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how do you think hen/karen are misunderstood by the fandom ( and the characters? ) 👀

hmmm let me jot down my (admittedly half-baked) thoughts

hen: magical powers. the idea of her as a Wise Woman. this 6x03 moment in particular plagues me:

buck: i mean, hen, you-you always have the answers

that's a succinct summary of how both buck and fandom see hen. which is ironic given that hen promptly experiences near-death in a near-car crash from over-working herself in that episode. the show purposefully deconstructs the superhuman!hen myth in s6 (which they'd accidentally built in the preceding seasons), but the idea still persists.

add on that bobby line about "mother hen," and you get this in-universe perception of hen as a wise guide which isn't accurate to her character. her advice and takes aren't always the best and are frequently clouded by her personal sentiments (drunk hen flip-flopping on whether buck should tell lucy about the kiss [in fairness, she's drunk, but i think her inebriation gives a fair look into her unfiltered, impulsive thinking]; hen doubting whether chim should marry maddie; hen saying she and karen should "fight" for nia).

she doesn't know everything! and she doesn't have super-human perception, catching every little detail around her like shawn spencer in psych, as fanon can sometimes make her out to. she's just intelligent and skillful (which are traits that she WORKED to attain. she wasnt magically gifted Super Paramedic Hands by god. we saw her work for that. i think people forget that).

chim's "you're the genius, i'm the comic relief" line is interesting, too, because everyone (including hen) recognizes that chim is under-estimating himself when he refers to himself as "comic relief," but there's not the same recognition of how "genius" parallels that, in terms of being an over-simplification

none of this is to say hen isn't wise, or perceptive, or talented. i just think those traits of hers get exaggerated by fans and other characters to caricature-ish levels.

as for karen:

i've seen people describe her as "selfless" which is. interesting. i think hen mistakes her for that too. karen IS selfless, yes, but it's a trait that veers more into self-sacrificial territory. she routinely gives up a Lot for her wife and family; not just her astronaut dream, but her emotions—suppressing them for others' sake. some stand-out dialogue:

hen: it's like that ivf stuff never even happened

chim: well, that's something

hen: my wife's a project manager—looks like i'm her new project

it's like. well, hen. i think your wife who never fully processed her grief around her lost embryos (which you admitted to not understanding, and in fact being frustrated with) is not enthusiastically picking up your recovery process from your recent traumatic experience as a mere matter of prioritization, but as a course of action for suppressing her grief and moving on (instead of actually recovering). that's self-sacrifice, not selflessness or supportiveness. she has moments where she stands her ground, but like in the case of toni's wedding (5x18), she's moved away from it quickly.

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Well mark me down as scared and horny yada yada you get it.

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this is so fucked up. romantic relationships not as something you *want*, something that develops out of your connection to a particular person, but something you *have* to do. so you just chose the best option out of what's available to you.

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I love Garak and Kira because their characters are like... Yeah, trauma doesn't make you a better person. Sometimes trauma makes you a bitter, caustic individual filled with regret and self loathing. That doesn't make you any less worthy of care or healing or community. It's not the trauma that saves you, it's community and being given the love we were denied. Pain isn't virtue.

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Reblog if you write fic and people can inbox you random-ass questions about your stories, itemized number lists be damned.

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shoutout to the mutuals i never talk to. shoutout to the mutuals who i silently reblog stuff from and who silently reblog stuff from me. shoutout to the mutuals who i don't have the balls to reach out to. shoutout to the mutuals i was once close with but now we are merely coexisting. i see you. i appreciate you

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I kinda love people who ask me to wrap their splatter horror books with the blood soaked covers in our ugly ass 'kids' paper with the cheery snowmen on it.

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Really cannot say enough good things about not knowing what’s happening on Twitter

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at any given moment every english major you know is one interesting essay topic away from putting up a cork board and connecting things with red strings

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Does anybody else track their life though a series of obsessions? Like “ah yes, i remember that happening, i was obsessing over Star Gate Atlantis at the time,” or, “this was during my Supernatural era.” I can map out my whole life in this way.

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So the 'new baby' is going to be Nancy's right? Unless Marjan's 'massive episode 10 story' is oops I got pregnant from my first ever boyfriend who I'm, a deeply religious person, are not married to, which yuck.

But for Nancy it would make sense. With Tommy already gone and TK likely leaving his job to become a full time dad, Nancy would be last paramedic standing and we know how hard it is for her to loose her partner (and her and TK becoming parents at around the same time would be adorable) . Plus a baby (and/or marrying the mother of his baby) would be a neat solution to Mateo's residency status, which is apparently going to be an issue.

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“You need to believe in things that aren’t true. How else can they become” - Hogfather, Terry Pratchett

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Nugget from the sibling:

It's kinda sad that in, what, 20 years of the mcu the best character (in terms of design, writing, arc, entertainment value) is the tree who only says three words.

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Carlos Reyes + that shirt

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My conspiracy theory is that Garak actually loves Shakespeare. (big surprise from someone with a shakespeare user name i know shut up.)

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today I have been spiralling about the specific line "the harder I press the more he just tunes me out" and it just absolutely breaks my heart in two because imagine feeling like you're being tuned out by the person who used to look at you like this

Carlos has been so tuned IN to TK since day one

He's never had to feel ignored or not listened to ever because Carlos makes him the centre of the universe

The man who always finds a way to lock eyes with you in a crowded room is starting to tune you out?? your best friend?? when you're trying to help him?? i'm crying

even when they're in the middle of a thing. Carlos is right there with him, every time they're in a disagreement they're so present and in the moment with each other, they've done a lot of things but neither one of them has ever tuned the other one out before

tuning each other out is such a specific tragedy for them that shows just how much Carlos was struggling because it every single situation they're always right there with each other, literally them against the world

And to be tuned out by someone that use to look at you like this? it must have been so lonely. they both must have been so lonely

im so sad. such a specific choice of words