#contains: manipulation

[beechalk]

This is what watching late season M*A*S*H feels like

[doloresdisparue]

Here's your unfriendly reminder that according to Nabokov THIS is what Lolita should have looked like.

This is what he was picturing, what you should be picturing reading the novel. What he wanted the movie to look like.

Is this still cute and sexy and #goals? Something to put in a little aesthetic post? To post along with #daddy #older men do it better?

Or are you being extremely weird about a novel chronicling horrific abuse inflicted on a young child (much of which was based on real events)?

[tinyclowndancer]

Playing Control again to buy some time until I'm ready for AWII and the way Remedy, Matt, and Ilkka fried my brain to the point I can't even see a projector anymore without thinking about Zaneling and that scene... well played, well played. Now give us the Director's Cut in the Lake House DLC, please. It's for scientific research.

[coockie8]

Seeing someone worry that shipping lawlight would be PrObLeMaTiQuE™ because of the Age Gap™ will never not be hysterical because not only is Light already 18 by the time he and L meet in person but their Age Gap™ is, objectively, like the least toxic aspect of their relationship, canonically😂

[theninth09]

stiles: maybe you're controlling your heart rate and lying your ass off

theo, doing that exact thing:

idk what ya talking about 🥺💖🌈✨

[rawliverandgoronspice]

alright new totk headcanon: ganondorf did try to put gloom everywhere when he woke up as a mummy, but rauru is actually the one who caused the upheaval to put every single chance behind link in his fight against ganondorf

[lucaanis]

I made a similar post before a long ass time ago for the other three da protags but now it's time for rook, this time in poll format <3

as always feel free to ramble about your ocs in the tags!! 👀

[aleksanderscult]

so. First of all I love your blog. Seriously I think you are one of the person who have comman sense in this fandom. I like everything you post. While scrolling through Tumblr I came across the usual anti darkling post ( he is groomer , murderer etc etc ) i did the thing I usually do when I came across such thing : I skip. A tag caught my eye. I don't remember but it's say something like : the only reason you like him is that he is Ben Barnes if darkling is a girl you couldn't like him. Which made me think what if darkling was a girl and alina as a boy. I just image a sexy hot black hair women with pale skin and grey eyes and morozova genes. Which..........is enough to made me think if I am a Bi 🤔. That image has not left me for a week and my dreams. So my question is

What do you think might happen if darkling is a girl and alina is a boy. How might the events of SaB and SaS will be affected. And m*lina too,of mal is a girl too. You thoughts 🤔

Thank you so much, anon! It makes me happy to know that others enjoy my blog and content. 😍

First of all about what that anti said: I personally didn't like Ben Barnes as the Darkling so it obviously doesn't apply. And even if the Darkling was a girl I would still root for her. I root for any character that fights for something better, for a positive change to happen among such oppression. And I think that's one of the major reasons his fans love him as well.

Now about your question: Boy, I would love to see that. I was always attracted to dangerous women, especially the ones that combine beauty and slyness (like Milady in "The Musketeers" or Morgana from "Merlin" post season 2).

But I don't think the story would be affected that much with the only exception that Alina in a male form would probably not be slut shamed for his attraction to the Darkling (in this version she would be called Aleksandra which is a fact that I love!)

The Darkling would remain an interesting character but, God, does that mean that Alina as a man would still avoid his duties?? 😭

And Mal as a girl. She would obviously be popular and well-liked by everyone but imagine that: she would sleep around with many guys and then attack her best friend for falling in love with a girl that isn't her. Well, for one thing it doesn't stick. You see if Mal as a girl fucked around then she would be called a whore (just like Alina was indirectly called one by Mal for wanting Aleksander) while in the original story when Mal did that no one raised a single eyebrow. So we live in a fictional world where if you do that as a guy then you're okay but if you're a girl then you should be called a prostitute. And Leigh had Mal get away with his behavior so she was more willing to let Mal pass with his sexist behavior than the Darkling who had enough and tried to put end to his people slaughter for good.

Anyway, I believe Mal's character would change a lot if he was a girl (primarily his fuckboy nature because the author doesn't allow a girl to have sexual liberation in her books) and I have a feeling she would be boring (again). And I don't think she would be a tracker?

Alina as a man wouldn't be slut shamed (because he's a man 🤷) but he would still avoid the Darkling. Nevertheless the chemistry would be off the charts. And the Darkling would slay like always. She would be the personification of femme fatale but her goal would be selfless and true like always. For some reason, I imagine her as a very seductive figure (although my wishful thinking might be speaking here).

The real question here is how the relationship between the Darkling as a girl and her mother, Baghra would be. Would Baghra want a daughter in the first place but she got stuck with Aleksandra because it was her only child that shared her powers? Or if Baghra had no problem with her child's sex, would she still be that possessive and controlling over her?

My own answer is yes and Baghra would most definitely leave a trauma to the Darkling even if she was a girl. That woman has no parenting skills in any universe. Just like I can't see the Darkling be anything else other than a fighter and a survivor in any other scenario.

[aceofstars121]

Bisexuality. You agree.

[murderandcoffee]

I like to think that Martin is sort of like the kind of manipulator that makes you feel comfortable. He makes you feel at home and like you can trust him, then he fucking gets you.

And Jon is his boyfriend :)

yes :) #mansplainmanipulatemalewife

[loverboybrightsideghost]

sam reid's voice is just fucking insane. i haven't heard him sing i don't know if he sings but if he does i will be dead immediately upon the first note. it's also incredibly perfect for lestat. like. the fuck.

[lususnatura]

blamore having to wear things like back-less shirts / lower - cut tops and just items of clothing that will allow him SOME sort of free range of movement for his tail in general + will actually not constrict his rib cage may just make him a fashion icon y'all... sorry, i don't make the rules ( nah i'm just joking around with you guys LOL... mostly )

[bicraigmanning]

tw for discussion of physical child abuse and emotional abuse/manipulation

something i think about a lot, in that scene in tears are not enough part 1, is how well done the contrast between craig and his dad is done.

it’s admittedly rare but i have nonetheless seen people in forums / comment sections / the podcast i just listened to (yes i’m mad) / what-have-you blame craig for shoving albert in this scene. and i am just so unwilling to do that, as i think it’s a fundamentally victim-blaming mindset.

the scene very deliberately demonstrates the power imbalance. they’re leaving the restaurant, albert angry that craig refuses to to move back in with him and craig following behind. albert won’t slow down even as craig calls for him to wait up, and craig has to run to keep up with him, while albert is berating him all the while. when craig, overcome with frustration, runs up to albert to shove him—the first time we’ve ever really seen him truly fight back or lash out in any significant capacity; in when doves cry, there’s specific emphasis on him not fighting back at the end of part 1. throughout the two-parter, he freezes, or takes protective measures, or runs away—but he doesn’t fight back.

and now, here, there is such a clear contrast: craig’s shove barely does anything. albert stumbles forward slightly, but his immediate reaction to backhand craig is so forceful it knocks craig to the ground and he ends up with a cut on his eye/cheek signifying the huge power imbalance throughout the scene. what craig can do to albert is not equal or even anywhere close to what albert can do to craig.

i AM gonna talk about this more in the big meta, but i think part of the reason some might have this mindset is because they perceive the hit, which is done in response to craig’s shove, as the first moment of abuse from albert in these eps. but it’s not. he has been behaving emotionally abusive, manipulative, and inappropriately since the moment he arrived on the steps of degrassi at the start of this episode.

i won’t act like the shove is craig’s best idea ever, but it’s also clearly a reaction to the manipulation of his father and craig’s trust being broken when he realizes it was all just to get him back in the house, and his turmoil as his father is berating him. craig may have ‘started’ the physical altercation here, but in an established abusive dynamic like this one, it’s not that simple. context matters here.

[izzyjazzhands]

lol I remember when I first made this account I posted something like "hey does anyone know if anyone's going to be weird about me having izzy in my url? he's not my fav but I couldn't pass up this name" and now he's literally my favorite and I do not give a shit /pos

[butchford]

I love blocking shit. Goodbye forever.

[the-owl-tree]

SPOILERS FOR ASC OBVIOUSLY... but what do you think of Ivypool being the new deputy of ThunderClan? Was hoping they'd go for Twigbranch so we don't have anyone related to Firestar become leader in the event something happens to Squilf, but at least we have a female leader and deputy duo again, and at least it wasn't Lionblaze xdd

Ivypool is my beloved mutual's blorbo so i'm clapping politely lol

Tbh idk....like i don't know guys. It's all about if Squirrelflight comes back, there's a conversation about how Bramblestar will "take on the burden of leadership" again if something comes up. While I think her being an option for a super edition means they have something planned for her, I'm still sort of narrowing my eyes suspiciously at the idea that she's definitely gonna be deputy. But that's me being suspicious (and paranoid of the idea of them killing off Squirrelflight for shock value).

But as for her as actual deputy....ah idk her writing has always been a source of contention for me. I want so badly for the series to lean into the fact that she is controlling and petty and can be downright cruel if it means getting what she wants. I think she would be an excellent source of drama, I just don't have high hopes that they'll see these traits as bad things or at least use them in interesting ways. I'm serious, if I have to read another arc of Ivypool getting mad her sister has a life outside of her I'm gonna LOSE IT-

Twigbranch would have been fun actually, I wouldn't mind a cat that isn't from TPB-OOTS. It would be nice for the series to play around with their new cast more.