#benjaminshargreeves

[meyerlansky]

idk if you've elaborated on meyer and charlie getting together because charlie gets jealous of plot device!jimmy but if you haven't would you want to?

I HAVEN'T YET but i would in fact love to because this is a fave of mine :D so in addition to the stuff in that one post, @goatsandgangsters and i routinely spitball a modern au verse that we affectionately call "loser au" in which team ny is... kind of losers. they still come from disadvantaged backgrounds and they still do like petty crime shit, but because the landscape of organized crime and law enforcement is way different in the early 21st century than it was in the early 20th century, they don't manage to break into Big Stuff and rake in the big bucks

all this is to say that, in my head, the "jimmy+meyer leads to jealous charlie leads to meyer/charlie get together" set up is like a branch off loser au? so like jimmy goes to one of the Prestige Colleges in NYC, columbia or nyu or city college or something, and meyer is maaaybe enrolled in one of the two-year programs in the cuny system? but he hangs out in the studenty areas of whatever Prestige College jimmy goes to [and tbh the three of them probably sell prescription drugs to college students on those campuses—meyer passes as a serious scholarly student extremely easily, benny definitely has a script for adderall or something that he Does Not Take, and charlie has other Supply Connections] and SOMEHOW he and jimmy start talking about whatever nightmare american novel meyer is reading for fun at the same time as jimmy's us lit survey assigned it as a reading, this is why jimmy is just a plot device, i haven't put a lot of thought into his school shit because he's just there to be mostly-no-homo-heart-eyes in meyer's direction

which never happens

charlie and benny are the charming ones, meyer doesn't go looking for outside attention and isn't really used to being on the receiving end of it, but like. benny has not read faulkner and would reply to anything meyer had to say about his work with "more like FUCKner, amirite?" frank has read more than charlie or benny, but frank is also Old and tries to diffuse meyer's annoyance with the Great American Novel in a productive way so he's no fun to argue with. and charlie wouldn't want to listen to meyer tear steinbeck apart. [that's what meyer thinks, anyway. for the record, charlie absolutely would listen to meyer's rant about steinbeck's boner for The Dignity Of Poverty for HOURS, but meyer is pining and dumb and doesn't realize charlie's ALSO pining and has had yes-homo-heart-eyes for meyer since they were kids. but meyer doesn't know this yet, so he just Assumes charlie would be bored by it.]

so meyer is like "okay fine i will debate you, random doughboy, and i will destroy your argument" and he and jimmy definitely debate and meyer definitely wins, but he also enjoys the conversation, so like. they talk more, whenever they run into each other and meyer's not working a shift at the mechanic's garage he does legit and not-legit work at, etc, and eventually meyer's like "oh i have plans" when charlie's like "hey let's hang out" one night

and charlie's like "................what plans. you never have plans. all you do is study and strip cars for parts and hang out with me and benny. what plans."

and meyer's like "my plans are in fact studying, just not alone for once, it's a revolutionary concept, i know"

and charlie's like "oh. okay. with who."

and meyer's like "just a guy i met on columbia's campus"

and charlie's like "WHAT FUCKING GUY >:[" but only in his head because meyer's good at hiding when he's ticked off from most people but not from charlie and charlie can tell he's getting Annoyed, so he leaves it

and so it goes, for like a month? a few months? an indeterminate length of time, during which charlie at some point is like "hey let me come hang out with you and sell the drugs" but he sells no drugs, instead he Assesses jimmy when they run into him and meYER HAS? INSIDE JOKES??? WITH THIS RANDOM DUDE???????? SURE THEY'RE ABOUT HEMINGWAY, WHATEVER THE FUCK THAT IS, BUT FUCKING STILL. HOW DARE.

jimmy and charlie Immediately Do Not Get Along, Obviously, and it doesn't help that charlie has deeply sublimated Anxieties wrt, like. MANY things about being bi, as well as specifically about having a crush on meyer, but jimmy in particular inflames his insecurities about being a high school dropout and not being smart enough for meyer, who's definitely gonna Do Things and Be Someone because he is so smart [nevermind that meyer doesn't wanna do things, not legal things, because the system is fucked and he's already making plenty enough to do more than survive with their illegal shit, and also he knows charlie's smart in not-school ways]

so charlie is on the offensive which means meyer's on the defensive for basically the first time since they beat each other up and called a cease-fire, and jimmy's just like "i have no idea what's going on here but meyer are we gonna talk shit about fitzgerald's tiny dick or not" and meyer's like "YES LET'S i'll see you later charlie" and charlie's like >:[ externally but ;_; internally

and i dunno how long things are kind of tense and weird, but charlie's upset meyer's hanging out with someone else, meyer's upset charlie's getting nasty about one of the ONLY TIMES EVER someone outside their friend group has wanted to talk to/hang out with him more, and at some point they have A Fight in which charlie probably says something like "so, what, do you wanna fuck him or what" as meyer's getting ready to leave for another goddamn ~*study date*~

and meyer

who has zero intention of fucking jimmy, but who has watched charlie cope with the crush meyer doesn't know about yet by fucking his way through the list of girls their age in the neighborhood and probably one or two of the guys, and therefore absolutely cannot be convinced that charlie has ANY say about where meyer chooses to put his dick

Is Not Happy

he is, in fact, Big Mad

which means he goes ice cold and there is a very tiny voice in the back of charlie's head, which sounds alarmingly like benny, screaming "OHHH YOU DONE DONE IT NOW" but before he can do anything about it meyer's like "in what world is that any of your business"

and charlie, with what is in his head unassailable logic, goes "of fucking course it's my business, meyer"

and meyer, who is getting icier by the second, is like "please, explain this in a way that WON'T result in me ripping your face off with my fingernails"

and charlie, not that he's wrong, is like "he's not good enough for you meyer"

and meyer is somewhere very deep down kind of touched but mostly still angry and is like "once again, explain to me how this is your business at all"

and because charlie has a deeply flawed brain-to-mouth filter at the best of times, much less when he's distressed by the thought of meyer getting railed by someone who is not him, he is like "it's my business because i don't want you to kiss anyone but me okay"

and meyer, who fully BSODs with that comment and whose autopilot mode is labeled "bitch," is like "well i didn't want you to fuck every broad between hester and 12th for the last five years, and yet here we are"

and charlie's like "wut"

and meyer's like "wut"

and after like two minutes of silence in which they both process what just got said, charlie's like "i'm gonna kiss you now. please don't punch me."

and meyer's like "no promises" because he's still in BSOD'ed bitch mode

and then they make out

and seven miles away in one of columbia's study rooms jimmy is like "huh meyer's never been late before, that's kinda weird"

[he's late because charlie's got him pressed into his ratty-ass sofa and charlie's bottom lip between his teeth]

[astarkey]

Favorite Character Tag

I’ve been tagged by @benjaminshargreeves Thank you!!! 😊💕

Rules: Name ten favorite characters from ten different things (books, TV, film, etc.) then tag ten people.

Seth Gecko

Buffy Summers

Harry Potter

Phoebe Halliwell

Evelyn Carnahan

Aqua (Kingdom Hearts series)

Trish O’Day

Spike Spiegel

Elaine Benes

Cosima Niehaus

I tag @vapidvee, @dream-land-l, @ondinaaa, @pixie-clouds, @the-highest-most-exalted-one, @bloodychamber, @lostinmysticfalls, @ambrosiaswhispers, @millavodello, @margaretophelia, and anyone else who wants to do this! (But anyone I’ve tagged doesn’t have to do this if they don’t want to!) 😁

Thanks again for tagging me 💖

[lavampira]

not trying to make waves just genuinely curious because i'm trying to decide if i want to give the show a chance: do you not like ruby rose as batwoman just because you think she's a bad choice or is there something else about ruby rose that makes her terrible and not to be supported? (feel free to answer this privately if you're worried answering it publicly will cause drama or anything)

eh it’s........ kind of a combination?

I hate that the prioritization was ‘can play a gay woman’ over finding a jewish actress in casting criteria because being jewish is as important to batwoman’s identity as being a lesbian. and I really don’t have faith in her acting quality? everything that I’ve ever seen her in has shown (and type cast) her with the same bland personality in each character.

and admittedly my thing about her in general is petty reasoning because I’ve been on this site for a very long time and all of the ‘she turns straight girls into lesbians’ and other similar remarks from back when she was on oitnb just puts me off her as a whole. she’s been overhyped by fans, and she’s overused as if she is the only androgynous lesbian-portraying actor available in media, and I’m tired of it.

no judgment if you do decide to try it! I’m a nitpicky dc comics fan when it comes to live action but especially with the shows on the cw, and I’ve been burned by warped characterization before with those, so given the above reasoning on top of that, I’m just refusing to bother with it because batwoman is one of the characters that I hold dearest to my heart and I don’t want to risk that level of disappointment that I’m certain that I’ll have, if that makes sense.

[ladyculebras]

benjaminshargreeves replied to your post “hell yes eiza a stark!”

i feel like eiza as jon would be the only way for me to be happy to see jon end up on the iron throne (or whatever smoldering rubble is left of it)

I really love the thought of lady Jon Snow, and her being not white would add a different layer to her outsider feelings in her family.

That said oh man I love Jon Snow but I DON'T WANT HIM ON THE IRON THRONE. Or any throne! I genuinely don't think he's a good ruler and he doesn't even wanna do it, like...I still only really consider the books canon, where Jon is dead, so I don't even really think he's a contender for the Iron Throne--even if GRRM were to bring him back to life in some way, it wouldn't be an as uncomplicated as it was in the show. Everyone resurrected in ASOIAF always comes back kinda wrong on some level. 

Imo, they should burn down the Iron Throne and all the seven kingdoms can be independent allies, and maybe they can bring democracy but that's just me 

[hearthouses]

benjaminshargreeves replied to your post “Kisa lmao”

what is...what is the point of this message meant to be. is this just the least creative anon hate ever?

they also sent me an ask that said “santanico” and that was it. i have no idea. i feel like because fandom is dead, their one brain cell also died and here we are. 

[poolsidescientist]

☕️ social media has bred (or at least contributed to) a really unhealthy fan culture where if you don't spend all your money to meet/see your faves as often as possible or they don't "notice" you on social media you're not a real fan/having a good experience enjoying someone's work.

@benjaminshargreeves you are so right. Personally I’ve never had a need to meet my faves but yeah, it’s an unhealthy thing and puts too much pressure on everyone involved.

[visenyatargaryen-archive]

starlight

thank you!!

least fav | always skip | meh | overrated | okay | pretty good | amazing | always makes me cry | i love it so much | play this at my funeral

[danystargaryens]

Trying again: Song recs: let it be by the Beatles (the single version is better but both are good), Superman by Taylor Swift, Wilson (expensive mistakes) by fall out boy, and not warriors by waterparks about me: black hair, fave colors are black and pastel pink, likes: law, music, sushi, sitcoms, loyal, sarcastic Thank you!!

oh wow classic the beatles. yes TS. blograte:

url: 10/10

icon: 7/10

theme: 10/10

compliment: you seem super cute & have a really nice blog.  ^^

[veryrealimagination]

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who reblogged something from you. Spread the positivity!

1. Youtubers (specific ones: Thomas Sanders, Marikplier, JackSepticEye, Matpat, Nathan Sharp)

2. Video Games (Bendy)

3. The Librarians

4. Fanfic

5. Creating and finishing something

[souloben]

lunarlovegood > enjewelras

paying respects to an angry french boy who butters my metaphorical crumpets

tagging:

@steveharrintgon @madeforgardens @argetnallison @tragedists @ashleyeckstein @benjaminshargreeves @deanerys @haroldosborn @slowburnotptrash @klaus-hargreevs @skywalkersleia @nannycrowley @dustinhendrsn @wonderrful @stevesharington

[emilyblame]

@benjaminshargreeves, your ‘request’ showed up on my dash and i’m here to serve (?) [x]

[meyerlansky]

wait you liked jewel kingdom as a kid?? i've never met anyone else who even knew what it was! did you ever watch the one movie they made? i found it again recently on youtube and it was so bad but i adored it as a child and watched it probably 123908 times

full disclosure that i remember next to nothing about those books but the covers, but YEP if it had a unicorn on the cover i absolutely made my parents buy it for me, and ALL of the emerald princess’ books had her unicorn on them so i had no chance to resist

nsknsdknfsdknsdf I DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS A MOVIE oh my god i’m gonna have to give it a look

[astarkey]

1, 5, and 6 for the music asks :)

1. your favorite album opener: Intro // Warpaint

5. a song from a lifelong favorite artist: Are You That Somebody? // Aaliyah

6. your current “on repeat” song: Cold Bitch // Soundgarden

Thank you!!! 😁💖

[lavampira]

benjaminshargreeves replied to your post “not trying to make waves just genuinely curious because i'm trying to...”

Yo I’m a fake dc fan and somehow never managed to know Kate Kane was Jewish (I read the comics but I’m not a devoted reader so I guess it just never came up in the ones I read). That changes things, thanks for answering and helping to clear it up.

ah gotcha. I believe it was first established in the 52 comics run? where she celebrates hanukkah with her girlfriend. but it carries into batwoman: elegy (mainly in a point of quasi-bitterness from kate mentioning that her father lapsed once he remarried), and in batman (2016) annual #1 kate had alfred make up some bat-themed hanukkah gelt that I believe dick gives bruce. it’s also a huge point in her arc during dc bombshells, though that one isn’t mainstream canon but part of the multiverse. you’re right, though, it is a sporadic mention in the comics, but it’s definitely one of the biggest aspects of her that she will point out at different times because she’s very proud of it.

(and if you or anyone else reading this ever do want to read more about her, I definitely recommend batwoman: elegy. it’s my fave batwoman story + version of her origin, let alone one of my fave graphic novels in general, and it really drives home who she is as a person and her ideals, especially showing how she’s inspired by batman while being her own hero rather than Batman But A Woman)

no problem though!! glad to help 💕

[ladyculebras]

benjaminshargreeves replied to your post “tv show tag rules: post gifs of your 10 favourite TV shows without...”

fuck i forgot justified on my list

I HAD SUCH A HARD TIME BECAUSE I’M SURE I’M LEAVING SHOWS OUT I LOVE asfasdfa I left out like, Haunting of Hill House, because it’s too new, I left out like, Veronica Mars because I’ve never seen the third season, Breaking Bad I think it’s a well done show that was good the whole five seasons but it’s also not a show I feel that fannish for, so is it REALLY a fave? So jakslfasfda I included Justified because my affection for it waned over time, but I never started actively disliking it like I have with other shows and it’s one of the most satisfying series finales I’ve ever seen. 

saferincages replied to your post “tv show tag rules: post gifs of your 10 favourite TV shows without...”

ohhhhh there are a few of these that I also once loved so much and which then went...decidedly off the rails...but seeing the gifs still makes me emotional, you know? they stick in your heart, sometimes in spite of it all

Oh, I am curious about which ones? (you don’t have to reply here if you don’t want to). I almost included TVD on this list because when I loved it, I really LOVED it, same with Supernatural, but I’ve fallen so heavily out of love with that I’ve swung into actively dislike. 

Shows like Teen Wolf and Dexter, I’ve fallen out of love with...but I recently rewatched the first season of Teen Wolf, and I’m just, attacked with all the feels, so it’s definitely a show that is still in my heart despite all of it’s flaws. Same with Dexter--rewatched s7 recently and there’s a lot of choices I DO NOT LIKE but it’s still a show that’s almost perfectly made me for me in a lot of ways? 

[hearthouses]

so i had too many thoughts on your post about allison/luther to fit into a reply and i didn't want to reblog it because i wasn't sure if it was okay and didn't want to send a bunch of hateful anons your way so i'm gonna send a mini-novel in asks instead so apologies in advance (1/3)

in addition to the racism (which is definitely a factor) i think a lot of people take issue with how it’s portrayed? like cersei/jaime and cesare/lucrezia, for example, are definitely portrayed in universe as a bad thing and indicative that the characters are bad people (or at least hella flawed). i’ve seen a lot of ppl complain that the show portrays incest positively and that that’s bad and wrong but i really don’t think it does? like luther & allison are clearly doing this out of trauma (2/3)

basically if people wanna come for the creators for glamorizing incest they also have to come for them for glamorizing murder and ending the literal world cause your family was shitty to you. it’s just a very surface level interpretation of the whole thing (not saying people aren’t allowed to be uncomfy or not like it but the show doesn’t glamorize it imo). the last contributing factor, i think, is that lots AND LOTS of fans hate luther. so of course he’s gonna be the bad guy in their eyes (3/3)

It’s okay! This is fine. 

I think that it’s idealized only in the sense that Allison and Luther idealize each other and place the other on a pedestal? Like this is where I think people get lost in the forest of depiction =/= endorsement and presenting something through a character’s eyes because that’s what the show was doing, imo? We saw that dynamic the way Allison saw it aka “I’ve compared every man I’ve ever met to you” and Luther’s endless pining, and the way their other siblings normalized it because compared to the abuse they all endured, a crush/flirtation that makes them happy is less harmful than what they experience every day. 

Like the ultimate message of the show is that they’re all so fucked up and nothing in their lives are normal, but maybe now the man is dead, they can actually be a family and come together in solidarity, no matter what they looks like.