#Don’t get the hate it’s getting bc it was a solid storyline

[iamfitzwilliamdarcy]

overall enjoyed rebel moon despite the background evil inquisitor aesthetic lol

[troythings]

rating donna troy costumes part 3

oh god. what the fuck man. i have so many opinions about this damn costume. i should not have so many fkin opinions about this ONE costume. gahhhhhh.

it works for that specific version of donna and her origin. an aggressive, more conservative take on diana’s armor. the shoulderguards give off this cool militaristic silhouette, and the belt buckle kinda reinforces that by looking a bit like the one in a service uniform. also personally, the combination of the W logo coupled with the winged shoulderguards, call me crazy but that looks like donna’s belt logo got incorporated. that’s my crazy

it’s also fking impractical. like i think, besides the silver eagle armor its the most impractical armor on this list. the titans hunt#3 cover (left) fixes this by simplifying it and removing the cape. make the shoulderguards smaller and more ‘sculpted’ along the shoulders and it works. also get it a better palette.

i actually liked the composition of this costume when i first saw it, which is bc sonia oback did good job making a cohesive palette. front bodice and the harness buckles were red. side bodice, battleskirt and the upper side of the boots were brown. silver (crest, boot decorations) and gold (studs, shoulderguards belt buckle etc) were used appropriately. leggings and cape were black. there were flaws. but the color continuity worked.

so this starts to fall apart when the artists get inconsistent. finch doesn’t draw it as detailed as it was in the debut issue. the war torn arc had colorists with WILDLY different ideas on coloring the armor. the one in the middle (brad anderson) is all over the place. like holy god. there’s no organized palette or any contrast to diana’s. i also hate the way they colored that cape like. the fuck. why????

that arc did its thing and then new 52 donna popped up in titans hunt. for the most part it only looks good in the covers that yanick paquette drew for the series. like the skirt is simplified, the belt is simplified, we don’t have a cape in that cover and it actually looks redeemable. we also have a structured color palette again: silver makes up a majority of the metals there and maintains consistency, the bodice, boots and arm/sleeves/wraps/whatever are the same shade of red. skirt and armbands are same color. the black non-cape looking harness thing and the leggings match. in the comic it looks like hot garbage. that is all.

imo i think the paquette take on this costume should be the definitive version. it could be improved further by saturating the red further, giving donna actual bracelets, desaturating the gold and changing the red harness buckles to match the silver belt. darken the leggings to black and we’re good.

but like. the perception of this is heavily colored by that one arc. people see this costume and remember that this version of donna committed genocide. same way i hate the current one, just for being in the liberal virtue-signaling steve orlando storyline where unlawful combatant donna troy breaks international law and topples an entire country but its somehow ok because fAsCiSm. and like this costume has to be improved so much from canon. in canon it’s about as ugly as the first troia suit and only slightly more functional. so like. 0/10

so this one’s solid actually. it’s a pretty cool way to tie in the black/silver color scheme without referring back to the godfuckingawful titan seed origin. here you just have the plausible deniability that a) the red became black, b) yellow stars went white and c) gold obviously turned into silver. sort of like a, costume graduation thing. kinda. like it’s a more tactical and reinforced version of the wonder girl aesthetic which is cool. modern militarism with amazon elements. i like the belt but i wish it wasn’t mistaken for an A all the time. the W on the collar is AESTHETIC im sorry but the one good thing of rebirth was that they gave the choker to donna and not diana. but it’s actually p good!! wish we still had it 10/10

fucking 0/10 what were they trying to do here this is ugly this is needless whoever approved this should be court-martialed

ew. ew. ew ew ew ew ew ew ew. like. im sorry but. dc it’s going to take a lot more than aesthetics to invoke the previous continuity. double that when this donna’s first solo story was her committing americentric violations of international law, thanks steve orlando for putting your dumbass liberal escapism in here and now this costume is ruined forever.

also im pretty sure its not gonna get better with the jimenez thing coming up. and the fucking “donna has a father” origin (goddamn ANOTHER RETCON). so not only does this suffer from the same thing with new 52 donna buuuuuut.

dc. this exact costume was conceived in a fan edit from the 2010s. you didn’t even fucking try. 0/10

[zahri-melitor]

Honestly beechan is a good writer, it’s a shame that he was stuck with writing Cass going evil (which I believe was actually an editorial mandate bc they were thinking of bringing back babsgirl already), but you’re right that it’s a good read if you can ignore the character assassination lmao

Yeah for an editorially mandated evil arc, Beechen just throwing his hands up and going “ok so Cass can just be her mother for a bit” is…not the worst? In that Shiva was also being sort of weird and actually working heavily with the League of Assassins immediately prior to One Year Later? Like obviously we would all have preferred no evil!Cass arc, but as someone who LOVES Tim and Lady Shiva’s interactions, Cass getting set up in that dynamic with Tim is just good times for me, compared to the many many worse decisions that could have been made. (I don’t LIKE ‘you are fated to become your parents’ as a trope but also it’s SHIVA. Honestly I’d have been more offended if she instead had become a mini-David Cain)

(Especially the bit where Shiva shows up to check on Tim and basically goes “have you seen Cass recently? I care about you both a lot”. Beechen gets their dynamic)

Anyway, Beechen’s run has these good things going for it: a whole bunch of solid characterisation work (aside from you know, Cass); Tim and Bruce actually getting some moments to relate to each other as adoptive family; the villain plots are actually interesting? First time since Dixon left that the average Rogues knocking around a Robin book felt properly scaled again. It feels like it plays with and adapts a lot of the old Dixon status quo in interesting ways. I like the Dodge storyline. Zoanne actually reminds me a lot of Ariana.

Compared to other writers:

Dixon is Dixon (and there ARE no 90s Batfam comics without Dixon, love him or hate him).

Jon Lewis does decent character work but his plots are off the wall, and contain so much more magic than you expect to see in a Robin book. Letting Tim and Steph’s relationship breathe a bit and have them spend some time out of costume together? Necessary character work. The secret homesteading isolationist wrestling club plot? BONKERS. Charaxes clones? BONKERS. PLUS he forgot Janet Drake’s first name AND he wrote the 16th Birthday story (time-travel is NOT illogical to Tim, Tim’s literally best friends with BART ALLEN).

And then you have Bill Willingham, who CAN write, but is hugely uneven on Robin. When he’s on his game things are great. Dark Rider is hilarious, especially in how over him Tim immediately gets. Fresh Blood was a solid team up story. The Dana bits of #134-136 make me highly emotional, though I’m not thrilled about the way she was written out of the story (Issues #134 and #136 are both legitimately solidly written highlights of Willingham’s run). But then he got editorially screwed over by the necessities of War Games, the Johnny Warlock plotline was extremely dull, and it just. kept. going, and then once he was clear of THAT the end of his run devolves into a war plotline which is TOO WEIRD EVEN FOR CHUCK DIXON. Like, Dixon already WROTE a war storyline (the Dava Sborsc plot) and it was 300% better and not just because it contained Lady Shiva, but because Tim was wrestling with actually interesting problems about when is resisting an invasion justified and what actions are acceptable, rather than being in a post-9/11 gun ho invasion. I cannot forgive #147 ending with the “what might happen” moment for One Year Later being… Does Tim join the secret military with right wing fake Captain America? NO. NO HE DOES NOT. NO SHIT, SHERLOCK.

[strawberrytalia]

the talia anon here!

thanks for that reading list! I think I might start with the arrowfam bc I'm very intrigued by Dinah's character. honestly, the reason why I didn't ask about the mystics is bc I have never encountered them with whatever DC content I have consumed (which is not a lot) and I want to expand to something I'm familiar with first

I'm currently going through both preboot Talia and postboot robins which are drastically different with its talia (like SOTD Talia giving up her son for adoption so he can be something more and won't have to grow up the shadow of The Demon and The Bat vs Tomasi's Batman and Robin Talia that purposefully raised Damian in the league). honestly give me the ick.

unfortunately, the existence of Damian really did ruin what Talia could have been, but I wanna ask (you can totally ignore this portion of the ask if you're too uncomfortable, I'm just intrigued by what you have to say) how do you think Damian and OG talia can co-exist in current canon?

i know there's a person writing a fic about how while talia has her whole lexcorp era ra's kidnaps damian and raises him. Once Talia finds out she gets Damian out and brings him to Bruce (I haven't read it, but I know of its existence). I honestly prioritize Talia's character over Damian's since she was created first and I am 100% ok with Damian's characterization being mellowed out a bit, so it doesn't show Talia horribly, something to show that Talia did try to protect him (it'll be like that quote that said "just because you mother didn't break all the generational curses doesn't mean she didn't break any") talia knows how bad it is to be raised in LOA, so she needs something to make her stay IMO. maybe Ra's promises to be a better grandfather than he was a father, maybe there are external threats to Damian that talia really can't deal with without LOA's resources or something to do with Nyssa (I am so intrigued by the sisters. i want to see the mess of emotions that comes with them interacting. i really do think Nyssa would hate Talia because of Ra's, but talia would just like to hang out with her like the youngest child she is)

now im just rambling but you get the gist

Hello again!!!!!

Ahh so with Dinah, I would recommend Longbow Hunters, then jump into GA Vol 2 and then maybe Birds of Prey (where she shines outside of the family)!! There are other appearances but unfortunately they’re not the best representation of her character (cough GA/BC)

Also yeah totally understandable with mystics!! They really do have a VERY different vibe than majority of the DCU, and it is super enjoyable, but also a little complicated and difficult to get into at first.

Yeah thinking about Talia’s deterioration upsets me a lot. In addition to raising Damian, there were a lot of really gross, unnecessary changes that undermined what she had gone through. Like she was a canon SA victim, and then they have the audacity to make her a rapist herself in the most uncharacteristic way possible. It’s so so so gross.

I agree with you though, I absolutely do prioritize Talia’s characterization over Damian’s. She was a fully fledged character created before him with so much relevance to not just Batman, but the DCU. I love Damian!! But he was also essentially an OC created for a storyline with an agenda that has grown to invalidate adoptive relationships. I’m NOT saying I wanna get rid of Damian, but if I had to choose between them, I’m picking Talia personally. 100%.

THAT is an interesting question because I don’t quite have a solid answer myself yet. I know what AU you’re talking about, and I like that idea a lot! But something about it also rings hollow to me?? If that makes sense??? In a personal sense, I feel like it also absolves Talia of a lot of agency and action, and I would rather her character be in a more proactive position.

And I also think Talia would be a lot smarter and more clever in making sure there was absolutely no way Ras would ever find her baby. So the AU does undermine her a bit, in my personal opinion.

However I think the most integral part of Damian’s character is the way that he revolves around the concept of redemption, especially as an abused child. So it also feels very wrong to take away from that, since it’s such a core aspect to him.

So there’s the conundrum.

GAHHH it’s hard thinking of ideas that will do both of them justice, unless you completely revamp Damian’s character.

Maybe Talia stays in the league with Damian and under the guise of being loyal to Ras, she’s actually secretly plotting to take him and the whole League down. She keeps as much of a watchful eye on Damian as she can, but she’s not perfect and she also wants him to be able to fend for himself. So if he has to learn the harshest ways of survival and combat, so be it. (Talia logic not mine). Talia doesn’t raise Damian to be proud of the League or his Grandfather. She keeps him aware of what she’s planning and why they have to do that. She tells him about Bruce (just like in canon) but makes sure Damian knows until the time is right, he can’t meet his father. Plans get messed up, Talia’s big idea goes haywire because of an outside party, and nowhere near her is safe for Damian. Except for Bruce.

So kind of adapted from canon except less evil weird eugenics rapey storyline, and something that gives Talia a bit of autonomy. Damian would also have less of a brainwashed League personality while still carrying trauma and mixed feelings towards his family. I don’t think Talia would be a perfect mother. I think she’d try her best in the way she knew best, and unfortunately, her way is not that great. But most importantly, she would want Damian to have a better future than she did. If it meant enduring 10 years of the League, she’d make that sacrifice.

Other possible idea: Talia was a med student going to University of Cairo in her early appearances. I kind of like the idea of her becoming a traveling medical personal bringing Damian alongside her, except they’re both hiding their identities. Again, it wouldn’t be picture perfect, she’d still make sure he was aware of the dangers in life. But I feel like they’d have an interesting story that way.

Or maybe she kills Ras, escapes the League, the new leader of the League is like whatever and just leaves it alone, and she just openly raises Damian in the realm of Lexcorps business and politics lmao. Little baby Damian wearing a suit and attending meetings on his mom’s lap while she verbally assassinates men.

[zutaralesbian]

Would you please rank the shameless seasons, from the one you love the most to the one you hate the most? Thank you 🙂

From fave to least fave:

Season 4: The best Mickey season. Fiona’s downward spiral was heartbreaking but Emmy Rossum acted her ass off with it. I think it was also the last season where I fully liked all of the Gallaghers lol

Season 1: They were all so innocent. Probably Fiona’s best season imo. I also like looking back at fetus Gallavich, knowing where they eventually end up.

Season 3: ANGST FACTORY. And it didn’t go up from there lol. I have some major gripes with this season (mainly Mandy running Karen over with her bc they were fighting over Lip of all people) but it was dramatic and kept my interest.

Season 2: Tbh I honestly don’t remember a lot about this season. But I know the writing and characterizations were pretty solid. Too little of Mickey though.

After this, the ratings start to become a little more difficult because I have very complicated feelings about most of the following seasons.

Season 5: You could tell that this season was when the “comedy” takeover was starting to bleed through. The only truly good storyline was Ian and Mickey’s and even that got ruined at the end. Idk what the fuck everyone else was doing. Still, I do have to give it credit for giving some of the best and gut-wrenching Gallavich scenes.

Season 7: Oh runaway convict Mickey SL, how I love thee. (Even though you broke my heart the first time I watched). This season also had some good Gallagher family aspects.

Season 10: This is entirely biased because I know the overall quality was bad. I KNOW. But…Mickey coming back full time, Gallavich getting married, and the show making me fully forgive Ian brought me too much happiness to fully discount it.

Season 6: Tbh the Mickey lover in me absolutely hated this season and the petty part of me wants to rank it last. But if I’m being honest, I can’t with good conscience say it was worse than the seasons below it. Because it truly wasn’t lol.

Season 9: Really hated the way they treated Fiona in her last season. But…at least we got the 9x06 prison reunion. And some good acting from Emmy and Jeremy.

Season 11: Horrible. But Ian and Mickey were married and for the most part, stable. So I can’t say it gave me nothing.

Season 8: THE WORST. Awful. Will never forgive the Gay Jesus storyline they put Ian through. Truly my villain origin story. The only storyline worth a damn was Lip’s but I don’t care about him enough to have just that save it for me.

Thanks!

[a-nice-egg-offering]

My barbie review:

A solid 3 stars for me, I thought it filled the quota for everything the barbie movie needed to be and the costumes and set design was, as Ken would say, sublime however the storyline was boring and predictable and the messaging was too on the nose at times. The movie also felt more about Ken than barbie sometimes especially as all the entertaining moments were down to him. It also felt very random to have just one full on musical number and I would have appreciated that energy throughout the movie. I hate to agree with far right misogynists but it did feel a little man hatey only because the male critical moments were not done cleverly and the whole time I was just thinking god this is just going to make men think we are manipulative and hate when they have hobbies and that they should have a patriarchal revolution because let’s be honest they are not smart enough to realise they already have. Idk I personally just don’t think Greta is a very good writer (the praise for ladybird has always and will continue to baffle me but that’s a different story) I do however also understand that it was always going to be a difficult movie to make with balancing the necessary messaging and the classic aesthetic and vibe so I do appreciate how they tackled that but I do think they maybe got a little carried away with trying to get that balance right and forgot about making the rest of the movie good lol so Yeah the pacing was a little strange but overall it was enjoyable and it is worth watching just bc I mean it’s the barbie movie

[houseofmuzes]

Rules & Requirements|| By Rhiannon. - #ofherdowlingohara, #ofhermedicine, #ofherdragons

Little about me:

My name is Rhiannon, Mutuals May call me Rhia for short.

Pronunciation for my name’s : Ryeh-Ann-on& Ryeh-uh

I own three other accounts. This is a side blog.

Multi account @ofherdowlingohara

HOTD account @ofherdragons

Nurse Jackie Account @ofhermedicine

0. My education comes first before everything else! I will try and respond during class changes, and breaks. I also work full time, and occasionally on weekends.

1. No hate, No drama, No Godmodding. Absolutely zero tolerance for bullying or harassment. Please note that my anon asks are off, they are off for a reason and I will not turn them back on. Want to ask me something privately, message me.

2. No one under the Age of 20+ years old is allowed to Interact with my muses. 18+ are welcome to follow, ask questions, and have OOC interactions. Just not In character interactions.

3. If you have a problem with what I post, be that most of my characters are apart of the LGBTQ+ community. Don’t follow, just block.

4. I am a multi fandom rp blog. I do accept Cannon and Original Characters, to Rp with. I do have Two OC’s myself, and three cannon characters in two different verses. Two cannon characters I have made my own. Jackie I can play as the OG storyline if need be.

5. Please let me know if you have triggers beforehand. This will save if either of us get upset or triggered with something either of us use in rp or in a post.

6. With that being said in rule number five, I can tolerate mentions of Miscarriages, Rape. But not full detailed. I would prefer those too not at all fully role played out or at all. Mentions are fine. I am very sensitive to those topics as of current.

7. Please Rp in third person, and literacy. I will except Semiliterate and Literate as well as advanced literate Rp responses. If you’re not literate I most likely will not respond, but I will make an acceptance for people with dyslexia or if English isn’t your first language. I have been there before, English is my third language. German, Polish and English are the ones I speak and understand.

8. I am a Full time College Student, I am a Theatre Arts Major so I will be busy most of the time. Please don’t spam me, you are allowed Five post tags a day. No more, no less.

10. I do not condone to rp Student x Teacher rps. That’s creepy and disgusting.

11. If you fail to follow these rules and guidelines, I will either soft block you for a few weeks. Or I will block you and put your account(s) on a blacklist for DNI between mutuals to keep them safe from your toxicity.

12. Please for the love of god’s, do not go to other people if we have a problem with something. Nor have them come ‘confront’ me about an issue I am not aware of, come directly to me like the adults we are supposed to be so we can talk an issue out. Nor come to me bashing about some other blog, bc they did this etc., I generally do not care what they have done to you (unless you are my mutuals that I interact with on the daily, I will defend my mutuals if they haven’t done me wrong.) it’s unnecessary drama especially if there’s no solid evidence. It’s not that I don’t Care for my mutuals deeply, I just don’t want to be dragged into unnecessary stress drama. Do not come to me with your OOC drama with other blogs. You can always come to me with your personal issues and that is it. Unless we’re in the same GC then I’ll deal with said OOC drama before defending myself and leaving. Any violation of this specific rule, will result in an immediate Blacklisting. I will make a physical List to share with blogs I’m mutual with.

13. I do have medical issues such as seizures and fainting spells. That can and will get in the way of replying. Please don’t take offense if I don’t respond for a few days and disappear. I will not ghost anyone intentionally, but will give heads up if I lose interest in rp. Or if I’ll be on hiatus for brief periods of time.

With this being said, I hope I covered all my rules throughly. I will add things as I see fit. I will add an interest tracker soon. I will encourage you all to please take time in reading my rules. This account is my safe space as well as my writing blog. I do have a side Blog that is a backup, please follow said side blog in case of something were to happen to this account. @houseofmuzes is my backup.

[ofherdowlingohara]

Rules & Requirements|| By Rhiannon. - #ofherdowlingohara

Little about me:

My name is Rhiannon, Mutuals May call me Rhia for short.

Pronunciation for my name’s : Ryeh-Ann-on& Ryeh-uh

I am twenty years old.

0. My education comes first before everything else! I will try and respond during class changes, and breaks. I also work full time, and occasionally on weekends.

1. No hate, No drama, No Godmodding. Absolutely zero tolerance for bullying or harassment. Please note that my anon asks are off, they are off for a reason and I will not turn them back on. Want to ask me something privately, message me.

2. No one under the Age of 20+ years old is allowed to Interact with my muses. 18+ are welcome to follow, ask questions, and have OOC interactions. Just not In character interactions.

3. If you have a problem with what I post, be that most of my characters are apart of the LGBTQ+ community. Don’t follow, just block.

4. I am a multi fandom rp blog. I do accept Cannon and Original Characters, to Rp with. I do have Two OC’s myself, and three cannon characters in two different verses. Two cannon characters I have made my own. Jackie I can play as the OG storyline if need be.

5. Please let me know if you have triggers beforehand. This will save if either of us get upset or triggered with something either of us use in rp or in a post.

6. With that being said in rule number five, I can tolerate mentions of Miscarriages, Rape. But not full detailed. I would prefer those too not at all fully role played out or at all. Mentions are fine. I am very sensitive to those topics as of current.

7. Please Rp in third person, and literacy. I will except Semiliterate and Literate as well as advanced literate Rp responses. If you’re not literate I most likely will not respond, but I will make an acceptance for people with dyslexia or if English isn’t your first language. I have been there before, English is my third language. German, Polish and English are the ones I speak and understand.

8. I am a Full time College Student, I am a Theatre Arts Major so I will be busy most of the time. Please don’t spam me, you are allowed Five post tags a day. No more, no less.

10. I do not condone to rp Student x Teacher rps. That’s creepy and disgusting.

11. If you fail to follow these rules and guidelines, I will either soft block you for a few weeks. Or I will block you and put your account(s) on a blacklist for DNI between mutuals to keep them safe from your toxicity.

12. Please for the love of god’s, do not go to other people if we have a problem with something. Nor have them come ‘confront’ me about an issue I am not aware of, come directly to me like the adults we are supposed to be so we can talk an issue out. Nor come to me bashing about some other blog, bc they did this etc., I generally do not care what they have done to you (unless you are my mutuals that I interact with on the daily, I will defend my mutuals if they haven’t done me wrong.) it’s unnecessary drama especially if there’s no solid evidence. It’s not that I don’t Care for my mutuals deeply, I just don’t want to be dragged into unnecessary stress drama. Do not come to me with your OOC drama with other blogs. You can always come to me with your personal issues and that is it. Unless we’re in the same GC then I’ll deal with said OOC drama before defending myself and leaving. Any violation of this specific rule, will result in an immediate Blacklisting. I will make a physical List to share with blogs I’m mutual with.

13. I do have medical issues such as seizures and fainting spells. That can and will get in the way of replying. Please don’t take offense if I don’t respond for a few days and disappear. I will not ghost anyone intentionally, but will give heads up if I lose interest in rp. Or if I’ll be on hiatus for brief periods of time.

With this being said, I hope I covered all my rules throughly. I will add things as I see fit. I will add an interest tracker soon. I will encourage you all to please take time in reading my rules. This account is my safe space as well as my writing blog. I do have a side Blog that is a backup, please follow said side blog in case of something were to happen to this account. @/florencedowlingohara is my backup.

[a-trench-coat-of-confused-worms]

top 5 favorite animals: the aye-aye ,orangutans,polar bears,boa constrictors,tarantula's, eastern red bat

Three favorite minecraft mobs: bee's, rabbits,piglets

Idk any vocaloid or singing monster songs but my favorite album at the moment is ice nine kills:silver scream why: bc it's based off all the classic horror movies and the storyline inside the songs is also really good and the vocals are fucking amazing

Favorite and least favorite texture: my favorite texture is cold metal(idk why) my least favorite is that like fuzzy silk like skirt stuff? Idk what it's called but last time I was forced to wear it I sobbed bc of how much I hate how it feels lol

Not your favorite color but your favorite palette: these shades of green.

Favorite book you had to read for school: my favorite book had to be the one and only ivan I cried so hard in class bc of that book

How do you think of the months : I think of them in calendar order in my head like january top left December bottom right

assigned harry potter/ilvermorny house or Percy Jackson cabin or Warrior cats clan something like that lol (if you don’t have anything like that, star sign works too!)

I'm in Athena's cabin and I am a pisces

MBTI???? Love those things :33 (If you haven’t taken the test yet or u just don’t wanna cuz it’s too long, are you a solider poet or king?)

I got soldier

something “cringe” you actually rly like, no shame here :D

Cosplay(idk if it's considered cringe anymore but yeah) k-pop, kawaii fashion, and I like doing the hand movement things from like musically era of cosplay it's just fun to do it lmao and bnha

characters from shows/movies/games you kin/stan/just adore!! NOT ACCEPTING IRL PPL PLZ AND THANK U :D (unless it’s urself, we like self love in these parts)

Janet and michael from the good place the doggo from dead end(I just adore these guys)

5 people you’d wanna be at a party with and why! (Can be alive or dead, real or fake, celebrities or randos, humans or otherwise :D)

Sakiyaki-sashimi, waitingforthesunrise, my abuelo, my uncle, and Tahani

favorite hobby/fandom specific term and its meaning :333

Aspiring author and my favorite thing to write is psychological horror I like trapping the main character in their mind or isolating them and the monster not ever being truly seen so it just slowly drives the main character into madness as they slowly unravel until they either get outside help or die

@waitingforthesunrise

Get to know you questions!! Tag whoever you like :D

Writing my answers in orange!

1) top 5 or top 10 favorite animals (depending on how many animals you like)

Hermit Crabs, Pigeons, Otters, Anglerfish, Shrimp, Cats, Manned Wolves, Salamander, Sheep, Axolotls :D

2) top 3 Minecraft mobs

Mooshroom, chicken, and parrot!!!

3) favorite vocaloid song or My Singing Monsters island theme and why! (If you don’t like/know Vocaloid/MSM, just name a song or genre you like and why :D)

Fav Vocaloid song is Brain Explosion girl recently, and fav MSM theme HAS to be cold island. Or maybe earth???? Hm

4) favorite and least favorite textures, no why needed :333

Fav is squishy soft things, least favorite is ice in a freezer

5) not your favorite color, but your favorite color palette (bonus points if you have a pic of the specific palette or a photo/artwork of the pallet you like!!)

Purple, Green, Orange, Pink, and Black! Total Halloween vibes!!

6) fav book you had to read for school (fiction or non fiction work lol, and if you don’t like/have any then just name a book or fanfic you like!)

Of Mice and Men was surprisingly amazing! Thought I’d hate it tbh

7) how do you think of the months of the year in your head? Left to right, top to bottom, in specific numbered rows and columns? Tell me :D

I think of it like this:

January, February, March, April

May, June, July, August

September, October, November, December

8) assigned harry potter/ilvermorny house or Percy Jackson cabin or Warrior cats clan something like that lol (if you don’t have anything like that, star sign works too!)

I’ll do em all lol: Slytherin/Hufflepuff, Pukwudgie, Dionysus’s, RiverClan, I’m an Aries sun/gemini rising/pisces moon :D

9) MBTI???? Love those things :33 (If you haven’t taken the test yet or u just don’t wanna cuz it’s too long, are you a solider poet or king?)

I’m an ENFP-T! I thought I’d get king but I got poet lol

10) something “cringe” you actually rly like, no shame here :D

Gacha Life/Club, the styles just so cutesy! Ohhh also K-Pop, I’m a TOTAL stay :33 and DSMP, it’s just rly cool to me

11) characters from shows/movies/games you kin/stan/just adore!! NOT ACCEPTING IRL PPL PLZ AND THANK U :D (unless it’s urself, we like self love in these parts)

For me I currently kin Dazai, Edward Elric, c!TommyInnit, and I completely STAN any Project Sekai character. I mean any of them.

12) 5 people you’d wanna be at a party with and why! (Can be alive or dead, real or fake, celebrities or randos, humans or otherwise :D)

My grandpa to see him again, Roy mustang to see if he’s a bastard irl, Hachi/Kenshi Yonezu just to see how he’s doing, Kanye West to just ask him why, and BeastChild (the YouTuber) just cause I really like his stuff and would wanna meet him!

13) favorite hobby/fandom specific term and its meaning :333

I’m a writer (well, aspiring anyway, I’m not rly that good) and I love the idea of the sexy lamp. Basically if you’re writing a female character that could be replaced with a sexy lampshade and nothing about the story changes then you’re writing a BAD FEMALE CHARACTER XD

Cause it’s spooky season il leave it at 13 ;)

Happy answering!!!

No pressure tags :3 @touratoura @theancientwonder @kneecoal-mooma @citrushomie @skytheamazing @mitski-slope @a-trench-coat-of-confused-worms @dicklesswonder-blog @vicaridoo

[wxshing-aep]

Press, Press, Press, Press, Press (pt 4)

Andrew Garfield x famous! reader

One Rule Series

In which y/n and Andrew are partnered together for press tour ft. the Wired autocomplete interview and reading thirst tweets

rating: pg 13 (swearing, sexual innuendos, thirst tweets, flirty banter, super obvious dumbasses in love)

all characters are 18+,  reader is 20 Andrew is 21

a/n: not proofread so excuse the typos and again feel free to reply or send in asks for and requests or suggestions for andrew and costar! y/n storyline!

previous chapter

It was safe to say that people loved the show. ‘This is the Life’ was trending number one on netflix and had only been out for about 48 hours. 

E!NEWS: Mindy Kaling’s This is the Life shatters Netflix’s 24 hour streaming record!

The hot new drama/ comedy series follows the lives of seven main characters as they navigate through their college experience. A group of 7 main college students: Hannah Harding played by Hunter Schafer, Liz Colson played by Florence Pugh, Ashlynn ‘Ash’ Davis played by y/n y/l/n, Iris Greene played by Zendaya, Harry Kingston played by Tom Holland, Josh Wright played by Timothee Chalamet,  and Max Warner played by Andrew Garfield, attempt to conquer young adulthood in this refreshing new series. Click to read more!

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You had to turn off your phone notifications due to the massive surge of new followers. You’d been in other projects before but never one this big and all your social media accounts had absolutely blown up overnight and you were now verified. The show had been trending on twitter and you’d be lying if you said you didn’t find them to be wildly entertaining. 

Trending in United States

1. #ThisistheLife trending with: zendaya, florence pugh, y/n y/l/n, hunter schafer, andrew garfield, timothee chalamet, tom holland

y/nlovebot: y/n y/l/n as Ash Davis you will always be famous! #thisisthelife

andybabess: am i the number one member of the Max Warner defense squad? yes 100%. is that almost solely bc he’s played by andrew garfield and fine as hell? yes 100%

euphorxa: when I get my #maxlynn enemies to lovers slowburn season 4 rain kiss then you all will see

dayamywife: #thisisthelife literally has the hottest cast i’ve ever seen i would let them all run a train

hollandersss: every time there’s a maxlynn scene idk if i want Ash to beat his ass or makeout w him like ik they hate each other but the banter??? hellooo?? y/n and andrew’s chemistry is literally unmatched

pughpugh: the fact that flo, y/n, zendaya, and hunter are actually such good friend irl melts my heart

lolyourenoty/n: no thoughts, only y/n y/l/n’s monologue in episode 4. give her the oscar NEOOOW

tomdayawarrior: no cause tomdaya already has me in a chokehold and now these y/n x andrew interviews are starting to hit a lil too hard

ashlynnsy/n: andrew garfield stop making heart eyes at y/n y/l/n in literally every interview challenge

thisisthelxfe: not yall already shipping maxlynn when they literally just bully each other in every scene are ya’ll okay??

maxlynnordie: not oomf being a maxlynn anti?? LOOK AT THE MATERIAL

garfieldsss: the genderless urge to want to get railed by Max Warner

irisily: so is the iris greene x harry kingston ship name hiris or greenston bc the maxlynns already have a solid ship name and their characters haven’t even kissed like-

warnerwrights: noah fence but greenston is a ship for emotionally stable relationship girlies, maxlynn is a ship for hot girls who are mentally ill

umjustgarfield: if i don’t get a maxlynn angry love confession next season Mindy will be hearing from my lawyers

y/nlefttoe: y/n on this press tour is literally the love of my life BACK OFF ANDREW GARFIELD I’LL FIGHT

kingstonss: not yall already shipping y/n and andrew like they're allowed to be just friends

timoteaaa: idk abt you guys but I do not look at my friends like that LMAO

You’ve been doing press interviews for the show all week and had in turn been spending all week by Andrew’s side. You were partnered together because fans were already going crazy for your 2 characters and as a little easter egg for a possible future relationship between your characters. Even though none of your scenes together were particularly romantic as your characters were always bickering and pushing each other’s buttons, people were hooked on your chemistry and hoping for an enemies to lovers storyline and had coined your characters ship name as #Maxlynn. Your interviews with Andrew were gaining ridiculous amounts of views and fans were seemingly obsessed with every interaction you shared. You truly had a blast doing these interviews because it was really just like you and Andrew were hanging out and there happened to be a camera there.

Y/N Y/L/N and Andrew Garfield Answer the Web’s Most Searched Questions| WIRED

“Hi, my name is y/n y/l/n and I play Ash on Netflix’s ‘This is the Life’”

“My name is Andrew Garfield, I play Max and this is the Wired Autocomplete Interview” Andrew finishes before turning to you. “nailed it!” you put your hand out for a high five and he comedically throws his hand out and misses yours. “You guys won’t believe how many takes that intro took” he laughs shaking his head.

-

“Of course, I’ve googled myself. Who hasn’t?”  Andrew states. “I haven’t” you answer back. “seriously?” he asks incredulously.

“Yea, i’m scared that it’s just gonna be like people talking bad about me so i don’t check”

“Who could have anything bad to say about you? You’re quite literally the most perfect human ever and whoever thinks otherwise can come have a chat with me”

You laugh, “You’re ridiculous”

“ridiculously correct and handsome? awe thanks y/n”

“shut up and read the stupid board”

“do you guys see what i’m dealing with?  I give her a compliment and she bullies me and bosses me around” he says gesturing to you.

it’s okay, you thought, you’re definitely into that.

So WIRED asked y/n y/l/n and andrew garfield some of the internet’s burning questions

“So first we have- ‘is andrew garfield’- why do you get to go first” you start to which andrew shrugs and responds

“I dunno, it’s probably the patriarchy’s fault or something. uh ‘is andrew garfield... a nice guy” he laughs before turning to you and going “uhhh i dunno, you tell me, do you think i’m a nice guy?”

“eh i’d give you like 2 out of 5 stars” you joke

“oh how generous of you.”

“you know what i’ll bump it up to 3 stars because you were my marvel movie watching buddy on set”

“i love how I only get one additional star for watching movies with you literally every day for like 4 months” he says before pulling of the next piece of paper off. “oh speaking of marvel- ‘is andrew garfield going to play spiderman’- uh no? but if marvel or sony ever decide to revisit that character and would like to give me a call I’d do it in a heartbeat”

“I feel like I heavily influenced the frequency of this search” you added, amused.

“yea because y/n decided to tweet ‘andrew garfield playing peter parker when??’ and next thing I know I’m a spiderman fan cast”

“you’re welcome” you respond to which he just shakes his head and laughs.

“is andrew garfield british” he reads.

“no,”  you answer for him “it’s just one big elaborate prank that he’s kept going for 21 years”

Andrew plays along and responds with “y/n, you weren’t supposed to tell people that jeez” in a very convincing American accent.

-

“yay my turn!” you grab one of the boards. “I’m actually so excited for this, I watch these all the time. okay ‘who is y/n y/l/n playing’- um if you’re asking who am i playing in ‘this is the life’ that would be Ash Davis”

“Ashlynn” Andrew corrects.

“Yea but no one calls her that”

“Max calls her that”

“yup and she hates it”

“does she really though-”

“anyways she’s a total badass and like at least 37% cooler than I am in real life okay moving on. ‘who is y/n y/l/n dating’- I am actually married. married to the game.”

“only you would respond to that question like that”

“‘who is y/n y/l/n favorite person’ -hmm uhhh” andrew clears his throat comedically and starts not discreetly pointing to himself which makes you laugh before turning to the camera and answering “andrew russell garfield” to which he feigns surprise and starts acting as if he was accepting an award.

“wow, i really wasn’t expecting this honestly um i don’t really have anything prepared but to be named y/n y/l/n’s favorite person is such an honor truly and I’d just like to take a moment to thank-” he’s cut off by you covering his mouth with your hand which he decides to lick for shits and giggles.

“ew” you wipe your hand off on his shirt.

“oh don’t act grossed out” he responds without missing a beat.

-

“‘who is andrew garfield’- wow i mean who really knows. who are any of us really? what are we all doing here on this big rock”

“wow so deep”

“that’s what she said. uh thank you, I try. okay next one ‘who is andrew garfield’s celebrity crush’ uhh y/n y/l/n” he says throwing the scrap of paper over his shoulder

“I would’ve said harry styles but go off”

“but harry styles isn’t even your favorite person now is he?” to which you don’t respond and he just continues with “yea, that’s what I thought”

You take the board from him. “okay, last one ‘andrew garfield and y/n y/l/n together?’- well that is terrible grammar but you can see us together on ‘This is the Life’ on Netflix” you wink at the camera knowing that isn’t at all what the question was asking.

Andrew throws the board behind the two of you before pointing at the camera. “streaming now!”

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Andrew Garfield and Y/n Y/l/n Read Thirst Tweets

“Hi, I’m Andrew Garfield” you begin in your best british accent.

“and I’m y/n y/l/n” he continues imitating your voice.

“and we are here with BuzzFeed to read some thirst tweets!”

-

“oh god here we go okay” andrew reaches his hand into the bucket. “‘garfielddd: andrew garfield is a precious bean, protect him’ awe that’s sweet. I see we’re starting off soft”

“did you guys get that from my twitter account cause i swear i’ve tweeted that at least 12 times” you joke before reaching into the bowl to get another slip.

“ ‘ashwarrior: y/n if you see this, i’m free on thursday if you want to hang out on thursday when i’m free on thursday if you want to hang out on thursday’ hmm something tells me that they wanna hang out with me on Thursday” you comment.

“really I wasn’t getting that vibe but okay” andrew says before picking another one.

“ ‘andrew garfield is literally the daddy of all daddies’ -so like am i some form of father god? i think i might be a bit too young for that now but tweet this again in like 20 years and I’ll gladly accept being the daddy of all daddies”

“being daddy is not an age but a mindset” you comment.  “but anyways moving on ‘y/n y/l/n if your legs ever get tired and you need somewhere to sit just know that my face is available to you for all of eternity’ wowww um thankyou? I think? My legs are good for now but if that changes I’ll have my people call your people” you respond with a wink at the camera.

“for all of eternity? wow. that’s kinda poetic if you think about it. oh god it’s my turn again?” andrew reaches for another tweet. “ ‘y/n’slefttoe: s.w.a.g. is an acronym for sex with andrew garfield’ That one makes both of you laugh.

“so true user my left toe” you add. “There are a lot of these wow” you comment swirling your hand around the bowl.

“wait I wanna read one of yours”

“okay go ahead” you tilt the bowl toward him to reach in and grab one.

“oh wow this one is- are people really just his blatantly horny on the internet my god. ‘maxlynn4ever: if y/n y/l/n ever tried to kill me’ i knew these were gonna get violent! they always get violent! ‘if y/n y/l/n ever. tried to kill me by choking me to death i’d probably have an orgasm before passing out’ jesus christ”

Your jaw drops “damn that’s hardcore”

“yeaaa... i get it though” 

“andrew!”

“i’m joking, i’m joking!”

“it’s too late, it’s already been screen recorded and is being made into an edit intro as we speak. okay i’ll do one of yours, and i’ll make direct eye contact with you so you get embarrassed”

“don’t do that”

“too late, ‘warnery/ns: the rumors are true, i am a slut for andrew garfield’ hey aren’t we all?”

Andrew starts shaking his head, his cheeks slightly red. “that one got screen recorded for sure.” he says before turning to the camera to address the commenter “but thank you? how generous? I promise I will only be respectful”

-

“These ones are for both of us?” you ask as an assistant hands you another bowl from off screen.

“oh god” andrew starts “okay here we go. how did you guys even find all these”

“it wasn’t that hard!” you hear and intern yell from somewhere.

Andrew grabs a slip. “these are just getting progressively more horny.  ‘y/ngarfieldd: my dream is to get railed by andrew garfield while y/n y/l/n rides my face and i am not sorry about it!!!’”

“why does everyone want me to sit on their face?”

Andrew looks like he’s actually about to answer your question so before he says anything incriminating you grab another tweet to start reading.

“ ‘rosefory/n: the sheer amount of bi panic I experienced during every y/n and andrew scene like do y’all need a dog i can bark’”

“i don’t think i know how to respond to that. okay last one ‘andybabyy: I would pay unthinkable amounts of money for y/n y/l/n and andrew garfield to-’  nope. absolutely not. that’s enough of that.” Andrew says ripping up the piece of paper.

“waittt what did it say”

“the world may never know! Thank you guys so much for all your thirst tweets. I’m Andrew Garfield”

“I’m y/n y/l/n and go watch ‘This is the Life’ streaming now on Netflix!”

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Comments

me coming back to watch this video for the millionth time this week so true

andrew: reading a tweet of someone saying they want y/n to choke them. also andrew: ‘yea... i get it though’ SIR?? 

this is literally just them being in love 

his hand on her knee at 3:46 IM GONNA LOSE IT

them: ‘we are not dating :)))’ also them: proceeds give each other heart eyes and find any excuse to touch in every interview 

y/n fixing andrew’s hair is the cutest thing i’ve ever seen. so glad tmrw isn’t promised

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-

You and Andrew had been attached at the hip all day working, but were honestly having a blast with these interviews. You were now on location for The Late Late Show with James Corden and you and andrew were being interviewed later tonight. You’re currently standing outside on the lot trying to calm yourself down. You’ve never done an interview for live television before. 

“nervous?” you hear a voice ask from behind you, turning to meet a smiling andrew.

“a little bit. i just- it’s live ya know.  no cuts or anything, I’m just a little worried”

“hey,” he starts while pulling you in for a much needed hug “you’re gonna be amazing and everyone is going to love you, alright?”

“okay” you mutter into the crook of his neck.

“nope. not good enough. I want you to say it” he says poking your side.

“mm say what”

“that you’re amazing”

“oh i’m not doing that” you respond to which he pulls away from the hug but still holds you in his arms.

“oh yeah? you sure about that?” he challenges looking down at you.

“yup” 

“see i didn’t want to have to do this but now you’ve forced my hand”

“what are you even-” you’re cut off my andrew moving his hands to your ribs, tickling you as you erupt into a fit of giggles. You try to escape from his little surprise attack but andrew keeps you secure in his arms.

“okay! okay! okay!” you squeal now out of breath.

“i’m waiting” he teases.

You sigh before muttering a barely audible ‘i’m amazing’ to which andrew. brings his face closer to yours tapping his ear.

“i’m sorry, what was that?” he teases.

“i’m amazing.”

“hell yeah, you are”

And you’re both doing that thing again. That thing when you’re standing far too close, looking at each other a little too longingly. And you really want to kiss him but all of that was only supposed to be a one time thing. But that doesn’t stop you from thinking about it: his hands everywhere, his words, his mouth. It was supposed to help you ‘get him out of your system’ but now knowing how good you could make each other feel only seemed to strengthen the tension. And you know it’s against the rules and a bad idea but andrew’s presence tends to make you really fucking stupid so you ask. anyway:

“we uh- have a few hours to kill. do you wanna hang out in my dressing room and we can watch a movie or something?” or something

Andrew blinks a few times, unsure if you’re invitation was actually to watch a movie or if there was more emphasis on the ‘or something’ but to be honest you didn’t know either and his brain also turns to mush when he’s near you so he just starts nodding before responding as calmly as he can given the way his heart is racing,

“yea totally”

-

next chapter 

[billfarrah]

this is going to be really long LOL. i really hate the take that simon didn’t really have much to do and his only plot in season 2 was being in a love triangle… simon just went through an insanely traumatizing experience and a humongous heartbreak with the most public figure in all of fictional sweden. i find it extremely understandable that his reaction would be “suppress suppress suppress!! fill the void!! try to move on!!try to forget!!!” bc he feels so scared and hurt and he was just stripped of all his agency. i think he’s trying to regain some agency by starting a fling with someone new on his own terms, but then THAT person also ignores simons boundaries and further strips him of agency. he’s not trying to get into a relationship and spite wille or make him jealous. he is 16 and he’s trying to cope with a devastating breech of his personhood. i think simon had a really complex season!!! and i don’t think it would have necessarily made sense for simon to get storylines about his family dynamics bc that was not the most pressing issue at the end of season one. it would make sense that he would try to cope/deal with the trauma of the sex tape and breakup, figure out how to exist in a world that no longer feels safe, and feel more solid in himself before dealing with family stuff. sara moved out and his mom works so he’s just left to deal with the trauma alone. i’d look for solace in someone else too!! i can see simon getting into his family dynamic in the 3rd season (if there is one) especially bc the drug stuff might come up w micke and of course the sara fallout. overall, i really enjoyed simons arc this season. i think the power dynamics between himself and wille were evened a bit (simon was given space to ask for what he wants, put up boundaries, and say no and wille respected that. kings of consent and being respectful!) and idk!!! he was able to vocalize his hurt and i think that is really important.

I’m glad you enjoyed his storyline. I think this is a really solid take. I think since we as fans have spent so much time speculating and we had so many hopes and wishes and stuff that we wanted to see for the characters - and the characters are so beloved to us - that it was inevitable some people weren’t going to like what they did with certain storylines. I personally enjoyed Simon’s storyline and I think he went through a lot of growth, but that’s just our opinion and I think the people who didn’t like it also have good points. Art will never be universally loved or hated and will always be interpreted differently.

[none-of-your-biscuits]

Rating the stardew Bachlor(ette)s bc I'm bored and need to multitask or I'll die

Abigail: A solid 6/10, points deducted bc I hate her prairie king heart event bc I hate that fucking game and bc I have to walk past Pierre to talk to her.

Emily: 10/10, I love her and she's my favorite character, she still won't tell me who's the anti-Yoba tho

Leah: 3/10, I nearly cried bc she hated everything I gave her and after so much buildup her first heart event was kinda stupid

Haley: 9/10, bullied me relentlessly and was my wife in my past save, I still miss her sometimes

Maru: 7/10, her dad needs to fuckin chill but she's pretty cool, she likes strawberries and I happen to have a strawberry patch in my greenhouse so it works

Penny: 7/10, she's pretty wholesome, originally lost a point for me having to put up with Pam but gained it back bc what happens if you turn her down is extremely funny

Alex: 6/10, a pretty cool dude, needs to knock off the sexism and I'm still a little bitter about the first save

Elliot: 7/10, I haven't gotten very far on his storyline but he seems cool, crustaceans like him so I have no issue with him

Harvey: 5/10, he's just kinda bland tbh and charges me everytime I almost die, what is this? America?

Sam: 8/10, he's literally just vibing and drinks all the joja cola I don't want that I pulled out of the lake so we're bros

Sebastian: 6/10, I don't know a lot about him so he gets a mostly baseline score, gets a point cause I heard he likes frogs

Shane: 2/10, his 6 heart event gave me a small panic attack so I just don't like him, only gets points cause he gives me blue chickens

[spiderlingh]

ELITE SEASON 4 REVIEW

as an og fan of élite who’s been binging every single season on the day it came out, i watched the fourth season yesterday. here’s my thoughts. obviously includes spoilers for both the new season and some short stories.

the short stories of carmuel and caye/rebe/guzman were the best for me.

the new characters were… uh… how do i put this nicely

ari is the new lu. but less interesting. hated her at first, felt kinda sorry for her at the end though.

mencía is a cardboard copy of miss marina. 🙄

idk how to feel about their dad?? uhhh

i was really hyped for phillipe’s character (idk how to spell it i’m sorry lmao) but man what a letdown.

ya know what… i really liked cayetana this season! i felt neutral about her before but i rlly liked her this season. wish she’d had more screen time.

THEY BUILT UP GUZNADIA FOR THREE SEASONS ONLY FOR THEM TO BREAK UP WITHIN THREE EPISODES AND HAVE GUZMÁN GO AFTER A DIFFERENT CHICK?? W H A T

i liked ander back in season 1… but his character just becomes less and less likeable over the seasons. fight me.

shoutout to samu’s hair this season. hot.

okay but what the fuck was up with all the fucked up relationships this season?? omander. carmuel. guznadia. samu and guzmán. samu and rebe’s friendship, which come on, could’ve gone back to the way it was back in s2.

speaking of rebe, this girl got hurt way too much this season?? pls stop she deserves happiness thanks

HAHA i forgot patrick… no. nah. i didn’t like him.

i cannot stress this enough: FUCK LOVE TRIANGLES. for me it worked in season 1 with carla/polo/christian because they actually seemed to be into polyamory and it actually benefited the fucking plotline around covering up marina’s murder. but that was it. AND THEY HAVE ONE OR TWO EVERY SEASON. it’s exhausting. jesus.

HEY BY THE WAY… what happened to la inspectora from the first three seasons? ma’am?? where you at?? the kids fucked up again and someone nearly died. then someone actually died.

the mystery this season was so fucking dull. like i forgot what was even going on kinda dull. the interrogation scenes were not nearly as compelling as in the previous seasons, they didn’t give you chills, didn’t make you wonder what the hell happened.

you don’t even need a murder mystery to make it interesting. season 2 was my favorite season, and there was no murder mystery — samuel had gone missing. his disappearance and the interrogation scenes were interesting, no one saw the guzmán teamup coming or his relationship with carla. it was exciting and thrilling and this season did not have that even a little bit.

solid plot twist. i’ll give them that. i did not really see that whole armando storyline coming, although i did figure out he had something to do w it because they kept him around for so long.

at the end after guzmán shot that mf in the back i was like NO DONT LEAVE THE BODY?? and then i saw he and samu and someone else i think (i don’t even remember man) dropped his body into the lake. i liked that, reminded me of the trophy.

the fuck is up with the fasion getting more and more extra this season? compare the party outfits from season 1 to the ones we have now. a little extra is good, but now they’re just plain ugly. anyway s1 and s2 fashion >>>

that one scene in the restaurant where guzmán spoke of marina and the way she was as a person and a daughter… that was so well written. i feel like so many people (the writers included) forgot about marina bc she was the first to die and only appeared in season 1, but still. like this teenage boy lost his sister (and so much more) in such a short span of time. i’m glad they at least acknowledged it.

dude… obviously i know that the show isn’t realistic at all but these kids have been through so much. guzmán has been through the worst shit. losing his little sister to murder and then his best friend as well? seeing him die in his fucking arms? and the other kids? they’re still teenagers man. it is beyond wild to think that they’d be as carefree as they were displayed to be this season.

obviously that joke rebe made in the short story about not being able to take any more interrogations and murders and shit was, well, a joke, and it was delivered well, but if you think about it… come ON. they’ve been through hell and back. the show has never been just light-hearted, it has dealt with several serious issues and deaths and murders and things like that. these kids are broken. why couldn’t they have shown more of that? or at least acknowledged it a little? have someone go to fucking therapy??

i thought overall the whole season was underwhelming. kinda boring.

before the season came out, someone said that they didn’t think the show could thrive without carla, lu, nadia, valerio, polo… and i agree now.

i feel like this season had such a different vibe than the previous seasons. not in a good way.

i miss season 1 and 2 man. those seasons had the best mystery, the best vibe, the best cast. i don’t just miss carla, lu, polo, valerio, nadia… i miss christian and nano as well.

even the soundtracks of the previous seasons were better. i’m sorry to sound this negative in the whole review but man i waited so long for the new season only to be disappointed.

you could consider this a small rant. might add more later.

[aspoonfuloffiction]

The fandom is very very weird about Edwina. I prefer Kate but I don’t think being pissed off with your sister because you found out at the altar that her and your fiancé loved each other makes her a terrible person. I think people seem to wilfully think the worst of her.

There was a small meltdown on Twitter about an article saying she is back to continue her ‘entangled’ love life in S3, and so many people thought that meant the love triangle was going to continue in S3, which is nonsense (at least - I think it is?)

I feel like there is a big opportunity for Edwina to have her own love story, to explore her relationship further with Kate, for her to truly realise what she felt for Anthony was naive, possibly be a friend of Eloise or Penelope given they have fallen out? And her finding out more about who she is and what she wants, maybe alongside Eloise. Or even if she was only in a few episodes - I saw people thinking it was weird that she wasn’t in the epilogue and that it shows she is still pissed off when it could mean anything, she could be inside reading because she hates Pall Mall.

I get the concerns about too many subplots but I’d rather Edwina then a lot of others, and there is more space for her to actually have an arc given her story in S2.

What do you hope to see for her in S3?

I prefer Edwina to almost all the Bridgertons so I’m biased. But I think she’d so great with some solid subplots lol. I don’t need another season of Eloise and Benedict exploring heteronormativity. Or Daphne fooling the audience into thinking she isn’t a rapist because she’s helping a ship get together.

Honestly unless its Francesca having the least problematic courtship with John or Gregory and Hyacinth teaming up to run away to Uncle Nicholas and Aunt Georgie’s because everyone at their house is certifiably emotionally stupid…I think I could live without it as far as subplots go. Throw in a Kanthony happy childfree plot point (because the more I think about it the less I want to see them with kids already its a boring and overdone storyline people can do more than have kids y’all) and I’m set for B plots for siblings. Give me Will and Alice or Gen instead.

But if Edwina is S3…and I’m not certain she is. Nor do I think I want her in S3 I hate the discourse that people have had about this character a vast majority of it being microaggressive.

BUT if shes in S3 I want these story lines for her (listed in order of preference):

Edwina’s gay awakening. Girl is out of her sister’s purview. Allowed to explore things she wants for the reasons she wants and not to be a good wife and realizes she also likes women. (Bc show!Edwina is bi book!Edwina is a lesbian). Falls in love with a down on her luck woman. They run away together. The Queen bankrolls their life together.

Edwina marries the Prince. Mostly because Freddie Stroma is a cutie, Prince Friedrich is a cutie, and Edwina outranking Anthony for the rest of her life is just really special to me.

Anything else

Edwina/Bagwell I just don’t like him.

Or alternatively just this fic:

It in my top favorite Bridgerton fics. And I’m not usually an OC fic reader but the male love interest this fic author has written is so compelling and at times has me swooning. It reads like a darker HR. And it also asks the question what if Bridgerton didn’t need a minimum of 1 white person to sell a ship. This is the best I’ve ever seen Edwina written and I recommend everyone read it.

If Edwina never shows up in S3 this is my canon ending for her lol.

[lesbianmarrow]

well anyway i watched legends of tomorrow 6.02 “meat: the legends” it was pretty good! i don’t have a lot to say about this one tbh it was just a solid episode with some good plot stuff and good character stuff. i enjoyed both the main plot with the meat alien and the b plot with the other planet. 

i feel like the storyline with the alien sauce that made everyone crave meat was a reference to a specific horror film but if so it is a film i have not watched. still i thought it was an entertaining and kind of amusingly hokey plot for this episode. at times the camera work felt like it was evoking the styles of the horror films from the 50s which is when this story is set and i thought that was fun. i thought the moth alien was gorgeous when it finally emerged and i’m kind of surprised this show has been able to do such detailed visual effects in both this episode and the previous one since it’s yknow the cw. anyway yeah all good stuff. 

i thought it was so funny how behrad was so into flipping burgers. like spongebob. it’s kind of a nice insight into his character how he enjoys this task that most people would hate bc it’s something people appreciate him for that sets him apart from his sister. really awesome to see him and zari working together toward the end. i love the sibling relationship. i like when behrad admits that it was kind of childish and patriarchal of him to try to gatekeep the family totem. because it is so easy for men to kind of fall into that default of traditional patriarchal values even if they mean well, and i like that he recognizes his mistake there and tries to rectify it. and then zari 1.0 splits the totem in two so they can both have it :) i love that. 

conflict between ava and spooner is really good. first off i like that spooner is very short bc whenever the camera has her pov looking up at ava i can pretend that its me looking up at ava bc i too am very short. sorry for that digression i just had to get that in there. anyway i like that it’s a conflict of ava being kind of naive and unwilling to accept that these aliens can be unreasonable and deadly, because if they are then that means the chances of sara’s survival are that much slimmer. whereas spooner sees the aliens for the danger they are and feels that the only way to deal with them is to kill them, and she’s also pushing for ava to give up hope of sara being alive because spooner gave up hope of her mother being alive long ago. and it’s like spooner knows how much it hurts to hope when you have no reason to hope and how it inevitably leads to crushing disappointment and she wants to spare ava that feeling. but in the end they come to an understanding in which ava learns that sometimes killing is the only option and spooner learns not to give up hope just yet. i like that we get that very vulnerable moment with spooner toward the end of the episode bc it helps us sympathize with her more. i mean i was already a fan of her but it’s good to see that vulnerability because it humanizes her and shows the complexity of her character. also i really liked when ava called sara her WIFE and when she poured a glass for her out of habit. ohhhh she misses her so much. 

i really enjoyed the plot of sara and gary on the alien planet. how did they let a dog fool them AGAIN!!! i loved how much the alien planet set looked like something from star trek. tos specifically. just so delightfully campy. and then when they meet amelia earhart that reminded me of in star trek voyager when janeway meets amelia earhart and they have sex (not really but i know in my heart it happened). i think if sara had not been with ava then she definitely wouldve put the moves on miss amelia. at least until she found out amelia was an ALIEN :O this might be a reach but i feel like the star trek vibes of the set + the fact that voy also featured its captain meeting amelia earhart on an alien planet + just all the time travel in LoT which lets them meet lots of historical figures all work to make the audience let their guard down and keep them from suspecting that amelia earhart is actually an ALIEN until it’s revealed to sara herself. if that was intentional then that’s a really fun use of metatextuality on the writers’ parts. sara looked pretty weak after that bite....i hope she was not injected full of alien poisons. actually i hope she was and we see her delirious and it’s really dramatic cause that could be fun. it’s nice how she sort of learns to appreciate gary’s company in this episode. i think it would be so funny if when they’re finally reunited with the legends sara and gary are like besties and ava is very confused on how that could have happened. 

anyway thats how i felt about this one :) loving the star trek vibes i hope the show keeps em coming! 

[joshuaalbert]

top 5 star trek episodes that were so close to being something incredibly compelling and then weren’t

ough ok I’ve already talked about these first 2 at length but like 3 people total followed me back then so it’s new to someone at least. also this is long as hell. preemptive readmore.

1. tng 4x5 remember me is in a dubious position in that I do still like the episode as it exists and it’s certainly not Not compelling, but tng lacked a beverly and wesley episode, and i firmly believe this one should have been it. for being like the #1 key dynamic for these characters for the last 15 years before the show, we never got to see anything super interesting, and this episode seems like it’s set up to be that, and then it gets picard syndrome. this doesn’t even fully count because I still like the episode but I’m counting it

2. tng 3x23 sarek. the sarek/picard plot is fine, no real complaints there iirc, but the rest of the crew getting angry at each other should’ve had way more interesting character moments than it did. the arguments all being based off of surface level annoyance, rather than starting there and then digging into legitimate conflicts, really feels like a missed opportunity. it didn’t have to get into Darkest Secrets territory necessarily, I’m not looking for characters to hate each other given the constraints of episodic storytelling, but I think it would’ve been fun for characters to air some legitimate grievances with each other even if they’re the kind that could be neatly resolved with an apology at the end. idk I love writing about anger so this one stands out as a missed opportunity to me.

3. ok time for a little controversy i dont think the tng finale is Bad by any means but i don’t worship the ground it walks on yknow. i think the central storyline is generally good, and i was pleasantly surprised by the way it brought the series back to the beginning, both with the q plotline and the examination of how the crew dynamic has shifted, but it does....kinda fuck over a not insignificant number of the characters. troi/worf/riker drama consumes way too much of their storylines for something that showed up in the last half of the last season, and troi being dead so they can fight about it for 20 years is so. really? this is what we’re doing? idk troi at least has some good moments in the earliest timeline piece so at least there’s that, but given that they’d finally started giving her some solid episodes about her career aspirations, I was just kind of disappointed that that was the choice.

4. ds9 7x9 covenant. ive talked about this one at length too bc i just say every thought that comes into my mind all the time forever but this is me coming back at the end of the season so i guess it’s technically different. on one hand i understand that they wanted sisko’s ending to tie into dukat and sisko’s ending needed to tie into the prophets so like, i guess. but on the other hand i think this as a more bajor-focused storyline could have been really interesting? like how does sisko deal with this religious schism given that he’s the emissary of the prophets, but also acknowledging that some subset of the bajoran people are coming to terms with the fact that they feel betrayed by what the prophets allowed them to suffer, and maybe they’re right to feel that way (and like, maybe dukat allies with them at some point so they can put him in there, but the focus is still on the people). it was never going to be that and this is solely wishful thinking based on what i personally find interesting, rather than with some of the earlier ones where im like “yeah this feels pretty objectively stronger,” but i think realistically i’ll always want more depth on bajor and the bajoran people themselves lmao.

5. ok this is kind of a cop out answer in some ways bc i’m sure there are others i actually feel more strongly about and im just forgetting, but ds9 5x8 things past is just like. i wish this episode was just better written on a sheer technical level. it deals with things that are compelling in theory, like odo’s past working under the cardassians and the things he did to maintain what he believed was order at the time, and it also touches on garak’s ideology, but it handles all of these things with the light touch of a fucking sledgehammer. everything in this episode is said far too plainly and is repeated like four times to the point where it both doesn’t reflect the characters and kind of just gets annoying, and while it doesn’t have the significant structural issues the other episodes i talked about have, i just think this one was lacking on a basic writing level despite having an interesting concept, and i found that frustrating

additional notes:

- I was tempted to put journey’s end but the thing is like. the core arc is compelling to me but I have no idea what I’d do with the episode itself. the problems with the arc also mostly come from not having a s6 episode I think and that’s out of scope here.

- naked now was too easy everyone knows that’s a missed opportunity so I removed it from my lineup. same w/naked time being kinda too early imo.

- i had a harder time nailing down ds9 ones because i didn’t have as many individual episodes that came to mind as “close but a little off.” maybe with more distance i’ll have some, but so close to s7 im mostly just thinking of the broader arcs that got kneecapped by pacing issues. i did have a cheating answer that was “what’s compelling about inter arma enim silent leges is its placement as episode 16 of season 7 and the missed opportunity is that they didn’t use that timeslot to start the damar plotline earlier, thereby giving it more room to play out with slightly more believable pacing, and also that they didnt put a jake sisko plotline here” but instead i did my best lmao