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unfortunately I do want poppy to break up with her boyfriend because he seems good for her. I love that babygirl so much and I love her the most when she is at her peak miserable and megalomaniacal….

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okay but i legitimately want to talk about the grimpop love confessions and rejections because—I will reiterate—Ian has been confessing his love for Poppy this season and Poppy has been bending over backwards to Not Hear Him, which is a rejection in its own way. I want to point out, however, that it’s not a rejection because Poppy doesn’t also love Ian. It’s a rejection because Ian has consistently, repeatedly, humiliatingly, publicly rejected Poppy. It’s why Poppy knew that Ian was talking about the shovel and not her in season one. Every little dig and comment about how Ian was definitely, under no circumstances sexually attracted to her because she was abrasive and gross and an all around mess (a mess that he had a hand in creating, but that’s more than Ian is or was willing to admit). He deliberately told her that he didn’t believe in her, to hurt her, to bring her back down into the bucket that Ian created and was happy living in—as long as he was the crab on top.

Ian telling Poppy that he loved her in season 3 was so, so important for him as a character, and it was important that Poppy said it back, but Ian didn’t want to hear her then. Poppy has always loved Ian. I think it’s even reasonable to believe that she had a crush on him even with his terrible ponytail beard, but getting to know Ian, being around him and working with him, took away the shine and veneer of him being Ian Grimm. So Poppy stuffed all of that down, so deep that she can’t really hear him when he says “I’m not in love with you for your body […] I love you for your mind”, so she builds Poppy 2 to give Ian what he wants, her mind, and she doesn’t have to engage further with Ian on a personal level. Keep it professional. She has someone new who is loudly into her and values her not just as a creative but as a person.

Ian has had to go on a Journey about Poppy, and I think that’s part of why he was so stressed out about her blowing off Warrior Within to be with Storm. It’s taken him so long to get to even this barely there level of understanding his feelings for Poppy that he’s already lost her. Add to that the feeling (and framing!) of Poppy “cheating” on him creatively with Storm. He’s afraid of losing Poppy. He’s jealous and envious, and whether he consciously knows it or not, he’s making it everyone else’s problem. Except Poppy, who is the only person he’s been honest with.

I am Unwell

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geoffrey tennant made some excellent points when he casually chewed on a razor blade, actually

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geoffrey tennant made some excellent points when he casually chewed on a razor blade, actually

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"And I love you both very much. More than I love myself, which is saying a lot, believe me."

Slings & Arrows S01E01 - Oliver's Dream

for @paulgrossaddict :)

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this clip is my new villain origin story btw

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K

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must a ship become canon to be shippable?

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NO ONE on TV is doing it like Poppy and Ian. They’re in deep passionate love with each other they never want to have sex with each other they’re cheating on each other in about five different and equally painful ways they’re obsessed with each other they’re lying to each other they know each other like no one else ever will they’re exes they’ve never dated they’re married they’re perfect.

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MYTHIC QUEST 4.01 • Boundaries

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also sometimes “seeing The Dynamic” is just the friends you make along the way. the characters do not have to interact to have The Dynamic or for it to be seen. they don’t even have to be from the same source material.

shipping isn’t about what the writers or actors say is or isn’t romantic. shipping isn’t even about romance a good percentage of the time. shipping is about seeing The Dynamic and going absolutely hog wild in your mind and your friends dms about it.

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You guys are working together? Mythic Quest 4x01 'Boundaries'

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shipping isn’t about what the writers or actors say is or isn’t romantic. shipping isn’t even about romance a good percentage of the time. shipping is about seeing The Dynamic and going absolutely hog wild in your mind and your friends dms about it.

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well I was suddenly seized by the great and terrible need to see those fictional characters fuck, not because it’s healthy or wholesome, but because of the catharsis it brings me, personally, to watch them become Worse

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ACTUALLY ACTUALLY ACTUALLY

The thing i am MOST unhinged about is the Unheard Confession. How much of the above quotes were said through a door to an AI version of Poppy that neither understood or could respond to anything Ian was saying because Poppy was asleep. Poppy heard None Of That in actuality, so much so that even the parts he said to her face that what she did understand was interpreted as him only wanting her brain, hence why she made Poppy 2—Ian has been confessing his love for Poppy and she has not been able to hear it I am foaming at the mouth

“I’m not in love with you for your body” and “I love you for your mind” and “I’m not handling the boyfriend thing as well as I’ve been putting on” and “I want you for more than your brain. Less than your body, to be clear. I don’t know, I’m confused” and “I’m afraid I’m losing you” and “I’ve been acting like a child and I’m sorry” and “We don’t really do apologies”

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I’m not done being unhinged about how he said “I’m not in love with you for your body” but then immediately covered it up with “you have the body of a 14 year old boy, [you have no hips]” and the loOK ON HIS FACE AFTER FINDING OUT SHES BEEN COLLABORATING WITH STORM??????????????????? Oh he’s in love love and she’s with someone else who is everything Ian could be but hasn’t been.

Going going gone feral

“I’m not in love with you for your body” and “I love you for your mind” and “I’m not handling the boyfriend thing as well as I’ve been putting on” and “I want you for more than your brain. Less than your body, to be clear. I don’t know, I’m confused” and “I’m afraid I’m losing you” and “I’ve been acting like a child and I’m sorry” and “We don’t really do apologies”

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I’ve heard what the writers have to say and because it’s a stupid ass stance I’ve elected to ignore it