#but more the storyline

[im-out-of-it]

part 10 of season 2, episode 12 GIVE MAGNUS MORE SCREENTIME “you are not your own”

135. part of the last section

136. this is the difference between Magnus and valentine. and that’s why I did the three part miniseries on Magnus. to show his traits, his subtle ways, personality, how much he enjoys to drink, his reputation (also if anyone missed my mistake on the three part series, I accidentally added my cats name instead of Magnus but it was bound to happen)

137. “Magnus”: this was nice

138. Alexander season 2 count: 14

139. NO BIG DEAL JUST ALEC HELPING MAGNUS GET MURDERED ITS ALL A OKAY

140. Magnus is all “Alexander” LIKE IT FUCKING BREAKS MY HEART

and watch Matt’s face because he’s starting to notice more and more that this is Magnus but he doesn’t want to be fooled by valentine. I BLAME THE WRITERS CAUSE ALEC WOULD NEVER WAIT THIS LONG

141. ok I lied this scene is more heartbreaking (if you need a laugh, there is a blooper in one of the later parts of episode 11 I did)

142. Alexander count season 2: 15

143. okay but imagine your boyfriend helping to speed up the process of killing you. this has to hurt Magnus in so many ways. I’m sure in a way, Magnus does resent Alec a bit for this. perhaps he doesn’t blame Alec but it has to be painful dealing with all that trauma and being killed while the love of your life helped. they really didn’t need to do this to Malec

144. ALEC DONT LEAVE YOUR MAGNUS IN THERE ALL ALONE

145. IS THIS ALL IT NEEDED TO TAKE TO HAVE JACE SAY OOPS SORRY

Alexander count season 2: 16

146. Magnus is about to die and he is still calling for Alec and all of this breaks my heart. this whole storyline should have lasted more than a few minutes in one episode

147. alec: get away from my man!!!!!! I finally have confirmation because the writers think I need to worship jace first and listen to what he says even though I knew and had a feeling that Magnus was in valentines body this whole time but the writers love to put me and Magnus through hell for no fucking bloody reason

148. added a scene that doesn’t take place just so you can see the first side of the gif and yes it bothers me that much lmao and I will do it again when that scene comes up

149. you know what bothers me? how the writers handled this whole storyline. yeah go ahead give Alec more trauma and more shit to deal with but if he was going to question himself and Magnus, it should have been longer. I vote at least three episodes worth. Alec should have known immediately and as I said before, tried to help him and actually talk to Magnus in valentines body while imogen plans his death. they did Alec so dirty here. and then instead of Alec profusely apologizing to Magnus in valentines body or showing that moment more, they hop on by and make it about jace. because it’s not shadowhunters if it doesn’t center around jace

and Alan is so good at this whole scene where he thinks he’s going to die so he calls out Alexander and then breathes in relief when that doesn’t happen. ALEC ALMOST HELPED MAGNUS DIE. this is terrible for Magnus but what is this going to do to Alec? WE DONT KNOW BECAUSE ALEC CAN NEVER PROCESS SHIT. we should focus on Magnus’s pain and trauma but we also have to realize how much of a toll this would bring to alec. he knew something wasn’t right and he waited for jace to say shit. this storyline deserved more than maybe 7-10 ish minutes of a 40 some minute show. okay because 15 minutes but get rid of everyone else and just let it focus on Malec for once

why does he need jaces approval? before on top, I added episode 10 when jace almost gets Magnus killed and then he does it again. has alec not learned his lesson? HE CANNOT TRUST JACE. I don’t think jace gives a shit about Magnus. maybe as a he’s my friends boyfriend but there is no respect. the way he treats Magnus when Magnus lets him stay (I hope Magnus already kicked him out by now) and jace is the worst roommate ever, the way jace doesn’t think about anything but clary and gets the people who do anything for him almost killed. does anyone realize that alec has died almost once in season one, thrice in season two, and once again in season three. THAT IS FIVE TIMES IN ALMOST THREE MONTHS TO ALMOST DIE. THATS INSANE

why does Alec put so much effort and trust in jace? Jace doesn’t respect alec either. he only seems interested when Alec is almost dead and is hardly there for him. THIS IS THE ISSUE WITH PARABATAI BONDS. especially in cc world because one of them will go above and beyond and the other will act like they don’t exist until they need something. Alec and jace should not be parabatai. Alec should not be putting any trust into jace. it absolutely disgusts me how center of the world they make jace and clary as if everyone has to love and worship the ground they step on. NO THEY DONT. Alec has never intentionally hurt clary or put himself first while she almost died. like if I were Magnus, I would fucking hate jace and also clary. it’s always “save me” when they can go fend for their bloody selves already. they would be dead if it weren’t for alec Magnus and Izzy.

I hate that Alec is unsure this whole time but it’s not until he gets “approval” from jace that he was right. and I love show Alec but the show did Alec so dirty with this storyline. this reminds me of book Alec and how he serves to please jace. I DONT LIKE THIS ONE BIT

so I jus ranted for so long but I’ll be finishing up tomorrow whew 😅 but more bitchfests coming your way

[eydilily]

would you bite the hand that feeds you?

[fairsweetlonging]

truth serum / system reveal au where shen qingqiu gets hit with an uncloaking spell that reveals the system in the reflection of his eyes every time it pops up.

during one of his missions, in the treasure hoard of some dragon-like creature, he finds a golden, oval shaped hand mirror, its gaudy style more victorian based than anything (airplane you hack!), that doesn't seem to do anything when he looks into it. but when he does, it reveals the system's screen in his eyes.

he doesn't notice this, of course, because he can't see it, and the system, surprisingly, stays quiet.

the peak lords think he's cursed.

maybe mu qingfang is the first to notice, during the mandatory post mission check-up, when shen qingqiu is scrolling through his most recently accumulated points and mu qingfang can see the strange vividly-blue lines reflected in his pupils. it's gone when shen qingqiu blinks, like it was nothing but a trick of the light.

it comes out when yue qingyuan is visiting and, just as he's done laying out the plans for a new mission, shen qingqiu's eyes glaze over and a bright blue box takes over the whole of his iris. shen qingqiu goes quiet; the thing in his eyes moves, shifts, pulses for a second, like static worms crawling all over his pupils. then he blinks, and it's gone, and shen qingqiu accepts the mission that yue qingyuan was almost sure he would decline.

maybe there is an intervention, when the peak lords corner shen qingqiu at qian cao peak and try to figure out what's wrong, subjecting him to all kinds of treatments and curse-finding spells that turn up empty, they can't find anything.

of course, the silencing threat is still very much up and running. at first shen qingqiu was kind of confused by the whole ordeal, but when the peak lords start describing a "strange blue box", he realizes, with sickening suddenty, that they're describing the system. and he can't say anything.

this only makes everything worse, because their fellow peak lord now keeps evading every question and acts like he doesn't understand. liu qingge points right at his face and asks, "that blue box, what is it?" and shen qingqiu laughs nervously and starts talking about how bright the weather is and surely it's the sky and nothing to worry about!

even worse, during the intervention the system thought it was a good idea to start talking to him, so now even the peak lords who hadn't seen it and who might have been persuaded by light tricks and reflections, get a first row view that no, that definitely isn't a trick of the light.

they try to do the whole thing of "are you in danger, blink twice" but shen qingqiu can't even do that because it's still a direct admittance!

maybe eventually he starts saying vague confirmations that don't actually confirm anything, like "this master hears what you're saying", or maybe he goes with a classic "this master can neither confirm nor deny that." but the system starts warning him for that too and eventually he stops saying anything, which worries the others more.

luckily mu qingfang catches on that every time they ask a direct question about the box or shen qingqiu says anything vaguely confirming, it appears. it doesn't appear when they ask about curses or demons, so it must not see that as a threat.

for a little extra angst: maybe the peak lords keep pressuring him for answers, and at some point shen qingqiu gets fed up and snaps out something like, "why don't you understand that i'm not allowed to answer that!" the system counts this as a direct admittance, threatening it's existence. so it punishes. shen qingqiu has a qi deviation so bad it lasts two weeks and takes two people every day to cleanse his meridians. the system doesn't appear in that time. it doesn't appear for a long while after that, either. the peak lords stop asking, mainly because shen qingqiu will instantly leave the room if they do. they don't stop searching for a cure, though.

shang qinghua returns from a business trip and catches on the second someone mentions a blue box and forced silencing.

[usercelestial]

to be honest, the ending wasn't my problem. it's not a horrible way to end a show that has primarily been about a dysfunctional but loving family trying and failing to stop the apocalypse. having that family die to save the world but die together and willingly and in the end be reincarnated (ish?) as flowers under the same tree, i think that's really beautiful in a way. it's the details that fuck with me. five and lila are an insane choice, no resolution for sloane, everyone kind of just fucking off and having stories with no payoff that don't actually build to anything, ray just walking out, etc. like the last few minutes weren't the worst, it's really just everything leading up to those moments that were at best highly questionable

[rainbow-femme]

I think it would be really funny if you could get Wyll out of his pact by having Withers reclass him

Mizora over here pissed off because she didn’t anticipate Wyll being friends with the god of paperwork who would get him out of his devil contract for 100 gold, meanwhile he’s punching trees in half because he’s a monk now and giggling the whole time

[crocodiller]

Impossible to get a full long rest around here istg

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supernatural writers after season 5

[zuzu-draws]

Stardew Valley Bachelor Portrait Sukuna, anyone?? (I made some quick pixelated gifs while musing lolol)

I wonder how many folks would romance him in-game 🤔 Make your attendance here, folks ✋

[yujateaandpi]

Gobbled up the Dandadan anime and manga recently and absolutely adored it all. Not only does it feature the most likable and strongly written female characters I’ve ever seen in a shonen, it discusses extremely pertinent themes about consent and bodily autonomy from a lens of female solidarity while also elevating healthy relationships with kind communicative male characters who respect boundaries. It’s wacky, fun, gorgeous, and super refreshing. 

[tectco]

Some forehead kisses and a couple redraws for season four!

[jesncin]

John Constantine, the Chimera Twin storyline. A fancomic about grief, and our reimagining of the Golden Boy arc from Hellblazer.

[divineandmajesticinone]

4 MINUTES (2024) I 1.02 "Do the police normally do house check-ins."

[bloodymarymorstan]

So yesterday I watched all the historical scenes of Crowley and Aziraphale in chronological order and then feverishly came up with a new interpretation of the "you go too fast for me Crowley scene" so here it is:

Ok so now we know from season 2 that the Dirty Donkey pub where Crowley holds his heist-planning meeting is right across the street from Aziraphale's bookshop. This means that when Aziraphale goes to meet Crowley in his car he literally just walks across the street, but it also means that when Crowley offers to drive Aziraphale somewhere he isn't offering to take him home. The previous implication of that interaction was that Crowley was going to drive Aziraphale back to his bookshop, but Crowley knows that the bookshop is only a 30 second walk away so that's obviously not the case. In fact, Crowley doesn't actually ask Aziraphale if he wants to be driven home, what he actually says is "can I drop you anywhere?" and then "I'll give you a lift, anywhere you want to go".

So now we know that Crowley isn't trying to drive Aziraphale home, the conclusion we have to draw is that he's asking him if he wants to go somewhere else with Crowley. This is kind of a covert way of wording things, but Crowley is still testing the waters at this point in their relationship. He pulled this same tactic in 1941 when he said he would give Aziraphale a "lift home" and then ended up taking him somewhere else which led to them spending the entire evening together. "I'll give you a lift" has essentially become code for "let's hang out". This also explains why Crowley looks genuinely disappointed and upset when Aziraphale turns down his offer (and why Aziraphale acts apologetic about it).

But, considering that we know Aziraphale has fallen for Crowley by now AND that they went out together in 1941, why the "you go too fast for me Crowley" line? My explanation is this: in 1941, Crowley nearly got in big trouble with Hell simply for having been seen with Aziraphale, and not only did he not seem that bothered by it but he is now asking Aziraphale if he wants to go out again even though they've both been directly confronted with the risk this poses for him. I think it scares Aziraphale that Crowley is willing to risk so much just to spend time with him - he's not ready to confront the truth of what that means yet, and he's also not yet at the point where he'd be willing to take the same risk with Heaven. As usual, Crowley is a step ahead of him in terms of his commitment to their relationship, hence "you go too fast for me". Keep in mind that Aziraphale was very caught up in the moment in 1941 and has had a lot of time to reflect since then about the potential consequences of a relationship with Crowley, and he's just not ready yet even if he definitely wants it.

As a side note, I think it makes a lot of sense that this is the point when Aziraphale agrees to give Crowley the holy water (and why Crowley is more determinedly seeking it in the first place), because now both he and Crowley more fully understand the the danger Crowley will be in if Hell finds out what the two of them have been up to.

[lesbianjamies]

holy fuck we could've had it so good...

[mbohjeezart]

[ WIP ]

Bring a goat to a courthouse...

[padmesbox]

THEY NAMED THIS WHOLE GODFORSAKEN PAY PER VIEW AFTER ME

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