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and i don't feel a lick of sorry for this dude smfh.
#maga racism#black conservative backlash#political violence#intra party conflict#maga hypocrisy#racial tensions#conservative infighting#black republican struggles#racist aggression#political irony#betrayal in politics#black conservatives#republican racism#maga hostility#political betrayal#white supremacy in politics#internal republican racism#black maga disillusionment#conservative racial dynamics#gop infighting#racial discrimination in politics
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WE DID IT WE FUCKING DID IT
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The tragedy of Bor'dor is that he could've been deradicalized, and wasn't. And not only that he wasn't, but that there wasn't time for it. In isolation, his death could've been avoided, with time, but that isn't something that the Hells have right now. They have been well-outfitted, have many allies across the world fighting on their side, and have made enough of an impact to buy them a few weeks, but even that came at a great cost, given the loss of life we've seen in Uthodurn and here with Hevestro's circle.
And there are so, so many individuals among the Ruby Vanguard who are probably just like Bor'dor, who could be talked down from the ledge they've been egged upon by Ludinus's manipulations. We know this, actually, because the Nein did that for Essek, with, frankly, very minimal actual ideology—they did it by being nice and acting as someone else who listened.
But it's years too late for that, because there is now an army of those individuals, and they cannot be taken in isolation. They have passively caused significant loss of life across the planet by altering this solstice, and encouraging more through their ideological shoving, as in Hearthdell. There's no time because the war is already well underway—only the Hells have arrived in the eleventh hour. So the Hells can pity and mourn him, but Orym's assessment was right—they're at war, and the nature of this war is that it must be fought and won in order to even think about the future and rehabilitation.
The tragedy is that Bor'dor could've lived if there was time, but that time is already long gone.
#anyway orym going 'we're at war' will be living in my head rent free from now on thx#honestly really do want to do a more thorough comparison of war and betrayal and mercy between c2 and c3#but also that would require explaining the differences between war of attrition/political war and war of the existential threat kind#cuz lord knows a lot of people have not grasped that#critical role#cr spoilers#cr meta#bor'dor dog'son
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𝐑𝐎𝐘𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆, 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐋, 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐒.
All sentences on this meme have been taking from different media and sources. They all touch on the topics of romance, difficult and forbidden love, mostly setting in the political schemes of war and peace and royal court. Change names, locations and nouns and you see fit. Some lines might have foul language.
Sometimes we hurt the ones we love, but hurting ourselves to avoid it doesn’t make it better.
Could someone treat you badly and still love you?
Even so, in the midst of this complicated love, there is a holy union.
Love is complicated. It’s sticky. It’s bliss and it’s a mix of emotions. It’s not easy.
I hated him now because I has loved him then.
I'm not like you. I can't afford to be reckless.
When have I ever, since the first instant I touched you, pretended to be anything less than in love with you?
Are you so fucking self-absorbed as to think this is about you and whether or not I love you, rather than the fact I'm an heir to the fucking throne?
You at least have the option to not choose a public life eventually, but I will live and die in these palaces and in this family.
She wears a crown that never should’ve been hers.
Your wish is my command, my queen.
You can always leave my service.
Don’t you see, Diana? If I did that, I’d break not one but two hearts. For I know you love me, though you haven’t said it yet.
You do know me. I love you so much, it sometimes terrifies me.
You are going to regret that, Your Magical Regalness.
Just because I am a prince doesn’t make my life a fairy tale.
So kiss the others for all I care, but don’t hold back with me.
You are enough to drive a saint to madness or a king to his knees.
He didn't marry you to become king. He became king because he wanted to marry you.
I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king.
I believe we are what we make ourselves, and as such, you, Crown Princess, are nothing.
You, what are you? The brat of lucky parents who were related to a childless king.
Rule with the heart of a servant. Serve with the heart of a king.
There’s a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings.
You can't treat royalty like people with normal perverted desires.
We kings do develop a certain ability to recognize objects under our noses.
...alone is such a nebulous state when one is queen.
I respect you as my king, and I respect you as my father, but I do not respect you as a man.
You're the most important person I've ever met. And I should have never met you at all.
Desires are what can most easily ruin us, lovely.
I find that happiness can always be recollected in tranquillity, Ma’am.
It's almost impossible for those who have had an intimate relationship to return to a formal one.
I question if within you is any magic.
You’re my princess, right? You were always going to be my princess, no matter what you were born.
The king is a saint and cannot rule, and his son is a devil and should not.
For kings, the world is extremely simplified: All men are subjects.
A king deserves reverence when being addressed.
Yes, she had abused her title and station before, but for minor stuff, not to steal a warship.
You are a king worthy of their allegiance . . . with a queen full of fire and promise.
When God calls you into His Kingdom, your way of life will reflect royalty if you serve Him with loyalty.
My royal status is both a shield that protects me and a sword that impales my heart.
You know, for a pampered princess, you have a certain gift for violence.
I have to be seen to be believed.
Kings needn’t raise their voices to be heard.
That is your very own myth. The idea that how you are born or the name you are given dictate the sort of person you really are.
I know that names have power. That is why I cannot let her forget hers.
You’ll have to face it, Princess. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but soon enough. And you can’t be this scared when the time comes.
A bad king revels in his importance. A good one hates his office.
Crowns belong to those that serve.
She was their witch queen, and they adored her.
Beatrice is going to be queen someday.
Kings are only kings because one ancestor was quicker than another to place a crown on his own head.
Queen, do not allow a commoner to dethrone you. Own that throne. You are royalty.
A throne won in blood will soon be drenched in it.
My mother once told me that everything is fuelled by either money or sex, because both lead to power.
Even when she's dethroned by hardship, she still wears the sun as a crown.
She holds a nation’s fate within her shaking hands. She wears a crown that never should’ve been hers.
My reign has been anything but traditional. Let’s not start now, shall we?
Oh honey, someday a real man is going to make you see stars and you won't even be looking at the sky.
Every girl thinks about growing up in a palace. Few ever ponder living in a cage.
Climb up the family tree of any of them high enough and you’ll find a commoner who dared to take a chance.
Am I forbidden to do what all may do?
My arrival saved the kingdom, while his only reiterated that his blood would fill the throne one day.
Slow down there, princess. How do you know what kind of first impression you gave me?
So none of the young men we encountered during our season gave you hot pants for them?
If stubborness were all that was needed to be a good queen, I'd rule the world.
I’d decided that I was going to stop dressing like a princess and start dressing like a queen.
Don’t touch me. Don’t tell me how beautiful my eyes are, how soft my hair is, how you love to hear my voice. Don’t. Don’t pretend you are falling in love with me.
I know you are lying, and every word you say hurts even more.
Before the wedding, and the bedding, when I will have to take you as my lord and husband?
I may not be a king or a queen, but I'll be damned if I'm not treated like royalty.
He is fragile, like a prince of ice, of glass.
It is natural that men are going to gather round me, hoping for a smile.
Men only treat women like princesses when they want to use them like prostitutes.
You can smile when your heart is breaking because you're a woman.
I can't sleep, I can't eat, I can't do anything but think about him.
Anyone can attract a man. The trick is to keep him.
To save my son, I would plot with the devil himself.
Only fools wait when their enemies are coming, to see if they may prove to be friends.
When a man wants a mystery, it is generally better to leave him mystified. Nobody loves a clever woman.
I wanted the heat and the sweat and the passion of a man that I could love and trust.
I am a fool to own it, but I am in a fever for your touch.
And you are the sort of mistress a man doesn't bother to marry. Sons or no sons.
#roleplay memes#sentence meme#( cali meme. )#rp memes#rp prompt#rp musings#roleplay prompt#political scheme#royal schemes#royal betrayal#romantic heartbreak
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semi-dark king merlin au, someone from ealdor tells king cenred about merlin and he is captured and held as a slave in essetir. since merlin despises captivity and servitude, he’d rather be dead and free than alive and in chains so he acts out and pisses people (especially the king) off so they’ll think him too much trouble and kill him. at first they stick to beatings until merlin manages to get his chains around a few necks and now has a body count so they kill him…..only he wakes back up a few hours later and king cenred is Intrigued and keeps him close. merlin keeps acting out but no matter how many times they kill him, he won’t stay dead. merlin has this moment after waking up perfectly fine after his twenty seventh death where he is hopeless and believes there to be no escape, not even thru death. a few other sorcerers in chains come and help him clean up and give him a lil peptalk, realizing him to be emrys, and then they revolt and take over the kingdom and crown merlin as king and now uther is like “wtf” bc his neighboring kingdom who was kinda sorta on his wavelength about sorcery, though uther did not approve of keeping them alive, is now a kingdom ruled by magic. he goes to war with them but with magic running free and fucking emrys on the throne, they don’t make a lot of headway. anyways merthur meet on the battlefield, enemies to lovers, you get it
#bbc merlin#merlin emrys#king merlin#arthur pendragon#merthur#fanfic#fanfiction#fic idea#writing prompt#king merlin of essetir#the angst is crazy#merthur despising each other bc to arthur merlin is an evil sorcerer while to merlin arthur is just like his father who is just like cenred#slowly learning more about each other and seeing their kindness#slowly earning respect between the other#lmao those silly episodes where the hero and the villain come to a truce to fight a common enemy and then go right back to fighting after#morganas ‘betrayal’ to camelot is just joining essetir’s side#she learns to control her magic and finds people like her#uhhh#druids flock to essetir while the antimagic people of essetir flee to camelot#essetir kinda just becomes a magic kingdom lmao#THEY SNEAK INTO CAMELOT AND SET THE DRAGON FREE SO ESSETIR JUST HAS A FUCKING DRAGON#camelot is shitting their pants#when arthur becomes king hes just like ‘we gotta sign a treaty atp theres no way were winning#and i refuse to send more of my men to their deaths’#tense political situation where theyre signing a treaty - one wrong move and everything goes to shit#now that the kingdoms can live in relative peace arthur can see the good magic can do for a kingdom as essetir thrives#since theyre on sorta good terms there can be feasts held w merlin in camelot or arthur is essetir#slowburn babey
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For once I actually went through the Arcane AMA and found those quotes about Silco's motivation. It's kind of wild to see it in full context.
First, I didn't even know the "dirty little thing" insecurity was an agreed upon perspective, I just thought it was one writer's opinion but no, Christian Linke (Praeco) let us know that was Silco's thing. Ok. I can see how that can tie in to how Silco and Jinx connected, personal insecurities from a hard life.
But then Amanda Overton (leeloo104) goes into detail.
I already know the creative team said they don't think political struggle is "relatable" (yikes), but I've never seen this extra tidbit before!
What do you mean this all so Vander will respect Silco again?!!??!? First of all I could really go in about how Arcane's team seem incapable of having any character fully articulate an actual in-depth explanation about on their grievances with the status quo and what changes should be applied that isn't somehow about familial validation. *looks at Jinx*
Instead, we need unpack how this motivation is at best, very weird, or flat out doesn't make sense. The quote makes it sound like Zaun was fully Silco's idea to win back Vander's love and respect, but Silco said a free Zaun was their shared dream. And regaining Vander's respect seems like a moot point when Silco killed Vander.
Unless Silco knows Vander isn't dead, and that Singed's been slowly turning Vander into Warwick. But then why does he talk to the Vander statue like Vander is dead? I don't doubt Silco wouldn't visit Warwick even in Warwick's confused state. Either way, the Vander that Silco wanted to receive validation from doesn't exist anymore.
I get that they probably wanted to connect Silco's motivation to Jinx's obsession with Vi, but that can be problematic too! It just ends up where Silco and Jinx are written in a way where their search for emotional validation takes precedence over any attempt for them to communicate a coherent and detailed observation on the surrounding politics of their environment.
It would be one thing if they were minor characters, or this was just related to Jinx because she's the youngest in the cast and her story is about understanding who she is. But it's both of them, Silco's at least in his forties, and they're a part of the main cast. On top of that, I'd say their the two most politically influential Zaunites in the cast, and we know NOTHING about what they stand for, what they think the future should look like. Nothing, just vibes.
#arcane#arcane meta#silco#why is it that the two zaunites that affect the most political change for zaun both have motivations#that can be boiled down to “notice me senpai”????#except senpai is their older sibling#it's so odd to see writers admit that stories about freedom and independence are uninteresting and “unrelatable”#when a*dor and a bajillion other pievlces of media exist#this quote is how i know silco had no friends except his daughter cuz if my friend told me they did all this for some guy#who tried to kill them I'd tell them they need to love themselves#and then i'd demand they show me a draft of their constitution cuz this CANNOT be the backbone of their motivation#i am ready and willing to ready the arcane explanation of Vander's betrayal if i think it's dumb or not dumb enough to have fun with#jinx arcane#silco and jinx#vander arcane
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there is a meta post. brewing. somewhere in the back of my head. about the almost comically bad, one-dimensional-to-the-point of parody way that the mass effect fandom interprets Ashley. something about how cynicism is only an acceptable personality trait in male characters, how she is consistently punished for her learned defensive posturing by the fandom in a way that e.g. Wrex isn't, and not allowed the same opportunities for growth out of that defensive posturing by the narrative that other characters are e.g. Tali.
#'the first chance they get they will throw us to the wolves' isn't an attitude that she comes by accidentally! like. jesus.#she is a scapegoat heir to a bloodline of scapegoats and ancestrally saddled with other people's reactionary politics#she is broadly suspicious of other people in general. she has one foot out the door at any given time.#she is prepared for betrayal and being ambushed by those she was supposed to be able to trust because that's her inheritance#girl help i don't want to write the entire meta in the tags ugh#ashley williams#mass effect
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Can you imagine how much worse the Thunder Saga would be if Polites was still in it.
#epic the musical#epic the musical thunder saga#the thunder saga#Polites#At least your memory isn't tainted with betrayal#at least you never knew what would become of the crew#I know it's not the main point#But Epic really reads like a media of dead character#How much did your death change#was it the actual reason why crew lost its faith#or am i just tripping#I don't know but it's so painfully sad
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Every time I see someone say that Remy was a terrible man whore in TAS and so he has no right to feel hurt when Rogue nearly leaves him in '97 I'm like... when? With whom?
Like?? There was that one time that he almost got married, but he was under duress. Not only was Bella Donna threatening to kill his brother, she put some control ring on him. That's an abusive situation! The only other case I think you could argue (and you would be wrong to) is that one time? On Asteroid M? When Rogue came in to save Gambit and said "of course you'd be running with another woman!" because... he was literally running down a hall with Amelia because they had teamed up to take down Cortez. Nothing romantic there. Rogue was teasing.
Am I just stupid? Am I just bad at reading flirtation? Because, other than Rogue, he doesn't flirt much with other women. I mean... he and Logan have some homoerotic back-and-forths. Is that it? Is Wolverine the Other Woman?
Okay, I just remembered: he did flirt once with a shopkeeper in the first episode, so I suppose he has had more explicitly flirtatious interactions, and I just didn't note them because they never had plot relevance, but is that any different from Rogue playfully flirting with other men? 'Cuz she does! She flirts a lot, but it's not meant to be taken seriously. Rogue just has a flirtatious personality, as does Remy.
I think a few instances of flirting with other people from a couple who both have flirtatious personalities is NOT on the same level as Rogue considering leaving Remy to be Magneto's queen. I understand why she considered it! I fully understand the motivation behind it! I hold no grudge against her! ...I did cheer when she ultimately decided not to.
Some playful flirting that's not meant to go anywhere isn't the same as straight-up leaving. Which Rogue has done once before! In Love In Vain, the Brood uses her childhood sweetheart to lure her in. She wanted to run away with Cody in that episode! Her reason? She tells Remy when he's trying to take her on a date to cheer her up that even a swamp rat deserves a girl he can kiss.
I'm not saying Rogue nearly leaving twice makes her a bad person. She's had a shitty past, and it's easier to fall in with people from that past than to let herself be happy with a new man who is open and honest (and kinda obnoxious) about how head-over-heels he is for her. The vilification of Rogue by some people in the fandom is really nauseating and clearly motivated by misogyny, but the response to it being "actually Gambit is a terrible two-timing whore, so good riddance" is no better. You're acting the damn same.
And like the same people who think Gambit is a terrible partner to Rogue also say "oh, Rogue and Gambit were NEVER together, so Rogue wasn't "cheating" with Magneto" at varying degrees like pointing out they were never Official (true) to claiming Rogue never reciprocated Gambit's feelings (blatantly false)... then how are you saying Gambit is a cheater?
I just think about this because something that has been a breath of fresh air for me about this ship that they haven't had a lot of infidelity scares? It would be such easy drama to have Remy flirt with someone else and Rogue beat the shit out of him for it, but that never happened in TAS or '97. So, I don't understand why people insist that is their dynamic.
If anyone tries to cite comic instances - leave. That obviously does not apply here, do not be purposely obtuse.
#and like /I/ personally see them as poly#with the aforementioned Gambit flirting a bit with Wolverine and I also think Rogue and Storm are very cute together#but I think those were negotiated and the Rogue and Magneto thing was /not/ and that's what made it a betrayal#also how can you negotiate a poly arrangement that is 'I am leaving you forever for a political marriage' anyhow#I sense this is a post that might have to get muted in the future#romy#anna marie lebeau#remy lebeau#rogue#gambit#x men the animated series#x men 97
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JAY GOT HIS MOM TO VOICE ODYSSEUS’S MOM I’M SOBBING
god listening to the underworld hurts so much more after learning that “fun” fact (genuinely it’s so sweet oh my god but i’m using humor to cope)
“i took too long. I ventured too far while you were waiting”
“I’ll always love you”
#i guess beautiful voices run in the family#yes i also audibly gasped when polites showed up#epic#epic the musical#epic underworld saga#epic odysseus#epic odyssey#epic spoilers#epic the musical spoilers#it is an actual crime this saga is only three songs#i’m already on my fourth listen (the first two were the watch party)#correction: now on my fifth i finished the fourth listen while making this post#don’t even get me started on no longer you or the powerful orchestrals at the end with tiresias’s haunting vocals#or jay’s acting oh my god the anger and hurt and betrayal throughout the entire saga#tHE GROWLS I LIVE FOR WHEN ACTORS GROWL IN THEIR SINGING ITS SO GOOD#but also the quieter peaceful moments of love when he sees polites and his mom again#congrats on completing act one jorge!!#i am in your walls!!
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here’s another writing prompt for you—joe biden x donald trump enemies to secret lovers to betrayal to tentative friendship to lovers where they meet each others parents (kamala and hillary)
i’ll get right on that! everyone feel free to send me more prompts like this! i think this is such a cute and underrated ship that we should all be talking about more!!!!!
#joe biden#donald trump#bump#triden#kamala harris#hillary clinton#asks from rey#lovers#enemies to lovers#betrayal#politics#election 2024#merthur
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#trump#maga#latino trump supporter#maga racism#proximity to whiteness#political whiteness#social whiteness#cultural whiteness#racial discrimination#trump supporters racism#latino maga#racial realities#whiteness illusion#maga hypocrisy#racial inequality#white supremacy#latino experiences racism#conservative racism#latino trump supporter racism#maga racial bias#false protection of whiteness#trump supporter racism#conservative latino experience#racial double standards#whiteness and privilege#political racism#racial betrayal#latino disenfranchisement#white nationalist agenda#illusion of inclusion
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Just a couple of girls from The Free Marches
"I can't believe the girl I taught to weave flowers at the Arlathvhen grew up to be the 'fearsome' Inquisitor."
"I can't believe Varric didn't put two and two together sooner that we might have already known each other."
"Try not to blame him, you're so different from the girl I knew from back then."
"I'm still just a Dalish girl from The Marches"
#my art#dragon age lavellan#dragon age#da:i#dragon age inquisition#da:2#merrill#dragon age merrill#inquisitor lavellan#blab time#god i want these two to know each other and be friends#or sort of friends#I kept clan lavellan alive so if inky ever visits Wycome and Kirkwall on an envoy or some shit#and Merrill like ugh gross what a betrayal an elf neck deep in the chantry what a betrayal to Our People#and Varric is like give her a change I think you'll like her#(also yeesh Daisy you're like the most tolerant person I know and THIS is what sets you off?)#Merrill is Determined TM to not like her#and Inky in her stupid Regal Andraste Herald FInery is swanning about doing political bullshit until she can meet Mr Viscount Tethras#and his Honored Guest#and then she and Merrill Spiderman Meme like OOOO#YOUUUUUUUU#and reconnected like holy SHIT DAWG WASSUP#Varric being very confused and the girls are like yea dog different clans but we met up every few years to party WASSUP GIRL#and they both have a lovely time keeping in touch and hold each other's hands at arms length#both being like you too are ostracized from our past from the lives we once knew#and both harboring secrets#(Merrill with her blood magic and guilt for what she did to her Keeper and Inky with ALL THE STUFF)#like she would tell Merrill some stuff but it would take a Long Time and A Lot for her to talk about the Dreadwolf stuff#let alone that she was fuckin him#ANYWAYS
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Cas saying "I wanted to return [the cassette]" and Dean saying "It's a gift, You keep those" is not just a cute, romantic destiel moment, it's Cas wanting out of his bond with Dean (because he's about to betray him again and hypocritically thinks he can get away with that if he just returns that gift) and Dean telling him "no, you stay where you are, I demand reciprocity". The moment Dean says (and probably repeats although we don't see it) that the cassette is a gift and that he has to keep it he is implicitly requiring reciprocity which Cas won't give back.
more on reciprocity here.
#the politics of gift-giving are complex#affirm or reaffirm that something is a gift means stating that reciprocity is required#giving is always a relationship between the giver and the receiver#the same happens between amara and dean but that's for another day#“mary was " a gift. not a trial”#sometimes I feel like the romanticizing of Dean and Cas moments hides the real depth of their relationship#they weren't kidding when they said “more profound bond”#spn s12#destiel#castiel#dean winchester#supernatural#destiel and betrayal#phd in spn s12
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It might be the South Asian in me but I think Galadriel deserves the chance to slap Sauron across the face at least once for messing with her the way he did.
#not only did he manipulate her into making him a king and giving him backing into getting back to ME and letting him into eregion#but he also toyed with her feelings when she was grieving and alone and pretended to be her friend under the guise of a someone nonexistent#the BETRAYAL#fake friends are the worst fucking thing in the world#writers let her slap him just once please#my anger towards sauron for what he did to her periodically boils over#galadriel#halbrand#sauron#the rings of power#gal my girl don’t be polite when you get your hands on him just slap him#oh I forgot he also left her to drown in a fucking river#sauron you prick#now she is in trouble and also stuck grieving someone who did not even exist#messing with someone’s mind like this is beyond diabolical and tbh I appreciate the writers putting so much thought into it
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Made by @onyx-colony
#will wood#will wood and the tapeworms#wednesday is not only the greatest betrayal in television history#will wood Wednesday rant#wednesday#Wednesday 2022#wednesday is not only the greatest betrayal in television history but the most maddeningly trite#disturbingly vapid#and internally confuse#d ideological train wreck I've ever had the deeply sorrowful displeasure of allowing to pass through my corneas may god have mercy on bburto#or whoever else was responsible while someone slapped his brand name on it#and on all of us who are fated to live in a world where something so culturally#socially#politically#and artistically noxious as this#Mary-sue-lead#transparently TikTok-targeted#phone-worshipping#vaguely bigoted#backfired virtue-signaling#fake leftist capitalist “my im#mortal“-esque fanfic earns a second season through what I can only be explained as manufactured consent. something must be done about#Netflix's Wednesday. This thing is a condescending insult#especially to young people#the socially conscious#and members of marginalized#and “outcast” groups who genuinely suffer from what this thing hollowly masturbates to while looking us dead in the eyes and saying “yeah#you like that#don't you?“ It is a Gatling gun of random buzzwords and empty references to social issues#grotesquely and impotently
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