#[ooc; this SCREAMS them to me]

[mishori-o]

Found a new obsession :D

Was gonna make a bloodly version too but it’s very late I have a class this morning

[s0fter-sin]

rewatching s1 and in ep2 w*ndigo, dean makes a joke about not bringing provisions into the woods just to pull out a bag of peanut butter m&m’s and stick with me here, it’s why the later seasons’ “goofy dean” loses me

this moment is clearly a joke but if you think about it too much, it also makes some sense; a family size bag of peanut m&m’s is calorie dense and even the high sugar is good to keep you moving which they need on an overnight hunt. it also shows how due to their upbringing, they’ve had to eat lower quality food, things they always had access to that was cheap and also in bulk

what does dean eating ghost pepper jerky then tipping water on himself exist for other than to be a cringy joke? what does smelling old chinese food, testing to see if it's still good then shaking his head with cabbage hanging out his mouth when it isn't serve? it's just to make him look stupid and contrast sam's healthy/clean diet (and superiority but that’s another conversation) which has always existed but it used to be nuanced and natural

we see dean as a child give up the food he wanted to eat so sam could eat it. (“i’m sick of spaghetti-os,” “you’re the one who wanted them,” … “i want lucky charms!” “… there’s only enough for one bowl and i haven’t had any yet!” proceeds to give them to sam, 1x18) we know he hustled and stole food to ensure sam ate. (“so, what’d he take?” “get this- peanut butter and bread.” 9x07)

we also see throughout the early seasons dean teasing sam about his salad or healthy choice while he eats some form of burger or other fast food (or notably, cheerfully eating prison food that sam won’t touch, 2x19). it's typical sibling teasing but it also shows that it isn't new for sam to eat like that and for dean to know he eats like that

sam being picky isn't just a character trait they chose for him, it's a result of how dean raised him; he raised him to like and want healthy food and be food secure enough to reject food he didn't want

but dean eats anything he is given and seeks out unhealthy - cheap, plentiful, filling - food

he is the opposite of picky to the point of it being a consistent bit; they show him multiple times eating when it's socially frowned upon to do so eg. questioning a grieving victim when they're trying to be discreet (1x14, 2x15, 2x18)

a similar moment to the chinese food is in 4x19; dean wakes up in the car while sam brushes his teeth outside and is hungry. sam says there's a sandwich in the backseat, dean smells it and recoils bc it's an old tuna sandwich. the moment is funny on its own but it also exists as a comparison of their lives to adam's; he has a loving mother, goes to school and importantly, a steady stable childhood

it’s a joke with a purpose

it also supports dean's food insecurity; he wakes up and is immediately hungry, enough to complain about it and seek out food before anything else

dean is always hungry bc he never has access to nutritionally rich foods bc he got used to using the money he earned to buy sam's more expensive food. he got used to his cheaper, denser foods and grew up with (and continues to live with) intermittent access to said foods. think of how long it takes to drive from one state to another; how many hours it can take to see another town that offers food, if you arrive at a reasonable enough time for anything to be open. also think how they can’t keep any food beyond what fits in an esky; nothing that needs defrosting, nothing can be heated up. it’s bags and jars and take out for as long as they can trust it

then they get the bunker which has its own kitchen

dean even describes himself as "nesting" when he decorates his room, something he hasn't had since he was four years old, and he uses said kitchen to cook a burger from scratch that he is proud of. he is food secure for the first time in his life and it shows in how often he cooks for both himself and sam

so these moments where they have him acting goofy regarding food are no longer character driven and only exist as a joke which is why they come across as cringy and out of character compared to similar earlier moments

a lot of my issues with dean's characterisation started when they introduced the bunker. the argument can and is made that the reason these jokes happen is bc he feels safe in the bunker, that bc he now has a home he can relax and unmask but that still doesn't feel sufficient. they crank up these sillier moments for both of them, giving them a sort of playing house comedy vibe of two roommates with completely different personalities but it doesn't feel like an authentic progression. it feels forced; an attempt at humour for humour's sake

food stopped being an informed part of their characters and their trauma and instead became flanderised; sam is the judgy vegetarian health nut and dean is his borderline slovenly carnivore counterpart

[vannyinthestars]

Jean “Fuck it if I can’t have this” Moreau; after he heals and can finally allow himself to want things (I.e. Jeremy Knox)

[askchilchuck]

What's your earliest memory?

Earliest… He stopes and thinks for a moment. I think my earliest memory is me spending time with my dad in his work shop. My older brother and sister were playing a little too rough, and I got hurt while trying to play with them. My mom was to busy dealing with my younger brother, since he was still a newborn, so my dad watched me while he was working. He ended up giving me an old lock and key to play with, and it ended up being my favorite toy ever since. I think I still have it somewhere, actually… I’ll have to see if I can find it…

[ask-the-totally-real-peppino]

huh, you seems lonely, why not have a fake version of you, mod?

(Wha, I'm not lonely! There's no need for- Wait, who is that...?

YEEEEEOOOOOWWWWUUUHHHHHH!!!!!!!

HHHHHHUUUWWWWOOOOOEEEEEY!!!!!!!

[solesoldier]

it’s frankly amazing and dumbfounding how little my family actually knows about me and how little they care to remedy that

[faethons]

Been thinking a lot about Zenless lore (no surprises there) and about the “condition” Billy talks about that both the Proxy siblings have which makes them unfit to go in the Hollows.

I don’t think it’s low Ether aptitude, or at least, I don’t think it’s just that. I think that if they go into the Hollows, after a while (shorter than most), they start to exhibit the normal symptoms of Ether exposure (exhaustion, fatigue, aches and pains) but also their vision starts to go / they could even start to go blind permanently.

That’s why Wise is so hell-bent (to an extreme degree we’ve never seen since) on getting Belle out of the Hollow and so worried about her afterward (if you play Belle, you aren’t allowed to do much of anything for a good few in-game days).

That’s also why anything eye-related is such a big deal to both of them; Wise emphasizes time and again to Belle how important it is to tell him if her vision starts to go again or even if her eyes feel strange.

[astralfist]

A friendly reminder that since it is election day her in the US, if you feel the need to post about politics, please tag your politics.

Politics is a major issue everywhere, and let's be honest, it can be a huge headache, and not everybody is comfortable with wanting to get politically involved with anything.

That is all.

[fyrewalks]

anyway im gonna delete this in a sec (bc we care about protecting our peace here) but scrolling the tags while i eat and seeing buddie stans circling right round into straight up queerphobia is vile. yall are the reason we can't get nice things.

[godblooded]

the way i have no one to grieve with and it’s fucking killing me slowly.

[glacialswordsman]

[cosmicourple]

Y’know how Angel carries & sets down Charles on the table thingy during X-men: Apocalypse??? Obviously Charles would have protested to this so- cursed idea. While everything else in the plot was going on, En Su babafcs can’t & won’t spell this fucker’s name servants(????:/) were spending a good 30 to 45-ish minutes trying to wrangle/pick up a desperate & unwilling Charles as he wriggles & claws his way out of their grasps again & again & again, then trying (hopelessly but still trying) to crawl away, obvsly not getting far, whole process repeats.

And by that I mean, one of them very begrudgingly tries to pick up & carry Charles, Charles struggles using upper body strength none of them rlly accounted for lmao + hitting, scratching, yelling & even resorting to biting quite early on. Lots of (frankly feral) biting.

Apocalypse may have had to use his powers to force Charles to calm down bc holy shit does this lil’ psychic squirm ANGRILY wth

safe to say, Angel really did not want to be the one to carry them all the way into the pyramid :)).

[lunaetis]

[ i'm ok ... i'm totally ok ... she's not. ]

[yoakenouta]

me rereading my old drafts like damn my writing today really did regress

[zaldrizescrowned]

I hate how TG stans have interpreted Rhaenyra telling Alicent that she has to take Aegon's head as some sort of "gotcha" moment, using it as proof that Rhaenyra was always going to murder her siblings and was always a powerhungry bloodthirsty bitch.

Y'all do realise that if Rhaenyra had taken the throne peacefully, she would have had zero need to take Aegon and Aemond's lives? Yes, some nobles would've whispered and muttered that Aegon should be king, but if the family had stood strong and Aegon and Aemond would've actually supported Rhaenyra's claim, whatever rebellion there might've been brewing would've faded rapidly. For a rebellion, you need a figurehead and if there is no figurehead, there's nothing to fight for.

And yes, the smallfolk were mocking Rhaenyra when she'd just been named heir. Because that's what smallfolk do, they laugh at the nobles ruling them in good times. It's a tale old as time. But if there had been no civil war, only a peaceful transition and the traditional "bread and games" for the people during said transition, they wouldn't have given a flying fuck about who sits on the Iron Throne. As long as there is food on the table, a roof over their heads and some entertainment, smallfolk usually don't bother with highborn politics. It's only when those highborn politics fuck them over (like during a civil war or a famine or whatever) that the regular people start getting involved.

Ergo, the only reason there needs to be bloodshed and death is because the Greens created a situation in which everyone is pissed off and suffering, and the transition (or continuation) of power can only happen by the death of the opponent.

(Also, can we please also remember that Otto and the Green Council were planning to have Rhaenyra and her family murdered on Dragonstone asap after Aegon's coronation? Because they knew that what they were doing was wrong, and they knew that the transition of power they envisioned (from the 'rightful' heir to a usurper) could only happen with the death of their opponent. They are the ones who created this situation and they are very much projected their own grasping for power onto Rhaenyra.)

[talentforlying]

might go without saying, but rewatching midnight mass knowing you'll finish the last episode less than an hour before your class? not a good idea.