#Which again

[qu0rky]

What i despise the most about her character and the way she’s written (which was also pointed out by Danny Motta in his most recent reaction, though with much more comedic ire) is that she does the same thing over and over again, without seemingly learning anything.

She felt so hurt by her dad not knowing what she’s into now, and instead clinging on to the past (which was his biggest crime with her tbh), but does she give a single fuck about Stolas’ life before he had her? I never saw her make an effort to bond with him unless it was something SHE was already into. If she had, she’d understand why Stolas cares so much about Blitz. I don’t think she ever even realized just how miserable Stolas was whenever she was with her mom on the weekends.

Loona’s speech to her in Seeing Stars should’ve been the end of this arc. Of her teenage rebellion. Of her unreasonable anger towards her father. Because Loona put it perfectly, dads fuck up, but they’re trying, at least it’s very clear that Blitz and Stolas are. And they’re not just fathers, they’re multidimensional people, with hobbies and aspirations and relationships. She seemed to understand that speech. And yet now it’s like that bit of development never happened between them. Could she not have confided in Loona again?

And now that she’s susceptible to her mother and uncle’s manipulation, this could only get worse. I genuinely cannot handle seeing Stolas treated like shit by other people AGAIN. He’s had enough!! Let him heal.

As much as i can understand where Via is coming from, and her feelings are valid, she doesn’t see her dad as a living person outside of just being her father. And that isn’t right. It’s especially not right seeing just how many people feel absolutely no empathy for him.

“She was just a child having to endure all that!!” Okay, and how old was Stolas when he had to marry an abusive girl and have a kid of his own, exactly? At least he gave Via a chance to have a good childhood, he didn’t have one. He didn’t have anything except for his duties to carry out.

And while it’s heartbreaking that Via sees herself as an obligation, that’s literally what she was supposed to be. Though that doesn’t mean that was how he saw her. She was what saved him, what made him endure all the abuse, what kept him going.

But sometimes that’s not enough, he had NO ONE to confide in and couldn’t put his frustrations on his own kid (because he’s a good father, despite what some of you would like to believe, clearly you didn’t grow up with a parent trying to guilt you by traumadumping when you can barely understand it), so he also NEEDED the pills.

The thing is, i also had that mentality towards my mom for dealing with depression UNTIL i started experiencing it myself. Because it’s so hard to realize that your parents are also human beings, since they’re supposed to protect you, they’re supposed to have everything figured out, to be the shoulder you cry on.

But if i see another dumbass claim that he CHOSE to leave and made the wrong decision in Mastermind, i need you out of this fandom. The whole point of that was that he had no choice, was he supposed to throw away the man he fell in love with, his first friend, his first time that wasn’t for procreation, and the one who liberated him? Stolas is allowed to care for more than one person, and he deserves to be loved romantically by someone.

You’re being too harsh on Stolas because for whatever reason you hate an abuse victim finally having a say in how to live for once in their lives, adding on top of that the weird, underlying homophobia in some of your criticisms for him.

Also i have a bad taste in my mouth from Via only seemingly hating Stolas, despite having SEEN how shitty Stella is. Sure, she doesn’t know the full extent of the abuse, but she’s heard the yelling, she’s seen the throwing, the ridiculing, the insensitivity. And most likely that woman neglected Via as much as possible, because she also didn’t choose to have her, but unlike Stolas she didn’t give a fuck to take responsibility regardless. (Reminding you of the “You get up” comment from Loo Loo Land). This was all happening before the cheating, so that’s not an excuse for her behavior (not that the cheating was, but at least Via would have been able to reason with her reaction to it).

It’s a complicated situation and it’s so shitty to put all the blame on Stolas, he tried so much for his family, but it was never going to be enough, because he’s gay. I’m glad he got out of that marriage.

Honestly, had i been given all those responsibilities at his age in a loveless marriage, i would’ve gone insane. I wouldn’t have been kind to my child, the cause of my shit life. But he never saw her as a weight on his shoulders, he has so much love for Via.

[vanlegion]

[watchyourbuck]

“with your tattoos, and your broody little pout” ???? ok mr straight captain,, mr homophobic captain,,,,,,

[cherry-b0mber]

uh Anthro saint

Was on my YouTube channel, I need to make a fully rendered piece again…

[persephryne]

Sometimes I remember that Sanji is a pisces and Zoro is a scorpio and it’s painful how much it makes sense

[skywalkr-nberrie]

Anidala’s love can’t be summed up to them having an “adolescent like relationship” when it’s their very love that defined and saved a galaxy and lasted as long as it did. They’ve found “deep love” within one another and considered it the only “good thing” among all that was happening during the war. It may come off as childish to those who don’t grasp the theatrical appeal to it, but the narrative intention was never for them to be painted as “two dumb horny teens.” They were naive and young, yes. Both forced into adulthood too quickly, and were traumatized at a vulnerable age, yes. Neither of them got the chance to just be kids and have a childhood, all true. But again, that narratively isn’t connected to them falling in love and being each other’s safe place. That’s actually apart of their own individual development as independent characters. While we’re on this topic, they’re canonically both impulsive. And yet that’s only due to who they are as characters, and therefore isn’t a reason to latch onto to insist that they have an “immature” or “adolescent” relationship with one another.

[flythesail]

Jisbon really starts with the perfect ratio of annoyance/bickering/distrust to I actually trust you more than anyone

[pointless-letters]

PEAK TELEGRAPH: “I don’t think that I should be receiving these things from the state - which, of course, I accept - when I don’t need them. I also think that people who do need them shouldn’t get them either.”

[alarminggirl]

me trying to explain that i love love love being overly sweet and caring and “””motherly”””” in a “trans woman who wasn’t allowed space to be kind and loving to humanity and just so happens to interact with kink” way and not a “controlling weird mdlg 4g3p1ay” way

[unfotp]

what are your favorite mobei-jun and shang qinghua moments in scum villain (including the extras) both individually and together!

oooooo It's been quite a while since I read the book (2020) but moshang are such an interesting dynamic. 🤔 A God and his Most Autistic soldier-cum-portable air-conditioner. Dude even gets killer tits to boot. There's some very potent scenes that even I adored.

The "He can't fly!!!" scene. On one hand that was the oh shit moment where I realised they were canon and on the other hand it stood out that despite Mobei Jun being Airplane's dream boyfriend; the ability to fly was apparently not on his list of Top Qualities. In a Xianxia world.

The dating advice scene. Shang Qinghua telling his (un)beloved son that acting pathetic wa the was to a man's dick and balls just further cemented in my heart that he may be Sneaky and a Competent spy but he has Zero none absolutely no street smarts. Mobei Jun even looks at him after he says that which just confirms in his head that 'Yes we are in fact courting each other. I was right all along.'

Thank you for the ask!! 💕💕

[acepalindrome]

I’m generally pretty good at accepting that there are many things some people might like in fiction that I don’t, but I cannot wrap my mind around people writing aus where a certain demographic of people are systematically denied rights. I see it most often with ABO stuff or little/caregiver stuff, and it’s always like people are biologically born a certain way and get treated like second class citizens. Why do you want this. Like what is anyone getting out of writing this. I mean, this is just real life how people with disabilities are treated, and if you wanted to explore that, then you could just write about disabled people? Why are you creating this whole world where there’s a new group of people who aren’t allowed to have jobs or own property or whatever. What is the point.

[llycaons]

okay I have to get this off my chest

I assisted with that 20 week termination a few weeks ago and was very happy to do so, and would do so again without hesitation, but it was extremely visceral and unpleasant. I was genuinely feeling unwell by the end, and I am not a squeamish person. not because of the nature of the procedure either, simply because of the physical aspect! and of course none of this makes reproductive care less critical or worth providing, but I just had to share because it HAS been weighing on me and I did need to put it somewhere. and I understand much more now why people must be sore or uncomfortable afterward. it's not a small procedure! there's a lot of tissue removed! to put it plainly - it's pretty disgusting! but none of that matters at all. it's extremely important to me that I emphasize that my reaction doesn't indicate anything about how necessary and important maintaining access to abortions and bodily autonomy is!!! some people get grossed out by eye surgeries or amputations and that doesn't day anything about THEIR medical necessity or their patients' right to choose them. you know

[dhwty-writes]

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[spideyhexx]

i forgot that "let's fight with our fucking fists" ends with "like men" which is so stupid...

it makes sense for them shdjdjdj a stupid ploy of masculinity like beating each other up with their bare hands and in hindsight Billy is being stupid that entire scene but he is hot so

[aromantic-and-aromatic]

Honestly Seph is a good character to headcanon as trans I feel mostly bc he already has identity issues surrounding his fear of being inhuman, a monster or other, so adding transness to the mix makes everything more complicated but also adds layers to his fear of otherness