#and she wants to be center of attention

[chronicparagon]

[Here is Princess Ankha ]

[clvudii-launch42]

I'm no specialist, and I know nothing about things like this, but imo, I think Sammy's scars should've had some sort of after effect.

Sure, she got the antidote, but I feel like that sort of poison should linger and still bother the victim through the scars yk.

So I wanna believe that her scars hurt every once in a while, even now, all these years later. I might sound like a psychopath saying this, but I hope we will get some sort of reaction from her in season 3 or later seasons if we get more. I really really wanna see her scars ngl. We got to see Ben's scar pretty much all of camp cretaceous, and we're seeing Brooklynn's scar from when she lost her arm, now it's Sammy's turn.

Her time to shine.

(Pls let S3 be Sammy centered 🙏)

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

here's the thing: catra never knew adora as well as she thought she did.

like sure, she knew what adora's insecurities and fears were (and used them against adora, as all abusers do). but catra had a very warped image of adora in her mind. in her perspective, adora was this egotistic and selfish person who had a hero complex and enjoyed being the center of attention.

adora never wanted to be a hero. she never asked for it. she wanted to help people, of course, because she wasn't selfish and sadistic like catra. but she never enjoyed being put under so much pressure.

and catra never realizes this.

even in that iconic “what do you want, adora?” scene that everyone keeps praising, what does catra say afterward? adora tells her that she has to sacrifice herself to save etheria, and catra says this:

she acts like its adora's choice.

she acts like adora wants to die for the sake of everyone else, as if adora is doing this for fame and fanfare. she was the one who contributed to adora's lack of self-worth and her tendency to put herself last, and catra now acts like adora had a choice.

catra never knew adora, she only knew the warped version of adora that she herself had created. catra never understood the real adora. and she never tried to.

[ihni]

Today is LUCIA in Sweden, so naturally, the gang is in a Lucia train :)

Explanation of the Lucia tradition under the cut (it's short and informative, lol):

[dykedvonte]

Mini rant below and in the tags, the only time I’ll talk about this and my personal take on it.

The way people talk about hypothetical male Anya on Twitter and the idea of how Mouthwashing would play out if the genders were swapped makes me remember how people still don’t take sexual assault and rape with male victims with the same gravity, especially when the perpetrator is female.

[butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway]

Just once, I would like to be able to have a conversation about my feelings with someone where they don't, at some point, start trying to explain to me why something happened such that they are either implying or outright stating I should stop having noticeable feelings at them about a thing and/or telling me that I'm wrong about how I feel and actually if I just understood this thing I would see that I'm being unreasonable to say I feel the way I do.

Just once, for someone's response to be "it sounds like you're feeling [insert thing, e.g hurt, sad, scared, tired, angry, etc], I'm sad that you are dealing with that." Not to take responsibility for my feelings! But for them to acknowledge that they're happening and might matter to me before they move on to whatever the fuck next thing they have to say is

[lncomfortable]

My Wicked unpopular opinion is Glinda stole the show and I hated it. I think Ariana did an incredible job as she should but the movie really focused on Glinda’s growth and narrative, things like the ballroom scene being a bigger moment for her than Elphie or how even the Emerald City had touches of pink for no reason. She just took up more space and ironically the movie did not hold space for the singer of defying gravity. Cynthia is amazing but I wish they gave Elphaba a stronger presence. The choice to make her almost demure to Glinda’s brat was strange and made me miss the firey loud and makes-everything-about-her-and-her-causes Elphaba I so desperately wanted to see

[thekidsarentalright]

my mom and i just got into an argument over me not wanting her to go to a dentist appt on the day im moving into my campus apartment. girl be for real help 😭

[ectonurites]

SUPER DARK TIMES (2017) DIR. KEVIN PHILLIPS

also, honorable mention to the original script for this scene:

[izartn]

What's amazing about "Merrybelle and the silver rose" (besides the silver rose of the title being a reference to Edgar himself as a vampirnella) is that she discovers she's the bastard daughter of duque Evans, the half sister of Oswald, and you could argue, given I think she's not told about Lucius being a bastard who doesn't share a father with her, also sister to Lucius of whom she was enamored.

Kid you not, unless Edgar tells her later about Lucius she won't know, bc Oswald had the opportunity but he only confirms to Lucius he's not related to Merrybelle; as far as Oswald knows Merrybelle herself has no idea she's related to the Evans and so says nothing. The duchess is content to stay silent now she has lost Lucius to her fears and is probably trying to atone for all her bad actions by raising Merrybelle. The duke is all too happy to just have his lost daughter back. I don't think anybody told Merrybelle anything at all poor girl.

Edgar though was stalking her and the Evans for three years so I think he probably knew Lucius wasn't blood related to them.

And I can't imagine he'd be so chill with the idea of Merrybelle marrying Lucius if he knew his beloved sister was unknownwingly committing incest.

So unless Edgar told her after everything, Merrybelle would go on thinking she fell in love/infatuation with her half brother.

We don't see her react to this, bc she realises this the moment she also decides to kill the demon!Edgar, aka the same day as the night she decides to flee with him after all.

And even if she knows the truth after, it's not told on page, bc the important thing is the incest haunting that story ( even Oswald! He likes her enough he only renounces his courting of her bc he realises they're blood related), revealing her origins and throwing light on her relationship with Edgar.

Edgar who straight up abducts her in the middle of the night, unable to commit to his vow of letting her get over her grief for Lucius and live as a ward/adopted daughter of the Evans. He wants her to never forget him, and he feels sorry for Lucius, and he loves his little sister so so much, wants to protect her forever.... The moment she hugs him, and tells Edgar she was waiting for him in tears, Merrybelle's humanity is forfeit.

He needs her to survive the loneliness of bring a vampirnella even if he doesn't want to recognize it. It's the same reason he takes off with Alan after all.

Much to think about.

I'm telling you Moto Hagio went for the Gothic with capital G.

Note: So Lucius Evans is Eustace Evans in the English edition? Uh. Same as Merrybelle in Spain becoming Marybelle in the English translation I guess.

[scoriarose]

Have you ever felt so close to a pet your felt like you had a special connection with them?

Like if they were trying to tell you something you could just understand?

And somehow they seemed to understand you nearly every time too?

And when you are with them you are both just so happy you feel a sense of completeness you've never had before, and when they are gone so is that piece that makes your feel whole? Like a twin flame.

I know most of the world won't understand. But I bet there's a number who follow me who do. But whether the world does or not?

I'm so glad I found Scoria. Together we and her sister have our own little place away from the rest of the world. It's nice. It's sweet. And everyone is sweet and kind to each other because that's the right thing to do. I love her so much. And every day she shows she has nothing but sweet innocent love for me.

She is so much more than just a snake- perhaps she is secretly a pooka! Whatever she may be, she's my best friend and I'm so happy we can live out our lives together. <3

[junkosblunt]

Junko: "The most despair I have ever felt in my life was killing my sister."

Mukuro, in the afterlife: "JUNKO LOVES ME MORE! SUCK IT, YASUKE!"

no because i know mukuro’s weird ass was lowkey thrilled when junko murdered yasuke because it was one less person to steal junko’s attention away from her 💀

[feraecor]

Zibrei's Romance Chart as requested by @arcxnumvitae

Zibrei is extremely easy to get into a sexual relationship with. One night stands are par for the course with her. If there's a connection, its very easy to stay friends or even friends-with-benefits. But as soon as a whiff of feelings or intimacy is involved, Zibrei will back off like her ass is on fire. A lot of times her actions are be misconstrued as romantic or intimacy seeking because she's generally an open, fun loving person and very physically affectionate.

The exception are those in her flight and that is simply because they would all rather be in her life in any capacity than ruin what they have with feelings of "love".

Spending time together is very important to her. Its a way for her to check in and see how others are doing. I

[acesammy]

Honestly growing up is realizing that normal people don’t have to set timers to remember they’re cooking ramen… which notoriously only takes 3 minutes to cook… and maybe I do have adhd

[tarpitbell]

11:23

I'm a damn leech. That's all I am

[shidoukanae]

TME PMV frame thingie WIP

I absolutely adore Helene and Lyla's relationship in both iterations of TME's story and i NEED more qpt gal relationships like theirs is i s2g

it's really, REALLY hard to get me sincerely invested in relationships between female characters but damn am i invested in this one.

Something about a do-good heroine who is abnormally hostile only towards her own half-sister for seemingly no reason (read: "no reason") is a dynamic i can't get enough and seeing Lyla constantly make efforts in both the manhwa/LN to reach out to her is so bittersweet and yet amazingly well done

(and i can't praise enough how amazing Helene is handled as a deeply flawed female character!!! She's genuinely the best written female character ive seen and i wish more gals were written as amazing as she is TwT)