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Here's the thing about Jareth from Labyrinth right?

He's made up.

That's not necessarily the same thing as not REAL. But he, just like all her friends who show up in her room before her adventure as toys and figurines, exist in relation to her, in response to what she wanted and needed. She told the story and there he was, there he always had been. But she's a teenage girl who doesn't know what she wants yet, and Jareth kind of pays the price.

"but the king of the goblins had fallen in love with the girl, and had given her certain powers." He's an archetypal oxymoron. He's both the dastardly baby stealing villain and the royal love interest trying to relieve the heroine's suffering, Cinderella style. He's fucked either way by being both. She doesn't know if SHE wants to be the villain or the heroine until he shows up and then she decides on the heroine, so he has to sneer and menace and challenge but it's too late for him!! it's too late, The King Of The Goblins Had Fallen In Love With the Girl, he's Cinderella's prince too and he has to try, he gives her a poofy dress and takes her to fucking goblin prom, sweeps her around the room like a music box with perfect posture and room for Jesus.

But it doesn't work buddy, it can't work. You're just a story for a teen girl to grow up in, and as the villain you have to be defeated. He's so complex because his tropes contradict themselves, and he doesn't understand why he has to lose when he was only doing the job he was given. In his last scene he is pale as death with shadows under his eyes, backing away and begging for his happy ending with nonsense mishmash promises that belong to both halves of him.

"I am exhausted from living up to your expectations of me." I'm sure you are, Jareth. No wonder.

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BTVS 1.12 Were you even gonna tell me? I was hoping that I wouldn’t have to.

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you'll make it back.

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First off, spin this wheel.

You just landed on one of 200 fandoms that have been very popular somewhere on Tumblr over the years. Topics were chosen either from appearing on a @fandom end-of-year recap or from my own long (long, long) site memories before that.

also all of these fandoms are definitely things that really exist in the real world and none of them are Tumblr creations

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It’s crazy and fucked up that being yourself is actually the solution.

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Top Femslash Ships Bracket - Round 4

This poll is a celebration of fandom and fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with some of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement of anything included in the bracket, and refrain from harassment.

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JYN ERSO Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

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Nosferatu (2024) // Lilo & Stitch (2002) (insp)

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Your affection for your charge has rendered you incapable of clear and impartial judgment. You have a father's love for the child, and that is useless to the cause.

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Sending out this beauty tomorrow.

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Buffy Summers + Swords

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LESS movies about the lgbtq experience MORE movies about people who just happen to be lgbtq. is it really that hard to understand

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A new work has been added to the collection by the one and only @guin-ramble!

A quick reminder that the collection will be open until the 31st of January. Still plenty of time to write 😉.

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Nominations Are Open!

Nominations for the 2025 Headline Awards are now open! This is your chance to let us know which fanfic, fanart and videos you've enjoyed the most across the amazing Anthony Head fandom.

Take a look at this year's categories on our website to see what we're doing differently from past years (for a further explanation, see the 'How it works' page), and then head to our nomination form and tell us your choices!

Nominations will remain open until January 20th. Have fun and spread the word!

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Only bad witches are ugly.

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Does it ever get easy? You mean life? Yeah. Does it get easy? What do you want me to say? Lie to me. Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true. The bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats. And we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies and everybody lives happily ever after. Liar.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer – 2.07: Lie to Me