#daphne just...sucks i guess.

[strawb3rries-eternity]

So I watched someone else on YouTube react to VELMA (bc I won't waste my HBO Max space) and I'm starting to think the entertainment industry sends an important message with the show...

The message is "If you keep asking for better versions of the source material we WILL make it shittier".

Or, at the risk of sounding completely cynical, "We know you love this source material, but we will make it shittier because riling you up is the best way we can make money than trying anything new or different"

[martsonmars]

Thanks for the tags @monbons @hushed-chorus and @whatevertheweather. I'm back and it's pick a WIP Sunday!

I really want to get back into writing Snowbaz and participating actively in the fandom. I don't exactly have more free time but I did graduate and I am technically on holiday until October, so let's try.

So I'm sharing snippets from 6 WIPs and maybe I'll be inspired to finish one of them. Help me out!!!!

1. Where Baz is a different blood sucking creature than usual. Prince and the frog but the prince is just a guy and the frog is trying to steal your blood.

The heat would be more than sufficient to make Simon reconsider all of his life choices. Give up on meat. Never touch plastic again. He'd do anything.

But no, clearly whatever sin he's committed—was it writing Jesus/Judas fanfiction when he was 15? It wasn't even explicit!—was enough to condemn him to this.

2. Holiday with the Grimms, where Simon and Baz share a bed in the same room as Malcolm and Daphne.

“Sorry I haven't delivered to my father an updated list of all the cocks I've sucked.” He wasn't smiling, but I could hear the smirk in his voice. The fake smugness. I know he's sucked half a cock (half sucked one cock?) and it was quite a disaster. “He doesn't know how deeply my virtue has already been fucked.”

I still snort at the thought. (The answer is not deeply at all.)

3. TA Simon and Baz showing up to class in a slutty Blackbeard cosplay.

I don't need a complaint for assault (let alone sexual assault) to drive my doctorate even farther away from my grasp.

I just need Grimm-Pitch to leave my classroom and come back wearing proper trousers before my overworked brain cells decide to go on permanent strike. (I'm not sure they haven't deserted me already.)

More snippets and tags under the cut!

4. Where Baz is a dryad and Simon is a woodcutter.

Simon didn't know many things, but he was pretty sure that pines weren't pretty men with long dark hair and pouty lips. Of course, Simon had never seen a man with dark green skin before, either, but he resembled a man more than a pine.

“You are not a pine. You're a man,” Simon voiced his scepticism, and he was rewarded with one more pine cone hitting his forehead. If nothing, the tree man had an impeccable aim.

5. Secret concept for this one.

Tucked in a corner as if he was trying to make himself seem smaller, yet he's got my attention like the masterpiece in a museum. Even the dim light of the pizzeria is enough to imagine the shine of his bronze curls under the summer sun. He's pale and freckled, broad and solid. Sturdy like the old table in my living room. I can perfectly see how he'd fit there, between a stack of Spinoza's complete works and the cabinet where my grandmother's Capodimonte porcelain sits unused. His back to the floor-to-ceiling window that opens on the terrace, surrounded by the bright halo of the hours before sunset. Bright like a Michelangelo in a room that's all Caravaggio.

6. This one I'm going to continue for sure when inspiration strikes, so it's not part of pick a WIP Sunday. It's maybe guess the WIP Sunday in this case.

“Sounds like you could use a break,” his deep voice says from a corner of the hall, as if he's read my mind. I see a pair of long legs first—legs for miles—crossing the room towards me, wrapped in a pair of trousers so tight I can't help but wonder how he'll take them off. (Not that I'm thinking of Baz without trousers.) (I mean, I've seen him without trousers. He wears chitons most of the time.) (He also wears really short shorts.) (I just mean I'm not thinking about taking his trousers off.) (Just. I mean.)

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[idolomantises]

What do you think of Velma x Daphne from Velma? I know everyone doesn't really like it, but I wanna hear your opinion. ( you don't need to answer if you don't want to)

I had a lengthy response in mind but decided to keep it brief: it sucks so much ass, jfc.

It's not really helped by how much the show objectifies women (especially teenage girls), it just feels like these two were only paired together, less because of chemistry (because there's none) and more like "these two women have to be together because men bad".

Velma is abusive and a bully (and also tried to... murder Daphne in the first episode??) , and Daphne seems to flip flop on how she behaves around Velma. Not that I don't love a good 'ol fashion enemies to lovers dynamic, but you gotta make it GOOD, make it COMPELLING. not "we fight a lot as friends, so we should be girlfriends".

Honestly I get pretty fed up with a lot of modern media really struggling with writing f/f relationships with good chemistry. not toxic dynamics that are brushed off as either justified and non-existent. And same goes for the inverse, so many bland couples that feel like co-workers than romantic partners.

i guess bubbline set the standard too high.

[luckyqueenreign]

This season of LITG has so far been so good. I wonder what happened that forced them to push the update a week… because it’s clear this “meet the OG girls” was slapped together in the matter of hours and thrown up on the app. If you haven’t played it yet and want to know if it’s worth it….it’s not. We already know what all of the girls look like and the girls don’t really say anything new or interesting.

Here’s the gist of what all of the girls said..

Estelle: Alex isn’t the type of guy she normally goes for but she wants to try something new and she thinks he’s hot.. she can’t tell right now if just friendship vibes or more and she doesn’t wanna lock things in too early like Daphne and Raf. She thinks they come off looking forced. She loves all of the girls but Willow is her bestie… she mentioned asking alex about sharing a bed. I mean it’s a given on love island especially as an og, we’ve never asked to share a bed with someone so I thought that was weird.

Daphne: poor girl, she would benefit from some acupuncture and micellar water... I felt her reasoning for going after Cassius was actually so real. This is love island you’re supposed to explore your connections and attractions and for her to explore it with Cassius and see she didn’t feel anything I think is part of the process. What I found to be possibly the only interesting thing any of the of girls said was when she was talking about Alex she mentioned that he’s Raf’s bestie and that he would redo her kitchen cabinets but then she gets flirty and blushes and says “That’s not the only reason I like him” EXCUSE ME?!? 🤔👀 I wonder if they’re going to explore this at all or if this was just a random thing they added in to this super rushed update. I guess we’ll see.

Willow: she says she needed a break and her and Bryson aren’t really vibing. I’m sorry to the Bryson girlies but I get what she means, I kind of felt like he was a little annoying and it’s the reason why I couldn’t jump on his route 😬🫣 anywayyy Willow says she normally goes for business bros but it seems like it doesn’t matter what type of guy both types sucked, so she’s hoping for a new bombshell. Is it just me or isn’t Willow perfectly coded to have a friends to lovers type route with MC like a more new and improved Angie route??? Really hope they do bc the wlw routes def need some work. As for the other guys she thinks alex is a hottie, Joyo is gonna take her diving and eek she said it looked like Raf wasn’t that interested in Daphne before they left for casa.

Geri: I’m sorry but immediately I couldn’t focus on anything because they gave her the tiniest hands ever and it somehow makes her head also look bigger. Look at this pic of her and Daphne. Look at the hands!! The poor girls proportions are all off.

Ok ok back to what was said.. her connection to Joyo seems super physical and not much else. The things they have in common are all of the many places they’d want to bone and coffee. Basically she’s unsure of where her couple stands right before casa. She thinks Estelle and Alex are great for other people. She doesn’t seem them vibing or going very far. Daphne and Raf she thinks are vibing hard and she would be shocked if he twisted! This made me think if you’re on the Raf route she might be your enemy but on the Alex route she might be more friendly towards you. (I really hope they explore that) as everyone else has said Bryson is too much of a flirt that it’s hard to tell how he actually feels. She feels like there’s a spark missing with both Joyo and Bryson. She thinks every girl but Daphne is going to twist!! But she mentions we can’t forget history could repeat itself and Daphne could end up twisting too. It would actually be exciting if they had all of the girls twist too BUT I’m thinking that, that would mean no more bombshells for the rest of the season because we would be getting four new boys at once. I doubt they would throw more bombshells in for an already shortened season.

[arrowheadedbitch]

Alright the time has come to share my final au

For the day, not ever don't worry

Playing a little catchup rn if you couldn't tell

Au where Shawn is Apollo and Lassie is Hyacinth 👀

....Juliet is Cypruses

Except JUST KIDDING haha, because I decided Juliet makes a better Hyacinth and Lassie is a perfect Cyprusususeses whatever the fuck

Gus is Hermes ig

Abigail is Daphne??? 👀👀👀

Ares is Jimmy Nickels ☠️☠️☠️ lol

Haha Henry is Zeus

Victoria is Zephyrus (the west wind) if you keep Lassie as Hyacinth jajdnsmskdjs

I guess since Juliet is Hyacinth, Declan is the west wind instead??? Or we go with the version of the story where Zephyrus wasn't even involved

LINDSAY FROM PSY V PSY IS CASSANDRAAA

"Lindsey lies and everyone believes her, Cassandra tells true prophecies yet no one believes her"-Toast

And she slept with Shawn in a way that kinda parallels Cassandra's betrayal of Apollo

AND APOLLO HAS THE SAME HATE FOR DAD AND LOVE FOR MOM AAAAAAAA

Leto Maddyyyy

Myra as Dionysus

If we keep Lassie as Hyacinth, INSTEAD OF PLAYING DISCUS TOGETHER SHAWN AND LASSIE ARE SHOOTING TOGETHER

This is where I realised that I should switch Jules and Lassie

So Jules gets killed via discus and Lassie begs Shawn to kill him for accidentally killing something sacred 👀👀👀

Cyprus died because he shot something, Lassie would totally go hunting and accidentally shoot the wrong deer

(For those who don't know, Cyprus was a man Apollo loved, he loved him so much he gifted him a sacred deer but Cyprus accidentally shot and killed it while hunting. Unable to live with the guilt, he begged his lover, Apollo, to kill him. So Apollo turned him into a tree, and that's how Cyprus Trees were made)

Its the same strong sense of justice that made him a cop, that made him break Shawn's tape, that gets him killeddd

Justice too strong to let himself get away with shooting the sacred deer Shawn gave himmmmmm

Also Juliet turning into a flower and Lassie turning into a tree just sounds right

~~Juliet died rollerskating instead /j/j/j~~

Juliet dying during a happy day out also feels right

It's like a movie where everything is perfect and then the wife gets hit by a car and now everything sucks

It just...matches

(For those who don't know, Hyacinth was a beautiful prince who fell in love with Apollo, they dated but Zephyrus, the west wind, was also in love with Hyacinth and while Apollo was teaching Hyacinth to play discus, it's like frisby but with a stone discus instead of plastic, Zephyrus decided that if he couldn't have the prince no one could, so he blew a gust of wind to make the discus strike Hyacinth in the head, killing him. Despite being the god of medicine, Apollo couldn't heal his lover, so he turned him into a flower. This is why the Hyacinth flower exists. And to this day, Apollo doesn't know it wasn't his fault that Hyacinth died.)

Here's a great moment from the server

Who's selene in this because Hermes doesn't marry

Maybe no selene and Shus is the end goal 🤔

And that wierd guy Myra married is Ariadne lol

So, in closing.

Apollo: Shawn, Hyacinth: Juliet, Cyprus: Lassie, Hermes (and maybe Artemis at the same time? I dunno): Gus, Henry: Zeus, Madeleine: Leto, Dionysus: Myra, Her dead ass husband: Ariadne, (omg that means that Gus kills him if he's Artemis 😭☠️😭☠️😭☠️), Zephyrus: Maybe one of Jule's exes, maybe no one??? (There are alternate versions of the story where Zephyrus wasn't involved and it was wholey Apollo's fault...)

And, side note, a Shawn as Dionysus au would totally fucking slap if any of yall wanna get on that

Bonus points of he still doesn't like the taste of wine despite being the god of wine

Thanks to @thespiritssaidso for having this discussion with me :]

[mrsfrecklesmarauders]

Remus could hear the loud music from outside the building. Shit, the neighbors were surely going to complain. Especially the old lady from 5A who hated Remus' guts and thought a nice young man such as Sirius deserved a better "friend". Of course, Sirius was always polite with old ladies. They didn't know the actual devil he was.

Remus and Sirius moved in to the flat about a month ago. And they were already causing trouble. They had to have a Halloween Bash to inaugurate the flat.

"Uncle Alphard used to make parties here all the time" Sirius said "Surely the flat misses that"

"It's a flat, Sirius. Flats don't have feelings"

But of course Remus was weak to Sirius' puppy eyes. And they ended up organizing a party for Halloween.

Remus got a late shift in the Library, so he had to arrive late to his own event. Sirius had been texting him updates about what's been happening. The texts had gotten drunker and drunker as the night went on. Remus knew that because when Sirius was drunk, he couldn't type properly.

The music and screaming got louder as Remus got to their floor.

"Jesus Christ..." Remus whispered. What if the neighbors called the police?

Remus got his keys and struggled with the door, but it was opened by someone else.

"Remus!"

James' bright face appeared at the door. James usually didn't get drunk. He was the responsible designated driver. But James Potter didn't need a drink to be happy or cheerful.

"Where's your costume?"

The whole group had agreed to be The Scooby Doo gang. Remus smiled when he saw James wearing a skirt and a wig. He was supposed to be Velma.

Remus unzipped his jumper exposing his green t-shirt. He was supposed to be Shaggy.

"I was at work"

"Couldn't you be more creative?"

"It's Shaggy, I look great" Remus shrugged.

"Everyone is drunk" James announced.

To confirm this, Lily came running to hug him.

"Remus!" she even clinched to his neck.

"Lily..."

Lily was obviously Daphne. And she looked pretty hot with her costume.

"I freaking missed you" she sounded very drunk "I almost cried"

"I'm right here, love" Remus smiled as he patted her back.

"Lily, babe" James sighed worriedly "I told you to lie down and drink water"

"I'm fine... Pffft..." But Lily moved dizzily. James grabbed her arm "Oh hey..." she smirked at James "You look sexy with that skirt" she even slapped his butt "Nice legs..." she giggled.

Remus was amused. Sober Lily would never say something like that.

"Okay sexy lady..." James laughed "Let's get you a bit of water"

"I'm gonna sex you up... James Potter..."

"I think that is my cue to leave" Remus interrupted, as Lily melted into James' arms. James laughed.

"Where's Sirius?"

James pointed behind him.

"Terrace, smoking like a chimney with Marlene"

"Good"

Remus began walking.

"If we kiss now it might be lesbian...." Lily was saying

"Okay baby..."

"I wanna kiss a girl...Oi Remus! Where're you going?"

Remus just blew her a kiss and let her boyfriend took care of that mess.

Remus made his way through the party. He saw many familiar faces waving at him with fancy costumes. Frank, Alice, Dorcas' friends. There were too many people for their little flat.

Remus saw Mary dancing with Edgar. They were giving it all, even going down to the floor.

Remus bumped into Peter who was getting out if the kitchen. He looked really nice as Fred.

"Remus! It was about time... You're terribly late"

"Just got out of my shift" Remus said "And you're sober"

Peter nodded "I hate being drunk. I've been drinking water to balance it" he showed him the cup on his hand.

"You look great" Remus smiled.

"You look weird just with a tee. I think is the first time I've seen your arms"

"Very funny" Remus said "Sirius?"

"I think he was smoking..." Peter answered "God, he is terribly drunk..."

"Great" Remus sighed.

"Good thing he lives here"

"Guess who is going to take care of that wanker"

"Sucks to be you"

Remus sighed but began walking.

"We should take a picture later..." Peter said "The Scooby Doo Gang"

"Sure" Remus nodded.

He made his way towards the terrace when he heard people laughing very loudly. And he smelled cigarette. He craved one. The cool air hit his face.

Marlene, Dorcas and Sirius were sitting at the terrace floor. Laughing their butts out. Remus couldn't avoid smiling at that sight. While Marlene, Dorcas and Mary where the three witches from Hocus Pocus but hotter, Sirius was Scooby. He looked absolutely adorable with his doggy ears and doggy tail. He even had his face painted.

"Hello..." Remus said.

"Moooooonyyyyy!!" Sirius chanted, opening his arms for him like a little kid. Remus' heart jumped in his chest for him.

"Hello handsome" Dorcas smiled.

"Luupiiin, where's your freaking costume?" Marlene asked irritated.

Dorcas was the least drunk off them all. But they were still drunk.

"I'm wearing my costume" Remus gestured to himself.

Marlene narrowed her eyes "You boring!"

Remus shrugged. Dorcas laughed. Sirius was sending kisses to his boyfriend.

"Let's go, Marly" Dorcas stood up "Let's get ourselves sober before going"

"What? We're going?" Marlene asked.

"You're going?" Sirius added.

"I have training tomorrow morning and I think you're done drinking, babe"

"I just got here" Remus said.

"He just got here!" Marlene repeated but her eyes were closing.

Sirius was smiling and murmuring things to himself, dozing off.. Jesus, it wasn't that late. And everyone was already pissed. Remus wasn't a party person but he felt awful to have missed the first crazy bash in the flat.

"Come on, darling" Dorcas dragged Marlene to her feet. She kind of struggled getting up but she eventually managed to stay stable in Dorcas' arms.

"Goodbye bitch!" Marlene pointed at Sirius.

"Bitch!" Sirius answered pointing at her.

Dorcas smiled at Remus as they dragged Marlene "The flat is lovely Remus, thank you for inviting us"

"Glad you enjoyed yourselves" Remus smiled back.

When Dorcas and Marlene were gone, Remus noticed his boyfriend had fallen asleep. Remus felt a bit guilty. Sirius had been excited for the party. But Remus had insisted on not missing his shift. He really felt like he needed to contribute with the expenses. He didn't want to live in Sirius' apartment for free.

"Hey, love" Remus sat down next to Sirius.

Sirius opened his eyes.

"Moony!" he said and put his head on Remus shoulder "Where were you? I was dying without you!"

Remus smiled. It was even cuter if Sirius wore that costume.

"You were going to die of alcohol poison" Remus tutted.

Remus took the cigarette pack from Sirius' hands and lit himself a cigarette.

Sirius shook his head.

"I was guarding the whiskey because I know how much you like it...." Sirius mumbled "Everyone was trying to drink it but I was like: 'Nah, that's for my Moony!' And I was saving some for you..."

"You mean this whiskey?" Remus took the empty bottle from Sirius' hands.

"Oh! Where did it go?"

Remus chuckled "Inside of you, my love. I think you drank it all"

"No"

"Yeah"

"Nah ah..." Sirius shook his head. "I kept it for my Moony."

"Did you? Thank you..."

"I am a good boyfriend" Sirius smirked

Remus couldn't agree more.

"Yes, you are my darling" Remus kissed his forehead which made Sirius happy.

"Ah...yes... " Sirius smiled "On the lips now"

Remus obeyed and gave him a peek on the lips.

Sirius beamed "Scooby Dooby Doo!"

Remus laughed "I don't think Scooby and Shaggy kissed"

"Oh they did the dirt" Sirius nodded "They shagged like animals"

"A human and a dog?"

"Oh yeah... Doggy style" Sirius giggled "All the time"

"You are a fucking pervert" Remus laughed as he put his arm around him.

Sirius leaned to kiss Remus' neck. It felt delicious.

"We live here, my Moons" Sirius gestured around "I FUCKING LOVE LIVING WITH MOONY!!"

Sirius yelled so loudly that a few dogs around barked.

"Sirius..." Remus covered his mouth as he giggled "Shut up. What are you doing?"

"We're just mature men living in our own apartment" Sirius declared with his hands.

"Mature?" Remus raised an eyebrow "I think they are going to kick us out after tonight"

"Oh yeah?" Sirius asked "Well... FUUCK THEM!"

"Sirius..." Remus hushed him.

"FUCK THOSE ASSHOLES" Sirius added "Fuck them!"

"Okay..."

"We love each other" Sirius smirked

"Yeah"

"I love you!"

Remus giggled "I love you"

Sirius grabbed Remus' face and kissed him. This time for real.

"Oh you have the perfect lips to kiss" Sirius said. Remus smiled "Kiss me more"

It was satisfactory to kiss Sirius, it would always be. Even if he tasted like whiskey and cigarettes.

"God... I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU!"

"Let's go dancing" Remus said to distract him. He was going to wake up the whole neighborhood.

"Dancing?"

"Yeah yeah, love. I want to dance with you"

"Yes... Okay" Sirius nodded eagerly.

Remus turned off his cigarette. And stood up.

"Come on, handsome"

Remus struggled to get his boyfriend to his feet. Sirius groaned and whined like a child. He looked dizzy because he almost tripped.

"Woah..." Remus steadied him.

"Woah" Sirius repeated with a laugh.

"Just grab on to me, Padsie"

Sirius smirked "I know what you want, Mr. Lupin..." Sirius poked his nose "Mr. Second Intentions..."

Remus raised an eyebrow amused.

"You want to be touchy touchy with me, eh?"

Remus laughed "Let's go inside, baby"

"Yeah I knew it! I knew it" Sirius giggled "You want to take me to bed" he winked.

They went inside and spent the rest of the night dancing and having fun with their friends. Sirius didn't drink anymore, he was only provided water. So he was getting more and more sober. Or maybe Remus was getting drunker. But they were still having fun.

"I love you so much I cannot breath without you" Sirius whispered on Remus' ear as they danced. It sent shivers down Remus' spine.

"I love you even more, my beautiful handsome prince" Remus whispered back

"This party is fun but I can't wait to be alone with you in our flat again"

"Ready to clean everything up?"

"Don't ruin the moment, Moony"

Remus giggled.

"I meant doing other things, perhaps"

He said in such way that it made Remus blush, and slightly horny.

Remus kissed Sirius lips sucking them and getting his tongue inside, making Sirius let out a soft moan.

"Later baby"

The flat was a mess when everyone was gone. It almost sunrise. James and Lily were the last ones to leave. After Lily puked several times, she was fast asleep on James' chest.

Luckily, Remus and Sirius didn't have much trouble with neighbors. Some of them knocked threatening to call the police if they didn't stop. Especially lady from 5A. But they didn't. Remus reckoned they wouldn't be much welcomed after this little event. But he was happy. It had been worthy. Remus had had fun with his friends and his boyfriend. Life was good. Remus was lucky.

"I am so tired..." Sirius sighed, placing his head on Remus' shoulder.

"Me too"

"I don't want to clean. I don't want to do anything..."

"Not even sex?"

Sirius opened one eye and lifted his head.

"Moony..."

Remus raised his eyebrows. 

"No..." Sirius shook his head "Not even sex. I'm knackered"

Remus laughed, and grabbed Sirius' hand.

"Don't worry, me neither"

Sirius closed his eyes again, dropping his head.

"Good thing the neighbors didn't complain"

"I guess they were used to Alphard's parties" Sirius said "They must've thought he was back from the death"

"Noo... Not his handsome evil spirit again!"

Sirius giggled.

"There will be more parties to come, Moony Moons"

Remus chuckled "As long as you promise not to drink like a wanker next time"

"As long as you promise to drink like a wanker next time"

Remus laughed and Sirius smiled. Remus didn't only want the parties. He wanted it all. The boring stuff, the domestic fluff, the fights, the stupid expenses, the cleaning after making a mess. Practically building a home with Sirius in that place. A home.

"Promise" he said, giving Sirius a kiss on his head "I love you"

"Love you more"

[winx-reimagined]

MASTERLIST

A magic dimension is obviously going to be full of magical creatures. Fairies, witches, pixies (do specialists count as magical? To be discussed later), and several others. But what makes a fairy a fairy and a witch a witch? Aside from aesthetics and alignment, there’s always been a lack of information about the differences and makings of the various beings that exist in the magic realm. There’s also a lack of information about important beings like the Great Dragon, Daphne—nymphs in general frankly—, Faragonda, and many other people & events. Hell, no one can even tell how long the war against the Ancestral Witches lasted. Was it 16 years or over multiple centuries? Like seriously, why is Faragonda old as balls but the war started when she was a teen / young adult, but Bloom is only 16 and nobody remembers her or the war? (Even if she was born at the end of the war, that’s still not enough time for everyone to forget about it).

All I’ve been able to gather from the series is that witch magic is fueled by negative emotion & winx magic by positive emotions. But this isn’t always the case since, for example, when Bloom was infuriated because she thought Kikko was dead she released a massive amount of power. Call it a hunch, but I don’t think she was feeling very live-laugh-love in that moment. Though, you could argue her love for Kikko was the motivation even if the emotion was a negative one. Still, at the end of the day, she acted out in rage and not love.

And clearly, one’s form of magic can be changed, given Mirta became a fairy. Which I personally don’t like, she could’ve just been a good witch (which would help fight the stigma that they’re so adamant about keeping up until it’s convenient for the witches to help the good guys) but I get the school environment might’ve not been the best for her. It just sucks that the only reoccurring witch character we get are the Trix and then are expected to just accept that witches aren’t evil.

Given that Stella said Bloom was born with her powers and the city of Magix, especially the schools, don’t allow non-magical beings to enter. This has to mean the specialists are magical creatures. But the only magical thing they do is use their weapons (which I’m not even actually sure is magic or if it’s just advanced tech or both?) What specialists are is such a neglected topic I’m almost convinced they’re just regular dudes. Also, why are princes training the same way as knights or squires? Like yes, I get “military training” given Sky would lead the royal army if ever the occasion, but I would imagine there’s more to being a king than being able to fight. The princesses don’t ever get “military training” though I guess they do learn how to fight (I think, it at least looks like it) and change the color of their hair. A necessary skill to rule over a kingdom, surely.

I believe that all of their magic is the same but what they choose to do with it ultimately dictates what they end up becoming. But then that puts into question why are witches allowed to go to school? And what are any of them going to school for? Relating back to my previous rant “Cloud Tower | School of Terrorists” most of the Winx dubs have set up witches and their school to feed off negative emotion, not to mention have called most of them evil especially given the terrible deeds of the Ancestral Witches. But how does school function within the magic realm? Because in real life, it’s meant to prepare children for jobs or further education. This idea is never really explored, honestly, I think the fact that the girls are growing up and will soon leave Alfea is never really brought up (mind you I haven’t watched season 7, so maybe it is) since even once they’ve graduated they stay at the school to act as teachers. Which is cool and all, but eventually these girls have to move on. Stella, Aisha, & Bloom all have kingdoms to rule over and Tecna, Flora, & Musa have their own interests but this idea of growing up and moving on from school is never really talked about. And while I know most of my writing is about the actual writing of the series and not its influence on its audience, this idea would’ve been great for young girls to watch so they’re not so afraid of growing up and moving on. Because it’s inevitable and seeing your fictional idols experience that and overcome it, would make it less scary.

Anyway, it’s unfortunate we don’t get to see what they learn from school often. We hardly see what the fairies learn, let alone the witches or specialists. And weirdly, for a show that heavily involves magical schools, we never see any arcs about school competitions, tournaments, festivals, or interactions with other schools. Even regular high schools have basketball or football games against other schools regularly. It’s just sad how little their school life actually makes an appearance in the series. Especially when it seems they’re either too scared or too lazy (perhaps even too uncreative) to let go of them being at Alfea.

I also wish we got to see more unique cases, similar to Mirta, of people who don’t fit the binary of witch, fairy, and specialist. Also we never really learn about other kinds of these species(?)/groups, like how there are nymphs and presumably an equivalent level for witches, not to mention there are also sorcerers. It’s even weirder given Nymph is the next level in terms of fairy magic and yet none of the main crew go on to learn how to become one? But also, what is a nymph? Like always it isn’t explained, saying they’re a stronger fairy isn’t much of an explanation.

Sometimes it makes me sad to write rants like this because it makes me realize that Winx was not as unique as I thought it was nor as in-depth as it could’ve been. I still love the series of course, but taking it apart and analyzing it like this has its consequences. Though in a way, it does motivate me more to add my own ideas and creations to the series, and I hope my ramblings and machinations are at the very least entertaining!

[bridgertonbabe]

Friends ask 😂 as I’m at the Barbados episodes with Monica and Mike playing Ping Pong and I’m wondering if this happens anywhere in the friends Au?

I know Kate and Anthony are both competitive monsters so it couldn’t really be them but I was thinking maybe Benedict and Sophie but with Benedict sort of being Monica (if even add in the mad hair as well) in the game and Sophie taking over hiding her talent for the game, bit like Chandler does but I was interested in how it would play out

When your muse inspires you anyway 🧡

I've thought about the ping pong storyline before but for the longest time I've never been able to settle on which couple would be Mondler in the scenario.

As you mentioned Kanthony are a competitive force to be reckoned with so it wouldn't be them, but with all the other couples I've been back and forth in deciding who would be Monica and Chandler - however, I think I'm leaning more towards Daphne and Simon.

Based purely on the fact that Daphne is the second most competitive sibling when it comes to Pall Mall, I can see her taking a ping pong game far too seriously and feeling crestfallen when she bangs her wrist and can't play any more; only for Simon to chivalrously step in for her and astound his wife by revealing his hidden talent and thrashing their opponent.

"Oh my god! I thought you sucked at sports!" Daphne gasped.

"I don't suck at sports." Simon scoffed. "And I've always been great at ping pong."

"How did I never know this?"

"I guess I just didn't want you to know how good I was."

"Why?"

"I don't know." Simon shrugged.

"Well this is so great! Oh my god! We could buy a ping pong table and invite Kate and Anthony round and play them every week!"

"That's why!" Simon snapped a finger immediately, his wife's response instantaneously making him remember the reason why he always played down his athletic prowess.

(And as for the matter of the mad hair Monica suffers from in those episodes, I'm thinking on a big family holiday to Barbados that all of the Bridgertons' hair frizzes up inexplicably because of the humidity, much to the continued disbelief of their spouses.)

[phantompoguefangirl]

Rewatching Switched At Birth AGAIN.

One really frustrating thing that I haven't seen many people talk about is that there are several times where it is brought up that Carlton School is struggling financially and the Kennishes witness them lose programs and the school itself almost close, but yet NOT ONCE do they offer to donate money to the school BOTH THEIR DAUGHTERS GO TO.

John gets so upset when they cut the basketball team but then a few episodes later complains about how much money he gives to Buckner sports or whatever. Like DUDE ARE YOU DENSE??? You have one child still attending the rich white people school and he gives exactly zero fucks about going there so what are you even giving them the money for?

And Bay remarks that Kathryn could fund raise $5,000 out of mission hills in minutes but yet she never thinks to fund raise for Carlton? Even when she is literally at the school fighting to keep the play going? Not once does this ever occur to her??

I know it is mentioned in the episode where Daphne talks to the school board that the board is just full of bigots who only give money to the schools they favor but the Kennishes had so much power and could have done so much but they didn't and it makes me so upset.

To be fair, I guess we wouldn't have had the occupy carlton storyline if they had helped and that storyline was SO important for Deaf representation and raising awareness for how Deaf people are treated in the educational system.

But still. John and Kathryn suck for being rich and not using it to help Carlton.

[words-after-midnight]

@cwritesfiction made this Share an Excerpt post the other day and I immediately thought of this segment from a truly ridiculous additional/deleted scene to Life in Black and White, which involves Jeff convincing Gabriel to steal a parasol from an old lady's balcony at two in the morning in January (2002). The segment I'm sharing takes place in the basement of Jeff's house. Contextual note: Jimmy is the owner of their favorite diner, who Jeff tells everyone has dementia even though he does not.

cw: suggestive, sexual content (mentioned/implied; minors DNI)

It’s just past one in the morning, and we’re sitting in the basement listening to Appetite for Destruction. Jeff’s lounging on one of the cinema chairs, face deadpan, staring up at the ceiling. I’m trying to decide if I want to do something else or just give up and go to bed already. I’ve been procrastinating on working on an assignment for one of my classes for four hours. It’s kind of late now.

Suddenly, as I’m gazing into the TV from my spot on the couch, lost in no specific thought in particular, I’m snapped back to reality by Jeff plopping down onto the couch beside me. I didn’t even hear him get up. There’s a weird look on his face - halfway between intense focus and like he’s trying not to laugh.

“What’s up?” I ask, somewhat alarmed.

In a fluid gesture, he grabs the large bottle of vodka that’s been hanging out on the coffee table since I brought it down here a few days ago. Hard to believe considering my complicated relationship with this particular liquid these days, but it’s still over three quarters full. He holds the bottle in both hands in his lap, looking down at it musingly, considering it for a moment. Then, he looks back up at me and asks me casually, "What if I drank this whole thing and gave myself alcohol poisoning?"

Well, that’s not what I was expecting, but okay. "I'd probably recommend not doing that," I tell him.

"I'll take that under advisement," he says, grinning - smugly - as he uncaps the bottle. Throws the cap carelessly to the floor. Watches it fall. "Okay, advisement over. I've just decided… I'm going to chug this whole thing right now unless you go upstairs and tell Daphne."

I frown, confused. "What do you mean, tell Daphne? Tell Daphne what?"

He just smiles. Gives me a brief, suggestive eyebrow raise. 

My heart drops into my stomach. "Oh, fuck no,” I exclaim. “Are you high?"

He chuckles. "I'm dead serious. Oh, yes. Go on. Go upstairs and tell her about all the times you've been down here sucking my dick while she was in her room two floors up. Otherwise I’m drinking this entire thing right here and now."

I imagine I must look a bit like a baby deer in a transport truck's headlights right now. I just look at him, dumbfounded. "I -"

He cuts me off. Smacks my arm with gusto, eyes wide, grinning widely, like he's just had the best idea since the lightbulb. "No, no, wait, even better - tell her about the time you fucked me in a cabin not two hundred feet from the tent she was sleeping in."

I can’t tell for sure because I feel like the connection between my brain and my body is currently being severed, but if I had to guess, I’d say I’m probably sweating like a malfunctioning fire hydrant at the moment. I just stare at him. "For fuck sakes… what is wrong with you?” I say practically under my breath, before adding at a higher volume, “Are you good?"

He ignores me, because unfortunately, he isn’t fucking done. "Mm, yeah, I'm sure she'd love to know all about how hard you made me come that night with my legs wrapped around your -"

At this point, I've all but lunged forward, smacking a hand onto his mouth in a desperate attempt to make him shut the fuck up. He's trying to fucking kill me. I'm convinced. "Stop. I swear to God."

He makes eye contact with me as he grabs my hand with both of his and half-seriously bites it before yanking it sharply away from his face. "What?" he says teasingly. "Don't tell me you already forgot..."

Hah. Haha. Very funny. Someone give the man an award for outstanding performance in comedy. I can’t quite keep the hint of a smile from my face. "You may have convinced Jimmy he has Alzheimer's, but I certainly don't."

He laughs. Shrugs. "Well. Anyway. If you ever want a repeat of that, you'd better make sure I don't drink all of this, hmm?"

I’m just sitting here, looking at him, completely baffled. I’m honestly just at a loss. "Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you right now?"

He lazily points to the ceiling. "Go on. Go tell her."

"Are you for -"

He snaps his fingers. "Wait, actually, I changed my mind. You have two options."

Oh no. I know what he's going to say before he even opens his mouth again. "No," I say firmly.

"I want Linda Peacock's parasol."

"No."

"Come on."

"I'm not stealing that fucking parasol. Go get it yourself if you want it so bad."

The look on his face right now is just cruel. Feigning consideration for a moment, he says, "Hmm… no. I want it just bad enough to make you do it for me. Which you will."

"Oh yeah? How? Because I'll tell you right now, it's going to take a lot more than you pinky swearing not to give yourself alcohol poisoning." I reach out, grabbing the neck of the bottle and trying to pull it from his grasp, but he tightens his grip. Some of the vodka swishes out, falling into his lap. He frowns, then grins at me intently. 

"I'll let you sleep in my room," he says. 

Deliberately, I look down at the vodka so that his eyes don’t checkmate me right now. Okay. I see how it is. He's bringing out the big guns to this fistfight. Unluckily for him, I know an obvious bluff when I hear one. "Yeah, right."

"I mean it."

"Uh huh," I snap back, sarcastically. "I'm not stealing Linda's parasol. Get over it."

He manages to draw my gaze to his own again as he takes a couple of hearty swigs from the bottle. Then, he sets it firmly on the table, lies back on the couch with his head in my lap, one arm draped lazily overhead and the other across his stomach. He looks directly up at me, and says, "You're going to go get that parasol, because when you get back, I'll let you do whatever you want to me."

Ten minutes later we're in the front yard. He's pacing playfully in a circle around me, grinning victoriously, swinging the bottle around in his hand. He points intently to the apartment building two doors down. Cackles as he takes a swig. "Go on, then. Do it. Better hurry up, or I'll have finished this by the time you get back…"

I start walking across the lawn and hear him whistling gleefully behind me. Sounds like he’s having the time of his damn life out here. I sure hope he’s fucking enjoying himself. He can gloat as much as he wants. I’m going to get that goddamn parasol and then I’m coming back here and wiping that smug fucking look right off his face.

[i-spilled-my-soup]

Hi it's me from the Apollo & Daphne comment about Will and Nico in the Asklepios au, I'm not exactly sure what brought me to the comparison but I guess it's the way you sorta described their relationship in one of your other posts(?)

Assuming this is a finite to be written work, the story starts after will and nico have gotten acquainted. nico does his thing, begins as a weird unfriendly guy but after being acquainted becomes a good friend. they bond over losing their siblings and feeling responsible for their deaths, less of a "you did nothing wrong" and more of a "yeah that sucks balls" kind of empathy. then will learns that nico is a child of hades(the guy) and (after an orphic hymn infertility joke) has to fight the urge to use nico to bring people from hades(the place)/keep them from ever going there

in typical nico fashion he disappears like fully. will is reasonably concerned and tries to look for him whenever he isn't practicing and teaching medicine in case of impending war with a neighboring state? this part is funny and i want to say war is the conflict because battle is the usual conflict in the myth and history i've read and also in riordan's series itself. turns out the guy is dead. yippee! (probably some scene where will sees nico but its actually just the ghost or nico visits in a dream or will actually just finds the body preserved in snow. the last one's a little too intense)

That part just reminded me of D&A, Sorry If I'm not making much sense I just got out of school and I'm about to take a nap

Despite her not yet knowing who pursues her, Apollo seems to know exactly who she is, calling, "Wait nymph, daughter of Peneus, I beg you! I who am chasing you am not your enemy." He comments that she is running from him as prey would from a predator, but tells her that he is spurred on by love and a desire to be with her, not destroy her, so she should have pity on him. He then says that he is worried that she will be injured in the chase and cause him guilt, so if she slows down he will too, but she continues. I just see it ???

ohhh im picking up what youre putting down now yeah. the vibe of chase and intentions vs perceptions. the plot is slightly different now so i didnt see the comparison lol

[meggettes]

Bridgerton spoilers I am live-blogging below LEGIT SPOILERS

—Spoiler Break—

Episode 2 (blazed thru e1)

Eloise is a stand up comic that’s why she sucks so much lol at least now she’s found an audience maybe she might calm down (no im not thinking of my sister why would you say that)

Will Colin finally woo Penelope with writing? With his pen even??? 👀

i am feeling Francesca so hard the quiet observant pianist is so strong

Benedict is my FAVORITE would he third for the mondriches I could believe it

Was totally unprepared for Cressida character development but am surprisingly fully here for it

Also what the fuck even pen’s own mother believed she isn’t lovable that is so messed

Colin is the only one who is like of course you’re lovable (i know because it me, he doesn’t yet think to himself)

STAHPPPPPPPPPP “kiss me it’ll mean nothing just pls” IS NUTS AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

This is only episode 2!!!!!!!!! Way too early in this trope!!!!!! Unless…

Unless it’s a turned table!!!!!!! Aaahhhh!

Episode 3

THIS ROMANCE NOVEL ASS OPENING 💀💀💀

STOP ITS HIS DREAM I AM DECEASED

THE TURNS HAVE TABLED

he dreams in bodice-ripper 💀

Better than I could have anticipated he is so down bad what a puppydog babygirl

Oh my god who is danbury’s guest is it Sophie’s stepmother??? Is that how Sophie is going to bewitch Benny boy at the final ball of the season??? (I am Benedict centric in case you couldn’t tell) (so much so that I actually read his book) (they’re gonna change it a bunch but I can’t wait to see how that season goes. and then the Francesca and Gregory seasons)

Alone under the willow tree scandal-scandal-scandalous (if anyone saw)

They are so— I am so on board now the mutual pining I had no idea this was what we were in for thank god legit better than I expected

Wow literally what the fuck is wrong with people saying this fucked up shit to this girls face

if Ben wouldn’t third for them I would 🥵

GALLANT that’s the word! He is being very gallant! Not enough gallantry about I’m afraid

I am here for this Debling guy and our shiny Penny! The banter is superb :)

Also is he a Shakespearean actor is that why he knows what to do with his arms (nothing, properly)

Also I fucking love Eloise’s embroidered surcoats they are glorious

Is Cressida more likeable now because there’s a persistent sadness in her eyes instead of the meanness of previous szns

Is Colin really looking so different this season because his tailoring is different than everyone else’s? And they claim it to be “French”??

Speaking of tailoring, Penelope looks like a leading lady now instead of previous szns because her new wardrobe finally gets her waistline correct. It was much too high previously, making her look uncomfortable and juvenile. This proper underbust empire waistline is so gorgeous makes such a difference

Omg Cressida’s spark of interest in lord naturalist is so sweet!

camel thru eye of needle ✨Jesus Reference✨

ok Cressida and rugged bird man endgame

has anyone else noticed each of the Bridgertons has a prevailing one of the five senses? Daphne touch, Antony smell, (Benedict I would say is sight,) and Colin seems to be taste. Or maybe it’s just a mouth kissing thing. But I guess we shall see. Oh and Francesca sound.

HANNAH NEW HERE SHE IS AHHHHH

And as a potential interest for Benny okay!! Two faves sharing the screen let’s watch em cook

Francesca is so pretty wtf who is this actor she looks like belle from the animated beauty and the beast disney like fr right off the cel n her big baby browns

This balloon hullabaloo! Dashing strong menfolk! Let the swooning and fluttering commence

The innovations ball!

Oh? OH?? Violet suitor???????

Put this dress of Cressida’s on the Met Gala carpet!

OH DANBURY’S GUEST IS HER BROTHER IS VIOLET LOVE INTERESTEST

OH FRAN HAS A LOVE INTEREST I AM ALL ABOUT THIS

TILLY DO LESS (love her all about her)

Violet mom of all time aww she loves her kiddos

Stop he is not

Don’t

Please COLIN

oh thank god

THIS TENSION AHH

Debling is a great guy

randomly this cellist looks like Daniel Brühl kinda

Aw Violet sad for her boy

Ditzy sister preggers??

this episode y’alllllllll

Episode 4

Iike this red hair pale blue dresses combo on my girl Nicola is STUNNIN make those Irish eyes SPARKLE

This Francesca suitor is so WONDERFUL

they are CUTE

John Sterling!!!

CUTE!!!!!

her tweed over-jacket is taking me out of it a bit

BACK IN THEY ARE CUTE

Sitting in companionable silence!! Sparks flying among introverts!! Dare I say

Ok Mondrich, keep the club just don’t work in it! easy solutions

GIRL HE PROPOSED THE PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE AND YOU HAVE UR HEAD FULL OF COLIN THOUGHTS

AND HES DOUBLED DOWN WITH PROSTITUTES AND GOT HIS HEAD FULL OF PENELOPE THOUGHTS AAAAAHHHGG

sweet Fran is such a quiet lil cutie pie aww

oh shit Colin realtalk wow cook king the lads were not ready for it not on his level

Violet, mom among moms

Can there finally be a season with no broken proposals pls it upsets me how much that happens on this show like it’s a casual thing to do

widower slow burn with widow ready for it here for it golden bachelor

is this……. ship inklings bw Eloise n Cressida rn

Omg Danbury isn’t one bit a fan of her brother

OH MY GOD

Lord Kilmartin WROTE her SHEET MUSIC

She’s Not Drinking The Lemonade

Lol Colin gonna get a front row seat to Pen’s proposal ughhhhhhh tensionnnnnn

AHH MAY HE CUT IN

JK about the ship-inklings actually but that was a nice moment

Oh Debling is iq-eq smart and I like him he is a sharp cookie he can’t propose to her now he likes her too much to get in the way of all that

OH COLIN FUMBLED

Oh no his feelings are hurt :( no proposal

He’s a straight shooter girl he’s straight shooting you oops

pennnnnnnnnn

RUN WHITE BOY RUN

HATE when diagetic music is off key with the score it is a PEEVE

Frannie is so happy awwww

POLIN are they going to KISS in the CARRIAGE

ON HIS KNEES???????

TORTURE????????

momentary 💔 but immediate 💓

SMOOCH CITY

Carriage hookup!! Titanic who!! Steamy!!!!!

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

way to go girl speedrun from never been kissed to finger blasted in the back of the family limo

FOR GODS SAKE PENELOPE ARE YOU OR ARE YOU NOT

END OF FIRST HALF (!!!)

Epilogue

this part 2 teaser what drama what will he do when he finds outttt

[thescoobydooby]

🏡🎃🎶💀

Thank you tooba!! Can I just say you post a lot of interesting Scooby stuff and I really appreciate your contributions to the fandom! :D

🏡 - Coolsville or Crystal Cove? I am gonna have to go with Coolsville all the way! I MISS COOLSVILLE! But I do like that Crystal Cove exists as a kind of alternative canon if you know what I mean? it's kind of like a scooby canon but from a different dimension. But yeah I miss coolsville i miss fred shaggy and scooby living in their weird little house from wnsd, I miss daphne and velma and their little pink science crib.

🎃 - favorite holiday special/episode/movie? I really like A Scooby Doo Valentine since it kind of shows the gang off the road. We finally kind of get to see how they live when they're not van people. I also like scooby doo and the spooky scarecrow. It just has an amazing atmosphere and is definitely one of my favorites from the DTV series. And idk if birthdays count? But I LOVE Happy Birthday Scooby Doo! Everything about it. How the gang gets together again. Daphne, Shaggy and Scrappy planning Scooby's birthday. Velma and Fred finally getting back with the gang. And Scooby is soooo happy to see them like he is literally doing zooomies and I find that so adorable. peak dog behavior i love him.

🎶 - favorite song? Ok so from the chase scenes in the original SDWAY my favorite is daydreamin'. The snack track had no reason to be that damn good. I tell you hwat.

From the hex girls It's a mystery. I'ts kind of different and more slow than i'm a hex girl and earth,wind, fire and air. And I guess this would be my ultimate favorite song from Scooby Doo? ngl scooby snacks is a banger too. we got packs n packs we got packs n packs

💀 - scariest villain? Ummmm ok so I've prob said this before but when I was a kid I used to have very vivid nightmares about the green ghosts from A night of fright is no delight. In my dream I'm running away from the ghost and the safe space is the living room but right before I'm about to enter the living room I lose all my strength and can't even move. And then the ghost sucks a strawberry out of my ear?! very weird end and it's not even that scary BUT I WAS A KID AND I WAS TERRIFIED. and i didnt even find them that scary irl 🤨 like i would watch the episode just fine

Scooby doesn't really have villains who are that scary. And in the older shows I think it was the backgrounds and atmosphere that would give that creepy and eerie feeling more so than the villains themselves. And it makes sense it's supposed to be goofy.

I would also nominate the banshee from Camp Scare (i guess its the effect of the jumpscare more than her design) and the Phantom from gourmet ghost. I think they did a really good job at making them look scary. Probably one of the scariest villains imo. Also Aphrodite from SDMI.

[winderlylandchime]

1/2 3x08! ‘This better start with them fucking! I miss-(the ep starts with someone saying they have a tight ass)nevermind..why is that dude’s hat red but everything is in black and white? Oh they are workers of the street’ ‘ITS JUSTIN! Why is his head in a lamp? Dude it was just a harp player with a dumb goatee, its not that deep. Daph feels the same as i do, seriously what was so special about him that you cant stop thinki-(Justin says hes talking about Brian) HELL YEAH BABY! THATS FUCKING RIGHT! TEAM BRIAN! DAPHNE IS ALSO HAPPY! EXACTLY MISTAKE! (Daph reveals her plan) OH DAPHNE YOU BEAUTIFUL EVIL GENIUS, I KNEW I COULD COUNT ON YOU! *pauses tv and runs to the piece of paper he taped on the wall and points* I FUCKING CALLED IT! IM PSYCHIC! RAVEN MOVE OVER BECAUSE THATS SO (his name) IS HERE *looks at his list* okay so I was off a little but it’s still close, but her working with Bri Bri would be dope as fuck! *keeps looking at his list* i wonder what else I’m right about’ ‘anyway we are going back to season 1 stalker era!’ Mel and Linds come on ‘oh come on! Nobody cares about you. We have a hot man to stalk!’ *waves at the tv* ‘hi brian! You wont guess what Blondie told me’ (Ted hurts his back) ‘oh this is just NOT his season, is it?’ THE INTERN SCENE IS UP!! ‘Bri Bri! (Justin is introduced as the intern) OH MY FUCKING GOD! LOOK AT BRIANS FACE! HE IS LITERALLY SPEECHLESS! MR KINNEY?! OH HE LIKED THAT. (The office scene is currently happening and he is smiling so big) HE IS HERE TO SUCK DICK WHILE YOU LEVITATE! OH YOU WANNA SEE HIS FACE EVERY DAY! YOU LITERALLY GOT A LOOKALIKE SEX WORKER! YOU IMAGINED HIM IN THAT ONE EPISODE! (Justin starts being amazing with his pettiness) now THAT is the Justin I missed and love! THAT YOURE PAYING FOR! HA! Got you! *pauses tv and starts fake praying* oh please big guy, give me Brian and Justin working together! Late nights and bonding back together! PLEASE BIG GUY DO ME A SOLID’ Ted takes his pills and he grabs his pills and shakes them ‘TWINSIES!’ ‘JUSTIN IS AT BABYLON AGAIN! Oh he missed this for sure! I just know he felt like he could breathe again. THIS *waves to tv* is where you belong baby boy. BRIAN! JUSTIN! THEY BROKE UP! THATS RIGHT BRI BRI YOUR MAN IS SINGLE AND HE WANTS YOU BACK! YOUR love will last for eternity! Yeah, its kinda hard to dance to violin music. See? You MISSED this! OH BRIAN IS ACTING HARD TO GET!‘ ‘is this kid gonna be a thing? Is this another way to make Ben less boring? Mike feels about kids the same way as me’ ‘ITS BRIAN! AND JUSTIN! Oh sorry mr KINNEY! THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER! *justin memorizes Brians order and he pauses tv* SEE HOW FAST HIS IQ CAME BACK THE SECOND THAT FUCKER WAS GONE! Thank god Blondie remembered who the fuck he was! Oh Brian likes calling him Taylor. HE IS SUCKING UP TO HIM! I know another thing he could suck.’ He is now smiling so fucking hard and he looks insane with the way his hair is all over the place bc he keeps pulling them. The scene where Emmett comes home and Ted is drugged up on the floor came up ‘look its us! Except I don’t lay on the floor (i remind him of yesterday where he was laying on the grass) Hey! That was different! I already told you i wanted to look at clouds and accidentally took a nap. Leave us *points to him and ted* alone!’ He just groaned out of nowhere ‘im so so happy for Emmett BUT COME ON GIVE ME BRIAN AND JUSTIN! This is why I’m here! This is why I suffered through all *waves one of his hands* crap with that fucker!‘ Brian popped up on the screen and he literally fist pumped ‘NO DONT FIRE HIM! YOU HAVE TO FUCK HIM! (Justin says Mr Kinney) what did the hot priest say in fleabag about being turned on by calling him priest? That applies for Mr Kinney thing. But i think my man likes it more than Blondie (thee scene is on)Paganini junior, funny. LOOK HOW HES LOOKING AT HIM! YOU SHOULDVE TOLD HIM YOU LOVED HIM! take it from Nike and JUST DO IT! HE DID LOVE YOU WHEN YOU WERE GONE (kiss happens)HE HAS BALLS! AND HE STUMBLED! This is his first kiss since Justin left, i know he felt like he came up air again’

anyway we are going back to season 1 stalker era! EXACTLY

Sassy intern Justin is everything. I am so happy your brother is living for this!

Oohhhh your brother is so not twins with Ted with his pills. Yikes.

hot priest say in fleabag about being turned on by calling him priest? That applies for Mr Kinney thing I love how your brother constantly references Hot Priest from Fleabag. I love this man.

This is his first kiss since Justin left, i know he felt like he came up air again (brb sobbing about how this is exactly it)

[oakwookandink]

white lotus s2 finale rundown 

(spoilers ahead)

in case you're wondering, here are the characters that survived the second season: Daphne and Cameron (the supposed scammers, played by Meghann Fahy and Theo James) Harper and Ethan Spiller (the couple on the rocks, played by Aubrey Plaza and Will Sharpe) Albie, Dominic and Bert Di Grasso (all of the men who were on some sort of heritage trip, played by Adam DiMarco, Michael Imperioli and F. Murray Abraham) Portia (Tanya's assistant, who gets whisked away to Sicily, played by Haley Lu Richardson) Jack (the supposed nephew of the head gay, played by Leo Woodall) Valentina, and the rest of the hotel staff (she's the director of this location, who is played by Sabrina Impacciatore) Lucia and Mia, my problematic faves (both of whom use their bodies to get what they want, and the only non guests involved, played by Simona Tabasco and Beatrice Grannó) presumably Greg, Tanya's husband who we met last season in Hawai'i (played by Jon Gries) although we don't have any confirmation of this fact

that means the dead characters are: Tanya McQuoid, Quentin, Didier and Niccoló (played by Jennifer Coolidge, Tom Hollander, Bruno Gouery [from Emily in Paris] and Stefano Gianino), putting the death toll at 4. it is not told whether or not Hugo or the captain of the boat survived, but I would personally doubt it, because they did seem significantly far out from the shore. in the end, I'm sure only mike white knows for sure.

now, let's talk about that season finale.

first off, I'm wondering if greg actually was planning something, or if tanya blew it out of proportion in some way. I guess we'll never know, although there were definitely some red flags, especially with the way that jack was acting.

let's talk about jack for a second. I'm so happy that he redeemed himself in my eyes, and let portia go and even gave her advice that probably saved her life. who knows what might've happened if portia went back to the hotel? I'm a jack fan at the end of this season, because the guy was just doing what he could with the cards he was dealt, but didn't want to actively hurt someone (because if tanya had gotten hurt, he would've been peripherally involved, but wouldn't have played a direct part in her demise)

the digrassos. I feel like they could've used some comeuppance, apart from albie. it sucks that dominic will probably just go back to what he's been doing, and that albie vouched for his dad. I feel like the fact that none of these men have been affected by their experiences is shown in the airport scene, where a young woman walks by and they all turn their heads to ogle her. I think it shows that this gross misogyny kind of runs in their family (because they kind of perpetuate it) and that it would be hard for them to change without serious introspection.

super happy for valentina. did mia use her? sure. but it was definitely mutually beneficial, and mia does say that she wants to help valentina find a lesbian, and even take her out to bars, so I foresee a prosperous future for valentina. also gotta say, small win for the gays because valentina wasn't killed at the end of this season.

isabella and rocco seem fine. I'm happy that Isabella was always so polite to valentina, and I think she genuinely wanted to be friends with her, so a good future for these two and hopefully they have a good life.

ethan nearly chokes cameron, and I am so unhappy that cameron lives at the end of the season. I think it would be cool to have a cameo from daphne next season, where she is ending her stay at a white lotus with her trainer and her sons, and we just assume that she killed cameron or something. I am happy for ethan and harper, but it seems like a bandaid on their situation, so I'm not sure what the future looks like for these couples. I do think their stories could have been wrapped up better, and I wonder if mike white found himself burdened by the inclusion of so many characters this season, because the ending did not seem as closed as season one.

lucia and mia are doing well, lucia has loads of money that she got after scamming albie, and mia has a job at the white lotus as a singer, so good for them. I could care less about albie, and as he says, that amount is a drop in the bucket for his father anyway. I also think it is legitimate karmic payment, that dominic will inadvertently help the lives of these two women after destroying the lives of the women in his family. I'm also happy that lucia and mia live, because I think there is a trend in media where promiscuous women are killed because of their promiscuity, so seeing them live was super endearing. especially since lucia says earlier in the season that she's worried that she will die because she's a prostitute, and prostitutes always die.

I'm kind of happy for portia, but I can't help but compare her to belinda. it feels kind of significant that one of these characters was a guest and the other an employee, and that one was white and the other was black, in terms of where they ended up. I do think the show could've paralleled their arcs better in this finale, and driven home the point that portia was coming from a point of privilege, and that's why she survived and got off relatively easy.

what was the point of including the story of the woman from the moors? who was that supposed to represent after the finale? my guess was tanya, but I don't think we'll get a follow up on her storyline, so the symbolism here doesn't really work. also, if it was tanya, the story is backwards, because she dies and the cheating spouse doesn't. is the point of the statues that this was the path one of the main couples was heading down, and then the statue breaking is a subversion, and their story won't end in tragedy? honestly, I have no idea.

I'm happy that tanya died. I was getting tired of her character, and I was scared that if she survived this season mike white would bring her back for season three, and I think the series will work better without through lines or continuing stories, and instead focuses on the only point of contact being the white lotus resorts.

I'm happy that the piano guy is gone. he wasn't that interesting, and I'm happy for mia.

greg, will we ever see him again? will we get a conclusion to his story?

it's really ironic that tanya ends up killing herself, because if greg was after her money, he's got it now. I would like to see greg get comeuppance, because I think he sucks.

just like greg, I feel like cameron didn't get his comeuppance, but I guess we might have to wait for another season to see if anything bad comes to him.

I feel kind of bad for the group of gays, but I also don't. I have mixed feelings about their group, and my thoughts about their ending are still developing. I do think that it's possible tanya overreacted and killed a bunch of people who didn't have completely nefarious intentions. this is another storyline that could've used a defter hand, because it feels incomplete.

I do think that it's weird that there is a kind of bury your gays going on with the show, considering that armond is the only death in season one (and we're shown that he's gay) and then we have two of the gays dying in this season. I doubt these are white's intentions, but it is kind of weird to look at this together, and I think the next season will cement the trends of the show.

final thoughts:

I would rate this season maybe a 6 or 6.5 out of 10. it was not as good as the first, however it was possibly more entertaining than the first. I think involving so many characters made it harder to have satisfying story beats for all of them, and loads of people online have pointed out that there is not a lot of interaction between the guests, or even that a lot of important plot points aren't taking place at the hotel. the first season seemed a lot more focused in its scope. I do believe that the show was intended to be a limited series, and I think it should have stayed that way, because I think it will only get worse as it goes on, when it could've ended on a high note last season. I'm down to watch the third season and see if mike white can redeem himself, and because there are a lot of technical aspects of the show that I enjoy, but I'm not eagerly anticipating it like I am other good shows like succession.

I do hope that mike white finds a way to tie up all of the loose ends of this season somehow, but I think all of the loose ends and dropped story beats really cheapened this season. it also makes me think that season one was lightning in a bottle that he will never be able to replicate.

anyway, a pretty disappointing follow up.

[toastywarmth]

Velma Ep7 & Ep8 Spoilers!

All I gotta say, is thank god there’s only two episodes left of this train wreck of a show, because I can’t keep this up.

Okay, first off, episode seven;

This episode actually started off strong. There was intrigue, suspense, and a fun location that has the potential to unite the whole cast.

But just when things were getting good, it fell apart when the episode abruptly catapulted itself into the topic of sexism and male privilege.

I have nothing against media pointing out the existence of male privilege, but this episode exaggerates it so much, that I cannot take it seriously.

The only saving grace of this episode was the joke with the doors, it was the only good throwback to the original Scooby Doo.

Now, episode eight;

The worst thing to taint my screen.

Never before, have I seen an episode contain so much what the fuckery than this one.

I don’t think I can write a detailed summery of this episode nor do I want to, but I’ll try to explain my thoughts.

Firstly, this episode really highlights how god-awful of a human being Velma truly is.

In this episode, she is borderline abusive to Daphne, not physically, but definitely emotionally. She is incredibly possessive and tries to pry in Daphne’s business.

And in the end, these terrible qualities are romanticised by Daphne herself. She likes when Velma is acting incredibly deranged towards her, because codependency issues, I guess. But they both acknowledge that they have problems, but they in the end, they decided to be girlfriends!

No. This isn’t a win for diversity, this is a romanticisation of a clearly abusive couple. Get this off my screen.

The Gigi x Shaggy was just as worse. They suck so, so much.

Also, Velma finally found her mother, but she has memory loss, and couldn’t remember who took her.

Also, the murder victims aren’t really dead, they’re just talking brains in jars now. Yes, that is a thing that happened.

And despite all my complaints, I think my biggest disappointment involving these two episodes, is that the Mystery Gang still don’t feel like friends;

8 episodes should be enough to develop some kind comradeship between the main cast. But their relationship still feels so flat!

Velma is consistently terrible to everyone.

Daphne just doesn’t have anything going for her anymore, and just resorted to being Velma’s emotional punching bag.

The writers don’t even want to take Fred seriously.

Norville’s whole character just revolves around relationship drama.

And I don’t even think Gigi counts as a character, more like an accessory to Norville.

The only development was between Velma and Daphne, and even then, they botched it up.

They ruined an iconic friendship, and for what?