#and it won't be just because i'm trying to get you to stop enabling the cult and hurting me it's also because i'm hurt by the cult

[princeescaluswords]

Egotism?

Since Amazon Prime started streaming Teen Wolf again, I'm seeing a resurgence of takes that drive me crazy.

Such as this gem: "Scott demonstrates his egotism by trying to have a fluffy romance with Allison in Season 1."

I mean, I shouldn't have to explain why this take is just dumb. It must be due to either inattention, racism or misogyny. Most likely, it is a combination of all three.

A werewolf attacks Scott in the woods; another werewolf (who doesn't bother to explain that he is not the monster who bit him) suddenly says that they're family. Does Derek take the time and effort to get to know Scott and explain how his life has changed? No.

He lures Scott out into the woods on Scott's first full moon with Allison's jacket.

He breaks into Scott's house, assaults him, and threatens to kill him.

When finally forced to tell Scott about the alpha (Uncle Peter), he conceals information and says that if Scott doesn't do what he says, Scott will kill everyone he loves unless the alpha kills him first.

He also demands that Scott treat Allison as an enemy, a girl who doesn't know that werewolves exist and who was 7 to 11 years old when Derek's house burns down, because Derek was deceived by Kate, but he won't explain that to Scott, he just insists that he has the right to tell a boy he had never met three weeks ago how to live his life.

Who's the egotist again?

And we're not even talking about Peter Hale. Scott was so self-centered to spend time learning how to anchor himself so he wouldn't kill those he love or trying to fight off Peter, who threatened to turn his mother, who kidnapped Stiles, and literally mind-controlled Scott into killing his friends.

Or they talk about how Scott's desire to date a girl is somehow an insult towards Stiles, Scott's best friend, because if you have a best friend, you can never have any other friends, right? After all, Scott should have spent the majority of Season 1 taking care of Stiles's problems. What were they again?

Obviously, it was about Scott not somehow enabling Stiles's and Derek's epic romance which consists of insults, death threats, and Derek bouncing Stiles's head off a steering wheel.

I can see how Scott and Allison's romance was so cloying. They were nice to each other! They cared about each other's feelings! They did things together! So gag-worthy. Now, about the nightmare hallucinations of Scott killing Allison or Allison breaking up with Scott because he lied to her about werewolves or Allison's dad running Scott over with a car, twice or Allison shooting him with exploding flash arrows, why would we want to watch all that fluffy stuff?

I mean I suppose you could call Scott an egotist if you insist he should only exist to service the needs of white male characters like Derek and Stiles and Peter. If you want to dehumanize him enough to say that it doesn't matter that he was transformed into a werewolf against his will, beaten, blackmailed, or being physically and mentally violated; nothing should keep him from being the Hale Family minion or Stiles's servant. I mean, you can do it if you hold your nose enough to overcome the stench. But it's possible, since Scott never acted selflessly in Season 1.

Unless you count him stealing a bullet from Allison's house to help Derek not die in Magic Bullet (1x04).

Unless you count him stopping Derek from killing Deaton in Heart Monitor (1x06).

Unless you count him going to get the keys from the janitor's corpse in Night School (1x07).

Unless you count him (and Stiles) engaging in a high-speed chase to save Derek from the Argents in Wolf's Bane (1x09).

Unless you count him stealing a necklace from Allison's house to help Derek (again!) in the same episode.

Unless you count him stopping Derek from murdering Jackson in Co-Captain (1x10).

Unless you count him rescuing Derek from Kate in Code Breaker (1x12).

My, that's a lot of things you have to NOT COUNT in order to say Scott never did anything for anyone else.

It's 2025 and I can't believe I have to defend Scott from charges of egotism when these people can't even explain why a victim has to put the wants of the people who attacked him before his own wants.

[mikey-hunter]

Why Age of Calamity Did That (And Why Age of Imprisonment Will Too)

So when Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity came out, there was a very vocal contingent of fans who were upset about a particular twist in its narrative.

Age of Imprisonment was just announced, with a hauntingly similar setup, and I'm seeing a number of fans talking as if the same twist won't happen this time, or at least saying they hope it doesn't. I just wanted to lay out the reason why it happened the first time, and why it almost certainly will again.

I'm going to be dropping unmarked spoilers for all three previous games in this trilogy that's soon to become a quadrilogy, by the way. I imagine most of the people speculating about Age of Imprisonment will already know them, but just to cover my bases, you can stop reading now if you're behind.

So, let's start at Age of Calamity's announcement.

We were told it would be "A story 100 Years before The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild," and told it would depict the battles against the Calamity not previously shown. Fans immediately started joking about already knowing how it ended, that this was a game that would end with most of the cast dying.

Then the demo came out. A Guardian the size of an ostrich egg woke up at the same time as Zelda awakening her powers, traveled back in time, and activated the Sheikah Towers early. Also, Link was a regular soldier and not the Hero who had been wielding the Master Sword since he was a pre-teen.

Surprisingly, a large portion of the fandom either failed or refused to see the twist coming at that point.

But the twist came all the same: in the full game, the time traveling egg guardian enables the four successors to the Champions from BotW to save them, Zelda awakens her powers before Link is killed, they band together to slay Calamity Ganon, and a happy ending is enjoyed by all. Including the Yiga Clan, who defected because reasons.

Some fans were very upset about this. They were promised a prequel, and seemed to think it would be a good idea. But the reason it wasn't is fairly obvious if you think about it.

For one thing: Warriors games are about the fanservice power fantasy. Playing as beloved characters and mowing down hundreds of cannon fodder enemies as easily as one mows a lawn.

For another: one of the playable characters in the original Hyrule Warriors on Wii U was Agitha from Twilight Princess. She was included purely because one of the developers was a fan of hers and argued for her inclusion. Koei-Tecmo's Hyrule Warriors team includes people who are big enough Zelda fans to have favorite minor NPCs.

Now, consider for a moment what a "canon" ending to Age of Calamity would have looked like. The Champions are dead. Link is dead. Zelda awakened her powers a moment too late, so she's going to go hold down Calamity Ganon while the Sheikah trio carry Link's body to the Shrine of Resurrection. They don't know how long it will take to work, or if it will even work at all, so the three of them agree to live separately and wait for him, so that even if the Yiga Clan finds and overcomes them, at least the other two will live on to pass Zelda's message on to Link.

In other words, you just paid full retail price for a beat'em up where all your favorite characters die, and have a completely separate game to go play for the story's actual resolution.

Maybe you, personally, actually wanted that, but would a casual Zelda fan who just got the game for Christmas have wanted it? Would a Dynasty Warriors fan trying the game out as a gateway to the Zelda series have been okay with being told they now have to buy another game in a completely different genre to get their closure?

To be frank, no. Age of Calamity didn't lead in to Breath of the Wild because that would have made for a bad product. Instead of watching the Champions die, we got to see them live, be happy, and interact with their successors. If you want to imagine the full details of their deaths and be sad about it, that's what fanfiction is for.

And now we have Age of Imprisonment on the way.

Tears of the Kingdom, much like Breath of the Wild, has a sequence of flashbacks to a distant past, that ends on a downer note of "Welp, we're boned, but all we can do is wait for Link to come sort it out."

Just like Age of Calamity, Age of Imprisonment purports to be a full depiction of these events...

But the events of the Dragon Tears are in even more dire need of an intervention from the present than the Memories were, entirely because of the cast.

Taking this reveal trailer at face value, we can expect eight characters: Zelda, Sonia, Rauru, Mineru, and the four Ancient Sages. By the end of the Dragon Tears as we saw them in Tears of the Kingdom...

Sonia is assassinated

Rauru gives his life to seal Ganon under the castle

Mineru succumbs to her injuries and begins haunting Zelda's tablet

Zelda essentially commits fantasy suicide, because as far as anyone in the narrative is aware, becoming a dragon destroys your sense of self and is irreversible.

The Sages live, but with how little TotK gave them to work with, AoI is going to have to characterize them from scratch.

That's a hard sell to anyone looking to buy a fun video game full of Zelda characters, and that's not the only problem with this roster: it's also small.

Not counting certain characters having multiple weapons, the original Hyrule Warriors launched with a roster of 13, and then three of the bosses were made playable in a patch.

Age of Calamity launched with 18.

If we're sticking entirely to the founding era with this game, we're following up a game that set sales records for the Warriors series with a piddly little roster that tells you at the end to go play a different game, with the surviving half of the roster being the faceless nobodies. Who's actually going to buy that beyond the LoZ die-hards who pitched a fit because not every returning NPC in Tears of the Kingdom greeted Link with a "Hey, I remember you!"?

It's quite clear, to me, that Age of Imprisonment is going to have another time travel twist, this time bringing in the modern Sages, as well as Link, probably Purah, and perhaps some others. (Paya? Tauro? Robbie? Josha? Kohga, for some reason? All possible, but Purah's the only supporting cast pick I'm confident in.)

If nothing else, the fact that Nintendo announced amiibo of the TotK Sages the same day as Age of Imprisonment seems more than coincidental.

[lovelyjuju]

Hiiii

Idk if you're still taking soft thoughts but HEAR ME OUT

So a few days ago I fell asleep while studying and now I'm thinking....

Nicholas carrying you to bed when you fall asleep in your chair because he's so strong and just generally taking care of you😔✋ like he would put you to bed but when you wake up he'd be sooo mad in a loving way like how dare you stay up so late🤨 but at the same time he's so cute and sweet about it (pls make my mind stop)

Also, love your blog sm<3

always always, send all of your thoughts 👹

also i'm afraid i'm an enabler and i don't want to stop your mind, please continue

oh my god YES. as someone who puts too much time into academics, this thought made me so warm and fuzzy 🥺

he'd look at you and pout to himself, gently picking you up from your desk to carry you to bed. if you wear glasses (this is self-indulgent because i do lol) he'd gently remove them, trying his hardest to not wake you up before tucking you into bed to make sure you're warm and comfortable.

bf nicholas would probably turn off your alarm – not only so he won't wake up early, but mostly for you to get a good, uninterrupted sleep.

if you opened your eyes once he's carried you to bed, he'd probably frown at you – that type of angry but not really angry look? and he'd whisper-scream, scolding you for studying so long and late 😠

and then he'd cuddle you and hold you tightly to guarantee you have no chance of leaving the bed to continue your studies until he allows you to hehe

[aerialflight]

another fic rec list! (march edition)

I read so many good fics this month that I HAD to recommend. And again, I wildly pingponged between fandoms, though some still stuck around so you're in luck. Enjoy!

[Star Trek] (found some more! and reread old favorites)(also, fell in love with multiple ships)

Manner of Attraction by LiterallyThePresident

Ship: Spock/Leonard McCoy

“Spock, you think I’m sexy, right?” McCoy laughed “Yes.” Spock said honestly, and all three of them seemed to stop short

(short, sweet, and sparked my interest in this ship! it's my gateway drug fic and was what made me curious enough to hunt for more. definitely recommend! XD)

Anything You Can Do by igrockspock for ictus

Ship: Jim Kirk/Hikaru Sulu

'Anything you can do, I can do better' is not a healthy relationship philosophy - unless you’re Jim and Hikaru.

(listen, LISTEN, i love rarepairs and my god, this was written so fucking well and made me laugh multiple times. also, hikaru sulu is a bamf and i love when people portray him as the competent man he is! seriously, please give this a try, you won't regret it!)

freefall (flying) by tantamoq

Ship: Jim Kirk/Hikaru Sulu

Kirk is used to falling - what he isn't prepared for is the moment when he might actually hit the ground.

(again! a must read for this rarepair that i've fallen in love with nfewiofewa. seriously, i'm in a hole and i WILL drag people down with me! the potential of this relationship is too much! too powerful! please give it a go, i swear you won't regret it! this fic is fantastic!!)

Quirks and Their Side Effects by highschool-facelesshellion (orphan_account)

Ship: Jim Kirk/Leonard McCoy

Jim Kirk's always been a weirdo. Leonard could use some more weird.

(YES! LET THEM BE WEIRD!! truly, i accept every headcanon and everything this fic has spoken into the world, it's too good not to be true. i actually cried at some parts, you'll know which just from reading it. their friendship/queer-romantic or whatever the hell these two have here is so fucking good and i love it so so much!! seriously, please please read!!)

Long Road Home by EternalSheWolf for eyres

“It’s the greatest ship ever built.” His voice cracks, and he tells himself it’s because he’s been speaking for probably days now and he’s thirsty and his throat is probably bleeding and Bones will kill him, goddamit, Jim – A tear leaks out of the corner of his eye. “I want to go home.” He whispers.

(every time. every fucking time god damn it. *sobbing*)

Houses Made Of Earth by nsmorig for oneatatime

Ship: Spock/Leonard McCoy

In which Spock moves in with, uses the first name of, and falls in love with, Leonard McCoy. More-or-less in that order.

(okay, i just love the author and how they write. full stop. the slow building relationship and understanding between bones and spock was so rewarding and sweet. it's very introspective on both sides and explores what troubles and life changing things they're each going through, while also changing what they thought about the other. it's slow and thoughtful and pulled me in bit by bit. i absolutely recommend both the fic and this author in general, it's so good!!)

Pavlov's Cuddles by InsaneSociopath

Ships: Jim Kirk/Spock, Philip Boyce/Christopher Pike

Chris decides the absolute best way to get Jim to behave is to classically condition him using candy. Because. Um. That's perfectly normal and acceptable right?

(the entire premise of this fic sounds so weird but it works! jim is autistic and chris is deeply, truly weird. his whole relationship with boyce made me cackle so much! boyce has to suffer through chris's shenanigans and yet enables him constantly so he only has himself to blame lmao! and spock! is so cute and every time he showed up it's amazing haha! if you just want to have a good time and watch a successful trainwreck of a man try and adopt jim kirk, this is 100% for you lol)

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[The Witcher] (yup! again. these idiots won't leave me alone)

The Neverending Jaskier by TheSilverQueen

Ship: Geralt/Jaskier

Geralt goes fishing for a djinn to solve his sleeplessness. He is not expecting to fish up a man instead. Especially not a cursed, eternally doomed to resurrect bard of a man.

(i know this sounds ridiculous, but the author is just so good at making it believable. i love how geralt slowly starts to fall for jaskier, it's gradual and heartfelt and he doesn't want it lol. and so many of his problems are solved just because of sequence of events and how ridiculous jaskier is, which amuses me a lot. please read!)

in the belly of the beast by TheSilverQueen

Ship: Geralt/Jaskier

On the fifth day after Jaskier is swallowed alive by a lake monster, he meets a Witcher.

Part 8 of The Witcher Flash Fic Challenge

(the concept was so funny that i had to read it. and i was right, it's hilarious! seriously, please read! it made me laugh like a hyena and i never once thought someone can draw inspiration from fullmetal alchemist like this. the fact this is the same author right above has me believing they're just really good at making wild premises work lol. it's amazing!)

no reason to run by SummerFrost

Ship: Geralt/Jaskier

"You'll change your mind one day," says the innkeep. "The road can't love you back." What a strange way to flatten something so beautiful, Jaskier thinks. What a small way to love. Or: When Jaskier is hit with a curse that prevents him from having sex, he's lucky that the first person he meets is a Witcher. It's even luckier that Jaskier is used to hitting the road, because Geralt isn't waiting up.

(this fic has everything! it's hilarious, it's soft and tender, and it makes me want to hang it up on a wall for posterity. it's romantic, in the sense that jaskier sees the beauty of everything around him and geralt can't help but be drawn in by it. i couldn't help but be drawn in by it. also, it's so incredibly poly and i love that aspect of the fic, it painted love as such a giving yet selfish act and it's beautiful because of it. as geralt said in this fic, jaskier is a poet, ergo, the author is a goddamn poet and it shows. seriously, please read, it's so damn good!)

Keeping Crows by Castillon02

Ship: Geralt/Jaskier

If it was some kind of weird religious thing, it was for a god Geralt had never heard of. Probably it was just a weird Jaskier thing. Crows, of all creatures! Corpse eaters. Grain stealers. No one liked crows. But Jaskier was voluntarily traveling with a Witcher; maybe he just had poor taste.

(the metaphor!! geralt is a crow! jaskier loves things that aren't meant to be loved and is loved back for it! also, i personally just love crows so this love letter for them had me kicking my feet in delight. seriously, please please read! i want to hug this to my chest and sleep with it, it was so warm.)

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[Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them] (yeah, i know, what?? i don't know what to tell you fnewpfwa)

Preantepenultimate by lonerofthepack

Ship: Original Percival Graves/Newt Scamander

Newt Scamander had not intended to return to New York, much less the Woolworth building. Nevertheless, he arrived on the second of May, bedraggled and soaking from the spring rains with his arm trapped in a junior auror's grip, and just in time to make himself useful. Percival Graves has survived Grindelwald, with the scars to show for it, and returned to his role as Director of Magical Security despite a newly developed difficulty in speaking aloud. When Theseus Scamander’s younger brother gets dragged into the bullpen at precisely the right moment to be helpful, Graves seizes the opportunity to bring in a magizoologist for a sorely needed fledgling Beasts division, and a battle-tested asset into the MACUSA fold. Perhaps he should have expected chaos to follow in the path of a dragon rider.

Part 4 of Reticence 'verse

(*buries face in hands* fnewiofae it's so goddamn jane austen. the slow building romance, the respect they have for each other, the fact there's a freaking marriage of convenience plot that isn't contrived and makes sense, all of it! a victorian romance? in 1920s new york?? more likely than you think. god, i got so obsessed while reading this and flew through it in 2 days, it's so good!! and the fact that they show! real actual repercussions of graves imprisonment by grindlewald! he's selectively mute and the author expands how he now manages to live with it in a world where he went through something so traumatic is *chefs kiss* brilliant! and newt is so competent and graves recognizes that and is competent himself and i just, god, GOD, this is the best characterization for this ship i've ever seen, i love it so so much nfiewopewa. seriously, please please read this! i'm obsessed!!!)

Ad Sistendam Furto Magicae by InsaneSociopath

Ships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley

Hermione is all out of fucks to give. Ron and Harry reluctantly approve.

(time travel fic! a solid, fantastic read and i loved every minute of it! and the fact there's a tag specifically saying they stan ron is all it took to win me over lol. god, it's so hard to find a good ron in fics, drives me mad. if you want to have a fun time and watch as the trio run wild through hogwarts, this is definitely for you :D)

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[Buffy the Vampire Slayer] (look it's just one series that i immediately got obsessed with. but it made my month so i NEED to recommend it NOW.)

wouldn't it be nice? (in the kind of world where we belonged) by SummerFrost

Ship: Spike/Buffy

Spike is still beneath her, so hard he's vibrating, and a second ago she was living in this amazing, perfect, fresh piece of Dubble Bubble bubblegum world. A second ago, she loved him. Or: The thing about Willow's will-be-done spell is that, yeah, obviously it sucks that it happened with Spike. But now that all those totally fake lovey-dovey feelings are gone, Buffy is starting to worry that she'll never get them back—with anyone. Too bad the only person who might understand is her mortal enemy.

Part 1 of wouldn't it be nice?

(*deep breath* i need this like i need air. i don't really go for buffy fics but fuck, this is incredible. it's the same author who wrote one of the witcher fics on this list and their writing is just as beautiful here. it really looks at the aftermath of the episode something blue and what it means for both spike and buffy. and as for the rest of this series, it continues on to later seasons of buffy and how spike and buffy being an established relationship changes things in the future. this is the most healthy version of the buffy/spike ship i've ever seen and it's honestly heartbreaking to think about what could've happened if they had just talked to each other. this has become one of my favorite buffy fics ever and i absolutey recommend this to people, it's brilliant!)

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[Dimension 20] (i'm so random. also, currently watching unsleeping city s2 so i'm probably gonna rec more fics in the future, not sure)

the i love you fic by jorjudje

Fandom: Fantasy High

a scenario for each and every bad kids duo in which they tell each other they love them.

(this is the sweetest fantasy high fic in the fandom, i will die on this hill!! they love each other so much! the most friendship fic to ever friendship!! god, this made me want to watch fantasy high all over again, i love the bad kids so much fneiwofpewa)

everyone's a pessimist, I see a future painted in pink by HighAsAFlyingFish

Fandom: Fantasy High

Early Freshman year the newly formed Bad Kids run into themselves from the future. Or maybe a future? Who knows, time travel is weird, have another ice cream.

(time travel time travel time travel!! seeing how much the bad kids have grown up compared to freshman year always makes me feel teary eyed. and also cackle like a hyena, the freshmen have NO context on ANYTHING and it's hilarious XD)

Modify Memory by foxfantasma

Fandom: The Unsleeping City

“Pete,” the first man says slowly, like he’s trying to calm a spooked child. “What’s my name?” “Kingston,” Pete answers automatically, the feelings of trust and home and a fragment of being shouted at in a bodega he’s never been to all conflicting and coexisting in his skull. He hasn’t tripped this bad since the episode that had gotten him on the antipsychotics in the first place, and even this makes that look like a walk in the park. He can’t afford to get sent back to the hospital, not without insurance, and he really needs to get it together before someone calls an ambulance, or worse, the cops. “You’re Kingston Brown,” he says firmly, hopes to everything there is that he’s right. Or: Pete doesn’t remember being awakened to the Unsleeping City and has a rough time //Chapter two is Kingston’s pov

(i just finished watching s1 and immediately started hunting for kingston and pete friendship fics cause i NEEDED it. and then i found this and wow, it's such a great character study for both pete and kingston, i loved it! please read!!)

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[Deadpool and Wolverine] (we're back bitches)

Rotten Ones by atimefeeler

Ship: Logan | Worst Wolverine/Wade Wilson

“Oh my god,” Wade said. “I’m an idiot.” “Yes. And?” Logan snapped. “I forgot Logan died in 2029,” Wade said, horrified. “It’s 2024." ... (It's okay, Wade. The writers forgot too.) Deadpool and The Worst Wolverine join forces with the X-Men to save Laura and the kids from Project X-23, stop the Westchester Event, and prevent mutant extinction. Oh, and they also fall in love while they do it.

(i combed through so many fics and found this gem among the rubble of my search. it's soft and full of hurt/comfort, yet also plot driven and full of character interactions and moments between wolverine and the x-men of deadpool's timeline. and i have so much respect for the author's attempt to make sense of fox's bizarre timeline of events for the x-men series lol. i'm so invested in this fic and the slow burn between logan and wade has me kicking my feet in delight, it's wonderful! seriously, please read! i'm so glad i found this!)

Harvest Moon by SlugSniffing

Ship: Logan | Worst Wolverine/Wade Wilson

Logan still can't recall anything from his past, no matter where he goes or who he speaks to. He's at the end of his rope when a mercenary crash-lands at his feet in Bobby Drake's kitchen. (set during the events of X2 - consider this X2 featuring Deadpool-movieverse Deadpool, complete with Origins-era Wade backstory.)

(i'm not fucking kidding when i say i think the author is deapool, their end notes always has me fucking cackling, they sound exactly like him it's amazing. truly, this fic is so damn good and the writing is stellar! there were so many moments where i actually started crying because the emotions the author managed to convey got too fucking real, my GOD. and the plot! wow!! deadpool is inserted in the plot so seamlessly that i honestly wish i could watch this version of events play out on the big screen, it's so much fun! and heartbreaking! seriously, please read this, i'm so so excited to see what happens next and so will you!)

Mr. Forgettable by Arwriter

Ship: Logan | Worst Wolverine/Wade Wilson

Wade’s off the couch, moving slowly until he’s standing right in front of Logan. He’s eyeing him carefully, thoughtfully, like he can piece together a solution to whatever the hell is happening right now. “You’re not just doing this so you can get out of buying dinner, are you?" “Fuck you.” Or: Even if he can't quite place his face, Logan doesn't think he could ever forget Wade Wilson.

(i both want to punch and hug logan, he's really going Through It. this fic is both incredibly angsty yet sweet at the same time, amnesic logan deserves a damn hug! and wade is Suffering and just as bad as him. god, they're so dumb nfewiofpewa)

[galactic-rhea]

I love your empress padme au, they should be evil and unhinged. I'm misly curious as to what the kiddos are up to, (and some of the other characters, I imagen they're mostly side eyeing anidalla like "wtf is happining over there???") Anyways I kind of love the consept of "evil chaos family fun"

Neither of them are stay at home parents but the imagen of vaderkin in a frilly apron trying SO hard to cook for his family has popped into my head and will not leave

Vader should get a cloak wich has "property of Padme" embrodered on the back

dfkjgnkjngfdjk thank you, Padmé would ask him to cook with an appron and nothing else

About the question, well! Just yesterday someone asked in the comments about the twins too! And well, you see, I'm undecided! This will get long!

See, when I originally envisioned the empress Padmé AU, what I had on mind is that Padmé spent about 5-6-7 years with the rebels, and that's why we have Vader as...as we known him, you know, almost-classic Vader. Unknown to the rebeels that Padmé's goal was sliiiiiightly different as theirs. She would have the twins (or at least, known where they're being hidden, and visint them and everything) and her goal would be to reunite her family, she's a bit obssesed with having her family fully and complete.

But! The idea that, for example, after having the twins she was unconscious for several days or something, and it was decided that hidding the twins was the better choice and told her they died it's so very tasty and angsty! Vader and Padmé would be EVEN MORE codependant and messed up out of the grief (also THE GUILT Vader feels about thinking he caused their kids death as he sees Padmé so distraguth?!!!! He wants to constantly kill himself, he probably wants Padmé to kill him, tasty angst) If she believes her twins to be dead, then she believes she only has her husband, and she's very overprotective of him (and possesive, a lot).

And then you would have the plot following slightly similar to the movies, but now the twins have to redeem BOTH of their parents who are kinda enabling each other so hjhbdgdfsf

(Either Leia wasn't given to Bail and Breha because...come on, or I'll have to invent a super duper and convenient explanation)

Also @squad-724 suggested the idea of Padmé and Vader somehow sort of bringing Ahsoka (inquisitor ahsoka, wahoo!) into this and now I won't stop thinking about it (unconsciously) having Ahsoka as their stand-in-daugther because they lost their twins. Messed up, messed up and all these conflicting feelings guys!!!!

BUT! On the other hand, Imperial twins raised by both EVIL PARENTS is super fun, like, this poor galaxy can't catch a breath. Because my Vader raises the twins AU have them being double agents with Vader trying hard to cover them up so the emperor won't kill them. But here it probably makes them less likely to turn against their parents! However, 5-6 years being raised among rebels, and then being raised in the imperial palace and becoming prince and princess and at the very least knowing your mom kinda betrayed the rebels is probably enough to give you suspicion and "huh,,,this is kinda bad? Maybe"

For Padmé and Vader though, I think it would bring a very devoted and angry protectiveness for both Padmé and Vader; they aren't that invested in the empire and power tbh, they just want to have their Little House On The Prairie fantasy with a family fully complete and safe, at all costs. It would make them even more of a team and less weaknesses. Though, I once kinda as a joke just imagined Padmé getting tired of all of it and going "ah whatevery, let the galaxy burn by itself while we ran a way somewhere" and that's it because seriously Padmé wanted to actually give up on all the work, no big redemption or big epic dramatic moment, the imperial family just disappeared one night and no one knows what happened (surely they were murdered?) when they're just chilling in some super random and secret corner of the galaxy doing, idk, the most boring thing ever, farming. Luke and Leia get bored and become spice smugglers . The end.

For the last question, though, I think half of the people think Padmé is a victim of this terrible situation somehow (oh noooo, she was kidnapped by that monster, who knows what she's enduring, or she's being mind-controlled :( ), that she's some sort of puppet empress while Vader actually makes all the choices because,,,come on, that was the emperor's second hand right there. The other half of the people remember Padmé was a bit of a political apprentice for Palpatine, and they're also both from Naboo, and it was also thanks to her Palpatine became the Chancellor, maybe she did want power from the start, maybe Naboo is fucked up, never let politicans from Naboo have power again.

And then there's the third secret thing, which is only a very limited number of people like Obi-Wan and Bail (and Padmé and Vader's palace staff lol), that are fully side-eyeing her.

There's also the problem that since she actually worked with the rebels, she,,,knows a lot, she probably knows almost all the names of the rebels' leaders, she probably knows there's a underground society helping jedi run and to which planets. She knows so much, and yet she doesn't actively chase them (or more like, she doesn't actively send Vader to chase them), and if she does send her husband, which is rarely since she wants him to stay where she can see him (remember when I said obssesive and possesive and overprotective?), she's probably doesn't tell him that much info because it's entertaining, giant galactic chess game, lmao.

Also, her empire isn't half as awful as Palpatine's, like, it's still very bad but it's leagues better and she does probably finally forces the good charity projects she never could as a senator, and well, complacency it's extremelly dangerous for freedom. So there's that.

[marysunshine23]

Why is Souichi Tsujii considered Scary?

No, I mean, I'm actually asking.

He's not scary. He's just mentally ill. And he's not being treated for his illness. Like, seriously.

All that needs to be done for him is to drag his ass in to see a doctor, get him on meds, get him a therapist, and if he rebels send him to an in-patient program. (That actually might be a better pace to start him).

Granted, I've only seen what's on Netflix. But from those two episodes, his parents are basically just enabling his behavior and not doing anything about it. Annoying Koichi while he's studying? Why aren't his parents doing more to enforce boundaries between Souichi and the other members of the family? Why are they just sitting back while Souichi is clearly misbehaving? He's 11-years-old, why aren't his parents sitting on his ass about studying like how they are with Koichi? And why isn't Koichi studying at the library if he knows this is a problem that his parents won't confront? Why do his parents jump to hiring a carpenter to completely rebuild a room of the house when it'd be so much less expensive to just discipline their child?

And don't even get me started when it comes to Coron, the cat/kitten. If you know your son/brother has a tendency to hurt animals, why the fuck are you letting him anywhere near the cat? If you're aware that he's manipulative, why aren't you keeping the cat somewhere he can't get to it? Don't let him near the cat until he goes to therapy consistently!

Like, the wiki describes him as an "eccentric oddball", but that's not accurate. I get he's anemic, but don't let an 11-year-old run around with nails in his mouth. Give the kid a steak and some spinach, hell throw in some iron supplements if that's what it takes, and call that shit a day. There is absolutely no reason for him to behave the way he is and get away with it. His parents need to ride his ass about his behavior and get him to see a doctor, both for his physical and mental health. He's not about to be a functioning member of society with how he's acting.

. . .

As someone who has been battling my mental illness for the majority of my life, I'm really tired of people using mentally ill people as a horror trope. The book he first appeared in was published in 2006. I understand using this trope as a cautionary tale for why you need to be treated for mental illness, but it's not. It's just using the bias we have against mental health as a means of scaring people. Are people with untreated mental illness scary to experience? Yeah, they are. And honestly, I do think you're crazy if you know you're mentally ill and refuse treatment. I think you're crazy if you think you can pray it away. I think being willfully ignorant is being crazy.

This would be totally different if Souichi was a full-ass-grown adult or even just living by himself. The problem I have is that he is in a household with people who are allowing him to behave this way and are doing nothing about it. No one is holding him accountable, everyone is just letting him do whatever because they "can't stop him". But I don't actually see any of them making an effort. Koichi and Sayuri ask their parents to do something, anything, to make their brother stop. But their parents throw up their hands and say "he doesn't listen to us". He's mentally ill, you can't treat him how you treated his siblings. He takes extra work.

I guess the real reason I'm writing this is because, as someone with mental illness, I look at a character like him and I feel angry about what everyone else is doing. At 11-years-old, there isn't a lot he can do to get himself treated. In fact, I seriously doubt he even wants to think about being treated. To him, there's nothing wrong with his actions or what he's doing. But the people who know better, the ones who recognize that his behavior is inappropriate, they aren't doing anything to help him. They aren't trying to find a solution to help him. They're being willfully ignorant to their child's behavior; only complaining when he's being disruptive. They're literally ignoring him and hoping his behavior goes away.

But then he goes to the attic and stomps around over his brother's room, or hammers nails into the wall in a way that it could catch and hurt someone, or manipulates the cat to be aggressive to everyone but him. He wants attention. He wants affection. But he's being ignored. So he acts out more.

I know he's just a fictional character, and I know that his surroundings are set up so that way he can be as "scary" as he needs to be for the story. But for me, at the very least, it feels like a slap in the face. It feels like people who enjoy this see me the same way they see Souichi. And it makes me angry, because all the work I put into my health is being disregarded. That all the work everyone put into fighting their mental illness is being disregarded. And it hurts.

[ithinkineedasideblognow]

DAMIAN 

(Again, if you have ideas, I am SO OPEN to them!! I am starved for community interaction actually. My fault 100% but still.)

Damian is dropped onto Bruce's doorstep for pretty much the same reason as in canon. Bruce is, at this point, 28, and Damian is 9, and Duke is 25 as previously established.

At the start, he was furious with batman for allowing signal to fight by his side for gotham, as he was not family. (though I suppose you could regard him as the kind of family friend that would be an uncle-figure). So Damian naturally tries to kill him. He doesn't want to become the signal, because he was trained to fight during the night, he just doesn't think he's worthy.

Duke, of course, hates this. He and bruce have an argument about it, eventually resulting in a 'I won't come around while he's still trying to KILL me' and bruce having his Lonely Arc. Bruce sees Damian as a threat that needs to be tamed, and initially refuses to let him out with him at all, but Damian escapes the manor and follows him during patrol, demanding to go with him, and almost kills a man.

Bruce is furious, and I have one plan of a "How do you expect me to train you when you do this?!" pointing to a half-dead man. Eventually Bruce just lets him become his sidekick--and it IS sidekick, not partner--because he can keep an eye better on him that way.

So, Damian becomes Batboy, first of his kind, intending to eventually become Batman. Batboy is essentially a mini-batman, and people stopped underestimating him after the fourth mutilated limb. No matter how hard bruce tries to drill it into him, since he has zero patience for damian, the lessons never stick.

Now, sometime during the first year of his batboy reign, he sneaks out to assassinate the Signal. Gotham doesn't need a daytime protector, it has batman! And signal is pissed, but easily fights him off, between the bat training and powers. Some villain shows up and they're forced to work together--and then, Damian is forced to begrudgingly admit that Duke is competent. Not worthy, but competent, and needed, because he knows atp the police are wack. He stops trying to kill duke, and duke starts coming back to the manor, mending things with Bruce--basically, I'm setting the stage for duke to train damian in the empathy department successfully, along with teaching him some Street Moves he can use to get out of sticky situations.

Their dynamic isn't quite what dick and damian have, in canon. It's more of an uncle-nephew situation, and duke does encourage the childish things Bruce doesn't, though Bruce doesn't shut him down when he does indulge in those kinds of things, enabling his animal interest and the zoo comes in early. And Duke just doesn't have the same fatherly responsibility over him so generally they get up to more Shenanigans.

When he's 15, batman discovers he's been skipping school to volunteer and is actually glad over it like he SHOULD HAVE BEEN-- and signal just laughs his ass off because only he would skip school to volunteer instead of, like, doing drugs.

This is also when he meets Jon, during a world-ending event that forced both superman and batman to take their kids with them. They don't really form a team, per se, but they do become best friends, often patrolling with each-other, and while duke taught him mercy, Jon taught him how to love something deeply--again, since duke's more of an uncle, and batman when he's trying, esp with such a difficult kid, is still distant. He often has drinks with signal and laments about damian, actually.

Damian quits Batboy when he graduates high-school at 18, going to college and becoming a doctor, eventually mentoring under Leslie and taking over her practice when she gets too old to run it. The bats send victims over to him to take care of, and he does it all bro bono, cus he's a trust fund baby and genuinely cares about gotham by that point. Though! I will say, he isn't very good at the whole comforting thing, never getting the hang of it because bruce sucks at it and the signal was more focused on making him less stabby.

I say quit because I feel like he'd enjoy using his hands to heal rather than hurt, and being Batboy would start to suffocate him, because while he does help he also hurts. He likes the idea of taking an oath to treat everyone--likes the idea of second chances, because he was given one after killing so many people. It's kind of like atonement.

Part 1, Part 3 (TBD)

[meear]

umineko fans are the original "if you don't like it you just didn't understand it" people. I genuinely cannot think of anyone more annoying and obnoxious, except SNK fans, except not even them, because in Umineko's case that behavior is enabled by the author himself. It's crazy how a story that spent hundreds of hours discussing the value in several coexisting interpetations will have both characters and fans turning around and tell you that actually you're completely wrong for thinking a certain way

The crazy part is they don't even realise how their smug attitude about being part of R07's very special club of people who "have love" and the superior way they act about holding the true answer are EXACTLY the Erika traits they criticise in readers who don't think like them. "He spells it out but you still cannot see it? Lol" "are there still people who can't accept the literal canon answer? lmfao" "you know you're exactly the goats r07 wrote about right?" (Because r07 is a god who cannot possibly be contradicted, this is supposed to be the worst insult somehow) (these fans cannot seem to decide who the goats are an analogy for, considering they'll scramble to say they only represent the story's witch hunters as a criticism of true crime fans when you call out r07's arrogance, yet they'll smugly tell you you're just a goat when you question the story itself. Thank you, it's nice to know that Ryukishi wrote about me, but that doesn't answer the fucking question, Brian)

It's incredibly ironic. How did a story like Umineko create and encourage so many people to sanctify one "official answer" and taking any other attempt as an insult?? Like is anyone feeling how ryu07 completely fucked up at what he was trying to do?

"So I won't open the catbox and reveal what actually happened on the island." oh, that's cool, I actually really like that! I agree that ultimately the true events of that day are a pretty trivial part of the story, and it's way more interesting not to know - "anyway it's Rudolf and Kyrie and it happened exactly like so and so, and Shkanontrice did this and that".

... Okay, well I really wish that had remained a mystery forever, since the point was that any truth would've been anticlimatic, and the choice to reveal that genuinely kills a lot of what made Umineko's appeal to me, but I guess we can still have fun with EP1-4 and try several alternative theories for the sequence of events- "here's the manga explaining everything in detail and if you didn't get it have you tried maybe having some more love? It would be sooo clear if you had love lmfao. you literally cannot comprehend my work unless you have"

... I really wish that guy would stop making assumptions about the inner mind of complete strangers who read his work, but I do enjoy getting to choose an ending! it really fits in with Umineko's theme of choosing the truth for yourself and making your own path that you can be happy with, as long as you keep thinking- "the Magic ending is meant to be the true end btw. if you prefer the other one you pretty much have no heart lol, it's obviously framed like a bad ending and there's only one acceptable choice and one way ange can find happiness"

... man, I'm so bored. Why write a game like that and then make it so that some choices are better than others instead of letting people think for themselves? Why would you force an interpretation on people/Ange when I've been led to believe that the narrative was against that sort of things? You want to highlight the value in your vision of "magic", fine, but why am I the heartless bitch for disliking that perspective and even trying to see things differently?

Why would you write a whole game around the really fun concept of several tales happening at the same time and the existence of endless truths inside the same catbox only to open the catbox and tell me "NO, you need to think a certain way, and if you don't like my answer FUCK YOU"

I understand that maybe he just had a specific answer in mind but I'm sorry the way he write the ending simply does not match the vision he seemed to have in the earlier chapters.

I genuinely respect Umineko as a work, I think it's one of the most ambitious stories I've seen and there is some amazing writing in there, but if Ryukishi wanted to allow for people to keep thinking and discussing what it means, he has failed miserably and I'm not talking about confession of the golden witch, I'm talking about the way he and his minions have shut down any possible discussion under the guise of "you just don't get it" (rephrased to "you don't have love" to make it sound more enlightened) and it's soured my enjoyment of something that should've been an amazing story. What is even left to discuss here when everyone has pretty much already made up their mind?

[adventuringblind]

Hi I saw your requests are open you don’t have to write anything if you don’t want to but I had this idea and I wanted to share

I was thinking of meting Charles on Monaco maybe during Sumer break or something, and being a little homesick so he decides to take us to a bookstore (sorry I just like to rad a lot you can change the place) and just talking about like a book he likes and just sitting on the floor with him looking for something to read and getting romantic

Idk if it makes sense but thank you and have a nice day/night

Home is Where You Are

Charles leclerc x reader

Genre: fluff

Request: Yes! I hope you enjoy it, I thought the idea was super cute! I'm open for Max, Charles, Lando, Oscar, George, and Daniel. Also, up for poly fics if anyone is interested. (If you have too much love to go around, clap your hands)

Summary: living with Charles is a dream come true. Longing for home, though, can strike anyone. Good thing he's there to help you through it until you can find time to go visit.

Warnings: home sickness, straight fluff

Notes: written in second person. Likes, comments, and reblogs are always appreciated!

Also, I've sent up my account to let tips be enabled. I was debating whether or not to say this because i dont want to sound like im begging, but frankly, people opinions do not matter me me. If you like my writing and want to support me, please consider tipping my posts or my blog. I put a lot of effort into my writing, and it would mean the world to me. Obviously, I won't have my feelings hurt if you ignor this, but I wanted to put it out there.

Masterlist

You and Charles had been together for a while now. Managing to do some long distance when you couldn't travel with him.

Now you were engaged, and you said yes. Knowing you wanted to spend the rest of your life with him.

You traveled more now. Finding yourself in different countries for the majority of the year. But you always went back home when you could. The family and familiarity bringing you comfort.

When Charles asked you to move in with him, you'd been happy. The two of you now completely together. Ready to share your lives with each other.

You were lucky you could take your job anywhere. The traveling often helping provide inspiration for your novel.

Charles made sure you felt comfortable in his, now yours as well, apartment. Making sure you had your favorite foods. He purchased an entire bookshelf just for you. He even stockpiled the apartment with soft blanket.

It was a dream come true for you.

You loved it. Waking up with Charles. Eating breakfast with him. Not having to FaceTime him to say goodnight for half the year.

When the summer break for formula 1 came around, you found yourself wanting to go back to your home country. You'd been back in Monaco for less than a week, but the days had you missing things you didn't realize you would.

You liked it in Monaco. It's your home now. But it didn't stop your mind from wandering back to the streets you grew up on. To your friends and family. The shops you frequented.

That's how Charles found you. Sitting at the table, staring into your cup of tea. Lost in the world of your subconscious.

"Mon Amour? Are you alright?"

His voice dragged out out of your thoughts. Your eyes dragging themselves to his face as he found a spot next to you.

He knew something was wrong. There was really no point in trying to lie when it was written all over your body.

You run your finger around the rim of your glass. Taking comfort in Charles nimble fingers running up and down your arm.

"Just a bit homesick, I guess." You confessed. Sighing at your relentless thoughts. Pulling your heart deeper into its sad state.

Charles hums in response. Considering what you'd said to him. "I think I know how to cheer you up." He smirks.

Charles couldn't take you back to your home country currently. You'd been working ridiculously hard, and he'd been busy doing sim work. He'd get you there soon, but for now, he'd settle for trying to get your mind off things.

An hour later, you were dressed and walking down the streets of Monaco. Nonclue where Charles was taking you. Just giggling as he held your hand and pulled you along with him. The two of you are making conversation about anything that pops into your heads.

Charles was basking in the warmth of your smile. So much so that he almost missed his intended destination. A little corner store with a vintage looking sign reading 'Nook's Books'.

"Here we are." He smiled and opened the door for you. A little bell rang to alert the owner that someone had entered.

Charles watched as your mouth opened in awe. Taking in the shelves lined top to bottom with books new and old. "I thought you might like it."

"Why did I never know about this?"

"It's hidden away, so those who don't know the city will have a harder time finding it. It's our own little corner of peace." He rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "I was going to surprise you right before the wedding."

It didn't take long for you to grab Charles' hand and lead him down the rows of books.

You'd found many books that you liked and had picked a spot on the floor to look through them.

Charles couldn't help but admire you. On the floor surrounded by books. You looked adorable in his eyes.

He plopped down next to you and spread out his arms and legs. Inviting you without words to come rest your body against his. You happy oblige. Crawling into the safety of his arms.

You spent hours in the small store. Charles listening intently as you either talked about a book or read chapters from one.

The twobof you finally left when the store was about to close. Having spent so much time there that it was now dark outside. The streets illuminated with the orangey hue of lampposts.

Charles spun you around as you walked, Making you giggle. Completely unbothered by the nightlife of Monaco.

When you two made it to the outside of the apartment building, Charles pulled you into him.

"I know I can't get you back to your family right now, but are you feeling a bit better?"

"Yes, thank you, for everything." Your eyes met his soft gaze.

"No thanks needed. I was simply doing my job." He chuckled. Leaning in closer to you.

Finally, his lips landed on yours. A loving kiss shared between you two. But this time, when he kissed you, you knew Charles was your home.

[unwantedsexymen]

Moses Puloki from Lilo & Stitch

This is the second time in a month I've seen a character be unfairly hated even more than the person who's abjectly causing the most harm. In the other instance it was all about hating an idiot awful himbo more than the other idiot awfuls in the cast for the crime of being genre driven (long story).

In this case it's Lilo's teacher from the ORIGINAL Lilo & Stitch franchise. I just learned his name and he absolutely qualifies for both my own simping and this blog because he's a beautiful man.

Moses Puloki

He's the hula teacher of Lilo, Myrtle and Myrtle's gaggle of friends. A lot of people seem to hate on Moses and like...I can understand the reason; his big scenes in the og film are him asking why Lilo is wet and caused her other classmates to trip, and then when Lilo attacks Myrtle he says he's going to call Nani, which he does.

In Stitch has a Glitch he tries being extra supportive of Lilo by showing her her mom's photo. But then Myrtle takes a step up in bech and Lilo beats her up for it, and Moses is the one who has to take Lilo and Stitch home and explain what she did to Nani.

Moses then asks Lilo to not lash out again or she won't be allowed to be in the pageant, which he wants for her and Lilo wants to do -> Later in the film Lilo IS being a good student but because she brought Stitch who's having one of his glitches and ruining everything, Moses angrily tells her she's not allowed to partake in their school...but I guess recant on that claim as he does still allow her to be in pageant and seems proud of her. His problem was Stitch.

Now I don't remember TOO much about what the TV show did with Moses --how much the show took his original peaceful compliance and turned that up to eleven like they did all the human characters.

Thing is, besides him being a genuinely beautiful looking man, I have to call SERIOUS foul on him being an "enabler "for having to wrangle in Lilo, like people are calling. In the og film we don't see him and Myrtle's interactions, but in SHaG he's not encouraging or supporting Myrtles behavior - he calls her out (as a teacher, so nicely) for talking down her classmate's chances of winning, and later visibly cringes at her performance. I'm sorry but I wouldn't call that so much "taking sides" or "enabling".

Teachers OF ANY kind are people. Even the nicest teachers are going to have their breaking point. And even the best teachers can only do so much to stop bullying when it comes to a child like Myrtle. Myrtle's mom might be a flake but she could have a hidden karen-side, same with any of Myrtle's squad's parents. Even if Moses thinks "well I can only guess what Myrtle said to earn this", he's a TEACHER. Moses strikes me as the type who'd tell Myrtle's clone mother about what happened and try as hard as he can to inform her and her father that Myrtle had said something really awful to Lilo...and then have all that go in one ear and out the other cuz one thing that's canonically true is Myrtle's mom is numb as rocks. SHE'S an enabler.

His objective is to keep things peaceful and encourage the girls to focus on their dancing and not killing each other...which is the other thing.

Lilo IS a problem child.

She beautiful. She's wonderful. I love her and I don't want her any other way. BUT...she still lashes out. She bit another student. She does reckless things like come in -late- to class dripping wet which she probably knew was a safety hazard. Moses says nothing directly to or about Lilo's belief about Pudge and why she has to feed him, he just asked her to explain and she did. Whatever hidden reason there may or may not be for Lilo wanting to control the weather, though tragic as it is, IS STILL a coping mechanism and Lilo brought it into class and endangered her classmates with it. Yes, Myrtle's an absolute beeyotch and deserved to get told off, but with teachers of young children, you HAVE to intervene when there's threats or direct physical harm done and again, Lilo bit her classmate. I'm more suss'd out by the fact that he left Lilo there alone to wait for Nani.

In SHaG he's in an even more understandable position in his big scenes and it really adds to his character I think. Lilo went a bit further in her attack (-again, not like Myrtle wasn't asking for it, but-) and Moses this time did the smart thing of taking her directly to Nani this time. He's more than reasonable with asking Lilo not to physically beat up her classmate despite that classmate being a betch. From his perspective, Stitch is a dog and Lilo brought her sick dog in and messed up his class and endangered more people. I get him being a cross as he was in that scene.

What I'm trying to say here is that Moses strikes me as the kind of guy who's also done with Myrtle's bs, probably has tried to correct it, and gets why Lilo is lashing out...but, you know, still has to do SOMETHING as a teacher when one of his students is pummeling another. In the first film he was there when Myrtle committed her sin that got her Lilo-bit; in the second one he arrived after Lilo was busy punching Myrtle while Lilo's dog was busy taking pictures of it.

Lilo is my god. She is #me, especially as a kid because she IS a problem child who makes bad decisions because she doesn't know better. It kind of bothers me in some ways that other fans don't see this about her and think that her trauma makes her immune to criticism as a person.

Problem children with very obvious trauma are a nightmare to work with. They're HARD to work with which is why my speech teachers in grade school and later in charter school had their hands full with me. I would scream and try and throw tantrums and rip up my homework because I was stressed and my speech teachers couldn't not support it and had to tell my parents. Because of what was going on in my home, I didn't know how to tell them what I needed. BUT, I did know they wanted to help me voice that so then maybe I could voice my frustration and they could try and really help me through it.

There is, ofc, once element in Lilo and Stitch I can understand the Moses hate for; Lilo and Moses are both native Hawaiian. I'm sure they're both done with Myrtle's bs as she is the white student who's strutting her stuff with their culture and customs. Clearly Moses, like a lot of Lilo's other indigenous neighbors, is more complacent with white and/or tourists being passive aggressive d-bags, while Lilo straight up calls out the emperor for not having clothes. If you see Moses as a bad ally to Lilo in THAT sense, well, maybe I'd get that more from that perspective which is pretty based. I WON'T tell all the polynesian/indigenous people how they ought to feel about Lilo and Moses from the lens of their culture. If Lilo makes you feel connected to that while Moses makes you upset, that's your right to think that.

BUT as white girl who connected to Lilo for her neurodivergent-isms and traumahood (not exactly the same, but there), I just really don't think Moses is that bad a guy.

Thank you for reading me defense of this very beautiful and sweet animated hula-teacher who reminds me a lot of my speech teachers and whom I don't like seeing defaced.

To be honest, when it comes to the representation of troubled families and neurodivergence that people see in Lilo and Stitch.

Highkey it KINDA FEELS like a lot of people are so busy stanning the characters they miss their nuances; Nani and Lilo's family dynamic is not healthy at the start of the film; Lilo legit lashes out and causes problems...and it kinda feels like some of you just aren't accepting that that's just as much a part of the characters as their good moments. That's the point of the film though; people are flawed and have issues, whether they may be a family broken by tragedy and culture or an intergalactic monster gremlin. Their worst parts don't define them.

They are more than their worst parts, and they can get through those worse parts as Jumba and Pleakly or even the Grand Council Women do...

I mean, in the original, anyway. The less said about the remake the better...

[shadowcrow]

Bellara Appreciation Week 2025

Day Two: Veil Jumpers | Family

Bellara had always taken pride in her family. When she lost her brother, it was quite possibly the worst thing to have ever happened to her- she carried that guilt with her for a long time.

Meeting Rook- Aurelia Mercar of Tevinter, had changed her, and by extent, her family for good.

(A few letters written by Bellara. One right before leaving to fight Anaris- and Cyrian. One two days later. Then one year later. This is with my rook who is Bellara's biological older sister in her canon.)

Journal Entries (896 words)

(Entry dated before leaving to stop Anaris)

Going to Arlathan today… to stop Cyrian. I don't have a lot of hope that I'll be able to save him. I mean, he seems so dedicated to Anaris! He's not the Cyrian I remember, I have to try to keep that in mind or else I won't be able to do it.

Aurelia seems to be planning something. I know she said that I wouldn't have to make the hard choice if I didn't want to- I'm not really sure what she means? We have to stop Cyrian! I don't know why I'm talking about him as if he's the mastermind behind this; anytime I think about it, I really just want to start crying.

But I don't have that luxury, I have to do this.

Wish me luck.

-B.L.

(Two Days Later)

I… I don't know what to say. I went to Arlathan expecting I would lose my brother all over again. I thought I'd be ready for it, you know? To lose him.

Aurelia comforted me the entire time (it was weird! She was acting like my big sister!) and was acting super shady about a plan she said she had. It was weirder when she asked Davrin, Harding AND Neve to all tag along; usually it's just three of us.

Well. I found out why. It all happened so fast, you know? Cyrian sabotaging the ritual- he didn't expect Anaris to suddenly appear, to grab him and to toss him. It still felt like my heart was being ripped out of my chest again, I know that's dramatic, but I had just seen the real him. The him who listened, who loved his family, the version of him I lost.

None of us expected what Aurelia did, I certainly didn't. Absolutely none of us expected her to move- especially that fast, getting her body in between Cyrian and the pillar. I can still hear the cracking sound when they both collided against the pillar. I can still feel the horror in my gut at thinking I lost both my baby brother (again) and my older sister (before I ever got to call her that!).

Cyrian moving, dragging Aurelia's body to a safer spot while the rest of us fought off Anaris… I was glad he was alive, but what if we lost Auri too? She's our friend, Neve's other half and she's very quickly become one of my closest people- even before we knew!

Cyrian and Aurelia are both safe now. Cut off from Anaris. Healing from the "acute blunt force trauma" as Emmrich put it. They're in the Veil Jumper camp now and I'm about to tell Cyrian we have an older sister now that they're both waking up. He doesn't know why we both risked everything- to stop Anaris, to save him and I have to tell him its because I love him.

And Aurelia seems to care just as much, even if she's only MET the side of him that enabled Anaris.

I'm weirdly excited! Wish me luck.

-B.L.

(Later….)

Oh, wow, it's been a while since I wrote, huh? Almost a year now? We got really busy towards the end of it all- stopping the gods, stopping Solas… being rescued from a Blight Eruption…

I remember being in it. Being forced to do what Elgar'nan wanted me to do- hurt people, hurt Minrathous- my sisters city. I didn't want to, but I had to hold on. To see Cyrian again. To see my parents. To see Neve and Auri and everyone else I've come to consider as my family.

It's strange. A year and a half ago, I had a failed relationship. I was working harder than ever to get over the guilt of what happened to my brother. I don't even think I talked to my parents after his funeral? I realize now they thought they lost both of us when Cyrian died. Everything was going BADLY and I was working myself to death.

Today? I can't feel the Blight anymore. I could for a while after; even if I was technically cured. Gus ( one of my nephews!! He's a Grey warden!) feels the same- a fact that relieves his mother (and the rest of us).

I can hear Cyrian laughing as he and Auri are chasing each other through the woods- I know she gave him a head start. I hear my parents whispering just outside where I'm writing this, I know they're amazed they have all of their children back. That they have two grandsons.

We all mourn never meeting Auri's husband- watching Neve get picked at by Halla is hilarious at least. They're very intrigued by her round ears and she just lets them nip at her! She tells us that it's because they're just curious, she is about them so I think they're kindred spirits. (She also doesn't admit she feeds them a few extra berries during mealtime, but we all know.)

I haven't felt so happy in so long, you know? Being surrounded by all of these wonderful people thay I can call my family is better than anything else I've ever experienced.

Ah, shit, they're yelling for me- I think Auri and Cyrian are wrestling now. Well, as the certified middle sister now- it's my job to go make it worse! I'm excited.

Wish me luck!

-B.L. (NOT alone anymore!!)

[daisyjonesgf]

i think karen has long LONG talks with graham about getting billy to act right, but graham can't get through to him

so one day she just stops billy from going into the room muse is in, and is like 'uh-uh, nope, we gotta talk'

and he's like 'shit a lecture'

but she's got the tracklist and has circled every song that's about her

it's 95% of the album

'muses inspire you to be better, not just make your art better, billy. tell me which ones are about your groupies and i won't bring this shit up again'

karen and graham having talks where it's just so complicated bc that's graham's brother

"and she's your friend, graham."

"look, I'm not saying it's right but he's going through something karen, and I mean, they both know what's going on."

"she's so young graham, just because she knows the cycle doesn't mean we shouldn't try to stop enabling it."

but ofc graham's words always land on deaf ears with billy and so karen is trying to get to work

one day when billy's been working outside and then he's headed back into his room with muse, karen stops him, "we need to talk."

"about what?" but he's so nervous that karen is about to eat him alive when she hands him a small slip of paper, "our track list? look if you have a problem with it-"

"how many of those are about her?" and billy understands, he's looking at all the one's that are circled and shifting uncomfortably, "and how many of them are about groupies?"

"karen-"

"if you can point to one that is then I will leave this alone and never bring it up again." but of course he can't and is just starting at the paper, "these songs are amazing, billy, and complex. she makes you want to be better, she's not just giving you free song material."

and then karen is gone and billy stands in the hallway for a while contemplating bc karen is right, he doesn't write this way about anyone rlse

and when billy finally is going into the room he just stares at muse for a while and then is hugging her, hiding a few stray tears of guilt that have fallen, and it's one of the times where he does let out a rare, "I love you, baby."

[bonefall]

This is kinda a funny comment but @ Brambleclaw telling Hollypaw how smart she is, i remember reading an article about how corporate spies (YES THIS IS RELATED) got information. The article was mostly one person's retelling about how it was entirely though phone calls where they just ask for information, and whenever the person on the other side started questioning them for why they needed the information, they were told to switch to praising the person on the other side for sticking to the rules and 'authenticating/checking' everything. That they'd 'put in a good word for how dedicated they were', basically buttering them up and making them feel good about catching what they were doing specifically to nudge them away from actually catching on.

I find it WILDLY interesting how the Erins just ACCIDENTALLY put actual manipulation tactics in their books when trying to make a male figure seem like a good person, almost like they're writing from experience in some kind of elaborate essay to themselves about how that behavior is okay and justifiable. They write in another character, Crowfeather, who abuses in a different, more noticable way just to compare and go "At least it's not this bad!" (the scene where Crowfeather chews out Breezepaw and one of them goes 'id rather Brambleclaw any day of the week!'), and then have Ashfur butter up Brambleclaw so that him excusing Ashfur's abuse can be claimed as Ashfur manipulating him.

ANYWAYS a question so you can properly add to the ask: How DOES the Ashfur buttering up Brambleclaw thing go down? Does Ashfur even NEED to butter him up? I think it'd be a little interesting if Hollypaw telling Brambleclaw was the first time he's actually heard of it happening, but he either confronts Ashfur and THEN gets buttered up, or he heards, thinks about it, and goes "nah its good actually I'd do the same".

There's actually a name for the tactic Ashfur uses that you saw in that spy article. It's called Ingratiation.

It's the act of making someone have a higher opinion of you, therefore putting more trust in you, by simply getting them to like you. Flattery, posing yourself as an in-group, and even using humor can all be part of ingratiation.

Now-- Ingratiation isn't ALWAYS nefarious. It's normal to try and make a good impression, or want to be liked by a possible friend or coworker. We try to influence other people all the time, we're social animals. It's just good to know that it CAN be used maliciously.

So I'm not too surprised to see a manipulation tactic in the book. I was using "buttering up" exactly because most people know WHAT it is, and that it IS a way to get people to do stuff, but don't connect that to its academic name. Like you said though what's so BIZARRE about it is how they really DO sometimes seem to be writing this looooong essay to themselves about how that was all Fine, Actually.

ESPECIALLY the way Bramble and Crow were contrasted in the Dog Scolding Scene. I left most of Bramble out because I was trying to focus on proving that Breeze was abused, but Nonny... the way the Three get chewed the fuck out by Bramble, as he insults them, assures Crow he won't be stopping for their exhausted sakes, and doesn't indicate that his anger is coming from concern...

It massively reminded me of when one neglected kid sees another kid get abused too. "Oh, well, what I'm going through isn't so bad, because it's not like THAT."

THEYRE SO CLOSE. ALL THE TIME. Like an INCH away from the point and it's AGONIZING.

Anyway... in BB, Bramble's enabling of Lionpaw's abuse is a WATERSHED moment for a bunch of the character arcs, especially Hollypaw.

I plan to keep it very similar to canon actually, I think it's stainless steel the way it is.

Ashfur KNOWS what he is doing.

He wasn't rolling for a save. It was calculated. Brambleclaw is someone who could have stopped his abuse, so he sought him out.

Can you see how inescapable that makes it, for Holly and Lion?

Holly finally worked up the courage to say something and stand up for her brother, only for her father to coo like she's a kitten who doesn't understand the world.

Even Lionpaw's father believes it's good and right to BLEED for your Clan. That this is normal... that this is even what love can look like.

BB!Lionblaze is the adopted father of his bio-nespring, Ivypool and Dovewing. What he internalizes here as a child is going to hurt BOTH of his daughters down the road, as he shoves them into the Dark Forest and a Prophecy, respectively.

Even after Brambleclaw disowns him and Lionblaze rejects him in response, adamantly saying he has ONLY a mother, he won't reject this lesson until it's TOO LATE.

And Hollypaw is so damaged by this scene that it's going to be the first domino towards her murderous break in Cruel Season.

"I need you to keep your brothers in line, Hollypaw" is soup stock, and then add obsession with the Code, constant betrayal from the relationships she forges in other Clans, her near-murder at the claws of Ashfur when he finds out the Power of Three + Fire and Tiger prophecies, and the murder of her mentor and grandfather.

And then she finds out her HalfClan brother, a Cleric, angel-punching blasphemous wretch he is, has gotten Poppyfrost pregnant. Just like Leafpool before him.

What else IS "keeping them in line" supposed to be, when he's gone this far? He's had enough chances. She will do what she's meant for. Jayfeather must DIE.

Bramblestar himself is notorious in BB for being incredibly controversial as a leader, taking power in Cruel Season just after Firestar is killed by the Dark Forest assassins.

This is part of his personality. He is easily blinded by his own feelings, and it makes him a good target for manipulation.

His first deputy, Thornclaw, exploits many of the same weaknesses Ashfur did. All part of the Dark Forest's plan.

And even Ashfur. Up in StarClan, he continues to plot, eventually leading to the events of TBC and his time as the Impostor.

[system-of-a-feather]

Hey it's "aggression" anon from last week. Had to think on it a lot and yeah I was actually just being a jackass tryna pick fights for fun &cuz i hate talking shit out normally. Took me almost a week to go back and apologize to the other guy but I did it and they were weirdly receptive even though i expected it to just piss them off more. And i still feel weird and uneasy about it but i want to stop chasing absolutely everyone off. So figured i should say thanks for getting me to think about it.

Regarding this previous ask

Yeah no worries about it dude. Honestly I'm going to be real with you, there really aren't many spaces or people who are actually available and willing to listen / talk to people who find comfort in anger / aggression because we tend to get demonized / assumed malicious intent / have people just give up on us because we "aren't trying" / because they're frustrated / because they don't know how to respond to it which unfortunately often reinforces / validates / worsens the comfort in anger / aggression.

I don't necessarily blame the average person though for having that reaction because objectively, it's kind of a really hard place to be supportive without enabling while also staying safe when someone goes straight to aggression, intimidation, anger, or agitation. I have more eye-rolls to professionals that can't handle it, but that's a whole other topic.

ANYWAYS, slight tangent aside, I think there is VERY few spaces for people with those tendencies to actually have space to talk and explore and discuss how they feel and why they feel that way without the discussion being derailed into a moral / "should / shouldn't" discussion focused on other people and how it impacts others rather than directly exploring the internal personal reasons people find comfort in anger, aggression, starting fights, etc

Like in the past, I literally would regularly say "yeah my favorite emotion is anger / annoyance" because I liked it more than joy, happiness, peace, etc and like I'd literally go walking out into the city in the poorly lit areas at like 2 AM hoping someone would try to jump me because I needed fights, aggression, and an enemy when I didn't have them.

It made me feel alive and it let me validate that I am both capable, better than everyone, and that I literally don't need anyone; which I won't say I "secretly needed people" or that I was "secretly lonely" because I had no concepts of attachments or bonds back then; but from an older / recovered perspective and having experienced more things, I found the line that our system / whole likes to say "you don't miss what you don't know" is not *entirely* true because tbh my extreme addiction to extreme aggression and fights and shit DRASTICALLY dropped the moment I actually got a taste of actually having people that meant something to me - even if those people were my own parts

Like I can't say I as a part have strong emotional bonds or anything like that, and I can't say that I don't still have the core belief that I can do anything I set my mind to and do not **need** people, because tbh I am a very capable person and especially so as a part and that's a strength of mine that I am proud of and reserve the right to keep because it saved my / our life regularly and should shit happen again, fuck will it not mean shit because of that

But I did hit a large part in understanding what sorts of things I was drawn towards and a lot more nuance to how I felt and the nature of my chronic angry base line / joy in being actively dysregulated and put into a "fight" mental space when I started actually understanding more about life and the things I can experience and actually gaining more experiences in my life other than constantly struggling with everythign and everyone for dominance.

That's all just to say that anger / aggression / hostility / homicidal ideation / externalizing behaviors tend to be really poorly looked upon and simplified into "you are a bad person acting in a bad way and hurting people / being toxic and that should motivate you to stop" which just... doesn't really work - particularly since (at least in my experience) the idea of hurting people / being toxic is partially the intention.

Thanks for honestly bringing it up though because I kind of miss talking about and discussing anger / aggression as something more than just this "oooo bad thing" cause its still my favorite emotion and the one I'm most familiar with; just in a different way. I don't really have a favorite emotion to experience, but anger / aggression is my favorite emotion to talk about and discuss with people because I think its immensely missunderstood and stigmatized and judged and I think some of the best healing can come from becoming best friends with anger / aggression.

(Also tbh, as XIV I so rarely have anything good to yap about in our peaceful life and sometimes I enjoy the stimulus that makes my brain tingle enough to like... speak as XIV lol. I still love the sound of my own voice /hj so....)

Anyways, that's just to say feel free to throw any similar asks by if you ever have them float by and/or to direct any questions to any specific part if you (or anyone else reading this) would like to. We enjoy it and we're all always here so *shrugs* it's different than when we had active / unintegrated DID and some parts might not be here

[foxufortunes]

So like I was actually having this discussion in the comments of one of my fics at stupid in the morning, but like having thought it through for the day I'm here to messily rant my thoughts on the complicated relationship between the upperclassmen, mainly Dan, and the monsters, mainly Andrew, and Wymack. How Dan is terribly self righteous and hypocritical and lets her emotions get in the way of her captaincy at times. How Andrew doesn't care for the discomfort and fear he causes others and even revels in it, even without provocation. And how Wymack, for better or for worse, is a hands off coach who can't/won't inflict meaningful punishments on his team, even enabling their worst qualities and habits, as part of his ideal of giving people more chances and how that can create a hostile team environment.

Aka, I'm about to throw slander in every direction, because these are flawed, messy characters and trying to make any of them perfectly innocent or always right does a disservice to the well sketched, messy, imperfect, flawed characters Nora created. Blame goes everywhere and no one is innocent. Trauma is a reason, not an excuse.

Buckle up, guys, this is about to get long and messy.

So, let's start with Wymack, who's a bit trickier to explain than Dan and Andrew, but is also the reason they've been brought togethers. Wymack, as we see him on page, is a massively hands off coach, especially when you compare him to Coach Rhemann. Now, it's very possible that this is actually because Nora either wasn't confident/good enough to write him coaching vs where she is now ten years later, or because she didn't want to focus there (although logically for exy junkie Neil's pov that would be weird, but whatever, that's not what we're talking about) but whatever the reason out of universe, it leaves us with Wymack as hands off as possible in universe. (Also, sidebar, some people in this fandom need to learn that out of universe reasons still need to have an in universe reason, "it needed to happen for the plot" is an out of universe reason, but I still need to know why the characters did it beyond "for the plot" or it's bad writing, stop using that for an answer about "why did character X do Y?")

Anyway, Wymack lets the team basically run amuck and sort themselves out, and even enables their worst habits. I think its canon that Abby gets a tip when "random" drug tests are happening, and they certainly don't do anything to enforce the no drugs policies the school and NCAA and probably ERC would have. Wymack brought a bunch of troubled kids together and seems to have no plan beyond letting themselves work it out and Betsy's here if there's trouble. This is why the Matt situation happens. You let a struggling to stay sober drug addict be around other not even trying drug addicts, of course Matt was going to get worse. This is actively bad for him. And in turn then actively bad for Aaron.

His relationship with Andrew is a bit more complicated. Now, I need you to forget everything you know about Andrew through Neil and his backstory for a moment, and just look at Andrew through Wymack's eyes as he first met him. Andrew has been to juvie, and is currently on parole for another violent crime that Wymack may or may not know the actual details about and on medication that Wymack may or may not know what they actually are and do. Andrew asks to come off of them. Wymack says yes. Now, even putting aside the legality of this, Wymack took the unilateral decision that Andrew knows best about his meds and can come off of them. Now, we can talk plenty about how Andrew's medication is portrayed in canon, but plenty of people don't like meds that are actually good for them and try/do stop taking them, often without telling a doctor they're doing so. There's also the fact that, again irrelevant of what we know as the story goes, Andrew regularly drinks, smokes and misses doses, things that can all make medication not work as it should. Wymack is not a doctor, for all he knows he could actively making Andrew worse by allowing this, but does anyway, for a good defence line.

(Also another side note, where does canon get off calling the Foxes a laughing stock? They're five years old. Seth was part of the first batch, right? So they're five years old and made the championships in their fourth year of existing as a team, fuck off are they dead last laughing stocks.)

And this is part of what I don't get about Wymack. He both wants to win above what's good for his team and doesn't at the same time. For example, he's so hands off and enables their bad habits, things that could kill them and actively harm them. He puts Andrew on the bench because he doesn't need a third goalie despite him being better and seemingly rolls with the hierarchy of age over skill, which implies team feel goods over victory but is so invested in staying Class I he semi-regularly lets (and yeah, it's lets not makes but still) Andrew harm himself playing full games on withdrawals (again, as far as he knows potentially stopping his meds working right). And while it could be argued his situation with Andrew is more not wanting to give up on Andrew, that is an the expense of his other players. Anyone who's ever been in a situation where one or two people are hostile/seemingly unpunishable knows how bad that makes everyone else feel.

Because, let's be real, Andrew is unpunishable and they all know it. Cardio is one thing, but he doesn't go through with marathons and nothing else will work. Andrew doesn't care for his own contract, and even if we actually believed Wymack would go through with any threat again Kevin, Nicky or Aaron's contracts (and we all know he wouldn't) Andrew would probably sabotage the game in protest or just outright quit. Andrew gets away with everything and everyone knows it and that can quickly see your team stop respecting/trusting you or feeling safe when you say they are. It's a very dangerous line.

And this is where we finally get to Dan. Because yes, Dan hates Andrew, and is unprofessional in her bias against him. But I think we often forget where this comes from. You often see people talk about Columbia, and Andrew drugging Neil, and should Neil have been angrier, how his trauma impacted him moving on so quickly and whether Andrew's reasons were valid or not because he thought Neil was a threat. And sometimes you see people talk about what he did "to" Matt. Which, yes, wasn't great, and yes, Matt took the drugs himself, but really it wasn't a great move from Andrew. But how often do you see people talk about what he did to Dan?

I mean, let's get some context here. Andrew and Dan barely knew each other. Dan is already getting shit from every angle for daring to be a woman playing and captaining an exy team (and if you hc her as a woman of colour, double this) in a period of time where colleges did (and still do) have a terrible reputation for covering up the horrific assaults committed by their best NCAA athletes. And Andrew, with no provocation, or reason, invites her out, to his home turf, with his family, to a bar he worked out, without anyone to support her and look after her, and drugged her. To find out if she was a women worth following. Not because she was a threat. Because he wanted to find out what type of person she was. He wanted her tragic backstory and he wanted it now (something people criticise Dan for demanding a lot, by the way). Andrew and his group show no remorse and face no real repercussions and then go on to enable Matt getting falling off the wagon and taking potentially lethal mix of drugs, because his mom said it was fine so it's ok and it all worked out, ends justify the means, and is allowed to just carry on with again, no meaningful punishment. Because no harm, no foul, right? (funny how you'll apply that to Andrew but hate when Thea said it, huh?)

Is it any wonder Dan doesn't like or trust Andrew?

And lets be clear, Andrew does nothing to discourage this. Andrew doesn't want to be understood, he doesn't want to share. Andrew is not here angsting because no one understands his attempts to making friends (except maybe, big maybe, Aaron not understanding his attempts at brothering). Andrew is fine if the team doesn't trust him. He encourages it, because trust means friends means feelings means weakness and that's ew. It's not hard to see how, from Dan's pov, Wymack can't/won't punish Andrew and is more interested in winning so won't kick him off the team.

At the same time, Dan is just as complicit in Andrew's breaking the law and hurting himself by missing meds as Wymack. Again, for all she knows, his meds help him, and skipping could actively harm the help they're giving him. Again, she's putting winning, because they have this amazing goalkeeper, above both Andrew and the team's health, and then complains when he lashes out. Some meds need a consistent balance to work, and maybe if he wasn't skipping every Friday to help you win he'd be more stable (we know this isn't the case, but they don't). There's barely any resistance put up to the idea that Andrew plays entire games, because she also wants to win more than she cares about Andrew's health, while at the same time not caring about winning more than her pride, like the rest of the team who are more interested in fighting than winning.

Now, of course, Andrew doesn't care. I think Nicky has it right early on when he says Andrew doesn't care about your boundaries, just his. Andrew is here mostly because he wants to keep Nicky and Aaron close and sees providing value for them (protection, scholarships, controlling protection ect) as the only way to really do it. Andrew sees life as exchanges. But, for all we act like Andrew lives on fair exchanges, he doesn't. As I said, he drugged Dan because he wanted to know about her, what did he give her in return? Nothing. He violated her autonomy and gave her nothing in return. Not even his own backstory. Arguably not even respect. (please, take a minute to imagine how pissed you would be if someone in fanfic wrote Andrew being drugged just to get him to spill his trauma without him even being a threat to anything, or look at how people react to Neil's Columbia scene).

The upperclassmen constantly ignore and violate Andrew's boundaries in very clear ways, and any normal team would have backed off ages ago (or called the cops the first time he pulled a knife) but because they're Foxes they keep pushing. (Also, for all fandom likes to make him a knife nut, look at how often he actually pulls a knife vs punches, it's either rape jokes, or him/someone under his protection being cornered, day to day he goes without). Now, of course, Andrew is a lot of the problem of keeping the team in two halves (again, something any decent coach shouldn't allow to get that extreme) as we see with how well the team works when Andrew is at Easthaven, but we don't know how much effort the upperclassmen actually make (excluding Renee of course).

The upperclassmen are often the first to lash out, and Andrew is often only retaliating, and then the monsters will be blamed. And yes, this is complete hypocrisy. But from the more general day to day treatment, not in the moment when a punch is thrown but attitudes in general, Andrew has proven himself a threat over and over, without provocation. If you can excuse Andrew drugging Neil because he's a potential threat, then why is Dan being hostile to Andrew because he's proven himself a threat different? Is it professional? Probably not, but what else can Dan do? She can't punish Andrew and Wymack seemingly can't/won't either. In Dan's mind, she is being hypervigilant and watching Andrew and taking his actions for the worst possible scenario, because Andrew has given her reason to. A simple drink to get to know each other turned into drugging her and Matt being in awful condition. Why should she give him the benefit of the doubt? Andrew wouldn't return the favour.

In many ways, Andrew and Dan are mirrors of each other. The leaders of their respective groups, both constantly trying to watch out for threats, but while Dan sees the threat she's already experienced with Andrew, Andrew considers her nothing. He's already got all her secrets and cast her aside, not caring for the damage he's done, because she and her friends are nothing to, and he doesn't feel a hint of remorse. He did what he had to, the ends justify the means, and Wymack's gone through too much to get him to risk losing him. He's on a team that doesn't care about his boundaries any more than he cares about theirs and is more than happy to play the monster if it gets the job done.

This came off a little harsh on Andrew, despite that I love him and Dan actually grates on me, but honestly the start of the series he is kind of awful and Dan I can see where she's coming from. Like, I think sometimes we also forget even Neil hates Andrew at the start of the series. Everything he did with Neil, he did with the others, it's just that Neil had the persistence, and the trauma related need to compartmentalise and move on quickly rather than hold a grudge, and a usefulness to Andrew (and yeah, let's not forget the breakthrough is Kathy's show and Andrew realising Neil is useful to him) to let him get in with Andrew so he can start to see the real him, while Andrew keeps the upperclassmen at arm's length.

And wow, congrats and thanks to anyone who read all the way through this monster ramble.

[btdtpofconfessions]

I'm just gonna make a quick rant about the whole "loli OC" thing and in general shitty stuff in the community. (Sorry if some things are off, english ain't my first language.) It's weirdly common for people in this community to make their ocs look VERY young, looking more like tweens or teenagers. However, a lot of these OCs also ARE very young, most of them ranging from freshly 18 to 20-ish. They are young adults and they're going to look..well, young. People's physical attributes develop differently, not everyone is going to magically look more mature the second they hit 18. Even so, there are people who are simply shorter and more frail, flat, etc. It's okay for people to portray themselves as they are. HOWEVER, that's absolutely not the case for all of them. There are expectedly, but still disappointingly, a LOT of lolishos in the community who make their OCs childlike for just that reason, it's something they're into. Where as yes, this is absolutely not a community where purity culture applies, I do think we should use our critical thinking skills when it comes to stuff like this. Not to mention Gato's more than clear wishes to keep minors out of the fandom AND any of the content outside of simple family dynamics. I cannot believe how some people still don't get it: Sexualising children and childlike things is fucked. And that very much includes lolisho. It's really upsetting to see for reasons other than just the obvious as well. Despite how many people here seem to have a kind of parasocial relationship to Gato, people also completely seem to ignore her boundaries for her content. And of course, we're not just talking Gato alone, Darqx and EP also have their say, and as far as I'm aware, Darqx isn't approving of lolisho in the sexualised manner. As for EP....We all know the deal with EP. Despite this, it's still concerning how many childlike characters people make for sexually charged situations. I'd also like to mention how agonizingly many people, ESPECIALLY minors I have seen throughout the BTD fandom become approving of real life abusive relationships, even seeking out groomers and abusers because they think it's alright due to misunderstanding how kink stuff really works. Not to mention a lot, if not most BTD fans nowadays discovered it AS minors. Minors being exposed to sexually explicit and violent content causes serious issues, for example the aforementioned seeking of abusive relationships due to either past trauma mixed with the enablement from others in the community, or being exposed to a media in which abusive relationships are portrayed in a sexualized manner and therefore seeing it as something to look for in life. We need to keep minors out of these spaces. Sure, it's not gonna be FULLY possible to keep every minor out, but It's also an issue that people kinda just..refuse to even try. Some even enable these kids to get deeper into this kind of content, grooming them. I wish we paid more attention to this issue especially, there's a huge amount of ACTUAL predators among us and everyone seems to turn a blind eye because "it's none of their business". We are supposed to be responsible here. Gato alone cannot stop kids from stumbling across this stuff, neither could we, but we could so easily reduce the amount of minors being developmentally tainted from this kind of shit. If we only actually TRIED. A simple "minors DNI" won't work, it NEVER will, most of us know this from experience from being nosy kids. Even if we can't fully keep kids away from this stuff, the least we could do is chase the predators out. If you are genuinely attracted to children and refusing to get better (there are forms of therapy for people with paraphilias, I beg of you to seek it out if you are having these feelings), instead choosing to seek contact to try and sexually elicit them, get off the internet, and please seek help, for the love of fuck. The least we could do is actually try. Use your critical thinking, and trust your gut. That's all from me. Thanks for reading. Sincerely, Anon💾

Please keep posts related to tpof/btd. I didn't create this account for people to get lectured.

I don't care about this bullshit, to be blunt.