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blodreina-noumou · 6 months

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look, I love Lexa. she's the reason I started watching in the first place.

but the story where it's Anya in Lexa's place, leading the Grounders (this would eliminate the Heda/flame/nightblood storyline imo) and it's Clarke and Anya that fall in love instead - that's a tempting story. that'd be a real interesting way to have handled all that.

they already have so much history by season 2, and Clarke finding Anya in her cage and freeing her would parallel so nicely with Becho

did anyone ship Clarke and Anya back in the day? I joined the fandom after Lexa, so that's all I ever really saw.

#steph rewatches the 100 #the 100 2x02 #stacked100 #that's all for today folks!

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bisexualseraphim · 6 months

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Episode 2! Wanna get through this season as fast as possible so I can see my babygworl

#seraph watches the 100 #the 100 #2x02

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izloveshorses · 1 year

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me @ kane trying to make bellamy feel guilty for not being able to hold off the grounders

#the 100 #bellamy blake #iz watches t100 #2x02 #*don't u hurt my BOY*#i forgot how frustrating 2a was asdlhf

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laufire · 6 months

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not to bring up my dear frenemy, captain charles vane of black sails fame, to a t100 discussion but. this episode, and the mount weather plot in particular, are bringing up his (very misunderstood/arguably almost maligned?) quote in season 3, about how the empire/sovereign powers will ply people with all the creature comforts they need in exchange for their submission, and how he "can think of no measure of comfort worth that price".

it's interesting because it makes me think about the kind of people these kids are, and what reasons they might have for leaning one way or the other regarding mount weather (clarke's reasons for her distrust are nothing like vane's reasons would be, for sure). about how, if they were there, others like murphy or raven or octavia, for example, and arguably bellamy -at this time- or finn would react more like clarke than like jasper & co, each again for their own motives. and about how wallace might target each of them in order to win them over with said creature comforts, like he fails to do with clarke (raven would've been naturally distrustful, but they WOULD have healed her, for example).

it'll also be interesting to compare this with season 6 later on, because I remember clarke's reactions to Prime Chris Argent* & company being different in nature (not to mention the consequences brought upon her vs. upon others in each case). and, IMO, it's a clear sign of her dwindling status in the story: from the lone, vindicated cassandra figure, to, well. the tool.

*I didn't remember the character's name while I was watching that season, so nobody should expect me to remember it now.

#talking to the void #stacked100 #my thoughts #t100 thoughts #the 100 #the 100 2x02 #clarke griffin

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blodreina-noumou · 6 months

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*Raven screaming through spine surgery she's completely awake through, with no painkillers, after getting shot*

Murphy, who shot her: Time to make this about me.

#I love him but shut the fuck up John lmao #steph rewatches the 100 #the 100 2x02 #stacked100

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okmcintyre · 1 year

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Octavia learns Trig from a concerned Lincoln in 2x01, then uses it to save him in 2x02

#the 100 #octavia blake #lincoln kom trikru #[lincoln somewhere in trikru: "THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT']#this was such a bold move #we love to see it #2x01 #2x02 #the100rewatch #the100edit #t100kt

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kvetchinglyneurotic · 2 months

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I wouldn’t mind hearing your thoughts on the reality tv fic research you’re doing, if you had any thoughts or observations you wanted to share, be they fic-related or otherwise 🌹

So the reality TV fic is really the first chapter/prologue of a longer fic that covers Jamie's reintegration into the team and developing friendship with Sam in the first half of season 2, while also having some complicated feelings about Amsterdam and his time on Lust Conquers All as Sam and Jan rope him into their effort to get the player auction during at the charity gala changed to something less terrible. While I don't necessarily think Jamie's experience on LCA was itself traumatic, the structure of reality dating shows might poke at some sore spots in a way he might not consciously register, same as the auction did in season 1.

Unhinged ramble on reality TV dating and how it might affect Jamie under the read more:

(My research was mainly focused on Love Island UK, the real-world equivalent of LCA; however, some of the rules, filming practices, ect. are based on industry norms that I don't know for 100% certain apply to this show)

There are some aspects of the reality TV experience that Jamie would likely be better equipped to handle than most contestants — while the producers do go out and scout people and I gather that some (or possibly most) of them are social media "micro-influencers," one of the main things they tend to struggle with is not only the sudden rise to fame and the volume of criticism that comes with it, but the fact that it's very temporary fame and they have to reintegrate into regular life and a regular job afterwards. Jamie struggles with depression after leaving LCA, but he clearly didn't put the same stock in it as a career move as most contestants do — his depression is tied to his football career (or rather, his temporary lack thereof) and his dad; LCA was primarily a way to get away from James rather than something he was invested in for its own merits or that he likely expected to have much of an impact on his life in the long term.

He also has an advantage when it comes to contract negotiations. Reality TV contracts are extremely extensive and typically involve the contestants waiving the right to sue in the event of... basically any kind of harm (emotional/psychological distress, injury, illness, death, ect), as well as their right to privacy — many shows specify that they have hidden cameras and microphones throughout the entire house, including areas like bedrooms and even bathrooms, and that they can use, edit, ect. anything they record however they want, including frankenbiting, ie cutting together snippets of audio to form sentences that the contestants never actually said — and their contact with the outside world, as contestants aren't allowed to keep their phones or go on social media. They also often tie the contestants to the production company for several months afterwards, which may involve doing public appearances or even restricting activities related to the show (this is less relevant for something like LCA, but American Idol season 2 contracts didn't let contestants sing anywhere outside the show, even at like. private gatherings with friends and family).

I imagine Jamie's contract would include a lot of these same rules, but unlike most contestants, he has an agent (even if we know the agent kind of sucks) who may have gotten him better terms. That being said, based on the way his agent talks about him going on LCA in 2x02, there is a distinct possibility that he signed on as an impulse decision and actually didn't have anyone look over the contract, so really whether or not he had an advantage here depends on how pre-meditated his decision was at the time. Another area where he has an advantage is purely demographic: he's a white man, and reality dating shows have a massive problem with racism and sexism that affects casting, how the contestants are framed once they're on the show, and even voting behaviour.

Prospective cast members undergo a very thorough vetting process that involves a background check, medical exam, psychological evaluation, and interviews with basically everyone they've ever talked to, it seems like. How effective the psych eval is in rooting out people who are likely to be negatively affected by the show is debatable — I read an interview with a former contestant on the Bachelor who said she suspects she was chosen because she was emotionally fragile after a recent breakup with her fiancé — and they seem to be more geared towards keeping people off the show who are likely to be physically violent with the other contestants. Jamie fits the profile of someone who might be chosen pretty well, actually: he's combative and has a big enough personality to be involved in drama, but he doesn't actually start physical fights.

Once contestants arrive, their belongings are searched for any contraband alcohol or drugs, as well as clothes with logos from non-sponsor brands. Shows generally don't allow them to keep their phones or other electronics — Love Island contestants have cellphones that they sometimes use to take pictures and where they instructions via text, but these don't appear to be their own personal phones. (Sometimes contestants appear to be posting on social media during the season, but it's actually someone else running their account.) They're also not allowed to leave the villa except on scheduled dates (some shows do allow the contestants out, but they have to ask permission first). This is... kind of creepy, honestly, but I suspect that with James being on Jamie's case the way he was after he came back to Manchester, the lack of contact with the outside world may have been part of what appealed to him.

Life in the villa is very regimented: two producers live there with them and the contestants are told when to eat and when to sleep. This is another area that Jamie might cope with better than the average contestant, since he'd be used to working with nutritionists and generally having many more aspects of his life than the general person planned out, and the dietary restrictions are likely less strict. While conversations aren't scripted, contestants are often told to go to a specific location and to have a conversation with a specific person about a specific topic, which produces the slightly odd effect that, especially in the first couple of episodes, they spent all their time analyzing their relationships/prospective relationships with people they just met and barely know. I suspect this might be part of why it's hard to build sustainable romantic relationships in this environment — obviously communicating about what everyone wants in a relationship is good, but it doesn't allow for the regular conversations that make up most of the process of getting to know and like another person.

Which brings us to: kayfabe. Kayfabe is a wrestling term which refers to the implicit agreement between wrestlers and their fans to act as though the staged performances are authentic. Part of what I suspected tripped Jamie up during his stint on LCA and got him kicked off is that he's... not great at this part. He'd probably have some form of PR training and he has experience doing brand deals, but ultimately footballers don't have to pretend they're doing anything other than trying to win. Reality dating contestants can't say that they're there to build their brand or win the cash prize; the only motivation they can publicly acknowledge (not contractually, just in terms of coming off well to the audience) is finding love, and I suspect that Jamie was maybe a bit more obvious than he should have been about the fact that he approached it as a competition more than as an opportunity to find a relationship, which I don't think he was actually interested in at that point (or at any point, for the aro Jamie truthers among us).

There's also a bit of a tension between the producers' putative goal of capturing authentic reactions and creating certain storylines. The result is that they try to elicit certain reactions during the talking head interviews without stating outright what they want the contestant to say, and I suspect Jamie and the producers would find each other frustrating to deal with given his blunt approach to social interaction and difficulty with subtext and other forms of indirect communication. Similarly, interactions between the contestants — particularly the contestants of opposite genders — are governed by a set of extremely heteronormative social norms in which the contestants reaffirm their relationships through by, for instance, acting jealous or worried when their current partner is talking to another person as a sign that they're serious about the relationship. In addition to just generally not being a sexist dick even in his prick era, he is, again, just not that great with subtext. Ultimately, I think Jamie attracts the public's ire because he's too obvious about the fact that he's approaching LCA as a game to be won — while viewers are generally aware that reality TV is constructed, the contestants acknowledging that damages their popularity.

And now onto the potentially triggering stuff. First up: the alcohol. Most reality dating shows involve a lot of drinking, although instances of light drinking (eg sipping on champaign, drinking beer on dates) are generally more common than heavy drinking like taking shots or the contestants being shown to be very drunk, though it does happen. Some shows have an open bar, while others control the consumption of alcohol more closely and only give the contestants one bottle at a time. Contestants on Love Island are often shown drinking (usually champaign, or at least something in champaign flutes) from what appears to be an open bar, but I'm not sure which approach they actually use. I've seen some former contestants (on The Bachelor, not Love Island) attribute the frequency with which everyone drinks to the fact that they don't really have anything to do besides interact with the other contestants, get involved in drama, and drink — they don't have personal electronics, obviously, but they also aren't allowed to bring books or other forms of entertainment. Jamie does drink in canon and he goes out clubbing with his teammates, but the consistency with which everyone is drinking and the potential pressure to drink more himself as a result might make it feel a bit more fraught, particularly if part of the reason he doesn't remember losing his virginity in Amsterdam is because James forced him to drink.

Second: consent in reality dating shows is... weird. Once they sign the contract and enter the villa, the contestants pushed — though not technically legally required — to engage in various forms of intimacy which in any other situation would be considered pretty clear violations of their consent. Couples are formed unilaterally: in the season of Love Island that I watched (season 8), the initial couples were chosen by the voting public, and couples are re-formed in ceremonies in which, for instance, a newly arrived man choses between the two single women and the one who isn't chosen is sent home (or vice versa). In essence, only one member of the couple (or neither, in the case of public voting) actually has a say in whether they want to be with the other person. These couples then sleep in the same bed (in a room they share with all the other contestants), and the challenges similarly often involve one contestant choosing another to kiss, offer a lap dance, demonstrate their favourite sexual position, or perform other forms of intimacy (these examples are all from the first challenge of the first episode of season 8). In essence, while the contestants could technically refuse, they probably also wouldn't be on the show for long, and the whole thing is very much built on the presumption of consent to these more "mild" forms of intimacy.

Other Things:

Part way through, the men are sent to a different villa where they meet a new set of women, while the women stay at the original villa and meet a new set of men. I imagine the Jamie cheating on Amy with Denise in a hot tub incident probably occurred during something like this.

For some reason the announcer always calls them "boys" and "girls." He does it for both genders so at least it's not sexist, but I still don't like it.

If you want to read more about consent in reality TV dating, I found this chapter very interesting: Sreyashi Mukherjee and Dacia Pajé, "'You Can't Force Someone to Want You': Investigating Consent, Tokenism, and Play in Reality Dating Shows," in The Forgotten Victims of Sexual Violence in Film, Television and New Media: Turning to the Margins, ed. Stephanie Patrick and Mythili Rajiva (Palgrave Macmillan) [tried to attach the pdf but I got it through institutional access from my university and it won't let me 😞)

#lust conquers all #jamie tartt #it's so long i'm sorry #asks #i love when someone asks me about something i wanted to ramble about anyway #kvetch oc

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forgetmenotsassenach17 · 13 days

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Wednesday 100(s)

Every week, I post a wee Outlander drabble (100 word story) on twitter and every week, I think, "I should post this on tumblr too." And today I am finally committing myself to it. I'm currently in the process of writing and sharing one drabble from every episode from season 2, all from the perspective of Fergus. Here are the first three so you can catch up!

2x01, Place

After breakfast with the ladies at Maison Elise, Fergus found himself navigating the labyrinthine streets of Paris, blending into the swarms of people, unnoticed. He effortlessly nicked a loaf of bread from an inattentive merchant, before finding his way to the la rivière Seine. He would pass the afternoon watching the boats come and go, dreaming of lives he would never live but was desperate to experience. It was normal for young boys to seek adventures, the ladies told him. But that alone could not describe the longing within him. A longing for a place, for people all his own.

2x02, Cramped

The tiny closet under the stairs where Fergus slept was growing increasingly cramped, not with possessions, but because he was apparently getting taller. He found himself curling into tighter and tighter balls to fit in this little space of his, though it was evident that soon enough, he would no longer be able to lay his head here. He looked around the space, the only place he had ever called home, and suddenly felt a profound sense of sadness. This place was not perfect, but it was his. Would he ever again find somewhere to safely rest? To call home?

2x03, Worth Keeping

It was not the first time Fergus spotted the burly, redheaded man in the brothel. He was certain that was the man from whom he had lifted the wooden snake currently in his pocket. A difficult target, partly because of his size, but also because the man seemed to be equally observant of his surroundings as Fergus was of his own. Tonight, the man was alone, which was unusual, and was agitated, tapping his fingers relentlessly on his leg. Perhaps his distraction would make him an easy target tonight. Maybe he had something on him Fergus would find worth keeping.

#wednesday100 #outlander #fergus fraser

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raayllum · 1 year

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This isn’t going to be as coherent as I want it to be because I’m tired and mildly rushing through this (so I may revisit it later) but like, from the bottom of my heart

What the fuck is up with Harrow and the cube’s opposing symbolism?

Because like, Harrow gifts the cube to Callum in hopes of encouraging him. It’s been confirmed that Harrow didn’t totally know or understand what the cube is, but the name Aaravos as a master archmage has been carried down. We know the Orphan Queen started the royal line and had a hand in imprisoning Aaravos according to two sources. All of this symbolism and history indicates the cube will be a positive thing, the way Callum initially hoped it would be: “I just had a feeling this cube thing could help me” (1x04).

However, these positive associations were pretty smashed to pieces even before S4 came out with this scene in 2x08:

Because like, yes, the scene is Callum rejecting dark magic, and that the only way he can do magic as a human is through dark magic. That’s the surface level. But if that’s the case in the dream state, why draw this heavy association between the keys and dark magic and the cube? After all earlier in the season, Claudia’s book was the primary ‘tempter’ symbol. It’s Claudia’s book that she offers to him alongside lessons in 2x02; seeing Claudia’s book in an old drawing in 2x07 is what gives Callum the idea in the first place; he uses Claudia’s book to help do the spell. It shows up in the end credits.

Which is to say: if you wanted it to represent Callum just rejecting dark magic, which is the surface level interpretation / clear intended takeaway of the scene, why not just have it be the dark magic book? Why show Harrow encouraging Callum to reject his own gift? Especially when at this point, Callum has no reason to think anything negative regarding the cube, and he doesn’t. It’s a parting gift from his father, a source of harmless curiosity.

Furthermore, 4x04 shows the key is explicitly tied to Aaravos claiming Callum as a pawn. This is in line with much of the foreshadowing I’ve pointed out before in the cube being repeatedly called a key and a game piece, as well as the continual connection its been displayed to have with Rayla, her entrance with the Star primal glowing only the tip of the iceberg.

Harrow encourages Callum to reject the dark magic cube because “You are free. You are free from both the past and the future. Fate is a lie. Nothing is written in stone. You are free” and you have Rayla quote this resolve back to him to boot: “Callum, you’re the Destiny Is A Book You Write Yourself guy.”

The Key is a critical piece in Aaravos’ game with Callum as an extension or tether to it. Ziard was given the ‘gift’ of the staff and died shortly afterwards due to a sun dragon. Viren deciphered the mirror and likewise fell to his death. Both of those are brought together in Callum’s icarus symbolism, of a boy who’s flying too close to the sun - and of a boy who can also die by flying too close to the (Book Five) Ocean. Finding a third, middle path is the crux of the myth and of Callum’s arc with magic so far: not as a dark mage, and not as a powerless human, but as ‘a secret third thing’ in becoming the first human primal mage in centuries.

The Cube that causes Callum to turn to stone in the intro is a lie. An illusion. Especially when so much of the boys’ relationship with Harrow is also rejecting what he passed down onto them, and striving to be better than he was: to know more, to do more.

Basically this is just a rambling way to reaffirm that 1) I think the Cube will have an extremely negative consequence and effect first before having a more positive one unless 2) it is somehow used to save Callum outright (although again, I think that’s somewhat thematically unlikely) and 3) I am very, very happy that we are 100% finding out what it’s intended purpose is next season (with Aaravos also likely being released) because I’ve gnawing holes through my brain about it for long enough already.

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