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whitedemon-ladydeath · 7 months

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SJM + Eugenics + Ableism in her Writing

thinking about how insidious eugenics can come up in writing- specifically SJMs writing. Personally I take a lot with a grain of salt bec I don't think a lot of ppl realize how fucking deeply entrenched and rooted it is in everything and more often than not its not intentional

and to an extent I don't think it was intentional by SJM. she does have a degree of plausible deniability in her story telling

however that being said:

the Cauldron "pairing mates" has allusions to being a breeding program of some kind of supernatural predestined idiocy. Sam + Melissa on Tiktok have some pretty great videos on it

However, while they think that SJM is providing commentary on the matter, I do have a different view, not that I really disagree with what they're saying

SJM has a track record of using disabilities as an aesthetic for her characters. It's often a point of suffering and/or there ends up being a magical fix (yay fantasy eugenics providing miracle cures!!! /sarcasm)

Chaol, severely injured with a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed goes to the super special healing place to have the world's bestest healers where the magical healing trope + black girl magic collide. He spends the whole book, a duration of only six months, regaining the ability to walk, with a cane most days. Chaol spends a large part of the book feeling sorry for himself and immasculting himself. Yerene, a professional trained healer who helps him with PT snaps at him in frustration to "just get up" when he's being difficult with her Note: some of these detailed may be incorrectly remembered + I never finished the book bec I can't stand him

Lucien: he gets his eye ripped out and is literally blinded but now he has a magical eye that is even better and can sense magic and spells and all that good shit

Rhys: chronic pain; never addressed

Azriel: scarred hands and wings, but so far we've seen no real struggle or accommodation of any kind or even a real discussion on how he had to learn how to fly at an older age due to his captivity and scarred wings

Cassian: his wings were beyond shredded but between books they got fixed up right as rain. it would have been fantastic rep for this decorated veteran and leader to be disabled, esp for a culture of warriors where flying is so crucial + where thr women are also forceably mutilated and can't fly either

speaking of the illyrian women

the Illyrian Women: not being able to fly and use their limbs is a disability. We have seen zero repercussions of Emeries father (and brother(?)) for disabling and mutilating his daughter

the mental health crisis of NESTA for ONE. in both the Fandom and in the series the grating toxic positivity and lack of patience and understanding and support and willingness to meet her halfway enraged me holy shit. The tone policing, the lack of autonomy, the unaddressed childhood trauma that has made Nesta the core of who she was. it was vile and disgusting

Aelin: quite frankly should have difficulty moving as fluidly as she does. she was whipped to ribbons and beaten bloody. Her back should be full of chronic pain and difficulty

Elide: as far as I'm aware Elide isn't too bad and she's incredibly intelligent and resourceful but it's been a hot minute since I've read the series. I do remember when they talked about it at the end about possibilities to heal her ankle (they couldn't)

I haven't read CC yet but I heard that LIMBS CAN GROW BACK???? sure let's just completely erase and magically fix imputations I guess?

I find it a lit harder to forgive "accidental eugenics" when her disabled characters disabilities are either made into Aesthetics, not properly addressed, or just healed all together

and when you pair magical eugenics + aesthetics:

You get Rhysand, the most powerful high lord of ever that you just have to keep being told is the most powerful high lord ever due to his parents being mates that his father whisked away from moments before she became mutilated like all the other Illyrian Women at 18 years old to a 900 year old man

you get his entire IC who is made of The Night Courts super special powerful clique who now happen to be the most powerful illyrian EVERRRR (Cassian + Azriel), Amren who was some trapped angel of death or something and Mor who is just so super powerful a mountain quaked or something when she was born

the entire IC is a concentrated powerhouse who also uses a specific mindset of "might is right"-

-and have forced others hands across the entire series or just outright lied and stole. also trespassing and routinely breaking laws but hey

Rowan, Aelin, Aedion, Dorian, Manon are all ToG Powerhouses. Rowan is described as the "most powerful full blooded fae male alive". there's an implication that human blood "weakens" fae traits and magical abilities [this is rather common in a lot of fantasy books]

every single character in this series is seen as some sort of extraordinary person with some sort of extraordinary power or ability aside from maybe a few. Hell Chaol, the only fully human character with no powers is the "Captian of the Guard" which he got bec he's a nepo baby from being Dorians friend. He gets disabled and they immediately go to get him fixed

tagging: @feynessupremacy @bookishfeylin @andramoreaux

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#prev. wolfgeneralashryver #sjm critical #acotar #a court of thorns and roses #throne of glass #tog #ableism #eugenics in acotar #eugenics in tog #eugenics #my posts get good traction yall cowards better interact with these posts. i see yall scrolling whenever i talk about this

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asha-mage · 8 months

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WoT Musings: S2 Episode 2

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO (part 2)

I see we're starting off STRONG with my boy's repressed trauma

Enter: Lanfear's. In the immortal words of Leigh Butler DUN DUN DUN

Well if everything has to suck for Rand, at least he's getting to live out his sugar baby dreams, which incidentally is probably Lanfear's ideal dynamic between her and LTT. So, yay for them?

Interesting seeing Rand in Cairihien without Moiraine having Lorded Him Up. Also just digging the look on Cairhien in general.

I'm still not sure how I feel about merging Vandene and Verin, but I am open to see what they'll do.

Moiraine continues being Ice Cold and I love it.

I know Perrin getting his signature weapon is going to be a Whole Moment, but in the mean time seeing him with a sword is Weird in ways I can't describe

Rand doing charity like this feels very.....right. Fitting with the whole messiah vibe.

Also if Rand can't have Lan to warder train him....having a mad old veteran solider who happens to be a blade master train him instead feels ALSO right. Very On Brand.

Man I am enjoying what they are doing with Liandrin in the show.

ELAYNE IS KILLING IT ALREADY

I KNEW THAT ONCE SHE SHOWED UP WITH ALL THE BAGGAE SHE WAS IN FOR A SET DOWN

NYNAEVE ACCEPTATRON TEST LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO

Interesting way to introduce the Seanchan, and Suroth. Her giant palanquin made me lol, but let's be real she WOULD.

The show continues to draw the parallels between Moiraine and Rand in a fascinating way- both pushing people away to protect them and to mask what they see as weakness and failure in themselves, even those that love them best, and wish to protect them best.

Verin isn't quite as sweet/doddering/scary as I was hoping. But some of that might be the merging with Verin.

Meanwhile the choice to make Adeleas a cringefail green who can't land a warder is So Good and cracks me up so much.

that Lanfear and Rand scene is SO FUCKING LOADED I AM HERE FOR IT

I love that the show kept Lanfear's trait of only being vulnerable when she can plausible deniability, to bother others and herself.

LOGAIN AND RAN LET'S GO

#WoT #WoT on Prime #Wot s2 Ep 2 #WoT s2 E2 spoilers #WoT Book Spoilers #AMOL Spoilers #just to be on the sade side

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chaosandgunpowder · 11 months

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Hi, hello, hey!

This feels weird.

Okay, strap in. In case anyone’s forgotten I don’t really do brief, but I can summarise if needed.

So:

I’m alive, I’m okay, and I wrote something (yay) It’s not ch11 Plausible Deniability (sorry, sorry, sorry)

I’ll hide the rest under the cut, I don’t want to clog everyone’s feeds with my inane rambling.

For the lovely comments and asks/messages I’ve had, thank you, thank you. This update is for you especially. For anyone that’s asked me, I’m doing well, and so is mini-chaos (almost a full, actual mini-person capable of causing as much chaos as expected, and that blows my fucking mind).

Unfortunately, I (maybe naively) didn’t really anticipate just how much of my brainspace would be taken up with going back to work full-time after mat leave, (to a new job, as well, because, yes, I did get it!) and juggling working, a new job and impending toddler-hood just didn’t leave me with any emotional (or physical) energy at all - I took a much-needed but unwanted step away for a while for the sake of my sanity.

But I’m still chugging along, and as of this month, now I feel like I have my shit together, and a routine that leaves me space for it, I’m also writing again (big yay).

Which brings me to the PD update. That sounds super serious, it’s not. It’s just reassurance to anyone still interested and waiting; I’m not done. It’s not abandoned. It’s not cancelled. I still intend to finish it. I still have it plotted to fuck, on file and permanently in my brain.

Though when I sat down a couple weeks ago with coffee and the biggest smile to actually do some writing, I was a teeny bit anxious. I really wanted to work off all the dust on something unimportant, because if the first 5-10k I wrote after a big-ass break was pure, unadulterated rusty bullshit, I really really didn’t want it associated with PD. That shit is my soul.

So I am sorry if anyone’s disappointed that what I have for you is not that. Know that it isn’t PD because I’m too dedicated to the integrity of it.

Luckily, I don’t think my little writing exercise is entirely rusty bullshit, anyway. I do think it’s honestly mostly 10k of pure, unadulterated filth with a sprinkling of pining and angst on top, but I don’t hate it, and so I’m doing final edits today (I’m, in fact, just taking a breather between edits so that I come back to it with fresh eyes).

It’ll be up sometime tonight if it sounds like anyone’s bag, and if not, no big. After it’s up I’ll be easing back into ch11, though I know better than to make date-based promises, they just stress me out and make me somehow less productive.

I’ve gotten such lovely asks while I’ve been taking this break (seeing them made my fucking day, even if I apologise that I wasn’t in the headspace to be able to reply). I don’t know if any of you are still around to see this, but I hope I’ve answered many/most of your questions on how I am/whether I plan to update etc, in this giant ass essay, but a hearfelt thank you to everyone who’s come into my asks with wellwishes and funny shit (you especially, anon who dedicated so much time to lifting me up even if you didn’t know you were - thank you.)

Right. Enough of this procrastination shit. Back to business.

Catch you tonight with a link. Much love, Chaos.

#well this feels wildly self indulgent #but I really did want to update everyone that’s reached out to me

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booasaur · 1 year

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Different anon here but I found madre sólo hay dos so extremely underwhelming with Mariana’s feelings. I was happy that they got together but I had very little doubt that we would get some kind of endgame so as much as I was preparing myself to being annoyed by Mariana I was still surprised by how much she did annoy me lol it would need so little for the Mariana/Ana relationship to be better and more equal but they didn’t make any kind of effort with Mariana and it made so little sense to me.

Why was there so much ferran? Why couldn’t she left him because she was in love with Ana and not because he lied? Why couldn’t we had at least one tiny scene about Mariana’s feelings for Ana, something a bit more than that tepid “I love you too” in the very end.

Ana’s journey was definitely the highlight of the show for me. I definitely wanted more of her with Elena and that other hot lady lol. But I actually like most of the other characters and I enjoyed how everyone got their happy ending and in the end I just wanted Ana happy and I got that so I’m glad.

And another anon:

Oh yay! Ok so i was actually befuddled by like every choice made this season??? I was annoyed that they had mariana and ana sleep together, had ana tell M she loved her, & had M in love w ferran & choose him. & then their breakup wasn’t even M deciding she actually didn’t love him, or loved A more, it was a secret baby??? & then she wanted to move not caring bout leaving A or V/separating the babies?? Just?? What??? (1/2) And then they had ana make a big love declaration when her feelings were never the ones in question?? She’d been very direct about telling M she loved her and she couldn’t stop thinking about her. Very confusing choices and left me feeling disappointed even tho we collected endgame?? I guess?? Like even that felt like they made it gal pal-y enough to appease homophobes who could say they didn’t really end up together.

And another anon:

I have never feel so underwhelmed by an endgame ever. Like we won but it doesn’t feel like a win? I don’t know. It feels weird.

So tell me how y'all really feel. :P

But no, this is sadly how I felt too. It feels churlish to be not satisfied with a planned endgame, especially after everything this year and Netflix in particular, but damn, it did not feel particularly rewarding or fulfilling to me.

There just wasn't that mutualness I was expecting, as y'all said, it seemed much more about Ana's feelings, Mariana seemed almost a bystander in it all, with how much Ferran there was and the reason for their breakup not Mariana actually choosing Ana. Or Ana and the two babies, it suddenly seemed like it all mattered so much less to her. And exactly, Ana's feelings were pretty known, so why is the big gesture from her again?

And yeah, while I don't think there was any plausible deniability for homophobes to think they didn't end up together, it felt really dialed down as two women in love, especially compared to how they'd been before. Like, when it's one-sided or for comedy, it can be hot and heavy but not when it's actually genuine? As someone said, that feels like how these stories were told in the olden days.

And SO much focus on the other characters, by the end it was just little snippets of Ana and Mariana. Again, it felt like a deliberate effort to pull back from Ana and Mariana in love, their own ostensible premise.

I guess the disappointment is that should have been so much more, the payoff for something like this should have been so breathless and satisfying, three seasons of yearning and transformation and connection, and it came down to this sexless family thing.

#replies #femslash related stuff #sent on 20221226 #Anonymous #5 #madre solo hay dos #madre solo hay dos spoilers #daughter from another mother spoilers

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electricbluebutterflies · 20 days

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sensible compromise

Early-era Jessica/Leto... this prompt challenged me but also I had an immediate idea (yay missing moment from a past fic!) so here we are. PG-ish and also on ao3.

Prompt - laughing like a little kid (thank you @meremontage )

This looks wrong.

Strange enough that she is considered desirable enough to show off, strange enough that her counterpart has encouraged this, but… Jessica is nothing if not adaptable, and if that man wants her as a pretty trinket there are worse fates, and-

She’s going to figure out a more sensible compromise, she decides as she looks at herself in the mirror. This is a few compromises too far.

When her counterpart had suggested that it might be alright if she made herself more presentable – suggested in the quiet of night after intimacies, echoes of his hands still on her skin, near-irresistible and she ought to hate him for it – he had not bothered to clarify his preferences, and Jessica has so little baseline, and if she’s made a few choices that look too much like she does not know herself…

There is nothing elegant about this awful pink dress. The lines of it might be alright in a different color, perhaps, but the color is wrong on her skin and it shows so much of her shape and that had felt like the point, like that’s probably what her lover wants and maybe he could’ve said that and maybe-

She looks vividly wrong. She will do this tonight, be what is asked of her, and after this she won’t wear anything more vibrant than metal-gray for a year, maybe even longer, and-

Her fingers twist her hair up into a sensible spiral bun, something she can tether yet another strip of see-through pink silk to, and it won’t be enough to hide how she’ll blush to match, and-

A knock on her door snaps her out of what could be a deep spiral of self-loathing, just slightly unexpected and yet she knows, she knows-

She continues to place hairpins as she crosses the space, one hand still making them perfect as the other opens the door, as she-

She has developed her list of complaints about her placement in the year she has endured it, but the sight of her counterpart is rarely one of them. Something effortless about him, made for his positions, not like her, not-

“This is… a surprise,” he says, not even trying to hide how he’s eyeing her. Respectful but still looking, and she knows how much of a change this dress is from her normal black cocoons but still-

“A pleasant one, I would hope.”

“More of one than I expected. I’d heard…”

“You owe me,” she hisses, and she knows this is fine and safe and good, something apparently alluring about her moments of stubborn personality. “I will behave, but-“

“There goes my question about your comfort.”

“You wanted to see me in color.”

“That is… certainly a color.”

Jessica takes a step back, allowing him into her spaces. This is new, hesitant still, moments she knows will not end with-

“Do you like it?”

He glances away for a moment, and she catches the attempt at composure, the where-do-I-even-start that seems to define so many of their interactions and somehow makes her warm and-

“Should I ask how much plausible deniability you’re after? How many bodies might turn up?”

A small smile crosses her lips, a soft sound almost a laugh, something in her breaking, something in her-

“That’s where you start?!”

“You do look suspiciously like a greenhouse flower…”

She knows he doesn’t mean harm. If she is physically disappointing, as she still occasionally suspects she might be, at least her lover has been tactful about it; a comment like this, in that low clear voice, is not-

Oh, the absolute nerve of him to say exactly how she feels. She should hate him for it, should manipulate, should-

Instead, situational overload has its way and Jessica closes her eyes for a heartbeat, composure slipped, delight and playful little noises and she is not-

“You owe me,” she repeats, and it feels different now, like-

“I’d thought… if you’re capable of listening to anyone, I haven’t seen it yet, and… I’d expected something more subtle, not…”

“You don’t like it.”

“There is no tactful way to-“

“Yes or no question.”

“You’re unfair.”

“You asked for-“

“Not this.”

Jessica knows she ought to feel worse, ought to blame herself for such dramatic misunderstanding, but-

“I am never doing this again. No more…”

“Lighter shades of gray would have been less surprising than-“

“Understood.”

“You are… quite beautiful, and I do want to see that, but… not such obvious…”

“So it does look that bad?”

He glances away for a heartbeat. “You look different. Different may be a little…”

“You don’t need to be cautious with me.”

“Not cautious so much as unable to find the right words for…”

“Greenhouse flower,” she repeats. “Some horrific one that’s trying to eat its corner of the greenhouse because it doesn’t get enough attention.”

“Yes.”

“Understood.”

He slips one of his hands into a jacket pocket and pulls out a small box. “I… had meant to… at least that thing has a decent neckline…”

Jessica twirls around to present her neck, and at least this horror of a dress twirls pretty, and-

The necklace is delicate silver, and his fingers linger on her skin for a moment too long and she leans into it, the little patterns traced before he backs away, before-

“Do you like?”

“Yes. Might be a little…”

“Something needs to seem like you.”

He’s trying, she thinks. He’s trying, just as she is, and maybe that will make them decent to each other, maybe-

“Thank you.”

#ebf writes fic #leto x jessica #queue

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thesinglesjukebox · 3 months

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TEDDY SWIMS - "LOSE CONTROL"

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Harkening back to a time when music made you shake, rattle, and roll...

[3.79]

Will Adams: Must be love on the brain. Or maybe just water in my ear. [4]

Ian Mathers: When will The Black Keys be held accountable for what they have unleashed upon the world? [3]

Jacob Satter: "He began playing instruments including piano and ukulele, and watched YouTube videos of singers to help develop his vocal technique. [4][5]" -- Wikipedia [4]

Thomas Inskeep: Oh, yay: another big-bearded, face-tatted white boy who thinks he's somehow "soulful" because he heard a Stax record once. And much like Post Malone and Jelly Roll before him, throw him on the burn pile. [1]

Scott Mildenhall: A great audition: four chair turns and a message from Rag'n'Bone Man. All theatrics are plausibly deniable, but the vocal capabilities are conspicuous, with there never being enough of a song to intrude on them. A strong message to the detractors of treading water in the natatorial world. [5]

Nortey Dowuona: The history of soulful white boys is long and strained. The Righteous Brothers are one example, but they never got more than one big immortal hit (only one did: Bill Medley). There's Michael McDonald, Bobby Caldwell, Tom Jones, and, of course, Fucking Drake. Each time a soulful white boy appears, he does appear acceptable, but only up to a point. Once that point has been breached, his existence becomes an anchor -- not a boon -- receiving enmity and bitterness for both his success and his inability to possess the skill demanded from truly soulful singers. As time has gone on, the five-alarm church runs that once ran R&B have gone out of style with the youngsters, unless coated in patiently brush-stroked Autotune. Even though live performances are a crapshoot with many of them, their excellent songwriting kept them aloft. Sometimes, their voices were so pretty that their lack of range didn't bother us. Now, another soulful white boy who possesses the runs (with scalpel-level Melodyne on them) has risen to the top. The worst part is that his song is well-produced: done by Ammo and Julian Bunetta, a trained jazz drummer whose heavy-handed soul drums anchor the thin mix. The plaintive keys shuffle against the tambourines gently, as Bunetta's bass lopes below and follows the key of the keys. But the songwriting from Mikky Ekko drags down this fantastic effort, leaving a held-back guitar solo by Bunetta bashing its neck against the withholding mix of Serban Ghenea. If only Brent Faiyaz was writing this... [6]

Tara Hillegeist: Oh, this is a very passably lovelorn piece of uptempo romantic angst, the kind that sounds like it could just as easily have dropped off the back of Cee-Lo Green's tour bus, circa "Fuck You." But it's not so passable that I can't help but have my main response to it all be "Wow, your man's such a tatted-up white lad, looks like he belongs on the set of a Guy Ritchie film, innit?" And now I've had that thought, I have to ask myself: when's the last time I heard something like this from someone who didn't, whose name wasn't T-Pain? And now I've asked myself that question, I have to wonder: should that question still matter? [6]

Joshua Minsoo Kim: This is a good time to admit that I always thought Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” was a terrible, plodding song. This sounds like a mellower, simplfied version of that. I find the almost-rapped verse kind of sweet, reminiscent of Ed Sheeran if he had a bit more soul, but then the guitar solo arrives and makes me feel disgust. It is not lost on me that this isn’t so far from Portishead’s “Glory Box.” The difference is that it all feels so rote, the elements already pre-packaged with an understanding of their meaning and import, and they don’t ever come together to bring the track to a greater whole. [4]

Hannah Jocelyn: Does nothing new in this type of song (except for the weird keyboard warble, which I'm not convinced is a good innovation because it sounds like "Dance Monkey (slowed + reverb)"), but the production from Julian Bunetta is phenomenal -- incredibly warm, but with enough muscle that what's probably just a drum loop from Splice sounds massive. Teddy Swims is very much in the Rag'n'Bone Man/Jelly Roll vein of gruff belters, but there's a warmth in his voice that prevents him from coming across like Mr. Roll or, worse, Oliver Anthony. [6]

Jacob Sujin Kuppermann: I get no enjoyment at all from listening to this. Every pained vocalization, every flanged guitar stab and demonstrative snare hit feels empty to me; whatever feelings Swims has do not survive transit. And yet, I feel a certain perverse respect for "Lose Control" despite all this. Perhaps it reminds me too much of the soul revival tracks that my high school pop ensemble teacher favored, the Fitz & The Tantrums-alikes that I dutifully jammed out to for four years. It's not a style that moves me at all anymore, but as I listen to "Lose Control," I can almost conjure bass tabs and keyboard charts to memorize and devote myself to (and can imagine the students of a semester from now who will be playing along to teenage takes on Teddy Swims' adult melodrama). [4]

Alfred Soto: The echo, horn blasts, and Soulful White Man vocal evoke a pop climate at least a decade past obsolescence, a reminder that a certain overstatement will always serve as a crutch. [4]

Wayne Weizhen Zhang: This song makes perfect sense if you just picture the woman he’s singing about standing next to him the entire time. [3]

Leah Isobel: This man said "problematic" like he's on the Tumblr dash in 2011. [1]

Katherine St. Asaph: Thoughts and prayers for anyone persuaded to fuck to this song. [2]

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#teddy swims #music #pop #pop music #music writing #music reviews #music criticism #the singles jukebox #Youtube

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lupinus-bicolor · 3 months

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I'm not sure what the trope is called but when a show or game has no queer rep aside from the worst fucking character ever (as a joke or a "fuck you" to fans). Can we call that the "We Don't Want Them" trope.

Like I really didn't want Trevor Phillips to be the only pan character in the game. I didn't want Murderface to be the only (plausibly deniable) gay character in the show. I don't want the bigot character revealed to be secretly trans. It is killing me how people take it at face value and go "yay canon queer rep!❤️" when the canon representation is a joke at your expense

#Personal #i dont really watch many shows though so i cant be sure if this is actually a widespread thing #might just be because im way too into shitty media LOL

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autistic-sidestep · 7 months

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yay further sura cane ramblings as a followup from this and this

so my logic is that the fall Did fuck sidestep's body up and presumably the farm's intent was to fix them up enough to be a Functional asset once wiped/reset (as far as pain's concerned and the lack of pain-gate either from being broken by the fall, or being removed, as long as it doesn't interfere with function). this was before they realised step was resisting the reset and an absurdly strong telepath to boot. so maybe there was some stuff that didn't end up happening.

anyway. sura's second escape from the farm. in a hell of a lot of pain from fucked up nerves (particularly lower back) and other things that didn't heal quite right (very much missing having a pain-gate), plus balance issues and fatigue. suddenly sura's seeing things Very differently now they're not abled + noticing a lot of people don't like looking at others with mobility aids, and maybe being useful camo. sura doesn't much Like the idea of being pitied and seen as weak, but making it easier to just be able to get through the day is worth it.

so. sura steals a nondescript folding cane from a small pharmacy (who cares, there's like, a million of em). and wow! it's not just camo, it helps with the exhaustion! great! she can even put it away when it gets inconvenient.

this also means he overcompensates the first few times learning the ropes as juno cos 1, the almost entire foot height difference and 2, reflexively moving as though putting weight on a non-existent walking aid = lotta bruises

(yes, the argos suit is kinda a mobility aid if we're being generous with definitions.)

except sura just grabbing any old cane w/o checking means they don't realize it's too tall for her for THREE. YEARS. and that causes a lot of unnecessary shoulder/upper back/wrist pain.

chen points it out during one of the early hq visits in retri while helping out, suggests to get a shorter one and maybe with offset handles. (maybe he's known a few ex-military people using canes? i feel he'd run in enough circles like that to have some passing knowledge.) and sura just. seething when they begrudgingly take up his advice and find it IS actually helping. cos chen was right and it doesn't want to admit that lmao.

at least chen has the decency not to dwell too long on it when he notices the change in canes. but he is a little smug. (it's fine. she can retaliate with useful suggestions about the new shoulder joint mod.)

but anyway, sura starts customizing the canes by painting/engraving designs on them for a little personalised touch. tech savviness comes in handy! and then there's a variety to match outfits (it counts as an accessory!) + one or two inspired by this one i saw (look at it. LOOK HOW COOL IT IS.) that that May or may not have some plausible deniability about resembling the argos suit's stained glass look lol.

(chen, narrowing his eyes, with a little "set steel_clue + 10" pop-up.)

the ones with offset and orthopedic handles for the more heavy duty days (maybe even branching out into crutches, since those give more support, though those would have to be customized) + derby handle for when they want to be more discreet. the mob crew might even pool some of their earnings to buy something resembling a makhila as a present further down the line :D

they also have two styles of cane holster, one from the belt, and the other on the thigh like what they used for the energy-caster as sidestep.

(on the viability of canes as self-defense, it's hit or miss on how good they actually are; what's good for mobility and weight distribution isn't ideal for defense - trying to hybridize the design means you get something that's not really useful in either direction. ie. telescopic stuff is convenient for folding away, but doesn't have much structural integrity if you tried swinging it at someone. same goes for folding canes w/ the bungee cord inside. idk what the capabilities in fh verse's are for materials but i'm erring on the side of caution and saying sura doesn't rely on their canes as a main defensive weapon. there's telepathy for that. they've been working out more anyway what with being argos and training daniel, so some of their pain symptoms improve a bit too! just making sure not to overdo it.)

something abt growing into not being ashamed of needing mobility aids (in fact, being empowering) and that being a sign of growth. absolute power move rocking up the hg meeting with a cane and 120 hgrep like "so? what you gonna do about it"

(too bad they immediately get bodied by a truck after leaving parkfield tho. whoops.)

#oc: suranga fernando #ramblings

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i’d happily hear about any DA ladies if you have any headcanons for them 👀

LOOK, THE DA LADIES ARE POPULAR!

Can I just send all the DA ladies? 😅

Or you know, you can, ah, attend to them in order of preference.

@thewindysideofcare

FAVE LADY COMPANIONS BY GAME (PLUS JOSEPHINE)

Leliana

The thing about Leliana is that she's a performer. She is very aware and self-conscious of how she looks during sex, and likes to position herself just-so and to modulate her gasps and moans to be ~sexy~ rather than just LOUD. It takes a lot of stimulation for her to release that mental observation and just react. (Also, she would be very into exhibitionism.)

She is also observant with others, and likes to tally reactions ("aha, this kiss behind the knee makes them giggle, and stroking their hair makes them melt") because she likes having specific techniques or touch spots in her pocket for the next time!

She can enjoy pleasuring someone else for the sake of bringing them pleasure (and for a certain amount of smug satisfaction where she can feel in control of their responses), but hates not reciprocating if someone is pleasuring her.

Kinks: oral sex, exhibitionism, restraints (both binding and being bound), kissing. She likes penetration, but doesn't find it important. She can take some pain, but her pleasure in masochism comes from enduring for the sake of another, of proving her body’s strength. (Also her attitude towards size kink.)

Morrigan

Morrigan is exquisitely selfish during sex, with no hesitation asking for what she wants and with a penchant for marking her lovers! She is primarily focused on her own pleasure, and assumes that her partner will either enjoy the ride or ask for what they want in return.

Absolute dom. Likes to be in control, to direct the scene. Doesn't like to be seen as "weak" or submissive, even in play.

Prefers topping, whether it's by ordering her partner to ride a dildo or by creative use of tentacle magic! She likes to push on the edge of what her partner can take, whether that's size, impact, or overstimulation.

Absolutely into the filthy visuals of cream pies, wet and messy sex, or seeing/watching someone covered in come.

Kinks: Tentacles, size kink (giving), restraints (binding others), oral sex, voyeurism, biting, leaving marks.

Aveline

She'll try something if her partner is into it, but her own preferences are very vanilla! She likes clit stimulation, and she likes vaginal penetration. Aveline prefers a rhythmic, steady pace (yay, warrior endurance!) and it takes a while for her to build, then she's happily wrung out.

Basically, most of what she likes involves full body contact: kissing, making out, some wrestling as flirting. Any sort of skin on skin.

Aveline is also very judgmental and limited with what she thinks two people can do in bed together! It causes great consternation when she finally realizes that yes, people can enjoy receiving anal sex, and she thinks fisting is a myth. She still doesn't want to receive either of those, but she's game for giving that to a willing partner!

Basically, most of Aveline's sexual preferences can be tied to "she's game for giving that to a willing partner." She has no interest in being restrained, but she'll tie up a lover if they ask. She'll put on a strap and peg someone, but her own ass is exit only.

Gawd, Aveline. She should absolutely read Isabela’s fic, it would be an education.

She wants to give everyone a glass of water after sex. We can dress it up and call it aftercare, but Aveline really does want to show she cares! ‘I love you’ can be too soppy, but a glass of water? Practical! Pragmatic! Also, helps you stay hydrated! She’s totally got this!

Kinks: oral sex, vaginal sex.

Isabela

ISABELA IS MY FAVE AND I CAN SHIP HER WITH JUST ABOUT ANYONE!!!

Very flexible (literally, physically) with what she is willing to try, as long as it's fun and lighthearted and she has plausible deniability for any deeper or messier feelings!

She loves dirty talk! She'll happily take 'tart' or 'slattern' as a term of endearment, but more outwardly affectionate or possessive terms make her skin crawl. (Thank you, Luis, you bastard.)

Loves bondage and restraints, both giving and receiving, but refuses to be tied in anything that she can't escape.

Leaves her jewelry on during sex, often with a musical cacophony of bangles and necklaces!

Size queen!!! Isabela is big, bold, and enthusiastic in all her sexy things, and insertables are no exception!

While Isabela isn’t necessarily a cuddler, she is a huge snacker after sex. Even if she’s sleepy and content, give her a glass of water and a tray of snacks and she’ll devour the whole thing.

Kinks: ‘yes please!’ Oral sex, vaginal sex, anal sex, exhibitionism, bondage, tentacles, size kink, overstimulation, spanking. Most of her kinks focus on the physicality and playfulness of it all; she likes being spanked, but doesn’t like being shamed. She likes being able to play with and eroticize the shame (‘slut,’ ‘slattern’) but doesn’t want to actually dwell in it.

Cassandra

I think it’s easy to write Cassandra off as vanilla, because if you just ask her what she likes, she’ll stay with the basics: clit stimulation, vaginal sex. It’s something she’s not equipped to articulate, about how something can be sexy without directly involving the genitals, but she loves acts of service. She loves being made to feel grounded and in her own skin, to be sensually bound and teased and the act of being restrained, of being forced to take the measure of her own breath and the tug of the ropes on her skin….ah! That awakens something in her.

Being bound: she finds it strangely soothing, a sort of meditation in skin and inhabiting the physical space of her body. It’s not something she would think of as sexual, but deeply satisfying.

Gentle in all her dealings, with fingertip kisses capable of bringing glowing blush to her cheeks and a soft whisper caressing the shell of her ear capable of making her melt. It’s about the erotic charge, without necessarily being overtly sexual!

Give her clear directions and she’ll lovingly perform acts of service! Foot rubs, back massages, kneeling to provide oral sex (and you know she would think of it as prayerful, an expression of love and worship), especially with some warm praise as a treat!

Kinks: oral sex, vaginal sex, massage, bondage, hand kink.

Josephine

HELLO I LOVE JOSIE AND CAN SHIP HER WITH JUST ABOUT ANYONE!!!!

Behind those Disney princess eyes and ruffled sleeves, she’s got an absolutely filthy imagination and active fantasy life! (she has an enormous curiosity, okay!!!!) Absolutely a playful switch, happy to top, bottom, and to be a sweet-nasty domme or a play-timid sub being ‘forced’ into doing what her dom wants!

Voyeurism and exhibitionism: LOOK, Josie would be absolutely thrilled to watch others having sexy, intimate times, both as ‘just’ a watcher and as someone calling the shots; an indirect exercise of power, much like diplomacy! She would also love to be watched, to be admired as she has sex with someone else and with a running commentary on just how good she looks, how hot she is, how well she sucks clit or takes cock!

Bondage: JOSEPHINE BEING SUPER INTO ROPE BONDAGE IS A NEAR AND DEAR HEADCANON FOR ME! ‘Antivan rope bondage’ as canon version of shibari, with an emphasis on ornamental restraints and the visual feast! Even if she’s inexperienced, she has practiced on chair legs and at least one plushie.

Sadism: Again, it’s an expression of power and delight: she gets to be in charge! She can be just as sweet-nasty and mean as she can’t always be when she’s actually playing diplomat, with the wonderful feeling of taking complete control over her ‘victim,’ of hurting them so sweetly and thoroughly that they come back. It’s about the power!!! …and also the fact that it makes her very wet. Spanking, flogging, pinching key areas of skin with sharp nails or setting hair clips and clamps over delicate areas of anatomy while they are tied up! Using them as a literal foot stool!

Masochism: Here, it’s more about having such an intense sensory experience that it can take her out of her constant planning and thinking, just letting her mind go blissfully empty around the sweet force of impact or letting her entire world contract to the thin line of pressure being applied by a knife!

Basically, anything where she is allowed to be completely overwhelmed with sensation, and the opportunity to overwhelm as well.

Praise kink and being told she’s a good girl are A+ for her. Insults or derogatory terms, even playful ones, are no-goes.

Kinks: voyeurism, exhibitionism, bondage, oral sex, anal sex, vaginal sex, gangbangs, knifeplay, tit torture, tentacles, spanking, overstimulation, sadism, masochism.

Sera

Sera would deeply reject kink in terms of headspace, but embrace it in terms of all sorts of fun sensations! Whatever feels good, feels good! Hands, mouths, cunt, clit, ass, anything that can feel good, she’s happy to give a try! Play biting and nips are fun, but no heavier impact; she might do a little slap and tickle, in play, but spanking or paddling are right out.

While nothing beats a dextrous hand and warm mouth, she also likes dildos, vibrators (or magical equivalent), and big toys. She’s more into giving than receiving on the size kink (and happy to go elbows deep into her girlfriend!), but hey, what’s the point of having a big toy if you don’t try it at least once?

Happy fun playful sex for happy fun playful people!!! If you can’t laugh before, during, or after, then was it even good???

Kinks: Hands, fisting, oral sex, vaginal sex, strap-ons, biting, anything where you can laugh about it after!

Vivienne

Vivienne is a woman who demands to be in control and by golly she deserves it! To be regally seated as a lover kneels to press devotion to her thighs! To be caressed and undressed with exquisite care, delicate fingers trailing over every inch of her skin before she finally gives the command to do more!

Sadism: Again, an aspect of control; to be so in control of someone else’s responses, responsible for their welfare and satisfaction. A lover must be strong in order for their submission to be worth anything, and when she is in charge of that strength, and may use them as she pleases…? Ah. Bting, pinching, using clamps or other tools to inflict a metered pain? Exquisite!

She has exquisite taste in clothes and lingerie, and every outfit she chooses to bare is Sumptuous. No carelessly discarded stockings or underthings thrown off in the heat of passion! They must all be removed, folded, and set over a dressing room chair or bedside table to preserve the material!!!!

Sensual temperature play with ice. ‘Nuff said.

While she enjoys leaving marks on her lovers, she does not enjoy receiving them. Especially (ugh) hickeys!

Kinks: Control, sadism, oral sex, leaving marks.

LOOK I LOVE THESE WOMEN AND SO OFTEN MY PROBLEM ISN’T WHAT TO WRITE FOR THEM BUT HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE AND HOW TO MAKE IT EMOTIONALLY RESONANT INSTEAD OF A PLAYLIST OF MY FAVORITE SCENES AND HEADCANONS.

I AM STILL TAKING ASKS ABOUT SMUTTY HEADCANONS AND WILL GLADLY GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON SPECIFICS.

#choco answers #adler-obsessed

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look-at-that-right-there · 1 year

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#shitpost #mst3k #mst3000 #mystery science theatre #mystery science theater 3000 #satellite of love #polls #poll #vanilla extract

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silverhands-slut · 1 year

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my process for creating my COD oc (that no one asked for)

step one: make a woman in cyberpunk 2077 because you are nerdy like that

step two: research US Army dress and appearance policies; OC doesn't have tats on her neck + minimal makeup + nude nail polish when she wears it

step three: research overseas US military bases

step four: do a shit ton of research on knives for no reason

step five: profit

notes/other random things I will end up rambling about hurrah

obviously natural hair colors only, "mixing" hairstyles is allowed due to unrealistic restrictions put on WoC

US army recently relaxed its appearance policies: less restriction on tattoos, males can wear clear nail polish, less regulation of hair length (males are still very restricted in comparison to the women's new guidelines), still length regulation on ponytails/braids

this all varies from branch to branch, my OC was in the Army so that's where I focused my research

US specops, namely Delta Force, are less restricted in order to blend into civilian environments (Delta Force is still currently men-only afaik)

not much is known about US specops due to secrecy and classification; there are certain groups that are rarely (if ever) acknowledged by the govt (yay for plausible deniability /s). these groups are commanded by JSOC and are known as special mission units (known units are from the Army, AF, and Navy). Delta Force (army) and SEAL Team 6/DEVGRU (Navy) are known to not allow women.

Delta Force is based off of the SAS and was founded by a U.S. soldier deployed to the SAS (notable for CoD lore). a detachment of the Rangers is also believed to be under JSOC (due to highly specialized reconnaissance skills)

apparently lots of SMU operators are recruited from the Green Berets/Army Special Forces and the 75th Ranger Regiment (also army/light infantry.) women are allowed into both, but the first woman to graduate any specops course did so in 2017

i do not understand the connection/hierarchy of different specops groups, but I think it goes from Green Berets & Rangers, to the CIA SOGs, to units under JSOC at the top

both JSOC and the CIA prefer to recruit from GBs and Rangers as opposed to older soldiers due to longevity of careers and being able to teach new recruits

apparently many operators in the CIA SOG are from Delta Force though

today i actually did research on the practicality of butterfly knives/balisongs because all i knew about them were that they were the cool "flippy knives" in valorant; i wanted my OC to use one too

they are very multipurpose so good to know 👍

generally this is a bunch of surface level knowledge cus i cba to do more, but i wanted her to not be heavily inaccurate

aka a shit ton of this is from fucking Wikipedia

so ya if this ever sees the light of day, take it with a grain of salt and do some research too

kieran out 😎

#kieran rambles #kieran's codmw2 hours #call of duty fanfic #cod fanfic #this was me shitting out my ass 🫡#you're welcome #please don't take me too seriously #i was just inspired by the other post about womanz i rb'd yesterday

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