#I'm close to begging

[blakbonnet]

my queers in christ we must fight homogeneity in fandom; it's evil and the death of creativity and a brain killer, we do not want to be smooth uniform identical shiny rocks, reading the same characterisations over and over again, we do not want to reiterate the same takes or the same fics, we want the creepiest weirdos coming up with shit so fantastical that it becomes fantastic, that is the point of it all

[rainybraindays]

Legitimately want Colin Harry and Albion to be besties, I need them talking about how Portia drives them up a wall, I need them trading food recs and them listening to his travel stories, i want him to help them stand up to portia bcause god do they need it. I want them going to Wills and hanging out at balls when their wives are talking to people. please give me the wife guy trio i want it SO bad

[paranormaljones]

Okay media consumers, I'm gonna ask you to follow some lines of logic with me.

For good stories to exist, there needs to be conflict.

For conflict to happen, one or more characters will almost always need to make bad choices.

Just because a character makes one or a few bad choices does not automatically earn them the label of "toxic".

Just because said character does not experience immediate consequences due to their bad choices does not mean that they never will (especially if their story is not yet finished), nor does it mean that their creator is romanticizing or portraying their bad choices in a good light.

I mean, come on. You guys love a good slow burn romance. The least you can do is get used to the idea of slow burn conflict.

Edit:

DO NOT INTERPRET THIS POST AS ME SAYING THAT YOU SHOULDN'T DISAGREE WITH ANY CHARACTER'S ACTIONS EVER. DO NOT DO THAT.

I can tell some of you are already thinking about doing that.

Don't.

Please.

I don't have the energy for that.

[shannonsketches]

I am once again gently but firmly suggesting they give this man the teeth and eyes he deserves

[sheepsgf]

NO ONE SPEAK TO ME😩!!

[andypantsx3]

seeing a lot of discourse about 30 year old women in fandom today, and lemme just say:

all your favorite fics were written by 30+ year olds

[atlasdoe]

"Who's afraid of little old me is about Regulus!!!!"

Have y'all ever heard of Peter Pettigrew????

[siren-of-agony]

The horror of immortal whumpee with superhealing. The horror of not leaving scars. The horror of it's not visible, it's not lasting, so it didn't happen.

You can hurt them and hurt them and hurt them and hurt them and hurt them again.

And everyone just sees clear skin, sees youthfulness. No evidence of suffering remains.

It doesn't look like anything happened to them, so how could they still suffer from it?

Why should others give them empathy, give them care, when there's nothing to care about. Why should they themselves?

Just look at them. Nothing happened.

[planetarythorns]

Give these bitches melanin!!!

[mrtequilasunset]

Important discussions at the communism book club

[futuristicallyshadowyface]

NO NO NO NO NO NO

I HATE GUREN I HATE HIM I HATE HIM SO MUCH NO NO NO NO

I KNEW HIS FUCKING BITCH ASS WASN'T GONNA FUCKING DIE HE ALWAYS DOES THIS "I WAS TEN STEPS AHEAD OF YOU 🤓" BULLSHIT LET HIM FUCKING DIE. HIM DYING AT THE END TO RESURRECT HUMANITY ISN'T ENOUGH. I WANT HIM TO SUFFER

[tubbytarchia]

I really want Jimmy to just snap and sucker punch the fuck out of someone making fun of him and then cry

ME TOO PLEASEE. I need him to kill someone and then cry about it and then feel all better afterward

[uncanny-tranny]

Something kind of funny I never anticipated about crocheting with longer hair was pulling out a piece of my own hair out of my project that I somehow crocheted into it

[stardoor]

Not to doompost but I don't think I've ever been as frustrated by a show renewal as I am with Dead Boy Detectives. It's mainly because of my attachment to the characters and the story, of course, but it's also because it's not reaching as many people that could be interested by it as it should. And it's not something I can do anything about (I've already made 5 friends watch it - they loved it, I've been replaying it in the background - on my 8th rewatch rn). It just feels like wasted potential and everyone, the crew, the fans, will most likely be hurt in the end, no matter the outcome.

Had it been able to show its full potential I wouldn't mind, people are not liking it - fine. But that's not the case. I feel helpless and I'm mad on behalf of everyone involved.

DBD deserves better. Objectively. It really does.

[icy-book]

Henry, Darryl, and Glenn toddler/baby parenting headcanons, brought to you by discussions with my mum, studying attachment in psych currently, and @landrick-lycidas foolishly asking about them.

Henry and Mercedes are definetly on one of the Science-Aware Natural Parenting groups on Facebook. They always had slings ready to carry Lark and Sparrow in, (the twins probably prefered walking and running, so this was for when they got tired and clingy, or when they were babies who couldn't yet walk) and probably ended up amassing a collection, which then became repurposed/given to other parents when the twins were older. Breastfed for as long as possible, and very child led.

Carol and Darryl were much more a set feeding times, bottle-fed only and move Grant onto formula pretty quickly kinda couple. Very American from what I've seen. Grant probably slept in a crib in his own room, and I imagine Carol was a very "Let him cry it out" 90s style of parenting (which had a lot to do with Skinner's operant conditioning stuff!) but I don't think Darryl could bear to hear his son in distress, and would often go comfort him anyway. He probably would have worn those baby carriers if he was as comfortable in himself/his masculinty then as he is at the end of the show. Glenn and Morgan are a very specific kind of parenting I don't know how to describe. They never bought a crib for Nick, and always let him sleep in their bed until he was big enough to need his own. Much like the Oak-Garcias, very child-led but less in a concious, methodical way and more in a punk and/or "we're twenty and don't know what we're doing so lets just try and make our kid as happy as possible" way. Glenn is also definetly a picking up on Nick's alert phases and show reciprocacy kinda guy. In other words: very much a "hey little man" *baby gurgling in response* "hell yeah dude, that sounds wild". Engages a lot with his son's baby babble and treats it like serious conversation, strongly a play/talking kinda dad. Also, picture: Glenn lying on his back with baby Nick resting on his stomach for tummy time. Even then, they were best friends

[pinkvaquita]

Me when I saw Shadow Milk in the beast anouncement: meh, he seems cool I guess Me when they showed his face and voice: ok he is funny, and I like silly characters

Me with the second update: Oh god he is really charming- NO NO-" Me yesterday: NO, I DON'T WANNA FALL FOR A TUMBLR SEXYMAN, NOOOOOOOOOO! Me today: oh my fucking god, oh no-