#I didn't realize it would be so tricky like what the heck

[truths33k3r4]

SIW Sillies ~ Look They're Bondingggg (ANIMATED)

EHhehehehe I'm having fun practicing animating- can you tell?.. XD

Audio isn't mine- I just thought it would be funny to animated Mikey ticking Lotus off and Raph getting a good laugh out of it. :)

Enjoy!

~ Melissa

[mr-stottlemonk]

I’ve been rewatching the first season, and I remembered how Stottlemeyer is rude to Monk in the beginning. It’s especially strange since the flashbacks show they were good friends before Trudy passed away. What do you think happened, story wise, that changed his attitude to be negative towards Monk? No pressure to answer this btw, I realize it’s a bit of a tricky question.

ohhh, i've been rewatching the first season quite a lot lately as well. and yeah, i have a lot of thoughts and feelings about that too!! [long post so more under the cut]

there's a lot of bitterness there imo that grew from his guilt from being unable to do much to help Monk out - i can imagine how it was after the funeral. Monk a husk of a shell, completely gone. Stottlemeyer held his hand for probably 2 years of the total three when monk catatonic... before hiring Sharona to help out. but trudy's death; it took his best friend away and he couldn't do much of anything to help, it was most likely impossible to. Monk died too that day.

it's quite common to easily dislike someone as they sink into their grief. but how could he? Stottlemeyer also often channels a lot of his grief, sadness, confusion and helplessness through anger - which is exactly what he did when Monk came back.

Monk comes back to the field. he's bitter cause he feels guilty. angry because the last time he most likely saw Monk: he was a disaster. what if bringing him on the field also triggers something? (we see as the show goes on that when it comes to cases that include bombs, he always makes it known that Monk isn't obligated to take the case at all)

there's also, honestly, the professionnel point of view - Stottlemeyer is the Captain of the Police. He's been doing the job for years and quite a few years before Monk as well. He expects the mayor to trust him to do his work. And by bringing in Monk it's probably sending the wrong message and also puts him a spot where he thinks his department probably assume that he doesn't know how to do his job.

in the end of the first episode though, you notice just how absolutely glad he is to have Monk by his side again. Monk piecing everything together.

He loves Monk. Always has. He never stopped. He was just consumed by his own grief for him too.

on the side note: i've seen it mentioned around a few times that Stottlemeyer's heavily negative attitude was also the writers' doing until Levine stepped in and said otherwise (thank heck for him).

cause if he didn't, i don't think the show would have gone on for very long either, lmfao.

i hope i managed to answer your ask well enough <333

[thekatebridgerton]

Soooo I've noticed the Sophie Beckett casting debate has resurfaced and I just wanted to know what are your current thoughts about it.

Personally, I can understand why "Sophie should be white" outweighs the "Sophie should be woc" debate since it'll be tricky to see a woc sophie deal with what book sophie went through but then if they cast white sophie, it would also mean we'd get two white female leads for the next two seasons. Four if the show gets renewed for two seasons again.

And the "book is problematic so no woc sophie" explanation has been so overused at this point that we fail to realize that a lot of pocs are simply to invested in this show to see another poc lead, specifically a woc one, in a romance setting.

I guess what I'm saying is... we've seen enough shows where white women are desired from all races, let's give the wocs a chance to feel beautiful too. I believe in the writers to give us a Benophie story to look forward too, so I don't see woc sophie as a problem anymore.

Okay this is going to rub people off the wrong way but what the heck it's my blog and I can express my opinion.

So back in 2021 I got into a pretty heavy debate with some nasty rude anons over this subject and I'd like to clarify before I continue this reply, I am not White, I am very Latin American. Latina with an A. And in that side of the hemisphere Racism isn't as big of a social issue as class discrimination is, because the gap between the rich and the poor affects more people than the thousand shades of white, olive and brown that Latino skin comes in. That being said.

I am not opposed to a WOC Sophie, I just personally don't want her to be black.

There I said it.

And I know, I can hear you guys from the comments 'I am black and I don't see any problem with Sophie being black, I want representation for black romantic leads' which is valid. And if Sophie IS casted as a black actress I'm sure she will do an amazing job. I'm not against it. I'd just rather the show not go in that direction with a black female lead

Sophie Beckett has the most tragic backstory of all the Bridgerton characters, she's born out of wedlock, shunned in her childhood, gaslighted and verbally maybe also phisically abused by the female adult in charge of her. Then forced into a life of servitude she didn't want, when she tried to get out of the situation she was almost SA and her love interest starts their relationship by proposing she sell her body to him in return for his protection. Because make no mistake Benedict was doing exactly that the first time he asked Sophie to be his mistress. I get it he didn't know her or was aware of her past trauma. But still. It's what he did.

So if you don't see any problem with Sophie being casted as part of the race with the biggest history of slavery in the world. Congratulations, you're better than I am.

Because Sophie's lack of autonomy for the better part of AOFAG is the closest thing to slavery circumstances that the Bridgerton books have.

And while every race Sophie could be casted, White, Asian, Middle Eastern, Latina, Desi or Black do have their own history with prostitution. It's the blacks the most commonly associated with slavery and racial violation of human rights and I'm not okay with Sophie being casted as black. This is not the representation I want for my black girlfriends, enough is enough.

I teach little girls crafting classes during weekends, a lot of them are turning into young women soon. And I'll be the cool aunt who helps them hide their AO3 accounts from their parents. I know a lot of black little girls who look up to Tiana and think Brandi's Cinderella is cool. I want them to have good cool romance characters to look up to. Just not characters with backstories as tragic as Sophie's that reinforce the idea that if you're black you need to suffer twice more than other characters to be loved.

I'm sorry NO.

Again, I'm not opposed to a black Sophie, I would just rather see her as any other race.

Personally I advocate for an Asian Sophie, my preferred face claim is Jessi Mei Li. Because I've never seen an Asian Cinderella on screen before outside of K-dramas and I think an Asian Sophie would put a spotlight on the social issues that An offer from a Gentleman deals with without being as overtly painful to me as a viewer. The Asian community also needs representation and their struggles with class difference and discrimination should be recognized. I'm also okay with a Latina Sophie. I wouldn't be thrilled at the maid stereotype it reinforces, but I wouldn't hate it.

Overall I also don't want Sophie to be white and blonde.

That would be such a waste. Her character is marginalized and has a painful backstory. Making casting her as white is overkill. And would also suffer too many comparisons to all of Disney's Cinderellas. Netflix doesn't want that (hopefully) But it's also the safest option to a avoid backlash so we'll see how it goes.

And with my apologies for the bluntness of my words, that's the tea today

[songmingisthighs]

[11.17] bogart!wooyoung × reader

⇀ as a bogart, wooyoung WORSHIPS mischief. he knows people's fears and he uses them to his advantage, that's all he wants to do in life. that was until he met you.

⇁ this is part of @tohokuu's fantasy collab 💕💕 eeekkkk 💕💕

Wooyoung likes his place. He likes how he instilled so much fear in people and the house he inhabits that it has received a reputation amongst the public.

Every halloween kids would come in to check out the urban legend and every halloween he manage to make at least one kid shit their pants. Thankfully, not literally.

Which is why when you moved into the building he was so surprised. He saw you opened the door and for the first time in forever he felt... weird.

Usually, when people came into the house, they'd look terrified and they look wary. But not you. You had a big smile on your face and you looked hopeful. Those made Wooyoung very much uncomfortable. His first instinct was to plan an attack on you which was what he immediately do.

Through the small gap of the cabinets in the kitchen, Wooyoung spent the first two hours analyzing you. He watched you run back and forth, guiding the movers on where you want your furnitures. He watched you help them move your things in. Heck, he watched you laugh when the movers accidentally broke one of your plates.

Without him realizing, the corner of Wooyoung's lips lifted into a scowl. He couldn't read you. Usually, when people came close to Wooyoung, he could sense their fears. It's like smelling something, you take a whiff and you get notes of things.

But not you, you're a tricky one.

So to 'not waste his time', Wooyoung retreated into the darkness, blocking anything that came from your way, adamant that he'll get to you... just not now.

He thought he wouldn't approach you again until tomorrow after he got his good night sleep. But the universe had other plans.

It was just after Wooyoung finished oggling at the moon and the stars through the window at the attic when he heard sobbing noises. At first, he thought it could be the baby next door or a new ghost. Or even a poltergeist.

Curious, he climbed down the stairs and walked towards the source of the noise.

He peeked his head into your room carefully, assessing the coast first before he walked in.

There he saw you lying on the floor, tiny sobs escaping your lips as pictures spread around you. He saw a picture of you with a girl when you both were children, then another one of your and her and 3 other girls, and the last one was only your friend with the 3 other girls. Wooyoung's eyebrows furrowed in confusion but it was answered as he shifted to the letter next to it. Not to be (more) nosy, he only skimmed the letter but words such as "we're having the best time of our lives," "sucks we're not your priority," "good luck with your life," provided him enough clue as to what happened.

He was too focused on snooping that he didn't realize you had woken and began to sit up.

"You're not as scary as people said you are," you blurted out with raspy, sleep-filled voice.

Wooyoung jumped and stumbled back. His leg caught onto something and he fell ass first to the floor.

For the first time ever, someone had beaten him in terms of scaring and he couldn't help but be extremely embarassed.

Usually, when Wooyoung's embarrassed, his temper rose and he'd blew up on people. But when he saw you laughing at him, he couldn't help but chuckle at how ridiculous the situation is.

"So you know what I am ?" He asked you, blushing for some reason.

You nodded and gave him a small smile after you finished laughing, "yeah, I do. and honestly, a dude is not something I imagined," you raised an eyebrow at him. Wooyoung opened his arms wide to show you his figure, "well, this is my favourite form yet. Quite nice huh?" He grinned.

People had warned you before you moved into the house of the terrors that await you. How previous tenants moved out after just a few days. The longest lasting only for 3 weeks.

But Wooyoung doesn't scare you at all. In fact, he really does seem nice.

At that moment, though unspoken, you both knew that you are what the other has been looking for.

[mittensmorgul]

do you think that claiming that Sam and Rowena have been in love since s13 would be overkill on my part? bc I really have that impression. When Sam was hurt by her for killing the reapers, Dean had to prepare him to do the right thing. I remember that there was a scene when Sam tried to defend her, saying that maybe there was a reason. He really trusted her and didn't want to believe that she was doing it. And later in the same episode, Rowena is hurt by Sam for shooting her. It looks romantic

I... don’t know if I’d go THAT far... but to me saying characters are “in love,” let’s just say I have a REALLY high bar for that one... and it’s not like there was “love at first sight,” or the sort of casual flirtation that Sam has had with a lot of other women on the show. Rowena actively began her arc on the show as a pure antagonist. She was a Monster they were hunting, but never just a Monster of the Week... she was introduced like she was being set up as a sort of Big Bad Antagonist, but very quickly began to enter a weird grey area. Most of her first season on the show, s10, she was actively plotting against the Winchesters. Her first full episode (10.07) had her literally try to kill Sam. By the end of the season, she and Sam were working on a quid pro quo deal that was intended to benefit both of them... until Sam chained her to a table and basically forced her to Do The Terrible Thing... 

Heck I have written nearly 13k about Rowena’s character arc, and here I am trying to sum it up in a few words... >.>

(the Really Long Thing about Rowena: https://archiveofourown.org/works/21641770)

During s11, Rowena began to change. She was still plotting for herself, but being horrifically murdered by Lucifer a few times, as well as helping Sam out a few times-- Sam was the one who brought her into the whole “save the world from the Darkness plan” at the end of s11, after all, and then called her for help when Dean was losing his memory in s12, they very gradually began to establish a friendlier working relationship.

Then s13 happened. 13.12, and her conversation with Sam in the car about their mutual fear and experiences at Lucifer’s hands, made their relationship something more. I wouldn’t say that was love, but it was at least a bone-deep mutual understanding and compassion. And it prompted Sam to do what had been unthinkable even after she’d saved Dean’s life in 12.11. Sam gave her the spell to unbind her power. That... was some wild levels of trust in her.

13.19 pretty much sealed her place in the Winchester Inner Circle-- even including on Dean’s behalf, when he hadn’t trusted her completely before that. But as you said, the look on her face when she realized that Sam COULD shoot her, and then the look of shock on Sam’s face... yeah, that was something. Especially since it happened minutes after she learned that Sam was the one fated to kill her. She was HURT by the fact that he could, when she was only doing what Sam and Dean had done for each other over and over again out of grief. Sam witnessed that entire conversation between her and Billie, and saw her pain. I don’t know if that was “falling in love” right there, but heck, there’s a reason Sam Winchester’s heart was worth $500,000 in a monster auction, because his heart was breaking for her right there.

(I mean, my heart was breaking for her too, but I mean... heck...)

I think it’s ridiculous to suggest that Sam didn’t at least CARE for her at that point, you know? But her WANTING to change her fate, WANTING to live without fear and to do the right thing... Sam absolutely wanted to HELP her do that. Isn’t that the sort of thing you do for people you care for?

And then she did something for Sam that she likely wouldn’t have done for ANYONE ELSE EVER. She willingly helped capture Lucifer, the being in the universe she was most terrified of, and then sat alone in a room with him for near on a day before he finally pushed her to snap, giving him the power to escape, and then when she’d failed to hold him prisoner, instead of walking away, she used her own power to keep that rift open herself until everyone had been returned safely. That’s... something you do for people you care about. That level of personal sacrifice.

Sam called and asked for her help in 14.07, and she came without question. Even when Sam revealed he’d called about JACK, aka Lucifer’s son, and she was about to leave... Jack himself in his absolute innocence and sweetness, convinced her to stay-- tying her directly to Jack for the first time. Which I personally see as her official entry into TFW 2.0, and the innermost circle of Extended Winchester Family Membership. In the span of a day, she went from hating Jack on principle to “wee boy” and all that nonsense.

She called Sam out on his messing with the natural order in having kept Jack alive after that, even if she didn’t know the full extent of what Sam had actually done. It’s... they have a relationship of mutual respect in a way that Rowena has never had with pretty much anyone else in canon, ever. She doesn’t treat him like a potential “mark,” one of the men she hits on to con them for something-- be it money, power, information, shelter, safety, whatever. She doesn’t treat him like a child or someone she can take advantage of, nor someone she believes will try to take advantage of her. Which, for Rowena, is like... incredible. They are tied by that prophecy, but they’re also tied by mutual care and respect. And she... literally actively sacrificed herself to Michael because he promised not to hurt the people she cared about (and then he turned around and directly hurt the people she cared about, but hey at least he was dead like two minutes later...) She was well and truly integrated into the entire family at this point, you know? 

Would I call that love? Perhaps the early stages of it? It’s not cute and flirty, or going for “something fun” as Eileen proposed to Sam in 15.07. It’s not like any relationship Sam has ever had with ANYONE. Which is WILD. Not only does she understand all of his life (even the parts he’s admitted he’s never even talked to Dean about), she’s basically LIVED most of it, herself, right down to being personally tortured by Lucifer. They both understand each other on a level that I don’t think anyone else ever has, for either of them.

Rowena spent her life actively rejecting love, seeing it as a danger, as a weapon to be used against her. Not ALLOWING herself to feel love, lest she be weak. Sam has spent his entire life only ever engaging in relationships where he couldn’t be his real, true self, having to hide vast swaths of his history in order to maintain the relationship.

If they’re not in love, the potential is definitely there. Rowena even implied it in 15.03, that they’d grown “fond of each other,” and from the look on Sam’s face in 15.08 he was... pretty damn devastated to see what became of her. She didn’t earn “redemption.” He’d killed her because she demanded it, because they had no other choice. She’d saved the world, and her reward was Hell, where she would never be loved. Kinda burns for Sam, who’d committed to helping her change her fate, especially since he was manipulated into being the direct agent of that fate, all because of those damn “prophecies”...

*echoes of Chuck cackling with glee about how everything he writes will definitely, absolutely happen, so they might as well just give in and let it happen*

Would *I personally* say they were already in love back in s13? eh... that’s a really tricky term to define, you know? Especially for a relationship as long and complicated as theirs, but the story isn’t over yet, so we’ll see...

[kumaradosha]

I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to talk down on you and I don't feel like I'm better than you in any way. I get seeing a situation, feeling uncomfortable and wanting to help but I feel like that it's kinda uncomfortable to analyze a bad moment between friends we don't even know? Idk man I've seen my fare share of people thinking they know better than the actual people in the situation. They've known each other for years, you know? And empathy and projection go hand in hand. I've caught myself a bunch of times projecting and justifying it in my head by saying it was empathy (and in part probably was). You can infer how you would feel in that situation, but they're not you. Their friends are not your friends. You get what i mean? That all being said I'm really sorry for offending you. Really wasn't my intention, but I did it anyway and I apologize.

(Also you mentioned how maybe I am projecting and yeah, maybe I am. I was thinking about how weird it would be if I was fighting with a friend on live and then people took that moment and picked it apart. But I don't know tbh, realizing when we're projecting is pretty tricky, that's why I even sent that first ask to you in the first place)

I just don't understand what the purpose is of even saying all this. What is the harm in me analyzing an interaction? As a consumer of an entertainer's media, I am allowed to have feelings and approve/disapprove of, like/dislike literally anything they put out there, and I'm allowed to tell other people so. Heck, if a person sees another person act in a certain way, period, they're allowed to vent their feelings on it. Again, I'm not contacting them about it. I'm not involving myself in their lives whatsoever. I'm having an opinion and voicing it, which I'm free to do on tumblr dot com.

And like, even if YOU had someone analyze your behavior to themselves or on their own space, there's literally nothing wrong with them thinking about it. Thinking deeply about things outside oneself is good, trust me. The fact that you wouldn't like when people perceive or think about you doesn't mean people aren't free to do so. It's not creepy; it's literally something people do every day. Like, trust me, I live with that fact every time I socialize, and I don't make it anybody's problem but my own. It's time to get over it.

Come to think if it, that's literally what George was trying to convey to BBH in this exact argument. People constantly see what you do and come to opinions about it; it is just a fact of life. The fact that he made an ass out of himself while saying it was directly counterproductive to the good reputation he was so concerned about, lol, but the main message was correct.

[trans-n-enby-stuff]

💜(I'm so sorry this is really long pls forgive me) Hi, I was wondering if I could get some advice? My sister & I have been really close my whole life, we've shared a room for as long as I can remember & we tell each other basically everything. I came out as agender (its easier to explain than demifluid and I'm still a bit iffy on which term describes me best) to her a few days ago & she seemed supportive at first, said she was fine with it & didn't see anything wrong with it...

& she's avoided calling me a girl occasionally. But most of the time it's not like that? Like a few minutes ago we were goofing off and she said "what the heck woman" and stuff like that, I can't tell if she's joking or not or trying to keep me closeted around our parents? I told her not to talk to anyone about it except one of our friends (more on this later) so idk if she's trying to help but the use of gendered language could've easily been avoided. And when I came out she stressed that if I "changed my mind" she would understand. I've also felt really on edge & generally unsafe ever since I came out to her and I don't know whether it's justified. Like I don't think she would purposefully out me but idk anymore. And the friend I mentioned earlier, they came out as nb almost a year ago & I came out to them first, they helped me out a lot when I realized I wasn't cis. But my sis has never bothered correcting herself on their pronouns, even when they've made it clear they use neutral pronouns. She says it's really hard and she's working on it; she generally avoids pronouns around them but when it's just me and her she uses gendered pronouns for them & when I try to correct her she brushes it off. She's also said before that she thought they were "taking the whole gender thing too seriously" But honestly I don't know what to do. She's a really nice person, I love her and I would hate to cause a rift between us, I've been considering going back into the closet but I don't want her to think my being nb was just a phase. Do you have any advice? (Again sorry this was so long I've had this pent up for a while now and it just kinda reached a point I couldn't take it anymore, thank you so much for putting up with me 💜) 

~

Okay my lovely anon friend, firstly no need to apologize, things can be hard to explain sometimes, lots of words are needed from time to time. so! let’s see if i can work through enough of this, sorry if i do miss anything, my brain is a demon sometimes.

being out to only one person in a house can be complicated for all involved. your sister doesn’t want to out you to other people and you don’t want that either, but you also want people to respect your pronouns and your gender. to be honest though, it sounds like your sister isn’t exactly trying real hard to respect you or your friends pronouns. the “woman” comment could just be habit, but considering that she also won’t really use your friend’s pronouns, it seems like she doesn’t really think your pronouns are a big deal. I don’t know what to tell you exactly love, it’s tricky. you might want to talk to her about it, tell her that the gendered stuff upsets you. if it doesn’t work, it’s up to you to decide if you’re okay with her ignoring your pronouns. if not, you could always try some classic things like not responding until she calls you the right thing or similar tactics. 

good luck love, and if you have more questions let me know!

~ Chris