#also it's obviously not a requirement 🙄

[dulcevenganzaa]

i think if you're an mcr fan and you don't use that as a springboard to get into different music you hadn't considered before you're kinda doing it wrong imo

[snarltoothed]

woman with cptsd shower routine be like i love this music, i’m dancing and washing my body in warm water, i’m at the peak of human joy… oh, that lyric kinda cut deep. :/. sobbing silently on all fours to the point of physical pain. the suffering is in every fibre of my being. why didn’t i die three years ago

[racew1nn3rs]

hello luna !! i’m in love with your blog & vibes <3 i hope you are having a lovely day and would just like to request or just let out my thoughts really:

charles and a (fem) reader who really just loves to be spoilt and coddled, whether willing to admit it or not, and treated like the pillow princess really both in and out of the bedroom bc honestly i’m just craving some writing or thoughts on my favourite monégasque boy absolutely just indulging in me. thank you lots sweets!

AGHHH SO MANY THOUGHTS ANON. SO MANY THOUGHTS, SO I'M GIVING U A LITTLE BLURB!

18+, MDNI!!

out of the bedroom charles is just such a genuine sweetheart that yes, he will hold your bag, and of course he'll hold your shoes, and obviously he'll buy you that necklace. youre his girl, taking care of you isn't only natural it's a must. and he feeds into it so much, like truly to a ridiculous extent.

he's the type to still hold your hand and use it like his own while doing things that require both hands so he doesn't have to let go just because he knows you want to be held at all times at all costs. all it takes is some well-timed puppy dog eyes and anything you ask for is yours in an instant. he's just so happy at the prospect of making you smile that he can't fathom telling you no or letting you go even for a second.

in the bedroom, he's nearly the same. anything you whine or plead for sounds so pretty he just can't tell you no. you want more, he's giving you so much you can't even handle it. you want it harder, softer, slower, it doesn't matter what it is he's immediately groaning and complying. he is not one to say no to his girl, even if it means overstimulating you both to high hell in order to do so. he never makes you work for it, and he never teases for long, because he wants to hear you moaning and blissed out ASAP.

he also never falls short on aftercare. he's taking a bath with you, feeding you snacks and water, and cuddling with you for the next 5 hours (fuck his responsibilities 🙄 his spoiled princess comes first guys dw)

anyways i love this i had so many thoughts but this is what i had off the top of my head.

i was so excited to see an ask 😭 so please keep sending in ideas guys i love making fics (especially smau LMAO)

[kheta]

Things I need in a Reverse Robins AU

-I don’t care what the order is but please let Duke and Jarro be adopted before Damian is taken in! I need Damian to be jealous of an alien starfish, my bones require it 😭

-Duke ans Damian make Jason and Dick’s lives so difficult… not as antagonist and purely because they snuck out and caused so much havock that Bruce now has a sixth sense for when his kids want to act up. They cannot even attempt stealth because Duke and Damian did it better.

-I want Duke and Damian to be those kid brothers that never got along. They used to regularly ‘spar’ (fist fight) but Dick, Cass and Jason don’t believe it because they get along so well now? Tim and Steph are obviously lying.

-A grown Dick Grayson being so mad because he went his whole life wanting to be taller than just one big brother, one! And he never gets it 🥰 (Him and Tim are the same height. He hates it w a passion) Technically he is taller than Jarro. But so is Ace and Tidus, that accounts for literally nothing.

-In contrasts to his big brother’s stealth and sneaking out shennanigans, Tim just straight up lies to Bruce when he wants to take off with YJ, vaguely saying their plans (baseball, trip to some histprical landmark, chilling on Bart’s new ride) So while Bruce blames Duke and Dami for his greys, he says that Tim is the only reason he isn’t fully grey because he’s so responsible and considerate and always tells Bruce everything. (Tim tells Bruce exactly three things, two are half-truths and one is the boldest lie in town 😇 Bruce is nonethewiser.)

-Running off of that, I want Tim to be the sneaky middle child always in chaos, but I want Dami to know this and point it out to Bruce and gst shut down (like Candace Flynn levels of bad)

-Dick is spoilt by his many older siblings. He knows and takes advantage. I’m talking like 18yo Dick Grayson showing up at 22yo Jason’s place when Jason is at College and Jason returns home to find his little brother wearing his robe, eating hia cereal and asking if he can borrow Jay’s car because Bruce is hiding his keys until Dick actually gets a drivers license, which he doesn’t need because he hardly ever drives anyway 🙄😒 Jason tells him to fuck off, kicks him for not throwing thw empty cereal box away and asks where tf he thinks he’s off to anyway??????

-I want Cass to be a bratty younger sister, but only to Jason. She’s happy to hangout and cherishes her time with all her brothers, but she terrorises Jason. Purposefully is quieter when walking near him to frighten him, steals every comfy, bright hoodie he owns, wiggles into his bed and leaves her stuff for him to pick up, clean. She happily helps with chores until Jason asks and suddenly, she did not hear him, she was ‘busy, calm down grumpy.’ I want her looking at his school work and making faces at him if he tries to help her. I want her to want nothing more than to bite Jason, but also have him be her secret favourite brother. I need them to be best friends but the sort who will sell each other out for a single corn chip.

-Dick convinces Damian to help him steal an elephant. If Damian weren’t so weak for his baby brother he’d think about how even tge manor is not large enough to comfortably house an elephant. Duke isn’t completely sure it’s a good idea, but he trusts his brother’s to be smart enough to think this through ☺️ (they have not and will not think the logistics of owning an elephant through) Tim is fully aware this is a bad plan, he’s just even worse at saying no to Dick 💀 Steph is so mad that she has to be the voice of reason among these idiots 😒

-Tim dropping out of High-school actually leads to a huge fight lol. Bc Duke and Damian have Masters and Jason is looking into Ivy Leagues and Cass adores you Tim you need to be a role model 😠 Tim moves to San Francisco and doesn’t talk to Bruce for months after that fight. He still regularly contacts his siblings though.

-Personally don’t love Jason dying in Reverse Robin AU’s, but you know if Joker killed him at 15 he’d be dead in two weeks tops. Oh you want to kill the baby brother of a trqined assassin and Tim, one bad hour away from villany, Drake-Wayne? You think Duke would stop them? Dick? You think wrong. Dick might even try to jump ahead of the line. Cass is perfectly happy to shut her eyes and pretend she cannot see her brothers planning 🫢 The Joker would die a slow and painful death. Steph and Duje would run Batman distraction. (Bruce actually has a support network and two kids younger than Jason who are grieving. He’d need to be a parent and help them with their grief. He’ll probably be shit at it, but he’d still need to try.)

-When Steph starts college she occasionally visits the manor, liberally fills her bag with spare socks, new towels and non-perishables. Alfred doesn’t mind. Bruce does, but only because he’s more than willing to buy it for her and she will kick him if he even glances at any of his credit cards or bank accounts while she is near.

- Barbara probably has a crush on Steph and Tim. Like not a serious, I want a romantic relationship crush. But like ‘Steph is so strong and pretty and she’s so smart Dick, she wants to be a Doctor that’s so cool!’ And Tim is that weird crush you can’t describe. Like Matthew Gray-Gubler. He looks sorta like a raccon and an addict, but he’s weirdly handsome and can work a computer like no one else, ‘isn’t he so smart Dick?’ Dick doesn’t know whether to be jealous or to laugh at her because. Like. Really??? That’s who you think is cute from all my amazing big brothers ans sisters?

-Dick, as youngest brother, probably has the most eclectic music taste. He listens to classical, trap music, K-Pop, scremo, RnB, showtunes. Just all genres. He doesn’t love all genres, bit he k ows enough to have a super weird road trip playlist.

-Dick also always has to deal with his friends, civvie and otherwise, having crushes on his siblings.

-Jarro barely spends holidays with the family, but he gets presents put aside for him and is the most patient, most fun big brother of the batfam. Damian still hates him, but will begrudgingly buy him gifts and invite him to family events because unfortunately, Jarro is his sibling. -Because he's never around, Jarro is the favourite older sibling, with Jason, Cass and Dick always making him projects from school. Duke, Dami and Tim see Jarro more, since they love going to see the JL or going to space and don't care that Bruce disapproves. They will either lie to Bruce or sneak out or just leave the manor 'Because I am a grown ass adult B, you can't ground me.' Steph does not like space or the JL half as much and is more busy studying/working than the other three losers. (affectionate)

-Gotham villains are in shock when, after having highly predictable vigilantes who just come in through the front/back door (Duke and Damian) they are faced with vigilantes who will in fact bazooka an entry way open (Jason and Cass)

[creatingblackcharacters]

Hello! I’m working on some OCs of mine, and one of them is a genderfluid Black person that has a spectrum of femme to masc presentations. Obviously a lot of that is going to be with clothing changes, accessories, and whatnot, but I want to have some hairstyle variety in there too!

I’ve read your guide to Black hair and asked around, but a lot of the hair styles require a lot of time to do, and aren’t something you could switch between in the few week timeframes between presentation switch ups (not unless he was spending lots of money on getting her hair done monthly lmfao).

So I want to ask, what is a basic way of wearing Black hair that allows for multiple style changes and isn’t gender specific? :)

The afro is already gender neutral, as it is the hair growing out of our heads!

For whatever reason Google doesn't believe in showing me women and men in the same pictures with afros right now 🙄, but yes. From short cuts, to mid sized, to full, afros themselves are gender neutral. The shorter the afro, the easier it is to rewash and switch up- but it may also mean less variation, especially since you're making it sound like this character doesn't want to put that much effort into it. Accessories are key- a clean part and a couple bowties or flowers were my go to when my hair was in an afro.

Me personally (and especially since you said the character is genderfluid) hair is hair, and anyone with enough confidence to rock something can do it regardless of presentation. 🙌🏾 But there are "more feminine" styles, if that's something you want to get specific on.

[curio-queries]

Haiii.

Found your blog recently and I love reading your production notes :)

I'm going to probably explain this really badly 😝 but here goes.

I was wondering about your thoughts on how they used sound clips that were not from the footage the viewer is seeing in ep. 3? I'm not sure what you would call this type of editing but a moment I found peculiar was when they were trying on the North Face clothes.

We see the 3 of them going through the items/trying different things on, then we see JK trying a jacket, then Jimin with a jacket on turning around.

The audio doesn't match. You hear JK talk about the clothes. Then Jimin asking how he looks to JK. (not to mention how the messed up subtitle saga continues 🙄)

The second time I noticed the same type of editing happen was at the end of the episode at the go-kart place. After JK did his circling of his go-kart in front of Jimin & Taehyung, we see Jimin do that frog thing lol then we have a wide shot including both scenery and them in the corner chatting, then a drone shot, and the audio is of Jimin & JK talking about the day's activities with added music as well.

This second case felt right to me. It gave a bit of reflection and wrapped up the episode. 

But in the first case, I’m a bit confused. What was the creative choice there?

Not having appropriate footage of them (i.e. 1 person was not decent/not covered up) when they were having that conversation trying on the clothes? Then why use the audio at all? There wasn’t consistency in the use of this type of editing choice so it stuck out to me.

Anyways, just looking for some insight from someone with knowledge such as you.

Thank you 🥰

Hello there! I'm so thrilled you sent this in! I love chatting about this stuff and you helped me notice something with this scene as well.

To your point, yes, there are usually a few reasons why editors will play audio from one scene as a voiceover for another.

It's an extremely useful tool for transitions, helping to build a bridge between two scenes.

In traditional TV and movies it's also most frequently used as a bandaid to cover when they want to change the lines an actor says after they've already been filmed.

It also can be purely stylistic. They did this in this episode at the end of the bit where vmin talk to jk on his bike for their mafia/hitman role play. The final dialogue as a voiceover helped continue the fun and fantastical moment.

For the moment you mentioned when they're changing clothes, I suspect it's edited this way purely as a utility for one reason: The guys aren't wearing their mics so there was no audio that matched up with the moment they decided to show. I'd easily wager there was a brand deal with the North Face to have the members wear some of these clothes as product placement. In that case, brands usually will have requirements about how much screentime specifically highlights their product and my even require approval of the final segment. The guys are obviously used to this so they made sure to record some good dialogue when they did have their mics on but the footage we got is more dynamic than them just complimenting straightforward to a camera. That would be my guess as to why this specific moment was edited like this.

Fun fact though: Tae never put his mic back on after getting out of the pool until after they put these clothes on. And JK only donned his while JM was taking that pic that was only the top of Tae's head. I'd wager they flipped the chronology of when Tae took his scooter ride cuz he and JK both have mics on when he gets back and I highly doubt Tae wouldn't have walked right by him if Jimin was still asleep on the ground when he got back.

Anyway, thanks again for the ask. I may be incorrect about why anything was done this specific way in these episodes but it's fun to chat about the possibilities.

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[cowboylikeyouu]

(tiktok by @ radnasty)

the video and the comments where mostly attacking british people for using british vocabulary, which is already pretty stupid bc like?? just read smth else or ignore it?? why are we downright insulting people and telling them they shouldn’t write fics set in america if they don’t have an american beta reader?? maybe tell the author gently in the comments if it bothers you so much, before hating under a random tiktok. just saying.

anyhow, i think many seem to forget/aren’t aware of the fact that international authors probably make up a big majority of the people this happens to? like, i‘m from germany, and they teach us british english in school, but as soon as you start consuming english media on your own, it’s obviously dominated by american stuff.

"british vs american english" takes up like 0.1% of what we do in english class, like we had maybe one or two lessons in our lives where we talked about the differences for a bit. otherwise it’s really just "here, british vocabulary, pls study it for the test tomorrow, but OH, we‘re also reading an american novel for class now, have fun", and it makes writing in english hard sometimes😭 especially when it comes to dialogue and slang bc like obviously we didn’t learn about american 40s slang so SORRY we can’t write a young bucky barnes very well 🙄

and then comments were all just like "well do your research🙄" and yeah ofc we could, but i kinda don’t want to?? this is fanfiction and while i love flawless stories, it’s thankfully not a requirement, so let us have some fun without doing a whole english lesson beforehand ^^ pretty sure most people wouldn’t mind you telling them that they used the wrong word here and there, i‘d probably be grateful, but after reading those really rude comments i kinda wanna make my american characters talk in full UK slang, just to trigger some americans :/

[nerd4music]

I think overall there’s one of two „big“ problems happening for people who have a problem with TOWL (racists and the likes aside… 🙄).

1- The misunderstanding that this was truly much more a Rick and Michonne story than a TWD one. This was not TWD S12. It was about telling the story of these 2 characters and being able to put a dot at the end (or a dot dot dot). And you’ve laid all of that out perfectly. Like yes, in TWD, Beale (& the CRM) would have been draaaaagged out. But this was much more of a Terminus approach than a Saviors one if we will…

2- TWD was never the most ..subtle show. They tended to hit the audience over the head with stuff. And I’m not sure I would go as far as calling TOWL subtle outright either (idk, didn’t think about this until right this moment lol -obviously elements of it are, sure -just as elements on TWD could be on the subtler side) but compared to TWD, it certainly is lol. And there has been a very big „media literacy“ and „basic comprehension skills“ problem happening for a minute now. And I really don’t say this to be mean or make fun of people or anything but these are just facts. Some people really struggle with getting the information when they are not being hit over the head with it, over and over and over again. After the finale I saw several posts on my tl of people wondering why this, that or the other was not addressed or how/why this, that or the other did happen… and I was utterly confused because those things they claimed were missing were very much shown? I was like, there was literally a scene dealing with all of this? And it didn’t require any reading between the lines to be honest, no subtext, it was very much the text of the scene?! So it seems like some people just didn’t get a lot of things that were happening 🫤

(BTW I don’t mean that even if someone didn’t have these specific problems with the show, they MUST love it then. Likes and dislikes etc etc. As much as I really loved the show as a whole, if I decided to put down the Richonne-colored glasses I wanted to and did watch to the show with.. I’d definitely have a few complaints lol, though still very much enjoyed the show even then)

That's definitely what happened. And to some extent, I get why, considering Rick and Michonne are 2/3 of the main show's Big Three. But when the press and promos started, and people were still talking about some Marvel-style meet-up, I was like...oh they're definitely not listening to what's being said, because it's six damn episodes, and also The Richonne story, not the Team Family jamboree. And then acting as if it's somehow 'insulting' to the rest of the characters if Rick and Michonne didn't talk about them. The man had PTSD so bad, he couldn't remember his own son's face. Why would you think it would be good time for him to pause in the middle of his wife telling him about a traumatic moment during her pregnancy to ask about anyone else? Please be fr.

I feel you on the comprehension thing, which is nothing new for this fandom. The fact that so many people legit thought Rick didn't know how to drive stick and questioned the 'realism' of it but never stopped to think that it was because he only has one damn hand. Y'all were fine with every silly ass moment that happened in the main show, that was either sheer dumb luck or handwaved away, but now we need a complete breakdown from experts on how Rick managed to fight off walkers one-handed. Now y'all want the realism, when you've been so giddy for weeks because you need one of them to die for the show to be 'interesting'.

I'm really not listening to people who need the narrative to hold their hand through everything, or need to see every piece of the plot onscreen for it to be considered 'legitimate'. (I'm officially banning the phrase 'plot armor' for the foreseeable future).

People didn't get things, because they don't take a minute to sit with the damn material anymore. From live reactions videos to live tweeting/blogging, people are just watching TV to make content and have an online moment, not for what's actually being shown. And yeah, TOWL isn't perfect, but the minor criticisms I have for it doesn't take away from the fact that it is very enjoyable and easily the best material from the TWD landscape in a long time.

(sidenote: I will say one of my favorite things from these past six weeks is everyone struggling to figure out the overall TWD timeline, lmao.)

[castlebyersafterdark]

https://www.tumblr.com/captain-evil-bastard/765076050038472704/honestly-i-dont-think-mileven-is-endgame-at-all

nah, f this, we better get a kiss (and obviously I’m hoping for something more 😜)

byler needs to clear be and undeniable, without a kiss historians will still say they were really good friends 🙄

I understand why folks are cautious, but we shouldn’t have to settle for scraps‼️

Yeah... I choose to live and enjoy life and media with less caution, holding the show to higher standards than "avoiding backlash" and I hope they wouldn't pander story telling to a falsely perceived audience demand. I feel like they stick to their instincts and artistic intent and will portray their vision in full. Implied/open ended isn't going to work for Will's character. It's the physical expression of his sexuality that's required for his storyline or history will show that these creators are cowards.

The "many characters" excuse is thin. The episodes are long. They've developed relationships in the span of time of a season and Byler has been the series long arc. And Will is a big focus this season. He needs the meaty, weighty storyline. To be honest - shows like this rely on a romance. We're there at different stages for most others. A "get together" makes for compelling TV. Robin/Vickie will be one as well, but they are second tier characters. Mike and Will are mains. A breakup is interesting, a new relationship is interesting - so that's also narratively what Byler also serves.

I'm keeping my answer pretty level here because there's so much I can get into about continuously feeling distressed about the gay relationship in the show always being downplayed as "it'll be totally fine if they're just implied, open ended, subtle, maybe the characters will go separate ways and meet in the future, we don't have time, they'll never show them super romantic" WHY can't they be afforded that arc??? Like everyone else. We know why, I know why. So I'm not gonna relent to accepting that as to protect myself. I'm out here and totally chill with expecting a raised bar with these two. Not gonna settle for low expectations and scraps either 😘

[userautumn]

what are we thinking about eddies upcoming storyline? I mean it’s definitely going to be linked to masculinity, but will that also include sexuality? if that’s true I’m guessing tommys a gonner

i don't think this current arc is going to lead to a sexuality realization but i don't think it's not going to lead to one either.

walk with me.

parts of this season feel very much like a season 5 redo in the sense of the firefam being split apart, buck having a longterm (relatively longterm) love interest, etc. one of the hallmarks of season five was eddie's battle with his father and with himself. in 5x17, eddie came to terms with the idea that he had childhood trauma that hadn't been addressed. so he addressed it. and in that addressing, there was - and i will maintain this forever - subtextual acknowledgement that his wants for himself were not his parents wants for him, and he was okay with that. these wants include his choice of a partner.

now, i could write here about the shannon / ana / buck of it all but there are a million thinkpieces about that so i'll just summarize. shannon was someone eddie chose for himself, much to his parents disapproval. ana was someone eddie chose for everyone else, as she was objectively "perfect" for him in every way. so buck, who has been textually compared to shannon, but male, would be someone eddie once again picks for himself, post-having this grand realization.

but, obviously, for reasons related to the studio rather than the narrative, this storyline didn't take. so now we fast forward to season eight and eddie stands on the verge of having another realization, deeper this time - a realization that requires him, once again, to dig to the seat of his trauma. and, this season, i am willing to bet that he will find there the same thing he found the first time: what he wants. he will find his selfishness there, he will find his desires there. he will find and acknowledge himself, in all his fullness. not as a father, or a son, or a soldier, or a medic, but as a man. and, sorry to anyone who disagrees with me, but who eddie is as a man is a queer man. i don't hate straight!eddie, and can acknowledge that that's who he is canonically, as of this moment. but there is so much subtext that suggests he is not heterosexual and that's a reading i will maintain.

so. from where i'm standing, the subtext is there but as i've mentioned before, eddie is never going to be the one to come out and say it. whereas buck's sexuality has always been wrapped up in his sense of identity and how he interacts with the world, eddie's (presumed) sexuality is wrapped up in how he views himself and how he honors and reveres and holds space for himself. so eddie's never going to be the guy who has a coming out arc because the being queer part has never terrified him. the wanting has always terrified him, not being what everyone wants him to be has always terrified him. so, yes, i do think there are seeds of queer!eddie we'll be able to identify in this upcoming arc. but i don't think they'll be anything like what we got in 7x4. and, lets be honest, it wouldn't make for good tv anyway.

two queer guys on the same show coming out a season after the other? fucking boring and humiliatingly cliche, transparent, and unserious. come on. on any other show with any other character, i'd be like "god do these people not have any more fucking material? 🙄what kind of diversity quota are they trying to meet?" and it wouldn't matter if the decision to make this character queer was a decision made passionately and in earnest, because it would feel disingenuous and like it's all part of some bigger scheme to thrust the Token Queers together and, i have to be honest, i selfishly want better for eddie than that. i don't want his sexuality to be viewed as checkmark on the road to buddie. ahem.

so, all that to say. the possibility of eddie, once again, reckoning with himself and who he is at his core leading to a subtextual acknowledgement of his wants and non-traditional/non-heterosexual desires is fairly high. and if eddie ends the season single, and buck ends the season single, i'll say okay, we might finally have something here. i've always maintained that, post-ABC reboot, if buck and eddie were to ever get together, it would be during season 9. but if eddie meets a girl in 8b, or if buck is still with tommy, or if they're broken up and he meets a girl, or if he meets another guy then eddie's sexuality will still be what it's going to be, it just won't relate to buck in any capacity.

jesus this was a lot of words. who am i

[nancydrewwouldnever]

Perhaps he is basically "quiet quitting" his career. That's what it's starting to look like.

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Idk if you’ll post this & respond/share your thoughts, but this is what I think:

Chris has been talking about quitting for literal years. He always brings it up, but has also continued to work. From your insightful discussions, Nancy, it’s honestly apparent that Chris doesn’t care/doesn’t have the drive or passion like Pedro, for example, or anyone else in his age range - hungry for work, working towards something, critical acclaim, awards, etc.

It was starting to look that way, though, after Endgame with Knives Out and Defending Jacob - even with last year’s work for Lightyear & Grey Man. But at some point after, for whatever reason, it looked like he gave up. Maybe COVID & his mid-life crisis like you’ve brought up before? Maybe it was because of the $$$ performances, reviews, the fact he got no “acclaim” - Idk. It really seemed like he was trying and giving it all he got, though. It honestly was looking like he had a plan and was driven to get *somewhere* with his career & it honestly did look like he was going to get there. (At least that’s how it was looking to me.)

But then with the recent con appearances and these 3 recent films, Idk - it all just turned into “money grabbing.”

My theory? And I hate bringing it up, but maybe like you said, he gave up easily & around the time you know who came into the picture, and all these “money grabbing” things he’s been doing has to do with his new life, now? Maybe his plans changed because his personal plans changed too, you know? New life? Two weddings? Honeymoon? He’s the “bigger earner,” Idk. Maybe it’s to “pay off” all this stuff and his new life - maybe he truly doesn’t care anymore other than to make quick $$$, and that’s it. He’s going to ride off into the sunset, to live the comfortable lifestyle he wants, with the life he wants (apple picking and pumpkin carving day in and day out, while roller blading with his kids)? And going forward, he’ll do con appearances here and there & similar projects to Red One & Ghosted - because it’s quick $$$ & barely requires any effort on his part, you know?

Just my theory. But I can see this.

Then again, if there’s one thing I’ve learned from being in this fandom & especially over the course of the last couple of years - who knows anything anymore 🙄

Anyway, thank you for posting & responding in advance if you do!

So here's the thing that used to come up in old interviews all the time until the Marvel years. His ego (or self-esteem, however you want to call it) was obviously very easily bruised by being in projects which turned out to be universally panned projects. It really, really impacted him. He commented on it frequently in interviews, and you could tell it really did a mindtrip on him; he seemed almost despondent about being in "bad projects" for reasons beyond his control. By the time he did press for Push in the start of 2009 he seemed to be seriously considering quitting acting.

But then, a small miracle for him: the Marvel movies got consistent good reviews and consistent great box office. His attitude seemed to lift, and he seemed really happy again with his career. He got lucky with Knives Out being his first project post-Marvel.

But then look what happens when that trend starts to reverse in 2021 with Lightyear. That same equivocal talk from years ago has returned. His seeming disinterest in his career has returned. Despite doing more work over all these years, he still can't hand the criticism or perceived criticism of lackluster projects. I honestly believe this is what's happening now. The difference now is that he has accrued financial assets he never had back in the early part of his career, so he has no need/push to continue work if he's in this negative mind space.

[bewitched-bullet]

https://www.tumblr.com/bewitched-bullet/744615026194792448/how-did-you-make-the-jump-from-it-being-a-badly?source=share

Unsurprisingly, I did not get a clear answer. I did not expect one. You accuse people of being bullies and abusers while you are even worse. Spreading lies, talking behind people's backs, manipulating others into following your ridiculous crusade. Do you feel good about yourself?

Where are the asks that put John in a better light? I know they are there, because I wrote at least one of them. Oh, you're not answering them? I wonder why... 🙄

I don't expect you to answer this ask. Because you are a coward. And a bully. And an abuser. (Or maybe you lash out because you feel unfairly accused. Like the rp gang did.)

Obviously, it's been answered. And I knew that ask as well as this one are considered "bad faith" asks. But I answered them anyway, just as I answered ones that expressed doubts over the reality of the situation, just as I answered the spicy ones that defended John, and the Harriett mod one.

But do go on and keep putting your foot in your mouth.

And while you do that, I'll put my old teacher cap back on and break this down for the audience (which.... there aren't many going by engagement? Which makes this even more incredibly hilarious. Like, you’re seriously threatened by a nobody who doesn't even have organic reach.)

Bullies and (chronic) abusers cannot be reasoned with, it's a known fact. So, it is unsurprising to see that they dismissed the answer from their previous asks. Then they try blaming/projection. Likely in an attempt to get an emotional reaction. Actually, this whole thing is an attempt to illicit an emotional response.

Then the mod continues with the self-projection (pssssst! What crusade? Why was i not informed?? I'm allergic to genocidal holy wars!) until we hit the first question. (And yes, yes I am)

Now, they are attempting redirection. I have voiced my observations (at that point) that the John mod has only answered asks that have set them in a only good light. Hence the redirection here. As they have blocked me (wise choice) I cannot see from this account if that still holds true. I bet you they changed tactics after my observations. Because I'm a smart cookie and they know it. Check them dates!

(I have received so many asks y'all and I have answered every one of them except two. One that John mod sent that's still there and was an almost carbon copy of the pm they ALSO sent and a public post they tagged me in. Sooo redundant. And one was a link to Dump's profile (which has been addressed by another anon ask)

So! This here is called fabrication in a poor attempt to discredit. They count on the community/person they are attacking to be either naive, sheltered, vulnerable. In their minds, they believe we are all stupid.

Now, we get to some good bits. They are clearly trying goad and then the fall back on their ol' faithful tactic of self-projection.

Throughout all of this, they were trying to emotionally manipulate by attempting to create an emotional response or a sense of shame (lololol I have none). Digging into someone's sense of shame is the easiest way to control and abuse them. But it generally requires more personal involvement with the intended victim

Millions of people don't speak out and/or stay locked in abusive situations because of shame.

Now with all of this said, that doesn't mean because you've manipulated folks before to get what you want, you're a "bad" person.

Because my morals are my own, I will not tell you folks how to handle this gray area.

Just a question to leave you all with: is the world black and white? Or is it an spectrum?

Just like, if I see someone steal food--no the fuck I didn't.

Ok, time to lock the instructor hat back in the closet where it belongs.

(Side note: being threatened by a nobody because they dare to question and can't be cowed, is common with bullies, abusers, and predators)

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk

If you would like to see this whole mess, search the tags for "a scandal in tumblr"

[the-rainbow-lesbian]

few things piss me off more than seeing people say “there are no israeli civilians.” there is no way to say something like that without being violently antisemitic. they also forget that israel is quite literally the most diverse country in the middle east, and one of the most diverse countries, period. so, what about the druze? arab israelis? samaritans (although the population is at less than a thousand, following millennia of violence, displacement and forceful conversion to islam)? what about refugees from african and middle eastern countries (both jewish and not jewish) that had no where else to go? were they supposed to just die instead of going to israel? what about the mizrahim that were literally kicked out of their home countries in the middle east? were they supposed to just roll over and die rather than seeking refuge? and, lastly, what about the children? kfir, the infant who wasn’t even a year old when he was kidnapped by hamas along with his brother and the rest of his family? was he supposed to just not be born? how does he participate in the occupation of palestine?

also, how does hamas know to differentiate between the jews of israel and the non-jews? they literally kidnapped a young bedouin hijabi and her family on october 7th, did they think she was a settler? or maybe, just maybe, is hamas a violent terrorist group that is not set on liberation, but destruction and domination? because that’s the only conclusion i can come to after seeing all of this. the fact that hamas kidnaps and murders literal CHILDREN is just further proof it isn’t about liberation. because young children are innocent by all metrics. they literally don’t understand war or countries or anything like that. so what benefit for the palestinian cause does it serve to kill children?

it doesn't serve palestinians because when they corner israel and give them no option but to retaliate then their own children die in the war, but october 7th wasn't war, it was a massacre and dare I say genocide, because hamas' eventual goal is to kill all jews, people seem to overlook that inconvenient detail.

people assume since israelis are required to serve it means each single one of them is a competent combatant who has killed palestinians for fun (not true obviously) never mind that conscripted service is necessary since israel is surrounded by hostile entities that want to eliminate them. then they say "well what did israelis expect living on occupied land" which is hilarious when it comes from americans, canadians and australians, you really want to talk about occupied land??? the mental gymnastics these people be doing just to avoid saying they hate jews, like no no trust me, this time unlike the nazis I have a good reason to hate the jews! I am a very good compassionate person which is why I am ignoring all the humanitarian crises around the world and focusing on this one 🙄🙄

also on a personal note, as an arab woman who lived the majority of my life in the middle east fuck you all 🖕🖕do you want to talk about fascism and ethnostates but say nothing when our governments violently subjugate women, gays and lesbians, and exmuslims, and all the other religious minorities?? and imprison and torture people for just speaking out against the government or islam? sure they totally totally care about arabs or whatever/s

[soleminisanction]

Have I ranted before about how the Devil's Square makes no fucking sense?

So I'm trying to write the next part of Batgirl, Repentant, and more fool me, that means I need to go back and re-read parts of Batgirl (2009) for research. And like what always happens when I do that, I noticed yet another detail that stops working when you stop to think about it for even a moment.

Because see, on the second page of the third issue, we get these two moments in rapid succession.

Scarecrow's hideout is in "Gotham's Western Quadrant, the Devil's Square," established in the previous issue as a bad neighborhood, quote, "Otherwise known as 'Thunderdome.'" This place is treated like it's a Big Stinkin' Deal for the first two arcs (maybe the first year? I don't remember clearly and I don't want to go any further down this rabbit hole than I have) of this series, but nothing about it makes sense.

We are never ever given a clear reason why this neighborhood is supposedly such a uniquely terrible place, but it's supposedly so bad that it's worth making a whole terrible philosophy lecture out of why criminals would choose to stay there.

But the closest thing we get is that, at one point, Professor Exposition describes it as "a demilitarized zone."

Which does not make any goddamn sense because that would require Gotham City as a whole to be the location of an ongoing military conflict. Y'know, like the one between the Koreas.

I can only assume, given Brian Miller et al's tendency to do zero research on even the most basic of plot elements (see also: labeling all of Stephanie's obviously freshman-level college classes with 400-level designations intended for seniors or grad students) that what he actually meant here was autonomous zone. Like the CHAZ, as imagined by your Republican uncle. The implication being that this is an area of town that's been completely abandoned by police and emergency services, reducing it to a lawless wasteland where criminals roam free. (A no man's land, you might say. 🙄)

EXCEPT. APPARENTLY. LITERALLY ONE ISSUE LATER. We get the panels I started this post off with, where Steph arrives at Scarecrow's hide-out in the Devil's Square and we get EXPLICIT confirmation that the police will be there in five minutes.

That's all to say nothing of the fact that it being "Gotham's Western Quadrant" that's been cut off makes zero sense on its face. Besides implying that's an entire QUARTER of the city that's just been completely abandoned, Steph at one point describes it as being "on the west bank of the Gotham River."

There is no west bank of the Gotham River. Gotham is on a series of islands off the coast of New Jersey. The west bank of the Gotham River is the MAINLAND where Bristol and the suburbs are.

Gotham's geography is super fluid and can change from book to book, but it being on an island connected only by a series of bridges was a big deal in this era and the only reason the No Man's Land concept even worked. If you're gonna rip that plot off, Miller, you gotta use an eastern neighborhood. Or a northern one. Or even a southern tip. Anything but west. That's like saying there's an east side of Chicago.

[morganthepen]

WIP UPDATE TIME YIPPEE

here’s the original prompt from @writing-prompt-s

characters:

Stella - main character who makes the deal with the Demoness to save her mother. She lives in a small village called Fael and works as a tailor

Anniren - the Demoness. Also lives in Fael. Occasionally someone’s cat will go missing and everyone blames her first.

Kraytor - Stella’s husband and the father of her son. Lives with Stella and he is a professional hunter

Magnus - Stella’s son (the baby she had so she could cure her mother)

Nallu - Stella’s mother

le ✨outline✨:

Anniren & Stella make a deal, as described above

What Stella fails to realize is that, (by the laws of a little bit of worldbuilding that has yet to take place) in any agreement involving the exchange of children or babies, the person giving the child (in this case, Stella) is required by law to aid in parenting the child alongside the person they have agreed to give it to (Anniren).

One small issue. Stella already has a husband LMAO and didn’t read the ✨fine print✨

If Stella doesn’t help Anniren raise the child then the deal is off and her mother will die of the illness, so she begrudgingly agrees to those pesky terms and conditions.

For a while, Stella lives a double life. During the day, she works, then goes home to her kid to see him for a bit before he goes to sleep and then she spends the night at her cottage with Kraytor because obviously she is not in love with Anniren—in fact she is extremely angry at her.

HOWEVER. Eventually she realizes it technically isn’t Anniren’s fault—all of this is because of that stupid and weird law. Also Anniren is surprisingly a very good mom and Stella learns eventually that she always really wanted a kid but didn’t know how to get one in Hell because there are no children there.

Anniren also proves to be a much better partner over time, as Stella’s husband becomes increasingly jealous and bitter, which would be understandable if he had not supported her decision to make the deal in the first place and then switched up on her and became a childish manipulative asshole and withdrawn all his support once it started to affect him 🙄

So eventually Stella ends up dumping her husband and decides she wants to be with Anniren (YIPPEE) who had been holding back the entire time because she had fallen in love with Stella oopsie daisy

thought concerns questions prayers put em in the comments 🫶🏻

[quiveringdeer]

@marleysfinest

So at first glance/thought, one would assume certified Himbo Hunk™️ Reiner "Baby got back" Braun would be a dog person.

He tries his best to stay active (even with that crippling depression--better than me baby). Sports, running, weight lifting, swimming. And sans the weight lifting, probs, a dog could do all that with him. Depending on the right breed, they're energetic and always so adorable and lovable and seeking your approval and attention. (They are Reiner!)

And that's the thing, Reiner would be a dog-person (sweet lil Rottweiler!) but he is a cat pal in actuality.

True that the dog owner stereotype--requiring that constant affection, attention and approval validation via the pup bein all up in your business 24-7-- is what Reiner would want. But cause my brain makes things sad, I feel like he'd of course treasure having a pup, but like if the dog is that way around everyone just because they're a dog then is he really special?

Must just be because that's the way its breed is -Reiner probably 🙄 (ignoring the breeds that wouldn't be like that okay braun)

BUT Cats! They are choosier with their love and attention. So he'd probably feel worthier in comparison cause he obviously earned their trust. Right? Oh Reiner darling, please express this in therapy before finding a pet.

However! This all sparked a headcanon of this stray (I love this trope okay! sue me) somewhere near his apartment/house. The third day seeing the lil emaciated pickle hanging around that area looking for scraps, he buys some nice wet food and kibble that he can leave out. The kitty is a bit feral and mistrusting. Running and hiding if he approaches. Even hissing.

But over a number of months they let him get close enough where they'll headbutt his hand if he holds it out and keeps it very still.

They also start following him when he's walking around town. A tiny lil shadow.

Maybe eventually Rei coaxes them inside so they'll be safer from the elements and danger. They're always howling for freedom--he almost renames them Eren-- but he's scared of losing them :( So he finds out about cat condos and if he's in an apartment, I could see him moving somewhere for his cat to have a little catio. Cause this man is always putting others' needs and comfort over his own.