#( ricky thread )

[ghosthierophant]

NOPE (Jordan Peele) / Regarding the Pain of Others (Susan Sontag)

[causticameracrap]

NOPE (Jordan Peele) / personal essay / Blind Spot (Teju Cole) / The Writing of the Disaster (Maurice Blanchot) 

[starrrbakerrr]

Because this moment's really all we have.

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

there are a lot of reasons i'm really, really impressed by how well sdmi portrayed the dynamic of an abusive relationship with pericles and ricky, and one of the big ones is how accurately they show what it looks like when abuse starts to escalate.

the extent of that is yet another thing that'll take a longpost of its own to go into, because it spans like.... the entire arc of their relationship in the show. but one thing that stands out to me in particular is their portrayal of the massive red flag that is a partner trotting out bigoted behavior against a group you're in. especially insults, and especially directed right at you.

this show has a LOT of fatphobia, jesus christ does it ever, and there are certainly some fatphobic tropes going on with ricky; but i've always been surprised and impressed by how many of the nastier ones they avoided, especially considering his role in the story and what his arc is about.

he is a major, nuanced character whose trauma is treated with full weight and sincerity. it's implied that his body type changed the way it did due to the trauma he went through when he was younger, and the ensuing mental illness, which is a pretty realistic experience for a lot of people. the things that happen to him are played for full tragedy and horror, when it would have been so, so easy for them to make light of it because Tee Hee Fat Guy and Tee Hee Male Abuse Victims Funnee. despite how his whole thing involves corporate greed, they don't go the route of portraying him as Gluttonous and Hedonistic; if anything he is very obviously not using all that money for even basic physical self-care, and the only time we ever see him eating anything it's when he's drinking wine grape juice with pericles. which, like, there's issues to be unpacked with that too, but jesus christ it's an improvement over what usually happens with characters like him.

he's a fat queer man who isn't degendered or made feminine in a mocking and/or predatory way. (there's nothing wrong with feminine fat queer men and they need more non-shitty rep, please and thank you god, but there is a lot of nastiness in the tropes they're often used for in mainstream media, and one of those tropes is when people consider 'fat queer man' and 'masc' to be oxymorons.) no one ever once calls him ugly; if anything multiple people in his life think he's attractive and desirable, for better or for worse. no one body-shames him. and no one ever mentions his weight.

except pericles.

'The Horrible Herd' and 'The Devouring' are two halves of a whole here, re: escalation of abuse. 'Devouring' is when the abuser goes full mask off and shit hits the fan; 'Horrible Herd' is the wind-up before the punch. HH is when ricky realizes things are getting Bad and he needs to put a stop to this now, and Devouring shows what happens when he tries, because by the point where it's gotten bad enough to give him a wakeup call it's already too late. it's how abusive relationships tend to go, and it's chillingly accurate.

and what's one of the things pericles says during Horrible Herd when that punch is winding up? something no one's ever said before now, including him? 'you pudding-faced dummkopf.'

he body-shames him. he insults his weight, and that's a major turning point. bigotry is something that's often there to some degree from the start, but not always, because some abusers are good at hiding things like that until they're confident they've got you where they want you. the message with ricky and pericles is loud and clear: when this happens, the walls are dripping blood. get out.

(if you can. and be careful when you try.)

when this show is good, it is really, truly good. god damn.

[sparklyseblos]

rina moodboard - made aug 2023

[heartfe1t]

@skatetheatrics | new year's kiss

   ❝    happy new year ricky bowen   ❞    and it's her first with him since high school- since she'd left for boarding school and then past that left for school again for college. but even being exes- even with the complications that come with being with him now- his daughter, sitting in her mama d's lap now in the other room she's sure, she knows she's happy it's ricky she's starting the new year with. when she came home for winter break this was the last thing she'd expected, but she's not going to complain for an instant. so when she hears the fireworks from the tv in the living room, she gets up on her toes, wrapping her arms around his neck, and presses her lips sweetly to his.    ❝    happy new year    ❞    said again, softly, as she just gently pulls away.

[reneexthompsxn]

starter for @rickyxthompson

location: their mom's place

Renee had been given the day off work and needed to stop by her mom's place to grab a sweater that she had left there the other day. She parked out on the street, running up to the door and shoving her key into the lock. Renee hadn't paid any attention to if there were any vehicles in the driveway. Stepping into the house, she walked toward the kitchen where her mom said she left it but as she was on her way there, she was startled, nearly out of her skin, "Shit, Ricky," she gasped, placing her hand over her heart, "I didn't realize you were here."

[hihijayne]

become a riyangi today and vote for my boy ricky he's just a silly lil guy 😔

[tatteredxsails]

Me suddenly writing Ricky like

[sheactress]

@skatetheatrics

"I wanna hold on tighter, that's just the way I'm wired."

    ❝    hold onto me…    ❞    she says- staring at him with so much affection in her eyes.    ❝    you can always hold onto me, ricky…    ❞    she's fallen so hard for him in the last few weeks. it's so good- what they're building together. she's sure of that. so in these moments, when he feels like falling, she wants to be there for him.    ❝    that's what i'm here for.    ❞    

[ghosthierophant]

NOPE (Jordan Peele) / Blind Spot (Teju Cole)

[srtrlites]

closed  starter — cassie oliver  ( feat. @grcdge )  ! location  —  table read for ' zombies 4 '  , around 12pm .

in truth , cassie kind of knew this would be coming . after the insane success of the last movie which definitely left the door open for another sequel , she wasn't exactly surprised when she's got the call . however ... the timing isn't exactly the best & everyone's aware the second ricky steps foot in the room , the tension in the air between two actors so heavy it could be cut with a knife . cassie looks up , hazel eyes on him looking at him ( for a few seconds too long ) before she reaverts her gaze back on the paper . “ can we start now ? i have to get back to set , & i can't afford the luxury of being late , “ it's such a clear jab at ricky that even the director clears his throat , suddenly feeling nervous before he nods .

[nathanialhowe]

shuld make an blog for inquisitor kronk trevelyan and force ppl 2 take his name Serious

[pepprs]

prefacing this by saying im fine and its whatever and im mostly numb to it. but it kinda fucking sucks that being gaslit about my own sexuality leads to… doubting my own sexuality lol!

[heartfe1t]

@inspotlight | starter call

    ❝    that boy over there... he likes you-    ❞    silver tells the brunette girl, a hand resting on nina's arm as she looks in the direction of the curly haired young man standing across the room.    ❝    trust me, i know.    ❞    she sometimes can accept that while she's very much a victim as she was used as a tool for a villain... she did learn a lot about men from that time in her uncle's "care".    ❝    don't stare too long, but- what do you think of him?    ❞    she may be the new girl, but- she's got to try to make friends somehow.

[izzyeffinhands]

🎲

28. A Kiss in Parting —- moving to become full thread.

War. It was all out war and blood now, something Ricky had started, that many others had tried and failed because the pirate heart was far too strong. All of their raids, all of the injuries, all of the deaths would not be for wrought and in vain. Life had become more fucking painful than it usually was thanks to this pompous rich fuck at the Brits. Enough was enough.

The final battleground? Nassau. It was strategically placed, a harbor the Brits had wanted for years, a pure pirate fucking Democracy. These streets all pirates knew. From the fort with its canons on the shore that kept the British at bay, to its little secret rum running passageways. Nassau was a pirate haven and if they wanted war? The final battle would be here. The line in the sand was crossed in blood and toil, and they had simply had enough.

It had taken some doing to unite other pirates and crews together because they were so vastly different and their loyalties were split but it had been done. For weeks Ricky had laid siege to the port, trying ti starve out its pirate rats, but pirates were too stubborn to just die. The main fort and it’s canons helped destroy and hold off the floatilla of vessels as long as she could. But with so much bombardment, even to the crucial fort the British didn’t want to destroy? They had no choice. Pirates were dead, the ships had come ashore. Their enemies were unleashed. This was it.

Izzy was frankly terrified for Stede. All of his training couldn’t possibly prepare him for *this*. The injured.. the ones who were low on rations and starving.. the brutality. There was only so much he could protect his husband from. Yes, husband. It hadn’t been the ideal wedding and they damn sure intended to do it right when this was over.. but neither man was just going to die in the sand without saying vows. And Ed.. fucking Ed. Ed had given him away. Even Ed had picked up a sword again to fight, abandoning his inn by the sea. He had been there, he had passed Izzy to Stede happily. Hell, they might not do their vows again.. but perhaps just festivities as now there was no time for that.

He could hear the gunshots and explosions. He could bear the screams. And he could see the frightened look in Stede’s eyes. Stede wasn’t a coward, but training.. the raids.. and this? They were all so very different. He even looked frozen in place like a statue, and that was when a soldier ran up from behind Stede with his sword for the kill. Unfortunately for him, even with a wooden leg Izzy was faster. He was on Stede in an instant, running the man through as his body fell lifeless to the ground. Already Izzy was smeared with blood, his hair wet from sweat. He snatched his shoulders.

“ Bonnet? —Honey, honey look at me. I want you to.. — “

He was cut off by a loud barrage of canon fire. Oh they were truly breaching the shore, more of the main infantry getting closer. Ed was shouting frantically to the man that in the past few weeks had become a leader on this island. Pirates knew Izzy. They knew Ed.. hell Stede had even gained infamy. But they listened to the likes of the duo of Blackbeard. Ed and Izzy.

Ed was now shouting at him. “ Iz!! Iz!! We need you toward the battlements, we’re dropping like files up here!! “

He nodded abs turned back to a seemingly still dazed husband, sheathing his cutlass and reaching up, holding his hands to cup his beautiful face. “ Now you listen to me, yeah? Don’t go trying to be brave and doing something stupid. Okay? Down. You keep your fucking head down. Remember the plan, right? If they cross by ‘Ol Market Way, have Wee John light the fuses. “ They’d blow them to hell, give the others a bit better chance to fall back and regroup.

Ed screamed again and Izzy turned, spitting and shouting back. “ JUST GO! “ He turned back to his dearest, his beloved. “ You stay with the boys, you don’t fight unless you have to. Try to stay with them, all right? I love you.. I love you so much.. “ His eyes were watering because this may be the very last time they speak again. He had to go, but he crushed his lips and body against his. One last kiss, he thought as tears rolled down his cheek. You’re dying for him. You’re dying for them, but you’re saving him.