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I did not include anything else too closely relating to reading or writing (like "Works in a book store/library/writes for a newspaper) in order to avoid a sweep Mr Skrunkles is an adult of at least 30 here. PLEASE throw out more alternate ideas in the replies or reblogs if you can think of something not on this list!
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Genuinely can't decide if the writers intended the Five and Lila relationship to be toxic, or if that's just their idea of romance - just like Rochester, Heathcliff, Darcy, and that dude from Twilight, right???
Okay, let's have a readmore. Note tags, ppl, and curate your experience.
Lila has a relatively sensible approach to relationships, which is consistent, despite her somewhat Machiavellian approach to getting what she wants out of them - she put Diego in his place about having realistic expectations back in s3. She's pretty clear about who she is and where her lines are drawn, and is "weirdly self-actualised", according to Klaus. And Five - romantically inexperienced, thinks everyone should do what he says at all times - tries to impose his notion of How This Should Go onto her, from nearly the start of their brief romance, but leaning hard into it once it starts going sour - which also checks out: he was alone for 45 years and his previous relationship was all in his head, giving him full control, so that's what he's used to. But I couldn't tell if they genuinely intended to show it as him being incredibly selfish in prioritising his feelings over her wishes, or if they honestly thought it was romantic. I mean, the barbed wire-style bracelet is a little on the nose, and there's some symbolism that I'll get into in a sec. Truthfully, I'm not inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt - I think SB at least thought it was hot, judging by what he's said about identifying with Five, and about how he finally gets to have a romance. This seems to have been his pet project for the season, blergh.
It's that tedious old misogynist chestnut, that all women secretly want A Man to take control. It's frustrating, because they already established that Lila likes to be in charge, she wants to be free to make her own choices, she'd already had twenty-plus years of being told what to think and do. And yet she has to remind Five, who really ought to know her better by now, "You do not get to decide what I do with my life!" It's also very disconnected from reality. It's not actually fun or sexy to be gaslighted, to be lied to by some insecure asshole who thinks they know better about what's good for you, that they have a right to stick their nose into your personal relationships or keep you away from your kids. Not cool, Five, not cool. He's lucky she didn't kick him in the nuts on the way out. But another reason I think they didn't do this consciously is that Five doesn't seem to realise his assholery - there's no hint that he's regretting anything other than being dumped.
Lila was trapped for seven years in an intense, claustrophobic situation with Five - and if they'd continued to exist, she could have worked through the feelings that come out of that. Like Ritu said, of course there's going to be love there: they've spent seven years together, on the run. If nothing else, it would be a matter of survival - either you find a way to get along, or you kill each other. And they went in with a fair amount in common already (although being adopted by the Handler at age four is not at all the same as being recruited by her at age fifty-something). So I'm annoyed that Lila's whole arc this season is one of frustration about having to be the grown up in her relationship, taking a break to reassess, going off to do something a bit crazy and fun - and promptly getting stranded with someone considerably less emotionally competent.
Okay, I'm being somewhat harsh - Lila unexpectedly getting the timeout she wanted could've been a decent storyline, she could have some time to reflect, live the child-free life without consequences, and have some adventures (she actively enjoys danger!). And she and Five got to bond, that had lots of interesting potential, especially with their complicated history. But it tipped over from being a potential opportunity into an immensely over the top punishment for her impulsivity, and took them so far from where they'd started that there's a total emotional disconnect with the main story. Which is a fucking weird choice for one episode in such a short season, ngl.
And then, ugh, she's right back to dealing with the apocalypse, visibly thrown by a Diego who has unexpectedly thought about what she said and is trying to be a better husband, and dealing with a Five who has decided to get territorial. It's deeply uncomfortable, Five is gearing up to start trouble, so wrapped up in his own hurt feelings that he's functionally useless for the actual problem in front of them - leaving Lila to deal with the mess he creates, and then leverage said feelings to get him to put on his big boy pants and help. She still reaches out to him in the end, I think she knows him well enough by this point to understand what makes him tick...and she's having to be the sensible one up to the end of her existence. Can't she have someone who's willing to meet her halfway? The reflecting that Diego did, him making a start on making amends (given that it was only a few hours for him, that's about as much as they could squeeze in) was basically just wasted. They start to reconnect at the end, and mutually apologise for the damage they've done - but that's all they get, and it's a travesty.
Personally I think the whole storyline should have been cut, but if - if - they really felt it added something, they could have given it some time in the real world, see how this shaky new romance holds up against a serious relationship that's been massively fractured. In a different show, that might have been a fine story. But they don't do that. Whatever she might have wanted, Lila doesn't get time to even think about her choices. She gets to stop existing. (Or they could just have not gone there in the first place, god I hate love triangle plotlines, they do no favours for anyone involved!)
Given a continued existence in which to do so, I'm sure Five would have moved on pretty quickly. It's his first romance with a real person, he feels it intensely - but once the dust settled, he'd see that they were in very different emotional places (she wanted to get back to her family, the break from reality is way overdue to end - and he wanted to stay in their little bubble and leave all that behind). The actual romance part was actually pretty brief, and lacking in any deep communication - as Lila says, it wasn't real. They're playing house in an attempt to feel normal - in a greenhouse (a fragile structure, not a real home), eating strawberries (a treat more than real sustenance), like children...hey, maybe I'm wrong and the writers DID intend to do that, bc that's some choice visual metaphors. And they're playing roles: all their normal antagonism - what made them so fun and sparky in previous seasons, and even during the earlier part of their adventure! - disappears. Lila is a chameleon, taking on a character is her happy place - and this was how Five kept himself going, last time he was in this situation, so he's slipping back into that method of survival (although he's not as good as she is at separating reality from fiction). So while all that is totally understandable, it's insubstantial. If Five had the space to do some self-reflection, or if one of his more rational siblings (Luther maybe, or...um...or a friend, if he can make one...or maybe that dude in the Losers Department at the CIA...) sat down with him and explained that you need to treat a partner as an equal, maybe he could do better next time - or double down and keep being an asshole, that's also a strong possibility.
idk - I still don't honestly think the show intended it that way, unfortunately. I think they shoehorned the characters into the scenes they wanted, regardless of sense or even plot requirement. There are a LOT of badly-explained or badly-thought out moments in this season, and this whole mess just adds to the incoherency. Or maybe it's just a consequence of TV - you get multiple creative people involved, and the reasoning gets muddied, especially over time. Maybe it was SB's intention from the start, but he didn't inform the actors until the final season, so they've been playing it straight.
This show has an...interesting tendency to do something that you think is totally unacceptable and just gloss over it at the time, and then address it next season (like Luther apologising to Viktor), as if the writers all brought it up in their respective therapy sessions during the break, and worked through the issues - so maybe if they'd had another season, they would have gone into all that. Maybe. But we're clearly not going to get that, and they're all gone from existence so I can't headcanon that in this universe, they eventually sort it out. So I'm putting it down to one thing:
Break out the dodgy facial hair (I see you're ahead of me, Five) and let's get kicking babies!
#tua s4#tua#the umbrella academy#five hargreeves#lila pitts#anti-fivela#pepper gets salty#there are currently 3 hours left on that poll but I don't think the result are gonna change#I would've posted this yesterday in fact but then I made myself go watch some of the scenes in question 🤢🤢🤢#and had some edits to make
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* If you want them to break up but get back together/get together as a different side of the love square, that still counts as a "Yes"
#NO nuance here. if you want them to break up but get back together vote yes#if you dont want them to break up at all vote no#if they take a “break” that can mean whatever you want it to mean.#a temporary breakup is still a vote for yes#miraculous#miraculous ladybug#adrinette#adrienette#the fandom is so divided im very curious lol#poll#i know some folks will be salty i didnt include a “break up but get back together”#or “break up but get together as a diff side of the love square” option#but those still count as a breakup#so itd still be a yes lmao
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I love that all warrior weapons are fuckin bangers. Every single one is good and they all feel very much like the class. I think they're top tier weapon and skill design. Warrior is so good.
#gw2#if you hate warrior try again.#im gonna be salty about that poll forever i think#that one and the armor weight poll#cant dress heavy armor. kiss my ass.#ive been running around on rhowan for the last couple of days#thinking about her.#missing norn women.#playing with warrior spear#so good dude.#i thought id hate it bc its ranged#but its a sorely needed ranged option for warrior#such a nice design and flow#love the berserk and adrenaline skills
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I'm feeling Salty today, so let's gooooooo!
KEEP IN MIND: I'm only counting direct remakes, not sequels or spin-offs! So, that means no Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, no Maleficent or Cruella, etc.
I have a..... complicated relationship with live action remakes in general, and thought I'd spice up my polls this time around. Let the Worst Trash win 😈
Happy voting! ❤
#Starling polls#Disney Live Action Remake Polls#Disney#Live Action Remakes#Cinderella#The Jungle Book#Beauty and the Beast#Dumbo#Aladdin#The Lion King#Lady and the Tramp#Mulan#Pinocchio#Peter Pan#The Little Mermaid#gods 2019 really punched FOUR of these huh?#no wonder my saltiness for them increased so rapidly!#original post#300+ votes#50 notes
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look sometimes the most popular character in a fandom is deservedly so. sometimes the fandom gets it right. “popular” does not always mean overrated. YES this is about Maedhros why do you ask.
#silmarillion#maedhros#feeling salty about the maedhros v galadriel poll#although I must emphasise that the best character in the silm is maglor#but maedhros is a very close second
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Hey everyone, I'm curious as to what the spread will be like (though I have pretty strong suspicions), Who's your favourite PC, of both campaigns
Poll for fav C1 character Here!
Poll for fav C2 character Here!
#I’m salty you can’t add multiple polls to a post#rolling with difficulty#rwd#tumblr polls#tell meeee
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Feeling a bit fighty so
I'm embellishing (but only barely. i wish i was just making up a guy.) and only picked canon ones. still, be as civil as possible in your replies~
*i am not a "Riku was there and heard" believer and never will be until the kh crew actually puts it in the games or in an interview.
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In heaven she will probably sit between the Héloïses and the Cleopatras.
Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native (1878)
#i am so salty about that poll lol#*throws all three volumes of the dynasts through the screen*#thomas hardy#the return of the native#literature
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#mdzs#jiang cheng#lan xichen#xicheng#tagging just to be safe#ngl this is kind of high pressure bc from what i can tell xicheng is the most popular jc ship. appeal of even more BIL drama maybe?#so. i don't want to piss off anyone haha. here's hoping#ngl if i were jc during the timeskip i would mainly be annoyed about lwj. why is this asshole being openly rude to me.#why are you as his brother not telling him to cut it out?? do you not care about the political consequences??#or is it that. your sect is so strong that you can afford to not care. you can afford to let your brother run around and do what he wants#because you're strong enough to protect your brother. unlike me. unlike me when it really mattered.#is that what's going on.#if it were me i'd be at least a bit salty ngl#god also now that i think about it. lxc really does have the same sort of calm temperament and tendency to try to smooth things over#as jiang fengmian. meanwhile everyone says jiang cheng is the same as yu ziyuan#uh oh!!! mommy and daddy issues triggered!!!!#anyways i wonder if tagging this with xicheng is going to skew the results? oh well it's whatever#yanyan polls
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#somebody asked me to do this again so here we are#people got mad that i included the cubs last time 🫠#it was honestly just there for me to be salty#but oh well#everybody go vote#polls#mlb baseball#mlb#baseball#sports
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From a previous poll it has been decided that Lan Wangji can cook, but the real question is....Can He Grill?
#poll#I was going to do my thing and make a funny comic on the poll results but....#people got a little heated at that one. Not a unbearable amount of spice but I do not want to kick up any dust more than I have#Anyways now that THAT poll is over I just wanna add my two cents and say that I think both *can* cook. It's a matter of poor generalization#WWX knows the core principals but doesn't see much point in the process of cooking especially if it's just for him. Faster meals are better#Eat the raw ingredients and go back to work kind of guy#LWJ can follow a recipe and has the patience to cook a nice meal but doesn't have that innate chef sense. Useless without recipe type cook#They simultaneously can and cannot cook. It's situation specific#That *just* my own thoughts though! There is evidence to suggest both can cook if they must and there's the funny avenue of saying#that the are Banned From All Kitchens Everywhere#Cooking is different from grilling though. This I must know#guaranteed comic at the end of this one. For real this time. Even if people get very salty
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Just assuming the young people will be a small percentage, I'll redo it if I'm wrong
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