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manichewitz · 12 days

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Yup. People cloak subjective opinions in social justice language and straight-up lies in order to justify their subjective feelings about media and artists. The fan renewal campaign for OFMD was one in a long history of fan renewal campaigns that have included billboards, etc. Just say you hate the show and go. That's fine. You don't need to grab the I'm A Very Good Person trophy on the way out.

(Sorry for the rant. 💜)

no apologies for the rant, you get me. it's so frustrating to see people really think that choosing to watch or not watch a tv show is the same thing as making a sincere political act. iworry that we're ending up with a lot of people who have just no clue how to talk about what they do or don't like about a piece of media without immediately going to why you're a Bad Person or a Good Person for watching it.

and you're so right about the renewal campaign thing! i saw so many posts saying it was wrong to campaign for the show to be renewed when there's worse things going on in the world, and also taika waititi's honestly unremarkable opinions about those things (u know what i'm talking about but i think bringing it up in detail in a post about "is ofmd is problematic" discourse is basically an invitation for some awful bullshit in my notes that no one wants to read, so forgive me) but like. how is it so hard for people to believe that you can care about a tv show and also about politics at the same time. i feel like that should be obvious 😭

and to be clear i don't even have much of a stake in this because i don't even like ofmd that much. i watched the first season and thought it was good but i'm not involved in the fandom beyond one or two mutuals who reblog stedebonnet fanart occasionally. i just know that time is a flat circle and one thing i can always count on people to do is act like they have a Super Important Political Reason for hating something when really they just *found* a Super Important Political Reason for hating something marginally popular that they already didn't really like.

#also i'm a firm believer that you should criticise the things you love #and talking abt the problematic implications of any pirate media is actually fun when its with people who aren't assholes #so maybe we should all just stop being assholes #that's my wish #ofmd #asks #alex talks

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duskwood-jake · 2 years

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Guilty feelings

Just another short note. After long time. Well...

Jake and MC. As always.

If you know me from another social network: here is a little more than there.

And I added a graphical component for the chats :)

A motel room. In an ordinary roadside motel, of which there are hundreds or even thousands in the country.

I managed to find one of the most unremarkable. A good place. Inconspicuous. Inexpensive. Modest. It suits me the most right now. They won't be able to find me here. Or they won't do it so quickly.

I can't believe they changed their strategy. Damn it. Now you're in it, too. I am guilty, indescribably guilty to you. You've become their target too. This time I was able to protect you - at the last moment. They should calm down for a while. They need to understand that I won't let anything happen to you, and not leave the hiding later to save. I think they're smart enough for understand that.

I am asking you this, but is the answer really important? I know I won't forgive myself. Because I failed you. At the very beginning, I promised that no one would know, that you would be completely safe.

I can't continue the conversation. I just don't have the strength to do it. Of course, I am not telling you about it, I am just saying that I need to install the equipment. This is also true. I need to do this. But... It's hard to admit even to myself that everything that happened affected me even more than it seemed at first. It is difficult to admit that it is because of this attack that I squeeze my head with my hands and close my eyes. I have to pull myself together.

When I finally manage to get me together and connect all the equipment that I have left, I enter the chat again. I should first read about everything that has happened with the band these days, I know, but for some reason I'm doing the wrong thing again.

Even if I doubt it in non-critical circumstances, you would at least look at me.

I log into your friend's profile, look at the last few uploaded photos. And... What do you think we are alike?

And I am waiting. I freeze with my hand raised over the mouse.

I sigh, rub my tired eyes. MC... Someone as incredible as you is in danger because of me. Due to the fact that I could not control my words and communicate only on case. Now I feel even worse. This feeling literally breaking my heart.

#duskwood #duskwood fanfic #duskwood jake #duskwood mc

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myinterestsvary-writes · 3 years

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I don't get the attitude. I ship Kataang. I think Zutara is stupid. All I'm saying is that before TLOK came along I was pretty sure that if we visited the gaang 10 years later it was going to be something like Katara and Aang broke up but stayed friends and Aunt Wu's prediction came true in that Katara ended up marrying Zuko or some other bender and Aang and Meng got married and had all these airbender kids. I didn't think they were going to be allowed to stay together and TLOK was a pleasant surprise. No it was great from certain standpoints for Aang fans but I wasn't asking you about that from an Aang point of view. I'm asking you if you would have been cool with Katara and Aang married to other people since without TLOK, it's possible that the post-canon stuff would have eventually had them with other people. It's not a gotcha, it's not a trap, it's a question.

I WISH the writers allowed Aang and Katara to get with other people if that was how they were going to write the both of them: have his embittered kids drop so much knowledge on the man we thought we knew from the previous series in an entirely hard to watch scene and shitting on people who'd even try to contextualize by having Kya and Bumi mock his and Tenzin's circumstances and not have any other third party like a flashback, or an appearance from Aang or Katara offered up to the audience to even try to fix any misunderstandings on a meta level. No, we get the living embodiment of Aang's inadequency in Bumi, who's actually so depressing and gross as I know he would smell bad if I ever met him. I especially HATE that this is used by fucking antis who admit to have never watched or enjoyed the sequel show as another reason to hate on my ship, LITERALLY ANTAGONIZING ME. I know you want Aang to irrefutably be guilty of something...but oh, my God! They make up stupid reasons from the original canon to make their situation in the sequel plausible which just comes off as extremely spiteful. Another reason to hate TLOK, it makes people view the original canon in a very specific and restrictive way.

It'll be controversial for Aang and Katara to not stay together given their bond, but in a good way because that'll be something memorable from an otherwise unremarkable sequel. It'll make everyone happy, including Kataang fans as they'll have full freedom to imagine things differently for Kataang instead of holding onto a very mediocre attempt at interesting storytelling. Also, it'll put their dynamic in a different light for many as I said already, in a way that'll truly allow more experimental fics with them (as I want more interesting Kataang plots).

Aang and Katara have good communication! Aang is not ableist! Although she is very forgiving of him, Katara doesn't let Aang get away with everything!

Another thing: you can't say Aang always gets the short end of the stick in terms of writing then take liberties to say all sorts of things about his character from said writing (mostly apparent in the sequels actually, so come on) and then expect people to respect what you have to say afterwards. Same with Katara. Dealing with bad writing constructively is criticizing it, not accept it for an obvious agenda you don't even bother to hide.

It's not too hard to believe for me that Aang wouldn't be a greater parent with anyone else as he's naturally just going to be a very busy man, so his worst case scenario in that regard is often times not far from his best case (though, with someone like Katara as the mother, many fans justly think it was weird for their famiy dynamics to turn out the way it did because no matter how much she personally coddled Aang by fans' standards, when she recognizes a wrong, she does something about it - her kids didn't seem adept at masking their emotions or were inarticulate in their experiences, at least Kya wasn't). I'm just saying though, I believe a child who suffered from neglect to the degree Aang's kids did with their mother still very present wouldn't turn out the way their kids did. I'm not saying I don't believe what they have to say despite my bias, but I do at least refuse to just take the situation put out for us as is since it just feels...awful.

#i hate their kids #anti lok #asks #anonymous

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staytiny-angel · 5 years

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Safe Haven 4/?

Rating: E

Pairings: Drew McIntyre/Becky Lynch, Eventually Drew McIntyre/Becky Lynch/Seth Rollins, Jon Moxley/Renee Young, Sasha Banks/Bayley/Charlotte Flair, Mandy Rose/Trent Seven, Jordan Devlin/Millie McKenzie, Ruby Riott/Liv Morgan

Warnings for this Chapter: mentions of violence

Chapter Summary: Drew and Becky get to know their new mate better while meeting members of his unorthodox family, Plans are made to rescue Roman from Heyman's evil clutches.

Taglist:

@hitory--chan @sethsevolution @finnsauroraborealis @the-beastslayers-queen @pikapuff316 @writinglionqueen @writtingrose

"SETHIE!" Seth hadn't even made it back to town before being tackled by a overly hyperactive blonde girl.

"I missed you too Liv" Seth groaned, slightly out of breath.

"You're lucky I'm here and not Rubes, she's very mad at ya"

Seth grimaced at the thought of seeing his older sister.

"Hey! Redhead!" Liv yelled at Becky. "Is this too basic" she gestured at her hair.

"Um-"

"You're right, too boring" Liv pulled out a compact mirror and smiled at it, Becky and Drew staring in shock as her hair turned bubblegum pink.

"How?" Drew asked Seth.

"Liv's a chaos fairy. Hyper 24/7, pranks everybody. C'mon brat" Liv squealed and hopped onto his back..

"Hey Livvie, Mom conjured my clothes..would you mind?" Seth asked his sister's girlfriend

Drew and Becky watched curiously as the unremarkable clothes Seth's mother had put on him morphed into dark-grey skinny jeans and a blood-red t-shirt.

"Hair too?" the fairy asked

"Yes please."

Seth shook his head and a quarter of it immediately went blond "There ya go Sethie! You look like you again, only bigger!" Liv giggles, patting the wolf on the head.

"Thanks Livvy" Seth grinned. "You're still small though"

"I'm still bigger than Millie!" Liv managed to kick Seth in the hip. "Good luck apologizing to everyone. Trent's mad because you made Tyler cry!"

"Tyler always cries!"

"Okay true, but you also made Mandy upset!"

"How long have you been away from home?" Becky asks

"I haven't lived in Haven in 8 years. I lost contact with everyone 18 months ago." Seth explained

"Dude the only reason we didn't completely lose it was because we still felt you through the pack bond" Liv tells him "We knew you weren't dead but...it was hard, anyway so why are you with the newbies?" Liv asked as they made their way to the main house.

"They're my mates." Seth said simply.

"Oooooh, Sethie's got two mates!" Liv said excitedly. Becky looking at her with caution. "I need to see Sarah, you are making me coffee later!" Liv hugged him and skipped off, Becky and Drew watching her.

"I've only heard of chaos fairies, she was...unique" Becky said.

"I need to remind Ceasero she's not allowed any caffeine" Seth said shaking his head

The three mates walked along the path back to the town in silence after Liv left. None of them really knowing what to say.

"So you guys have had this town for a long time?" Becky finally broke the increasingly uncomfortable tension

"My grandparents founded Haven. Grandfather...used to run a circus and all of the acts were different beings. When he retired, everyone just settled here. Haven was these old fairgrounds and some of the woods surrounding it."

"A Circus?" Drew exclaimed

"Grandfather was a warlock, especially skilled in persuasion and he figured it would be a way for him and his friends to not only use their abilities for profit, but to not have to hide as much. Normies will ignore most Supe shit if they think its a trick"

"Absolutely true, they're dense as hell" Becky replied.

"So, you knew Finn?" Seth asked.

"Sort of, his name was Prince back then, always wondered what happened, not surprised that vampires had something to do with it...when they helped save you. I can't believe I just said that" Becky facepalmed, remembering what Mox and Stephanie had said.

Seth smiled and shook his head "I know Haven is an odd case. Weird even amongst the weird. I mean, I'm the Wolf/Warlock hybrid that claims a Lion, a Witch, a Vampire Queen and a Vampire thats the vessel for a literal demon king for parents. Weird is kinda my thing"

"Do you remember that night?" Becky asked. Seth looked down, toying with his amulet before sitting down.

"A little. I remember being in a car with my mommy and daddy" Seth said in a faraway voice "The was a big flash of light and loud noise, and then I was flying through the woods. I had bite marks on the back of my neck. Knowing now what I know about my bio parents, I think my Mom shifted and was carrying me through the woods by the scruff of my neck."

Becky hesitantly reached over and touched the top of Seth's bowed head. Drew looking on silently. It seemed like his spitfire was already growing attached to the younger man, while Drew himself was more hesitant. Seth lived...by Drew's upbringing, an unnatural life. Haven was a lot to get used to and he'd had Becky to himself for so long.

"Do you think it's possible that your mom changed you?" Drew asked. "To protect you?"

"Could be I don't know" Seth pulled his hair. "I don't like thinking about it"

"Hey brat" A girl said, materializing next to the three. She was holding a coffee cup and had red lowlights and was so pale, Drew thought she could be a vampire.

"Hey, Ruby." Seth said quietly, "Guys this is one of my sisters."

"Yo." The girl greeted them easily and handed her brother the Chicago Bears to-go mug "One Double Chocolate Cappuccino, courtesy of Cesaro. Figured you could use it, heard you haven't had coffee in a year or so."

"No espresso?" Seth groaned.

"You know he puts too much in" Ruby said, "Besides I want to be able to sleep tonight. Your howling was obnoxious" she turned to Drew and Becky. "If either of you hurt my little brother, I will rip out your eyes and shove them down your throats"

"Ruby."

"What it's true. We lost you once, brat. Never again" She replied with a smile

"Did anyone mention that Seth is the baby?" Ruby asked

"Millie is younger then me thank you very much" Seth said rolling his eyes and taking a sip of his drink

"Millie hasn't been missing for 18 months, and gone for 7 and a half years before that. So excuse us if we're all a bit concerned about all this" she says waving a hand at Drew and Becky.

"Excuse me, who's Millie?" Becky asked.

"My baby cousin" Seth replied fondly. "She's my Uncle Shawn's kid"

"She's a fire siren, sneezes out fire like crazy" Ruby added, drinking her coffee.

"She doesn't have much in the way of control yet. So she sets shit on fire a lot...luckily her mate is a water sprite. Jordan is really great st putting out flare-ups" Seth explains "Please don't threaten my mates. Honestly, I'm a hot mess. I doubt they even want to be with me anyway"

"Nonsense" Ruby waved her hand. "Mates are mates always. Do you think I would have gotten with Liv by choice?" Seth chuckled and blushed when Becky smiled at him. " Does anyone know about Ro?" He asked.

Ruby's face fell. "Mom is working on a tracking spell, since you don't remember exactly where Heyman's compound is located. Dad is making her rest before she casts it though so that won't be done until tomorrow, the good this is that Heyman can only do his enslaving curse during the full moon...so we have 6 days to find Ro."

"Fuck" Seth pulled at his hair. "None of this would have happened if I hadn't ran away"

"Stop it" Drew said, gently pulling Seth's hands down.

Drew had sat there quietly listening to the exchange between Seth and his sister, trying to learn more about the odd man the fates had bound him and his firecracker to. From what he'd gathered so far Seth was well-loved by his mismatched pack and had been sorely missed while on his journey of self-discovery.

"Don't beat yourself up. You couldn't have known any of this would happen" Drew says softly, still holding Seth's hands in his larger ones. Seth's brother had been right. Seth did look amazingly...like a slightly smaller version of himself, less so now that part of his hair was platinum blonde.

"He's my big brother" Seth whimpered. "He doesn't even know I'm not mad at him anymore, if Paul's spell works on him, he'll be gone for good" Drew unknowingly wiped away a tear that had trailed down Seth's face.

Becky wrapped her arms around Seth's waist "That isn't going to happen, sweetheart. We are going to get your brother back and Heyman will pay for everything he's done to both of you." She says fiercely. To which Seth nodded but said nothing.

"Forgive me for asking but are you his sister from the witch side or vampire side?" Drew asked Ruby.

"Stephanie and Hunter, can't be around Finn and Violet, my blood is toxic and Bálor hates me" Ruby answered

"I only have one sibling from Finn and Violet and that's Jordan. He's the last of Finn's pre vampiric bloodline. His parents died when he was a baby, and an old woman from his clan brought him to Haven shortly after" Seth tells them.

"Is this the same Jordan that's your cousin's mate?" Becky asked. "Yeah, thought my uncle was gonna kill him, then Finn was gonna kill him" Seth shook his head.

"Haven is completely integrated? " Drew asked, he and Becky hadn't realized just how many different species of Supernatural inhabited the small town.

"Unless they can't be around each other for a physiological reason, yep" Ruby answered "One of our cousins is a sun sprite, and she glows with actual sunlight. So she can't be around Finn and Violet."

"No one gets turned away unless you give our father a reason to" Seth said, "The pack is a family"

#shai writes #seth rolllins #seth rollins fanfic #seth rollins fic #seth rollins imagine #seth rollins smut #becky lynch fanfic #becky lynch #drew mcintyre fanfic #drew macintyre #drew mcintyre #rollynch #Rollynchtyre

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