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[ruegarding]

the entire point of the blue food was that it was the only way sally could consistently rebel against gabe without getting her or percy punished. sally is not and never was submissive in the books. percy himself says sally has "a rebellious streak, like me." however, sally and percy were under threat of serious abuse from gabe and therefore had to pick their battles. blue food was sally's way of telling percy "i am here and fighting with you" and "there is hope in the world still."

#whenever sally wasn't around gabe threatened percy with physical violence and percy is regularly scared of ppl physically harming him #even before training at camp half blood which is likely bc he was actually physically abused #also part of gabe's abuse was insulting percy's intelligence and i know y'all don't realize how serious that was #bc percy being stupid is a fandom joke and a punchline in rick's newer books #so yes ppl commenting that they changed* gabe's abuse is not just ppl pointing out sally's sassy comebacks as a little strange #thanks for coming to my tedtalk #percy jackson #sally jackson #percy #sally #pjo tv #rr crit #pjo show crit #min talks pjo #*ppl are acting like all abuse is the same so if u comment on gabe's abuse being changed it means ur saying he's not abusive #which isn't at all what is being said here but that's the current level of comprehension we're dealing w at this point

[thrumbolt]

Top 5 most annoying Tamlin scene misinterpretations

1. ''There is no such thing as a high lady'' I hate this one, because it is always taken as some sort of proof that Tamlin is a raging misogynist who doesn't want an equal woman by his side or some similar type of nonsense. I don't know where this is coming from. Tamlin never wanted to be a high lord. He would probably welcome for someone to take over most of the work so he could just keep running through the woods. He also has absolutely no issues with taking advice from women in power (Ianthe? Hello??). His first reaction to the high lady question is literally this:

“Is everyone just going to call me ‘Tamlin’s wife’? Do I get a … title?” He lifted his head long enough to look at me. “Do you want a title?”

And let's not forget that Feyre's first reply is ''No, I don’t know if I can handle them calling me High Lady”. To which he then answers that she doesn't have to worry about that, since ''there is no such thing as a high lady'' because the magic choses the title and it keeps chosing males. Also this whole scene happens while he eats her out. Not that it's relevant or anything, just saying...

2. ''Tamlin killed Rhys' family'' No. Tamlin's dad killed Rhys' family. I have no idea how Tamlin doing it is ever the takeaway from that whole story. Let's just quote the actual scene:

“Tamlin’s father, brothers, and Tamlin himself set out into the Illyrian wilderness, having heard from Tamlin—from me—where my mother and sister would be, that I had plans to see them. I was supposed to be there. I wasn’t. And they slaughtered my mother and sister anyway.”

Yeah okay, Tamlin gave the information (supposedly) and was there (supposedly) sure, but it's highly unlikely that he was so willingly. Let's not forget that it's established that Tamlin was afraid of his father, that Tamlin's father is worse than Beron (who, I might remind you, tortures his sons) and that Tamlin was friends with Rhys at the time - which neither family approved of. Even Rhys doesn't actually believe Tamlin did anything besides being spineless:

''I didn’t care that Tamlin had been there, had allowed them to kill my mother and sister, that he’d come to kill me because he didn’t want to risk standing against them.''

In the end we don't know the details. Tamlin could've been tortured and tied up or whatever. Making him watch could've been a cruel form of punishment for being friends with Rhys. We don't really know until SJM graces us with Tamlin's side of the story.

3. ''It's really Tamlin's own fault that the spring court fell'' Alternatively also phrased as: 'Feyre just opened everyone's eyes to Tamlin's incompetence' and....honestly? This low key makes me question the reading comprehension of people.

Yes, Tamlin made a deal with Hybern, which was extremely risky, but the war was coming regardless (as we learn from Rhys in the first half of ACOMAF) and the spring court would be the main target because of its location next to the wall. Inviting Hybern into his lands in a trade is actually a pretty smart way to avoid a lot of death on Tamlin's part - plus he needed help to rescue Feyre and get her out of the deal she had with Rhysand (people forget that Tamlin didn't know Feyre didn't actually need rescuing from the guy that was abusing her in front of him in ACOTAR).

So yeah anyway, Feyre did several things to make the spring court fall: 1. She manipulated the solstice ceremony to make herself seem cauldron-blessed in the eyes of the people, 2. She made a sentry accuse Ianthe (who WAS doing sneaky shit) which essentially did nothing except putting Tamlin on the spot in front of Hybern, so he was kind of forced to throw the sentry under the bus. Good job Feyre, you got a poor sod whipped! But it also built resentment within the soldiers, which was her plan all along and 3. before leaving, she did this (let's just quote the whole thing):

''I had a people who had lost faith in their High Priestess. I had sentries who were beginning to rebel against their High Lord. And as a result of those things, I had Hybern royals doubting the strength of their allies here. I’d primed this court to fall. Not from outside forces—but its own internal warring. And I had to be clear of it before it happened. Before the last sliver of my plan fell into place. The party would return without me. And to maintain that illusion of strength, Tamlin and Ianthe would lie about it—where I’d gone. And perhaps a day or two after that, one of these sentries would reveal the news, a carefully sprung trap that I’d coiled into his mind like one of my snares. I’d fled for my life—after being nearly killed by the Hybern prince and princess. I’d planted images in his head of my brutalized body, the markings consistent with what Dagdan and Brannagh had already revealed to be their style. He’d describe them in detail—describe how he helped me get away before it was too late. How I ran for my life when Tamlin and Ianthe refused to intervene, to risk their alliance with Hybern. And when the sentry revealed the truth, no longer able to stomach keeping quiet when he saw how my sorry fate was concealed by Tamlin and Ianthe, just as Tamlin had sided with Ianthe the day he’d flogged that sentry …When he described what Hybern had done to me, their Cursebreaker, their newly anointed Cauldron-blessed, before I’d fled for my life … There would be no further alliance. For there would be no sentry or denizen of this court who would stand with Tamlin or Ianthe after this. After me.''

So, the sentries left Tamlin because of a lie. A fake story. Without sentries, Hybern decided to take over rather than just be guests and had a prime spot to attack the summer court in turn. Which is also why Tarquin is extremely pissed at Feyre - not Tamlin. So no, Tamlin wasn't a bad high lord. His only real mistake was ever trusting Feyre.

Sure, some argue that Feyre thought Tamlin genuinely sided with Hybern and might be a threat to the rest of Prythian, so taking him down would make sense for her even outside of petty revenge. But there's just one problem with that: Feyre is a mind reader. She could have just.....checked. lol

4. ''Tamlin didn't do anything Under the Mountain'' This one really gets my goat because it's not really true? Things Tamlin did to help Feyre: 1. He sent her away to the human realm. (People forget this, but he basically doomed his court to protect her ass - it's not his fault she came back!) 2. He made Lucien check up on her. (Yes Lucien was Feyre's friend but he still acted under Tamlin's orders!) 3. He ignored Feyre as to not rile Amarantha up even more (Come on, have you seen Amarantha? It totally makes sense) 4. He tries to get to Feyre, begging Amarantha to stop even as he is tied up, bleeding out from a stab wound to his chest that he can't heal because he has no powers - like what do you want him to do??? 4. He literally kills Amarantha the second he is able to

Also personal conspiracy detour: That music that Rhysand supposedly sent to Feyre was SO originally supposed to be Tamlin, you can't convince me otherwise. I will never not believe that this wasn't just a lazily done quick change when SJM rewrote book 1 and 2 to account for the boyfriend switcheroo. Attributing the music to Rhys makes absolutely zero sense. He's not a musical boy at all, come on! Music themes never come up with him again either! Meanwhile Tamlin played for Feyre before, is generally a musical guy COME ON! /conspiracy detour over

5. ''It's Tamlin's fault that Nesta and Elaine got turned to fae'' No. No it's not. He knew nothing about this. Ianthe did this on her own accord because Feyre told her where her sister's lived. Tamlin actually attacks (!) the King of Hybern over it (to no avail, but still).

Some people blame Tamlin for keeping Ianthe around afterwards, despite of what she did. Those people I want to refer to point number 3 in this list. Ianthe was working with Hybern. Tamlin tried to be buddies with Hybern for reasons. No, he can't just throw out Ianthe.

#thanks for coming to my tedtalk #tamlin #acotar #idk man i get that people hate him but literally everything he does gets interpreted in the most unfavorable way ever #or simply misquoted #and it's annoying ok #feel free to add to it or correct me #SORRY THIS GOT LONG I WENT OFF A LITTLE #pro tamlin #i guess

[leafie-draws]

I think the budding/green blossom item from Dark Souls is based on primrose (primula vulgaris) a medicinal herb native to Europe which was commonly used to cure fatigue in medieval times

primrose was commonly used in food and teas and was believed to harness healing properties from the sun and was used to ward off illness and melancholia. the 15th century Hortus Sanitatis states that "airy spirits dread the primrose’s sun-given power and will cease their torment" when placed near the heart.

primrose was featured in various poems, songs and art throughout history and has since become a protected species. the plant is so valuable that harming or even picking the flowers is considered a serious crime in most countries.

#leafie speaks #thanks for coming to my tedtalk #I just talk about plants in videogames now #dark souls #plants in gaming #leafie plants

[sister-cna-reader]

#Thanks for coming to my TedTalk #Shower Thoughts #things I've done instead of literally dozens of other projects #spy x family #bleach #kenpachi zaraki #loid forger #yor forger #retsu unohana #yachiru kusajishi #anya forger #KenUno #twiyor #spy x family spoilers

[lady-phasma]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRwdv6EP/

you've most definitely seen a variant of this before but i had to send it anyway because it made me think of you

Yes!! I love when people send me blorbo content! As for your second ask (that I had already reblogged it) - this is actually great because I decided to do something a little different that I might not have done on a reblog of someone else's post. I'm about to get real auntie.

I will thirst and objectify (respectfully) to my heart's content because I know myself and I give no more fucks at my age. However, not everyone is at the same point in their lives.

Masc folks: this is not the standard of masculine beauty!

This is unrealistic and even Austin will not look like this now that filming is far behind him. This is not sustainable. Mainstream media has gotten more on board with discussing unrealistic expectations of feminine beauty, but they still have even further to go before they discuss this enough!

Humans have thirsted over exceptional beauty since our history first began, but (because I am who I am) this is a reminder that you look exactly how you need to look. You can want to improve for yourself, that's fine. But whether or not you are thirsting alongside us and see thirst posts and silly gif reblogs, do not ever think that you aren't gorgeous because you don't look like this. Don't ever think you aren't perfect exactly how you are, in your version of masculinity. You are beautiful.

#I'm omnisexual and attracted to masc presenting folks so I care about y'all okay? #austin butler #austin butler thirst #auntie prattles #asked and answered #love my moots #thanks for coming to my tedtalk #no one asked me #feyd rautha harkonnen #feyd #feyd rautha #psa #soapbox

[gilyoungroach]

i feel like lance is an ugly crier and keith is a pretty crier. Like keith would have a straight face with glossy eyes that look ten times cuter with the irritated red on his lids and cheeks, small tears would escape but most of them stay welled up in his eyes. As for lance is a snotty wreck with the largest dolops of salty water coating his face as he wails with a spit filled mouth

#thanks for coming to my tedtalk #i love them #klance #vld

[felix-krain]

Underneath it all, we're just savages.

#my art #albert wesker #resident evil #re #resident evil fanart #quick sketch #I'm currently undergoing a style crisis #so I'm kind of in artblock but also no(?) #anyways I love Albert Wesker bye #thanks for coming to my TEDTalk

[andiwriteordie]

head in hands thinking about how mike was will's first friend but also el's first friend

#byler #elmike #listen i just love my boy so so much #he's such a good person and so genuinely loving to people #sees a boy sitting by himself on the swings? goes and makes a friend #meets a strange girl in the woods? takes her home and makes a friend #mike wheeler's biggest strength is the love and care he has for the people around him #and it's going to be such a beautiful #and satisfying end to his character arc #to see him understand the romantic / platonic / self love in his story #thanks for coming to my tedtalk #now back to writing

[akajustmerry]

me in my room talking to no one: see the thing is succession has explicitly stated that business and sex are one and the same, transactional and all about power! "business is my fucking" as Kendall famously said. It's why the language the Roys use around business is so sexual, often just straight-up discussing business deals using allegories for sex and vice versa. but this paradigm is different for Roman because he, famously, doesn't have sex so there's no physical distinction for him as there is for the others. yet he still uses sexual language in business deals and if successful business is fucking, then its as much of an equivalent to fucking as Roman is capable of. so, for him, he's literally fucking matsson like he was fucking eduard and absolutely fucked jeryd mencken into becoming candidate for president. because business is the only way roman can fuck

#thanks for coming to my tedtalk #roman roy #succession #/

[just-tell-him-you-love-him]

s6e08, Ignorance is Bliss

Chase: *punches House in the face after he stings him about his divorce*

Foreman:

s7e23, Moving On

Foreman: *takes away the camera of a guy who's documenting him and Chase doing their job [it's the episode with the artist who wanted to turn her treatment into an art project], tosses it to trash and casually goes back to work*

Chase:

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#thanks for coming to my tedtalk #choreman #house md #hatecrimes md #foremanchase #chase/foreman #robert chase #eric foreman

[69ottersinatrenchcoat]

Boys with tummies are cute

Boys with squishy arms are cute

Boys with pronounced hips and thighs are cute

Boys with hip dips are cute

Boys with dimples are cute

Boys without dimples are cute

Fat boys are cute

Thin boys are cute

Chubby boys are cute

Lean boys are cute

Muscular boys are cute

POC boys are cute

Pale boys are cute

Boys with freckles are cute

Trans boys are cute

Cis boys are cute

Neurodivergent boys are cute

Disabled boys are cute

Boys with scars are cute

ALL BOYS ARE CUTE

Thank you for coming to my TEDtalk.

#boys #demiboy #ftm #trans #transgender #trans positivity #im not a simp i just like boys aesthetically :( #body posititivity #body positive #posted by 🐚 #thanks for coming to my tedtalk

[nanamikentoseyebags]

kento nanami. kento nanami. kento nanami. kento nanami. kento nanami. kento nanami.

#thanks for coming to my tedtalk #julie babbles

[btsgotjams27]

so ever since i lost my other job, i've been in a quiet spiral, trying to make it look like i'm okay, but in reality everything's gone to shit (it's very normal for me). i've been applying like crazy for state jobs and higher ed jobs and heard nothing. my hubs who already works a FT job tells me it's fine, he'll look for another PT job to keep us hanging in there. (he says he'd rather work so i can be with the kiddos). he managed to find a PT job 3x/week. and obvs i feel so bad, i wanna cry bc this is not the life we had envisioned for ourselves, but it is what it is, and sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to make ends meet.

and this morning, i'm spiraling again, beating myself up for all my life's choices, then during lunch, i check my email and i received a request for a virtual interview 😭 granted, it's just one interview so far, but it's the first one since i've applied. i'm literally trying not to put all my hopes in this one job, but there's just a huge sense of relief that through thousands of applicants, someone found mine worthy to take a chance on.

anyway, *fingers crossed*.

#thanks for coming to my tedtalk #personal #real talk #hang in there <3 <3

[cheer-soli-art]

El trío más bellaco del oeste

#translation will be wrong so here #bellaco is a common term in my country that means roguish or scoundrel #that’s the kind of meaning i’m leaning to #‘the most rouge-like trio of the west’ #translation may say it’s ‘the most beautiful trio’ #which while true is not the meaning I intend #thanks for coming to my tedtalk #rebloggers feel free to share #<3 #tower of god #the 25th bam #khun aguero agnis #rak wraithraiser #rakkhunbam #my art #webtoon #webtoon fanart

[ethereal--moon]

after lots of deep consideration and critical analysis i have come to the very important conclusion that the officers academy students at garreg mach can be split into two categories: students who are completely and utterly in love with claude von riegan and LIARS

#fe3h #claude von riegan #they're ALL in love with him #i personally asked each one of them and they all confirmed it #yes even that one character #except for caspar bc he thinks raphael is so much more cooler #thanks for coming to my tedtalk #i'm a lil drunk pls ignore this #nin.txt

[writing-hat]

I love writing some things for Pixal

I don't care if it's what she'd actually do LET HER DO CRIMES (in a legal way)

#ninjago #ninjago pixal #actually let all of the ninjago women do crimes #that's why I love Harumi #hat's words #hat's fics #pixal should be given the right to murder #in my head #and diplomatic immunity as well #nya too #and skylor #thanks for coming to my tedtalk