#♡ *⊹ ⁄⁄⁄ erica.

[mothellie]

I think the Duffer Brothers' history with racism in their show goes a lot deeper than a lot of people realize.

Lucas as a character has three distinct B plot stories that get assigned to him: being a minor antagonist to Eleven in season one, being a good friend to the rest of the Party, and being in love with his girlfriend. While Mike's plot is directly centered around two of the most pivotal characters of the show, Dustin is given two different role model characters that shape his arc and is overall the genius that helps the rest of the cast get out of several difficult situations, Will still being connected to the Upside Down after his disappearance in 1983 and that playing into several major plots, Max having a multitude of centric storylines especially in season four and Eleven literally being THE main character- Lucas is only ever given plots that help serve and uplift the other (white) characters. Unless you count him... playing basketball and being friends with Jason. I guess?

Erica is similar to Lucas, but to a much larger degree. I'd like you reading this to think of any single Erica standalone plot in the show that has nothing to do with/does not predominantly or solely benefit the white characters around her. I'll wait.

The Sinclair parents are only touched on in brief sections for the sake of filling the episodes, only ever playing a more major role in Season Four. If you could call it that. I'm sure most of you couldn't even tell me their names off of the top of your heads. (It's Charles and Sue, by the way.)

Argyle was the first somewhat major character of color to be introduced to the show after Erica played her part in season three. I could say similar things about his role in the season overall that I can about Lucas and Erica. Except they set him up to play a bigger role in the next season at the end of season four, going as far as to show him in Hawkins and have Jancy verbally allude to him sticking around, only for the show heads to ghost Eduardo Franco and let him find out he wasn't being brought back through an official social media cast photo.

Kali was a former subject from the same lab El came from, having escaped and subsequently began to lead a vigilante life of enacting revenge on those who played a hand in her suffering. She was the first subject El ever met after leaving the lab, shown to be incredibly powerful and strong-willed. Her and El had an immediate connection, calling themselves sisters right after meeting. But after El was finished with her self-discovery period on the S.S. Kali Gang for one (1) often-forgotten and poorly-written episode, Kali was quite literally abandoned both in spirit and on screen, never to be seen or even mentioned again.

All other characters of color are either killed violently (Patrick), have like ten minutes of screentime total (Jeff and Calvin Powell), or are just straight up background only and may not even have names.

They can dedicate an entire section of season four's plot to Suzie's family, but not to genuine character development for Erica or for Kali to return. They can make room for a whole pointless predatory plot between Billy and Karen, but not to give a more important role to the Sinclair parents. They have room to include a whole plot about El getting bullied in school, but not for Lucas to have a more meaningful story outside of his white friends and girlfriend. They can platform three known white zionists while Palestine currently undergoes a gruesome genocide even as I type this, but they don't have room for Argyle in season five (or even the decency to give Eduardo a fucking phone call).

Not only do the Duffers constantly write themselves into holes because they keep adding unnecessary fodder to the plot, and refuse to kill ANY of their main characters in favor of just creating new characters for the sake of killing them off in mediocre ways despite the fact that they're trying to fit 20+ B plots into 8-9 40-50 minute episodes per season and wondering why half their show doesn't make sense- The time they DO dedicate to character-specific B plots and character arc progression visibly favor the white characters.

If I watch S5, and that's a huge if, I will be sailing the high seas. Between all of this, the fact that they filmed part of season four in an old Nazi prison and tried to turn it into a fucking AirBNB, and the fact that at least four people who play major roles in the show actively support the current genocide of Palestine- I won't be giving them (or Netflix for that matter) another cent of my money.

While you're here, please do your completely free daily click to send aid to Palestine, and here's a list of other resources for how to help more directly.

[natsukishinomiyaswife]

SHE'S HERE SHE'S HERE SHE'S HERE ♡♡♡

I want everyone to meet my Twisted Wonderland OC, Erica Berger! ♡

She is a sheep beastman, and first appears in the event Reunion at Milne Woods (coming soon!)

She lives in Milne Woods, near Acre Valley (a small town known for it's gardens)

She is 18 years old and a third year, attending an all-girl's school in the Queendom of Roses. She is 153 cm, and a Libra (her birthday is October 20th) Personality wise she is shy, usually keeping to herself.

She is childhood friend's with Rook, who would come to Milne Woods every summer with his family (their relationship is platonic)

Now that they're third years, Erica worries about the future of their friendship, each of them busy and unable to spend time together like they used to. While visiting home, she invites Rook to stop by for a tea party, wishing to experience old times again.

Rook, knowing that she was lonely (even if she doesn't say it), decides to bring along some of his classmates (in the hopes that she can meet people, and make new friends ♡)

More information will be revealed in the event Reunion at Milne Woods (coming soon!)

Artwork by my dear friend Kris (@skriblee-ksk) ♡ Thank you so much!! ♡♡♡ (Background is from the Winnie the Pooh movie!)

[bettyweir]

My Babysitter's a vampire ❥ The date to end all dates ~ Part one

[covertstrings]

closed starter ♡༉ ⟆ trent ⟅ @vcndetta

“this place is cursed. i can feel it.” what other explanation was there? something was seriously wrong with dc, and he still hadn’t even figured out how he got there to begin with. nobody seemed to know anything, and it only added to his frustrations.

[cookies-over-yonder]

ummm im currently having scary and erica brainrot and scerica is one of my favorite dndads ships, so do you have any thoughts on them??

i think scary definitely has a big fat crush on erica and i also think that because scary believes she's completely unlovable she would never let herself chase after that no matter how much she wants it because what, there's no way anyone could love her, especially not like that! so when erica DOES show affection then scary starts to isolate herself even more because she doesn't allow herself to hope. and i can see erica slowly but surely being persistent and pulling scary out of that hole of hopelessness and letting scary hope and fulfilling those hopes by being super fucking lesbian about it <3

[strcngergirls]

@devildungeondm​ said: “if you need me for anything, anything at all, i’m only a crystal ball away.”

“Yeah, yeah, I’ll make sure to call your flying monkeys if I need you.” She waved away his concerns. Erica had practiced for this enough, and with Eddie as a mentor she was sure her first official game as a DM wouldn’t be a complete failure. Considering how the girls enjoyed Erica the Great, she was sure she could think up things to keep the posse enthralled. “I just hope they don’t kill the unicorns.”

[deamare]

♡ ˚·  @nagaficat asked:

"You look beautiful," Deirdre sets a gentle hand on Ishtar's shoulder as she passes behind her chair on the way to her own seat. "I am so grateful that Lord Sigurd thought to put your seat near ours. I only wish my Julius was here too. Perhaps we can save some food for him..." She sighs. She can only hope that he is happy with whatever he has chosen to do instead. "But you are here! And I am glad for it! You are always welcome in my family, Ishtar."

She has felt the young prince's absence all night. And though she is certain he is wise for staying in the shadows they were learning to call home, Ishtar still laments his presence.

How lovely it would have been-- a chance at pretending normalcy.

Through silver lashes she blinks at Deirdre. "Yes, I had already thought to bring some back for him." She thumbs a carefully folded napkin, sat awaiting half her meal to be tucked within it. It's a skill she is well versed in; sneaking food to prisoners.

Ishtar swallows. She does not enjoy the reminder of what they have become.

"Thank you, Lady Deirdre..." A smile plays timidly at her lips, hiding a great sadness beneath it. The hand on her shoulder does not possess claws that threaten to dig into her skin, is not meant as a reminder. It is not Mother's. It is perhaps better for that.

"I am eternally grateful."

[foreverwants]

                        ──────────────                        the guilt burrows deep within her ,      pools in her gut and twists like a knife .      that night had haunted her ever since she’d broken free of the compulsion ,      the flash of amethyst permanently burned underneath her eyelids .      erica can’t blame @divinares for the bitter chill targeted in her direction ;            everyone else had died in the blast ,      victims to the delusions of a madman            ⁽ ʷʰᵒ ᵏⁿᵉʷ ˢᶜʰᵒᵒˡ ᵃᵈᵐⁱⁿⁱˢᵗʳᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿ ʷᵒᵘˡᵈ ᵗᵘʳⁿ ᵒᵘᵗ ᵗᵒ ˡⁱᵗᵉʳᵃˡˡʸ ᵇᵉ ᵉᵛⁱˡ ⁾ ,            and erica just fled like a coward .                        ❝      well ,      it’s good to see you .      you look      [ . . . ]      healthy .      ❞                        alive .      erica had an eternity of regret ahead of her !

despite anticipating it ,      she was still taken aback by the bite in benny’s tone .      arms cross as figure leans against the dingy dresser            ──────            shit furniture courtesy to her latest motel ,      her attempt at flying under the vampire counsel’s radar .                        ❝      i thought you had pǝıp .      ❞                        ‘ with everyone else ’   remains unspoken ,      but erica knows that benny gets the message .      the unfamiliar ache of remorse threatened to eat her alive ,      but she had never been good at wearing her emotions on her sleeve .                        ❝      the vampire counsel said that white chapel had been completely wiped .      ❞

PROMPT            //            ❝ i don't actually care but i'm bored so i'm here. ❞

[girlzstupid]

shadow of la tag drop !

[candiedstrwb]

shadow of la muse tag drop

*       ──       ♡       𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄   .     ⁞       declan.

*       ──       ♡       𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄   .     ⁞       banks.

*       ──       ♡       𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄   .     ⁞       santiago.

*       ──       ♡       𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄   .     ⁞       ezra.

*       ──       ♡       𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄   .     ⁞       erica.

*       ──       ♡       𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄   .     ⁞       valentina.

*       ──       ♡       𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄   .     ⁞       aaliyah.

*       ──       ♡       𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄   .     ⁞       safiya.

[boyfriendwitchs]

🀣 TAG NAVIGATOR ✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:

CHARACTERS -

#ALLISON ⊹˙ #BOYD ⁺‧₊♡₊‧⁺ #DEREK ｡･:*˚:✧｡ #ERICA ೃ⁀➷ #ISAAC ♡⸝⸝ #KIRA ∞༺♡༻✧ #LIAM ༘⋆ #LYDIA ִֶָ 𓂃⊹ ִֶָ #MALIA ✧˖°. #MASON ⋆｡ ﾟ ☁︎ #NOLAN ⋆｡°✩ #PARRISH ♡ ˎˊ˗ #SCOTT ✩‧₊˚ #THEO ᐟᐟ☆

[natsukishinomiyaswife]

Reunion at Milne Woods

━━━⊱✿⊰━━━ A Tea Party to Remember ━━━⊱✿⊰━━━

A Twisted Wonderland Fanmade event, inspired by Winnie the Pooh ♡ (featuring my Twisted Wonderland OC, Erica Berger ♡)

Artwork by my dear friend Kris (@skriblee-ksk) ♡ Thank you so much! ♡♡♡

━━━⊱✿⊰━━━ Event Summary ━━━⊱✿⊰━━━

Rook receives a letter from his childhood friend, Erica, who's currently back home on break. The letter contains an invitation to a tea party, with parts of it resembling something a child would make. Inviting some of his classmates to join him (and cryptically telling them to "bring a friend"), they arrive at Acre Valley, a small town know for it's gardens.

While looking at the farmer's market, they run into Erica's father, Alexander Berger, at his flower stand. (Please note: Erica is adopted, and her father is human) He's happy to see Rook again, greeting everyone and making small talk. After seeing the sights and doing some shopping, Rook directs everyone to head into the woods, leading them to a small cottage.

Turns out Erica didn't live in Acre Valley, but the woods surrounding it, known as Milne Woods. They find her there, along with the other guests attending the tea party. Except... they're stuffed animals!? But they're moving and speaking (non-verbally)... What's going on!?

━━━⊱✿⊰━━━ About Erica ━━━⊱✿⊰━━━

Erica is a 18 year old sheep beastman, attending an all girl's school in the Queendom of Roses. She is shy, and usually keeps to herself.

Her unique magic allows her to make inanimate objects sentient, but for a few hours at a time. Her magic only works if the owner has an emotional connection with said object, and "believes they're real". She primarily uses her magic on stuffed animals, and considers them "asleep" when her magic wears off.

Out of all of her stuffed friends, her best friend is Tigger, taking him wherever she goes.

━━━⊱✿⊰━━━ Erica and Rook ━━━⊱✿⊰━━━

Erica and Rook are childhood friends, with his family coming to Milne Woods every summer for vacation. Their relationship is purely platonic, and they write letters to each other to keep in touch.

Rook has a bloodhound stuffed animal named Cooper that Erica was watching for him, who he would take "hunting" with him as a kid.

Now that they're third years, Erica worries about the future of their friendship, each of them busy and unable to spend time together like they used to. While visiting home, she invites Rook to stop by for a tea party, wishing to experience old times again.

Rook, knowing that she was lonely (even if she doesn't say it), decides to bring along some of his classmates (in the hopes that she can meet new people, and make new friends ♡)

━━━⊱✿⊰━━━ Yuu and Grim ━━━⊱✿⊰━━━

Since this is meant to replicate an in game event, Yuu and Erica become friends during the tea party, with Erica giving Yuu a drawing the stuffed animals did of them and Grim before they leave.

The stuffed animals believe that Grim is a stuffed animal too, and treat him like one of their own (much to his displeasure).

Yuu also introduces Malleus by nickname to Erica, causing her to believe that was actually his name and addressing him as such (he never corrects her either)

━━━⊱✿⊰━━━ Canon Characters ━━━⊱✿⊰━━━

If this was a real in game event, these are the characters that would be included (along with their card rarities!):

Rook (Tea Party Attendee, SSR)

Trey (Tea Party Attendee, SR)

Jack (Tea Party Attendee, SR)

Malleus (Tea Party Attendee, R)

━━━⊱✿⊰━━━ Event Rules ━━━⊱✿⊰━━━

No NSFW please! ♡

Anyone can participate! Feel free to include your OC, your Yuusona, a canon character, etc ♡

You can participate by writing fics, making art, creating edits, etc

NO NPC HATE/BASHING please! Erica is my main OC, and means a lot to me, so any entries involving hate towards her will be rejected. Sorry!

Please use the tag #milne woods and credit/tag me in the post (I would love to see what you make!! ♡)

This event has no deadline! So feel free to join at any time ♡

━━━⊱✿⊰━━━ Outfits ━━━⊱✿⊰━━━

Since it's a tea party, it is semi-formal (so no casual clothes).

Summer or spring dresses, longer flowing gowns, slacks with a button down and blazer. Pastel colors, floral patterns, lace. These are just some ideas, but feel free to go cottagecore instead (if you'd prefer that!)

All tea party attendees must have a stuffed friend with them, whether it be one they brought or one they met at the party (Tigger cannot be chosen, since he is with Erica)

There will be games, food, and so much more at the tea party! I hope you're able to attend ♡

━━━⊱✿⊰━━━ Event Background ━━━⊱✿⊰━━━

Here is the event background! Feel free to use this when making cards ♡

Please note: this background was made using an image I edited, the image source is here ♡

━━━⊱✿⊰━━━ Tea Party Attendees ━━━⊱✿⊰━━━

Tsuki - @readsrandomstuff67

Resse Kingbit - @kickasscentral

Iris Valor - @cheerleaderman

✿ ━━━━⊱✿⊰━━━━━━⊱✿━━⊱✿⊰━━━ ✿

𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓴 𝔂𝓸𝓾! ♡

[covertstrings]

closed starter ♡༉ ⟆ scott ⟅ @vcndetta

while it was a relief to see some familiar faces, it also lead to a great deal of confusion for the alpha. he was seeing people who were dead last he knew. erica might’ve recognized him, but he didn’t know how much she knew either. did she remember what happened to her? “erica, what are you doing here?” he questioned, confusion evident in his tone.

[vipercloud]

𝚝𝚊𝚐  𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚙  𝟶𝟶𝟺.

[strcngergirls]

@de2thletter said: ❝  i really want to ask what’s going on in your head right now,  but I’m afraid i won’t like the answer. ❞

“You’re right, you wouldn’t.” Erica’s lips twitch upward into an amused grin. She hadn’t made it this far in life off of good ideas alone. Sometimes a girl needed to make risks and she just happened to make more than most people.

Holding her head high, she tries not to let her doubt shine through. The most important part of bluffing is believing the lie yourself, to a certain extent. Her fingers drum against the blade at her side before turning to look at the other. “Say, how fast can you run?”

[misandriste]

kate + hairflips redo

DATES (2013) ▸ 1.04, "Erica and Kate" ↳ only made possible with extra special thanks to @stuckinthisdamnhellsite ♡