#Reeks of insecurity

[barley-and-rye]

"I swear im not a nerd!" Girl we are all Adults who know each other from a Scifi & Fantasy society. A) youre not fooling anyone, B) this isnt the fucking disney channel you can enjoy things it's chill dhdhdh

[klapollo]

Can we please talk about how the polar opposite of prototypical Tumblr dorks are people who are absolutely desperate to quantify how normal they are in how often they go to parties do drugs have sex etc and how it's incredibly corny in its own way

[canichangemyblogname]

“The show isn’t going to cater to your fan fiction fantasy 🤣.”

Yeah… no. See, that’s not the issue. 1.) I don’t read fanfiction; can also barely write it, 2.) the issue 100% is that this was very clearly intended to come out of the blue, but because it seems increasingly likely LFJ isn’t returning to the show, there is a lack of resolution. This breakup is result of Tommy’s insecurities in the relationship. He feels he’s gonna get left behind; have his heart broken. The breakup even surprises Tommy. It blindsides Buck, a character who has long been characterized by a listlessness and a lack of defined vision for his future. When his boyfriend breaks up with him because he doesn’t believe that Buck can actually see him in his future, the narratively weighty thing is for the characters to later—after processing this breakup and struggling with competing wants—confront that. But that seems so incredibly unlikely, so it feels more like they kiboshed this for some external reason rather than a narrative one.

Then there’s an issue with the follow through with themes. If this is the end-end— and that seems likely with LFJ’s departure from the show—there’s a lack of follow through on reoccurring themes in the show, like second chances, making one’s own happiness, and how “our people” make life worth it. If the goal is Buck’s return to a 1.0 era, that would be a stark and sharp character regression instead of growth for a character who has come a long way over 8 seasons, which is not narratively satisfying. And when it’s ONLY the bisexual character who ever gets arcs like this, and it’s explicitly because of some “he doesn’t know what he really wants” or “he can’t commit,” then the story isn’t original; it’s a stereotype. There’s also then a very jarring lack of follow through on changes to structure and style they had been planning to explore, like finding ways to integrate a Love Interest into non-romance and non-relationship storylines, being able to expand these characters through professional scenarios together, and that whole thing about Buck getting off the “hamster wheel.” All of these hinted at major structural changes to the way the show writes secondary characters, which would also have major implications for characters like Karen and Josh. This sort of shift, understandably, gets viewers invested in a new era of an EIGHT season show, and disappointed when these structural changes fail (repeatedly, may I add) to manifest.

It’s disappointing because it seems—due to casting changes beyond their control and of no fault of anyone— there won’t be any follow through on this purposefully sudden breakup. Even some upcoming confrontation between the characters could wrap up the tension left in the air. The narrative doesn’t need tropes or some rom-com ending to be narratively satisfying! It can end tragically and still fee resolved.

Most fans’ issue with this is that they did this for the short-term drama, not for the long-term story telling.

—Sincerely, a novelist (a VERY different writing form) who writes tragedies and recently finished a gay romantic tragedy that ends—well—with a break up.

[kerrste]

Quick sketch cause I watched the first movie yesterday

[vampcubus]

straight men are NOT into pegging.

all men in kny are STRAIGHT.

no man in kny is into pegging and they NEVER will be.

kny men like it up the ass pass it on

[tullysansa]

the fact that the anti jonsa tag gets updated everyday makes me laugh for some reason

[thewingedwolf]

sorry if u can’t see why a man getting online specifically to call a woman he doesn’t know mid and “the jocks were afraid of me” is incel behavior you are lost omg. quinn eats that nerd up & leah is gorgeous

[a-sketchy]

the thing about yosuke’s shittiness around here (up close and personal, the campout) is that the vast majority of it isn’t doing literally anything for his character. i completely think yosuke’s shittiness is important to his character, but it’s by and large reflections of his own insecurities and flaws. he’s insecure about his masculinity and sexuality, he’s lame, he’s selfish, he’s obsessed with the idea of women, his mouth moves faster than his brain, he doesn’t like himself, and he cares way too much about the societal ideal of ‘normal’. but it’s really important that he’s self-aware! he knows when the things he says are shitty, he knows he’s lame, he knows he’s selfish, he knows he’s putting up a front of being carefree and normal. but there’s absolutely no self awareness here, there’s no recognizing he went too far and apologizing the next day, there’s no regret, there’s not even any self-deprecation, and there’s absolutely no compassion or empathy like he has in serious moments. a lot of what he says is just mean for meanness’s sake, in an execution incongruous with previous behaviour. it’s not even funny!

[antxnous]

“We’re a team. Just you and me, like we used to be.”

Erm brother pick urself the FAWK up

[thelustybraavosimaid]

Another thing I hate: the idea that Arya is tOo fAr gOnE and Jon would be disgusted by her now.

Buddy the man nearly beat a man to death because of a memory, wants her to murder her husband on her wedding night with a sword he had custom-made for her, and wants to strangle the husband himself.

What part of any of that makes you think he's going to love her any less, especially when she was literally surviving? Jon would be fucking proud.

[nightowl1556]

(TOH and HELLUVERSE Version)

What if they met? #46

(Note: characters are randomly chosen)

[velolceraptor]

Me thinking about Ben: teehee he looks like such a silly goofy guy °v° He's kinda dumb but that's okay :) and hee hoo hee hoo silly silly little redheaded fellow tee hee!

Also me: Ben looks like he gets verbally beaten by his family for his low intellect and probably has a lot of pent up rage while dealing with it in unhealthy ways. He also seems like the type to fear falling behind and whenever he's showed up (embarrassed; put to shame) he takes it in the worst way possible since he's dealt with it so many times, quickly growing tired of it. But he's also probably insecure about himself and was probably shamed for it so for most of the time like school, family, and after school clubs, he probably puts on a face and lies about everything, trying to suppress his emotions and not make a scene. He probably and maybe constantly tries to prove his worth but ends up mucking things up and making things even worse than before. And another thing is-

*GETS SNIPED*

Me, now a ghost: hee hoo silly sad ginger boy

(sorry I listened to 'I bet on losing dogs by mistake while thinking about him')

[enghsaid]

Nara smith they could never make me hate you

The way ppl make her a joke for making food from scratch since she has a whole autoimmune disease is insane

[beastwars-transformers]

It’s really poetic that someone used the NPC “meme” against the people who are saying you should educate yourself before casting judgment on artwork

[xlillilith]

the way a lot of these gwi/les shippers move you would think interracial or no, white person/black person relationships are some rare never-before seen phenomenons that hardly ever get representation in media and that their relationship is just oh so unique and somehow groundbreaking which is why they cling so desperately to it and vehemently oppose any and everything that goes against it

[ardentpoop]

If you are ableist every day that is not "a normal thing everyone does" that's most definitely a you thing that you need to go and unpack somewhere that isn't a Tumblr argument

just saw this bc sometimes i miss notifications on mobile, but youre intentionally interpreting what i said in a one-dimensional way. see my response here if you actually care and aren't just trying to pick an argument with someone whom you Do Not Know(!!!!) anything about