#bad boy!thomas jefferson

[best-of-theworst]

My cat's name is Tofik.

But, as all pet parents know, you don't call your pets JUST by their name.

Here's a list of things I call my Cat:

(I don't know why you'd want to read this but it's funny at times so go for it lmfao)

- PomPom

- PumPum

- Fluffy man

- Bad boiiiiiiii

- Fat boiiiiiii

- Chunky

- Hoe

- Toffee

- Toff

- TunTun

- Tun tun tuuurururu ru tu tu

- Big boiiiii

- Answering machine

- Small paws man

- The piano man

- The weekly entertainment

- Fatass

- Dumb

- Colonizer

- Dinosaur

- Mini Cow

- Micro Cow

- Puma

- Sad excuse for a tiger

- Asthma boiiii

- Asthma man

- The large

- XXL

- BBL boiiiiiii

- Faggot

- The only known gay cat

- Mayonnaise

- "Get off that right now!!!!"

- "Stop scratching it!!!!"

- Soup boiiiii

- Blueberry

- Water drinker 2000

- Horse

- Bitch boiiii

- Slut man

- The fluffiest boy in the world

- Princes

- Tuna

- Permanently fat

- Couch occupier

- Cow Cat

- Pure Perfection

- Oreo Cat

- Choking hazard

- Owl

- Pretty boiiiii

- Hehehehehehehehehe

- Alarm clock

- Nervous system

- Rainbow

- My son/child/baby/boy/love

- The thickest slowest Doberman

- Emotional support idiot

- Michael Jackson

- Pearl

- Phantom of the Opera

- Thomas Jefferson

- Voyager 1

- Sunflower

- Witch

- Average LOL player

- Toblerone

- Muffin Man

- Clown hunter

- Spooky scary skeleton

- Dinner bell

- Thick

- Lord of the litter box

- The Great Fatsby

- MacDonald

- Erotica writer

- Music Man

- Freddy Fazbear

- The man behind the slather

- Squid Game survivor

- Pink pony cat

- Covid 19

- Antelope

- Mayor West

- Obesity mascot

- The lost city of Atlantis

- The only real problem with this country

- Maple syrup

- The fastest fluff boiiii

- Cabbage

- Gotta go fast

- Church goer

- Avenger

- Harry Potter

- SLAY

- Banana man

- Sleepy boy

- Michael Angelo

- The man after midnight

- Smooth criminal

- Gofer

- Bun

- Olé

- Penini

- Small elephant

- Eeeee macarena

- The lost boy

- Albert Einstein

- Tamtam

- Bebeee

- Blues and Jazz

- Rain

- Lovely

- My favorite thing

Yea... there's a lot more... those are just the ones I can remember of the top of my head.

[musicalmoritz]

Funniest headcanons?

Okay wow I have so many crack headcanons so prepare yourself. Take every negative thing I’ve ever said abt fanon and throw it out the window, this is about to get so unserious

• Hanako is a fudanshi. This applies to the whole Toilet Gang (except Nene would be called a fujoshi), they’ve got a little book club. Hanako is the most insane about it tho

• Aoi and Akane are a himejoshi/himedanshi couple

• Lemon and Akane smoke weed together on a regular basis (throw back to the time I looked up “slang words for marijuana” for my Terukaneaoi fic and ended up sounding like Skyler White)

• I feel like an average conversation between the Toilet Gang is the most insufferable, out of pocket middle school humor you’ve ever heard in your life. Those four make South Park look like a kids show

• Akane has a random lock of Aoi’s hair on a shelf in his room

• Since the Minamoto father is absent and the mother is dead, Tiara just kind of assumes Teru and Akane are her parents. Instead of correcting her on this, Akane decides to be the dad who stepped up

• Akane is one of those filmbros who does NOT play abt Pulp Fiction (me) (that’s the second time I’ve mentioned that movie in relation to Akane today)

• He’s also the type to ask you to name three Nirvana songs if he catches you wearing one of their shirts and if you even so much as think about saying Smells Like Teen Spirit, he’ll shoot you in the head

• Hanako is lowkey mad Kou and Mitsuba started dating without him

• In the TBHK universe, Mei is the one who drew the Miku Binder Thomas Jefferson image

• Nene writes reader insert fan fiction

• She’s also a BookTok girlie (not one of the really bad ones, just cringy. As in she would unironically love the book boyfriend audio)

• Sakura is rly into disturbing movies and they make Natsuhiko watch them with them just to make him nauseous

• Hanako and Kou jokingly flirt with each other and it makes Mitsuba and Nene genuinely mad. Like Hanako can ruin Mitsuba’s day with a single “I can take your man”

• Yk that one image of Cheryl Blossom wearing an “I ❤️ Boys” shirt? Teru owns that shirt

• Akane is the type of dude to raise his hand during a class discussion and say “I’d like to play the Devil’s Advocate”

• Aoi flirts with waitresses very poorly and it gives Nene severe secondhand embarrassment

• Once a week, Natsuhiko challenges Teru to a fight. She loses every single time

• Nene has one of those traumatic hamster death stories

• Mitsuba’s hair is dyed so whenever he’s being particularly annoying, Tsukasa tells him his roots are showing

• Kou and Nene have had one of those awkward “I have a crush on someone🤭 And it’s someone you know veryyyy well👀” moments

• Sumire used to climb to the highest places she could find to get Hakubo’s attention, and it gave him a mini heart attack each time

• OG Mei had a fursona. It was a dragon

• Yk in Spongebob when Squidward was confirmed to be the most miserable person in all of the Bikini Bottom?? In the TBHK universe that’s Akane except it’s for all of Japan

• Teru has given the “I’m vengeance, I am the knight” speech while exorcizing supernaturals AT LEAST once

• The Minamotos frequently watch Cinderella together bcuz Tiara is obsessed with it, to the point that it’s become Teru and Kou’s favorite movie as well. Teru drags his friends to watch it with him too but Kou refuses to admit he likes it

• Kou chews with his mouth open

• Mitsuba has cheesy romantic fantasies about Kou the same way Nene does about her crushes (I credit this one to one of my TikTok mutuals @/mads)

• Natsuhiko has an ASMR account (just like they do in the Monster Nursery au)

• Tiara doesn’t quite understand the premise of being gay or coming out so every day she congratulates Kou on being bi

• Kou straight up lies to Tiara about things, it’s an older sibling canon event. Teru does the same to Kou. For example I once told my sister you could dilute chocolate milk into regular milk by pouring water in it. And she believed me.

• Despite the fact that Kou’s been friends with them for many years, Teru regularly forgets Yokoo and Satou’s names

• Aoi and Nene’s mothers have a bet on when the two of them will reveal they’re secretly dating

• Mei is one of those ppl who’s allergic to almost everything. You order a plate of shrimp beside her and before it even hits the table she’s like “Keep that FAR away from me”

• Kako was homophobic until meeting Akane. A “I don’t support that lifestyle” kind of homophobe. Before meeting Akane’s baseball bat

• It’s okay tho he supports his bisexual son now!! He goes to pride parades and everything

• Mirai braids Akane’s hair when she’s bored

• Tsuchigomori has never felt the touch of a man

• If you say one bad word about Teru around Kou, you better be prepared for a full monologue. Stan Twitter wishes they could be as dedicated as Kou (Yokoo: I want to kms / Kou: Wait until the next student council election we can’t lose votes)

• To avoid tarnishing her popular girl image by coming off as rude, whenever Aoi wants to leave a conversation with someone she doesn’t like she pretends to faint

• Mitsuba breaks up with Kou every other day

• When Aoi and Nene are having trouble communicating their feelings verbally, they find a wrestling ring and box their feelings out

• Aoi and Nene apply to every job together, they are a package deal

• Kou is the designated bug killer for the Toilet Gang

• Yako can talk to other foxes. But only foxes, no other animals so the power isn’t all that exciting

• Natsuhiko hasn’t picked up on Mitsuba being gay yet so he keeps offering to set him up with girls

• Sakura has been involved in at least (1) unethical psychology experiment in the past. They administered those shocks for Milgram with a completely straight face

• The hands in Mitsuba’s boundary reflect his feelings so every time Kou comes to visit, they jump around him like overexcited dogs

• Tsukasa had a very intense Alvin and the Chipmunks phase

Okay I have homework that’s due in like 2 hours so I’m gonna have to end it there. I hope my terrible sense of humor amused some of you

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Rusticated!!!

Mary Shelley: sup fuckers Poe: oh mary Poe: sit down Poe: we have some bad news Poe: it’s about percy Mary Shelley: what about percy Poe: he’s been rusticated

Mary Shelley: the fuck Poe: yes he’s been rusticated Mary Shelley: rusticated for…? Poe: yes rusticated for contumacy Mary Shelley: aw shit, not contumacy! Mary Shelley: aw shit what the fuck

Mary Shelley: level with me Mary Shelley: which of you motherfuckers put him up to this Poe: mary, we had nothing to do- Mary Shelley: he wrote an essay on the necessity of atheism and sent it to the heads of oxford college Mary Shelley: I know one of you fuckers is behind this Mary Shelley: I’m looking at you, wrath james white

Mary Shelley: you’re telling me my boy got rusticated Poe: yes for contumacy Mary Shelley: fucking rusticated for contumacy! Mary Shelley: motherfucking contumacy! Barker: I’m sorry we’re just gonna keep pretending these are real words? Barker: ok sure

Mary Shelley: for real, who put him up to this Mary Shelley: I’m not mad, I just wanna talk Poe: well I don’t want to name names Mary Shelley: I will end you Poe: it was Thomas Jefferson hogg Poe: Thomas Jefferson hogg, he’s the one

Mary Shelley: percy Percy Shelley: yes dear Mary Shelley: did you write an essay on the necessity of atheism and send it to the heads of oxford college Percy Shelley: yes dear Mary Shelley: Mary Shelley: oh my god you fucking stud take me now

[fdrsamericanflagduckfloaty]

Drop the Miku Binder TJ rant bestie

okay so like

i was just thinking about it, and, like, i think it's fucking nuts but also really weird how the hamilton fandom (which i'm in but i swear i'm not an uwu lams turtles shipper please) somehow took this CRUSTY, TERF-BANGED, UGLY, OLD, REDHEADED, RAPIST ASS MOTHERFUCKER,

and turned his ugly ass into this.

like damn what the hell- what- how???? okay like yeah, they're using daveed diggs as a base for this bullshit, which, okay, fine, but YOU DID NOT NEED TO ADD THE INFO. The idea itself is funny but also a bit weird, however im 99% sure Diggs himself wore that shirt. However, all of the extra info??? come on. Where'd the fandom get this istg y'all-

Also, also, they did something similar by making John Laurens (gay blonde dumbass) into an UWU turtles boy. ....why. Bi trash coffee gremlin tumblr over-worked sleep-deprived alexander hamilton. like yeah relatable but. why. small bean big sweater uwu innocent boy blushy short james madison. ...why. bro was stubborn and would pick a fight and was the 'fuck you' type of shy.

I just find it wild the fandom made this and it is the entirety of the fandom into one. There's the good sides, there's the bad, and there's this. Which encompasses the ENTIRE. FUCKING. FANDOM.

The fandom has its headcanons, it has its perks, but then you reach the side where everyone is just a wild fucking original character. They don't model the historical figures anymore- they're just OCs with the name 'Philip Hamilton' or 'John Laurens' or god forbid our third U.S president 'Thomas Jefferson' slapped onto it.

I'm also so confused as to how this is what the fandom is known for. We have some good fics, we have hella good art, we have a M U S I C A L , and then the first thought people have of the Ham fandom is Miku Binder Third President Founding Fucker Slaveowner Thomas Jefferson.

I also find it kind of offensive (almost put insluting oh my ufckjg-) that they made a founder become this but like he'd probably be really pissed so please keep fucking up his memory lmao he deserves it

But like... also why. What made them think of this.

Like yeah I write 20k word TR smut but you don't see me drawing it.

You don't see me making him an UWU e-boy.

...Eh I probably would for shits and giggles tbh

But like this is founding father Thomas Jefferson. Third Pres. Second VP. First Sec. of State. And he is a furry, ex-cocaine addict. Also btw do they mean John Laurens or John Adams as the former drug dealer part because neither are better but it'd really help

Also bro literally raped his 14 year old slave and had like 6 kids with her. He had her room DIRECTLY NEXT TO HIS. He RAPED HIS DEAD WIFE'S HALF-SISTER. AND HE'S A SAD UWU MAN WHO DID NOTHING WRONG?

Let's not forget this same person made a post saying Lizzie (the Queen) would be reincarnated as a horse when she died. I'm serious. Deadass.

However, it's also funny as fuck because this entire thing is a tarnish to Jefferson and I fucking HATE that bastard so like good job lol

At the same time though it's still super weird??? But insane??? Because how did this become one of the Tumblr exclusives??? like it's Tumblr history at this point. Twitter history. You cannot express any like for the Hamilton musical before you get the 'have you seen miku binder thomas jefferson' and it's like 'well shit'.

But also remember: THIS IS NOT AN OC TO FUCK AROUND WITH. Hamilton the Musical specifically gave you and presented you the founder. Thomas Jefferson. Played by Daveed Diggs. Just because it is played by a POC, but also modernized, and vastly different from the actual founder and President, does not mean that at its core it is NOT STILL THE SAME PERSON.

If you name it Thomas Jefferson, if you use the presentation of him given by Daveed Diggs, you are still using that white fucking slave-owning racist motherfucker, and that's the point of it all.

I find it stupid but funny but also insane, and I wouldn't care, unless I KNEW IT WAS SERIOUS. The artist made it seriously. They made John Laurens. They made Philip Hamilton. They did this seriously.

but like also look at this lmao

This meme of Thomas Jefferson in a Hatsune Miku binder really got trending on Twitter at one point

It's an infamous, hellish, classic meme of both Tumblr and the Hamilton fandom, and it deserves what attention it's got, but Jesus please never unironically make shit like this again, Hamilfans, we're stained by this we don't need another😭🔫

EDIT:

i have more

So like, I just remembered: it kinda romanticizes these guys??? The musical??? so like don't get me wrong i love the music but... it puts them into this light. This pink light. It paints Hamilton as an abolitionist who was outspoken about it. When, in reality, dude traded and sold slaves for his in-laws + wasn't all that outspoken about it + was against immigrants or migrants, WHEN DUDE WAS FROM THE ISLANDS. HE HAD SCOTTISH BLOOD. AND HE'S AGAINST IT? Hypocrisy at its finest.

Washington also owned slaves and ran his own plantation too, so he's not off the hook. Madison, the 'uwu small bean' of the fandom, also owned slaves and ran a plantation. So the main people of this entire fiasco are slave-owners. Perfect. But also I've heard Ron Chernow's book on Hamilton, the entire start of the musical, is a bit biased to Ham himself, so...

You could be saying 'but FDRsduckfloaty, Sally is mentioned!' yes. But however, not enough. Not more. It's not even implied more than potentially ONCE what he did, and I'm not sure it ever was! Cabinet battle 3 states it flat-out but it was cut. For your info, Ben Franklin and John Adams are the only two you can really like in the slavery aspect. Ben bought them but let them go for their freedom, and John detested slavery and was against it. Never owned one.

Jefferson did add a slavery clause to the declaration but it was discarded, and he didn't fight half as much as he could have. Maybe he did and since it was the 1700s he didn't have a lot of support, but surely he could've done something like, I don't know, call it out after his terms? Once you're done gaining your second term and out of office, they can't do shit to it or your presidency, since it's over.

So the musical itself has its own problem and the fandom is even worse. It blatantly disregards that a LOT. A hella lot of the amrev fandom + a small part of the ham fandom has called TJeffs out for it but I mean can we please not make shit like Miku Binder Jefferson and act like he wasn't an actual child rapist???

This video does pretty well at it. I will admit the tagline 'America then, told by America now' almost sends shivers down my spine for what it really means. But then again I find men not knowing they'd make it down into the history books for starting the world's global power and the world's economic powerhouse pretty interesting. Doing something big and knowing it's historical, but not that it's going to form a very, VERY large country, where you'll be honored down the road and called a Founding Father of an entire nation? Signing papers and not knowing they're the founding stones of a country and still looked up to today? Intriguing.

But like still fuck Thomas Jefferson lmao

there's a lot more videos on it that dig deep, but the point is, that Hamilton is a good musical with good songs but it's also very... complex, and a bit problematic, Thomas Jefferson is a little bitch, and you should stan 1776 before you ever stan Hamilton. 1776 does not do this. It is much more realistic. 1776 has Benjamin Franklin and that's an immediate win. Be more like a 1776, be less like a Hamilton.

[naynokkori]

I HATE THOMAS JEFFERSON SOOOO BAD I HATE THAT STINKY REDHEAD BOY UGHHHGG

[jittyjames]

I promise I’m not asking you to commit to writing any of these for whumptober but do you have any instinctive ideas or pairings for any of the prompts? 😁 any that you’ve read and your immediate reaction is it should be this pair, or this fandom?

sure thing! i have a list of my first instincts and ideas for most of the prompts, so here's the first rough draft of my masterpost! (subject to change, of course!) if anyone has any specific ideas, tho, or things they want to see, feel free to let me know!

Day 1: Search Party + Panic Attack — Jesus Christ Superstar — When Jesus disappears without a word to the disciples, Judas and Mary take it upon themselves to go looking for him as days turn to weeks. 

Day 2: Role Reversal — Twenty One Pilots · Trenchler — The Torchbearer is taken by DEMA as a way to lure Clancy back to them.

Day 3: Wrongfully Arrested — Jesus Christ Superstar · Jesus/Mary/Judas — Jesus rushes to save Judas from being punished in a way he doesn't deserve.

Day 4: Hallucinations — Hamilton — Alexander and Washington find themselves in the clutches of a cruel soldier. His experiments leave the two in quite a predicament.

Day 5: Heatstroke — Hamilton — The heat of battle is only made worse by the oppressive summer sun. Aaron Burr finds himself faltering. 

Day 6: Not Realizing They're Injured — Jesus Christ Superstar— After a horrible riot breaks out, not everyone is as unscathed as it seems.

Day 7: "It's Us Or Them." — 9-1-1 — Buck ends up in the hospital after making a choice.

Day 8: Sleep Deprivation — Hamilton · Hamburr — As Alexander and Aaron push through a high-stakes murder case that bring up bad memories for the both of them, the lack of sleep causes something else to brew between them.

Day 9: Obsession — Hamilton · Hamburr · Modern — Aaron runs into trouble when a mysterious man takes an interest in him. 

Day 10: Blow To The Head + Slurred Words + “I Can’t Think Straight.” — Mindhunter — In a questioning gone wrong, Holden is left reeling. Quite literally.

Day 11: Seeing Double + Loneliness — Hamilton — For just a moment, Alexander thinks he's looking at someone who can't possibly be there.

Day 12: Starvation + “Just A Little More.” — Jesus Christ Superstar · Jesus/Judas — Judas takes issue with having when others have not.

Day 14: Blackmail— Hamilton — When Alexander's secrets are being held by his political enemies, he will do everything he can to ensure they never get out. [Continuation of Keep Me (And My Secrets)]

Day 15: Childhood Trauma — Jesus Christ Superstar (Arena) · Jesus/Judas — Mary reflects on her life as she watches Judas’ fall apart. 

Day 17: Nowhere Else To Go — Hamilton — Thomas Jefferson finds a bleeding Hamilton on his doorstep.

Day 18: Revenge + Loss Of Identity + Unreliable Narrator — Jesus Christ Superstar · Jesus/Judas — Judas finds Jesus with blood on his hands.

Day 19: Abandoned Cabin + Blood Trail — Mindhunter — Holden is taken by an unsub.

Day 20: Giving Permission To Die — Hamilton · Hamliza — Eliza and Alex have one last conversation.

Day 21: Spirit Possession + Body Horror — Jesus Christ Superstar · Jesus/Mary/Judas — Jesus had cast out demons from many people over the course of his ministry. But it’s just different when it’s someone he loves. 

Day 22: Reopening Wounds — Mindhunter — The aftermath of all the events with that principal leave Holden burning with a need for justice, no matter how obsessive it seems.

Day 23: Forced Choice + Public Display — Jesus Christ Superstar · Jesus/Judas —  Amuse Me (Fuck or Die Fic)

Day 24: “I Never Knew Daylight Could Be So Violent.” — Hamilton — How can the sun still rise when so much horror has come to pass? How can the world still spin?

Day 26: Nightmares + Breakfast Table — Hamilton · Modern — Aaron's daughter is always hanging around that Hamilton kid. He doesn't mind it as much as he pretends to— Philip is a sweet boy, after all, and it gives Aaron the excuse he needs to see his former friend despite bridges being burned to a crisp. But when Aaron get's a phone call one stormy night, everything changes.

Day 30: Recovery + Hospital Bed + "What Have I Done?" — Hamilton · Jamilton—  After an attempt brought on by something Thomas said, he's left to pick up the pieces of a broken Hamilton.

[monstrsball]

kennedy ex-boyfriend facts:

was against seat belt laws

was also against speed limits

once sped up on a residential street with me and my 10 year old cousin in the car bc i thought he was going too fast. he thought this was funny

antifeminism <- yes i continued dating him for a year after learning this. I Know. i was eighteen and had low self esteem 😔

elon musk fan boy

we broke up after he got upset with me because i said i thought thomas jefferson was a bad person bc he owned slaves [obviously this argument was the straw that broke the camel's back]

[sorchathered]

Sarah I apologize for this being so sudden, the frat boy shenanigans have struck again (lol).

-I should've touched on it earlier, but it must be known that in 1985, Thomas Rainwater helped lead the "great tee-pee" wars against the Alpha Betas. The boys literally bought four pallets of toilet paper from Costco and used it to tee-pee the Alpha Beta house. It was also his idea to get the guys in full war paint and do the Tusken Raider yells

-The guys woke up one winter morning to find a bison.......a fucking BISON......grazing in their front yard. They promptly turned and went back in the house

-Royal found a pair of dachshunds, a male and a female, in a box on the sidewalk one day. He took'em back after nobody had claimed them and they officially became the "frat dogs". The male was named Buster and the female became "Weezy". John got the idea to name her both after the mom from The Jeffersons and because she had a slight wheeze whenever she coughed. They were the best house mascots EVER so imagine their surprise when Royal looked at their spot under the stairs one morning and saw that Weezy had puppies

-These guys have seen all the original Star Wars movies. They had the same collection of VHS tapes and those were ones that they almost wore out. They know The Empire Strikes Back line for line

-If you're familiar with "Revenge Of The Nerds", the Delta Taus in this era had their own version of Ogre. This guy though? This guy's name was "Tank", a refrigerator sized manimal native to the great state of Maine. His son "Moose" ended up joining the Delta Taus when Rhett Abbott, Kayce Dutton and Bob Floyd were all a part of it. Like father, like son

-The guys had their own version of the Bene Gesserit "Litany Against Fear". They called it "The Litany For Beer", recited by every Delta Tau before a rager

-The guys were still very much at war with the Alpha Betas who seriously were more trouble than they were worth. John, Royal, Wayne and Thomas decided they had to do something after those assholes tore up the flower beds that they had helped their art history professor plant after she moved into her house. One of their neighbors who lived off campus was a very, very salty Vietnam vet who basically taught them everything they needed to know. He helped them rig up a giant hole, rope and net snares (nothing that would hurt'em of course) and a whole bunch of other stuff. The professor gave the entire Delta Tau fraternity straight As for the entire semester

Girl I’m dyingggg, a freaking bison?! I want to be apart of this universe so bad I can’t even tell you how much I cackle over these stories!!

[samantha-and-her-chaotic-desires]

Not sure if youre still doing this, but if you are

🖊 + Either James or Silas? I'd love to hear more about them!

HELL YEAH BABYYYYYYYYY THIS is gonna get long REALY quick. I want to talk about my murderous baby boy Silas, since I need to flesh James out more. I hope that's okay!

(TW: mentions for abuse, poison and murder)

Sweet like Sugar, Deadly like Poison: France's Adored Actor - Silas Tueuse:

FIRST IDEAS:

Baby!!!! Baby boy!!! He was actually the first design/idea I created before Mandisa, Raquelle, James, Lacrimosa and Celeste. He was also my first time trying to draw with the Lackadaisy character references! (i.e. the blue circles/heads, the sketching style, etc.)

He was a character that I just knew wasn't going to be a good guy. He just had the vibes of "antagonist" written all over him. Though he didn't always start out this way

His last name was originally going to be Mallory, meaning "unfortunate" in French. However, I switched it over to Tueuse, the meaning of quite literally "slayer" or "killer".

He was based off of a Savannah Cat breed! I didn't know which cat to do at first, but once I settled on it, I immediately had an idea and color palette in mind. Below is an example of the cat I referenced.

^this was the main design I used, but I wanted to keep it simplified.

Silas was purposely made to look feminine! He is not trans, but he is homoromantic demisexual! While his killing techniques include flirting and seducing, it is NOT out of pure love. It is only a manipulation tactic before he slips poison into someone's food or drink.

His voice claim, especially with THAT hair, is Daveed Diggs. He just RADIATES Thomas Jefferson/Lafayette-Hamilton vibes (since they're the same person lmaooo)

I also wanted a bit of a counterpart from the Savoy Siblings, I guess! That's why I made Silas and Raquelle :)

FACTS/HEADCANONS:

He is Raquelle Tueuse's older brother, and he takes after his father more than his mother. He speaks more English than French, but he is fluent in both.

He always had a passion for acting! He just knew it was his calling.

His father actually encouraged his passion for acting, and even gave him a few Shakespeare books, as well as other classic literature.

He is double jointed....self projecting here lmao-

He is travelling from France to all across America in search for "business", with his sister by his side. In reality, he's just going off, killing any target Lacrimosa gives him when in Hotel Maribel. (Mirabel Hotel?? HELP???)

When his father died, so did a piece of him, his sister and mother. His mother became rather abusive, and a belligerent drunk.

His first kill was unfortunately his mother one night, when she was hitting Silas and Raquelle, ultimately hurting them. When Silas killed his mother, it was fourteen years ago, when he was fifteen.

He is very protective of his sister, and very understanding to her mental struggles. He tries his best to be present.

His comfort food is Cassoulet! It's a French stew that includes Haricot beans with meat: you can use pork, sausages, goose, duck, lamb or mutton for the meat portion!

He would happily kill for his sister, and die for her too. That's just a given.

He collects daggers, classic literature, and also eyeliner.

ROLES/PURPOSE/OTHER STUFF:

He is the left hand man for Lacrimosa, and often works with Mandisa too.

He's the supporting antagonist, though I do see him more as an anti-hero.

Once he's in the right group of people, he is that ball of energy, yet at the same time he's such a sweetheart deep down...if it weren't counting on his multiple murders. While he's a sweetheart, this does NOT condone his behavior. He is still technically a bad person since he murdered a lot of people.

Cyanide is his poison of choice: quick, effective, deadly. He would then use any weapon (knife, gun, pool stick, any potentially dangerous object in the room) and kill his target.

If it were 2023, his song would be UH OH! by Sub Urban and BENEE.

^my entire thought process when Silas

buuuuut yeah!!! This is my boy Silas Tueuse, whom I love, and is near and dear to my heart. He deserves a good mother figure in his life :<

[hagatha-christie]

Books in June, whatever

The bad:

Triple Duty Bodyguards by Lily Gold - I have to admire her “work smarter not harder” mentality because I have read two of her books now and every character is exactly the same from book to book with like 2 details changed about their physical appearance. I had essentially a 2 day long panic attack and my brain was on hyperdrive and this literally made me stop thinking any thoughts for the 5 hours it took to read this so like, do with that what you will.

Something Spectacular by Alexis Hall - the sequel to a pretty mediocre Alexis Hall book but in this one oh my GOD the romance didn’t work for me at all. We were constantly told how interesting and captivating the love interest was but I cannot tell you a single thing about them other than they’re an opera singer. V boring, only finished it because the friend group dynamic was fun

The fine: Killadelphia, Vol. 1-3 by Rodney Barnes - cool concept but it kind of felt like the author was like a 12 year old kid who didn’t know when to stop. “What if there’s vampires in Philadelphia right now and former president John Adams is one and so is his wife! And so is Thomas Jefferson! And Sally Hemings is too but she and Abigail Adams are in love! And then Tituba shows up and she’s a WEREWOLF.” These are all things that happened, I will not be continuing.

Radium Girls by Cy - another graphic novel bc I was on a kick this month? Anyway the art is cool but the translation from French to English is not great and kind of distracting!

She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen - what if we pretend to date for Reasons and you’re the cheerleading captain and I’m a basketball player and we kiss and we’re both girls? V cute v fun

We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian - what if we’re best friends working at the same paper in the 1950s and I move into your apartment after my fiance leaves me for another man and then we kiss and fall in love and we’re both boys? V cute v sweet

The good/great:

Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns - viscerally sweaty and dirty and ANGRY but in a good way. Also made ME angry which I thought was a sign of good writing. Read for a little bit of catharsis if you’re upset that you’re fuckin broke and will always be fuckin broke bc nothing seems to get better and you kind of want to set something on fire, just a little bit, as a treat.

Pardon My Heart by Marcus Jackson - really honest poetry about Black masculinity that’s sweet and heartbreaking. Favorite poems were the title poem, and the three poems at the end that are about Jackson’s wife and how much he loves her.

The Woods, Vol. 1-9 by James Tynion IV - scratched the Stranger Things itch in my brain. Twisty and never went the way I thought it would. Loved these characters and their journeys!

Sweeney Astray, translated by Seamus Heaney - this weird-ass book from the 17th century was a WILD ride and I loved every second of it. Read it more for the historical info rather than its literary merit, if that makes sense? Sweeney gets cursed by a Christian king for being a dick and spends the entire book wandering the Irish countryside, eating watercress, and insisting that no one wants him around even when several of his family members say “WE WANT YOU AROUND”

Bitter Root, Vol. 1-3 by David F. Walker - read if you liked Ring Shout because the premise is so similar! The art style was great and I liked how expansive the world was. Great characters and a great storyline.

Electric Arches by Eve L. Ewing - fuck Eve Ewing for being so GODDAMN talented, it makes me sick, please read this.

Currently reading: The Devil’s Element by Dan Egan, which gave me like 4 more solid examples of the British Empire being fucking monsters (and American companies causing so much environmental harm and then saying it’s too expensive to fix)

[roadtogracelandx45]

Good Girls|1| Hamilton Musical AU

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@prettyinpayne

June 1775 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

"General, are you sure this is a good idea? Me being with you?" Alice Dandridge Bassett asked as she followed her uncle George towards the hall where Congress was meeting to appoint a commander in chief to the Continental Army. George Washington, due to his experience in the French Indian War, was in the running.

'You wanted out of Virginia didn't you?' He asked as he stopped his strides to look at her. Alice had come to stay with him and Martha shortly before his stepdaughter, Patsy passed away from a seizure, and both girls had big dreams of getting out of Virginia and doing something good for not only themselves but for the cause. Alice especially wanted to do something after she had seen one of the boys near where she grew up get killed by several redcoats. 

“Yes, but.” 

“But what? Are you scared Ali?” He asked, his hand going to her elbow to pull her out of the way from the men walking briskly down the street, some of them adverting their eyes when they saw Washington, others wanting to linger to shake his hand but seeing him with his niece and how firm he looked caused them to stray.

“Yes.” 

“Sometimes,  sweetheart, it’s best to do things scared. It’s the only way to do something.”

“Is that what you did when you came upon the men that were going to kill you and your men when the French and Indian War started?” 

George nodded and turned on his heel, still holding onto her elbow, to finish the walk toward the hall where they were meeting. 

Alice knew that he was right and at the end of the day, she would follow him wherever she needed to, not just for her Aunt but for herself. She couldn’t live with herself if something bad happened to George and she couldn’t help him like when Patsy died.  

She never wanted to feel that helpless ever again. His yells and Martha’s cries and seeing her cousin’s prone twisted body in George’s arms haunted her dreams most nights and she never, ever wanted to live something like that again unless she had to.   She knew too that because she was a woman she had no place in the Army as a soldier and she didn’t want to fight like that.  She didn’t think she would ever be able to kill anyone even if it was a British soldier.  

Thomas Jefferson was waiting outside for George to arrive and was surprised when he saw Alice standing at his elbow, curiously looking around the area. Her fear was temporarily replaced by curiosity. “General Washington, it's good to see you again.” He greeted the general, holding his hand out to the general, who took it briefly. “Thomas.” 

“And who is this lovely young lady?” he asked. He felt he knew who she was, but he wanted the general's verbal confirmation. 

“This is my niece, Alice.” He said, “Alice, this is Thomas Jefferson.”   

Leery of the other man, Alice looked at her uncle and then at Jefferson before hesitantly extending her hand for him to take: “It’s nice to meet you, Mr. Jefferson.”  

“The pleasure is all mine, darling.” He said as he raised her hand to his lips to kiss the back.

 George watched the exchange, torn between wanting to tease his niece for looking embarrassed and wanting to rip her hand away from Thomas and reminding him that she was still a teenager and that he was married.  Martha would never forgive him if anything happened to Alice while she was with him especially not with Thomas Jefferson. A man who Martha had a love-hate relationship with. 

Alice took her hand back from him and stepped closer to her uncle. Something about him seemed off, and she couldn’t put her finger on it. 

“How are Martha and the children?” George asked, drawing attention back to him and away from his niece. It hit Alice why she didn’t like Jefferson because of this. She had grown up seeing her parents, aunt, and uncle very much in love and loyal to each other, and she knew she wanted that. 

The other man paused, surprised that the other man remembered. “They are good. We were sorry to hear about the loss of Patsy.”  

The General tensed while his niece closed her eyes tightly and pressed her lips together. It had been almost 3 years since Patsy had passed and it was still hard on them all. 

“And we were happy to hear of Jacky’s wedding.” The other man went on, his eyes trained on the two, they had heard rumors that either the General or Mrs. Washington had been happy about the marriage, especially with Jack and his wife being under 18. From the looks of it, Sweet Alice didn’t like it either.  The General was stopped from saying anything else as John Adams came out of the building to get them to come inside. “General, I’m going to the library.” She had seen the library that was a street away when they first arrived in Philadelphia and was curious to see what books they had. 

Girls her age normally didn’t have much education other than basic writing and reading skills coupled with finishing school, but her father wanted to make sure his daughters had the best education he could afford to give them. Martha and the General both kept up when she went to stay with them. More often than that, George would find her asleep in his armchair in his study with a book on her lap. 

Philip Schuyler, who had joined his staff a few weeks before, stepped up and placed a hand on her lower back, “General, my daughter Eliza and I will keep her company and keep her out of trouble.”  

George nodded his head in silent thanks and looked at his niece, “Behave yourself, Alice.” 

 “Yes sir.”  Her mouth twitched like she knew that she wouldn’t behave to save her life. She had a wild streak about her and she liked to embrace it.  Washington gave her a firm look before following Jefferson and Adams into the building.  

“Come, Miss Bassett. I am sure you and my Eliza will be good friends.”  

[melpomeneprose]

CHARACTER QUESTIONNAIRE !!

Tagged by: myself.

Tagging: you!

✧･ﾟ   𝐃𝐀𝐒𝐇 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄.

► ARTÉMISE VAN DER VEEN.

Name: Artémise “Artemis” Van Der Veen.

Alias(es): Marquess (in theory, through Dutch family and money and in the way she presents herself). To the revolution! violinist, spy for the culper ring, anti monarchist, “roaster of lobsters” (red coats).

Gender: female (she/her).

Orientation: bi (male lean). But married to the revolution until it’s over and her less fortunate darker siblings are free of the vile disease known as enslavement.

Age: 24-26

Date of birth: December 20th.

Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana but New York is her chosen home.

Spoken language(s): Haitian Creole, French, Dutch, English, German and Spanish.

Occupation(s): violinist, old Dutch money, socialite. spy and revolutionary.

★  ⸻   APPEARANCE

Eye colour: brown.

Hair colour: black.

Height: 5’4”

Other: won’t be caught dead not wearing a hat or bonnet, usually deceivingly innocent looking, has a dark side, at least, aesthetically.

★  ⸻   FAVORITE

Colour: aqua.

Song: C’est L’autre Cancan (creole song) - literally translated: “don’t give up the ship.”

The world turned upside down amuses her, but it’s a battlefield march.

Food: gumbo or cake.

Drink: champagne.

★  ⸻   HAVE THEY...

Passed university: her mother was insistent about it.

Had sex: not your concern. (Yes).

Had sex in public: no.

Gotten pregnant/someone else pregnant: the Virgin Mary was a none white lass, like myself, so was Mary Magdalene, well, all of the Good God’s original people were notably not white, just like my siblings in chains. But no, that’d be a scandal one seldom recovers from.

Kissed a boy: yes.

Kissed a girl: yes.

Gotten tattoos: no.

Gotten piercings: yes, ears.

Been in love: with the ideals of revolution.

Stayed up 24+ hours: thankfully no, but if it’s necessary for the cause, she’ll act as required.

★  ⸻   ARE THEY...

A virgin: not your concern. (No).

A cuddler: yes.

A kisser: circumstantially.

Scared easily: no.

Jealous easily: she doesn’t wish to find out.

Submissive: emotionally, when it’s of use to her and the cause.

Dominant: on the violin and with a pen.

In love: with the revolution and liberty. The revolution and lady liberty is her betrothed. 😤

Relationship status: thread/universe dependent.

★  ⸻   RANDOM QUESTIONS

TW for self-harm/suicide mention.

Have they harmed themselves: that’s blasphemy, and no.

Thought of suicide/ideated: once, as a teenager, may the good God, saints and Iwa forgive her.

Attempted suicide: no.

Wanted to kill someone: she could give a list… Simcoe is shockingly not on it, not yet, in any case.

1. King George III

2. General William Howe, 5th viscount Howe, English general and Tory responsible for the occupation of her dearest New York City.

3. Major Edmund Hewlett.

4. Thomas Jefferson. (Yes she knows in fighting is bad).

5. Robert Rogers, Benedict Arnold, Charles Lee.

6. John André. (She respects this one, but she doesn’t like him).

Have/had a job: spying for the culper ring.

Being an only daughter is a job in and of itself, thank you.

Fears: losing the war, slavery, hatred, ignorance, betrayal, bigotry, violence, hate and loathing that drives people like the English to commit violence in America. Sibling(s): an only child, but she supposes Benjamin Tallmadge and her fellow ring members count as siblings. Some of them need to be in loco parentis. 🤷‍♀️ (Ahem: Abraham).

Parent(s): Marcelle André Van Der Veen - creole/Dutch businessman from just outside the French city of NOLA/Adriaan “Ad” Van der Veen (née De Vries)- French/Welsh/Dutch old money based in upstate New York, family, like the Schuyler’s Dutch well-to-do family from the Netherlands who settled New York in the year 1624.

Children: Sprout counts as an adopted nephew!

Pet(s): a beagle and a Yorkshire terrier.

Face claim.

Face claim.

Dutch & NYC.

Black nobility - 18th century.

[thenonsenseuniverse]

Coffee Cups and Leather Jackets pt. 7

Hamilton Modern Au Hamilsquad x Reader Thomas Jefferson x Reader PART 1, PART 2, PART 3, PART 4, PART 5, PART 6, PART 7

Summary: After finally getting away from ‘The King’, You decide that maybe it’s time you talk to Jefferson about his own interests in you. Meanwhile, the Hamilsquad decide to come up with a plan to get Y/N at The Blue Coats. Washington confronts them.

          You had been sitting through dinner with these three imbeciles for about an hour and a half, and you could feel your self-control slipping. Within that hour and a half, all Sam, Charles, and George had discussed a range of things from how the school should stop accepting lower classmen as they only tarnish its ivy league reputation, to insulting the Hamilsquad, to simply talking about their classes. Throughout these discussions, George’s hand seemed to be restless on your skin. It went from your shoulder, to hand, to your knee, before finally resting on your thigh. You didn’t like his touch, but you played along. 

“What I don’t understand is why, despite being the smartest and most powerful man in the school, we’re still not liked by the student body. Hamilton humiliated me in front of the entire student body when I was giving my proclamation on how the student body should be behaving and how we should be treated. He called me a dog!” Samuel whined putting his head on the table. 

You sighed, growing tired of being submissive, and turned to him. “Do yo-you ever think th-that m-m-maybe it’s for that very reason that pep-uh-people disrespect yo-you?” They all went quiet and looked at you. You shrunk back into George’s chest shyly. “I-I-I mean, p-people don’t like, um, like being t-to-told what t-t-to do. People like the H-Hamilsquad believe in f-freed-dom, and th-that people should be a-b-ble to be them s-s-selves n-no matter who th-they are or wh-where they come f-from. So of c-course it’s going t-t-to upset th-them if you outright oppose them. Inst-stead of working against their be-believes, you n-need to allow them t-to pr-prove themselves wrong. Th-then provide th-them the resources to see th-things yo-your way. “

Charles rose a suspicious eyebrow at you. “Are you saying that our King is wrong? He is never wr-”

“Oh do shut up, Charles.” George cut him off as he stared ahead thoughtfully. “ So you’re saying I should let them go, have their independence, and let them realize just how much they truly need me when their alone and complaining of their own?” You nodded, and he hummed in agreement as he smiled down at you. “I suppose that is what happened to you, isn’t it? I gave you a little more space than usual, and next thing I know, you’ve come to senses about those scum and now your here with me.”

Huh. You hadn’t thought about it that way. You, of course, knew that wasn’t the case, but simply nuzzled deeper against his chest. You could practically feel him grin as he began to run his fingers through your hair. 

“Y/N has a point, boys. This strategy would take much less time and energy and we wouldn’t have to use our sources through the school as much.” You slightly narrowed your eyebrows at this but said nothing. George brought his fingers under your chin and smiled at you. “I always knew you would be of great value to us, Y/N. You’ve only been part of the group for a day and already your slipping into your role by my side.”

A chill ran down your spine at his words. You didn’t like his tone or the way he was looking at you right now. You needed to end this. 

You smiled up at him. “Thank you, my King, it's good to know that at least someone appreciates me.” You then let out a subtle yawn and glanced down at your watch. “However, as wonderful as this day with you has been, I’m exhausted and-”

George sighed and chuckled. “Of course, I completely forgot. You have English with Mr. Green tomorrow at 8pm.” You felt your blood go cold slightly. He knew your schedule, apparently, he knew your history, and he no doubt had more knowledge on you as well. This means that this man knows more about you than anyone except your family. You didn’t like this. George seemed to pick up on your confused fear and ruffled your hair. “Don’t look like that, it wasn’t too hard to find out your schedule. Just a matter of pulling a few strings within the administration's office. Your information is safe with me.” He snapped his fingers and signaled for everyone to rise. “Come on, we’re taking Y/N back to their dorm. They have a midterm to study for.” The more he talked the less at ease you felt. 

He wrapped an arm around your waist as you were leaving. “You know, if you need help, Samuel is majoring in English. I mean, not that your grades are slacking, they’re stellar actually. But Samuel is our communications and English expert, I handle all the business and sciences and Charles...” He paused for a moment before sighing. “Well Charles is trying his best, but he’s loyal; I’ll give him that.”

After that, they did as promised. George got the driver to bring them to your dorm and kissed your hand before you left. “We’ll save you a seat at our table at lunch, Darling. Be sure to be there.” His words were final and left no room for you to say otherwise. He then flashed you a bright smile and waved as the car pulled away. 

The moment it was out of your sight you let out a huge breath as all tension left your body. “Well, that was fucked up.” You mumbled under your breath as you entered your dorm. 

As you entered the comfort of your bedroom, you reflected on the past week or so.

You finally confronted your shitty friends on their shitty behavior and dumped their asses

You met Jefferson and his friends on the same day. Which, to be honest, it was kind of creepy, but you were too sad and lonely to notice at the time.

And finally, you just went on the equivalent of a date with your long term stalker as per Jefferson’s request and am now scared to leave your dorm lest you be followed by his perverted ass. 

When had your life become so dramatic? When had you allowed it to become this? 

The image of a magenta leather jacket flashed in your mind.  Jefferson. Looking back on your first interaction with him, it all seemed staged. There were similarities between how he treated you at that moment and how George treated you when you pretended to be in that same situation. They both desired to manipulate your pain to get what they wanted. They both seemed to have extensive knowledge about you, George more so than Jefferson. 

Was it possible that Jefferson was hiding things from you? Aaron had briefly mentioned that he had been obsessed with you at some point. 

But why? What so interesting about quiet little Y/N? Why did both Jefferson and George, arguably two of the most powerful students on campus, deem you worthy of their attention?

Just thinking about all of it gave you a headache. You’d deal with it tomorrow, for now, you had to sleep. George was right about one thing, you had class in the morning and if you didn’t want to be a sleep-deprived zombie you had to go to bed now. 

You curled up under the covers and allowed sleep to overcome you.

***

At the same time, across town, the Hamilsquad was entering The Blue Coats.

They were exhausted. Ever since they had seen Jefferson and Y/N at the cafe a couple days ago, they had been working non-stop to come up with a plan to get them back. However, nothing seemed to be good enough. 

Laurens plopped himself onto the nearest bar stool and slumped his head against the counter. “What are we going to do?” He groaned.

Alex scoffed and joined him. “There’s not much we can do with Jefferson spewing non-sense in their ear.”

Herc shook his head as he took his seat. “No there’s got to be away. I mean she just met Jefferson. She’s known us for over a year and a half. Yeah, we fucked up, but the fact of the matter is that she knows us.” 

They all turned to Laf as he silently sat down staring intently at the counter. Alexander rose an eyebrow at his behavior when suddenly he was hit with an idea.

“What! Laf is friends with Jefferson. He can get inside information for us.” 

The Frenchman sighed and looked up. “I do know him, but we’re not quite friends. More like he did me a favor once and now I owe him once.” He narrowed his eyebrows as he turned to them. “What confuses me is Jefferson never does anything without a reason. Everything is planned out and done with precision. So what does he want from Y/N?”

As they asked themselves this question, Washington appeared from the back and seemed to relax at their present. “Ah, boys! I was hoping I’d see you tonight.”

Hercules smiled at him. “G. Wash! What’s up? It has been a while since we’ve last been in.”

Washington batted off the welcome and looked at the with an air of authority and seriousness. “Can any of you contact Y/N? They were here earlier tonight with some...questionable company and didn’t seem entirely at ease. I want to make sure that they’re okay.”

The boys glanced at each other as Alex let out another groan of frustration. “I know! They’ve been hanging out with that no good Thomas Jefferson and-”

Washington frowned at his words. “They weren’t with Jefferson. Although that makes me worry even more. I trust that man about as far as I can throw. But no, they were here with that nasty little shit George and his posse. I offered them an angel shot, but they denied it. The whole thing just felt off.”

The entire Hamilsquad felt their blood run cold. Y/N hated George. He was a stalker, creepy, and possessive. He had been trying to get his grimy little hands on them since the moment he saw them. They had always been there to protect them though, always there to stop it. 

Why would they go out with George willingly? Why would they put themselves in danger like that?

“Oh Y/N,” John whimpered out. “What have you gotten yourself into?”

[the13colonies]

In the name of the docs, I bestow upon you jefferson socks

[sparksinthenight]

Yeah and to add to that, all of the female characters are basically “not like other girls,” and lack of femininity is equated to as strength in basically all the female characters. Also, the demigods with ADHD basically don’t act like they have ADHD in any shape or form besides having one or two throwaway quirks that don’t affect anything. Also, he got a bunch of stuff about Islam just clearly wrong? Like, it’s as if he pulled it out of his ass. And also, both Piper and her dad are oversexualized, and there’s a really uncomfortable scene where Piper describes how hot her dad is. Which is incredibly weird. Also, characters with chronic fatigue are played off as jokes. A Brazilian character is just, butchered so badly that it’s basically a Cho Chang situation. The Amazons are portrayed as ultimately likeable characters despite their extreme radfem weirdness. He shipped children with beings who are millennia old, multiple times. He doesn’t even get Greek mythology remotely right. He explicitly stated that Zeus raped at least one girl, and yet every protagonist is fighting to keep Zeus in power. Samirah is engaged at twelve which is both a racist stereotype and a horrible situation that the book treats as normal and fine. Like, I say this as a Muslim, if you see a twelve year old kid who is engaged you should call CPS because wtf kids that young can’t make decisions like that. The story glosses over the fact that the Confederates were actually bad and paints the Civil War as two sides fighting when they should have been making peace and getting along. Which like, is not how the Civil War was at all. Thomas Jefferson is fucking in Elysium as a judge of the dead. Also, a freed slave named her own child after him. The list of problems goes on and on and on. As a Muslim and Pagan (it’s a long story) girl with ADHD, I would literally rather have the books be all about abled cishet white boys than be this fucking stereotype extravaganza.

Rick Riordan is a cishet white goyische man. We knew this. But you can see this in his writing, no matter when. Yeah, he's grown, but he didn't grow astronomically.

In this post I'll be talking about how history, women, queer people, and POC are handled in Rick Riordan's YA novels. I'm Jew-ish, very queer, and was socialized as a girl, but I'm white so POC tell me if I overstep or get anything wrong and feel free to add!

Also this is long af, way longer than I intended, so under the cut it goes!

The Pact and Wars

I think I've talked about this before (cannot find the post) but the way history is handled is so racist and antisemitic. Wars are not because of their real reasons, but instead conflict. WWII is made to be because Hades, Zeus, Poisiedon, and their kids had another spat, instead of the fascism and racism that really caused it. The Civil War, instead of being about racism, was made to be about a fight between the romans and greeks. The wars we see in series have no connection to real world events, why couldn't the old ones be the same? It also deminshes the accomplishments of real people. For example, Harriet Tubman is said to be a daughter of Hermes. To me, this says a black disabled woman can't do great things without great blood in a world where that exists

Annabeth

Annabeth is a girl boss, and this would be great, if her writer wasn't a cishet man. Being strong is equated to being mean, physically and verbally. When she thinks Rachel likes Percy, a guy she isn't even dating, she gets pissy at them for even hanging out! She constantly demeans Percy and hits people who anger her, including Percy, and this is treated as cute and quirky. And then her trauma is dismissed and diminished by a boy who went through similar treatment. Sorry Percy also was hurt by who his author is, but it makes things worse with Annabeth's portrayal. Also she once says people don't take her seriously because she's blonde. During HoO. With Piper and Hazel right there

The Hunters

The Hunters of Artemis, in mythology, are a group of women and sometimes men who joined Artemis to escape the deeply misogynistic culture at the time, and there are sapphic undertones to much of their myths! In the books, they're portrayed as man hating, romance hating, and functionally aroace. Hippolytus is completely ignored. Zoë is constantly talking down to Percy without giving him a chance and makes probably the dumbest decision by choosing Bianca for the quest in Titan's Course. Jo and Emmie were kicked out for finding love. I'm aroace. I love aroace rep. I'm overly weary of (cis white) men. But the way the Hunters are written is so similar to how angry anti-SJW youtube saw feminists

Nico

Nico is forcibly outed in one book and in the next gets a boyfriend with literally no personality or relationship with him up to that point. The drawbacks of shadow travel so clearly align with disability. He's also obviously depressed and deeply traumatized. Yet Will gives him no medical autonomy, something we disabled folk have to deal with all the time that's really very ableist. I love Nico, but the way he's portrayed just isn't great

Sadie and Carter

Sadie and Carter are biracial and look wildly different. This is good representation from what I've heard, but not how it's different or some incidental stuff. Carter, the boy, has dark skin and dark, coily hair, while Sadie, the girl, has pale skin, striaght blond hair, and pale eyes. This plays into colorism where darker people are seen as more masculine, as does Carver being the host to the god of war. Sadie is also a young girl who's put into a relationship with a god who kinda bullied her at the start. Carver is also in a relationship with a person who was hostile, but she gets better so I'll let is slide

Leo

Leo is latino, and stereotypical at that. Je is constantly flirting with everyone and looked down upon. As a Leo who is not an astronomical Leo, he deserves better especially when you consider c//leo

Piper

"I'm not like other girls" girl who's hailed as absolutely gorgeous. She was born on a rez that didn't exist at the time which just goes to show the lack of research. Her eyes are kaleidoscope, which is a trait none of her siblings, or her mom, have. She's cut off from her culture enough to not know the significance of feathers but has plenty of memories of her grandfather who lived on the rez. Also, she's a cleptomaniac. I love Piper, I like how she's representation for a person who was cut off from her culture and longs to know it despite living with her bio family because I and a few friends are the same, but Piper is still a stereotype. I also feel like the veganism plays into the whole spiritual nature stereotype, but I'm not sure so don't quote me

Frank

The only confirmed greco-roman demigod without dyslexia is also East Asian. I think the stereotyping is obvious it doesn't help that the only two Asian characters before him, Ethan and Drew, were antagonists. He was infantalized while fat and then had a magic glow up for... no reason, really, but that matters less here. Also he's dating a seventh grader as a tenth grader basically and I'm trying to not spoil stuff but the end of the Tyrant's Tomb is bullshit from a lore perspective imo

Hazel

She's a black girl whose parents both had very dark eyes and hair, yet her eyes are gold and her hair is paler than her skin, and both of those last two are described as looking like foods. Again, she is the age of a 7th grader. See Frank. And this may be the fandom's fault, but it seems she's always either infantalized or adultified from what I've seen

Will

All we know about Will Solace in BoO is that he's attracted to men and a medic son of Apollo. I bet you didn't remember he was at the Battle of Manhattan or that he's counselor because all his siblings died. And that's a lot of kids. Also he calls Nico nicknames he doesn't like. See Nico for further criticism of Will

Alex

Alex is called the adjective form of a slur multiple times. I could talk about how the grammar of that sucks, but *gesturs vaguely.* She gets transphobia from nearly everyone and disowned. I thought fantasy was supposed to be escapist, personally

Other stuff

Samirah is a hijabi, but we see under her scarf at least once and that feels really disrespectful, especially considering how observant she is of other stuff. Only women or close family (brothers, direct descendants, or direct ancestors) can see a hijabi's hair. Even if Magnus, Hearth, and Blitz are like family that usually isn't enough. She should have gotten a regular valkyrie's cloak imo. Some stuff feels off about Hearth but I'm not D/deaf so I'll hold my tongue on that as I'm not sure. Lavinia could use more yiddishisms in her speech and I'm curious to know what sect she was if her rabbi wasn't cool with her being a lesbian, but they do exist so *shrug.* There's probably something I missed with Reyna and Hylla, I feel like there is, but I can't remeber so it just gets an honorary mention

@afrolatinozuko

[diamondsandlemons]

I like this image because it’s not about, like, “cancelling” these dudes, or whatever. it’s just about no one being able to live up to the monumental expectations fandom spaces can create for them.

the post I saw it on just now was about how these guys were ‘put up on a pedestal’ and then eventually let people down in some way, and as a result became less universally acclaimed (and how the stage is being set up for the same to happen to Jerma)

but like none of these dudes are really bad at all, they just had the internet’s spotlight move on from them to someone else (I think all of them are still making content). They made some kind of misstep, very publicly, which alienated some fans, who then voiced valid complaints, which prompted people who were never fans to hop on the bandwagon of complaining, and that’s why they sort of left a sour aftertaste around for a while... I think I finally get it.

and I mean yeah, they’re all white men, so trusting them implicitly was never a good idea. but it can be really hard to unlearn all the harmful shit you grow up with. and as far as I can tell, these guys are trying their hardest, so I think they’re safe.

that this Effect is named after John Green is a little confusing to me; I think whoever made the edit must be a bit older than me, or at least got Online (and specifically on tumblr) somewhat before I did. Because as long as I’ve been here John Green has been somewhat of a laughingstock on this site. Which I never understood, having been a fan of the Green brothers beforehand. but yeah I think I get it now, it isn’t pure hatred, it’s just the hipster effect.

I don’t know much about Thomas Sanders other than having seen a few of his Vines(?) back in the day. Always seemed harmless. I never got why people treated him like some kind of “cringe” interest. bc he talked about Steven Universe, I guess? Whatever, man.

The McElroys... this one hits hardest for me (insofar as any of these circumstances are “hits,” which they really aren’t, that’s the point. but anyway). I think I’ve befitted from not really participating in fandom conversation. I had no idea there even was any drama until Travis’s Among Us meltdown made national news. That definitely left a bad impression on ppl who didn’t already know who he was, which I assume was the purpose of the whole twitch streaming thing. After having finally seen the clip, everyone’s right, it’s awful. But Travis’s whole deal is being the annoying middle brother; making an ass of himself one time does not cancelling material make. I didn’t even know until watching Sarah Z’s video that TAZ: Graduation was unpopular! I (a noted not-so-great media analyst) had a lot of fun with Graduation! Until like, the very end of the last episode. But after hearing the criticisms, I don’t blame anyone for quitting.

Anyway MBMBaM is still funny, their new theme song slaps, and TAZ: Balance is one of the greatest stories ever told (especially in its original audio podcast format). Moving on.

I don’t know Jerma much outside of being the new meme guy, but he seems nice and he seems to know his audience. It does sort of seem inevitable that it will grow too large and he’ll disappoint them. but, like the rest, that doesn’t necessarily mean he won’t still be a fun dude at the end of the day.

I guess if there’s a lesson to be learned, it’s to really consider WHY unpopularity strikes when it does. If you’re vibing with the crowd, go ahead and leave them behind. But if you’d prefer to stay, that’s okay too (as long as no one’s getting hurt). As much as it is possible to kill cringe culture, do so, and just like what you like*

*(again, as long as it isn’t actively harmful... which some things are, which is why you need to consider why.. etc etc etc).

That’s this white girl’s late night thoughts thank you good night.