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timeagainreviews · 13 days ago

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My Wish for the World of Doctor Who

Does anyone find it funny that the only aspect of season two that Tharries didn’t spoil was his cameo? I’ve been bombarded with thumbnails of the Rani and leaks about Omega since before episode one aired. But this? Radio silence. Those NDAs are no joke. Jokes aside, I think it’s lovely that they gave him a cameo. He very clearly loves the show. Plus it gives me hope. If a fairly popular YouTuber can nab a spot on the show, then maybe a barely noticed Tumblr blogger could one day set up the microphones for a Big Finish Torchwood audio. A girl can dream. I like to aim big. Speaking of aiming big, how about that penultimate episode? They really swung for the bleachers, right? Sure, why not?

I’m not apathetic, it’s just hard to write about the first half of a two-parter. And while Davies has delivered one of the more solid seasons of Doctor Who that the show has seen in years, he hasn’t completely gained back the goodwill he lost with the lacklustre “Empire of Death.” While yours truly was more forgiving, many were left deflated by an ending that didn’t quite deliver. While I enjoyed “Wish World,” it’s with a pensive anticipation. There are things I would love to see Davies do, but this is his story, not mine. I would like to think he has more planned than “Gallifrey is back, baybee!” But I wonder how far he plans to take this new shake-up to the Doctor’s reality. Will he make broad strokes, or will he pull back just shy of anything substantial? Are we forging into the great unknown or breaking things and putting them back to the status quo?

When I say substantial, I need you to remember what kind of fan I am. I like Doctor Who weird. I don’t want Davies to “undo the Timeless Children,” or anything so mundane. I want Davies to break Doctor Who so that people stop trying to place it in such rigid constraints. I want Davies to free Doctor Who from the binds of canon. I would love to plunge Doctor Who back into the realm of mystery promised by its title. Doctor Who isn’t the kind of show to really focus on hard facts. Can you name the different Cyberman ships? What was the name of the ridge where the War Doctor carved “No More” into a wall with a laser gun? How many times has the Doctor been 900 years old? None of these things matter to the type of story Doctor Who is. Doctor Who is unique in that its strength is what kills other shows- change. My hope is that Russell T Davies will push Doctor Who further into the realm of fluidity. I want the definition of Doctor Who to expand, not shrink.

Leading into this episode, I was most anticipating Archie Panjabi’s portrayal as the Rani. We have already seen Mrs Flood and can retroactively think of her as the Rani. But we had hardly met our new Rani before the credits rolled last week. I had a good feeling about Archie from the get-go. She has a regality about her. When I saw the photos of her “Wish World” appearance on the Doctor Who socials, I was starting to feel hopeful that they would nail the character. Her deep red coat with the gold studded shoulder pads was giving Kate O’Mara. I’ve always admired the Rani’s penchant for authoritarian power clothes. She looks smart with just a hint of dominatrix. The glimpses of her sonic syringe had me yearning for the toy. I love a good 1:1 replica, and that thing is begging to be electroplated and shipped to my house. My boyfriend better watch out because when that thing arrives, my inner Rani will unleash. She looks the part, she has the toys. So far, so good.

The episode opens in Bavaria, 1865, with the Rani visiting the seventh son of a seventh son of a seventh son. This relates back to the old folklore belief that any seventh consecutive son’s seventh consecutive son will be like a wizard. But if that wizard should then go on to have a seventh son, that son would then be a sorcerer, a sort of font of magic. As I had wondered last week, the Rani seems interested in exploiting magic as she has exploited science. Considering the Toymaker’s accent and Bavaria, I expected this baby to be related to him somehow, especially when the baby is used to turn a woman into flower petals. Not since Billy the Butcher have I seen a character wield a baby like a weapon with such finesse. The Rani kisses wishes off the baby’s head, reducing people to farm animals. The baby’s six brothers are instantly transformed into a flock of mallards. They really should have ducked. Sorry, I really quack myself up. In truth, it’s some cold shit to essentially kill those children. They sand the edges down by making them ducks, but it’s ruthless. Very Rani.

Pulling from the Steven Moffat playbook of starting the second half of a cliff-hanger in a completely different location, we find the Doctor and Belinda awaking in bed together. The room is mid-century modern kitsch. The Doctor (who is going as John Smith) and Belinda kiss one another good morning, and they set about their day. The aesthetics of the ‘50s nuclear family are the perfect backdrop for a story about a fictional world that doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. The Doctor, in his finest John Steed apparel, kisses his fake wife and his Space Baby Poppy goodbye. But reality can’t fully preserve itself, so slips happen as cups fall through tables. Not even Ruby's appearance at the Smiths’ door can shake the Doctor from this waking dream. The stifling fiction of this reality forces people into roles they were never meant to play. They are the invention of an idyllic megalomaniac who thinks men are men, women are women, the poor and disabled don’t exist, and that everything should be bright and sunny all the time. Who do we know that fits that description?

Conrad’s introduction reminded me a lot of George Orwell’s “1984” with Conrad acting as Big Brother. During his constant updates on television, Conrad must reestablish the lie of a world not in step with reality. If Conrad stops concentrating on this fantasy, reality has a shitty way of creeping back in with major consequences, such as flooding. I was amused by the choice to model Conrad’s Doctor Who story book on a Harry Potter book. Whether or not it was intentional, it rings true for a guy who seeks to limit the spectrum of human sexuality and gender. Did anyone else notice the author of the book was I. M. Foreman, like Susan? Interesting. Furthering the 1984 associations, we get Shirley and Ruby (and of course, Tharries) filling the role of the proles. And as Winston wrote “If there is hope, it lies in the proles.” Since Conrad doesn’t consider disabled people as valid, they’re essentially a blind spot in his worldview. Consequently, this provides a lot of agency for them to move about unnoticed. A rebellion is forming right under his nose.

This ragtag rebellion is comprised mostly of people with disabilities. However, Ruby is brought into the fold. Possibly due to her proximity to Conrad, Ruby can see through his facade. It’s revealed that after expressing doubts about Conrad, Ruby is turned in to the thought police by her own mother. Carla is cracking me up at this point. She’s such a traitor! This marks the third time in one reality or another where Carla has completely abandoned Ruby. I’m reminded of Rory Williams and his penchant for dying. I don’t truly believe Carla is a bad mum. It's just funny that a woman who fosters many children’s most consistent character trait is abandonment. After Ruby escapes capture, she is brought into the fold by Shirley. After vetting Ruby, they show her a UNIT tablet from before reality shifted. Ruby doesn’t recognise the device but it feels familiar. In their world, phones are still things attached to the wall, like the one Carla used to betray Ruby. With this tablet, they’re able to pinpoint Conrad’s location during his transmissions. We’ve yet to discover if and how that will come into play.

I liked that this group of outcasts were diverse, but one aspect I found weird was that they were all so young. This isn’t to say that they didn’t breach the topic of ageism. Mel’s status as a single older woman makes her invisible in her own right. But it would have been nice to see some older people in the ranks of the rebellion. It reminded me of “Alien Romulus”, which felt very aimed toward young people. Compare the cast of “Alien,” where the ages of the crew were varied. Call me out of touch, but I don’t understand this modern inclination to appeal to young people by assuming they can’t identify with older, if not elderly, characters. I got into Twin Peaks as a teenager, and that show is full of old people. Some of my favourite Doctors are old people. It’s not a huge issue, I simply find it strange. This episode has its share of elderly representation with Mel, Mrs Flood, and Susan Triad. But it feels out of step to say a group of disabled people are capable of fighting a rebellion while leaving out the elderly. Like I said, it’s not a huge issue, just weird.

John Smith works at UNIT- Unified National Insurance Team. It’s the same UNIT tower but in a completely separate line of work. Susan Triad is back in her “The Devil’s Chord” attire. Colonel Ibrahim has traded his tactical gear for a work-appropriate suit and tie. It’s like the set of Mad Men, except there’s a giant shipping box containing the Vlinx. While at work, John Smith experiences a couple of different slips. First, when he refers to Ibrahim as beautiful, something in Conrad’s world that a man should never say about another man. And again, when wondering who the Rani is as she flies her bone scooter up to a skeletal tower à la the Wicked Witch of the West. I mused last week that the Rani is too scrupulous to squabble with past incarnations as to who is in charge. However, even that narrative is beginning to show cracks in the presence of reality. While Mrs Flood may have sprung Conrad out of his cell, she and he have found themselves trapped in their own respective circumstances. The jailor and the prisoner are both left to rot while the Rani is free to do as she pleases. But what is she doing?

One thought that has remained with me since “Wish World” is, why would the Rani wish to bring back Time Lord society? To what end would the Rani benefit from resurrecting Gallifrey? Historically, the Rani has been labelled a “Renegade Time Lord,” alongside the Doctor and the Master. She wasn’t exactly in high standing with the Time Lords. And yet, within her palace is a giant Seal of Rassilon. This leads me to believe it’s not entirely about resurrecting the Time Lords, her dear friends. This feels more like her positioning herself to rule over the Time Lords. In the same way that she wouldn’t revere the Time Lords, I have a hard time imagining she holds any warmth toward Omega. Omega feels more like a means to an end; another source of power for her to manipulate. Going by the preview for next week’s episode, it sounds like she plans to use Omega’s body to rebuild Gallifrey. It's mythic in scale, drawing parallels to Norse mythology where the world was created from the body of a dead frost giant.

The Rani’s bone palace is a perplexing location. I don’t fully understand why her tower and its sentinels needed to be made of bone, but perhaps we will get an explanation next week. Or perhaps its just some weird shit Davies thought would look cool. Which, it does. Though it is amusing that while forming this fortress, the Rani saw fit to include a little bone kitchenette where Mrs Flood can make Conrad’s sandwiches. I did wonder if this palace was actually the Rani’s TARDIS, but that doesn’t explain the sentinels. If they aren’t her TARDIS, where is it? Historically, the Rani has always had a cool TARDIS. I would love a peek inside a modern version. We know she can travel in time as she was in Bavaria, so I expect to see it at some point. Unlike the Doctor’s TARDIS, the chameleon circuit still works, so it could be hiding in plain sight.

John Smith continues struggling with doubt when Conrad’s transmission is disrupted by Rogue contacting the Doctor from a Hell dimension called green screen. If you’ll recall from last year, I’m a Rogue girlie, so I was very excited to see him again. Belinda calls the thought police on John after finding him slipping cups through the dinner table. However, this is all part of the Rani’s plan. She brings the Doctor and Belinda back to her palace under the pretence of thought crimes. But it’s just an excuse for the Rani to exposit her entire plan to the Doctor. For a moment, I felt something in the pit of my stomach akin to worry. It was beginning to feel like the Master talking at the Thirteenth Doctor while she stood around doing nothing. But Davies smartly draws attention to this, informing us that the exposition is the point. The Rani intended for the Doctor to see through her ruse. She needed the power of a Time Lord’s doubt to undo reality. She needed Conrad to create a reality so unrealistic that only a red-pilled Broganite like himself could imagine it. Both he and the Doctor are merely pawns in the Rani’s quest to break apart reality so that she may find Omega underneath.

What Davies has done is essentially given himself the license to rewrite the mythology of Doctor Who. When he puts the world back into place, he can essentially reshape it. He has said recently that Gallifreyan lore will be rewritten. For my money, Gallifreyan lore has always been a bit shit anyway, so I’m fairly open to the prospect. Furthermore, in the aftermath of the Chibnall era, Doctor Who’s entire narrative has felt murky. Is the First Doctor just a fob watched version of the Fugitive Doctor who only thinks he grew up on Gallifrey? If so, whose leg did Clara grab? Who slept in the Doctor’s crib? So far, Davies has remained a bit vague on the situation, which has left many in the fandom waiting for the proverbial other shoe to drop. As I said above, I’m not looking for Davies to undo the Timeless Children, but some clarity would be nice. There are, however, some interesting context clues that could indicate which direction Davies might take the narrative.

The language over the Doctor’s origins has recently sided more on the Time Lord from Gallifrey aspect over the Timeless Child from wherever aspect of the narrative. They even refer to Omega as the first of the Time Lords. While yes, you could say that it takes more than the Timeless Child’s regeneration to make a Time Lord, it is a rather decisive way to say it, don’t you think? Furthermore, something that stuck out to me was the montage of classic Doctor’s faces, particularly the order in which they are presented. Unlike “Rogue,” which gave us a random assortment of the Doctor’s previous faces, we’re given the Doctors in chronological order. Or are we? We start with the First Doctor, William Hartnell, but shouldn’t we be starting with Jo Martin? Instead, Jo Martin is slipped in between Thirteen and Fourteen. But the War Doctor is placed in chronological order, not by his appearance. Had he been listed by his appearance, he would have been slotted between Eleven and Twelve, but here he’s shown between Eight and Nine. Perhaps because it pertains to the Doctor’s memory, they are presented in the order in which the Doctor remembers these incarnations. It’s not as though the War Doctor was forgotten by the Doctor. It may be nothing, but it's interesting that the show seems to be gravitating toward the traditional form of the narrative while still embracing aspects of the new narrative. It’s this sort of thing that makes me think we will see a kind of amalgam of the two.

The aspect of the story which stood out the most to me was Poppy. Why is Poppy here? And more importantly, what does the Doctor mean when he says Poppy is real? What implications does that have on the story? One thing we never did learn in “Space Babies” was who was making the Space Babies and why. Was the Rani attempting to create new Gallifreyans? Is that why they talk? Are any of the Space Babies going to grow up to be Susan? Is Poppy the Timeless Child? Is Susan secretly the Timeless Child? I have a hard time imagining children on Gallifrey. Specifically, new Time Lord children. I can picture the Doctor as a kid. I can picture the scarlet-clad children running in the 50th anniversary special. But I have a hard time imagining the Time Lords as reproductive. So much so that the Doctor has been alive for millennia and is only recently getting comfortable with the concept. Though I do find it funny that the closer the Doctor gets to embracing romance and sexuality, the less he mentions his age. My point, however, is that I don’t take Time Lords to be the type to reproduce. And not in that “genetic looms as canon” manner, or even asexuality, but rather in that “removed from the mundanity of having a body” sort of way. My thought of Time Lord society is that a large portion of Time Lords were dead on their feet. Ineffective and affected. Effete to a fault. They would definitely grow Space Babies.

Sadly, one of my predictions about Doctor Who has not come true. Mrs Flood is not some storytelling god with the ability to cancel Doctor Who. Fears of cancellation weren’t the most brazen of marketing gimmicks, but rather a harsh possibility. It’s a real shame when you consider Doctor Who is currently on an uptick in quality, but so was the Cartmel era and they still took it off the air. Something I think Davies could have done better was to reassert the narrative when he returned. There were large portions of the fandom who wanted to see him erase the Timeless Children from the show completely. Some fans were afraid he would do just that. Meanwhile, I found myself somewhere in the middle where I simply wanted him to make it work. His desire to please everyone has left a lot of people unhappy. Because of this, next week’s episode feels pivotal. Will Davies finally let the proverbial other shoe drop? I’d like to hope that Davies is improving the sandbox. I’m hoping that he will use this reality disruption as a chance at a clean slate. Marvel shook up continuity with Battleworld, why can’t Doctor Who do it?

I hope that Davies has more in store than sensationalism. Perhaps a surprise regeneration replacing Ncuti Gatwa with Billie Piper would get people to tune in next year. But a bit of clarity in the wake of the disastrous Chibnall era would help retain said audience. I don’t just want spectacle from this finale, I want a statement of intent. Davies has danced around these concepts long enough. In the same manner, it’s up to us as fans to remember to watch next week. Because this could be it for Doctor Who proper. Do you really want the last Doctor Who you watch to be “The War Between the Land and the Sea”? Of course you don’t. That’s why I’m going to the theatre next week to watch the episode. That’s why I rewatch the episodes on iPlayer. We need to show up so people know we still love Doctor Who. Who knows if ratings still mean what they meant in the pre-streaming era? Probably not. Let’s not put it to the test. Unless, of course, you think Doctor Who should have some downtime. I get that the current era may not be your cuppa, but Doctor Who can’t change if it doesn’t exist.

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snapghoul · 10 months ago

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Why Twisters is an amazing movie

Brought to you by snapghoul and their film degree

I really love analyzing films and I need to talk about this movie so badly. Get cozy, grab a nice drink because this is a long one.

Spoilers below

[ Part 2 ]

1) Disaster film - Human vs Nature

Disasters films are one of the most difficult movies to write and shoot because it’s human vs nature and people can only do so much. They are to remind us that we are very fragile, nature very dangerous, and a visual metaphor for the illusion of control. Making a film like this also requires a lot of CGI or a balanced mix of practical effects which in most films today is not as common due to budget.

When looking at films like San Andres (2015) or Day After Tomorrow (2004), both films are more action based. San Andres is written worse to worse before it gets better which is externally common in films like these, the earth quakes that lead to a tsunami and so on. The film also ends with the hopeful “we won” with the American flag and everyone recovering.

What makes Twisters stand out is the presence of the disasters are there but they aren’t what drive the characters solely, the tornadoes themselves are actually a subplot. It’s not tragedy after tragedy, like there’s an ungodly amount of tornadoes at once and people are dying left and right. And when people died it wasn’t graphic, I appreciated that very much that it was only people being swept away and not bloody. The tornadoes themselves only take up about 30 minutes of the 2 hour movie, which is very little compared to other storm films.

The main story is Kate working to overcome her trauma and relearning how to love chasing and being in the field again. They are an obstacle that do end being the “antagonist” towards the end of the film where Kate drives into the EF5 to stop it. Twisters is more written in a way to respect nature, to see the beauty and the power of the earth. Twisters also ends more ambiguous, there is the moment of triumph but it’s very short lived before the resolution of Javi, Kate and Tyler at the airport.

2) Kate’s Character & Relationships

Kate is one of the best written female protagonists I’ve seen in a very long time. Through the film she is struggling to over come a lot of trauma while also trying to juggle her crumbled friendship with Javi and her disconnection with her mother. Her struggles are very real, they weren’t played down or exaggerated, she had realistic response to being in a tornado again after the death of her friends. They also show her reliving that event many times, in the beginning we see a “ghost” of Jeb telling she’s okay, the moment she sees a tornado with Javi up close, she stumbles back and the voices of Jeb as they’re riding out the storm in the pool and how she grabs Tyler’s hand for a second to see if he was still there.

I personally loved that she refused to acknowledge her fear when around others because that is a very human thing, many people do it which makes her very dimensional and relatable. How she didn’t give Ben her last name, how she told Riggs she wasn’t scared. It’s such a real things that it makes me froth at the mouth because it such good writing.

As many people are upset that Kate and Tyler didn’t kiss, I actually agree on why they cut it out, it’s not about their budding romance. In movies there are many different subplots, in Twisters, Kate and Tyler are I would say around subplot C. Which I LOVED, i loved that they didn’t have all her problems fixed by a love interest or how his character downplayed her intelligence. In fact he elevated her character, Tyler is there to remind her the passion and fun of their field, he is also a blank slate with Kate, he has no preconceptions about her or history which allows her to open up and reignite her passion she had before.

And her hair symbolism! How we see it slowly gets more brown and less bright beach blonde that we see in New York.

Kate and Javi’s relationship I would also place at subplot B, Javi trying to get Kate back in the field but doing it in a not so right way. They have some unresolved issues between them regarding the trauma they share and it rears its head multiple times. The line “three of my best friends died while you were trying to land a big fat grant.” Was a real nail in the coffin for them but also it opened Javi’s character development up for the end of the film. Not only that but they and audience known that he agreed to getting the money at the beginning. So them splitting up was good because neither of them could get what they wanted or process anything when they were together. And in the end the come back together when they grow and change.

Also have to mention Kate and her mom, because it’s more growth for Kate, her mom comes in as the mentor character type, she refused to let Kate throw anything away and pushed her and Tyler together because she saw what he was doing.

3) Tyler Owens & The Wranglers

Of course I have to talk about our favorite tornado cowboy. His character is so interesting, he adds so much to each character, like a said above he only lifted Kate up.

But what I loved most about him was the infectious enthusiasm and passion he just oozed about weather. Even with the cocky YouTube personality he was having fun which was a contrast to Javi and Kate who were there on business. He is also very bright, instead of having a self taught chaser he had a degree, he knows what he’s doing and how to be safe while doing stupid stuff. The scenes where we see him showing her science side were some of my favorites, seeing him geek out over the storms and setting up models just showed he’s as much as a nerd and Kate.

His character is also very compassionate as well as the wranglers. We learn they sell merch so they can provide free food and water to survivors, that Tyler and Boone spent a while looking for a dog and that Lilly offered Kate food before she left. We see Tyler put himself in danger for the safety of others many times but not in a hero archetype way, he’s not a hero in any way, he’s a man who deeply cares, understands tragedy and knows how important friends and family are.

4) Music & Sound

Oh my god, the music in the film is phenomenal. Sound makes up a good majority of a movie, without good sound a film can flop. What I loved most about it was a lot of the music was diegetic: taking place in the world and can be heard by the characters. Seen(or heard) Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma playing through the speakers as the wranglers roll up, accompanied by a shot of the loud speakers on the motor home and the audio editing to make it sound like it’s coming from said speakers. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky blasting while they go to shoot fireworks, seeing Tyler whipping the truck through the field very recklessly also sets up that these characters are wild and obnoxious. Boone singing along to Dead End Road while loading flares, it adds another element of fun for them to interact with the music instead of it there so let for aesthetics.

If there was music for the action scenes, it wasn’t overpowering, in fact i barely noticed it until my third watch through.

The soundtrack is also really good, I’m not a huge country fan but my god did I by that OST vinyl so fast.

5) The Trucks

This is an honorable mention, but the red sped up dually ram was a character in its self. Once again showing the rugged and fun loving wranglers when put next to StormPAR’s pristine white trucks which is also a metaphor for Javi that we see it gets dirtier and dirtier as the film progresses and his character changes. But also how the red ram represents Tyler, he’s very safety oriented and the truck is a part of him and protects Kate during the final storm. She puts her trust in it and lets nature run it course instead of fighting it, something Tyler was trying to teach her. Not to run from it but to ride it.

But also Tyler ripping that rig through fields going 75mph is also just so funny to me.

I love symbolism.

I’m gonna stop it here before I write a whole essay about this which I might. But if you haven’t seen this movie I highly recommend it, it’s PG-13 so I suggest being careful watching this with little ones if you have them, the CGI storms can get a little freaky.

(Please let me know if you want more, I will gladly talk more)

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judesmoonbeauty · 8 months ago

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The Robin’s Unaware of Ultimate Evil Behind The Scenes: Jude Jazza Chapter 1

Fan translation only. Not 100% accurate. Please expect grammatical errors. Cybird owns everything. Feel free to re-blog, but please do not post my translations elsewhere. Thank you, for you support! ☾.

It was extremely quiet that day.

I hadn’t heard the voice I normally do, and it wasn’t until sunset I noticed something was off.

(Come to think of it, I ain’t seen her today.)

Just as I noticed and started to consider the voice’s absent owner, Ellis opened his mouth like he was calling out my thoughts.

Ellis: Kate went out today.

Jude: Ha?

Ellis: Was I wrong? It seemed like you were looking for someone, so that’s why I thought that.

(Creep, ya misunderstood.)

(I ain’t lookin’ for her.)

Not bothering to respond, I pick up my pace when Ellis started talking about I didn’t ask about.

Ellis: It's a party she’s been looking forward to for a while.

Ellis: It was planned by a baroness who rose from the working class, and said that even working people need to have fun.

Ellis: I think she was invited by someone from her previous workplace, and she thought she’d give it a try.

Jude: Yer well informed.

Ellis: I just saw her off.

Jude: Oh, yeah.

Ellis: I said hello for Jude too.

Jude: Do whatever ya want.

As I walked faster to get back to my room —

???: Ah, you two!

I turned around to find pink hair in front of me, and sensing trouble I scowled.

Ellis: Liam, what’s wrong.

Liam: I was asked to deliver a message for you to go to the office when you returned.

Jude: It’s just to get another mission from her Majesty the Queen, innit?

Liam: I think so, but it seems like Kate might be involved.

Jude: ….Hah?

When I furrow my brow at the spun name, Liam quickly shakes his head.

Liam: Don’t worry it doesn’t seem like she was attacked or involved in any kind of incident.

Ellis: Okay, thanks Liam.

I quicken my pace as I glance at him leaving with a wave of his hand.

Ellis: I wonder what he means by it’s related to Kate.

Without even responding to Ellis’ words, I threw open the office door,

Victor: Welcome back, that was quick.

Jude: Whaddaya smilin’ for ol’ man.

Victor: Nothing, you just came much sooner than expected.

Victor: I just thought it was because of Kate’s name being mentioned.

Jude: I’m leavin’.

Victor: Wait, wait, it’s actually about a mission!

Victor seemed impatient with me as I mentally clicked my tongue, and turned to leave.

(Ya ain’t one to be in a hurry though.)

Ellis: So, what’s it about it?

Victor: Her Majesty the Queen has heard of a drug deals happening,

Victor: You’re ordered to go to the scene and secure the main culprit.

Apparently, a certain aristocrat living in London is supplying drugs to the working class.

The instant I learned about the venue, the atmosphere changed.

Victor: The site is at the party Kate’s attending.

Jude: …..What’s that idiot doin’.

Victor: It seems safe to say that the Baroness who’s hosting the party is the one running the drugs.

(I thought it was just some street party.)

She hosts parties for non-aristocratic working people.

Although she was formerly of the working class, I was puzzled as to why she did something that wouldn’t make money —

(So that princess joined without knowin’ nothin’.)

(‘Though you’ve seen so many people’s evil intentions with Crown, ya didn’t even question it.)

Victor: Infiltrate the party, arrest the drug dealers, and capture the baroness.

Victor: That’s the mission given you this time.

Ellis: Shall we kill those involved?

Ellis asked with an unchanged expression as usual,

Victor: I’ll leave it up to you guys.

And as usual, Victor leaves it up to us —

Victor: AH, BUT THERE’S ONE PROBLEM!

There isn’t.

Jude: Don’t speak so loud all the sudden, yer so noisy.

Victor: I’m sorry, I just wanted to say one thing.

Victor: I want you to carry this out without Kate finding out.

(Yer sayin’ somethin’ I don’t get again.)

Victor: Kate was really looking forward to today’s party.

Victor: You know that too, right Ellis?

Ellis: Yeah, she seemed happier than usual.

Victor: She always works so hard, but I want her to forget about work for today.

Victor: So, the plan is for you to work behind the scenes to complete the mission and protect Kate!

I clicked my tongue at Victor who clapped his hands excitedly which lured Ellis in to clap too.

Jude: I understand the mission, but why should we protect the princess.

Victor: What if she’s forced to take drugs….! You’d be worried right?

Ellis: I don’t want that to happen because I want Kate to be happy.

Victor: That’s right, isn’t it? So, we have to protect her!

And then as usual, the signal was given to start the mission, ignoring my opinion.

Victor: Now then, loyalty to your evil.

Along with a click of my tongue.

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bunniebubbleswrites · 1 month ago

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KATE IS IN THE NEW EPISODE. I REPEAT KATE LETHBRIDGE STEWART IS IN THE NEW EPISODE! THIS IS NOT A DRILL PEOPLE!

Spoliers below the cut :) Also please forgive any spelling errors and inconsistencies it's like 3am when I'm writing this, also this might just be me rambling.

Not super happy that it seems that they're deciding to go with her being in a romantic relation ship with Colonel Ibrahim, but I guess I'll just have to deal.

Anyways this episode was fucking crazy. I have so many thoughts but no words.

To start, I love the fact that Ruby is just no okay after her time with the doctor. All the other companions seems to be doing just fine from what I've seen.

It's honestly kind of refreshing to see that not all of the doctors companions seems to walk away seemingly okay.

Conrad is such a well written bad-guy- if that's what you want to call him- I really did hate him through out the episode and I think that just goes to show how well Jonah Hauer - King portrayed him.

Corand decives, not only us as the watcher but Ruby as well. He betrays her. It makes sense that at the end of the episode that he goes after Conrad. Conrand hurt his friend, he hurt Ruby.

Anyways time to talk about Kate!

Jemma was amazing in this episode, as she usually is.

Her outfit at the begining of the episode was just -chef's kiss,- perfect. I didn't know I needed to see her in a turtle neck until I saw it. Thank you to the people who do wardrobe.

And we know that Kate dose not fuck around. So she took that stunt as an actually threat, which isn't suprising.

Conrad starts to make false statments about UNIT and of course she gets mad. It's not only her life's work but her fathers.

Also UNIT being under fire. It always shocks me when people don't remember certain things. And maybe i've missed this but how do people not remember the giggle? Can some explain that to me, because with how many times I'v watched that speical alone (it's my favorite one so far) that's never been explained. I don't think it was explained in any of the later episodes.

Anyways-

Later on in the episode when Conrad infultrates the UNIT building with a gun. Kate goes full mom mode. Which has to be one of my favorite scenes from the episode.

Conrad points the gun at Ruby and she steps in front of her, to keep her safe. He also insulted the fucking brigadier. Thats what I think sent Kate over the edge. Also after the Shreek is back in it's containment and everyone has been taking to the hospital. Kate talks to Ruby and comforts her. Which was a really sweet moment.

I love the comment that Shirely makes about Ruby collecting moms.

She fully was going to let Conrad get attacked to prove a point. It was kind of off putting, but I loved it. It showed us a side of Kate that we don't really ever see. She was ready to prove to the world that everything UNIT did/does is imporant to their protection.

And to be honest I would've just let the Shreek take Conrad. I think that's what Kate was going to but Ruby stopped it.

The Doctor is so much better than me because I would have given Conrad to the Shreek, but that's what makes the doctor, The Doctor.

I think I've voice all my thoughts but I'm sure I'll have more.

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nightghoul381 · 6 months ago

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Ellis Twilight ~ Main Route Mad Love Chapter 22

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Ellis: “I’m back.”

Kate: “Welcome home, Ellis.”

Ellis: “Welcome back, Kate.”

Crown Castle has an imposing Gothic presence.

It was like being trapped in a cage with no way out, surrounded by forests and ponds.

That first night of despair seems like a distant memory.

Kate: “…I feel relieved to be back.”

Ellis: “Me too. I wanted to come back here with you as soon as possible.”

Roger: “Anyway, I’m gonna go drink a beer.”

Roger’s footsteps echoed as he walked toward the dining room.

Kate: “Oh, Roger, thank you for your help.”

Roger: “Yeah. The extent of you and Ellis’ injuries and how they’ve been healing won’t hinder your daily lives.”

Roger: “Just don’t be too ‘reckless’ when you’re making out.”

Kate: “Hey, Roger!”

Ellis: “How reckless can I be?”

Kate: “Ellis!?”

Ellis asked this with a straight face and Roger’s shoulders shook as he laughed.

Roger: “Just go easy on her so she doesn’t break.”

Ellis: “I think that’s okay then.”

Ellis: “I intend to be so gentle that Kate doesn’t feel any pain or discomfort.”

Roger: “Alright. I’m happy for you, little lady.”

Roger left with a teasing smile curling the corners of his lips.

(Ugh…)

As I looked down, blushing bright red, I heard the sound of other footsteps running towards me.

It was the maid who was assigned to my room and always looked after me…

Room maid: “Miss Kate, what on earth happened to you!?”

As she communicated with sign language, the maid’s face looked somewhat flustered.

Room maid: “Master Ellis, your shirt is wrinkled too!”

When we were rescued, our clothes were covered in blood, but Roger washed them lightly to remove the blood.

(But we haven’t ironed them, and at the doctor’s office, we only hung them out to dry somewhere…)

From the maid’s point of view, we may look embarrassing with our clothes all rumpled and tattered.

Room maid: “Both of you, please take a bath and change your clothes immediately!!”

Kate: “Y-yes!”

The maid’s face was so serious that I couldn’t help but nod—

While I was being taken to the bathroom, other maids gathered around me.

Before I knew it, Ellis and I were thrown into separate bathrooms.

Part 2

When I had changed into my clothes and went to the dining room, I found Jude smoking a cigarette in a sulky mood by the window.

Jude: “……”

Also in the dining room that night were Lord Elbert and Alfons, who were rarely seen in the morning.

I hadn’t had many conversations with Lord Elbert, but…

The way they stood next to each other, Alfons looked like the darkness to his light.

Elbert: “Al, is this teaspoon beautiful?”

Porcelain-white hands picked up the polished silverware on the table.

Alfons: “Well, what do you think? It’s not the most beautiful thing in the world, is it?”

Elbert: “What about this knife?”

The knife had a handle made of mother-of-pearl—

Elbert: “How about this?”

Sterling silver tongs and crystal jam pots,

There was also a pierced work cake basket with an elegant openwork design--

Every time Lord Elbert asked if something was beautiful, Alfons would find fault with each thing one by one.

Alfons: “The things here are all top-notch, but none of them are the exceptionally beautiful thing that you’re looking for, Lord El.”

Alfons: “That’s the end of the product review. Come now, it’s about time you had your meal.”

Alfons: “Before the food here gets cold and the chef becomes disheartened.”

Alfons began stuffing food into Elbert’s lustrous, apple-like red lips.

(Whaaat!?)

Elbert: “…Al, what did you feed me just now?” 6421 & 22

Alfons: “I don’t know? I’m sure Liam and Harry would love it.”

Elbert: “…Yes.”

The unfamiliar interaction between the two of them made me feel excited and nervous in a different way than when I was with Ellis.

Kate: “Um, Jude… Lord Elbert looks like he’s being force-fed!”

Jude: “……”

Kate: “This is…okay?"

Jude’s fixed gaze halted my words.

Jude: “Hah, what kinda question is that? I’m sure there’s something else ya meant to ask.”

Part 3

Jude: “Hah, what kinda question is that? I’m sure there’s something else ya meant to ask.”

Jude let out a sigh, and a round ring of smoke suddenly appeared.

(What I meant to ask is…)

Immediately, I look at Jude, who I hadn’t seen for a several days.

(Ellis came by himself to rescue me when I was kidnapped.)

Although Jude didn’t show up, it was hard to believe he didn’t know about the incident.

(That means…)

(Meanwhile, Jude was doing something—no way!)

Kate: “Jude, have you found out who was behind my kidnapping?”

Jude: “Of course.”

Jude, with his lips twisted like that, had never felt more reliable.

Jude: “When I tried to use Ellis to investigate, he ran off to help ya without even askin’ me.”

Jude: “It was a pain that I couldn’t use ‘im when it mattered.”

Alfons: “Jude’s been extremely busy lately with the company president’s assistant and personal assassin, Ellis, away from home.”

Alfons: “Apparently he was working twice as hard after investigating the Privy Council for releasing the gang members.”

It looked like Lord Elbert had finished his meat, and Alfons, who seemed to be in the mood, began to talk to me.

Kate: “Um, what do you mean, the Privy Council…?”

Alfons: “Oh, I see you don’t know yet, Kate.”

Alfons: “The Privy Council, advisory body to Her Majesty the Queen, is, to put it bluntly, on bad terms with Crown.”

Alfons: “They’re always looking for an opportunity to get rid of us.”

Jude: “The reason they kidnapped ya was to take down Crown.”

(It was the Privy Council that kidnapped me and tried to take my life…)

Ellis: “…So you’ve discovered the mastermind behind Kate’s abduction.”

At that moment, Ellis, who had finally finished getting changed, showed up in the dining room—

Part 4

Ellis: “…So you’ve discovered the mastermind behind Kate’s abduction.”

At that moment, Ellis, who had finally finished getting changed, showed up in the dining room—

Ellis: “Jude, give me that information.”

Ellis: “I intend to thoroughly investigate those involved in Kate’s kidnapping.”

His quiet voice was tinged with anger.

The moment I saw his expression, a chill ran down my spine.

(This is the first time I’ve seen Ellis look like this…)

Compared to the expression I saw in the blood-filled ruins… this was much colder.

Kate: “Ellis…”

Without thinking, I ran over to him and grabbed him by the sleeve of his shirt.

Ellis: “Kate, you took a bath. Mmm, you smell nice.”

Suddenly, Ellis’ expression changed, he hugged me and buried his nose in my hair.

Ellis: “Did you apply medicine to your wounds properly?”

Kate: “Y-yes, I applied it properly.”

Ellis: “That’s good.”

He smiled at me gently, and the cold, dark look in his eyes from before was gone.

Alfons: “Oh my, perhaps you two are.”

Alfons made a heart shape with his hands…

***CHOICES***

1. Feign ignorance

**2. Stare at Ellis +4 +4**

3. Get red

***

Kate: “Um, well…that’s…”

I glanced over at Ellis and he was looking back at me.

Ellis: “Fufu, should I tell everyone?”

(Is it better to let everyone know…?)

I thought I’d managed to hide it somehow, but my behavior may have been obvious to everyone.

(I am somewhat aware of that…)

Ellis: “Kate and I became lovers.”

As I fidgeted beside him, Ellis declared it matter-of-factly.

Kate: “Ah, Ellis…!”

Alfons: “Well, Congratulations on that.”

Elbert: “…I thought you’d been together for a long time.”

The congratulatory applause from Alfons and Elbert somehow tickled my heart.

(But, if I’d taken one wrong step…I wouldn’t be enjoying this happiness right now.)

Part 5

(But, if I’d taken one wrong step…I wouldn’t be enjoying this happiness right now.)

The realization that I had been saved and the happiness of being able to be by Ellis’ side once again welled up inside me.

(And… I haven’t spoken to Jude yet.)

Kate: “Jude, and Ellis… I’m truly sorry about what happened.”

Kate: “I regret leaving the castle without permission and getting kidnapped, and putting Crown in danger.”

I once again apologized to the two of them for the inconvenience I caused.

Jude: “Verbal apologies won’t do ya any good.”

From my deeply bowed head, I heard the sound of his tongue clicking above me.

Jude: “You were just dragged into this ‘cause of a grudge against Crown, it ain’t on ya to feel responsible.”

(--Huh? What just happened?)

I thought for sure he’d say something like ‘If yer truly remorseful, show it ‘n work like a horse.”

Jude: “Although, ya know…”

Jude: “Ellis abandoned his guard duty. The princess’s actin’ selfishly.”

Jude: “I don’t really care about Crown. I just want ya to pay me for all the trouble you’ve caused me.”

Jude: “Yer gonna hafta work twice as hard to make up for the time ya missed. Ain’t ya just so happy ya could cry?”

(Well, it’s just as I expected after all…!)

Kate: “Y-yes!”

Ellis: “You can work me harder too.”

When Ellis and I both nodded, Jude smiled, the corners of his lips curling up.

Jude: “—In that case, let’s get started right away.”

Jude: “I’ve a direct order from Her Majesty the Queen to kill the Councilman who released the gang members.”

(The Councilman…the mastermind behind my kidnapping?)

I was left speechless when I heard that the order for the assassination came from Her Majesty the Queen.

Ellis: “Can I kill him with my own hands?”

Jude: “Do whatever ya like.”

(…)

Kate: “Please wait a moment.”

Kate: “Even if that person was the one who tried to kill me this time, and the mastermind behind trying to eliminate Crown…”

Kate: “Isn’t it a bit of a leap to give an order to assassinate someone just for that?”

Jude: “I confirmed he had ties to gangs. He received a lot of donations, ‘n had some bad blood goin’ on.”

Jude: “Oh, there’s more.”

Jude: “He had a keen sense of Crown’s presence regarding the kidnappin’.”

Jude: “He’s the one who plotted to use this incident to undermine Crown.”

Jude: “What’s more, he even pressured the police to turn a blind eye to the incident. He’s a really smart man when it comes to protectin’ himself.”

I was left speechless by the facts that Jude had discovered.

Jude: “No matter how ya look at it, he’s a right villain, aint’ he?”

Jude’s smile said the man’s condemnation was justified.

I had no more words to argue.

--It’s time for Crown to defeat evil with evil.

After hearing the truth that Jude had uncovered, I was in Ellis’ room.

When I tried to put down the cup of piping hot milk that I had wrapped in both hands, our hands touched…

Ellis: “…”

Next Chapter

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nica-my-beloved · 1 year ago

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This is just my impression so far on the MCs of Ikemen Series. I have seen posts about Ikemen MC not having enough spite, dumb, damsel and distress etc etc....and to some point I do agree with it. Even I made a post about MCs being overly positive. But at the same time I feel like this is done on purpose from the writers' part.

Let's just say it, the MCs are not really that relatable even though they try to make it look like that. MCs in these games are very kind-hearted for no reason, overly positive and lack basic common sense. For example, take this scene from Harry's story event:

Harry did mention to her before this that he can detect if a person is lying or not when he makes eye-contact. In the scene mentioned above, a person with common sense can easily tell that Harry lost on purpose. But for some reason Kate thought he lost because she was able deceived him. It is only later that Harry told her and Kate looked genuinely surprised. I don't think Kate is dumb. But I feel like the writers think we players are not that smart enough to distinguish between Harry's lies and truth. It makes me laugh some times.

I just honestly feel like MCs are portrayed this way so that we players could understand the game and its characters better. Like Paimon from genshin, who repeats everything in baby terms so that we could understand what we have to do (even if her screechy noise is annoying). MCs here are played by us, so when male characters has a plan that they don't reveal, MCs try to find out what their plan is so that we could understand. That's it. MCs are here just simplify the story to make us understand the character's better. They'll only ask the male characters what's needed to know right now and not anything extra. If it where a realistic MCs, she would ask more logical questions like:

Is Victor also cursed?

If Crown consists of only 'cursed' people and Victor went around to search these people, are there any 'cursed' people out there who rejected his request?

More questions on their abilities like: Can Harry still detect lies if someone closes their eye? Can Elbert trigger sad memories if a person doesn't have a sad memory? etc etc...

But we don't see Kate asking these questions.

I feel like the reason why we feel sometimes frustrated when MCs act in a certain way is because these MCs are not at all realistic. I'll never believe that someone with common sense did not try to run away after watching a murder happen. I'll never believe that someone with common sense falling into easy traps. Like this one scene from Silvio's story where, Silvio's daddy visits Rhodolite because his lost son is found and he also wants to know if Rhodolite King is dead blah blah blah...you guys know that story (I assume). Emma has to choose the next King without Silvio's dad knowing and they wait for Sariel's call. A servant comes to Emma's room to call both her and Rio. This servant itself is sus because Emma clearly states that she hasn't seen that servant before. When I read this, I immediately knew it was red flag. But even so, Emma and Rio ignores the red flag and goes with the servant and what do you know? They get kidnapped. The scene was very predictable. But it's so frustrating because, realistically speaking I think normal people would feel a little bit suspicious about the person given the situation. Maybe even question the servant. That's why I'm saying...I do feel MCs are not realistic enough. I don't think anyone is overly-kindhearted to the point that they would accept insults from the male leads and be like "I'm going to prove myself to you!". Normal people would just be like "fuck off!" and won't listen to their insults. No one is so dumb it fall into easy traps and no normal person is like "I will work hard to get to know them better." Majority of the people are way smarter and way selfish (not in a bad way though!). Many people have attitude, not everyone are kind to strangers. That's why MCs are not realistic, so there is no use in comparing MC to your personality or your intelligence. They are just tools for explaining the story in a simplified way and moving the plot forward. Because like I said, if Emma and Rio didn't go with the servant and get kidnapped, Silvio's story wouldn't move forward.

That's all. This no hate, this is just how I felt after reading quite amount of stories both in-game and on tumblr. MC's don't have much background because the writers don't really put too much thought about their personality. MCs are basically last on their lists. They just make sure that she's an adult, working woman (doing some odd jobs like a flowershop lady or something, because I've never seen a CEO MC), and they are very kind for some reason. They don't have family (except for Emma), they don't have a story, they don't have anything that impacts their personality. At least it would have been nice to see why a MC is so kind-hearted would be nice. But otome games' main selling points are the male leads. The male leads falls for MC's purity in their dark world.

#this is just my opinion #no hate at all #i do think mcs in ikemen games are fine #ikemen series #ikemen villains #ikemen prince #ikemen genjiden #ikemen sengoku #ikemen revolution #ikemen vampire #ikemen game #otome #otome game #ikemen mcs

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andreafmn · 5 months ago

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I'm Not Afraid | Chapter 26

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Story Description: (Y/N) Argent arrived at Beacon Hills to put to rest her father’s sister, Kate Argent. For the first time, her family has decided to settle down and sustain a life in this interesting small town. After 17 years, (Y/N) has the opportunity to establish interpersonal relationships but will she be ready to face the complications that come with relating to her cousin’s, Allison, friends; especially, the infamous Derek Hale. She will face the adventure of being associated with the Derek and McCall pack, as well as being faced with the discovery of certain aspects of her life she never imagined.

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There was no mistaking what had happened to Raina and her pack. Someone had been running them out of the town purposely, and they were taking innocent lives with them. But there was a theory Henry did not want to voice, yet he couldn't help it from popping into his head.

Henry's family had not been known for taking the high road or playing fair. His father had a way of bending the truth to fit his narrative, and he definitely had people who would do anything they needed to do for Gerard's bigger plan to come to fruition. He had witnessed planted evidence, false testimonies, and even the occasional dead body that belonged to no one but the hunters. And he couldn't help but think that the bodies in Fort Kent were victims of Gerard Argent's plan.

But why? What could his father possibly gain from hurting Raina and her pack?

“Everyone!” Raina called as she reached the cabin where she and her pack were staying. “Please, gather round.”

“Who is this guy, Rai?” A man asked, joining her side in a split second. “He smells like trouble.”

“Calm down, Marcos. I know him, okay?”

“Well, I know an Argent when I see one,” the man grumbled. “I don't trust his kind.”

“I know. And he is an Argent, but he's... he's a friend,” she smiled. “And he's gonna be staying with us.”

Mumbles and arguments erupted across the camp. Over a dozen people gathered around the pair, their eyes focused solely on Henry. They all shouted their grievances toward their alpha, yelling their distrust and disgust for people like him. The last thing they wanted was an Argent in their midst, and he could understand that.

“Alright, everyone. That's enough!” Raina exclaimed, her voice booming and echoing across the forest. “I understand your apprehension, and I hear your concerns. But Henry is nothing like his family, and he needs a place to stay.”

“How do we know he's not here undercover?” Marcos continued. “He could be a plant for his family, and you just brought him straight to us.”

“He's not like that, Marcos.”

“How can you know? You haven't seen this guy in years.”

“I know him.”

“How well?”

“I...”

“We're not gonna get anywhere like this,” Henry interjected. “You can have my phone and dispose of it. You can double-check my car for a tracker; there isn't one. You can triple-search my things and throw out whatever you don't want here. But the only reason I am here is because something inside me led me here—led me to Raina. Now, you may hate everything about me, but I am only here for her. And if she wants me here, then I'm staying.”

Raina and Henry's eyes met, and there was an unspoken agreement between them. Like many years before, their connection was undeniable. They didn't need words or even gestures to know what the other was thinking—even after so many years and so much distance. They just knew.

“Henry is staying,” Raina stated, standing between him and her pack. “And if anyone has a problem with that, you can go ahead and take it up with me.”

After that, the pack disbanded begrudgingly. No one trusted Henry, and he could understand why. But their alpha had given an order, and unless they wanted to find another pack, they needed to follow her rules. And it seemed like they all agreed. They were fine with staying for Raina's sake, but that didn't mean they had to be nice about it. There were dirty states, under-their-breath comments, and a tad of shunning.

Still, Henry couldn’t care less that the only person who had talked to him in seven days had been Raina. When he’d deviated from the hunters, he had no idea what awaited him in the forests of Maine, but he’d be lying if he said he regretted it for a moment. He believed there would be a period of awkwardness and anger from the distance and misunderstandings—it was only logical given the way things had ended between them. Yet, no matter how long it took, he was willing to wait until she was ready to let him in once more.

But Raina surprised him. Instead of pushing him away or simply being cordial, she welcomed him like no time had passed at all. For the first time in a very long time, Henry felt happy. All it took was a few seconds in her presence, and all the pain and hurt that had festered in his life for the past few years had instantly dissipated. Everything that had occurred had led him back to her, and he could never take it for granted.

“Can't believe you're here,” Raina smiled as she sat on her bed. “I mean, if anyone told me this morning I'd be running into you, I'd probably laugh in their face.”

“Well, I was supposed to be almost four hours away and most definitely not in this hidden cabin surrounded by wolves that want my head on a stick,” he grinned. “But I guess the universe does work in mysterious ways.”

“Henry Argent,” she chuckled.

“Raina Shetty,” he said as he sat beside her. “Is there a... a Mr. Shetty?”

“Wow, you're just getting right into it,” she laughed loudly. “But no. There is no Mr. Shetty.”

“Oh. Well, that's good to know.”

“Yeah?” Raina grinned. “And what about you? Did Gerard finally arrange the newest Argent acquisition?”

“I'm pretty sure he was trying to,” the man laughed dryly, scratching his neck as he felt warmth rise under his skin. “But I couldn't quite connect with her. There was always someone else in my mind.”

Henry couldn't help but let his eyes roam across Raina's features. So much had changed, and nothing had changed at all at the same time. Her eyes were just as warm and inviting as they had been the day they had met; her smile was still gleaming and infectious; her body... Well, he had been lacking in the bedroom department, but that had never stopped his imagination from remembering his past. And now she was sitting beside him like no time had passed at all. She had welcomed him with open arms—albeit after a small defensive fight—and had offered him a place to stay when he had left it all behind to follow an unknown flutter in his heart.

“What are you thinking about?” Raina asked, bumping his shoulder to break him out of thought. “You disappeared there for a second.”

“I was just thinking about how much I want to kiss you right now,” he breathed. “And how I'm not sure I'm allowed to think about that.”

“If we aren't, then I'd be failing, too,” she said, her gaze switching between his eyes and his lips. “Because that's all I've been thinking about s...”

Raina's words died in her mouth as Henry cradled her cheek and crashed his lips to hers. They molded into each other like the gods had carved them specifically for one another. They fell into a perfect rhythm, finding the matching melody that united their song. They breathed life into each other, feeding a fire that had been dormant for years. It spread from their lips to the tips of their toes, drenching them in a yearning that had brought them to that moment.

“Hey, Raina, I...” Marcos' voice filled the room before the sound of the door hinge alerted them he was there, startling the pair apart as he entered the room. “Sorry. Didn't mean to interrupt.”

“No, uh, it's fine,” Raina said, fixing her slightly tousled hair and crinkled shirt. “What's up?”

For days, that was the way things went. Every moment Raina and Henry found to be alone, one person or another would interrupt or find a way to whisk her away. There was not a minute where he was able to do much other than share a few words with her and a couple of kisses before she was pulled from his grasp. It was a constant show of who had her ear and priority. Henry was an outsider, and they were all letting him know.

Still, he tried his best to show them his intentions were nothing but good. He cleaned what needed to be cleaned, he cooked what needed to be cooked, he found what needed to be found. Henry tried everything he could to make it known that he wanted to be a part of them, and he was willing to wait however long it would take. Raina was there, and he wasn't planning on giving up on her ever again.

Raina, on the other hand, had quickly started to grow tired of her pack's antics. She had prided herself in welcoming anyone who needed a home and guidance, no matter who they were—with the occasional exception, of course. Lost souls could find a place to rest their heads for the night or for the rest of their lives. It was the way her father had lived by, and it was the way she would, too. So, for her pack to reject the one man who had stolen her heart from the moment he had said hello to her.

The last thing she had expected when a motion sensor was triggered on the outskirts of the property a week before was to find the very man she had lost close to a decade ago. When he had seemingly disappeared right before their senior year was set to start, she believed it would be the last time she ever set eyes on Henry Argent. Despite their predisposition to hating each other, they had pushed through their taught bigotry and found something stronger to unite them—love. It was that simple emotion that had kept her hoping rather than letting anger fester deep inside her, for it wasn’t his fault he was born into a hunter family, nor was it hers to be born a wolf.

Henry had been the one who got away, and he had been for a long time. Since his vanishing, Raina hadn't been able to get him out of her mind, constantly reminded of the boy who had seen her at her very worst and had loved her even more. She couldn't imagine herself building another relationship like the one she had cultivated with the Argent boy—even if it had been her first, she had truly believed it would be her only. And when she had decided to desist from the idea of a happy-ever-after with him, he crashed right into her life once again.

“I just don't understand why he's here,” Marcos grumbled as he chopped firewood. “No one just happens to stumble across their long-lost love like this. Much less a hunter like him.”

“He is not like his family, Marcos,” she sighed in frustration. “If you give him a chance, you’ll see he’s an amazing person. You would have seen that if you and the whole pack hadn’t decided to avoid him and ostracize him the entire time. I trust him with my life. And if you trust me as your alpha and as your friend, you would too.”

“That guy is a hunter, Raina!” the man exclaimed. “Not just that, he’s an Argent. How can you trust him after what his father did? You should hate him just as much as we do.”

“Henry is not his father,” she responded through gritted teeth. “What Gerard did…”

Suddenly, a voice started, and then it interjected. “What did he do?”

“Henry, I…”

“Tell me what he did, Raina,” he said. “What did my father do to you?”

“Don’t pretend like you don’t know,” Marcos spat. “You probably helped him do it.”

“What is he talking about? Helped him do what?”

Marcos took a step toward Henry, ignoring Raina’s deadly grip on his arm. “Your dear old dad killed Rahul and a few of our pack members,” he seethed. “A year after you all left, Gerard came back to finish a job he had started when you all left. Set fire to the house after dosing them with wolfsbane. Now, he didn’t get Raina that time, so I’m almost certain the killings at Fort Kent are just his excuse to send you to finish the job.”

Dread washed over Henry as Marcos’ words sunk in. He had known his father to be cruel and violent, but he never thought Gerard would go that far. He had tried his absolute best to keep the Shetty’s identity a secret—even when his father had literally tried to beat information out of him. Everything he had done to protect Raina had been for nothing. And him being close to her again would only put her in even more danger than she already was.

“I-I-I have to go,” he stammered as he rushed inside the cabin. His vision was blurred from the tears in his eyes, and he was sure that if he stopped walking, he’d drop. Raina’s voice followed him all the way to her room. “Don’t try to stop me, Rai. I have to go.”

“What, why?” she inquired. “I can talk to the pack if that’s the problem. I know they’ve been hard to crack, but…”

“I’m dangerous for you, Rai,” he sighed. “My dad killed yours. You should want me as far away from here as possible; you should despise me.”

“Why would I hate you for what your father did? I would never punish you for your father’s sins.”

“Maybe you should,” he mumbled defeatedly as he sat on the bed. “If I had never fallen for you, he would have never set his sights on your family.”

“How can you say that, Henry?” Raina softly asked, taking his hand in hers. “You had nothing to do with your dad’s hatred. If anything, you tried to change his mind about wolves.”

Henry struggled to find the words as tears fell down his cheeks, his shoulders shaking as the sobs took over his breathing. Guilt swam through his veins, squeezing his throat and chilling his bones. “It’s my fault he came back, Rai. It’s my fault your dad is dead,” he cried. “If I had just stayed home and done what he asked, your dad would still be alive.”

“What're you talking about, Henry?”

“After Maine, we settled in Washington, but I never felt at home there. My dad cut out every channel of contact that I had here, and as the days passed, I found it impossible to be away from you,” he started. “I held out during the school year, but once I graduated, I had no reason to stay there. A week after graduation, I tried to run away, and I truly underestimated my father's need for control. I only made it across Idaho before he found me, and I can tell you he was not happy about it. “He forced me into his car and drove me back home,” Henry recalled with a shaky breath. “When we got there, he told my mom to take Chris and Kate out of the house before dragging me to the basement. I tried my hardest to remain quiet. The last thing I wanted was to set his sights on you and your family again, but I wasn't strong enough.”

“What did he do to you, Henry?” Raina asked, her voice broken and horrified. “Tell me.”

“He kept asking where I was going. Pushing and pushing to get the answer he wanted, but he quickly gathered I wasn't going to give an answer willingly,” he shuddered as he remembered that day. “When he grew frustrated, which didn't take long, he decided to use other methods—ones he would normally use on werewolves. He beat me until I was choking on blood, he shocked me until I couldn't stop twitching, and he waterboarded me until I couldn't stop coughing up water. I had a broken rib by the time I finally gave him what he wanted, and that's what sent him here. “I told him I would never stop trying to get away from him to get to you,” Henry sniffled, his head dropping in shame. “He took me to his doctor after and made a deal with me—he would leave you and your family alone if I didn't try to find you again and became an exemplary hunter. And, well, I agreed because I thought it would keep you safe. But all I did was give him the perfect excuse to target you guys. If I had just kept quiet...”

“If you had kept quiet, you'd be the one dead now, Henry,” Raina cried, cradling his cheek to force his eyes back to hers. “Your father would have never stopped hunting us, and he made sure to let my dad know before you left. None of this was your fault, Henry. We are simply the children of a war that doesn't belong to us. It would be easier to just hate you for what Gerard did to me and a lot of people in the pack, but you bear no guilt in this. And my heart can't do anything but love you.”

“I don't deserve that, Rai. I don't deserve your love.”

“Why not? Why can't you just accept that I love you, and I would never blame you for what your family does?”

“Because I am my family, Raina,” he exclaimed. “I have hunted; I have killed. I became the man my father always wanted me to be, and it was all for nothing. I should have known he was lying.”

“You were a kid, threatened by the one person who's supposed to love you unconditionally,” she cooed. “You had no reason not to believe him, and I’m grateful you did, Henry. You wouldn't be here right now if you hadn't.”

“I don't deserve this. I don't deserve you.”

“Henry, you deserve more love than I can give,” Raina said. “The universe has given us another chance to make this work, and we shouldn't ignore it because of mistakes committed by other people. Don't give up on us before we have given it our all.”

“I don't want to, but what if Marcos is right?” he questioned. “What if it's my dad or someone working for him that did the slashings up in Fort Kent? That would mean he knows you're still here. And now that I've run away again, he’s gonna stop at nothing to find me.”

“Then, let’s test out that theory,” she mused. “Stay here; be with me. Whatever happens after, we can deal with it. Just give us another chance, Henry.”

“You have too much faith, Rai.”

“And you don't have enough,” she chuckled. Raina decided then to test the waters. She placed a knee at either side of his legs, straddling his lap as she circled his neck with her arms. “You wouldn't be here if you didn't believe in us, even just a little bit.”

“I will admit you make a really good point there,” he breathed shakily. “I just don't want to put you in danger... again.”

“You do know I am an alpha with quite a big pack?” she grinned. “I can take care of myself, Henry.”

“Of course,” he chuckled, letting his hands roam her back. “It won't stop me from worrying.”

“Who said I wanted you to? I just want you to stay.”

“I will,” he smiled. “They'll have to pry you off my dead, cold hands if they ever want to get me away from you.”

“Kind of like the sound of that,” she teased. “Also like the sound of cementing this little promise.”

“What did you have in mind?”

“Well...” Raina placed a kiss on Henry's lips before kissing his cheek and then his jaw. “We could start with something like...” ��

Before she could finish, a knock interrupted them. Someone from behind the door called for Raina, telling her she was needed. It pulled a sigh out of the pair before they slumped onto the bed in frustration. "We're gonna have to do something about that,” Henry muttered. “I haven't had more than a few minutes alone with you.”

“Don't worry,” she smiled. “Things are gonna change around here.”

And change they did. In the coming days, Henry grew on the pack. They started to see the difference between him and the rest of his family. He was helpful, he was useful, and he was staying. Slowly but surely, he became one of them. Especially as his relationship with Raina grew.

A month and a half later, when they finally got the privacy they had wanted, Raina had fallen pregnant. After eight years of distance, they were set on the fast track, and they couldn't be happier about it. Everyone rallied around them, excited about the new life they were bringing to the pack. In their long trek of darkness, a baby was just the sign they needed that things were looking up.

By Raina's eighth month of pregnancy, Henry decided it was the right time to get down on one knee. Nerves shot through him as he prepared for the day. He knew love lived between them, but only for the second time in his life; he was doing what he wanted to do and not what was expected of him. He had found happiness once more, and he didn't want to lose it.

“You know she's gonna say yes,” Marcos chuckled as he snacked on a bag of chips. Surprisingly, the one who had hated him the most when he arrived had become his closest confidante. “I mean, she's already knocked up.”

“Hey, that's my possible future wife you're talking about,” Henry said. “And I know she's gonna say yes—at least, I hope. But I can't help but feel nervous.”

“Well, you are doing things kind of out of order,” Marcos shrugged. “You should have gotten married before your dad killed hers and then have kids.”

“That's not funny.”

“I think it's hilarious,” he laughed. “Almost as funny as it is that you're nervous.”

“Nervous about what?” Raina asked as she walked into the room. “Is there anything to be nervous about?”

“Oh, nothing really,” Henry chuckled awkwardly. “Just preparing for tonight's bonfire.”

“And that makes you nervous?”

“You know, Henry,” Marcos teased. “It'd be weird if he wasn't.”

Marcos’ jokes aside, Henry was truly nervous. The ring burned a hole in his pocket for the rest of the day as they went about their normal chores. He couldn't handle the wait. Every fiber of his being yearned to ask the question, to fortify the commitment they had made to each other. Even if they were never legally wed while they remained hidden, he and everyone he now considered family would, and that was all that really mattered.

That night, everyone gathered around the bonfire, thankful winter had broken and they were able to make fires without calling attention to themselves. There were drinks, food, and music—anyone who saw them would never know they were a pack terrified of being found by hunters. They were merely a group of people celebrating and enjoying each other's company, buzzing from a secret everyone knew except their alpha.

“Everyone seems happy, huh?” Raina asked as she swayed to the music with Henry. “I just wish we could be in an actual house where we don't have to be on high alert.”

“I'm sorry,” he sighed into her hair. “It's my family's fault we can't leave just yet.”

“It's okay, sweetheart,” she chuckled. “I kind of like it here. And our baby will love the woods. She'll be one with the earth.”

“She? She could be a boy, too.”

“No, I can feel it,” Raina smiled. “She's a girl.”

“We're having a girl then,” he laughed. “And she'll be just as beautiful as her mother.”

“As long as she has her father's brain.”

“I wouldn't mind that,” he said before turning her to face him as he got down on one knee. “I also wouldn't mind asking you something very important.”

“What are you doing, Henry?” Raina beamed. “Is this really happening?”

“Raina, meeting you changed my life forever,” he started. “The years I was forced to spend without you were the longest I've ever had to live, and now that I have you, I don't plan on letting you go. I would have never believed in soulmates or even love before I met you. You gave me a reason for living, a reason for fighting. So many things have tried to keep us apart, what we were born as being the biggest. But our love surpasses werewolves and hunters; it transcends everything life has tried to throw at us. “Now, I know this is not the flashiest ring,” Henry said as he pulled the piece of jewelry from his pocket. “I don't have the money or the access to the outside world to get you the ring you deserve. But I worked on this with Julian, and I'm quite impressed with how it turned out. I found the sea glass by the river and then we took some silver spoons and...”

“Henry, honey,” Raina laughed, interrupting, “you're rambling.”

“Right, yeah,” the man chuckled before he continued. “What I'm trying to say is that I don't want to spend another day of my life away from you. It's you. It's always going to be you for as long as I live. So, Raina Shetty, love of my life, mother of my child, will you do me the absolute honor of becoming my wife?”

“It's about time!” she exclaimed as she pulled Henry's arms. “Now, get up here so I can kiss you.”

Everything was all right at that moment. It's as close to perfect as it could be. The baby was close to arriving, Henry and Raina were set to marry soon after the baby was born, and there were plans to move the pack to another state. Everything seemed to be falling into place close to a year after they had found each other again.

But perfection didn't fit into the universe they lived in. When everything was going well, something had to disrupt the peace. It seemed it was the only way life knew to keep balance.

A week of pure bliss had passed since their engagement, and Henry and Raina were excitedly waiting for their baby to be born. In just a couple of weeks their little family of two would quickly become three, and they were ecstatic. There was a corner of their room designated to whom they were calling baby girl Argent, complete with a wooden crib and a mobile of butterflies and crystals Henry had gotten when he felt safe enough to venture into the “real” world. Ten months had to be long enough for his family to stop looking for him.

Or so he thought.

“There's movement in perimeter four,” Marcos called out one day. “But the cameras don't seem to be picking anything up.”

“Could be an animal,” Raina offered. “Still, someone should go check out what's happening there.”

“I'll go,” Henry announced as he strapped his rifle to his back. “Might get us some fresh dinner for tonight.”

“Be careful, Henry. We don't know it's an animal for sure.”

“I'll be okay,” he smiled before kissing Raina's cheek. “Not the first time I've hunted before.”

“Almost like it's in your blood,” Marcos teased.

“Wasn't funny the first time,” Henry smirked. “Might just be funny the hundredth time.”

Henry took off to the eastern side of the property, keeping in mind the traps the pack had set for outsiders. They had never caught an actual person anywhere near the place, but it did help when they were in need of fresh meat. Yet, as he neared the area where the motion sensor was tripped, a chilling wave rushed through him. Something didn't feel quite right. And if there was anything he had learned in the past year, it was to trust his instincts.

Granted, he could never have guessed what he would face. Whoever had tripped the sensor had done it on purpose. There was no sign of movement anywhere near where the sensors were, which could only mean there was a person knowledgeable in hiding. That, coupled with Henry's bad feelings, could only mean one thing.

“Come out,” he called out loudly. “I know it's you, so just come out.”

The bushes rustled with movement, unveiling who was camouflaging themselves in the foliage. Anyone else would have been surprised, but not Henry. No. Henry was annoyed.

“Hey there, Argent,” the person said as they took off their mask. “Didn't think you could hide forever.”

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lochyratliffs · 2 months ago

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thinking about this post about whether lochlan has any friends and connecting it to the scene where victoria is stonewalling the shit out of kate when she tries to talk to her about the baby shower.

first of all, that baby shower WAS NOT ten years ago-- this is 100% victoria exaggerating to show her family just how little she cares about the people "beneath them," and i don't know why i see so many people believing victoria's timeline. maybe she doesn't remember because she was on lorazepam the whole time, but more likely she let kate jabber at her for a few days and put her out of her mind immediately afterwards. i guess it's possible that socialite kate truly does have an amazing memory, but the way she repeats "we spent a whole weekend together" when she gets back to her table makes me think it was far more recent than victoria says.

secondly, lochy confronts his mom about this, but he does it in a way that seems a little like... "oh, you," similar to the way he looks when saxon says something off-putting, and then when saxon and victoria start giggling about actresses being prostitutes, he's giggling right along. i think at this point in his life, lochlan has only seen his mother interacting with people from their social caste, and he's surprised ("you were standoffish, at least...") to see her talk to anyone she doesn't respect. BUT he darts his eyes around and sees saxon and victoria laughing and he's like: they want me to laugh. this is funny! and this is not the kind of attitude that makes you friends outside of your family. based on his interactions with chelsea and chloe and the boat people, i really think this is one of the first times he's had extended conversations outside of school-related groups, and if victoria held dinner parties, i think he probably just hung out with piper the whole time. hid in a closet. what do you think?

#lochlan ratliff #the white lotus #lochlan

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professorspork · 1 day ago

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This was my reintro to stage Wicked and I fell in love with Alex's Glinda. There's something so elegant about her like her which makes when she loses it either hilarious or devastating. and the way she looks at Elphie for "positively emerald" I was enchanted and firmly back on the Gelphie train after that, Only to find she's not consiidered that gay a Glinda and I wonder what's wrong with my brain.

i don't think anything's wrong with your brain!

i don't actually know what the Overall Discourse is about Socha; my impression is/had been that I was something of an outlier in not considering her Quite Gay. and I am looking forward to one day revisiting Socha because I think I'll see her differently now that I've seen so many more shows and have I think a much stronger appreciation for different eras and takes. when I was going into her run the first time, I had VERY (perhaps unfairly) high hopes and expectations because 1) I'd seen how far MK is willing to go, and 2) I'd seen Socha's socials which are full of her like. flinging herself at mary kate during bows to kiss her on the dang mouth and showing off how green her hands are after shows. and like, it's not that what she does as Glinda ISN'T queer, but it's something much quieter and quirkier than I'd anticipated and like. when a bar (i hesitate to call it THE bar but certainly A bar) has already been set by GCM in terms of what it looks like to Go Gelphie With MK, Socha just had a very steep hill to climb in my first go-around.

[sidebar, which is related: it was only like a week or two ago that my wife pointed out to me that Socha was Medium Alison at the Public and Emily Skeggs was her understudy and like. it definitely made a lot about the perspective of her Glinda click for me in hindsight.]

i suspect i will grow increasingly fonder of her as time passes, but I also want to say that like. even if i don't?? glindas you see live simply have a different standard and it is Right and Natural and Good for you to be like "no you don't understand, I know what I saw." because YOU DID. that's the magic of theater! every night is different and also being in that auditorium is just a fundamentally different thing than seeing it on camera. I've had SEVERAL folks write to me about Allie Trimm and like. have i Seen what they Saw in what's available of Allie that I have access to? no, i haven't. do I think those people are wrong? i do not because they GOT THE ALLIE TRIMM EXPERIENCE and that fuckin means something. much like how in a similar vein I didn't find Allsun O'Malley's Glinda very queer, but I did find her uniquely hilarious and compelling in a way that STILL stands out in my memory and will ALWAYS stand out in my memory because I was there in that room when she made the magic and I know how it felt.

so heck yeah, fight for alex socha! she's your glinda. the glinda that makes you Get Gelphie is sacred.

#wicked #leah watches wicked #alexandra socha

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kingdom-of-sins · 1 year ago

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Things I didn't like about Bridgerton season 3 part 2

I don't know how you all feel but to me it felt like Polin were not given enough screen time. They felt like side characters in their own season and had far less screen time than Daphne x Duke and Kate x Anthony.

What was the point of Lady Danbury's brother? To show Violet's garden is in need of a gardener? But I kinda like how Lady Danbury was scared her brother is going to ruin the life she has built. I have seen many posts that say that her brother was only 10 when he told their father she was running away, and that she should forgive him, but she was a girl who had no freedom and no say in her life and had to marry an old man against her will. She had valid reasons to be skeptical of her brother even after so many years. Some traumas and betrayals just don't heal even after a lifetime. From her point of view she was being forced to marry against her will while her brother was the favorite, had all the freedom and inherited everything.

Kate and Anthony's chemistry has been through the roof.

Francesca and John had such a sweet build up but the show just ruined it in the last episode.

I have no problem with Michaela but I was really looking forward to Michael since their book was the first one i read from the series. It would be hard to get over that disappointment unless Michaela is portrayed amazingly and doesn't make us feel that "Michael" would have been better.

But seriously, Francesca just got married with the one person who understands her silence and loves her. Was it really necessary to show that she was disappointed in the kiss and immediately started batting for the other team? They could have shown Francesca gradually being attracted to Michaela. How they executed it was disrespectful to John's character.

I was expecting an epic showdown between Penelope and the Queen...not really. But I feel like Penelope meeting the Queen before the public reveal would have been nice. It would have been an interesting scene. And then the Queen coming to reveal her publicly, showing support indirectly.

Too many Mondrich family scenes. Makes me think they might make one of their kids Gregory's or Hyacinth's love interest. I know Hyacinth's love interest is related to Lady Danbury but the show is changing things already so it might be possible

Benedict is still floating around aimlessly. At least his friends with benefits are hot

Colin gave me the ick most of the season. Was expecting a lot more from him.

I kinda feel bad for Cressida but also hated her even more when she started blackmailing Penelope. Lol Colin only made it worse. Would like to see her return to society in a more positive role.

And Lord Debling just disappeared? Did he marry some plants or animals?

Overall an underwhelming season for me. I think next will be Benedict's season and hopefully it will be better

#bridgerton #bridgerton s3 #bridgerton season 3 #polin #colin bridgerton #colin x penelope #penelope featherington #penelope bridgerton

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yukine-sakamoto · 11 months ago

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More Shadows House: I’m near the end of the debut arc (ep. 7, 8, & 9). I suppose I should start tagging these for spoilers so: spoilers

I’m loving how Emilico helping everyone comes back to her in so many different ways, and how it disarms everyone and allows them to help and be helped as well. Honestly makes me feel a little bad for ever assuming the worst of someone. I’m glad we saw John panic over what he said to Kate, too. It was adorable and grounds his character, plus he did go a bit too far. We basically get confirmation that all shadows have soot powers but with different strengths, and that does seem to be part of the test. It was also interesting to see the interaction between shadows of different rankings. The third floor crew basically treat the other shadows as servants, not quite to the degree of living dolls but more than I would have expected. I suppose they need servants since their living dolls are… consumed, I guess. I did not expect that reveal at all. Kind of throws most of my theory out the window (unsurprisingly), but I still wonder what they do with all the soot, especially since it relates to negative feelings.

I definitely underestimated Rum. I mean I was rooting for her, but I’m so glad Emilico was able to support her and give her a little self-confidence, so she could really show her strengths. The moments of her figuring out the map and the maze and being reassured about Shirley, so good. More than that though, I think I underestimated Shirley. I had assumed she was shy like Rum, and that we never saw her produce soot because she was used to being on the sidelines. But knowing that Rum has never seen her make soot at all and that her room is always spotless makes me think there’s a lot under the surface. Even someone with weak soot powers would normally give off a little when they feel negative. Shirley must be content and likely confident/above-it-all in order to never make soot. I bet she’s super smart like Rum. She knows something the others don’t, or has figured something out. She’d rather observe and learn more than engage in posturing for the competition. (Also, very into the theory I saw that Shirley somehow created Rummy through soot powers, and has been talking to Rum this whole time.)

I really wish we heard what was said between each pair when Rum rescued Shirley and when Ricky rescued Patrick. It would’ve been very revealing for each of their characters, but especially since we haven’t heard a word from Shirley yet. I’m guessing they’ll show Rum/Shirley later though.

I’m glad they had the third floor crew talk about how strange this test is and how biased Edward clearly is. It’s a lot of what I was talking about in my last post, so it was satisfying. Still, they seem content to just be entertained and not worry to much about the validity of the test, which is expected but disappointing. Actually, they seem really eager to see someone, anyone fail and die. I think they probably care very little about the event as a test and focus on the spectacle. It was interesting to hear I think Ryan say something like “do we want a bunch of star bearers?” I was confused initially because I thought that was a title of honor and authority, but it was said with distain. It was during the conversation about dolls and individuality, though, and I saw someone guess that star bearers are shadow & doll pairs that can’t or won’t merge, which makes a lot of sense to me. I think due to Emilico’s influence none of this cohort will be willing to merge. They are all learning to be kinder and less competitive, which breaks down the walls separating master and servant. Certainly Kate and John wouldn’t. Louise might since she is clearly obsessed with Lou, but depending on their relationship she might actually prefer Lou to have a body.

But that being said I have to talk about Kate’s & Shirley’s prisons. There’s literally no way to properly free Kate except one random chance at the beginning. That’s not a test, it’s an execution. I mean I’m mad about the injustice of it, but it also would’ve been less of a show for third floor crew if things had gone to plan. I wish we had seen more about the intended solutions to the other prisons, too. Louise’s literally had instructions on it, clear bias and very stupid. John destroyed his, but I imagine it was similar to Patrick’s, which was very interesting to me. They kind of glossed over it, but I don’t think we’ve seen soot used that way before. I had assumed it would not be able to hold a shape on its own, or if it could, it would be too brittle to turn a lock. For Shirley’s, they explained how the soot mechanism that would kill her worked, but never said there was any kind of key or other mechanism. Kate was last in the ranking when this part started, so by Edward’s logic Shirley’s should be slightly easier than Kate’s. I think cutting through the plants was the only way, maybe that’s what the shears at the beginning were intended for.

Speaking of Louise and shears. I never thought Ricky had it in him to hurt Lou or Louise, and I mean that as a compliment, but I also don’t think he had a right to get mad at Shawn since he did think about it and it would be in line with his behavior thus far. Then again, being mad about it is also very in character for him. It was nice to see Lou show some initiative and give him the shears. (And very clever noticing the differences in the masters’ soot trails) I’m not necessarily on board with the little romance they seem to be teasing between the two though. There’s clearly something going on with Lou that needs to be addressed first. She’s growing, but she still seems like not all there at times, and it’s worrying.

Also John is a badass just punching that boulder to pieces. Is it bad that I was kind of into how excited Sophie got over “the volume of his soot”? *blush* Anyway, I’m always slightly frustrated by these boulder chase scenes because I feel like you could just lie flat in the corner and the boulder would pass over you. Or, he could hide in the turnstile. It’s metal, so part of me doubts the boulder would do more than dent it. Actually that whole exchange was silly. Once both pins are lifted, it looks like they won’t lock again until a full 180° turn. You could open it once and just pass back and forth freely without ever letting it lock again. I don’t know, maybe there’s more to the mechanism.

Also, back to Kate’s prison and the rescue. Kate and Emilico’s reunion conversation was so cute and yes wasted a bit of time but technically maybe worth it to calm down Kate and slow the soot mechanism. I did have trouble suspending my disbelief for the rescue sequence though. Emilico was very valiant running along the beam and jumping to save Kate, but the physics just don’t make sense to me. How could she leap forward over the lip, but somehow reach back far enough to grab Kate? And if the flower cart was there, did she need to catch Kate? I mean the flower cart felt a little convenient on its own, like, Emilico did not look before she leapt. But more than that, and it was hard to tell, but in certain shots the cage looked like it was over grass. It was definitely close to the edge, and it only looked about one story up. That’s a survivable fall. You couldn’t catch yourself if you fell with the cage, but if you hung on, as Kate did, you could just swing forward, land on the soft grass, and like tuck and roll. Very survivable. Still it was cute for them to land in the flowers together. Criminal that Emilico’s nickname was translated as sunshine instead of flower bed. So many good references to that name are missed.

Can’t wait to see how it all turns out.

(Also thank you to the person who reblogged my last one of these and said they wanted more. I don’t know if you’ll see this, but I’m new here, so that made my day.)

#shadows house #anime #spoilers #shadows house spoilers

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gainesha · 1 year ago

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still at Season 1 with my current BSG rewatch, going slower than I wanted, but

stray thoughts:

I have seen a lot of the episodes many many times, and I had one complete rewatch years ago with my family, but it is very exciting that I committed myself to do a full rewatch again. enough time has passed so that I can kinda see it with a new eye, even though most of the show etched myself into my mind and soul forever.

she is a big deal, but i still feel like we underappreciate Katee Sackhoff as an actor and Kara Thrace as a character in the show. she is just ELECTRIC. possibly my favorite fictional TV character, give or take a Nora Durst.

the David Weddle & Bradley Thomspon scripts sing like no others. Michael Taylor is going to be my go-to writer on the show later on, but they are indelible throughout, and the first ones to truly get the wavelength of RDM

i know many purists would rank the first season as the best, and i enjoy the very classical standalone structure and small-scale feel of it, but for me it's still probably at last place, even considering some rock bottoms of later seasons. also, I love the spiritual and theological rabbit holes the writers will write themselves into, and the show gets better for all the weird detours and strange turns of the worldbuilding and the narrative. I am very curious how the dead-ends and messiness of the overall arc will feel this time through, though.

Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down is by far the worst episode of the show thus far. I don't think EJO handles the screwball rhythms well as a director, and the characterization of Ellen this early in the run does not sit quite well with me, considering how they deepen her story later, especially in the New Caprica run. here it's just a crazy scheming bitch and a bros before hos posturing - her dynamic with Saul could (and will) be great and complicated, two people who get the very worst out of each other, which is spelled out in the episode, but isn't really depicted in an interesting way just yet.

also, can't wait for Tricia Helfer to really shine in later seasons. she is already amazing in her limited role of HeadSix temptress, and you can already sense the complexities behind her purr and anger and frustration.

Tahmoh Pennikett is not the greatest actor on the show, but he is amazing at giving a protector / big brother energy for Helo. he is just so rock solid. makes Helo a much better character than on paper, I think.

Flesh and Bone doesn't hit as hard any more (it was the episode that truly hooked me the first time, and one of my faves to revisit at earlier rewatches), but it is still the episode that has the first true glimpse of the thornier political and theological stuff that make the show reach next levels of greatness in terms of the cylon-human relations. Callum Keith Rennie is alluring and next to Tricia Helfer, the most un-human of the cylons.

the costumes in BSG are PERFECT. from the shiny chrome-silver flightsuits in the Caprica arc (both Helo and Sharon have such cute asses in those pants) to the standard blue uniform and the dogtag-sleeveless-tanktop combo of the pilots... so so so cool

the handheld camera shots really pay out whenever they zoom in a close-up of adama's pockmarked face or starbuck's trembling mouth. a huge reason of why Galactica (the ship, the crew) feels so lived in.

quiet moments like this one always make me cry:

#bsg #bsg 2003 #battlestar galactica #rewatch

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the-dairy-of-a-normal-person · 1 year ago

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idk how to start but I am SO confused about that last look of a flabbergasted Francesca when she meets Michaela? WHAT WAS THAT? i haven't read the books so excuse me for that 😭

some thoughts-

+ they are wasting away Benedict. they are wasting his potential and story and what all he could be. he felt so...out of place, confused and useless this season. half of his scenes were of him having sex that was not going ANYWHERE. i love Benny so much but i want shonda to treat this President of Pookie Nation with care and love. I want the story to respect Benedict because his character has so much potential and so much to offer. He hides behind his charming smiles and taunts but his eyes are always sad. As if he is looking for something-this one crucial piece of puzzle and he cannot seem to find it. shonda babes you better sharpen your quill.

+ all the instances that were supposed to be happy for Pen- the marriage, the engagement, the wedding night, ALL OF IT WAS RUINED BECAUSE of that stupid LW secret.

+Kate and Anthony still the best couple i do not make the rules. i don't think even Polin is topping them. tho Kate is certainly topping Anthony tonight.

+ the season was good don't get me wrong but it felt..a bit... rushed and its like the writers are focusing more on the future than savour the present. everything is happening because of the future seasons. idk if that makes sense

+i DID NOT like violet's treatment of kilmartin. i like violet most of the time but she didn't have to act so "unsure", distant and sloppy with kilmartin.

+Francesca gave some slippery vibes as if she is hiding something. or is it just me?

+I don't know why everyone is bashing Eloise so much. I pity her so much. She has kept the sword aside, she stopped fighting but she looks SO LONELY. she is not always the easiest person and she is whiny but i wish i could give her the tightest hug and talk day and night. maybe I see myself in her too much that i am defending her.

+i like they included hyacinth and Gregory this season, they are so precious.

+ i liked cressida's redemption arc but I think Lady Featherington might have won this one. She made peace with Pen in her own tight lipped fashion but i love that for her, i am not going to lie.

+ oh, cressida. i feel too bad for her. i do. but I do not sympathise with her. i actually do not know what to think of her at all.

+mr and Mrs mondrich yassssss slaying as always so cool so suave i love them

+once again, KANTHONY💅🏻🕺🏻✨🥰✨⭐✨💫❤️❤️❤️ ALWAYS AND FOREVER

+ Best acting this entire season- Claudia Jessie. She is just too good.

Honorable mention- Colin and his rage when he finds out the real LW

+ Nicola is so real for baring her boobs we love a relatable queen and SHE MADE SO MANY WOMEN SEEN WHO DO NOT THINK THAT THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL JUST BECAUSE THEY LACK CONVENTIONAL BODY TYPE. THANK YOU, QUEEN FOR MAKING ME FEEL SEEN.

+did I mention KANTHONY?

+LADY DANBURY' storyline was TOO DAMN GOOD. Her pain, the sweet moments between violet and her, how she confronted her brother. She is simply sublime. One of my fav characters. Again, i love my boy Benny but Lady Danbury had a better storyline than whatever the heck his story was trying to achieve.

okay, i ll stop. i am so sorry for making you read all this. i may not be as interesting as Lady WhistleDOWN.

Abt benedict : i'm afraid they are just going to use him off but apparently next season is about him so we'll, but yeah, appart from the sex scenes we had nothing more of him 🥲

Abt LW secret and all : I absolutely hated colin's reaction to pen's power and his stupid jalousy that he has all bc she is more sucsesfull than he will ever be and that she was able to build all of it by herself and her own labour and NO ONE praised her for that exept mme delacroix

Abt kanthony : i loved them sm but why werd they randomly popping on and out. I honestly lost track of them at some point

Abt the season writing : after discussing with a friend, we thought that the season did not have the same pattern as the others, especially part 2 which seemed a bit weird, as if not wrote by the same person

Abt violet : i used to be always like " i could never hate her " but now she just pissed me off. Girl, u can see that your daughter is happy and she found someone she's confortable with so why being such a brat ???

Abt Éloïse : i understand that she felt lonely and all but she is such a bad friend, took cressida for granted, just using her and not even caring for anyone but herself

Abt lady featherington : i had the feeling her "redemption arc " was forced and unatural

And finally, i agree with pretty much everything

Thank you for interacting ❤️

#bridgerton s3 #bridgerton s3 part 2 #bridgerton spoilers #nicola coughlan #bridgerton

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deviiancetv · 4 months ago

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Have You Experience Eusexua?

Eusexua, it’s a feeling you can’t fight, a feeling you can’t hide. It engulfs you into a small metallic orb that emits a glowing ray of light.

This masterpiece of a third studio album by the artist, FKA Twigs, has been released into the world as she’s shared 11 offerings of eusexual experience. These tracks are full of high amounts of bliss, joy, euphoria, melancholy, and industrial sounds of her path as an artist.

I’ve been listening to Twigs roughly since 2019, and she’s continued to exude ethereal, esoteric, otherworldly, and experimental. Her mixtape Caprisongs, was my personal favorite, but now this album for me has so much replay value.

You can hear hints of artists like Madonna, Björk, Kate Bush, and the collaborations of artists like Eartheater, Koreless, TinTin, and the interpolation of Aphex Twins in this project. The eastern inspired production elements is also chefs kiss!!!

“Eusexua (n) ~ it is a state of being. A feeling of momentary transcendence, often evoked by art, music, sex, and unity. Eusexua can be followed by a surge of bliss and feelings of limitless possibility. Also referred to as: the pinnacle of human experience.”

I’ve seen mixed reviews of this album from many fans, some thinking it’s not her best work or that it won’t exceed the quality of Magdalene. I view this album as a continuation of what she learned between the release of Caprisongs and her trip to Prague, where she experienced the most profound feelings of loneliness and deep connection between humans within underground communities; like the rave scene. She’s experiencing the fun and whimsy of creating art by taking the time to enjoy the beauties in life.

There’s been a small conversation about Twigs and her being “pretentious” about her art. Truly I don’t see it, but I get where the statement comes from because the people that make that statement are not connected with the arts or don’t consume the arts religiously or spiritually enough. We live in such a microwaveable, fast-fashioned, fast-processed, overly consumed, short-form content world. Substance and pure dedication to perfecting your craft have essentially become a lost art in itself.

Everything has become unserious and meme-ified beyond measure, to the point nothing is taken seriously or looked at from a critical and contextual perspective. Twigs is a part of the last generation of artists that seriously and consistently polishes her craft each album cycle— and that’s what I love about her work.

She’s an artist that intrigues me, and one that I relate to in little ways (we both have Capricorn placements and a Sagittarius moon). There's a free-spirited, childlike nature about us yet a dynamic and devoted side to perfecting and minting our crafts.

I hope people enjoy this project in this current time of our world, we need feel good and freeing music as we go through such desolate times of change and tragedy. These past three days I’ve been listening it’s fully engulfed me, as I have been practicing my healing process known as The Acts of Sol, rebirthing myself this phoenix cycle. It’s taken me a short time to realize that you’re never truly alone when you’re experiencing Eusexua.

My Favorite Tracks:

Girl Feels Good

Striptease

Drums of Death

Childlike Things (the unnecessary petty hate is LITERALLY childish for this song)

24hr Dog

Sticky (wish the outro was longer!!!)

#poptopics #fka twigs #eusexua #experimental music #pop music #art pop #avant garde #black women #rave community #rave culture #madonna #bjork

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houseofbrat · 3 months ago

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I suffered through Becky English's latest...

It's clear that after a tumultuous 12 months, William and Catherine are, happily, in a 'much better place'. 'It's actually lovely to see how far they have come,' says a friend. Her health remains her priority – a diet packed with healthy antioxidants, trips to the gym and generally being outdoors, particularly with her family, as much as she can. But while Catherine is understandably focusing on long-term recovery, she was also relaxed enough to enjoy a half pint of Guinness earlier this week when, resplendent in bottle green, accessorised with sprigs of shamrock, she chatted to soldiers after the regiment's annual parade, which she attended as Colonel of the Irish Guards.

"How far they've come?" Is that supposed to be a reference to William's weight loss from last year? Marriage counseling? Work counseling? Both? Amazing how "they" have "come" so far, yet Charles still is being treated for cancer.

Interesting how Kate can go to the gym on the regular but not public engagements. Will we see her this week? Yes or no? There's basically four days until she and William are on another full-fledged, month-long vacation.

Perhaps just as telling has been the sight of William cheering on his beloved Aston Villa, or out on manoeuvres with the Mercians in Estonia this week. There's a sense of normalcy regained. 'I don't think many have seen them happier,' one insider observes. That's not to get ahead of ourselves. At the end of last year I revealed that while Catherine would be taking on a small number of royal engagements throughout the first half of 2025, there was no rush to return to royal duties full time.

So they're super happy now but can't work more? All is well but not too well or else the justification for them continuing to not work wouldn't fly, am I right?

'As cancer survivors will tell you, the recovery is still hard. Her health really took a battering last year. I can't stress that enough, however well she looks now,' a source emphasises. There are no plans yet for any major foreign visit, for example – although aides are keeping an eye on the situation. 'For the time being it's steady as she goes. There's no change of course from what's previously been suggested, which is a slow and steady return to royal life,' another insider adds.

So...it's minimal work and maximum vacation time for both of them. Am I having flashbacks to 2023?

But when you consider where she was this time last year, it is a world away. Looking back, it is almost impossible to articulate the significance of her words in that video message, both in terms of the widespread public shock they caused and also the dignified way in which she chose to impart it, unusually in royal circles, very much on her own terms.

Interesting how Becky is heavily emphasizing that Kate's bench video was her own doing. "Her words," "she chose," and "her own terms." I sense a Panorama-level of undoing regarding Kate's bench video, and I suspect Becky English knows it too.

Social media, you will remember, had been in overdrive for weeks with all sorts of outrageous, demeaning and sometimes utterly sordid speculation as to the reasons for Catherine's disappearance from public life following major abdominal surgery in January. While Kensington Palace (where only a tiny circle of staff were aware of what was actually happening) had pleaded for people to give the Princess time and space to recover, the prolonged absence of one of the most famous faces in the world with minimal explanation had – inevitably in some ways – given rise to increasingly fevered speculation as to why. In truth, it was really all that anyone wanted to talk about.

And yet, so much of the public relations problems stemmed from THE KP TITANIC's own fuckups! Events that fomented the public's interest originated from THE KP TITANIC's mismanagement!

The pap photo that had to be suppressed. The pissing contest with the British military. The EPIC, OWN GOAL Mother's Day photo. NONE of these get mentioned in Becky's article. Convenient.

In truth, it was really all that anyone wanted to talk about. Even my own doctor asked me midway through a medical appointment if I knew what was really happening. Such a lengthy hospital stay (the Princess was a patient at the London Clinic for two weeks) was highly unusual, they said, and had sparked much debate in their own staff room. In truth, I already had an inkling that it was much, much worse than Kensington Palace had let on. Indeed, the week before the Princess's broadcast, this was confirmed to me by a very well-placed source, who stressed how serious they believed her condition had been in the run-up to her surgery.

Even Becky's own doctors didn't believe THE KP TITANIC's January 2024 statement. Because, yeah, most people don't need two weeks in the hospital after "planned abdominal surgery." I also particularly love the insinuation that KP sources knew she had problems before Kate was allegedly admitted to The London Clinic on 16 January 2024.

That is a point that is not illuminated in Becky's recounting of the past year-plus of time. KP announced the day after that Kate had been admitted for "planned abdominal surgery." They announced on the 17th while they said Kate was admitted on the 16th, and they announced one hour before Buckingham Palace announced Charles was going to be treated for BPH.

So if THE KP TITANIC knew Kate was having problems prior to 16 January 2024, then why did THE KP TITANIC seem to have been caught so flat-footed that they weren't able to make an announcement until one day later that Kate had "planned abdominal surgery"?

Another contact also revealed that the increasingly upset and frustrated couple were considering issuing a public statement.

Yeah, well, after William engaged in a public, pissing contest with the British military over Kate's photo being used for The Colonel's Review, why does anyone consider people who work at THE KP TITANIC to be sane?

But even I had no idea, when a message suddenly dropped in my inbox at 3.30pm that Friday afternoon, on March 22, inviting me to a confidential media briefing just 30 minutes later, just how grave the situation was. Afterwards, in the rush of writing thousands of words in readiness for the embargo on the news to lift, I thought nothing particular of the timing. It's now been confirmed to me that, like every other aspect of the statement, it was absolutely deliberate.

A deliberate whitewashing to erase all of THE KP TITANIC's fuckups, and it succeeded, as we can all see that Becky English won't even mention those items in her recounting of the past fifteen months.

At 4pm, when our video conference call started, the Wales's children – Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis – had left school for the Easter holidays and were en route to Norfolk, where their parents could keep them away from the inevitable hysteria. However well-meaning the ensuing commentary was to be, it was something that neither William nor Catherine were willing to put 'the kiddies' (as she calls them) through.

Ah, yes, protect "the kiddies." And did everyone forget that Kate didn't tell her kids that she had "cancer" before she told the world? Is that what an honest mother does? We will be discussing Kate's honesty in the very near future.

'Protecting her children has always been at the heart of every decision she has made this year,' a source with knowledge of events says.

Oh really? What source was dumb enough to make this statement? Was this statement current? As in, did this "source" make this claim within the last 30 days? Do they not understand what's coming? Are they really that dumb? I know Will & Kate are that dumb, but who are these idiots spouting this Early Years drivel at this moment of time?

'We saw her not as a princess but as an individual sat there saying, 'I have got cancer and have spent the last few months getting my children to a point where they could understand that I am not very well.' I think that stopped a lot of people in their tracks.'

I can think of someone else that is going to stop people in their tracks....

I am told that the Princess wrote every single word of her 371-word statement herself, without any advice from her press office at Kensington Palace. 'They were absolutely her personal words, it was her story and she wanted to share it,' a source says. Another adds: 'It was powerful and all the more so because it came so personally from her. Only she was in a position to truly get across how she was feeling. 'The Princess also wanted to make sure whatever she said reflected the experience of the many others around the world who get the same, life-changing diagnosis too. That was something only she was able to share with them.

Look at all the emphasis on Kate's bench statement originating solely with her.

As in, when the shitstorm comes, KATE is going to be the one to blame. No one else.

The fact that this was followed up with two further personally penned and recorded messages in June and September – plus a message on social media in January revealing that she was happily in remission – only cements how determined she and William are to continue to tell this story in the way they see fit. On one hand this is down to the couple's sometimes admittedly overarching determination to 'control the narrative'. As public figures, dependent on public finances, only time will tell whether this is truly possible to maintain.

There you have it. The most important sentence in the entire piece: "As public figures, dependent on public finances, only time will tell whether this is truly possible to maintain."

Becky English knows. Hello! magazine knows. They ALL know!

They ALL know what's coming, even though the Wales fandom and their merry band of apologists don't like to admit it. They ALL know why Charles ignores Kate when she's curtsying to him. They ALL know why there was a huge gap between Will & Kate and The King & Queen at the Commonwealth Day service. They ALL know why Kate wasn't mentioned by BP on International Women's Day.

THEY ALL KNOW.

I've mentioned "parliament" regarding Will & Kate multiple times over the last several months. As I wrote after watching Jason Knauf's interview, "Will parliament change the Duchy of Cornwall legislation? Will William be stripped of said duchy? Will Kate’s marriage officially become morganatic if parliament strips her of the ability to officially become queen?"

Yeah.

That's where this shit is going. That's what Becky means when she writes "only time will tell whether this is truly possible to maintain."

Because Will & Kate are FUCKED!

However there is another reason, sources close to the couple have revealed to me. Both they and their team were genuinely shaken by the discovery that huge swathes of the rumour and conjecture this time last year was down to the manipulation of Russian 'bots'. Excellent research last year by the BBC revealed how security investigators believed a Russia-based disinformation group deliberately amplified and added to the frenzy of social media conspiracies about the Princess's health. In the weeks leading up to her video message there was a notable surge in online rumours and often wild claims about her health, they said, which added to the already unbearable emotional pressure on the couple. An analysis of the data showed 'hallmark signs' of a co-ordinated campaign (apparently sharing and adding to false claims is easier to do and harder to track than starting misinformation from scratch), presumably with the aim of destabilising the Royal Family, who are seen as a force for unity in the UK. 'It was already a crazy time but what the couple and their team didn't realise at first was that the Russians were feeding the algorithm,' a source tells me. 'This was deeply worrying and contributed to the thinking that only something from the Princess personally would help to combat the misinformation.'

I knew that long ass tweet by American "national security & foreign policy" reporter, Mark Toth, was a PR plant! This is why THE KP TITANIC and the Will & Kate CULT have been frantically trying to get all of their critics deleted and silenced on twitter.

So here is Becky, with multiple paragraphs, writing how all the pr failures by THE KP TITANIC were the fault of THE RUSSIANS! THE KP TITANIC, William, and Kate are not to blame for anything! It was always someone else's fault! They're not to blame!!

LESS THAN ONE WEEK BITCHES!!!

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