#and like tbh it WAS but only to a degree and it became something else completely

[redrosydiaz]

omg okay saltburn mini review:

1. i genuinely do not know what i expected the plot of this to be but it was NOT that and oh my god i LOVED what it ended up being

2. it was NOT as pretentious and obnoxious as i thought it was going to be

3. honestly not as like ✨️scandalous✨️ as everyone made it out to be either

4. could've been even more homoerotic

[kwop-kilawtley]

I GOT WAR FLASHBACKS FROM THE REDDIT MENTION OMG-!!

Fuck Twilight reddit tbh. Twilight tik tok is right up there too but I at least encounter some team Jacob accounts that are popular and clap right back in the comments so thats at least smth 😭

istg there's so much coping and bending over backwards to defend their favorite white cullenizers lmfao 🥴🥴

"he's frozen at 17!!!" yeah but he's been 17 for DECADES. if he had time to get medical degrees then you'd think he'd know better than engage in creep behavior. Also, Jacob is 16 and unlike Edwin, has only been 16 for an ACTUAL while. But sure, keep defending the 100+ year old "17 yr old" vampire who had all that time to learn is supposedly soooo "mature" vs the 16 yr old who's an actual teenager.

"he learned from his behavior/prejudices!!" bitch WHERE?? even after he claims to Bella he's "learned", he STILL calls Jacob dog, mutt and mongrel even at BD, does NOTHING to stick up for Jacob/the pack when the visiting vampires look down or insult them. FUCK the cullens for that. If they were smart they'd get together literally ANYWHERE else, and NOT anywhere near where the tribe who's people are forced to shift when vampires are around. "B-but Alice's vision says they'll gather there! 🥺" Change the meet up, then!! It's not like the Volturi will leave you alone if you don't show up! Dumbasses.

"jacob assaulted bella and kept forcing himself to her when she wasn't interested!!!" this one makes me laugh the most tbh. They ALWAYS use the Eclipse KissTM as a gotcha every time someone even says they're Team Jacob or defends him. Also, so many of them revise history to where they act like it was Jacob who kept pursuing Bella in New Moon when really it was BELLA who went to him FIRST (with the intention of using him for the bikes to feed her Edward delulus), and it was BELLA who kept leading him on (btw, twilight reddit also copes about how she "didn't" 🙄) and didnt set firm boundaries. Then again, most Team Edweirdos skip New Moon and only read the "vampire parts" so it's not our fault they conflate Eclipse (where Jacob actually disrespects boundaries in some parts) and New Moon (where he's being an honest friend). Maybe don't make up events against Jacob if yall dont know what your talking about!! 🥴🥴

sdkjhkjrwiu sorry for the longish rant it's just,,,The mention of Twilight reddit opened the flood gates for me lolll

also, it's funny how a lot of hardcore Team Edward weirdos bend over backwards to defend Bella's bland ass characterization and Smeyer's writing. 🤓

CULLENIZERS!!!!! HOW HAVE I NEVER USED THIS TERM OMFG ckskdksk. Yeah it’s legit everywhere… on Instagram I commented on a Jake x Bella post saying something like “god I love them.” And just by saying that someone replies being like EWWWW WHAT??? BUT WHAT ABOUT ECLIPSE KISS TM

lmfsofksk I’m like so jaded by now idgaf

im so goddamn tired of Jacob being the only one in the saga who gets ripped on to this extent.

Everything you’re saying I’m just nodding along like yes, yes, yes TELL EM ANON!!

luckily I blocked so much out of BD cause to me my BD rewrite fic is actual canon so I forget so much of it. But When I’m reminded I’m like just disgusted… like the fact there’s like a million new 13 year old wolves or some shit bc of all the new vamps that came to visit??? Fuck off actually oh my god CAN YALL FUCK OFFFFF. Someone asked me why I don’t have Brady and Colin or whatever their names are in my fic im like cuz LET THEM BE CHILDREN I’m not entertaining this idc idc. The pack has gone through enough smh.

The cullens and bella actually have learned nothing throughout the story and nothing changed whatsoever. The only thing that changed was Bella became a vamp and Jake imprinted. Things that are both horrible tragedies imo. So it forces them to change who they are but it’s not like a natural character arc nor is it a development. It’s plot convenience that strips Jacob and Bella’s character completely.

completely agree lmfao legit they just hate Jacob cause he gets in the way. A lot of them admit to skipping new moon entirely or Jacob parts. And that’s fine they can do that but like don’t make weird ass shit like talking about BELLA NEVER LOVE JACOB LIKE THAT SHE LOVED HIM LIKE A BROTHER. Ummmm okay! You need to go back and reread some parts otherwise you’re lookin kinda weird cuz that was NOT no brother sister relationship lmao. Bella and Jacob are literally dating without the label starting New Moon. Be fucking serious like… they almost kiss, they’re always cuddling holding hands. She sees a future with him with kids and explicitly they both say they are IN LOVE with each other. Now listen yall gotta take it up with smeyer why the fuck she wrote them like that all for Bells to be his godmother 💀💀💀💀💀 why did she make Jake a love interest for Bella if she knew she was gonna do that the whole time.

Well, here’s what actually happened and why team Jacob even exists in the first place. There’s a clear split as to what this series is. There’s Twilight and Forever Dawn and then there’s New Moon and Eclipse. She wrote Jake cuz her publisher needed more and she ended up naturally writing the better love interest for Bella, became attached to his character and couldn’t stop writing him. But then she changed Nothing about forever Dawn… so that’s what BD is and why it doesn’t at all match up with the last two books. This is why it’s so easy for me to discard BD like it’s a rotten ass fruit…..

Like I love Jacob cause he’s flawed, nuanced and the only one with common sense in this damn series. He starts as a sweetie sun boy in new moon and then he turns into a dick and an asshole sometimes. I think this is an unpopular decision but I actually like this about Jacob lol. Could you imagine he was sunny boy Jake throughout the shit he’s put through? For what? For him to get even MORE walked on? Nah fuck that. He should be angry. It IS shitty that smeyer made it so that the wolves cant control their anger and are supposed to be hostile though cause this contributes to even more problematic shit. But I certainly understand Jake being an angsty dick when he is. Now, this makes him flawed. He is not perfect and I know that and that’s what I like about him.

He’s actually a fuckin idiot especially with the eclipse kiss and he shouldn’t have done that. I get called an assault apologist solely for being team Jake or whatever like it just makes me roll my eyes in the back of my head. Everyone seems to think that Jacob is just “trying to get some” with Bella. He’s not a fuckin rapist like they make him out to be idgaf. He did not force himself on Bella in new moon. They almost kissed but he didn’t force the kiss. He’s a stupid teenager that doesn’t know what the fuck he’s doing, let’s be real. The eclipse kiss happened not because he was “trying to get some” but because he was trying to make Bella see she did have feelings for him. This is dumb but this was his thinking. Essentially trying to wake her up from the vampire thrall she’s under and maybe make her see she doesn’t have to die and stay human. I don’t believe he would’ve kissed her like this if Edward hadn’t come back in the picture and she tells him she’s going to die or WORSE become his enemy that he may have to KILL in only a few weeks. Jacob even says it didn’t matter she chose someone else over him, it wasn’t about that. It was because she was GOING TO DIE. This is just his perspective and it wasn’t RIGHT. He shouldn’t have done it. Smeyer also tried to make Edwin look better too and tried to make him look like the “mature” one and Jake to be the out of control one. Which again, problematic.

But yeah I’m just tired of the eclipse kiss being the only thing brought up lol. But the confederate and his shitty control freak wife are angels<333 they’re the good guys! Edward’s obsessive stalking a week into knowing Bella I feel is horrible and violating but ok go off! He legit watches her from the bushes at her house, snoops through her things, watches her in her sleep. She doesn’t consent to any of this. But this is “fine” because Bella had no reaction to it? Uh yeah cause she is a teenager who hates herself and is obsessed with edwin. and throughout the books he’s just overall manipulative, pretentious, condescending and controlling. But no, he’s the good guy okay lol. Like I’d prefer if they were just honest about it. Like can’t we agree they’re both morally grey… it just annoys me that they make it seem like Edward is a perfect angel?

The appeal of vampires in general is that they’re toxic and morally grey. I love a toxic vampire. It’s all about how a story is written tho. the issue is that the cullens pretend that they aren’t? This is what is annoying as fuck about them to me. They are made out to be perfect and innocent, especially in Bella’s pov. This is why I don’t like them. Bc they ARE toxic mostly in the non-hot ways (colonizers, racist, billionaires who treat bella like some doll) but try to mask this and it’s seen as good? This is also what makes Edwards stalking not hot.. he just seems like a fuckin pathetic creep LMFAO. Sitting outside her house thinking about meteors hitting it and shit 🙄🙄 like it’s all under the guise of protection. No. Just be a vampire freak. Be honest!!!! It’s not about protecting Bella lol you’re just goddamn obsessed. Edward pursued her cause her scent and he can’t read her mind. It really is that simple but I’m supposed to believe it’s love? And Bella fall for him because literally ANY human would fall for a vampire. It’s like in their design. Like just be honestttt. And then the edwinos wants to talk about shitty things Jacob does but thinks the stalking and shit is fine? Like it doesn’t make sense to me lmao. Just admit that Edward is a toxic freak and that’s why you love him. That is perfectly fine. But no… they see him as he can do no wrong. I prefer the volturi and nomads. Give me an evil little vampire who is honest about their intentions.

Also never apologize for screaming into the void that’s my inbox. It’s a safe space here <33333

[wormlips]

ramsay, roose, and theon 🖤🩷

hi~ 👋

i watched the show first which means i had my first introduction of these characters with those versions. however i think i'll answer for the book versions mostly since i don't like the hbo adaption anymore

I'm answering them all at the same time. Long post under the cut

My first impression

Ramsay: literally Blech, he's got long hair? And he's ugly? (I may have been attracted to Iwan Rheon) Roose: I honestly don't remember. I liked his voice in the show, and I think I thought his book appearance was a lot cooler.

Theon: When I watched the show I didn't care so much about him at first. He was cringey and I felt pity for him, his story was like watching a car crash in slow motion. The book version surprised me with how it didn't treat him as comically. Going into the books I was prepared for a totally different Theon.

My impression now

Ramsay: It took me a while but I find him very compelling, and his story is so rich and compatible with others. He's fascinating and I love him. He must have long hair or I will kill myse-

Roose: Mmmmh~ I find him amusing. He really says stuff, and does completely other things, doesn't he?

Theon: Facepalming. Laughing. Ofc the character I was indifferent about became one of my biggest obsessions. I love that he and Ramsay parallel each other to such an extent <3

Favorite thing about that character

Ramsay: The way he pretends he's not a bastard, simply put. He lies about details no one else gives a shit about, I think, and it will always be endearing.

Roose: Ah well it's the same as in the previous question. Roose chiding Ramsay for performing cruelty out in the open, where everyone can see, but then he does it himself...

Theon: Making the same mistakes over and over and wallowing over it.

Least favorite thing

Ramsay: there's not enough of him 😔

Roose: Don't know, Roose is just fun to me

Theon: that interaction with the girl on the boat he takes to Pyke. I don't want it any other way, but ugh y'know

Favorite line/scene

Ramsay: 😇

Roose:

Theon:

Favorite interaction that character has with another

Ramsay:

Roose:

Theon:

A character that I wish that character would interact with more

Tbh this ones easy: I would like them all to interact with each other, like them three having a convo

Another character from another fandom that reminds me of that character

Ramsay: Tarquin from Divinity Original Sin 2. He's a smug man with long black hair, totally not hiding something from the player. God please let there be anyone who's played this game besides me or2

Roose: I know there's been a few but my brain is blanking... Patrick Bateman? to a degree. Also vampire lords in general

Theon: I'm s soryy the only one I can think of is Prince Derek from the animated Swan Princess movie

A headcanon about that character

Ramsay: Mmmh I'd like to think Ramsay had a proper hair cut at one point forced on him and the he let his hair grow unruly in defiance. Also he hates people touching his hair 🥰

Roose: He's slightly shorter than Theon >:^)

Theon: He's got the sexiest legs

A song that reminds of that character

Ramsay and Roose: only because I spammed it while drawing them Dirge of a dying soul

Theon: Kingdom of Welcome Addiction

An unpopular opinion about that character

I don't even know what the popular opinions are I'm kind of blair witching in my corner I'm so boooring. they're villains besides I think the popular opinions are all about how disgusting they are. Their best quality! ✨

the only thing I saw was some discourse about people allegedly denying Theon raping Kyra and it's like.....he sexually assaults more than one girl. Theon is a massive dickhead *shrug*

Favorite picture

So many~~

I love this one I rb:d recently (from you ofc)

and my own doodle of the dinner scene hehe

[notyouraryang0dd3ss]

I was thinking about Taylor wanting to break Harry Styles' vinyl record, and I remembered something else she did. Last year, Harry Styles broke the record for concert attendance in Scotland. Then, about 6 months later, it was announced that Taylor got special permission to open up space behind the stage at her show in order to allow more people to attend. Even though her stage setup isn't suitable for a 360-degree view, she did it to break the record.

Another thing not directly in an effort to break Harry Styles’ record: Last year, he became the only artist to play at Wembley Stadium 6 times in a year, and then Taylor decided to add two more shows.

My question is, why does it seem like she's threatened by Harry Styles? Is she worried that he will give her a taste of her own medicine in his music and have a number 1 hit for like 10 weeks?

tbh it’s not just harry styles she’s threatened by any one who can/proven they can/have the potential beat her. see: olivia rodrigo, sabrina carpenter

i’m so glad she wasn’t contemporaries with the vocal trinity (whitney, mariah, celine) because she would’ve actually been insufferable 😭

[hwanswerland]

Get to Know Your Tumblr Mutuals

thank you for tagging me @seonghwacore ann! it's been 84 years since i did anything like this

What's the origin of your username? -> seonghwa + answer (prob my all time fave ateez song) + wonderland (my fave song at the time of creation of this blog)

OTP(s) + shipname -> uhhhh. ngl not something i have? sometimes i do enjoy a ship but not so much that i could name even one rn

Song stuck in my head -> advice (taemin)

Weirdest habit/trait -> there's probably many things lol but one thing i became aware of at the last ateez concert was: i always sing the adlibs (when no one around me did), sometimes rather than the actual lyrics. its not very weird but i cannot think of anything else rn sorry

Hobbies -> atm not a lot since i have to write my bachelor's thesis and can't really affort to do much that would let me procrastinate ripppp. only exception is always my horsie

If you work, what's your profession? -> currently work at a supermarket, however i study geography and will likely soon work in city planning or smth (if i get a job that is. I HOPE!!!)

If you could have any job you wish what would you have? -> idk man i'm not a workaholic, idk about this. i do enjoy working with horses a lot and am good at it (horse girl fio confirmed) so probably that. but it would have to pay better than it actually does

Something you're good at -> drawing

Something you hate -> not many things tbh, mostly awful people (like nazis and the like)

Something you forget -> people's birthdays 🥲

Your love language -> good question

Favourite movies/shows -> lord of the rings trilogy always. some other things i enjoy (a lot) but nothing to the level as that

What were you like as a child? -> shy, introverted, insecure

Favourite subject in school -> english or really anything as a second language. but i was by far best at and had most fun in english classes

Least favourite subject -> physics

What's your best/worst character trait? -> literally idk. i'm really self aware about what i'm doing and how i probably am perceived by others, but i'm not self aware in the way that i could tell you this. which i hate btw

If you could change any detail of your life right now, what would it be? -> be done with uni and have a stable job (that i like). highkey hate not knowing where tf i'll end up after i'm done with my degree

If you could travel in time, who would you like to meet? -> someone from the last generation of humas before this planet becomes uninhabitable and we die out. i want to know how shit it's gonna get lol

i havent been around here in forever and idk who's around anymore so no pressure tagging @applejongho @starcatching @jeongyunho99 @oyeixcher @hwatermelon @baekwin

[lesbiansanemi]

Blorbo game!!!

3. was there any specific point / any specific moment that suddenly made this character your Blorbo, or did you slowly grow to love them more and more until they became a Blorbo to you?

7. what's the one thing the fandom gets wrong about your Blorbo?

12. do you talk to your family or in-real-life friends about your Blorbo?

19. when it comes to Blorbos, do you have a type?

30. do you think this character will still be your Blorbo three years from now on?

HIIIII JAYFORD !!!!! :3

I couldn't decide if I wanted to answer these for Akaza or Sanemi, but ultimately chose Akaza because he's who I've been really fixated on recently lmao

3. was there any specific point / any specific moment that suddenly made this character your Blorbo, or did you slowly grow to love them more and more until they became a Blorbo to you?

I think I slowly grew to love Akaza more and more to be honest. Of course, I saw mugen train and immediately went "hey this guy is fun also why was that so gay" and then opened ao3 before the credits were even done rolling, but ultimately, I was not insane about Akaza himself at first (I think part of that was because I had not read the manga yet, and only did that a couple months after I saw mugen train and realized I enjoyed renkaza a lot more than just a few day ao3 binge before moving on). Even after I began to appreciate Akaza as a character more, I still don't think I was that crazy for him, and actually, for a long time, I tended to favor Kyo over him (crazy to consider lmao). But I'm gonna say in about the last year and a half or so, I just kept going more and more feral for Akaza and now I love him dearly he is one of THE characters I so genuinely love <3

7. what's the one thing the fandom gets wrong about your Blorbo?

I don't think people can do nuance with him to be honest. There is of course the noisier side of the fandom and a very particular type of Kyojuro stan who just vehemently hates him (which, sigh, okay I get disliking him, that's fine, the issue I take is the acting like he was just god awful terrible with nothing tragic or sympathetic about him) The other part of it, which is something I see a lot more often considering the circles I run in and the insane amount of Renkaza fics and art I engage with, is the opposite side of the spectrum where people make him... a much better person than he actually is, for lack of better terms. Like, listen, I love Akaza so much, and I do think he is an extremely sympathetic character, and he obviously never truly wanted the life he ended up with, HOWEVER !!!!! He is objectively a bad person by the time canon is unfolding. Like, he just is. I think there's a specific type of Renkaza fan that just can't contend with that, so they make him too nice, too caring, too quick to change, make him feel bad for all the things he's done and all the people he's killed and ultimately, I don't think he cares. Of course, he would (and does, canonically) eventually. But it takes A LOT to get him to that point, especially if he's still struggling with his amnesia. Hell, even after he gets his memories back, I don't think that is a cure all for his specific brand of awfulness, when that is something else people do with him. Basically, he sucks. It needs to be acknowledged that he's a fucked up person with shitty ideals and a myriad of issues who, yes, has gleefully murdered god knows how many people. "I can fix him" sure but uh, it's gonna take a lot more than just a hammer and a couple nails because oh man.... the damage is intense. He's not nice, he's not caring, he actively enjoys killing people. Even his fixation on Kyojuro is born of obsession and possessiveness rather than anything good or pure. Stop taking away/ignoring/sanding down all his terrible aspects to make him "easier" to love or forgive !!! What I love so much about him (and Renkaza in general tbh, but you can also tie Koyuki back to this, though in a much lesser degree because the context is different) is someone seeing him and deciding he's worth the effort despite how bad and difficult and fucked up he is, not because he's actually a good person who makes everything easy for those around him if you just give him a chance

12. do you talk to your family or in-real-life friends about your Blorbo?

My friends are probably tired of hearing about him.... lmao they're not they're happy to listen to me but I definitely talk about him a lot to them. A couple of my coworkers that I'm closer with have some inkling I really like him though they have no idea the intensity of it because I can be ~professional~ My family doesn't really know about him. They generally just sort of vaguely know the media itself I like, they never remember specific characters and tbh I don't bother to really talk about it with them

19. when it comes to Blorbos, do you have a type?

Yes (I'm on desktop so I don't have emojis but spiritually the crying one is here many times). Akaza. Sanemi. Maki. Shinobu. Shigaraki. Dabi. Toga. (Even Sukuna to a certain degree, though he's not nearly as egregious)..... While some are definitely more extreme than others, I tend to fixate on characters that a lot of people write off as awful (or at least closed off and somewhat unlikable) but in my opinion, are extremely sympathetic, and went through awful experiences that so obviously shaped them into what they became. There are, of course, their own actions to take into account, but in a way, everything has tended to be out of their control, and turning to awful things/coping mechanisms/responses is all that's left. Basically, it's very easy to see how and why they became what they did if you allow yourself to be sympathetic with them. However.... a lot of people tend not to do that because they are either villains (or at least antagonistic, in Sanemi's case), or like with Shinobu and Maki, are women who are not very nice and have many nuanced layers. I've found that most people who really like these characters are the people who indentify with them in some way. People who don't tend to be much harsher on them or cite the bad things they've done as reasons no one should sympathize with them. Wonderful type to have lmfao I should turn this into the team of psychologists who work with me

30. do you think this character will still be your Blorbo three years from now on?

I think so, probably! I would make jokes about how my hyperfixation changes every three years like clockwork (because in the past it has, which I find very amusing) but !! we're approaching four years now and if anything, my kny and Akaza obsession is just getting stronger rather than fading. So it might get to join Doctor Who as the pieces of media that have outlasted the hyperfixation cycles when nothing else has lmao

This was so long....... I talk so much omg....... Anyways, ty Jayford !!!!!! <33 I hope you've had a lovely day

[song-writer-melo-wrath]

Silly Game Time: Who are some of your favorite mechanical characters, be they robots, androids, cyborgs, or something else? And what do like about them?

OOOOH...

Well, first, gotta mention my man Data.

A lot of people has said that he is autism-coded in the way that he is presented, and in how other people react to him. And I kind of agree tbh. He's also just a sweetheart, and his bonds with the crew (especially Laforge), his cat Spot, and sometimes with people who are briefly onboard are so lovely.

I also feel I should mention Connor,

Because his arc has probably inspired so many OCs at this point. Bryan Dechart did such an excellent job playing him, and his growing bond with Hank is very well-written. I think it's honestly touching how it's often emotional bonds that show humanity.

Another I feel would be a crime not to mention,

Because between the iconic lines and the dynamic he has with John Connor, and the way it shapes his various decisions, how could I not? And yes I'm specifically talking Terminator 2 here. Though I will say he makes an EXCELLENT force of nature and presence of absolute horror in the first movie.

Then, of course, the sapphic community's favourite,

Because "Want You Gone" hurts me on a personal level, and I don't just mean because it's how GLaDOS says farewell. I relate to that song so much (and did a cover of it :D) and, in general, relate with much of her story. Of course, she's a sassy motherfucker who you can't help but love. But for how much Portal 2 is considered the inferior game, it really does make her story into one of self-discovery and complicated morality. I guess it just gets overshadowed by Oh hi. How are you holding up.

Next,

I MEAN. COME ON. This guy used to be, and honestly still is, one of my biggest fictional crushes. His charisma is magnetic, of course. His STORY being wrapped up by the connections he used to have being rekindled, resulting in him choosing to be a star for those who need one most, rather than a star for the most people possible???? Ugh, poetic cinema.

Speaking of stars,

[vibrating] I have so many headcanons when it comes to this one But more to the point, Star Dream is an absolute force of nature. Its boss fight is incredible, an absolute marvel of multiple types of play styles coming together. The themes? Slap.

Star Dream's draw, for me, is that its sentience is so…debatable. I'm on the side of “had sentience the whole time”, and more to the point, “based on how much Haltmann copied homework, it's possible he brought something back from the dead” but I dunno, I don't like arguing my case when it comes to the second. The point is, for many of things that it does, it's uncertain whether that's just part of its program, or if it's a sentient decision. Was Susie sent away because of something accidental, or was it Star Dream's intention? The fact that Haltmann became so focused on its creation after her disappearance, in my eyes, kind of implies the latter…

… It's also interesting that even without Haltmann giving it a voice via him-being-possessed, it only chooses to speak to Meta Knight.

Can you tell I have The Kirby Autism, is it noticeable, is it obvious—

Also I'm gonna put two of my OCs here, because self-indulgence is alive and well.

This is Palharine and Mayday! They're my favourites out of a group of robot/android characters I created about three years ago, and have finally taken the time to draw recently:

From left to right, you got Eodel Remidoros, Palharine, Mayday, and Ziah Hyperion. All very different interpretations of robotic.

Palharine and Mayday stand out to me due to their emotional states. They're kind of opposites, in that regard. Mayday is a very sensitive gal, who has been through a lot of pain, and is trying to become stronger so she can confidently say she has no doubt in who she is. Palharine, as far as they're aware, has no emotions. Which is interesting, since the other three all seem to, to some degree. Among the four, Palharine is also unique in that they're programmed to dream. Both of these things shape them a lot.

But these two have a very sweet bond, where they're both passionate about biology, especially botany. Mayday, in a training exercise, also nearly wipes the floor with Palharine. It's more touching than it sounds.

Also, Palharine's genderfluid and Maydays a trans woman, so those things just inherently spark joy for me, haha!

This has been, real robotic character hours.

[slutisnotabadword]

Lets look at Caroline’s character more critically…

Did she really have character development after she became a vampire?

The only thing that I could posisbly see development is her insecurity…. maybe. But this thought came to mind because that one scene in season 1 in Elena’s kitchen, with Caroline, Bonnie ad Elena and Bonnie tries tot ell Caroline’s a witch and she’s not even listening. And Caroline’s all like:

“I listen! When do I note listen?!”

Literally, all the time babes. You don’t pay attention either. This carries literally all the way until season 8. Caroline is not considerate of people’s feelings, and she has no social awareness. And I say this because of her treatment towards Bonnie in S8, when enzo and Damon was captured by Sybil and Bonnie was trying to get Enzo back at all cost, and she strayed away from the gorup’s plan and just snatched Enzo for herself (as she should!). And then Caroline goes on about “We had a plan!”

And then later on kind of makes Bonnie comes to her wedding when her husband-to-be killed the love her life.

And then go back to season 4 when Bonnie and Elena and Caroline was in Damon’s bathtub, and this was right after ELena slept with Damon for the first time. Caroline couldn’t shut her mouth for three seconds without saying how much of slut Damon was. Now, that entire scene is something else on both sides, tbh. And I’m all for friends holding their friends accountable and telling them the truth but like… read the room?? In that moment, Elena just needed a day to spend time with her girlfriends. She just got through a breakup and she just had sex with someone, she just needed her friends and Caroline ruined that. I’m sure Bonnie had plenty to say about Damon or whatnot, but she DIDN’T because she could readddd the room. And Bonnie’s very considerate of people’s feelings and her own mouth.

Idk, I love Carolien to a degree. Her personality itsself annoys me. She annoys me. I just know if she was a real person in real life, we would NOT get along.

But what do you guys think?

[jefferybezosisurmom]

Life update even though I’m the only one that reads this tbh

1. I got injured playing football (Ik shocking 🙄)

I was doing a drill and my teammates beside me fell on my knee so I got a patellar subluxation (partial knee cap dislocation) and I’m out for the season

2. Also football related, my team is EATING.

We went 6-0 regular season and we’re now going into the second round of playoffs before our finals

3. I did dash 2 math

I realized maybe it’s better to do something at a lower level that you’ll actually succeed in. Rather than trying to follow everyone else and struggle

4. I hate to admit it 🫣 but Lowkey I’m liking Shakespeare this year.

Macbeth actually eats and is 110% better than Romeo and Juliet

5. All my classes except for English are at 92+.

English tho I gotta lock in cause my mark’s at 79 and it’s because of dumb group projects so it’s not even entirely my fault. That’s also why I’m locking in for Macbeth so I can get an insanely high mark to boost my average. I cant stand having all my marks really high except for one. Especially when it’s sitting at 79 idk why but that number bothers me. Which is ironic since it’s my football number.

6. I’m at a point where I’m looking at uni’s

I obviously won’t say which university’s I’m looking at cause that’s like internet safety 101, but I’ll talk about the programs. So I want to become a junior high phys ed teacher which means 5-6 years of post secondary and two degrees. Obviously I need an education degree and I’m thinking I want to get my second degree in something like kinesiology, athletic therapy, or physical literacy. I’ve done sports med in high school and really enjoyed it and became passionate about it so I think those degrees would make sense for me.

[purplesurveys]

1896

20 random people... Don't look at the questions beforehand! :D

Nina

Celeste

Hans

Lui

Kaye

Angela

Mom

Reena

Gabie

Kuya

Pau

Jo

Lei

Andi

Leigh

Marie

Dad

Dev

Sam

Pia

Ok, here we go...

How did you meet #4?: College org. I was an applicant at the time, they were already a member, and they seemed very friendly to all the newbies so I stuck around them. In time we became close and even got in the same friend group, which we're both still part of today.

How much does #9 mean to you?: She's a co-worker so while I wouldn't, like, die for her per se or can say that she's 'everything' to me, I'd look out for her nonetheless.

Describe #14 in 2 words.: Extremely intelligent.

What is your best memory with #5?: I loved when she came over to watch YTC Busan live with us! That was also such a random mix of friends to end up happening, so I was anxious they'd all be opposites – but it got really fun.

Do you know all of #2's secrets?: I know none of them seeing as we're only workmates and I like my boundaries.

When is the next time you're going to see #7?: In an hour or two, I'm guessing. She went out for a bit for errands.

When's the last time you saw #17?: 2 AM, Friday – dropped him off at the airport. From there, I won't be seeing him again until November.

How do you think #13 feels about you?: After trying to teach me one of her party card games last Sunday, I bet she now thinks I can get ditzy as all hell hahaha. But apart from that I don't know what else she thinks of me! We rarely see each other and are always shy when we do, lol.

Are #11 and #12 anything like each other?: Quite the contrary; they're a good example of how two people cannot be any more different.

Describe the relationship between #14 and #19.: They have a nonexistent relationship, but if we're gonna be extremely loose about degrees of separation – Hans went to the same school as Andi (#14); they both also were schoolmates with Gab, who used to date Sam (#19).

Is #10 single?: No. Has been engaged for a while now, too.

If you could tell #8 one thing right now, what would it be?: Let's go out soon and maybe we can try a new hobby together, too.

What is the funniest thing you've ever seen #16 do?: I haven't had many funny encounters with her tbh as she's kind of shy and doesn't really want to put herself out there – that, and we've always worked from home.

Can I name coolest instead? There was a time when my teammates and I each needed to make 10-slider decks about any topic (meant to be an exercise on public speaking); and she had what I thought was the most unique and personally relatable presentation – she covered her favorite lesbian media. Music, movies...and there's a bunch in there that I was able to relate to...just cause of my past, I guess. Haha. It felt pretty bittersweet, and I gave her some of my recs too.

How did you meet #15?: School. I can't remember when we got close, though. Maybe in high school if I had to guess – we stay friends these days, too, as she's with Andi.

What would you do if #4 died?: I'd be shocked to say the least. I'm imagining that'd bring the college friend group back together again.

What's the weirdest thing you've ever seen #3 do?: He had a brief stint as a camp...something (guide? counselor? idk terms) in the US a few years ago, so when he came back the first thing he did to me was share a bunch of camp songs he picked up from his time there. After he taught me, he proceeded to sing them all to entire time hahaha.

Are you friends with any of #19's friends?: Not with most of them. We only have a few mutual friends, all linked to Angela/Hans.

Who is #7 to you?: My mom.

What is one thing #13 is really good at?: I'm gonna go with biology and chemistry as she's literally a licensed pharmacist.

What would happen if #1 and #3 hated each other?: That would crush me, tbh. Hans is family at this point, and it'd be sad if he and my sister actively disliked one another.

Is #11 anything like #18?: I guess. Very surface-level similarities, but yeah. They're both leaders, their personalities are both pretty nonchalant...that's what I can think of now.

How much trust do you have in #12?: Lots, in the grand scheme of things. Jo is reliable and trustworthy.

If you fell off a bridge, who would you trust to catch you, #4 or #6? Why?: Angela, 100%. We're exponentially so much closer.

Who do you like the most?: It's a tie between my dad and Angela.

Who do you hate the most?: I didn't put in anyone I dislike.

How did you meet #1?: I would guess she was introduced as my little sister when I was 2.

What would you do if you never met #14?: I probably never would've gotten back into wrestling.

Would you date #20?: Hypothetically, in another universe – sure, why not? She's pretty and so so so SO ridiculously kind and has just such a warm personality.

Have you ever seen #8 cry?: Just once. We cried together at the time, but they were happy tears.

Would #5 and #13 make a good couple?: I've never thought of that. But I don't think so.

Describe #9.: I don't know her much outside of work, but from what I've seen she's hardworking; has a sensitive side in that she doesn't really like getting scolded; and she's a million times friendlier than I am – she gets along with everyone which makes her such an important part of the team. You gotta have an extrovert in PR, and she's that.

Do you like #16?: Yes.

Do you think #4 is attractive?: Personally not my type.

When's the last time you talked to #19?: Around two weeks ago.

Would you date #10?: Hard pass, that's my cousin.

What's the best thing about #15?: She has this innocent and pure aura around her that I adore very much. Like she can never get mad at anything and anyone.

Best thing about #7?: She's very resilient.

Have you ever kissed #11?: Nope.

Have you ever slapped #18?: I've never slapped any one person on the list.

When's the next time you're going to see #12?: I have no idea, our group rarely makes plans to see each other anymore. The last time I saw her was mid-2023 and we didn't even get to meet up after to talk about our Yoongi concert experiences like we planned.

Is #16 pretty?: Yes!

What was your first impression of #4?: Kind, approachable, helpful, reliable, older than me.

Is #13 your BFF?: No.

Have you seen #15 in the last month?: I haven't seen her in years actually lol. Andi and I hang out all the time and I always check in if Leigh will be tagging along...and she just doesn't.

Have you been to #20's house?: I have not. We're not that close.

Last time you saw #14?: April! We watched a wrestling gig. I'll be seeing them again later this month for trivia night – they added me to their team because two of the topics will be Friends and BTS, haha.

Next time you'll see #10?: Tomorrow, I'm guessing! We'll be coming over tomorrow and I think he'll by home.

Are you really close to #1?: Not heart-to-heart talk levels because we're a dysfunctional family and can't bear baring our souls to one another LOL – but it's a close-friend type of close for sure.

Would you give #20 a hug?: Sure. I'm sure I hugged her a few times when we saw each other 2 weeks ago at our surprise engagement party for Angela and Hans.

Tell me a secret about #5.: I don't know her enough to know her secrets.

Describe the relationship between #14 and #3: They were schoolmates in grade school until Andi moved.

What's your relationship with #5?: She's one of the school friendships I've been able to retain all these years. We're not best friends but we check in on one another from time to time.

Have you ever danced with #18?: I have not.

How do you know #13?: She's my closest cousin on my dad's side.

Does #2 have a boyfriend/girlfriend?: I don't think so. She had a dating phase early in the year, but I haven't heard much updates from her since.

Have you ever wanted to punch #6 in the face?: Maybe just once, heh.

Has #11 ever met your mother?: Nope.

Have you traveled anywhere with #12?: Nah. We could've, for Yoongi's tour! But I ended up in Thailand, she in Singapore.

If you gave #7 $100, what would they spend it on?: Probably on groceries.

Best memory of #2?: One of our events where we both ended up fairly tipsy.

What is one thing you most want #14 to know?: That I always feel bad for being the occasional terrible replier, but I hope they know that I always love it when they message and send me the most random questions or rants.

What's the last thing you did with #15?: I honestly have no clue. She's the one I've seen the least often.

When did you meet #8?: We first met around six years ago, when Angela brought us together for some drinks. We never talked again until 2021 when it was Angela (again) who put the three of us in the same chat since we all liked BTS. We got super close from there.

What do you wish for #17?: Good health is #1. It's something I find myself thinking about more often now; and for him not to feel lonely and sad when he's away.

[from-izzy]

https://www.tumblr.com/from-izzy/741244952356519936/0321-tbz-kim-sunwoo?source=share

you wrote here how hard work didnt betry you. Do you mind telling me your side of the story. i love your stories btw! life has been pretty hard and not a lot of writers write smth thats reltable like yours!

hello hello!! thank you for telling me your thoughts about my stories, i appreciate this so much 🥰 ahhhh...i hope things will get better for you soon 🫂 keep pushing on!!

warnings: mentions of academic struggles, anxiety, panic (sorry this became a rant (and a self-reflection) more than anything tbh...)

so for my uni degree, the first three years is guaranteed in a way that there is no competition. anyone can do the first three years. however, fourth year is the hardest part. a lot of people say to get into fourth year, you basically need to score about 80% to even be considered for fourth year and even then, there's no guarantee. so, this bummed me out so bad. i remember going to uni thinking if this is right for me because if it isn't, then wouldn't i have just spent my first three years for nothing? i just didn't know how i would feel like if i reached the end of third year and then realised that i didn't get into fourth year. i also remember looking for other postgraduate courses i could apply to because my confidence was so low and in my head, i just had to prepare for everything.

i had a backup plan for my backup plan that was a backup plan for my first backup plan.

but the thing that changed me were: am i giving up when nothing has started? even when this has been my dream job for the past four years (at the time)? i even moved high schools so that my chances to get into university was higher, and now that i'm here, i'm going to give up now? after all the things i've been through, am i going to stop just because i'm scared of something that i can somewhat control?

i kept going then. then i heard about this degree that guarantees students to get into fourth year as long as i reach their minimum mark. i only knew about this degree mid year and i asked how i could move and they said i have to be invited 😭 the requirements was high. the lecturer said to aim for a 90-95% average in all my units. now, i want to dream big but at the time, i was sitting on an 86% and i knew i wouldn't get 90% (or at least not easily and i was not prepared to sacrifice my mental health for this) 😭 i remember accepting that i was just meant to compete for fourth year and i just kept going. kept studying as i did before.

and then at the end of first year, i got an offer to move. and i thought "...oh." AND I REMEMBER I WAS ABOUT TO REJECT IT 😭 BECAUSE THE 'TRADEOFF' WAS BIG (ie. compulsory units, study abroad (as mentioned in the fic!!) etc.) and like i mentioned before, i had backup plans and i think admist my panicking and anxiety, i fell in love with the jobs that the backup plans could offer me. but then my friends and family reminded the past me that would love this more than anything and with their support, even if maybe i don't want to go to this specific fourth year in this major, the title of my new bachelor degree is really good as it mixes theory, research and job experiences in the real world in an undergraduate degree.

so, i ended up accepting it and...i don't want this to seem like "yay! my life is great now! woohoo!!" because these compulsory units are hard 😭 and i honestly have moments when i just want to contact the office and be like "hey! respectfully and kindly, transfer me back please!!"

another thing about this is that, now that i'm accepted in this, i'm scared of failing even more now. i think it'll hurt me a lot and it'll take a big hit on me if i do considering that i feel like i sacrificed a lot.

but hey...if i do my best, what else can i do at that point? what regrets will i have if i tried my very hardest? i don't know what the future holds for me. i could fail. i could pass. but what i DO know is that i don't know. and because of that, i'll keep doing my best.

but this is my story 🫂 it seems kind of made up now that i read it and people can believe that if they want to 😅 but this is me and my story!! i hope you're doing well anon! you can do this!! 🥹

[barrenwomb]

a bit of a personal question but. How were Ur uni days? Im currently enrolled in university and tbh i have a complete lack of motivation to even open my books and study (i also suffer from depression and i can go days without leaving my room).

i get this ask a lot and every time i struggle to give a proper answer because. i don't know. i somehow managed to graduate even though i was at my worst mentally wise. i think i had high functional depression or something like that. also i found my driving force into pursuing financial independence at all cost because this is something that's widely overlooked when you're a broken college student in your early 20s. i had no motivation beside wanting to leave my parents' house as soon as possible. these random bursts of motivation in between my depressive crisis really helped me out. a lot. and i know that sometimes getting a degree won't assure you financial stability, especially if ur a humanities student, but. to me, personally, getting a degree was the only way to get out and break my family's generational financial struggles. it may sound impossible for you rn if ur struggling with depression but maybe try to get a part time job? the moment you stop relying on your parents for your education is also the moment you stop feeling guilty for taking things at a bit slower path. even if makes a bit harder to keep up with exams and stuff, knowing it's up to you and you only will make the whole university thing a bit less like a moral duty and more like something you're pursuing because you want to. something that helped me also was finding another person to study with!! we would video call each other almost every day and study for our exams together. it really helped me to not get distracted and also gave me the motivation i lacked because i wanted to help her out as she became a dear friend of mine. we were both struggling so lol believe me when i tell you i never met a college student who doesn't want to end it all over university. it's extremely common. you're not alone. financial security + community really is THE combo that helps your mental health improve greatly. please reach out and ask for help, too. take breaks and don't feel guilty. slower doesn't mean stupider. try to change your surroundings. do it for yourself and no one else. drop out if university is making you legit suicidal. i'm serious. you can get a small job and cultivate your hobbies for a while before starting again. if you want to. it doesn't make you a failure. that's exactly what i did. wish you the best of luck.

[asknarashikari]

So...I know you've never really liked Lucky's "Yossha (Literally His Namesake)!" or AkaNinger's "Moete Kiita!"...or King's overuse of the word "Brave" albeit to a much lesser degree since you got through that show (it was your first sentai show iirc) in the first place.

Apart from maybe pre-battle or post-battle catchphrases...is Jeremy's "Well now..." technically one of the very few catchphrases that actually work for you? (Although then again, like with Houtaro's "Gotcha", he doesn't necessarily say it almost all the time and he tends to say that phrase when it makes sense to so obviously there's nothing to compare to the other negative examples)

Honestly...this does help me realize in interesting lesson regarding people's tastes in something. How one thing of a something (shows in the case of Geats, Ninninger, and Kyuuranger for you) can be so bad to someone that it practically overshadows everything that may have been good or interesting that you no longer differentiate that one thing you despise about the content from literally anything else like it's all just the same. Like the red rangers' catchphrases for Ninninger and Kyuranger were so bad, and the way Geats was written (Takahashi is up there with Mr. I-Wrote-Donbro/Faiz/Jetman/Kiva Man for you anyways) as the show got worse in the final fourth was so bad... it basically completely overshadows anything else that may have potentially been interesting or likeable. The one thing you despise basically kinda reduces your brain to mush and then you couldn't care less about the said shows anymore because the most frustrating and grating negative(s) are naturally the first thing that comes to your mind about the said shows that you can't bring yourself to like it again even if you tried to differentiate the bad with the good. But then again in the case of your two least favorite sentai shows, that annoyance was there from the get go whereas Geats just tanked hard in the second half and became a massive underwhelming disappointment as a result. At least that's I'm assuming...or I'm just overthinking it with the analysis on how even one single bad thing can overshadow everything else. Basically the negatives (even if it's just one) an severely overshadow literally everything else, including positives, you can't bring yourself to care nor like anymore even if you try to differentiate the bad from the good and okay. Everyone has different tastes and I respect that, you've just showed me an interesting lesson on this so I'll give you that. So thanks, I didn't need to think much on this but I did so here you go. (Okay, wtf? How did I completely shift the topic from asking your thoughts about Jeremy's catchphrase to this deep analysis shit?! Sorry about this but ah well... ^_^')

Well, you're not wrong. I'm not tagging this post for reasons that will become clear under the cut

In the case of the catchphrases, yeah, they tend to be dealbreakers for me. If they annoy me enough it really ruins the whole experience of the show for me. Heck, "Yossha Lucky!" nearly ruined Sentai as a whole for me, that's how much of a dealbreaker it became.

It also became the shorthand for a certain character type I don't care much for to begin with- and if that character is the focal point of the show... yeah.

As for Geats... well, it's true that the season tanked hard for me right during the JGP arc and that Takahashi used tropes that annoyed me (specifically the lack of a buildup to proper redemption arcs, or forgiveness/redemption arcs for those that don't really deserve it at all). I'm a bit more forgiving of the latter tbh, but only because Takahashi isn't the only one guilty of it.

What really ruined it for me wasn't the show itself... it was the Buffa apologists. It was the first time other fans ruined the show for me. At some points all I could think about was, "Oh great, Buffabutt's done [insert horrible thing] here, I wonder how they'll justify this bs again?"

And of course, the same people who justify him murdering Keiwa and Ace and scores of other people for his wish to have the power to beat all Riders with "it's okay, they all get revived anyway, what's the point getting mad about it"... are the same ones who harass the ones who point out the absurdity of their arguments by accusing them of sending anon hate (as if it being supposedly anon means they have no actual proof of the fact).

So yeah. Geats would've been just meh to me if not for those assholes. Maybe I would've cared for it more. But because I've come to associate their nastiness with Geats, I preferred to just move on with my life and the new show than dwell on it (and by extension them assholes).

[kyrodo]

Reiteration. One thing that is a constant that started slightly before you became... a rando I focused on, is the constant reiterating. It is always great to get something off your chest to someone. And I feel in most cases it is expected to be a one off thing. Someone listens to you cry your heart out and the act of them listening and being a comfortable ear makes it all better, at least for the day. And to some degree that was why whenever I was directly speaking with anyone it was always a one off thing.

They hear my piece and whether or not I feel recovered I don't bother them again. The therapist I had the same thing except every hour is paid, and even if I could go back to them it was a waste of money tbh. I needed someone reusable as an outlet.

And I had an easier time reiterating the same shit over and over when it was you. I got comfort knowing someone actually gave a shit what I was talking about. The crush side of things didn't help any, but that was the unique role you served as my stalker that no one else in my life was ever able to fulfill. That is the true value you had to me as my penpal so to speak. Even if I can't see anything anymore you still manage to fulfill that role except it's your wrong doing that I rant about. You are my living journal, or rather my ghost.

I feel that the only way active friends at the time would have been able to stop things from happening would have been to approach me on a daily basis and ask about the stuff I was already ranting about before I even post about it. Which again, I had so many temporary moments of feeling fine that no one would have been able to expect my constant crashes an hour or two later. And what do I do the hour or two later? I rant again. My mind thinks up something to shove out the door and it ends up on Twitter anyway. I would have needed constant watch to avoid going where I did in terms of seeking social alternatives. And I guess it would have had to have been someone like Choskey who needs someone around enough that they'd stay on discord 24/7. Given that I still post here even with Choskey around though suggests even that wouldn't have made a difference. My addiction to social media is strong enough that I deeply care about my outward facing self, even if I'm actively making things worse not better. It still has a continuous self conscious element enough that I need to keep adding things whenever I proof read.

[wigglebox]

some people are also saying that misha doesn’t even count as an ally anymore because he’s made jokes and because he’s “misled” the community. why are we just erasing all the good he’s done. why are we discrediting his work. i’m not saying some of the jokes and stuff aren’t uncool in retrospect, but i guarantee you he’s learning from this and probably will self-sterilize to some degree moving forward.

'misled the community' like ffs he never definitively, on the record, labeled himself. also, there are instances where jokes or comments clearly stem from something personal between him and the person he's making it with, sometimes, most of the times, with friends. and we don't know the whole story. ever. and we never will.

i also don't think his 'jokes' are bad in retrospect either. it's frustrating how we were fine with him so long as he remained unlabeled [he made queer comments, he's made straight comments in the past as well] because unlabeled meant we got to headcanon him into whatever sexuality we wanted him as.

i need people to really understand he was forced into labeling himself. yeah his comment of 'i'm all three' skirted too close to the sun but it was a second of time in a pool of the last 14 years of everything with him and he got punished for it -- and faced in that situation, straight became the statement.

but idk i think some people read 'straight' as 'i hate queer people' and anyone who calls themselves straight is public enemy #1.

he's always been validating us, making us feel safe to talk to him about this stuff, offering words of encouragement, learning from us, talking with us, encouraging us to make communities of our own and make new friends, help the world, participate in things and actively making a difference, fought for queer cas, acknowledged destiel in a way no one else could or did, was literally the only one able to talk about 1518 since it aired as much as he has, calls us inspirations for coming out and we tell him our stories, his ex-wife is queer, he's operated in queer spaces for fucking -- a lot longer probably than some of those criticising him have been alive tbh --

so i literally don't understand this.

i do not.

also it's a big ol' slap in the face to people you may know who privately consider themselves unlabeled or queer but publically have to be straight [not saying this happened with misha but it's a possibility still] and that now they can't make jokes or be in this community.

or people who identify as straight but aren't a 0 on that kinsey scale but just don't know where else to fall but they feel safe with the queer community.

there's 14 years of comments and jokes and maybe some have gone too far in the past, in the past, i don't know i can't remember everything he's said off the top of my head -- but the fact remains is misha is still himself. the only difference now is that he had to make a statement on the record or face more articles and more people picking into his life.

i feel like pushing him out of fandom and pushing him out of being himself and requiring him to be a bland, sterilized version of himself with us now is going to do litearlly no one any favors.

it's gatekeeping. it's horrifying. it's very sad, and it's unfair to a man who's already had some rough times his entire time while on SPN, especially now after, and especially after the events of this weekend. This happened TO HIM. and a man who has gone this long while being virtually unlabeled to us but was forced to make an on the record statement about it for the first time in 14 years -- and to punish him further?

like good god y'all maybe you weren't fans after all because that doesn't seem kind, welcoming, and safe at all. not only for him, but for others reading those comments and statements and going 'oh, right. i don't belong here. I'm not queer enough, nor am i publically out of the closet, or I'm still exploring, so i don't belong here.'

and that's the kind of environment i know misha wouldn't want to create for US so why would we want that for him

[jankwritten]

For spotlight: what does Hades do/what’s the relationship w Nico?? Oh also what’s Persephone up to? Does she get along w Nico?

Okay so it's never really FULLY explained in canon - and maybe I will explain it at some point later in the story, who knows - but Hades is a super rich politician/business man. Not really politician, but he's very Influential and works really closely with a lot of politicians and so people kind of lump him in as one of them.

He's also super mysterious and...quirky. Like, he's just. A weird guy. He's super goth and believes weird things (he believes in Santa and the Tooth Fairy and shit like that) and he's pretty emotionally distant a lot of the time. Think of him as like, the walking poster for undiagnosed Dad Autism, y'know? Does that vibe make sense? Like he's very "I love my kids but hugging and touching makes me feel horrific. I love my job because I get to work with numbers and sort data and make solutions that are obvious to me but apparently nobody else understands and therefore I Have To Teach Them" but he's also super stressed all the time and has had drinking problems in the past.

Nico and Hades don't have the best relationship. Nico loves his dad, of course, but he also feels rightfully distant from him. When they lost Maria and then Bianca, Nico kind of felt like he lost his dad, too, because Hades withdrew entirely into his work and, since they lived in such a big house, they didn't see each other a whole lot. Plus, when Nico was first getting really into Hockey, he basically had to sneak around his dad to play, because Hades was strict about Nico not doing anything that would get himself hurt. He'd done a lot of research into hockey in an attempt to get closer to Nico, be interested in his interest, and instead found himself loathing the idea of his son being in such a hostile environment.

Hades and Nico have a very complicated relationship that's just kind of always been how Nico is with his father, so he doesn't know anything other than that. It doesn't bother him all that much day to day, though when he goes and visits it definitely weighs on him a little bit, especially after he's gotten a taste of like, what it means to have somebody really there for him and looking out for him, like Jack Seas and Snowy do on the team.

It's also an issue of independence, TBH. Hades never really wanted Nico to be independent, Hades wanted Nico to stay home, go to a really good school, get a business degree and start working his way up either in Hades's business, or starting his own business and thriving that way. Hades wanted to keep Nico close because he knew Nico's mental health struggles and feared that if he let Nico get too far out of his web of control, Nico would spin out and end up dead.

TLDR; Nico and Hades have a super intricate relationship that's spun out of their grief over losing Maria and Bianca, and the intricacies of their own mental health struggles and how they handle that.

PERSEPHONE is thriving living her best life etc. etc.

No but actually she's Hades's business partner, a lifelong friend who was there for the deaths in his family and became a big part of helping them through the grieving process. She and Hades started dating not too long after Maria died - I've said it before somewhere and I can't exactly remember where, but I think I mentioned something like the three of them had been in a polycule? IDK, but I like the idea either way.

ANYWAY Persephone runs the arts and PR side of Hades's business because he loathes that kind of thing, and she also helps him with numbers and some of the bigger projects when it gets to be too much for him to handle on his own. She moved in after Bianca died, and planted a big garden in the back yard that has memorials to both Maria and Bianca, as well as various family-and-associated pets who have passed throughout the years.

Persephone and Nico get along pretty well. He's a little awkward around her only because he sometimes still doesn't know if he's meant to treat her like a mom or what, because some days he does see her as more of a mother figure and some days he feels really disconnected from her. She cares about Nico in her own way - she was a little tough-love on him growing up, especially after he started hockey. No bullshit excuses would get past her, basically, and if Nico had a problem and came to her crying with it, she would let him cry it out and then make them have a logical, rational discussion about it. (This was pretty rare, though, because Nico used to do that with Maria and he feels like he's betraying her a little bit by going to Persephone. It's fucked up, but y'know.)

Persephone is super supportive of Nico playing hockey, though, as opposed to Hades. She thinks it's great, and cool as hell that Nico found something that he's really good at, kicked the shit out of stereotypes and all that.

Persephone and Hazel also get along really well, not that you asked about that :P But Hazel and Persephone have met a couple of times, and Persephone does know that Hazel is Hades's kid - she was there when the original "scandal" came out, after all. Hazel doesn't see Persephone as her half-step-mother, but more like an Aunt, or a really good family friend. Hazel likes to teach Persephone how to make spell jars and tea blends out of the herb and flower garden.

All in all, the family isn't very close-knit and they have a lot of internal structural problems between themselves, but Nico still loves and cares for them because they are his family no matter what. They're what he has left and he's not letting that go.