#current ED

[bobbie-robron]

I had this in my drafts for a VERY long time and decided to finally update and post after the muck up the show has done with the arrival of the so-called new Sugden (give me a DNA test that conclusively proves he is actually Jack’s son and not someone with ulterior motives against the family).

If the show was REALLY serious about reinvigorating the Sugden name, there’s no better character to do that than Kathy Brookman who had been married to Robert’s brother, Jackie, until his untimely accidental death (the show adores killing off THE ORIGINAL LEGACY FAMILY members that are the Merricks or Sugdens as the first option). She was PART of the family and would have known Robert’s biological mum Pat (if they ever want Robert to learn more about her one day). She would also have known Robert’s other LIVING sister, Sandie (recast to bring her back). She also is one of the remaining characters that would have a true link to the current village of the damned in the form of Eric Pollard!

What would be great with Kathy too is that she KNEW Robert since he was a baby and she was there for all of Christopher!Robert’s time there. She would have SEEN and had KNOWN how much pressure Jack would have been placing on sensitive and scholarly Robert to take over the farm one day and he having zero interest in doing so… he had other plans to be something more… leading to tension between father and son. She was there when Robert ran away when his parents fought.

She was there when Robert lost the only mum he ever knew and adored and saw how it affected him so much so that he wanted to stay with his much adored gran Annie rather than remain in the same home with the person who caused the fire… Andy… learning about it only hours earlier and Jack not willing to ease things for him.

When Andy came onto the scene, it was Andy she would have thought would have landed in prison (shocked faces). He was trouble with a capital T, a tearaway, a good liar (Robert was shocked when seeing Andy lie for the first time) and a bully. She might be the only other person besides Aaron that might know the Jack secret and could actually be Robert’s unconditional supporter. I would fully support the pedestal Vic keeps Jack on to collapse at long last and see things in other than rose colored glasses.

In closing, Kathy has actual history that could be told because she called the village of the damned her home for so many years. She KNEW Robert and hopefully would knock down the IM bs that Robert was born evil. He wasn’t, the complete opposite, but needed more than what Jack was offering during his childhood and teen years. Tack on the fact that both Jack and Sarah were cheaters (Jack’s cheating was swept under the rug and rarely mentioned later) and seemingly being usurped by his adopted brother dud not help matters. Plus, Kathy has a now over 20-year-old daughter who could make rounds.

There is just so much more than what is being offered up which has nothing to do with the Sugden name whatsoever right now. But, then again, the show is about tabloid/wash-rinse-repeat plots rather than organic storytelling that is allowed to actually breathe to get from one point to another properly.

[unknowngirlyy]

[housederiva]

Have you heard that Game Informer just shut down? Their staff were laid off with no warning, and (less comparatively important but still notable) pulled all their articles, including the DAV ones.

@felassan leaves us for two days and look what happens

[theofficialpresidentoftheusa]

I’m actually obsessed with the little shoulder waggle Ed does before they kiss as well as the bell around his neck jingling the entire time

[iguessthisisanewobsession]

All of the semi-decent inmates panic.

They all freak the fuck out and bust out in a mass breakout trying to find the baby.

Like the bats are ready for the worst only to come find the rouges in the most strange of team ups.

Like Bane and Grundy are like busting walls and causing havoc and just when you think it can’t get Any weirder

Bane: Little one! Though your games can be humorous against the others it is counterproductive to hide from your allies!

Jason on the roof listening in: yo Oracle you seeing this shit?

Part of

[lazylittledragon]

a 2 act tragedy starring me: i’ve been making fruit smoothies in the morning for a few days which has been great because it’s getting me to actually eat fruit for once, only to go on the internet and be told that it apparently releases all the natural sugars so it's actually Not that great for you and i am devastated

[ourfag]

i think there is something to be said of ed tied up wearing nothing but the cat bell and stede standing over him tapping and teasing and rubbing that bell like a clit while ed wriggles and huffs and blinks back tears of frustration bc he wants to be touched like that instead

[bunnithechubs]

not lilith causing problems >:D

[chronicallydragons]

could someone pretty please explain to my autonomic nervous system that we are not actually under attack or being chased by tigers when we...*checks notes*...are sitting up?

[bobbie-robron]

Right, I had to get those parallels out before I starting working on today’s episodes (there will obviously be multiple clips/posts for both). There’s so much history unfolding itself in these episodes that would last decades.

What I also found interesting is the length of the scenes themselves. They allowed the characters to let loose (breathe) and not cut corners. It truly was a time when the characters mattered and not the plot itself. This is one of the biggest differences between then and now.

Now, it’s about plot taking center stage and force fitting the characters into them and when said plot is over, the character would revert to status quo. Unfortunately that type of storytelling does a lot of damage to the characters themselves since they aren’t allowed to remain true to who we know they are. Maybe with the change in producer will help but then again, if the wrong producer is chosen (or one of the two remaining take over) and things remain status quo as they have been for many, many years…

[bloompetersblog]

He's so hot I'm crying 😍

[jas-peesauna]

new batman 89 echoes dropped .. look at my boy maynard

also really cool scarecrow and harley designs ^_^

[izzyspussy]

headcanon that during the kraken era ed had brief periods of not wanting to make himself feel worse, and during those times he would sleep in izzy's room, in izzy's bed, beside izzy instead of alone in the awful gutted out captain's cabin

accompanying headcanon that izzy never once even considered trying to turn him away even though he knew he wouldn't be able to sleep - partly out of hypervigilance, of course, but also because when ed is clean-faced and stubbly and asleep he looks exactly like the man he used to be back when izzy was certain they were in love

[imagine-to-be-a-pike]

Mf by like: we love good ED and queer representation, We need more exclusivity and understanding

And then they love him

[stedesparasol]

me giving stede a big dick in every fic i write

[thatshautee]

winter arc? nah. year long arc. 🎀🧘🏼‍♀️