing that people need to read to understand your inspirations and you?

alright i know like everyone and their dog has already read it but foR REAL @elsaclack‘s sleepwalking changed my goddamn life alright it was literally everything i had ever wanted in a fic and i am still Shooktd to this day okay frick

Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho is also a book that is very important to me and I think everyone should read it 

Neighbourhood Watch by Lally Katz is the first play that actually made me cry just by reading it (like, I didn’t see it live, I cried reading the actual text) because god there’s so much emotion and so many issues that it deals with that are very close to my heart and it reminded me a lot of some people I’m very close to so!!!!18. make a playlist for people to listen to if they want to understand you.

AIGHT I DON’T HAVE TIME TO DO AN ACTUAL PLAYLIST RN BUT I’M GONNA EDIT THIS LATER AND ADD A LINK BUT FOR NOW HERE ARE SOME OF MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE SONGS:

America - XYLØ

Young Blood - The Naked and Famous

Go Bang - PNAU

Sucker - Peaches

Raspberry Beret - Prince

Salvation - The Cranberries

Hero - Regina Spektor

Caught - Florence + The Machine

Time (Video Version) - Stray Dogg & Devendra Banhart

Leaving the City - Joanna Newsom

September 22nd - Brock Berrigan

Havana - Camila Cabello

Queen of Peace - Florence + The Machine

Regular Touch - Vera Blue

Here I Lie - Marika Hackman

Maneater - Nelly Furtado 

Kiwi - Harry Styles

Shut Up and Dance - WALK THE MOON

Baby I Call Hell - Deap Vally

Motel - Meg Myers20. describe your writing life in one sentence. 

I have been writing since I could hold a pen, and telling stories since before then22. your favourite characters to write and why.

oBVIOUSLY JAKE AND AMY but like I think I find Jake just a tiiiiiny bit easier to write because I’m always talking about Amy, like, externally??24. name one fact about yourself that you want your readers to know about you.

for real i’ve literally been writing since i could hold a pen. my mum still has ‘books’ i wrote when i was 3 about the adventures of my teddy bear lmfao26. what are your writing goals for the week? for the month? for the year? how many words/poems do you write per week?

HAHAHAHH WELLLLLL i was meant to be doing nanowrimo this month but then some Things happened so it hasn’t really gotten done. my biggest writing goal at the moment is to make some soliddddd progress on the hellfic (it’s all planned and a lot of the next chapter is written i just,,, can’t make the words work atm) so!!!

also i pretty much write when i have ideas?? which is,,, not often unfortunately

[thegraphitesword-blog]

Pride Prompt Month 7/30: Underground

Fandom(s): Be More Chill, Dear Evan Hansen and Heathers

Relationships: Tree Bros, Two Player Ga(y)mers, Martha <> Veronica

Notes: I had no idea what exactly “underground” meant so I looked it up just to see if I was missing a definition of it. Glad I did because the urban dictionary definition came up and it talked about like underground music and bands and stuff and  guess I kinda took bits and pieces from that.

More notes: An AU where the poor damaged teens of the musicals meet together after chatting over a trauma survivor forum, and Micheal recommends they hang out together and preform in this battle of the bands kinda thing. [Micheal is the drummer (cause that is George Salazar’s go to instrument), Jeremy does keyboard/piano, Connor knows most things with strings (specializes in Bass); Evan sings of course, Veronica plays electric guitar and sings; and Martha sings like a goddess.] This AU has a couple things, Connor, Martha, Jeremy, and Evan have all tried their hands at suicide (though no one yet knows that Evan did), everyone is a pretty adimate pot smoker (including Evan, though much less), Veronica refuses to say anything about the Heathers or JD (except to Martha because she kinda already knows). The squip did happen, but the squip squad didn’t. 

Music I quoted:

“I’m Not Okay (I Promise)” by My Chemical Romance

“Mad Hatter” by Melanie Martinez

“Waving Through the Window” from Dear Evan Hansen by Benji Pasek and Justin Paul

I take no credit in the music I quoted

TW: Anxiety, depression, past suicide attempts, scars both seen and hidden, drug use, panic attacks

Prompt: Underground

Evan’s Pov

Senior year was a wash, after the cast came off, the reminder of past failure was gone, only to be replaced with new desires. I hadn’t really found solice until the rumor spread that the “school shooter chic” Connor Murphy attempted with the same desires as me.

Though I was still reaching for a branch that had broken, I reached out to Connor, just to see if I could help. He resisted for a while, up until both of us got (regrettably) high and he finally dropped his psychopath façade

Weeks later our secret “more than friendship” relationship budded. Yet, even through that we still kept falling from our perches overviewing the world.

My therapist recommended these trauma forums, full of people facing the similar and sometimes more extreme things, like us.  Connor thought it was stupid and depressing, until we found some fallen angels.

The first two went to a school a few towns over. One had fallen victim to this highly dangerous drug, he kept calling a “squip”; Connor tried looking it up , but nothing came up when we searched. His name was Jeremy and apparently his life and psyche was torn to shreds, by the squip. The other was his best friend, Micheal, how hadn’t even started recovering from the outward affects the squip caused. That and the stressors of severe social anxiety.

They were honestly pretty cool, once we got past each other initial damage.

The others were two girls, who lived and attended a school maybe an hour away. I really liked the first one we met, Martha. She tried jumping of a bridge to fix her bullying issues and unrequited love; it remided me of the attempt no one knows about. She was super sweet and very supportive. The other…..well, she had been thorugh a lot. Veronica S. had been caught up in an abusive relationship with a guy (she never said his name) who ended trying to bomb the school, among other things. Connor, dare I say was impressed and happily passed his title as “school psycho”onto the poor kid.

The six of us created our own chat and talked constantly. Micheal helped me with my panic attacks, I aided Jeremy with his. Connor curbed his drug use with long conversations with Micheal and Veronica and Martha gained support thorugh all of us.

We all admitted this was the closest to living friends any of us had besides the person they chatted with. We all yearned to do more than just hunch over phones and laptops.

It was May when the “boyfs” as they called it had a recommendation.

Lost Soul’s CHAT

Player 2: So do any of you play? Like instruments or sing?

Happily Never After: I mostly sing

The Damned: Pretty much any guitar

Player 1: Mikey you know I play

Player 2: sh, I know

Bonsai Boy: No, I can’t play or sing

The Damned: BULLSHIT

The Damned: He sings guys

Dead Girl Walking: I sing and play electric

Dead Girl Walking: Why?

Player 2: Because there is like a battle of the bands thing coming up. Wouldn’t it be bangin if we all met up and played?

The Damned: Like hell, you can’t make me do that.

Bonsai Boy: I guess it would be kinda cool. An excuse to meet everyone in person.

The Damned: ….damnit

Happily Never After: As long as you guys do it, sure

Player 2: Alright. I’m counting Evan and Connor (because he’s a weak star struck lover)

The Damned: Fuck off

Player 2: Jer and I of course, my drums are over here and Martha

Player 1: Veronica?

Dead Girl Walking: Why be the odd one out I guess…

Micheal went on rambling about time, place, and date, but I watched the chat unsure if this was a good idea….but who was I to object.

Veronica’s Pov

I shut the trunk to Martha’s little four door, after loading my small amp and light blue electic guitar. My best friend was waiting in the driver seat. Long gone was the unicorn sweater and plastic bead hair ties. After the JD/Heather incident, she stopped clinging to certain childish things, though our friendship stayed strong.

“Ready, V?”

“Yeah. Are you sure this is a good idea?”

“No, but I trust them. Besides, we can’t find a happy ending awful town.”

After her suicide attempt, she was hung up on the idea and possibility of “happy endings”. I didn’t mind, I thought about it too.

It was 9:45, Micheal said to met at some address by at least 11:20. We had an hour to go and Martha never drove very fast. She turned on FM radio and we “jammed” out for a while, maicheal was online making sure everyone go to the rendezvous point and I couldn’t help but sigh.

“Are you okay?”

“None of them, understand. Sure, they have their own damage, but they don’t know what I did. What it was like.”

“V, then try to give them a chance to understand. They probably understand more than you think. I know I did.”

I tired to smile, “What did I do to get a friend like you?”

“Saved me….a lot of people need to give you more credit.”

“Not really…..but thanks.”

We stayed quiet inly to sing something on the radio. After almost an hour, we pulled up to a one story house that matched the address.

“Is this it?”

Martha shrugged, “Maybe?”

We exit the car, afraid we just walked into a death trap, when someone pulled back the front window curtain.

“Brace yourself, Martha.”

The door burts open and a guy in an oversized decorated hoodie came running out.

“Veronica! Martha! I assume. I’m Player 2, aka Micheal Mell. Everyone else is inside. Come one.”

I grabbed my guitar and gaer and followed Micheal thorugh an empty house to a buzzing basement, and by that I mean the high of weed smoke was swirling through the air.

“Okay, ladies. Jerbear, Player 1,” Jeremy waved before taking a drag, “The Damned, the one and only Connor Murphy- dude don’t smoke my joint.” Connor flipped him off. “And that anxious ball over there,” Micheal said pointing to a bed in the corner, “is dear Evan Hansen aka Bonsai Boy.”

“I-I didn’t name m-myself that.” Evan stammered trying to smile.

Connor snickered, “Guilty.”

“When aren’t you?”

Micheal whips around glancing between the two of us, “Imma guess you’re Martha, you look to sweet to be meany Veronica.”

I roll my eyes and set my things down next to the accumulation of insturments in the corner.

“So what are we actually going to do here?” I ask.

“Well we should figure out what songs/songs to do.”

“Any of you say pop shit, “ Connor sneered, “You won’t live to see the end of it.”

“Connor, shut up.” Jeremy laughed.

Micheal grabbed the joint Jeremy was holding in his mouth and took a long slow drag. Evan spoke up,

“W-well it all depends on what we can play. Not that I can playanythingoramgoodatanything….s-s-orry.”

Connor jumps up, “First order of business, before we continue, everyone in this room is REQUIRED to take two hits.”

I shrugged grabbing Connor’s taking a couple and passing it to Martha.

“I actually can’t smoke because of my lungs.”

“You’re excused!” Micheal shouts.

All eyes turn to Evan, who is just staring at Connor.

“Um…no thanks.”

Micheal’s in on it now, “Come on Evan, from the stories on the forum, you can handle a couple hits.”

Jeremy’s cracking up, [passing over a fresh joint.

Even looks at it then Connor, “Uuuuuuuuuuh….fine.”

I was shocked to watch Evan take a few hits like a pro, then go back to playing with the hem of his shirt.

“Martha, “I whispered, “what have we walked into?”

Micheal’s Pov

After the initial introductions and getting Connor’s little bonsai boy to join in the fun, we got serious….or as serious as we could be after smoking a few of my precious joints. Evan nearly finished one by himself, after he finally loosened up. I started flicking thorugh music I owned, most of it being geeky video game openings, but I had a few.

“Okay so since we are all angsty and super dark, we have to put this on the table.”

I toss Connor my copy of the MCR score of “I’’m Not Okay”

“Fuck, Micheal. What are you some  15 year old white girl?”

“No, but you were once. Don’t lie to me Mr. Long hair-black nail poilish-all black attire.”

Evan laughed, followed by a quick apology.

Jeremy, looked over Connor’s shoulder, “Mikey, do you even remember how to play this?”

I skoff haughtily, “What do you take me for Jerbear? Watch and learn.”

I grab my sticks from my dresser and adjust the drums. I realized it ahd been a while since I played it.

“Don’t laugh.”

I start with little confidence, testing out how much I remember. I made it to the chorus before I forgot where I was.

“Shit, quick someone start singing it.”

Evan shook his head, but Martha was on top of it.

I’m not okay

I’m not okay~

I’m not okay~

You wear me out!

I keep up with her and I start feeling more comfortable.

“Jer, start playing.”

“But, I don’t know this/.”

Connor picked up his bass and started following along with the music. Veronica didn’t play, but she sang as well and Evan watched intently.

~I’m okay. I’m okaaaaaaaaaay

~I’m okay now (I’m okay now)

~But you really need to listen to me

~Because I’m telling you the truth

~I mean this I’m okay

Connor yelled out, “Trust me!” and we stopped to burst into laughter.

I wiped away tears, “So I guess that one is a possibility, but we should have more options.”

Veronica pulls out her phone and scrolls a bit.

“Any of you listen to Melanie Martinez?”

Everyone, but Connor nodded, Even gets up and wraps his arms around his angel of death.

“He does. He just doesn’t admit he does.”

“Jesus Christ Evan, you’re fucking high as a kite.”

Connor pushes him to the floor and we all sigh at him, as he breaks into a giggle fit.

Veronica clears her thought, “Well, what about Mad Hatter.”

Connor’s eyes light up….before quickly darkening. I nudge him, “You like that song, huh?”

“I don’t but my sister does.”

I pluck a string on his bass, “Show us whatcha got. Veronica, you mentioned it, so I assume you can play it?”

She shrugs and tunes her guitar.

“Do you know this one Evan?”

He’s still giggling on the floor, but he rolls on his back and nods.

“Alright stand up. Jeremy?”

“’Sorta. I can play the bit in the beginning.”

Veronica nods, “Alright. Ready Evan?”

Jeremy starts up the toy piano beginning and I man the bass drum, because you always need a steady beat. Evan snickers and takes a deep breath/

~My friends don’t walk they run

~Skinny dip in rabbit holes for fun

~Popping, popping balloons with guns

~Getting high off helium

The rest of us get confused or forgot the music by the end of the bridge, but Evan keeps going. His obvious boyfriend tries to get him to stop, but I nearly tackle him.

“Let him finish.”

We all watch as Evan sings like an adorable, anxious, angel. If I wasn’t in love with Jeremy and if Connor hadn’t snatched up the Bonsai Boy, I would claim him for myself.

The ending lyrics come and Evan tappers off. Ignoring our praise, he sighs and curls up next to Connor, finally giving into the tell-tale signs of being way too high.

“Geez, you guys are gay.” Jeremy laughs, while simultaneously playing with my fingers.

“You’re one to talk gaylord.” He shoots back running a hand over Evan’s back.

I tap my sticks together and check my phone, “It’s late, I was gonna offer to host you guys for the night, but it’s up to you guys.”

“I don’t care, pretty sure Evan’s Mom’s at work and I don’t give a shit about my parents.”

Martha, nods, “And I don’t like driving late at night, so I’m in. How about you V?”

“You’re my ride so….sure”

I squeeze out of Jeremy’s arms and pick up a small collection of post-it notes with numbers for take out and stuff.

“Alright, you guys pick what to eat, and if we agree I’ll get it. My treat….well and Jeremy’s.”

Jeremy chases me, “Yeah right.”

“Keep it down. Wake Evan and you’re dead.”

Veronica cackles, “Dude with how much he smoked he’d be lucky to wake up before 12 tomorrow.”

I run upstairs and snatch a kiss form Jeremy, “This is gonna be fun.”

#heather #veronica sawyer #martha dunnstock #connor murphy #evan hansen #dear evan hansen #be more chill #micheal mell #jeremy heere #pride prompt month #long post #i have a second piece

[littlebitofbass]

Hey Jen, did you see that article from Playboy declaring Ed has a "case of toxic masculinity"? I was wondering what your thoughts are on it because I found it very frustrating as a long-time Ed Sheeran fan that some people have such a low opinion of such a genuine person.

Yeah, I did see that. I was actually hoping we could pretend that article didn’t exist because I’m getting so tired of talking about the internet slamming such a good guy. But someone messaged me privately about it a few days ago, so I’ll just copy/paste some of the things we said.

Her: Jen I’m so frustrated! and I want your take on this stupid Playboy article. I’m a raging feminist, for the record, but this is just so poorly researched and written, I’m debating sending the author a hand-written, strongly-worded letter arghhh.

Me: That was painful to read, thanks.

Me: Ed’s not perfect by any means, and his attitude toward women isn’t perfect either, but I agree that the article was poorly researched. Deeper research would show that Ed is so much more progressive and self-aware than the neanderthal-cum-“Nice-Guy” picture this author paints of him.

Me: He writes songs like Don’t and Love Yourself (and The Man) when he’s been freshly heartbroken and insulted. It’s a knee-jerk reaction, a brief loss of temper, the exact same emotional state everyone has when they’ve been dumped, not just men. The issue here is that by creating art of that moment, he essentially freezes it in time and it exists forever, even though for him it may only have lasted for the time it took to write the song, and then he’s over it. So I don’t think it’s fair to assess his true character simply by looking at the art he’s made during these brief angry moments.

Me: A clearer picture of who he is as a person would include an analysis of his other songs, some that were written after the fact about the same events, which show his more enduring attitude toward them. For instance, the song Happier is a much more mature look at the breakup that spawned the song The Man. If you really want to see the kind of person Ed is, it’s only fair to look at how he’s come to terms with that situation in the long run, not what his immediate reaction was.

Me: I also think it would be relevant to look at the types of things he’s said about his female friends, particularly someone like Taylor Swift, when she gets bashed in the media for dating lots of men. He’s always sticking up for her and pointing out that it’s perfectly okay for women to date as many people as men do, that there’s a double standard when it comes to judging the love lives of female vs. male celebrities.

Me:I think if the author of that article had been presented with a list of all the times Ed has made comments about the importance of gender equality, she may have been a little more forgiving of the glimpses of anger and hurt feelings he gives in his breakup songs. He’s not lashing out at all women, you know? He’s lashing out at one person, who happens to be a woman. If he’d been dating a man, he would say the exact same things to the man who hurt him.

Me:To me it sounds a lot like this author was personally offended by Don’t and has been looking for reasons since then to dislike Ed and take the first chance she could to vent about him.A little astounded by the poor research though, not gonna lie. She thinks this is his first US headlining tour? Whose tour did I go to in 2012? Why is she attributing Taylor’s quote to Ed?Did you see the note at the bottom? They had to correct her because she got the title of Thinking Out Loud wrong. Thinking Out Loud! How on earth?

Her:YES to all. Ok. I thought I was possibly just being overly sensitive because I’m a fan hahahaha. I mean, the author says she wanted to publish this three years ago and her editor told her no. If that’s not grounds for a grudge, I’m not sure what is.

Her:I’m just concerned because I see this tide turning in the media of people evaluating Ed based solely on songs like Don’t or even Shape of You, which of course don’t give a full sense of his thoughts and opinions, and then write these think pieces calling Ed the latest example of systemic sexism (which 1000000% is a thing!!! But is Ed Sheeran where we should be directing our ire?? Imma say no.)

Her:I mean, you’re a writer..I’ve written stuff in the past. Can you imagine if  someone took the most rashly emotional thing you’ve ever written and was like “This clearly gives a full picture of who this person is” ?? Good lord.

So these are our thoughts on the subject, and for the record I totally agree with the things she said too. Ed is not a rational target for the types of accusations lobbed at him by Playboy (of all places). He’s just a guy, a normal human being who has feelings which can occasionally be negative when he’s been hurt but who is actually a pretty damn good person who was raised right by a good family and who believes in gender equality and is respectful of women and minorities and is definitely not an accurate representation of “toxic masculinity.” I mean good grief, if you want to attack a celebrity for toxic masculinity, you should probably aim for one who hasn’t gone on record that he wants to be a stay-at-home dad. 

I am also starting to become concerned about the media focusing on songs like Don’t when they write about Ed, though. Gosh I remember hoping so hard that song wasn’t going to make it onto the album. This is what entertainment media like to do, latch onto the most controversial thing they can think of about a person and then exploit that thing. It’s frustrating and unfair, and the sensationalized image they create is what people begin to associate with that person as if they know the full story when they clearly don’t. And it definitely makes it more difficult to encourage other people to listen to Ed’s music when what they know about him is that he writes songs about hating women and one time he sharted on stage. -.- 

But this is always how it’s going to be, people spewing uninformed opinions on the internet. I guess that’s why communities like ours exist – so we can remind ourselves of how things really are. 

#reply #ed sheeran