#age: 22

[woolblossom-archive]

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[citree]

The Witch's Son 🐦‍⬛

[ohmyminsung]

"ATE" visual film 🖤 lee know ver.

[mudshadow]

halves of a whole

[idontmindifuforgetme]

Honestly, unfortunately, my life only started making sense and I started having the courage to live my truth after I turned 25 going into 27 and beyond. It took me until 25 to have the courage in my convictions enough to start musical lessons and learning guitar and until 27 to start solving some social riddles which were not making any sense to me. I'm like almost 34 and things are still gentle sliding into place and stop feeling such an internal war about who I appear to be vs who I actually am and living that truth, even if it's annoying and embaressing and sometimes not a win. I felt like a fake a lot of my life as a teenager and at this young age (30 something) I am starting to feel like I'm easing my way over to a more truthful satisfying honest life, where I can look myself in the mirror and be okay.

I love every part about this ask anon 🩷 thank you sm for sharing, this gives someone in their early 20s like me sm comfort to know

[yveni]

when I feel bad about being 22 and not having a big girl job I remember that at 22, Quill Kipps left his big girl job to then go work for a chaotic teenager and I feel a lotta bit better

[woolblossom-archive]

Blue says trans rights

[stayatsam]

time to plan out the border...

[royalarchivist]

Pepito: ola buenas tardes [hello good afternoon]

Roier: Ay, Pepito! Puta madre–

Let Pepito and Roier cheer you up with their Numa Numa dance! 🕺✨

[aprito]

sos fam...they are so important to me actually...

[lenodrysalad]

"Eddie said he's straight! Buck said Eddie was straight! Buck said he's not in love with his best friend! They shut down Buddie in the show it isn't happening ya'll are delusional! Queerbait! Queerbait! Blah blah blah"

I feel like I'm going insane. I'm sure we're all tired of people shouting "media literacy" every five seconds, but like... Yeah, develop some media literacy, please.

I'm saying this as someone who doesn't usually like romance, despite being subjected to it in basically every piece of media. As someone who doesn't generally look for love stories. As someone who loved Buddie but didn't consider any serious possibility of it becoming canon before season 7/8, who refused to believe Buddie was truly happening until I couldn't deny it anymore: this episode is loud.

Please understand how narrative arcs work. How character arcs work. How character development works. How serial broadcast television works. Understand how writing works. Consider context; take the whole episode, the whole season, and the whole series into account instead of treating things like they exist in isolation.

I'm too tired to go through the step-by-step details of the episode to prove why these, "they said it on screen, therefore..." takes are shortsighted and ignorant; plenty of people have done that already.

But that episode, even if we do take it in isolation, is textbook. Do people really take everything characters say at face value? Do people not watch other character's reactions? Listen to what else is being said? Watch what is being shown? Consider the implications? Themes? Narrative devices?

Consider that maybe, just maybe, characters can be unreliable narrators, or believe something to be true only for that belief to change later. These things don't happen in one episode. There's such a thing as set-up, foreshadowing, the starting point of a plot. 911 is a serial drama, therefore it is going to have A) long-form story and character arcs, and B) drama.

Characters are not going to move in straight lines, or talk in therapy speak, or solve every problem in an hour. They are not always going to be right, or self-aware, or truthful, or rational. Direct dialogue does not equate to honest dialogue.

Also, saying, "well in real life, people do this, I do that, their feelings would be this, yadda yadda yadda" means nothing. Your experiences are not universal, and more importantly, this is a work of fiction. Realism is whatever the story says it is; it's going to do whatever creates the most dramatic, interesting, developmentally beneficial, or emotionally satisfying story. Whether you like that story or not is irrelevant to the fact that stories are not going to cater to all your expectations or real-world experiences.

To people pointing to Tim or the actor's interviews as "proof" they're shutting down Buddie: again, please understand how broadcast television works. They are not going to tell us everything that's going to happen before it happens. They are going to play the neutral zone, the "wait and see," the "will they/won't they." They are going to lie. That is television production 101. You can compare what they've said in the past with canon and list all the contradictions, misdirection, and twists you didn't see coming because they didn't spoil it for you. Watch the show. That is the canon.

They're also not catering to fandom--people they already know are devoted to the show, familiar with Buddie, and consistently tuning in. They're introducing the idea of Buddie to the general audience, people who likely haven't considered the possibility before. The GA has to see that Buddie is an option, so the show needs to manifest it as if it's a brand new concept. This episode pulled the pin on that grenade in a very obvious way; the idea that Buck could be in love with Eddie and that Eddie could not be straight has been planted. The next seed will be Eddie's feelings. Now the show needs to water it and let it grow.

One last thing. Been seeing a fair amount of hand-wringing and condescension over people interpreting this episode differently. As if this is some sort of "gotcha" for bad writing, baiting, or people being stupid. Listen, genuine complaints about this show's writing aside, different interpretations or inferences are completely normal. This isn't unique. That is how people interact with stories, through personal biases, experiences, emotions, and expectations. That isn't inherently a bad thing. It's totally fine to have your own views; media is all about interpretation.

However, it is also true that just because you have an interpretation, that doesn't make it true. Not all interpretations are equal in their validity, evidence, or warrants. The show has an intention, it has a story in mind. If you don't see it, sure, that could be a failure of the writing, but it could also very well be a failure of your analysis, especially when the show hasn't finished telling the story. Looking at one thing in isolation and forming your whole conclusion based around that makes for poor critique.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see who's right.

[sdv-confessions]

To anyone who headcannons Harvey having grey hair and crow’s feet, may your pillow stays at a comfortable temperature on both sides, your socks are dry and cozy, your coffee is the perfect temperature, and nothing bothers you on a perfect day. ☺️

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[youvebeengalindafied]

Adding to the pile of “things that are subtly funny in the wickedverse’s version of Wizard of Oz”: the fact that the Wicked Witch of the West is only like…28yo. Max.

[nicholastitties]

FirstPrince au where Alex gets hired to be prince Henry’s bodyguard after he gets sent a death threat but to avoid suspicion, Alex has to pretend to be Henry’s serious boyfriend to justify being everywhere with him

[woolblossom-archive]

[brodorokihousuke]

before my ass forgets i headcanon apollo's birthday as new years day so happy possible 21st to him