#which isn’t true lol

[brookheimer]

none of y’all ever talked enough about how fucking insane the choice of famous blue raincoat by leonard cohen was for connor’s karaoke song

#like…. #it fits in that moment bc its ab a ‘love triangle’ and losing the woman you love and connor’s depressed ab willa #but the song itself is constantly invoking cain & abel #and is so fucking crazy considering the last episode…… #‘what can i tell you my brother my killer / what can i possibly say / i guess that i miss you i guess i forgive you / i’m glad that you #stood in my way’ #banging my head against the wall thinking about trio reunion down the line and this symbolically being kendall addressing roman (my brother) #& shiv (my killer) #it’s a hopeful yet depressing interp lol. like the song is emotionally devastating but that specific verse is just so…. man #‘i’m glad that you stood in my way’…. #i don’t think kendall would ever say that or even acknowledge it to himself but. on some level. it isn’t wrong #also meaningful from a rome perspective too — ken telling rome that it was never gonna bd him that he doesn’t even want it #which is true . but roman can’t admit that #god. why has no one fuckinh talked about how insaaaane it was to have connor sing this in ep2!!!!!!! #succession #leonard cohen #100

[ghostradiodylan]

Current mood: The Quarry cast members chaotically debating the proper formatting and pronunciation of Dylan and Ryan’s ‘ship name after the chat asked them to please be quiet for this scene.

#the quarry #dylan lenivy #miles robbins #ryan erzahler #justice smith #zach tinker #siobhan williams #rylan #radioheads #dylan x ryan #‘dy-lan’ is just Dylan pronounced different! #did Siobhan say she’s ‘not into that’ lmfao how dare?? #she may actually be implying that Justice isn’t #which I don’t think is true #Justice ships Ryan with everyone lol #Zach is a major Rylan shipper though

[fistfuloflightning]

in your fandom/weird ships post i recognize the other mxtx ships but…ruoqing? sorry for asking but whats that?

lol you mean this?

No worries about asking! You’ve got sharp eyes, Anon. That is yet another of my rarepairs. Wen Qing/Wen Ruohan.

I don’t know how she views WRH in the donghua/cql but in the book she seems to respect him (apparently the only person to be able to handle his temper and unpredictable moods) and he considers her his favorite. Perhaps they bonded when she was younger, since he was a distant cousin of her father and was close to their family. It was a short mental leap from there.

Ruoqing during a Nightless City banquet—otherwise Wen Qing wouldn’t be caught dead in any clothes fancier than everyday robes

#there’s like 5 fics out there and three of them are in russian #shoutout to those brave souls #mdzs #ruoqing #wen ruohan #wen qing #art prompt #even tho it technically isn’t lol #mdzs art #my art #and that’s not even getting me on the potential angst minefield that is wen yuan being ruoqing’s son #wq having to hide her son’s identity in yiling by referring to him as the son of a distant cousin #which is true #but also so so not #and then going to turn herself in to the jins hoping wwx will protect her son #there’s just something about the lengths a mother would go for her own child #and doing it all out love and a deep need to protect #fic ideas

[agrebel18]

I just remembered that I had a dream where Gus and Matt were together somewhere and being badass during the day of unity AND THEN mattholomule figured something out then Gus thanked him right after with a wink, then he got flustered and yelled “UHHH THATS A HUMAN THING” and ran away but also grabby Matt along while Matty was confused but also blushing a little bit 😭

#the owl house #gustholomule #all my dreams about them are Gus centered as they should 😌👌 #and they’re always Gus being a gay disaster LMAOOOOO #and matty just being all 😳 #I love that this isn’t ooc either🥹 #gus x mattholomule #at this point ONE of my dreams about the have to come true👀 #also I dreamt this around may #which got me to ship them lol #random #toh #toh headcanon #also can i ever use just one name for mattholomule??? no I can’t. #/lh /hj

[boltgunkiller-archive]

it’s so irritating that everyone likes santana for the wrong reasons 🫤 i mean she is funny and i like the mean girl trope but the whole idea of “haha she’s so mean she’s saying the stuff everyone wants to say” ?? amazing job you fell for exactly what she wants to convince you of

#juno speaks #do i agree with her? i mean i guess most of the time #she does call out rachel a lot #but that’s not really the point nor the appeal of her character #you can like her for whatever reason but thinking that’s the purpose/point of her character #ENTIRELY #is missing the point #yes she’s a mean girl cheerleader trope. i love that trope for many reasons #but it’s not just because they’re mean although that is fun #it’s because they’re mean due to inner turmoil or other circumstances. that’s why i like aubrey so much #(from omori not glee lol) #it’s interesting to see and analyze which is a major reason why s2 is my favorite because a lot of that inner struggle #was actually shown on television. like we can see why she’s acting out so much #that’s the interesting part to me. and santana isn’t only mean she just struggles to express herself #she cares deeply about things and FOR a lot of people. she just doesn’t know how to express it #but deep down she’s a good friend and she loves people #she’s shy and insecure and doesn’t like being vulnerable so she never shows it but it’s true #and there are several moments where she sets all of that aside to be there for people because they NEED it #and she does care #like rachel having her breakdown before going on funny girl #santana stepped up and helped and knocked some sense into her #because it was important and rachel needed it #like yes i also do think santana’s funny and i like the mean girl trope i love when girls are mean #that’s no secret #but that’s not all there is to her… ignoring the rest of her character is just irritating like #it’s ignorant 🤦‍♀️ and it irritates me that that’s all people see when they say they’re a fan of her character #like stop there’s so much more.. so many meaningful things about her #Again i do also think she’s funny. but THATS NOT ALL THERE IS ☹️☹️☹️ #anyway. like characters how u want but this is how i feel #gleeposting

[itspileofgoodthings]

see i have all these spicy takes in the drafts that i don’t post out of self-restraint but then i see a spicy take that i hate SO MUCH and then i want to post mine out of revenge. it’s a terrible cycle tbh.

#it is actually and fundamentally not good for my weaknesses to be here lol #but I also love it! And love the community and the support and don’t find a ready-made replacement for that in real life #so yeah. I wrestle with it #if I could always use it as an opportunity to practice charity and restraint and shutting up it would be a good thing #but I have to be careful with any known potential irritant because I have such a temper and get so genuinely pissed off so easily #while also having poor impulse control #and like. it isn’t fair of me to be out there baiting people with my opinions and being provoking with takes I know will be upsetting #to the circle in which I move on here #but I also love to say a thing I think is true or feel is true and talking my way into a more nuanced opinion is how I do it! #but also like. the simple truth is that it also isn’t kind or charitable or necessary most of the time #no matter how I try to dress it up with comments on my personality and how I learn/like to analyze things #I really wrestle with it. there was a part of me that so at peace when I was gone from tumblr (essentially) for half a year #but again. I missed it #teaching helps a lot. my personality can take the very age-appropriate obnoxiousness and idiocy that comes with talking about literature #to teenagers #but I’m kind of so over trying to have a nuanced conversation online #it’s just so hard. I need the body language and the one to one you can only have in person for certain conversations #and disagreements. tbh it’s better and kinder and just BETTER if i stay out of it online #but I never do it perfectly #I’m just rambling. But yeah #thanks for listening #this has been #3 text posts in a row with Maria

[denkryn]

no but it’s about her previous selves asking her what she did with this life and amalia responding, “i told someone our name” could write a literal essay about how zephyr has always tried not to get attached or make any real connections with anyone because she knows all too well how easily people go and how much it hurts but somehow 2 lives later, and hundred lives lost around her, she finds herself making the truest (no pun intended) relationship she’s ever had in all her lives.

#txt #the nevers #amalia true #well fuck me running i will never be over her character honestly #she’s literally number 2 behind root #im obsessed with this women ma’am it’s the trauma and how they turn to some form of faith afterwards #it makes me crazy #i may write a long fic as a season 2 alternative since the show is over #no one is gonna read it #but i really am not ready to let amalia go lol #and there arent enough fic out there :( #but it’s so hard to write in canon for this show because the lore isn’t even really fleshed out there’s so much left to interpretation #which means more brain gymnastics 😔 i just wanna write amalia/penance romamce but for it to be good we gotta have a good backdrop #stay tuned #i may end up doing nothing #😂

[compacflt]

cymav thoughts?

i Have given it a lot of thought over the last six months bc multiple people have asked and I really don’t have any cymav thoughts unfortunately

from where i sit they have no chemistry and they’re each in their 50s when they canonically meet so there’s no real incentive to get together

cyclone is like ice (annoying version) on steroids. the scene that for me defines the cymav relationship is the scene after ice’s funeral when cyclone a.) kicks mav out of the fucking navy and ends his career after mav just got kicked in the teeth by ice’s death (not endearing or attractive) and b.) scraps Maverick’s mission parameters and recreates them in a way that is technically safer but definitely more likely to get all of the aviators killed, maybe just to cover his own ass—he and maverick think so differently about tactics and strategy that they are diametrically opposed in a way i think is fundamentally incompatible. I don’t think they would ever be friends let alone sexually or romantically involved

Lest we forget cyclone is mav’s superior & commanding officer when they meet so that’s a weird place to start as well—they are never equals in institutional power even meeting. I feel like part of why icemav works so well is because they were both snotty overconfident greenhorned lieutenants when they met/went through unspeakable levels of trauma together. Whereas with cyclone it’s not like “when we met we were both lieutenants who saved each others lives in active combat while fighting side by side for the same mission❤️” it’s “when we met he was an admiral three ranks my senior and he contemptuously ended my whole 35-year career and LITERALLY commanded me to my death from his position of relative safety and if i had died it ostensibly wouldn’t have affected him at all…❤️?”

Cyclone is like ice: he is successful in the navy because he refuses to have any daring or break the rules at all, and only digs up a hint of respect for maverick after he is repeatedly proven wrong (annoying, runs counter to mav’s whole ethos)

if they Were ever to be involved, it would have to be kind of an icemav post-original-tg-mission thing where they learn how to respect each other over a long time, because clearly there’s a lot of deep-seated disrespect for each other especially from cyclones view towards maverick. He straight up does not think mav is a worthwhile asset to the navy, a good tactician, OR capable of basically anything that is asked of him. he openly tells mav the only reason he’s still in the navy is admiral Kazansky, outwardly and rudely dismissing any prior skill or valor maverick has exhibited and earned. For Mav, someone whose ego is his most prized possession, that might be too deep an injury to bear, even if he proved cyclone wrong in the end. And after he retires, there’s nothing keeping him & cyclone in the same place to become friends, and by TGM neither seems to me like the kind of guy to ask former nemeses out to drinks if they don’t have to, so i don’t think they would

those are my wet blanket thoughts. I personally don’t see it sorry

#this is like the fifth ask I’ve gotten about cymav so addressing it lol <3 #I know. I know I know #but they’re just too fundamentally different people #and i would say the same about mav and ice if TGM didn’t show how deeply and truly they end up respecting and liking each other #so i think mav and cyclone are an older version of TG’s mav & ice #but my argument is: too old to start anything new with men they canonically don’t give a fuck about #pete maverick mitchell #beau cyclone simpson #top gun #top gun maverick #🌹cyclone my one true love🌹 #cyclone is sooo baby though #he will always be my no. 1 blorbo #for the same reason i don’t see him & mav working out i think mav’s relationship with ice is destined to be difficult #as i have written about elsewhere on this blog—Maverick’s disposition/lifestyle is not compatible with most rational people! #which is why he’s single in tgm! #he has mellowed—but cyclone simply isn’t that fun—not as fun as penny for instance #also for the same reason i don’t see cymav working out—I don’t think ice & mav would’ve worked out if they started a real rlnship post TG #it takes a long time to build up respect & trust #which to be fair is why i wrote it that way. okay we’re back to this pkay #just my opinion #!

[piqued-curiosity]

The whole thing with “how can lesbians like M/M ships? How can lesbians have male blorbos?” Is so annoying because you do know you can like things without being attracted to them right.

If you assume any woman with a male ship or blorbo is attracted to them and therefore a Fake Lesbian, then you must also assume that any female ship or character a lesbian is interested in, she likes because she’s attracted to them. Which is dangerously close to classic “omg so you’re attracted to literally every woman?” Type lesbophobia.

I have female characters who I like and am attracted to, and I have female characters who I like and am not attracted to. Same with F/F ships. Because yes I’m a lesbian, but I’m also a normal person (a lot of people seem to forget that homosexuals are just like anybody else). If I can have female characters and ships I like without being attracted to them despite being a lesbian, it makes sense that I can have male characters and ships that I like without being attracted to them. And that goes for every other lesbian. So it’s very confusing to me when I see people acting like being a fan of a character or ship automatically translates into being attracted to them…when that’s just not the case. You can like something without wanting to fuck it.

#I have a lot to say on this topic and it’s in my drafts lol #so don’t be surprised if I make another post eventually #I specifically want to talk about how it’s only lesbians who get targeted with this #like our sexuality is constantly under questioning just because we like a movie with a male lead or some shit #which as I said here…heavily implies that the only reason we like female characters/ships is because of attraction #which isn’t true #my post

[steampunk-raven]

spider in room but everyone else is asleep so no one can help me :/ panic time i guess lol

#having scary things in my room is fun because i get to play the game of “which phobia am i MORE scared of: being around lifelong phobia of #mine OR the phobia of leaving my room and risking Being Perceived” #right now it’s the second one :/ which is pretty funny given that every else is fucking ASLEEP so there’s your proof that phobias can be #SUPER irrational lmao #but also my arachnophobia isn’t the worst like I’ll avoid places where spiders were near recently but i can still sometimes watch videos of #them sooo. yay for me lol? this isn’t true for other bugs (yes ik spiders aren’t bugs but my phobias don’t) which sucks for me because the #second most scary one is viewed as beautiful by most people and so many people love them. noooooo thank you. number one most scary aren’t #talked about but idk why they’re super common. and terrifying and OUT TO FUCKING GET ME. WHY DO THEY ALWAYS RUN *AT* ME #bugs love me. if i think about their existence too much i will have a panic attack. this is not a good relationship. #except for silk moths specifically. Ive never seen one irl and are still a little scared but i have a dnd character who loves them so same #ALSO BEES. I love bees. Not scared at all beyond like a normal reasonable “don’t fuck with them” kinda thing. bees are great i love bees #most of the stingy ones I’m ok with individually actually. i dislike the massive loud swarms of them but on their own they’re cute lol #(also to the bug and/or spider lovers i am not a kill bugs kinda person if this is worded weirdly that is because I’m having a fucking pani #attack please be nice)

[brookheimer]

ok prior to the finale my top three s4 episodes are easily connor’s wedding, america decides, and living+ (in that order probably). rounding out the top 5 would probably be kill list and rehearsal (altho i haven’t rewatched rehearsal so maybe not i just remember feeling fond of it lol)

#posting this for posterity’s sake #wonder if the finale will change that either bc it’s great or bc its so bad it ruins prev episodes lol #might be a surprise the funeral ep isn’t up here as i am a known roman lover and he finally had his breakdown #but idk! idk. didn’t quite do it for me. felt a lil too on the nose and sympathetic and cliche especially the ending w the self destructive #jump into the protest etc #like both that ep and tailgate party got a little too close to Saying The Thing and being a bit soapy #at times ofc #but yeah i feel like everything i liked most ab church and state was just reiteration of characterizations from prev episodes #rome breakdown was great i just didn’t love the way the running into the protestors thing ended up being done kinda #the episode just felt a little too like Hey Guys This Fascist Has Feelings :( which like TRUE i’m a HUGE proponent of pushing that but i jus #think it was a little too unsubtle for my tastes. like what did roman getting beat up willingly as a grieving method do that roman listening #to logan edited to insult him over and over and over in living+ didnt #and the latter was way more unique and interesting and layered whereas the former felt so cliche and on the nose #wish it was done to make it a little grayer make rome a little more of an asshole even #ok i’ll stop rambling byeee #that’s v much just my opinion and my own sensibilities which r pretty specific ! still a good ep just not like a Me episode the way living+ #or america decides were. and i mean connor’s wedding was an Everyone ep let’s be so real #succession

[tarotmantic]

it’s on my eternal to do list to eventually make a post with all the ben platt fun facts i used to text my friends when i went on my new fan deep dive

#ben platt #tarot.txt #i only half remember them and I don’t have the logs anymore so I’d have to go watch all his interviews again lol #which isn’t a chore but I don’t have the time #and I don’t want to say anything that isn’t true #I’m thinking stuff like how he got cast for BOM from pitch perfect (maybe???) #and that he turned 18 during filming #for Pitch Perfect #literally just fun facts #one day #maybe in the new year

[kegisaroused]

Sometimes I’m like “my time in internet fandom hasn’t been THAT crazy” and then I remember that someone I’ve never met IRL wrote RPF about me once.

#this is 100% true #also it does not exist anymore #this was in YE OLDE DAYS before the fandom social media consolidation and the website is long gone #sorry to disappoint #TBF it wasn’t just about me it was about all the big names on a particular forum #but I was definitely shipped with someone I had also never met #who was a dude which like… lol #anyways old internet fandom was truly the Wild West #at the time I thought it was great #but I was also in high school #which is hilariously why I think it isn’t around anymore #the author found out belatedly that some of the people they were writing about were under age and deleted #pour one out for her

[allhappyandgay]

I just want to drop by n let u know that your signs and therefore your horoscope doesn’t take yr personality disorder into consideration. do with that what u will

#it’s all abt fundamentals. yr core #behind all the coping mechanisms and trauma responses and disorders #also ppl don’t realize how much each of the signs interact w each other based on their ruling planet #if u don’t relate to yr sun sign (the only one most ppl know) then I recommend looking into yr other signs and seeing what they all actually #mean for u. everyone has almost every sign with a different ruling planet but most ppl just think everyone is one sign and there is a set of #traits for each one and they’re often wrong. that is because u are basing every aspect of yr personality on one single sign when really #each sign reflects one or more aspects of it #for example yr moon sign rules yr emotions moods and feelings and how u are when u are most comfortable. that is one part of u and whatever #yr moon sign is is the one who’s traits apply to that area! same goes for all the other signs and ruling planets u can have one without the #other if u want it to make any sense to u #and again yr signs have no way of knowing what yr brain looks like past where the planets were when u were born. #I never related to being a leo bc they’re outgoing and attention whores and materialistic. then I realized not only is being a leo sun one #aspect of my chart and not my whole self but also that I was raised in a way that specifically made me reject a lot of those traits #so I mapped it all out and focused on fundamentals (which actually is a rlly cool way to get to know yrself and think abt how u rlly are) #for example I hate attention because of specific disorders I have. but I secretly love being taken care of and seek out attention in ways #that divert from regular “everyone look at me!” mega confidence ways #also not on either side of the is astrology real discourse I just like it cuz it’s fun and a bit of wisdom for the day I don’t let it rule m #life lol. but if u are interested or even just frustrated or think u hate astrology cuz it isn’t true for u u might just not get it yet! #it’s more complicated than it seems and much less simple than ppl first think #dens.thots

[glasseswearingrabbitdetective]

Me trying to read a certain bishoujo manga so bad it just makes no sense… I want to bang my head against a wall 🥲 why did I even do that?? I couldn’t put it down.. I wanted to hope there was SOME goodness in it but even the translators gave up on it 😂😂😂

#it’s now 3am </3 #then I read smt else harem- chapters ~1-3 then the last one to see how it ended and it didn’t #lmao it was literally- girl 1 and boy have mutual love but the other harem members were against it and ???? hello??? the last page was just #“our story isn’t over yet” or some shit and ?????? THATS how you end it?? idk whats worse… but the entire series (which I skipped most of)- #-was a complete train wreck that made no sense so 😂😂 fitting ending … even if it’s cowardly #my literal thought reading that “lol cowards” 🙄 true love >>>> harem… tho it does depend on protag #some harem mcs are a LOT better- shout out to oreshura’s Eita and Kaminomi’s Keima! I LOVE THEM BOTH SM!! GOODEST BOYS!! #anyways- what I read; Da Capo Graduation (lmao wtf was that) 7 ch.. Eromanga Sensei- jfc what the fuck was that!??? #both were trrrible 🥲 I couldn’t read 70+ fucking chapters of eromanga.. you could tell from Just 1 what a shitshow it was 😂😂 #too bad tbh… Sagiri’s design is adorable </3 what a waste… #Kanna rants #Kanna rambles #Tldr- don’t read/watch da capo or eromanga sensei. both are … terribly… written. like… TERRIBLY 😂😂 bs’d … yet so popular?? huh???

[francesderwent]

as much as I generally dislike the use of the trope, Eddie Munson’s “as unambiguous a sign of true love as these cynical eyes have ever seen” could kill any of Murray’s little relationship insights stone dead

#why do we accept Murray as a voice of truth? #I get it I guess he’s supposed to be this objective third party #seeing the story the way we are and voicing how it ought to go #but he never seems to have enough EVIDENCE #no matter what they’ve TOLD him he wasn’t THERE for anything that mattered #and his reading of the relationship is ALWAYS ALWAYS reductive!!!!! #because he is a man who has literally built a bunker to get away from all society! he doesn’t believe in the importance of relationships!! #so he’s just like ‘you experienced a thing. you should have sex about it and move forward’ #which is??? so OFFENSIVE to the real bond that these characters have formed!!! #as if that could resolve everything! as if that alone was the meaning of everything! #it’s not for Nancy and Jonathan and it DEFINITELY isn’t for Hopper and Joyce #Eddie on the other hand. he admits he doesn’t know what happened #all he knows is what he saw!! #and he saw Nancy DIVE INTO A PORTAL TO A HELL DIMENSION after Steve!!! #so what does he say? #does he tell him to try to land some end of the world sex? NO #he manifestly DOES NOT #he says ‘that was a sign of TRUE LOVE’ #and you should GET HER BACK #he even (lol) gives Steve something to wear FOR HIS MODESTY #Murray’s like ‘you went through an experience together so you should have sex about it’ #Eddie’s like ‘okay you went through an experience together and it kinda seems like you might be leaning towards having sex about it’ #‘but PLEASE control yourself for a hot minute and then pull yourself together and FIX THIS RELATIONSHIP’ #‘rebuild the foundation stronger!!!’ #he said YOU SHOULD GET HER BACK #to have and to hold babes!! none of this fleeting ‘get it out of our systems’ bullshit!!! #this is not an anti-jancy post or an anti-jopper post it is only an anti-Murray post #cate liveblogs! #stranger things s4