#Foggy rambles

[foggyfanfic]

Did you guys hear Disneyland Cast Members voted to strike?

It was nearly unanimous too, 99% of the unionized cast members voted in favor of the strike. This doesn't necessarily mean they will strike, more that when the union rep shows up to the negotiation table on Monday they'll have that extra bit of leverage. Hopefully that'll be enough to win them living wages and such. I don't have anything intelligent to say, I just feel a kind of way about this subject, I'm going to put my opinions under the cut.

Ok, look, I love Disneyland. Love it with a passion. You know what reminded me this was happening and prompted me to look up the story? I was thinking of updating this card I made for one of the many games I've come up with to play in Disneyland because I have a weird variety of hyper-fixation when it comes to that park specifically.

So I am not speaking an ounce of hyperbole when I say Disneyland is my favorite place in the world.

But! Whoever the hell is making the big decisions around there needs to get their head out of their ass. I don't know if I should be blaming Bob Iger or Josh D'Amaro for the way the parks have been since the pandemic, but I'm going to blame both. I can deal with them experimenting with Genie Plus (I hate it but I'm used to capitalism), and I can sort of deal with the prices (I can't afford them easily but I'm saving up), but Disneyland has very clearly been trying to cut labor costs for a while now and it's incredibly baffling to watch. It feels like the parks are being run by somebody with a business degree from a sketchy "college" and zero experience with the real world.

They're cutting back on shows, overworking their existing staff, and skipping regular maintenance so they can operate the park with a smaller maintenance team. Overall it results in a worse experience for the customer, making it less likely that they'll convert new guests into returning fans like myself. While Disney World is a major tourist attraction that most people consider a once in a life time experience, Disneyland has always had a steady revenue from local Californians that return again and again. If you frequent forums about the parks you hear all about folks who live in SoCal that buy their annual pass (I know that's not what it's currently called, but that's what it is) and use it to get into the parks just to have dinner or rove around and maybe grab a churro. They might not be paying for Iger's next yacht, but those folks are providing a reliable revenue stream, and they go back again and again because for decades Disneyland has maintained a "magical" atmosphere.

And I feel like it's fairly obvious that the front line workers are the ones that make Disneyland what it is. Right? Like I'm not crazy, we all agree Disneyland would be nothing without the hard work of these cast members, right?

Why are they-? You need front line workers, why wouldn't you-? Do they not have years of research and experience backing up how beneficial a well paid staff is? I love the Incredicoaster but if all I wanted was thrill rides, Six Flags is an hour closer and a whole lot cheaper. I'm going for the complicated rides that require their own pit crew like Mickey's Runaway Railroad. Why are we even still having this conversation? I get that people like Bob Iger are a bit insulated from the rest of us, but the relationship between a happy staff and profit is well documented. Why wouldn't they just...? In the Disneyland subreddit a retired cast member post the Benefits Binder he got back when he worked for Disneyland and this thing was thick, it included health, retirement, and stock options. Somebody somewhere must have known that whittling down benefits while stagnating pay was not sustainable. Right?!

Like I said, I don't have anything intelligent to add to this conversation, but to be honest, I think everything intelligent to add has already been added. I'm just annoyed for my own sake and downright pissed for the sake of the cast members. I hope they get everything they ask for on Monday, and if they don't, I hope the strike knocks some sense into everybody it needs to.

[recoveringangelz]

a story in two parts

[chvoswxtch]

I want to talk about the ddba trailer so bad but i’ve watched it 47 times and I have no words just incoherent screaming

also everyone looks so fucking HOT but can we have a moment for foggy??? he’s eating them all the fuck up I fear

[karda]

foggy morning again

[stiffyck]

Can we talk about how Karen definitely has some sort of PTSD because you can't just wake up one day with a knife and bloody hands and a dead coworker on your carpet one and then be fine. You don't get arrested and then almost strangled to death while in custody and be fine. You don't get kidnapped and threatened and then kill someone in self defense and be fine.

Oh my god can we PLEASE talk about Karen and her trauma oh my GOD.

[nickmpreg]

mutually shared obsession

[pulim-v]

eh might as well post it now

Foggy Glasses and Corroded Copper: Rowan's Birthday - Part 1

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"Class dismissed." Cascade said, putting down a piece of chalk. "Oh, and don't forget to bring me the attendance sheet. Did everyone sign it in?"

    The professor kept talking, explaining the grading process for the assignment his students had just turned in. Rowan took some final notes, then put his notebook and pencil case into his bag, heading out to meet up with his friends so they could have lunch.

    As he made his way to the KIT's cafeteria with his peers, Rowan's mind wandered, thinking about the events of the following day: he was about to turn 18. That was fun! He could learn how to drive, do appointments at the hospital by himself, even set stuff up for his own bank account! Plus, he had just finished an assignment, so right now he had a lot of free time for setting all of that up. 

    "Rowan? Did you hear me?" Dew said, poking Rowan's shoulder while the trio walked towards the cafeteria

    "Huh? Sorry, I don't think I caught that" he replied, snapping back to reality.

    "He asked if you wanted to go to a party this Saturday." Mist said, no emotion readable on his voice, his gaze was still focused on the school hallways

    "Oh! Umm... who's going to be there?" Rowan replied, adjusting his tie as he thought about whether he should go or not. On one hand, he wasn't too fond of parties. On the other, it could serve as a way to celebrate the conclusion of his first assignment (and maybe spend some time with his dear friends).

    "Well there's me of course." Dew said with a big smile on their face, simultaneously starting to count the participants on his fingers. "Also my friends Blizzard and Sprout, I think you have had a few classes with them, and Octavia! And some other people from campus, though I doubt you've met them," Dew chuckled, "Mist can't go, though, he said he has to take care of his brother. So... about fifteen people, sixteen if you want to go too!" Dew concluded, looking directly at Rowan with that signature bug dumb smile of his.

    "Hmm... I think I'm going to go then! I need to have the location and time written down, though, so if you could e-mail them to me I would appreciate it." Rowan replied, looking directly at Dew's eyes for a moment and smiling as he said his response.

    As the trio arrived at the cafeteria, Rowan went ahead of the other two to heat his food and pick out seats for them - he didn’t like the KIT's meals, so he preferred to cook his own and bring them to the university - and his mind began to once again wander, this time thinking over what could happen in Saturday's party. As he set his food at the table and called his friends over, he thought of what it would be like to spend time with Dew outside of the classroom and laboratory; sure, the two were friends, but they only hung out in class, and it might be nice to get to know another side of him. He should probably stop daydreaming, though, and go back to paying attention to what his friends were saying.

    "And that's why I always write my notes in purple!" Dew said, a faint blush being visible on their cheeks.

    "I see. That's so cute, Dew! You and Octavia seem very close." Mist replied, a slight smile being visible on his face as he cut his steak

    That was a tad rare, Rowan thought, normally Mist had a pretty neutral expression on his face, he didn't really emote much as far as Rowan knew. Though, it seems the smile had gone away as quickly as it had appeared

    "We are!" Dew said before taking another sip of his glass of juice, "She's probably my best friend here, even though we only met last year." Dew added, his cheeks a very intense red; though they either didn't notice or didn't care.

    "Sorry for derailing the conversation, and for possibly asking about things that do not concern me, but will Saturday's party have any alcohol? As far as I recall, Rowan isn't 18 yet, so that might be an issue". Mist asked, pointing at Rowan with the same hand he held his fork with.

    Oh, right, he forgot to tell them about this.

    "Oh, you don't need to worry about that, since… I'm actually turning 18 tomorrow!" Rowan said, awkwardly smiling as he tried to focus on his food.

    Dew choked for a few moments, then took another sip of his glass to wash down his food

    "What do you mean tomorrow?" he responded indignantly, looking directly at Rowan. "You didn't even get me enough time to get you a gift!"

    "I know..." Rowan replied, his cheeks feeling really warm as he still attempted - to no avail - to focus his eyes on his food.

    "Well," Mist chuckled. "at least that solves the other problem."

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[skyward-floored]

Get you a man who can do all three

[lights-on-the-ridge]

Karen haters need to understand that when you experience a total disconnect from the people you love and develop a complete hatred for yourself, you will try to find a connection in people you see a all-forgiving. She didn't lead on Foggy or date Matt because she was attention seeking or a blonde plot device, but because her character WOULD do that. She finally found comfort and acceptance from the two most forgiving people in New York so of course she'd eventually start developing a crush of one or both of them.

[dragon-spaghetti]

Alastor has an uncanny sixth sense for when husk's pain days are Worse and those are the days he decides that having him run around doing errands is a grand idea 😊

[foggynelsonarchive]

I always say that Foggy has such an interesting backstory as his vigilante friend. And I'm not just exaggerating here.

See, Matt was abandoned by his mother. His father died tragically. He learned from an early age not to trust anyone. Netflix's Matt lived in poverty and this makes Matt's life both heartbreaking and even more tragic. I think all of this was necessary to show the fans how miserable that man could be. Most fans feel sorry for Matt, as if the man were some kind of puppy. I caught myself thinking that way when I watched some of his scenes. That sad, crumpled look of his… Anyway, Netflix's Matt became a martyr from his early childhood.

Foggy, on the other hand, has low self-esteem. The result, I believe, of years of abuse and neglect by a mother who chose a lucrative career over her son.

He grew up in a loving home, apparently. In some issues, we can see Anna being a loving and overprotective mother.

In the Netflix series, Foggy's family, especially his mother, is a little… how can I say, toxic, using a little emotional blackmail to get her son to stay and take care of the family business.

All those scenes of Foggy with his family made me feel bad for him.

And I would really like his family to value him as the special human being that he is, which I didn't feel in the series. Maybe that's what made the series so special for me, the fact that I felt a little Foggy in a place, a family that you love, but that you feel like you don't belong to.

I would really like to see Rosalind on screen. I'd like to know why Foggy decided to become a lawyer. I would love to know why he, even though he is brilliant, loving, a great person, has such low self- esteem.

Even more so, I would like to know why he, in the third season, pretended to be strong, when it was totally acceptable to break down.

Some things I'm afraid of and believe I'll never see. But I hope that one day, in a comic or even in a series, we'll see a little of what it's like to be Foggy. Not just the vigilante's friend, but the hero who beat cancer and fought bravely for what he believes in and loves.

[foggyfanfic]

Themes vs Realism

Saw an old debate about how isolated the Encanto is and it got me thinking about my own headcanons.

I watched the movie, saw the windows and wine glasses and thought “Oh! They must have trade, glass requires a specific sort of sand and while glass blowers would be relatively common, the odds they had somebody who knows how to make glass frit are pretty low”. And I can back up that argument with research and facts, buying glass is getting more expensive because we’re running low on sand with the right chemical composition, glass frit production would be more likely to happen in towns near silica rich beaches, where as Alma’s hometown looked like it was in the middle of the forest. Nowadays, not every country in the world has the right sand, when I worked with glass blowers they imported their frit from I think a family in Sweden(?) that are like one of the last few people making frit. So glass is actually a very big deal! I digress. Basically, realistically, the fact that they have glass means that they must have some trade.

But that’s completely irrelevant to the movie, isn’t it?

The movie is all about healing from generational trauma, Encanto being completely isolated is better for the movie’s themes. It’s like how we all love the deleted scene where Bruno argues with Alma and says “I wish I was dead” but the writers cut that scene because it gives Bruno confronting Alma on Mirabel’s behalf an extra bit of punch if he was never willing to do so before. Realistically, a deeply unhappy, almost forty adult who is as blunt as Bruno would have had that argument with Alma; thematically, Mirabel’s mysterious Tío couldn’t muster up the courage/passion to confront the movie’s antagonist until he was doing it for love. Realistically, it is actually necessary for Pepa to control her emotions because she can create hurricanes and that sorta disaster could wipe out the village; thematically, Pepa needs to be allowed to let her feelings flow through her without anyone snapping at her about it. Realistically they must have trade; thematically, they must be completely isolated.

There isn’t really a good way for canon to bridge this gap as far as I can tell, in story telling themes usually take precedence over realism, especially in a fantasy setting. But for a lot of people (like me) the funnest thing to do when writing fanfic is throw in a dash of realism and see what comes out of it. Obviously, the way you want to reconcile this is absolutely up to you. I personally care more about the movie sticking to themes than I do it being realistic or conforming to my background knowledge, I’m fully expecting to have most of my head canons disproven when they release more material. That said, for the sake of fic, I think asking questions like “Where are they getting the raw materials to build that” is a great launching pad.

I don’t know how to word my conclusion. That year I spent working with glass blowers is going to butt heads with my suspension of disbelief for the rest of my life? Realism is great for fanfic but not so much in short stories like movies? My head canons will never be canon and it’s better that way?

[foreststarflaime]

Lying awake in bed bc I had caffeine and that means I do not sleep tn. Thinking about Genesis Rhapsodos and Achilles again

So kleos aphthiton (undying fame) is a Homeric innovation right. Didn’t appear before the Iliad and Achilles as far as we have evidence of. It’s a very Achillles thing, to strive so hard against the natural order, against death, to attempt to have fame that will never die. Fame is normally expected to be something that fades and dies, but Achilles dreams bigger than that. He wants to look the gods of his world in the eyes and become something like them, something that has a share of their power.

And then you have Genesis, whose fame is great but not quite undying, who is struggling with all he has against the natural order. He wants to tear down the gods that have used him like a puppet on a string, and he wants to be equals with the god those gods have set up as a puppet like him and yet above. He wants to live so badly—if only he knew that Achilles had to die to achieve his undying fame.

Achilles dies, and achieves his immortality of story. Genesis lives, and his story is mostly forgotten. Achilles lost Patroclus, but joined him again in the afterlife. Genesis lost Angeal and Sephiroth, and yet he is forced to live on without them. Which is the worse fate, I wonder?

[chvoswxtch]

seeing pictures of charlie, elden, and deb back on set together and looking so happy legitimately makes me emotional like we really got them back y’all

we as a fandom fucking did THAT 🥲

[karda]

sunrise from this morning

[i-like-yoongi-a-latte]

hey hey hey the year is about to change so it's time for my annual thank you post ❤️

i don't have the energy to really yap but thank you for making my life/tumblr experience more awesome 💕 in no particular order

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