#‘but he was a misogynist’ HE WAS A KID AND KIDS SAY STUPID SHIT ALL THE TIME SHUT UP

[friskyfreddie2024]

America: You Fucked Up

You could have chosen Hope. You chose Hate.

You could have chosen Empathy. You chose Enmity.

You could have chosen a New Beginning. You chose the Nazi.

We could have finally been rid of this cancer on American democracy. He could have been banished to obscurity, remembered only as the worst president in American history, and finally held responsible for his numerous crimes.

The ignorant, racist, misogynistic, white supremacist, pathologicial liar is now going back to the White House. He is a convicted felon, an admitted sexual predator, a total fraud, and a demented old man. He belongs in prison.

What did you do?

You ignored that the U.S. economy is the strongest in the world, that inflation is at its lowest level in four years, that unemployment is at its lowest level in three years. You believed the lies about how terrible the economy is. I knew better.

You forgot about his 30,000+ lies while he was in office. I remember.

You forgot about his complete mismanagement and ignorance over COVID, resulting in the deaths of over one million Americans. I remember.

You forgot about the saber rattling over military exercises in the pacific, when Kim Jong Un threatened us with nuclear missiles, causing us to fear whether we'd see another day. I remember.

You forgot about waking up every morning dreading to hear the latest abomination he tweeted. I remember.

You forgot about "very fine people on both sides." I remember.

You forgot about "only the best people" like Betsy DeVos, Rick Perry, Tom Price, Scott Pruitt, Steve Mnuchin, and many others who were given cabinet positions despite having zero qualifications for the job. I remember.

You forgot that 40 of his former cabinet members and dozens of former generals and officials refused to support him, saying he was "unfit to serve." I remember.

You forgot about January 6, "fight like hell". I remember.

You forgot that when he was told that his vice president was secured because the rioters wanted to kill him, he said, "So what?" I remember

You forgot about The Big Lie, "Release the Kraken" and 60+ failed attempts to overturn the election in the courts. I remember.

You forgot about "I just need you to find 11,780 votes." I remember.

You forgot about "They're eating the cats! They're eating the dogs!" I remember.

What now?

When a woman suffering an ectopic pregnancy dies because she doesn't have access to medical care, that's on you.

When they take away your neighbor, your co-worker, your friend, and deport them, that's on you.

When a woman is forced to suffer the agony of carrying her rapist's baby to term, that's on you.

When a transgender kid harms themselves because they can't get the medical care they need, that's on you.

When your middle-class taxes GO UP, while billionaires get even more tax breaks, that's on you.

When schoolchildren are killed by an assault rifle in a mass shooting, that's on you.

When children grow up ignorant because you banned books and dictated how history is taught, that's on you.

When Grandma can no longer afford a comfortable life because the Social Security she paid into all her working life, and provided income on which she now depends, has been cut, that's on you.

When violence against Jews, Asians, Hispanics rises again, that's on you.

When prices on the goods you buy skyrocket due to tariffs, that's on you.

When Ukraine, deprived of our support, is overrun by Russia, that's on you.

When the U.S. is the laughing stock of the world (as we were 2016-2020), that's on you.

What should you have done?

You should have exercised critical thinking skills, recognized the thousands of lies you were being told, recalled that his administration had four years to live up to his promises and failed at all of them. You should have realized that he is a profoundly stupid individual who doesn't give a shit about you or your family or anything except himself.

You had the last nine years to see that, and you still fell for his bullshit.

[midnite-c6]

hear me out — nam-gyu is actually soooo icky. i don’t care what anyone tells me. he’s a icky icky man. he’s so fucking mean too. he thinks of women as possessions (he’s sooo misogynistic. you can’t convince me otherwise) like what do you mean women are their own person and can control their own lives?! no…. they are possessions!

additionally, he is sooo convincing with his words — he can get anyone to trust him quite easily (especially if they’re naive) and he’s taking full advantage of that.

honestly nam-gyu probably has anyone naive trying things they were always against. he has such a way with words when it comes to getting anyone to open up or doing what he wants them to do. he'll give them everything they need to get them to say yes even if it means making promises he doesn't even plan to keep or fulfill.

also, no one can convince me otherwise that this man doesn’t have a thing for trad wives. he definitely likes the idea of codependency and the fact that someone clings to him like a second skin (but let’s be honest, he definitely doesn’t make it out to seem like he likes it — it’s always constant degradation from him: “stupid bitch, can’t ever do anything for yourself, huh? i have to do everything for you”). also likes the idea of baby trapping, because you can’t leave him ♡ but 100% does not like kids.

i also can see him fetishizes the FUCK out of lesbians (once again… this man is ICKY) and i definitely feel like if he was the type to get into a relationship with someone who is bisexual (or closeted lesbian. specifically if he coerces them) he would exploit the shit out of it. bro definitely has a premium subscription to ph. constantly doom scrolling to find something he hasn’t watched yet (specifically lesbians or threesomes (two girls, one guy) it’s definitely one of his biggest fantasies. he is soo gross ♡)

he would probably likes giving some naive, lightweight (never done drugs before) drugs that he knows they wouldn’t be able to handle just so he they can take advantage.

I AM GOING INSANEEEE. i am clawing and gnawing at the bars of my enclosure.

warnings: 18+, DARK content, dubcon, baby trapping

bro i am so sorry i haven't let this out to the public sooner, this is so good and factual fr 💔 like this guy is an misogynistic incel honestly, idfc what anyone else says, u literally can see it in the show how he treats se-mi. he's a meanie.

THE PH SUBSCRIPTION IS SO REAL. also, forces or not, makes u watch porn with him, the disgusting ones like heavy bondage/bdsm, prolly whilst sticking a wand vibrator on ur clit in a setting that's intense BUT wont make u cum so its pure torture..

guys has anyone done se-mi x reader x nam-gyu ? like hello? hello????? ITS RIGHT THERE prolly would watch u & se-mi whilst he's cucking himself. or he's right in the middle of the action, both ur pussies rubbing on his dick.

also, i love nam-gyu corruption kink, to someone whos absolutely clean, pure, law abiding citizen, prolly doesnt even know half of the kinks or stuff u see in pornhub, BUT THAT'S WHY NAM-GYU EXISTS!! to teach you allat, to corrupt u :^

i just dont feel like hes a good person at all, in smut mindset, and in fr the character, hes those toxic bfs who's only "strong" cuz u're just a lil bit weaker than him. and if u try to leave, nuh-uh, u can't, u wanted a child to begin with right?

"fuck you mean, 'i'm leaving you'? bitch please," he scolds, pumping another load inside- straight to your womb, "you wanna be a single mom?" you shake your head immediately, you were on birth control.. but maybe not... oh no! "then don't bullshit me with saying you're 'leaving me'... you know you love me." let's just hope he'll be a good dad... (⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ��)⁠♡

if anyone needs a fluffy lovey namgyu smut this aint the place.. jk, i would prolly post one too heheh <3 also, now i wanna make a full on incel!nam-gyu x reader smut mannn

[11queensupreme11]

Do you have the personalities for any of the Secy kids yet?

you're in luck cuz i do!!!!!!

i'll start with cearbhall, the eldest and only son:

he's a bitch 💩

no seriously, he's a cocky, arrogant, loud-mouthed, snarky, and rude piece of SHIT. he is literally just like his father, minus the raping and not as much of a misogynist thanks to percy's intervention (bless her because omg you do NOT want a second cú chulainn walking around the universe 💀)

a womanizer just like his daddy but percy at least taught him about safe sex and consent so after sex he always makes sure the girls he sleep with take some magic tea or whatever to prevent pregnancies (something his stupid dad didn't think he'd need to learn about smh)

still has a bit of a sexist mindset, but it's really leagues better compared to cú chulainn or the average god tbh 😭😭 it's complicated for him cuz on one hand you've got his mother telling him "you should always treat women with respect, sweetie! let them live their life and don't ever try to take away their freedom! 💖" and then there's his dad saying "lmao fuck whichever whore you want. oh and also make sure you never let your mother and sisters out of the palace when i'm gone and keep all men away from them 😃👍"

😭😭😭 yeah you get the point 💀

so thx to his dad's stupid paranoia, he's grown to become very overprotective of his younger sisters and mother 😭

now luisne:

she has the physically young appearance of a 10 year old girl and she pretty much acts like a brat 😂

i plan on making her a goddess of wealth and riches, gemstones, minerals, and luxury so OBVIOUSLY you can see why she's bit of a brat lmao 😭😭

demanding and bossy and very temperamental. she pretty much inherited cú chulainn's famous anger issues 😭

she's extremely spoiled however there is one thing she adores more than any precious stone and it's anything that her mother makes herself. homemade blue cookies, knitted sweaters, jewelry, etc. no matter how basic, she'll love it because she knows her mother made it with love; no magic or anything just genuine skill 💖💖💖

and then there's cú chulainn's untalented ass. can't cook, can't bake, can't knit, or make anything cute or pretty with his bare hands 💀 he conjures up lavish dollhouses and intricate looking dolls, orders the best jewelry to be made for her etc. she LOVES it ofc, but she also loves bullying her talentless daddy and demanding more stuff from him because he caves so quickly 😭😭

does not bully or demand stuff from her mommy tho cuz she knows mommy can actually put her foot down when it comes to her 😂

and now ponyo, the youngest sécy baby:

a mix of ariel and ponyo tbh! she's got ariel's curiosity and fascination with humans, and ponyo's reckless nature.

because of her reckless and curious nature, she's the one most likely to disregard her father's rules and TRY to sneak out of the house 💀 keyword being "try"

she has an overprotective and vigilant father, an equally as overprotective older brother, and a mom who at least understands but still wants her to be safe.

idk how i'm gonna have her fascination and curiosity for humans come from, but i'm planning on maybe having ponyo and percy have some bonding down in midgard? ponyo will be a sea deity so percy'll want to show her the atlantean empire down in midgard. maybe there's a shipwreck accident up above and she helps her mom save some humans and gets enthralled by them... idk yet, but i think that's what i'll go with!

and that's pretty much what i have for the sécy babies so far! i'll think of more for the rest later, but honestly, the ideas just come to me randomly 😅

and btw, no incest freaks here! the sécy kids will pretty much be incest free lmao. as for yans...... idk yet. i think i'll have cearbhall be a platonic yan and maybe another daughter (fiachra maybe) but this is what i have so far!

[whorbidmore]

okay, so, I've fallen victim to the leon kennedy brainrot steadily overtaking me, following me from Tumblr to Pinterest, to Instagram and even the absolutely fucking dreaded application of TikTok. I don't even use it that often??? and the algorithm is just like 'wow, yeah, this little fuckers gay as hell send in the 40 year old meow meow!!' and having watched Death Island fairly recently, I'm gonna have my opinions on what this dude would be like. Cus my brain loves to rationalize shit and think ab 'what if this mf was someone real?' so... fuck it.

Leon Soft Kennedy Headcanons

SFW

accidentally bigoted. - im sorry but let's be so fucking real here. he's a 40 something year old man who spent the majority of his life in either the military, a police training academy in the 90's, or otherwise working under the U.S Federal System with minimal/no time between missions to unpack absolutely everything he's got going on... the guys gonna have some problematic tendencies. Obviously that doesn't mean he means any of that or is incapable of change, etc. etc., but I know for damn certain this dude would laugh a little at Bill Burr's borderline to blatantly misogynistic material and has probably chuckled unironically at the attack helicopter jokes. But, he's not a complete dick, and would definitely become more critical of those kinds of jokes if it's pointed out to him.

honest to God, Dad Without Kids™ - it's not simply enough for me to leave it at 'but it's the vibes!!' so, I'm gonna break this shit down. Leon is absolutely Gen X incarnate. I can fucking guarantee you that on his off days he accidentally ends up dressing as an undercover cop; I'm talking cargo shorts, light blue button up, those fucking standard issue boots cus "they're perfectly good shoes" and those stupid ass sunglasses... you know the ones I'm talking about. Let's say you're living with him, right? And you're... you, and you wanna watch something on TV. This dude would strain himself getting up like a turtle fallen backwards on its shell, stand up, walk right in front of the TV screen and stand there with his hands on his hips. It doesn't matter that he had to piss, he needs to get a better look of what's happening! Does those really loud, obnoxious coughs and sneezes, absolutely blows his back out doing one at least five times a year.

Only watches British Reality TV - Considering he's canonically a film buff, I'll say that this is purely for whatever he gravitates towards on general streaming services. I honestly don't see him being the type to regularly tune in to standard American cable TV, or only does so under specific circumstances like American Ninja Warrior or maybe Forged in Fire if there's absolutely nothing else. It's not something that's exclusive to Americans, — I'm from New Zealand and I do this too, — but Leon absolutely falls into the category of watching British Reality and Game shows purely because of the accents. I'm talking Jeremy Kyle, The Big Fat Quiz of Everything, Taskmaster, The Great British Bake Off and so on and so forth. It doesn't matter that baking isn't his forté or a passion of his, if Josephine curdles her buttercream by over mixing, his hands are in his hair in utter disappointment. 100% tries to mimic their accents too. We all do it, don't lie.

Has... very dated music tastes - I don't know if you could guess, but the last paragraph included me calling myself out and name dropping some shows I watch anyway or grew up watching, and I'm just saying that this is gonna be no different. If anything? This'll be worse! Since I'm very passionate about the music I listen to and have the inability to keep my interests separated from the other, of course my love of particular bands will bleed over into my interpretation of Leon's character! Anyway, all that for me to say that Leon fucking LOVES 90's grunge musicians, specifically Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, as well as early nu metal bands like Korn (their dubstep phase did not happen.), TOOL, and Rage Against the Machine — and no, he unfortunately doesn't see the irony of him being a fed and listening to Rage, — but would also have a soft spot for psych rock, post-punk and shoegaze. My man's definitely laid awake at night, sobbing without expression as he struggles to accept that Ada never really wanted him like he wanted her while listening to fucking Slowdive. My hottest take here is that he doesn't really listen to Deftones. Like he'll occasionally blast My Own Summer, Change, Bored or Rosemary, but anything outside of those? He just didn't listen to 'em. My second hottest take is that he does NOT like Slipknot, which kind of pains me 'cus I do, but I fucking bet you this dude would actually adopt one piece of "Gen Z lingo" or whatever just call them cringe. Though admittedly he would've been jamming the fuck out to Psychosocial and The Devil in I when they came out. Went off the deep end in Vendetta, obviously, and drunk-cried himself to sleep on the couch listening to Linkin Park.

Very confusing spending habits - On one hand, we all understand that Leon came from money, — he was implied to have been born into a mob family from my understanding? And I doubt he'd ever really had to worry about being fully, irrevocably broke, — but I'm sure that growing up in the U.S Foster Care System made him at least a little more cautious of where his money comes from, where it's going, what he's spending it on, etc. So, on the one hand, he's apprehensive to spend recklessly, particularly on perishables. But also, if he can drop over $100,000USD on a motorcycle that got absolutely fucking cheese grated into the road, and spend a perceived, metric fuck ton of money on designer leather jackets and massive watches, it's gonna be hard for me to call him 'financially conscious'. On one hand, he gets apprehensive on spending more money than he needs to on food since he's "just gonna shit it out later", but if he sees a cool watch or a nice suit in a shop window? Money's suddenly not an issue! Not because he's materialistic, but because the one thing he really maintains a sense of control over in his life are his possessions and the way he dresses. The D.S.O can call him in for another months long mission whenever they please, and all he can realistically do is allow the government to tug on his leash and put him where he's needed. He may as well spend their money on things he wants!

Gets out... enough? But also, not really? - So, personally I've pegged Leon as more of an introverted person, — amateurly typed his MBTI as possibly ISFJ? — so he doesn't really feel the need to go out and meet new people or really hang out with anyone. If somebody invites him out? Sure, he'll go. Otherwise, it rarely occurs to him to meet up with friends or colleagues at a cafe or anywhere. I think he'd prefer to just go there alone, mostly for the sake of having somebody else cook for him as opposed to actively seeking out the atmosphere. It's pure convience in his mind. And remember when I said in the beginning about him accidentally being at least a little misogynistic? Yeah, that was me trying to say that he regularly tries to hit on younger waitresses. Not because he actually wants anything to do with them, but simply because it's an ego boost. He likes that he can make girls half his age blush or offer him their numbers, because it tells him that he's still desirable, and ultimately, that gives him the power to reject them politely and go about the rest of his day. If they don't reject him first, of course. Admittedly, Leon's audacity towards women peaked during Infinite Darkness.

Since I'm planning on posting more NSFW headcanons for this guy, — and more NSFW kinds of posts, — here is the obligatory Minors DNI attachment. For your own safety, I don't care if what I have to say is tame so far, you can hold it off I promise.

[ladykailitha]

Soft Part 1 of 2

I was meant to be working on Grief (A Friend Indeed) this weekend because I didn't want to leave you hanging at the end of six (which I have written), but my muse wouldn't leave me alone until I wrote this one. It's a little more than 3k, so I'm splitting it up. Which will give me more time to write part 7.

It's called soft because all the way through writing it, that's what the feel was. It was all fluff. And I really couldn't think of a better title.

*

Eddie walked into the apartment Steve shared with Robin and found Steve crying on the sofa.

"Stevie?" he asked, gently creeping up on the sofa as not to startle him.

"Hey, Eds," Steve greeted mournfully.

"What happened, babe?" Eddie asked, easing on the sofa next to him.

"Anna broke up with me..." he muttered.

Eddie blinked. "But wasn't she the one that brought up marriage, like just last week?"

Steve nodded. "Apparently it was a test or some such shit."

"What did you say?" he asked.

"I told her that marriage is great when you find the right person, but that it wasn't for everyone," Steve explained. "I said it was great feeling to stand up in front of your friends and family and declare your love for each other."

"Sounds great to me," Eddie said. "What was her damage?"

Steve sighed. "Apparently the answer to the question 'should people get married' is never ever in a million years and I'm a misogynist for even thinking about it."

"Ouch."

"Stupid me for thinking otherwise," Steve groused. "Hell I even went and put a down payment on a ring. A very nonrefundable down payment."

Eddie closed his eyes and opened them slowly. "Shit, sweetheart. She should reimburse you for that, leading you on like she did."

Steve shook his head, pulling out a small box. "I bought this instead." He handed it to Eddie.

Eddie opened the box and inside was a beautiful white gold chain with a large clasp.

"That's pretty, Stevie," he murmured. "Birdie will love it."

Steve shook his head again. "It's for you. It's for your guitar pick." He jutted his chin at Eddie's necklace.

"What?"

"Can I show you?" Steve asked gently, holding out his hand.

Eddie nodded and took the necklace off and placed it in his waiting palm.

Steve set it on his thigh as he unscrewed one end of the clasp. He slid the pick off the bubble chain Eddie kept it on and onto the silver chain. He screwed the clasp back on and then brought the two ends back together. They connected without any help from Steve.

"Whoa!" Eddie said, enthralled.

"It's magnetic," he explained. "That way when you do shows you can do the whole rip it off your neck without having to buy new chains all the time."

He handed it back to Eddie, who put it on. He tugged on it normally but it didn't come off. He tugged harder and it came off in his hand. The chain slipped around his palm and reconnected. He wrapped it around his wrist and the pick fell perfectly in his hand so he could strum.

He played a little air guitar and then put back around his neck.

Steve ran his fingers through his hair. "I heard that picks really don't last long, and that that one is really special, so I had these made too."

He pulled the cushion out of the jewelry box to reveal about a dozen picks with a hole drilled into the top so Eddie could string them on the necklace.

Eddie picked one up and saw that it had initials on it. "JL." He picked up another one. "DH." A third. "LS."

"Steve..." he whispered.

"They each have an initial for someone you love," Steve murmured. "Your uncle. Your band. The kids."

"Not you?" Eddie asked, tilting his head around so he could get a better look at Steve face.

Steve blushed a dark red. He tugged on the necklace and it came off in his hand. "My initials are here." He pointed to the two clasps. And sure enough there were engraved into the silver was a simple S and H.

Eddie's heart stuttered in his chest. "Thank you." His lip quivered a bit before he spoke again. "You didn't have to do this, you know."

Steve shook his head. "I had to get something with down payment. This wasn't that much. I promise. I liked getting it for you."

Eddie just nodded.

*

Eddie showed up for band practice, practically vibrating out of his skin.

Jeff leaned back. “Whoa, man. Who’s put caffeine into your veins?”

“Lookie what Stevie got me!” he said and yanked off the chain, it immediately demonstrated the effect for him.

“Holy shit!” Gareth said bounding up to him. “That’s so freaking cool.”

Eddie grinned. “He also got me these.” And he poured the picks into Gareth’s hand.

Gareth picked one up, after another reading off the initials. “JH, ES, DH... GH?”

He looked up at Eddie in awe. He held up the GH. “Is that me?”

Eddie nodded, pursing his lips. “There’s a JL and a BM in there too.”

“And the rest all the kids right?” Brian asked coming up behind Gareth.

“And Wayne and Robin,” Eddie confirmed.

Jeff wandered over, too. “No pick for Stevie?” he asked, pushing them around in Gareth’s hand.

Eddie quietly showed them the initials on the necklace itself.

“Holy fuck!” Brian said, wide-eyed. “That’s a declaration of love if I ever saw one, man.”

Jeff nodded. “Yeah, Ed. That’s some straight up romantic shit.”

“Come on, guys,” Eddie moaned. “It’s not like that. He put a down payment on a ring for a relationship that went bust and needed to spend it anyway.”

All three of his bandmates just stared at him in disbelief.

He squirmed a little under their gaze. “I bet Birdie got something even better than this.” He held up the necklace. “It’s only silver, it couldn’t have cost that much anyway.”

“Dude,” Brian said. “Your rings are silver. That is something else.”

Eddie frowned and compared the two pieces of jewelry side by side.

“Oh.”

He chewed on his lip. “I think I know what metal this is.”

Gareth rubbed his chin. “It looks like my mom’s wedding ring. And that’s...”

“White gold,” Eddie and Gareth said together.

Jeff’s eyes nearly bulged out of his head. “You mean to tell me that Steve got you a necklace made of white gold and you still don’t think it’s a declaration of his undying love you?”

“Guys...” he whined. “It’s only the necklace. It can’t have cost that much, okay?”

Jeff ran his tongue over his lips, a sly look on his face.

“What?” Eddie barked.

“I’ll tell you what...” Jeff said shrewdly. “If he bought something for Buckley, too, we’ll learn all fucking ten minutes of Master of Puppets.”

Eddie grinned. But Brian and Gareth didn’t even have the decency to look worried.

“And if he hasn’t...” Jeff continued. “You’ll play Free Bird at the next gig at the Hideout.”

Eddie groaned. Both songs were long, but he thought Free Bird was boring. Not like Master of Puppets, that song had depths.

But then again... he was sure that Robin had something even nicer from Steve. Like diamond stud earrings or some shit.

“You’re on.”

Jeff smiled as they shook on it and it made Eddie doubt a bit.

Nah.

He had this on lock.

*

Eddie came bounding up to the counter at Steve and Robin’s job at the bookstore. Just another in their long line of jobs they had together.

“Where is your soulmate?” he asked the very disgruntled Robin.

She rolled her eyes. “He’s at home. With another migraine.”

Eddie winced. “That’s the third one this week.”

Robin nodded. “He’s got an appointment with a neurologist next week, but I’m stuck here, while he’s at home being miserable.”

Eddie pouted. “Poor Birdie. I can check up on him on my way home?”

“Thanks,” she said, a little bit of tension leaving her body.

“Speaking of your soulmate,” he said. “Did he show you what he got me?”

Robin shook her head. “I didn’t even realize he had gotten you anything.”

Eddie frowned, but took off his necklace and handed it to her.

She smiled at the initials. “That dingus. That’s really sweet of him.”

He told her the whole story. “So what did he get you?” he asked when he finished.

Robin furrowed her brow. “Nothing.”

Eddie reared back his head. “That’s not possible. He loves you the most in all the world. He would have gotten you something.”

She gently took his hand, the necklace tangling around their fingers. “Eddie, he loves you, too. Just as much, just differently.”

He reached out with his free hand and fingered the braided chain. “Jeff... the whole band really thought it was a declaration of true love.”

“They sound pretty smart to me.”

Eddie pursed his lips. He nodded. “I’ve got to go. Don’t worry, I’ll still check up on him.”

He untangled their hands and put the necklace back on.

Robin watched him go with a fond smile on her face. They were both stupid. But they were getting there.

*

Eddie had made sure Steve had taken his medicine and was lying down in his room with an ice pack on his head.

He was snooping. He was usually against that. Like with every fiber of his being, but this was extenuating circumstances. He couldn’t ask Steve as it was for a surprise for him. Couldn’t ask Robin, he loved her but she would blurt out the surprise. Just randomly. Without prompting.

So he was snooping around looking for a specific piece of paper he knew Robin kept in one of three places. Her nightstand. Wasn’t there. Next to the phone. Again, not there. So he was rifling through their junk drawer in a last ditch effort to find what he was looking for.

EUREKA! He found it.

He copied the information and then put the paper back. He carefully put the paper in his wallet.

He stayed nearby until Robin came home, but Steve slept straight through the changing of the guard.

***

Part 2

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[comradesummers]

i've gone from being mad about the existence of maddie bashing in fic to being kind of amused by it. like yes, a lot of the reasons people hate her are very misogynistic and reveal a lack of basic empathy for women and survivors of domestic violence. but sometimes these writers really have to stretch themselves to find reasons to hate her and it's very silly. some of these silly reasons include:

maddie and chimney dating is an hr violation (these people are not coworkers, what does hr have to do with anything?) and it makes poor buck very uncomfortable (i seem to recall him actively encouraging the relationship in the show)

buck is angry at maddie for being too controlling and "dictating" his medical decisions after the fire truck injury. like lol imagine if she had watched her brother puke up blood and was then told by a doctor that he could've died if he hadn't been surrounded by medical professionals and had just been like, continue risking your life kid, i'm not going to say shit about it

in general, she is depicted as controlling or micromanaging buck's life a lot in some of these fics, but is bashed in other fics for not being involved enough in his life (not being his attack dog during the lawsuit arc is a big one). i'm pretty sure some of these people genuinely believe that maddie is a bad person for not agreeing with all of buck's decisions, especially the stupid ones

this is a common one: maddie is clearly a bad person because she broke into buck's apartment (the building manager let her in). god forbid anyone have fun with this very silly goofy show and its silly goofy scenes. this contrived situation that was clearly created for comedy purposes must be taken deadly seriously. also, tell me you don't have siblings without telling me you don't have siblings

this isn't a reason as much as it is a general observation, but a lot of these fics appear to be omegaverse. do you think there's something about the existence of knotting that makes maddie a worse person?

most of these fics have at least 100 kudos and a lot of them have much more. which again, used to piss me off, but i've since found serenity in the knowledge that i get to enjoy a good character played by a hot lady while these people take all the fun out of it by interpreting her every action in the worst possible light. which sounds like a much worse viewing experience tbh

[fakeuwus]

RECKLESS | lee heeseung

now playing ☾⋆⁺₊🎧✩°｡ reckless by madison beer

"how could you be, so reckless with my heart?"

⁺ ⋆˚ genre: idol!hee x nonidol/university student!femreader, pure angst sorry lol, established relationship

⁺ ⋆˚ warnings: cursing, lowercase intended, barely proofread, mention of i-land LOL, lots of dialouge and idk if thats even a warning but had to put it out there, use of nicknames like babe/baby, infidelity

⁺ ⋆˚ word count: ~1k

⁺ ⋆˚ message from nic: wanted to put smth out while working on my jay fic!! got inspired by this show i was watching called "the game" (dont watch it its like highkey misogynistic and a bit racist and just overall so bad 😭) i wanted to rewatch it bc i used to watch it as a kid and now i realize how bad it was skdkd. but basically the bf is a pro football player while the gf is in med school and a certain plotline in the show inspired this 😁 also this is my first writing piece so pls be nice and feedback is appreciated!

heeseung slowly opened the front door to the apartment you and him shared, trying to be as quiet as possible since you were most likely sleeping. once he made it in he tip toe'd his way to your guys' bedroom. "did you have fun tonight hee?" you asked, while sitting on the couch with nothing but the lamp on. heeseung jumps, "holy shit you scared me! baby what are you doing up? come on let's get you to bed."

he walks over and tries to give you a kiss. you turned your head down only allowing him to press it to your forehead. you were pissed. actually, you were beyond that. words could not describe what you were even feeling at the moment.

you get up from the couch and stand before him, "you didn't answer my question. did you have fun tonight hee?" heeseung is perplexed by your tone. you sounded... hurt? angry? annoyed? all of the above? he tried to proceed with caution, racking his brain of all the possibilities of why you could be acting like this.

"uh... yeah babe, i had a lot of fun tonight. sorry i stayed out so late by the way. you really didn't have to wait up for me, you're probably tired." he was hopeful this was the right answer. it's gotta be, right? all you could do was stifle a cold laugh.

why the hell were you laughing? what was so funny? heeseung can feel his heartbeat in his ears and his skin was turning hot. you had never once acted this way in all of the years you guys had been together. it may not seem like a big deal to others, but you had always been so caring and sweet towards him.

even when you guys were arguing, your soft voice never changed. this was new. this was scary. you had a smile that didn't quite reach your eyes now and it seemed like you were staring into his soul.

"yeah heeseung. it's 2 am," you say sounding almost condescending, "but no i'm not mad that you stayed out so late. i mean i WAS, but after someone sent me a little something i realized there are worse things to be mad about." suddenly your phone is shoved into heeseung's hands. his jaw dropped. no. there's no way.

"who sent you this?! wait no it doesn't matter baby you can't believe this can you?" he reaches out for you but you pull away and start walking towards the front door to gather your jacket and bag, "so you're not even going to try to deny it? huh. i guess my friends were right." it makes him sick how you seem so calm on the outside, your words and actions treating this like one big joke while he's freaking out. he'd rather you be a crying, screaming mess than whatever behavior you're exhibiting at the moment.

you turn back around to him, "you think i don’t know who you’re giggling with on the phone while i’m sitting in the room studying for hours? that i’m stupid enough to believe that you’re not making out with her in that video? that i’m blind enough to not see the heart eyes you two make at each other while in the same room?” your words drip with venom and they shoot heeseung straight in the heart.

he feels like the room is spinning and he wants to faint. he wants to go up to you and hold you and tell you that she doesn’t matter, that you’re the only important thing in his life. but that’s not what happens. heeseung is too wrapped up in the moment to admit his wrongs.

frankly, he’s disgusted with himself and at a loss for words right now. he wants to convince not only you but more importantly to himself that he didn’t do anything wrong. and so he does. what comes out of his mouth next are words he’d soon regret. “WHAT DID YOU WANT ME TO DO YN?! i’ve been so lonely lately because you’re so wrapped up in school and she’s THERE FOR ME. she’s been there when you weren’t. i wouldn’t have made out with her if YOU were at the afterparty with ME like i asked you to! we won four fucking awards tonight and i just wanted my girlfriend there to celebrate with me.”

and just like that, you snap. the jacket and bag in your hands are now thrown to the ground and heeseung flinches. “YOU ARE SO FUCKING UNBELIEVABLE! do you hear the words that are coming out of your mouth right now?! i told you i have an exam tomorrow there was no way i was going to that damn party.”

tears are blurring your vision and your breath is becoming uneven. you don’t even recognize the man standing in front of you. “i have a life too heeseung. while you’re out chasing your dreams so am i. do you even acknowledge the sacrifices i have made for you over the past five years? tell me, was she there for you when you first became a trainee? was she crying for you every fucking episode of i-land? was she there every step of the way supporting your career?!"

heeseung doesn’t speak. he doesn’t move an inch yet his brain is moving a million miles per minute. he knows you’re right. he knows that you decline going out with your friends so you can wait for him to come home from practice. that your life only revolves around school and him. and he’s so eternally grateful for you. his heart yearns to express all the love he has for you and that he fucked up so badly. he just wants to fast forward to the part where you guys work through it and everything is okay again.

but that time is never going to come because you walk up to him with a heavy heart, placing the promise ring he gave you all those years ago in his hands.

he stares at the pretty diamond that shines in the moonlight, the only thing illuminating the darkness that’s consumed the space you both once filled with love. “i hope she was worth it,” you say as you open the door and walk out into the cold night. leaving heeseung and all of the memories of your relationship behind.

© fakeuwus 2023 do not repost, translate, or plagiarize

[papaver-decervicatus]

Headcanons- Sobieslaw "Gromsko" Kościuszko

Is not-so-secretly displeased that no one can pronounce his name. He is absolutely a Polish Culture fanatic and is incredibly patriotic. It bothers him that people either can’t or aren’t willing to learn how to say his name. 

For this reason, a quick way to get in his good books is to practice his name and get it right to him. If a pretty girl does it, he’s not-so-subtly hearing wedding bells. 

Lowkey misogynist, very traditional

Wants a wife and kids. No kids are a deal breaker for him. 

Wants a wife who will clean and cook for him when he can fix stuff around the house and earn income with the military

Grew up with 4 siblings, two brothers, and two sisters, they all have the most Polish names imaginable. 

Desperately wants at least three kids.

Generally very outgoing and boisterous. Is commonly told that he’s “too loud”

His response is to smile and laugh even louder than previously. 

The exception to this is when he’s embarrassed, which is incredibly infrequent. He will get quiet and turn red if he does anything particularly stupid

He bought a copy of Silence of the Lambs thinking it was a field cooking guide. He gets genuinely flustered when people bring it up

Reads a lot in his off time, and learned English from reading almost exclusively 

As such he mispronounces words in ways that people that learned from English speakers typically don’t, like pronouncing “chassis” like “chass-iss” not “chass-ee”

If anyone brings it up he blue screens for a second and argues back that that makes no sense and why can’t it be phonetic? 

He inadvertently started a book club with Reyes, Nova, and a few other SpecGru operators by asking around for books to practice with. 

Sleeps naked or in very tight boxers much to his bunk mates' chagrin. 

He has the unique habit of sleeping on his arm and holding his pillow to his chest and between his legs when he’s asleep. 

It’s because his right knee is damaged from a particularly rough infill landing, having his knees together when he sleeps is really painful

Everyone assumes it’s something to do with humping his pillow because he’s just. Got no shame like that, but it isn’t actually. 

Has no insecurities appearance-wise. He is how he is and people can like that or not, he doesn’t give a shit. 

Cocky? confident? Self-assured? 

all of the above and then some. 

Magic touch when it comes to being a medic. He has stabilized people who damn well should have bled out and died on the field. 

He should be a bad medic because he’s so loud and aggressive on the field

And yet, he’s nearly always right on target and right where he needs to be to help someone out. 

His whole demeanor changes from patient to patient. 

Otherworldly sense of what people need emotionally when they’re hurt.

Need someone to empathize with you? He’s already telling you how much your family back home needs you to pull through. 

Need to get your mind off the pain? He’s telling you knock-knock jokes that don’t really make sense in between stories of his childhood misadventures. 

Need someone to kick you into gear? He’s spitting in your face about how you can’t just give up now and die like a fucking dog. 

Need some peace and quiet? He’s holding your hand and stroking your wrist with his thumb, only providing pulses of pressure to keep you in the moment. 

Absolutely capable of gentleness and caring, but just does so very infrequently. 

He is kind, not nice. 

He will help out anyone with anything without being asked to, but he’s gonna make fun of them the whole time. (Playful banter, he means no harm by it)

Much more likely to be “nice” to a woman or a child than a man. 

Handles his liquor poorly at the moment, will get black-out drunk without batting an eye, and yet somehow never gets hungover. 

The others are convinced he takes medical supplies for homemade hangover cures, he doesn’t but he lets them think that. 

Superior Polish genes, baby. His liver is the strongest thing about him. 

He does not necessarily need to be “the alpha male” in any given room or situation, but very much commands a certain kind of attention. 

This man occupies space. Wide stance, a loud voice, a louder laugh, and the personality of a wrecking ball. His ego is through the door before he is. 

Despite this, most of his coworkers don’t really find him all that jarring because he doesn’t demand subservience. He knows his station and does not need validation outside of it. 

He doesn’t care to be a leader, it’s not that he’s opposed, he just has a different skill set. 

He tends to wander on the battlefield, always hyper-vigilant to where he is needed most. 

His weapon of choice is a rocket launcher. 

AVADA KADABRA KURWA 

BOOM

He and Soap are on the top of the “UNDER NO FUCKING CIRCUMSTANCES ALLOWED TO USE A ROCKET LAUNCHER” list, followed closely (and inexplicably) by Farah?

Read about that story here!

Despite being in a profession centered around fixing people/caring for wounds, has a natural tendency towards destruction. 

Soldiers' vocabulary all the way. Every 5th word is a swear, and that’s on a “clean” day.

[gacha-incels]

tbh I didn’t know the incel Joker obsession spanned across incel groups outside places like the US where this imagery originated from. like in those clothes this guy looks like a kid on Halloween. he woke up, dressed up in clown clothes, did his makeup and drew a goofy ass smile on a medical mask. he’s holding what looks like a nerf or water gun while at the same time espousing extremely real and violent threats to women. there is a strange juxtaposition happening between the way he’s chosen to represent himself here as, essentially, a kid’s comic book character and his violent words. Of course to these guys this character is a “symbol” for them, we don’t need to argue that and I don’t want to be reminded about how much money and film has been dedicated to these comic books lol. using this image is Iike a fast forward button for any actual PR or messaging he wants to say to his fellow incels, especially if he wants people to join and spend money. I’m not talking about that but rather the optics of using a comic book character, something typically associated with children.

imo this and the extremely violent reactions we have seen here and in the west regarding videogames (the previous “gamergate” and whatever stupid shit is happening now) have some overarching similarities. are these guys worried about the abuse workers suffer in the industry? No, they don’t want the boogieman “femi” working on games, they don’t want the boogieman “SBI” touching their games, etc, you’ll see a lot of these guys say it’s because they want these games to remain as “escapism” for them with “no politics”. all of this is incredibly naïve. politics affect every single part of a game - who gets hired, what gets made, what story that gets told, the characters, the marketing, the budget (and sponsors and everything that entails), etc. when you see them write about “SJWs” all at once, and suddenly it’s “SBI” all at once, and then suddenly this turns into “DEI” etc, it’s because these misogynists all watch and listen to the same group of big misogynist “influencers” and will parrot everything they say. So we’ve got the following all together - idolizing and dressing up like the comic book character the Joker, an unhealthy attachment to videogames with a “no girls allowed” attitude, blaming everything on women and minorities, a naïve understanding of how the world works, and these Daddy-figure influencers. It seems like some sort of self-inflicted arrested development (idk if this term is still used I just mean they refuse to grow up/mature, and this is specifically on their own accord) to me, it’s like they let themselves have the thought pattens of kids/teens and completely wallow in this, but with the violence and brutality of adults. blame everything bad in your life on women, it’s the thought process of a petulant teen boy, every woman with short hair is a feminist, legitimately how a child would think, but taking a knife and brutally attacking a woman with short hair and the bystander man who tried to get between you is the violence and strength of an adult. but these guys are so legitimately pandered to by society, placated by companies and have made entire communities and cottage indu$tries based on hating women/ believing that everything wrong in their lives is because of women that there’s no reason to “grow up”. It benefits them, they never have to think they’re wrong, and they enjoy it. this is at least a small part of what goes in to this I’m guessing, so much of this is so oddly childish with the emphasis they put on comics and videogames yet extremely violent in real life

[theadhddimsenion]

Some theories regarding the potential return of cash "the ratfuck" buckso.

We saw that cash had sadly escapes the fire unharmed. That's probably the biggest tragedy of that fire in that it didn't kill or even hurt the one person who definitely deserved it. So that means that knowing him he is likely going to come back and try and leech off his sons success but like any other form of (in this case metaphorical) vampire he must be invited in before he can do his dirty work but how could he manipulate his son into letting him in?

Well he could try the classic "I was only hard on you because I love you" crap many emotional abusers like him try even when their victims get away, trying to frame their cruelty as "tough love" when really they were jusf tough for no good reason. He could also try and take advantage of the fact that he and Barbie are the only blood relatives blitz has left and try and pull the "are you really going to turn your back on family?" Card on him and if all else fails I think cash has one last dirty trick up his sleeve and that's weaponizing tila against his son. I wouldn't put it past the bastard to say something along the lines of "now really blitzo what would your mother say about you refusing your dear old day a bed for the night".

Once he's managed to worm his way inside here's what I think his opinions on the other cast members would be and their opinions on him would be.

Moxxie. A weak girl horned loser his son was pathetic for even associating with. I headcannon that cash was obnoxiously proud of his ridiculously oversized horns and a misogynistic asshole who isn't even funny like Adam was. Moxxie is terrified of him as a lot of bad memories of crimson come flooding back to him as he learn his boss wasn't kidding when he said his dad crushed his dreams of musical theater. Specifically he yelled that it was "the gayest shit I've heard all day!!!!"

Millie. A stupid wrath ring broad who had forgotten her place. Mille in turn hates the bastard with a passion, he reminds her of that one creepy carny from loo loo land but worse. She can't for the life of her see why blitz is so instant that he stay without a fuss as while she gets being loyal to one's kin but this dipshit is barely trying to hide what a scumbag he is.

Loona. Blitzs "failed" attempt at parenting because he wasn't doing what he would have and be treating her like a literal animal instead of a person. Cash even had the audacity to demand that loona do your standard dog tricks like "sit, stay lie down and roll over" and he stole her beer! Loona naturally hates him as he acts like every other shit head who wanted to adopt her and they threw her back when she would take Their selfishness.

Stolas, fizz and veroskia are all the same in cashes eyes. Wasted opportunities to leech off them though his son. Stolas in particular as was formerly the richest and cash spilled the real reason why blitz was there for his first meeting. Veroskia would be the same but with adding misogyny and fizz would be basically him demanding a cut of fizz's life as he "made him what he is". Veroskia in particular would finaly get explanation as to why her ex was the way he was.

I believe I remember that vivi said the big themes of season three are family and addiction so a return for cash and maybe crimson and even paimon would make sense. Perhaps we could even get to see loona's bio parents in a flash back and in a twist they weren't awful people they just didn't have the means to care for her. But there's one character who applies to both themes and that's Barbie so I think she deserves a section to herself.

Barbie is one of if not thee most mysterious characters in the whole of helluva boss as we have next to nothing on her character other than she's blitzs angry drug addicted twin sister but we know next to nothing about how far her hatred goes, why she choose drugs, who she was before the fire, or even what she pre/post fire relationships where like. I've seen some people say she should be the one person who never forgives blitz because the other "forgave him too quickly" which i really don't think is the case, fizz is just a forgiving guy in general and their relationship was broken by an outside force *cough* cash *cough*, I wouldn't exactly say veroskia will ever exactly forgive him but rather simply not spend her life obsessively hating him, and stolas loves him so I don't think that blitz anyone who just hates him forever no matter what and plus I feel like that would be a waste of barbies character to just make her nothing more than a spiteful bitch who refuses to forgive her own brother even after being show proof of his innocence. No I think barbies character arc should end on a bittersweet note because while her misplaced anger is gone she still can't separate her brother from the fire and death of her mother in her mind and now blitz is permanent stuck as a walking talking reminder of what had happened to her mother so she still, more reasonably this time asks that he keep his distance from her. I like this as it doesn't reduce barbies character to a spiteful bitch (one stella is already too many) and still shows that not all relationships can be mended. At least not perfectly.

Something that could play into this is having Barbie act as cashes doubting minion by having cash manipulate her into trying to sabotage her brothers relationships to no avail. At first Barbie is all for it but as she sees the good her brother has done she begins to doubt cashes lies more and more and cash begins losing his composure as she starts to see the cracks and holes in his phony narrative this all culminates in a final showdown with cash where he drunkenly confesses to everything he had done, that the fire was his fault because he blew the safety budget on drugs, booze and hookers, that he never loved their mother, that he had abused blitz since the day of his birth and he could care less about it!! Snarling at Barbie "and there's nothin' a little druggie brat like you can do about it!!!" Maybe going as far as to try and hurt her in a drunken rage but at the last minute blitz swoops in a pummles the ratfuck to a pulp. Afterwards Barbie just collapses into a frenzied ball of misery and self hatred as she starts beating herself up over her supposed "failures" but blitz comforts her saying he knows what it's like to hate yourself and no matter what awful things you think you are your wrong and if she ever wanted to talk to him she could.

[somethingaboutnoodles]

finished the pitt last night and have to say i really fucking loved it.

mel king is amazing. i love her to death. great autism rep, my autistic partner and i were fucking screaming at how excited she was about the gravel. but also despite her doubts, pulling through leading a section like that!!!!

santos is awesome, she's such a fucking asshole that people aren't taking her seriously & she does INCREDIBLY stupid shit (progesterone guy could 100% sue the shit our of her and the hospital, destroying her fucking career before it starts, if ANYTHING went wrong with his care) BUT she does it because she fucking cares. Not in an old quiet doctor way but in a fucked up street kid way. I love her for that--all her brassness is her fucking shield.

speaking of fucking caring, mckay fucking rocks. i too would threaten that damn 24 year old in the sparkly bonus mom tee who my son doesn't even LIKE!!!

victoria coming into her own telling her mom to read the room???? stepping up and insisting upon herself as a doctor in her own right?????? 💕💕💕

(also oh my god matteo you fucking fiend you are part of the damn problem lollll)

whitaker is my blorbo my poor lil guy. i honestly was expecting him to have to change scrubs again.

dana is everything, and her decision after possibly the literal worst day she's ever had is so valid. god i hope she gets to be a person. i love her to death and i kinda don't want to see next season because it will mean she's finally put herself first.

collins defending protecting and praising samira and checking santos [but what the fuck do i know] and just being a mentor. being the fucking leader the women of the pitt *need* when robbie is less than present and she's having probably one of the worst days of her life and still showing up??? i'm fucking glad she didn't have to get through the rest of that damn shift.

robbie. . . you dumb motherfucker. you ptsd having idiot. fucking shit. fuck. i don't think i can say anything anyone else hasn't already. i love him and i want him and abbott to stop having their rooftop conversations because they fuck in the stairwell between shifts to blow off steam. he is truly a consummate doctor. the whole thing with david, in many ways, is kind of emblematic of his inability to exist outside of the pitt. he doesn't see anything else, doesn't seem to know how to be anything else -- what matters is how something might affect his patient. the atheist jew vibes are off the charts . . . chosen/cursed by a god you're not sure you believe in to do the work but feeling compelled to do it anyway and then beating yourself up for not completing it. for not saving every life, curing every ill.

also the semi-late game reveal of why abbot is so torn up about the veteran making it home and then dying in his fucking er. abbott coming in with his go bag and being the most metal motherfucker in the damn place but still, in the short time we see him getting developed more fully with his own set of problems.

langdon is a dipshit. like i get he's a good doctor AND a fuckup and kind of a nice guy, but his bs with his wife and then harassing dana and robbie while they're on shift and he knows they're down a doctor(!!!) makes me want to fucking throttle him. FUCK.

also can the mel langdon shippers not say she needed him there? when she did just damn fine by herself thanks??? like can we not uwu baby the autistic girl and couch it in romance when we're ultimately saying something really fucking misogynistic. that sucked to be one of the first things i saw in the tag after watching the show. also she DESERVES WAY BETTER. like just because langdon is being nice and doing his job, we're matching our autistic queen up with HIM?

also you guys are wrong, i think mel and trinity should be together. puppycat and bulldog. for personal reasons <3

[linosbundles]

My colleague thinks pissing me off will get me to worship the ground he walks on || joshua x oc

Pairing : joshua x oc (harry) {can also be read as a y/n fic}

Genres : fluff

Word count : 4.2k {4288 words}

warnings : mentions of food, slowburn, Joshua is annoying and so are you

Summary : She hates her colleague. If she had to put up with him a little longer, she might start hating her job. He never intended to, but he became the reason her blood pressure was always up during meetings. All that “hatred” changed into something else… how?

Joshua. One name. That’s all it took for her blood to boil. She hated his existence at this point, and he made that happen so effortlessly. Joshua was merely her colleague, who wasn’t even on the same team as her, yet he managed to do everything that annoyed her. The days Joshua took off were easily the best days Harry had at work. She was just glad that he didn’t make her hate her work life entirely.

She rushed to the elevator doors, running late, as she saw Joshua already inside. He clicked the button that closed the doors immediately after he saw her and made her miss it. Normally she would be happy to not be in the same confined space as the annoying man but today she was already late, missing the elevator only made her later than she already was, which wasn’t good considering she had a meeting in 5 minutes.

He wasn’t particularly a fan of her either. Harry had her own ways to rile him up as well. The meetings that required both of them to attend had always been heated up by their arguments. They always had something or the other to mention against each other’s ideas. Someone had to constantly remind them that it was a meeting and not a debate.

At work dinners, the way Joshua would suck up to their boss would get on her nerves while the way she would ruin his moments by saying something against him.

“Why do you hate Joshua so much?” Soonyoung asked.

She paused. She forgot about the sugar cube she had just picked up to drop in her coffee and got lost in her thoughts. No matter how hard she thought, she couldn’t put a pin on the moment she started hating him. She snapped out of it and put the cube in her coffee and mixed it.

“I guess it’s just natural… I have no clue Soonyoung, but I don’t think the origin matters if I can’t even remember it. He’s just annoying as he is, all the time, every time, always.”

“Geez, I thought there was some lore behind this or something. Not gonna lie, I’m lowkey disappointed Harry.”

“Well, it is what it is.” She continued sipping her coffee as they headed back to their workspace.

Not today. She didn’t want to have any stupid interactions with Joshua today. Harry couldn’t handle Joshua’s annoying existence on the day she found out her longtime crush was a piece of shit. No, because one of the stories he posted just revealed that just like other “men” he turned out to be a misogynistic, homophobic, and ignorant idiot as well. She was filled with feelings like disappointment, disgust, anger, etc. One wrong step and she might blow up.

Thankfully she didn’t see him the whole day.

Until she did. He just had to be the one who parked his car a little too close to hers. Good thing he came at the right time though, because imagine waiting for the car owner to come and move their car for her to even go home on a day that was overwhelming enough. But that didn’t stop her from yelling her lungs at him. All the frustration and anger she had towards herself for liking such a person (not that she knew until that day) all came spilling onto Joshua’s face right out of her mouth. For some reason, Joshua didn’t feel like fighting back. Normally he would do anything to get back at her but for some reason he felt like he shouldn’t. He felt like if he fought back this time the so-called “hatred” that they had between them would turn into something real. That’s something that scared him like a little kid being scared that their best friend would stop playing with them.

After listening to her shout at him, he spoke. He shouldn’t have though, because he made her cry instead of winding her up more. If only he screamed back, she wouldn’t have felt guilty about the displacement of anger. If only he yelled back at her, she wouldn’t have felt so vulnerable. “Are you alright Harry?” Just that one sentence, coming from Joshua that too, broke her down. But she couldn’t afford to be vulnerable in front of Joshua of all people. She had to leave. That instant.

She pulled herself together and politely asked him to move his car immediately, wiping off her tears quickly. He did it without questioning her further. She took off without giving him an apology or an explanation, leaving Joshua as perplexed as he’d ever been.

The next day at work, she seemed just fine. Looking at her work like nothing ever went wrong yesterday, Joshua was glad to see her alright but also concerned and confused.

Is she acting like everything’s fine? Or is everything really fine? What was that yesterday? Was she mad at me? Was she just having a rough day? Should I ask her? Would that be weird? Maybe I could ask Soonyoung, I’m sure he will know. Maybe that would be crossing a boundary.

All that and a lot more thoughts occupied Joshua’s head for a couple of days. All he could do was look at her from a distance and worry. He tried his best not to interact with her at all because he didn’t want to annoy her until he was sure she was fine.

She found the distance between the two both peaceful yet empty. She liked how her blood pressure didn’t rise every other second but at the same time she also missed it a little. And that thought she trashed immediately. She convinced herself that it was only peace that she felt and no emptiness.

“Soonyoung…” Harry stared at a painting on the wall of the coffee room. He sensed that she was caught up in her thoughts and asked her what was up.

“So, is it normal to feel empty when a noisy neighbour finally moves out?”

“Did that karaoke machine guy move out? You miss him?”

She choked on her coffee. “No!! Seokmin didn’t move out.”

“Then who are you missing?”

“No one. I just saw that line somewhere online and wondered if that’s how people feel. That’s it. I don’t miss anyone. Why would you think it’s about me? I don’t have anyone that I could miss. Pfft.”

“Strong denial is strong agreement.” He laughed, but he also let it slide because he knew about the ex-crush and didn’t want to press in case it was about him. It’d been a week and she was finally back to normal. He wouldn’t want to mess that up for her.

Right then, Joshua walked in and grabbed a cup to get some coffee for himself. Yes, he was brave enough to be seen by her that day because it’d been a while since the incident and she seemed totally alright and back to form that morning in their meeting when they had their usual bickering.

He sat down across them to drink his coffee. He drank too soon and burnt his tongue. But not only was his tongue burnt but so was his stomach. He was jealous. He had the perfect view of Soonyoung wiping off some biscuit crumbs off the corner off Harry’s lips. Seeing them so close together made him lose his rationality. Joshua knew that Soonyoung was Harry’s best friend since before she joined work here so it was probably just normal for them to be close like that. But seeing them so close as if he was watching a drama didn’t do him any good.

He just threw a snarky comment and stormed off without even waiting for Harry’s comeback and squabble as he normally would. He just couldn’t stand being there anymore. He couldn’t see her like that with someone else.

Walking away, he calmed himself down and scolded himself for losing his cool like that and behaving totally out of character. He hoped that he didn’t make her hate him for real or anything.

That seemed to be a constant worry given their setup. If there would be a poster for a movie of their lives it would be a picture of Joshua and Harry standing face to face with swords against each other’s throats and killer gazes. That’s how a third person would describe their relationship. As much as Joshua hated it, he couldn’t stop it either because he didn’t know how else to communicate or interact with her. He would rather be her rival than be no one to her.

Pulling the short straw really was a bad thing because Harry was stuck with decoration work along with Joshua. The usual bickering at least made sure that the room wasn’t filled with awkward silence. They made a plan such that they wouldn’t get in each other’s way so that they could finish up their work soon and stay away from each other.

“Joshua.” Harry called out.

“Yes Potter?” Yeah, that was one lame, not-so-creative nickname he had for her that pissed her off a lot. Not that she hated Harry Potter, or that she wasn’t used to it, it was merely the fact that hearing it from Joshua ticked her off.

“Do you mind if I play some music? Out loud. I think I left my earphones at home.”

“Only if you have good taste.”

Harry played her favourite playlist without hesitation. As soon as the first song started playing Joshua was delighted. He was happy to know that there was something in common between them now and that he didn’t have to bicker with her every time he spotted her, he could now talk about Day6 too. As a few more songs played and all were from Day6, he was just sure that she was a fellow My Day as well, but he just had to hear it from her to be 100% sure.

“My Day?” Was all he said for her to turn towards him without looking the slightest bit mad at him. “You too?” She asked. All he did was nod shyly for her to feel connected to him somehow, not even questioning why he was being shy. They started talking about Day6 and their music and all that for hours as they finished their work together.

A few weeks went by, there was bickering of course but none of it felt hostile anymore, it felt more playful except for in their meetings. The meetings became less of a debate room and more of a meeting room where both Harry and Joshua were able to express their ideas without jumping at each other’s throats. Even when there was a difference of opinion, it was expressed very politely and non-sarcastically. Everyone was surprised to see so much change in how they treated each other recently and started speculating things.

“You do realise that there’s some talk about you and Joshua going around now that y’all ain’t strangling each other mentally every time your eyes meet.” Soonyoung said as he placed their coffee cups on the table and sat next to her.

“Well…” Before she could complete it, Joshua entered.

“Hi Harry, hi Soonyoung!” He said, walking towards the coffee machine.

“Join us.” Harry said, earning herself a funny look from Soonyoung that Joshua failed to notice. She just nudged him from under the table and Soonyoung got the warning. Joshua sat across them again with his coffee, hoping not to burn his stomach this time.

“You tell me Joshua.” Soonyoung repeated the same thing he just told Harry before he entered the room. To which Joshua explained that the change in vibe between them both was because they kind of bonded over being My Days. Soonyoung laughed. He didn’t expect that. He was expecting something more like one of them was blackmailing the other or they slept with each other or something stupid like that. But this totally made sense to him since he knew how she got along with the fandom so well.

“I should get back to work.” Harry said, sipping the last bit of her coffee. “Soonyoung and I are going out for some drinks tonight. You can join us if you’re free.”

“If Soonyoung is fine with it too, and if I’m not intruding, I would love to!”

“Hey man you’re most welcome as long as the both of you don’t go on about Day6 for hours and leave me out.” He joked.

Harry and Joshua at the same time assured him that that wouldn’t happen and confirmed that Joshua was joining them that evening.

These little hangouts didn’t stop with just one. There were many more, sometimes it was just the two of them also.

They started getting along really well and the bickering came to an end. They were nothing like rivals anymore. Anyone who didn’t know how they used to be would call them good friends. To their other colleagues it was still a mystery as to how they went from wanting to throw each other off the rooftop to getting each other coffee and smiling at each other. There was one person happy with this development.

Joshua.

He’d always wanted to be on good terms with her so that he could at least have a shot with her. He’d fallen head over heels for her the day he laid his eyes on her for the first time. A few days had gone by, Joshua trying to get Harry to notice him, but it didn’t work. She didn’t know about him till they officially met in the meeting room. Getting on her nerves during a meeting was not on his to-do list. He didn’t know how to tell her that he didn’t mean to oppose her idea so strongly. He just had a difference in opinion and enjoyed having a conversation with her so he didn’t stop, not realising that it wasn’t enjoyable for her on the other hand.

Starting off on the wrong foot, Joshua felt helpless. He didn’t want his crush to be mad at him every time she saw him, no. He wanted her to smile brightly and run to him and talk to him about the most trivial things. He wanted to be the one she went to for anything that happened throughout her days. But instead, he became someone she wanted to avoid so badly. He wanted her to miss his absence not celebrate it.

Harry : You’re not at work today? I haven’t seen you the whole day. I hope you’re doing well.

Joshua’s day was made. He never expected her to check up on him, especially when his absence usually meant celebration to her.

Joshua : I’m fine, I just had a personal commitment so I took the day off. Thanks for checking in Harry 😊 Harry : Ah, good to know you’re fine. See you tomorrow then. Joshua : See you tomorrow Harry 😊

It was the best day of his life so far. But that would change soon if Harry said yes to him soon.

There’s no way she’s going to say no for this. He took the day of to get 2 tickets to the upcoming Day6 concert in hopes that Harry would go out with him. How he was going to ask her out was something he hadn’t planned yet.

Should he casually let it slip that he has 2 concert tickets and ask her to tag along? Should he send her an email of the concert tickets and then explain it to her. Should he ask her out for coffee or something before he gave her the tickets? Would that be too much?

The excited man showed up at work the next day, looking a little too happy. As usual, Harry, Soonyoung, and Joshua met at the coffee room and Harry had the chance to ask him why he was so happy that day. She made it easier for him to ask her then.

“So, I took off yesterday, right? It was to get 2 tickets to the upcoming Day6 concert!” Joshua spoke as the other two listened intently. Soonyoung figured where this was heading and excused himself pretending to get a phone call. Joshua then continued.

“Would you like to go with me?”

Harry was blushing a little. She wanted it to be a date, but he didn’t mention that. As if he could read her mind, he spoke again. “As a date.”

The bright smile of hers that he always wanted her to show him finally grew on her face.

“I would love to.”

Joshua couldn’t help but mirror her smile. He got up and put away their coffee cups. “I’ll mail you the tickets then, we could maybe go on a date before the concert too, you know, shopping for outfits or anything you would like.”

“Let’s go shopping for outfits, yes, that would be fun!”

The two continued planning their dates and went back to work soon.

“Girl! I knew it! I knew he was going to ask you out. I did well by leaving y’all alone, right?” Soonyoung was giggling.

“Literally, how did you know?”

“It’s so obvious that he has a huge crush on you, you’re just too blind to see it I guess.”

“I’m not blind, but I guess he is into me maybe? Because why else would he ask me out? And I’m interested too I guess because him asking me out made me happy?” “Harry, shut up. You’ve been crushing on him for a while too now.”

“No. I haven’t been crushing on him. I just think he’s nice.” “Just like him, you’re really bad at hiding your crush too. Anyone who knew you guys personally would know that y’all are totally into each other.”

What Soonyoung said left Harry wondering. How long had she found Joshua attractive and how long had he liked her? How come she never noticed it? She was happy he asked her out though. She could let her curious mind rest till the date and get her doubts clarified then.

Joshua : I’ll be there at 5pm to pick you up, you can come down whenever you’re ready. Harry : Great! See you at 5pm then :3 Joshua : <3

Harry was kicking her feet in the air at the sight of the heart emoji that Joshua sent her. She was excited for the date. She knew that she was going to have a good time. She didn’t know why she felt comfortable and confident that things would go well, because normally she wouldn’t trust men that easily. Something was different when it came to Joshua though. She was just sure that he wouldn’t let the door slam at her face, that he wouldn’t blame her or get impatient if she was a little late, that he wouldn’t walk too fast, inconsiderate of her heels making her slower than usual, that he wouldn’t fail her like other men usually did on the dates she’d been on.

“Were you waiting for too long?”

“Not really, and even otherwise you needn’t think about that. I’d wait for as long as you need to get ready the way you want to. And Harry… You’re beautiful.”

She needed to scream but that would make her look insane. Or give away how much she liked him already. He had a way with her heart. He effortlessly said and did the right things. Anything and everything that would make her comfortable and be her confident self. He was being the perfect date she had yet to experience.

He made sure to stop by a café to get her some milk tea so that she doesn’t have to go shopping on an empty stomach. He helped her choose a few outfits and waited for her patiently as she tried them out. He complimented her in all her new outfits but even more in the one he liked the most. He let her help him choose his outfits as well. They had their own goofy time at the accessory shop as well. Wearing rings on all the fingers and wearing multiple necklaces at the same time, wearing funny hats together, and clicking pictures like that.

After shopping for hours, Joshua knew that the milk tea would no longer keep them going so he drove them to a restaurant for some dinner.

They talked about how fun the date had been so far while they waited for their food to get ready. And that was the time where Harry had to ask. “Joshua… when… since when were you interested in me?”

“Oh. Um. I wouldn’t call it just interest. I’ve liked you ever since you joined our office. I didn’t know how to approach you, and before I even attempted anything I ended up being an annoying existence to you. I didn’t like how you were always mad when you saw me, but I was glad I wasn’t a nobody to you, so I went along with whatever dynamic we had setup for us. Hoping that one day we would become lovers instead of rivals. You have no idea how relieved I felt when—”

“Your food is ready.” The waiter started keeping their food on their table.

That gave Joshua the gap to catch her reaction, which made his heart skip a beat. She was sitting across him, listening intently, a little smile drawn upon her face, her cheeks a little red from his confession, her hair falling on all the right places on her face and shoulders.

And once the waiter was gone, he continued to confess, trying hard to maintain eye contact.

“So, yeah, where was I? Yeah. You have no idea how relieved I felt when we discovered we both were MY Days because honestly, if not for that discovery, we would probably be pulling each other’s hair out in every meeting and glaring at each other all the time at work.”

“Joshua… wow. I don’t know what to say. That’s… that’s so cute. You’re cute. And… I think I might like you too? Even if I’m not sure about that yet, I’m definitely interested in finding out with you if you would like.”

“I’d love that for us Harry. You don’t have to rush; you can take your time to figure out how you feel about me. I like you, and I respect you and your feelings. Let’s go out on a few more dates. If you like me, you like me. If not, that’s totally fine. Well not totally but I’ll still respect your decision.”

“Thank you for liking me, Joshua.”

Joshua : Rest well Harry and maybe keep your feet in some warm water, we did walk around a lot today. Harry : you too Josh. I can call you that, right? Joshua : anything you like darling Joshua : [deleted a message] Joshua : anything you like~

“Tell me everything!!” Soonyoung chased you around at coffee breaks and lunch time to hear all about your date. Not just that day but every other date you had with Joshua, Soonyoung was interested. “Your love life is my new favourite manhwa!” He exclaimed. Harry as usual told Soonyoung everything about all their dates. Soonyoung approved of Joshua unlike every other guy she had ever dated before.

“You know, I think I’m finally happy with a guy. I’m glad that it’s Joshua who makes me happy.”

“I think you’re falling. Falling in love.” Soonyoung said with stars in his eyes.

“Well, weirdly I can’t even think of denying it. Maybe you’re right Soonyoung. Is this how love feels?”

“You should totally tell him on your next date or something.”

She was thinking about what Soonyoung said. She wasn’t a person who openly expresses her feelings through speech like that. She had an idea.

“The night sky looks so pretty, doesn’t it Harry?”

Joshua and Harry were walking back to his car after the concert.

“It looks like the best night sky I’ve ever seen.”

“Is it because of the concert or because you’re with me?” Joshua playfully looked at you expecting an answer.

“I’d say both.” She let go of his hand. He watched her curiously. She fished out what looked like a pretty envelope from her bag.

“Joshua, get in the car.” She handed him the letter once he got in. “I’ll stay out here, I want you to let me know once you’ve finished reading it, alright?” He just nodded and started reading through the letter once she closed the door.

Now he was the one who couldn’t express himself through words. He couldn’t believe his eyes. His longtime crush who was his rival for so long, became friends with him, agreed to go out with him, and is now in love with him???? How was he supposed to react to this? The woman he loved, loved him back. That miracle happened to them. He was way too happy to contain himself, he threw the door open and hugged her tight.

He asked her softly, “Can I kiss you?”

She pulled away from the hug and leaned in close enough for their lips to almost be touching. “You can Josh.”

That’s all she had to say to experience the best kiss on the best day of her life.

She got to see a Day6 concert with the man she loved. She got to confess her feelings for him on that magical night. He returned her feelings. The man she loved, loved her back. She then had her first kiss with him. He drove her back home; she invited him up. They spent the night peacefully sleeping in each other’s arms.

[valleydean]

Chapter 13 [Read Here]

CHAMPION Part III of Heavyweight a deancas boxing au by valleydean (emmbrancsxx0) read from the beginning | playlist

SUMMARY: Brooklyn, 1933. Dean Winchester, the number one contender, trains to become the next Heavyweight Champion of the World, and this time he won't let anything get in his way. Title holder Castiel Novak has second thoughts about retiring, especially when someone from his past arrives in New York and asks for his help. Meanwhile, a new contender rises to fame and threatens to complicate both of Dean and Cas' ambitions - and their relationship.

CHAPTER PREVIEW:

“How’d you sleep?” Jo asked as she spooned ground coffee into the drip.

“What are you, my mother?” Dean grumbled, his voice coarse. She rolled her eyes in response.

He rolled his neck to get the tension out, but it was no use. Especially not with the hangover headache lighting up his skull. 

Alcohol aside, he’d had a hell of a night after Cas had kicked him out without any money for a taxi. Dean had to skip fare like he used to when he was a kid and take the subway all the way to the West Side. He was lucky Jo let him in, even if she said she’d only let him stay for one night “and then you gotta get your shit together.” Dean thought about pushing his luck, but she’d seemed pretty strict.

He pulled the package of steak out from the cushion and frowned down at it. The sight alone made the stale alcohol in his stomach slosh uncomfortably.

“Is that my steak?” Jo scolded.

Dean looked up at her and shrugged innocently. “Needed it for the swelling.”

“That’s gross! I wanted to eat that!”

His irritation spiked. He had enough problems without having to worry about Jo’s dinner. “What else was I supposed to do? The only other thing you have is ice and that melted in, like, five seconds!” He gestured in the direction of the ice box behind her. “You know, for a woman, you’re bad at keeping the pantry stocked.”

Jo dropped her hands to the counter. “Do you have any idea how misogynistic that was?”

Dean grumbled, “Yeah, tell it to the suffragettes.”

The smell of coffee permeated the apartment. It woke Dean up marginally.

Jo huffed and walked around the counter to the space that counted as the living room. She crossed her arms and leaned against the wall. “You know I don’t go to those stupid meetings.”

Dean was glad there was at least one woman in his life who didn’t.

“Anyway, I gotta get to work in a half hour, which means you have to leave,” Jo told him.

Dean sighed and leaned back against the chair. “Where the fuck am I supposed to go?”

“Not my problem.”

He shot her a fake smile and hummed. “Thanks for the sympathy.”

Jo rolled her eyes again and pushed her shoulders off of the wall. She stood directly in front of the chair and arched a thin eyebrow down at him. “You want my advice? Go grovel to Cas to let you back in.”

Dean puckered his lips. “Why do I always gotta be the one to go to him? He should be groveling! He lied to me, remember?” His anger dwindled as the reality of it washed over him. “Him and Lee.”

Was anyone telling Dean the truth?

Finally, some empathy played on Jo’s expression. “Lee’s an asshole.”

“And Cas?”

“He’s an asshole, too,” Jo said, “but he’s your asshole.”

Dean wrinkled his nose in distaste at the imagery.

“You know what I mean,” Jo said, dropping her arms to her sides. “Look, I’m not saying what he did wasn’t shitty, but he had good intentions.”

Dean thumbed at his ring, eyes downcast. “Yeah, he always does.” And look at where it always got them.

“So? Wouldn’t you prefer an asshole who at least means well? You and him have fought before, and you always make up. So make up.”

She made it sound so easy, but Dean had no idea what he was going to say when he saw Cas again. He knew what Cas wanted him to say. That he’d overreacted, that he’d done some soul searching and was okay with Cas keeping the belt, that he forgave Cas for keeping secrets yet again.

But he couldn’t. He wouldn’t mean any of it. And he really wasn’t in the mood to hear more of Cas’ half-assed excuses and justifications.

[possessionisamyth]

Okay, time to list out all my problems with DMC:Devil May Cry.

What sucks about it, is that it probably would've been very well loved by a specific audience if they just didn't make it a DMC game. Change all the names, and you'd have a probable cult classic, but we're looking at this as a DMC game so here's my problems with it.

-Very 2012-2013 start with the whole Dante is a Cool Guy who goes to Strip Clubs and Drinks and Has Sex

-Immediate insult to gamers/fans who like Dante's OG look by having a white wig land on him and him check his reflection to say "Not in a million years."

-Kat being the first woman character introduced with powers who isn't kicking ass and taking names. From everything we know about several minutes into the game, the fact she's aware of demons means she should be packing a glock at minimum. Not a good sign for what they will do with her.

-Vergil is introduced with 0 drip.

-Retconning of Dante and Vergil being half HUMAN half demon, by making them half ANGEL half demon. As if this doesn't just sort of spit in the face of every single devil may cry game before it. The entire point of DMC3 alone was Vergil doing all he can to abandon his humanity. The underlying point of every single game DMC1, 2, 3, and 4 is Dante clocking the humanity in others, resonating with it, and finding it worth the effort to save or protect. And they just toss all of this out for them to be...half angels which still doesn't even add anything to their abilities because their demonic abilities from being half demon alone with what's always been utilized. It's just a stupid and unnecessary plot change that does more harm than good.

-Too much cussing. Cussing isn't a bad thing, but there's so much there's absolutely no space for clever wordplay because "fuck, shit, piss, slut, etc" are in constant rotation.

-Kat's entire dialogue with Dante where she explains she's always had these special abilities, and they tried to make it go away and control her via giving her medication. I don't think I have to elaborate on how poorly the messaging around this aged.

-Dante's hair turning white being his devil trigger form is such a lazy character design move when we get cool monster form, again, in every other game before this one.They don't even utilize visual story telling for this one. They could've made it where when we meet Vergil, who has white hair, we then see the flashback of them as kids where their hair is both brown. But since Vergil has white hair as a child, it can't even be used as a "Vergil is always in devil trigger" sort of storytelling. Like, had kid Vergil been shown with brown hair like Dante, that would've been a nice little warning to the audience that something was up with him. Yet. Nothing.

-The voice actor for Dante should've had his lines redone for his fight sounds. It was very bland to listen to, especially when doing repetitive moves.

-Dante is not having fun at all during this game. Like, he's not. There's not a single boss fight, even after he's done, where he looks like or acts as though he's having a remotely good time. He's annoyed or pissed off 90% of the time which is just...that's not Dante.

-The way the two main women are framed and treated in this game is so misogynistic I think I'd need a separate paper to examine everything, but I'll summarize it as a dudebro's mantra of "There's only 2 types of women. Dedicated housewives and ugly sluts."

-More poorly aged jokes centering around people being fat or ugly.

-Vergil's literally a pussy who's ass you gotta cover for until you have to fight him in the last boss fight.

-Severe lack of stupid bullshit. Every DMC game needs stupid bullshit to be entertaining, and this game is taking itself way too seriously.

-Enemy design had the same issues I had in Bayonetta 3 where all of them look the same except for one small change because someone on the crew didn't want to get creative.

-Normally in DMC games you only get the "here's the plot and what's going to happen" dialogue from the bad guys, but in this game it's every single person every time they open their mouths.

-The environment moving around to stop your way forward was cool in concept, but since the game is so linear it doesn't really encourage creativity with finding alternative ways around. On top of that, the concept of purgatory seemed like an unnecessary barrier because it supposedly keeps Dante and the demons from accidentally or on purpose harming random human bystanders. Yet, their actions have an effect on the environment so shit around the humans are getting destroyed regardless??? People are getting hurt and killed from the collateral damage so why make purgatory a thing at all? The removal or purgatory would've made it more effective by showing how strong Mundus' control was that he could have demons running around chasing Dante, get his little newscaster guy to placate the people, and nothing be done about it.

So yeah. It's a game very much of it's time, especially with having Ninja being the dev team. Had this been any other franchise, almost all of my complaints wouldn't even exist. It being an attempt at being a DMC game, a reboot nonetheless, is what's holding this thing back.

I think the only good thing they managed was explaining why RedGrave looks Like That at the start of DMC3, but that's all.

[angelscorpses]

cherry valance rant bc GOD cherry hate infuriates the shit out of me i need to let this out

made smth like this before but it was so incoherent lmao, im aiming for this one to be a little better worded/constructed. literally just gonna be a whole rant defending cherry/refuting common counterarguments i see

im being so genuine, can yall tell me a GOOD REASON why you hate cherry. every single reason i hear is so stupid, all of her actions that make her "hated" are incredibly understandable if you had just taken a moment and tried to imagine what it was like given her situation.

a good example would be "she didn't visit johnny in the hospital" :: johnny killed bob: cherrys boyfriend. johnny is her boyfriend's killer. name one person who would wanna go see their partner's killer. and a counterargument to this i see a lot is "johnny defended her against dally" :: which, yeah, maybe that made cherry somewhat like him a little more, but she had never even met him until the drive in. and, i simply believe someone killing your partner outweighs the one good thing that they did for you.

"being rude to ponyboy" :: socs couldnt really be seen with greasers because it would ruin their reputation, and rep is very important to both socs and greasers. i do agree it might've been a bit selfish, but you have to take into consideration the time period and their situation. this also can apply to the scene in the movie where cherry didnt wave back to ponyboy at school. but, cherry explicitly stated that she probably wasn't going to say hi or wave back, and told him not to take it personal because she would if she could: "you're a nice boy and everything, but we just couldnt let our parents see us with you" bringing back my point about reputation being important. she obviously WANTED to talk to him more, but couldnt due to social expectations

cherry disregarding ponyboy's issues by saying "things are rough all over." if you read the parts whenever randy spoke, you'd know this argument is pretty weak. and even then, she wasn't even disregarding them, she just wanted to give pony a sense that he's not alone.

a lot of this just boils down to trying to put yourself in her shoes; you have to understand where she's coming from. i've made this point a couple of times within the paragraphs. she's also only 16.

also, i've seen a lot of people who hate cherry also love dally? .. how are you gonna hate a character who's actions are pretty understandable if you just put yourself in their shoes, but like the character who's does FAR worse things, mostly just for fun (jumping little kids, cheating, drinking, etc.)?? talk about hypocrisy... i feel like this lowkey has some misogynistic undertones too but whatever.

anyway, you dont have to like her. like her, dislike her—whatever, just maybe come up with a good argument

[misrepresentedmorallygrey]

PROPAGANDA

Rose Quartz Propaganda

"We saw her character arc in reverse!! We first saw all the good she did and then learned of her terrible actions in the past. If her story was told the other way around, it would have been a great redemption arc. Yes, she did some terrible things, but she had no choice. She did everything she could to stop the colonization of earth peacefully buy nothing worked. Blue and yellow diamond just didn't listen to her and when they did, THEY were the ones who made the zoo and shit. Rose wanted to free them but couldn't get to them after the war! And with the corruption, there's no way she could have known that'd happen. There's so many things she wanted to do but just couldn't. And with spinel, yes it was shitty to leave her alone for so long, but again, between running her court, running the rebellion, dealing with earth, she likely wasn't a very high priority and like with the zoo, there was no way to get to her after the war since the galaxy warp was destroyed. And don't forget, she was practically a child around this time. You're saying you didn't do any stupid, selfish, or harmful things as a kid? She learned from her experiences and grew, we just saw that growth in reverse, leaving us as viewers with a poor perception of her."

"Rose Quartz is Steven Universe’s dead mom. Initially, she’s set up as sort of an ethereal perfect figure who everyone misses and compares him to. Later we get to see more of her backstory and discover that she’s actually like, a person, with flaws, who has done some bad things, but she did those bad things largely in the course of trying to escape an abusive home life and save the people and planet that she fell in love with. It’s very clear that despite her flaws she was trying to do the right thing and that she deeply cared about others. Unfortunately, a woman who was not a Perfect Martyr was way too much for the Steven Universe fandom to handle. She pretty much set off the wave of SU crit blogs because these people were furious either that she had taken violent measures to solve her problems, that she hadn’t taken violent enough measures to solve her problems, or both somehow. Lots of “Why didn’t she just murder her abusive parental figures?” Lots of “She was evil for having a baby even though she knew she’d die in childbirth!” Lots of “She should’ve been able to protect everyone from a magic nuclear weapon with the power of love somehow.” Lots of “She shouldn’t have rebelled (even though not rebelling would’ve meant the destruction of Earth) because her abusers retaliated and that’s her fault.” LOTS of people drawing her as stick thin even though she was fat in the show. People treated her like she was on the same level or even worse than her abusive parental figures who were also the main villains of the show. It was unbearable to witness."

Katara Propaganda

"She's smart. She's powerful. She an eco-terrorist. She's got the ability to grow as a person. She's a victim of misogynistic fans who codify her as an annoying bitch (sadly not affectionate) cause she's the "mom character." And that's all she will ever be is "The mom character." She bested Azula and could blood bend your ass but won't cause she's chosen not to be a monster! But she's the annoying mom instead."

"if i have to hear ONE MORE *touches necklace* joke i’m gonna mcfreaking lose it"

"despite being one of the most well-written feminist characters of children’s TV, the fandom decides to define her based on her very realistic 14-year-old girl flaws. Ignoring her complex independent arcs and motivations, people love justifying their hatred towards her based on her one line directed at Sokka that he didn’t love his mother as much as she did. Which, if we’re being nitpicky, isn’t so harsh given that it was Katara who shouldered most of the burden of her death, as well as Sokka’s admittance that he doesn’t even remember his mother. Not to mention that ALL the characters make selfish mistakes given the fact that they’re all aged 12-15??? (Aang hiding Katara and Sokka’s father’s letter, anyone???) She really is an elegant breakthrough of the typical female character molds of “girl who is badass” and “girl with a crush on the mc who sits on the sidelines” and it’s so frustrating to see her get the most hate out of the Gaang"

Mabel Pines Propaganda

"[insert "i am 12 years old" comic]"

"You probably already know about this but back when the series was airing people were really pissed at Mabel because she was supposedly selfish. Yeah ok guys asking for a fucking megaphone to help a merman find his family was TOTALLY unreasonable. Dipper giving up one (1) "date" with a girl way older than him to save Mabel's pet was SO not worth it. (This is sarcasm btw. Side note a lot of these have to do with Dipper's crush on Wendy which is a whole other discussion.) And then there's the big one. Mabel causing Weirdmageddon. What people fail to realize with this is that 1) she was extremely stressed when she handed Bill the rift 2) she was tricked by Bill, a being that is A MASTER AT TRICKING PEOPLE, into thinking that she was being handed a magic solution to what felt like the end of the world to her, and 3) she was TWELVE. Not to pull out the "she is literally neurodivergent and a minor" card but do you really expect a 12 year old who's just been told that she's gonna have to face a big and difficult transition WITHOUT her brother who's been there for her all her life to make a rational decision? Y'all seriously fell for Bill's empty words in Sock Opera. Absolute bufoons. You would not survive Weirdmageddon."

"Oh wow, a preteen girl under extreme distress acts like a preteen girl under extreme distress. Whoda thunk?"