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Katara is Aangs biggest STAN to REALLY stan katara is to stan Aang
aang antis confuse me.. how can you stan katara and hate aang it doesn't compute katara loves aang/ she idolizes him / gonna start the cult of aang
#that was the nicest way i could say aang antis make zero sense#atla#katara#aang#proaang#aanglove#kataang#i think she might idolize him too much shes gonna start the cULT OF AANG#kAAANG WAS FORCED BROS ITS NOT SUBTLE#esp on KATARAs end#if anything this show has her love for him way more blunt than aang who hasnt even shown a big interest in katara since ep 3 and#his crush comes back on ep 14 l#her idolizatintakes up most of the season its right in your face she is worshiping the avatar#so yah not forced bros
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#that one post saying that austin and kaia are disconnected bc she’s skinny and he likes to cook for ppl he loves#the most patronising thing i’ve seen on this hellsite in over a decade#“idk much about her and idw to dunk on her” yet continues to spew the most brain rotted psychotic thing#saying they’re “out of sync” bc you think aus lives and breathes cooking and it’s the most important thing to him#and since she’s clearly skinny then obv that means she’s got issues w food thus aus feels left out. i’m going crazy even typing this out#to comment on ppl’s looks is nasty work but to even imply you know what’s going bts esp w someone’s relationship with food#is clearly derangement beyond comprehension and i don’t understand how aus who’s the nicest person on earth#has the most vile and insane fans who constantly put words in his mouth n humiliate him n dissect his life n PRAY for him to be alone forev#i genuinely can’t believe the stuff i see sometimes considering i’ve blocked everyone under the sun at this point#treat people with kindness or whatever. maybe do a soul cleanse occasionally. carrying so much hate in you can’t be good for your heart
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Lumine has mulled over the idea of finding love in someone in Teyvat and settling down with them, especially after getting to know certain people. She’s aware it’s an exceedingly self-indulgent idea, esp since she doesn’t KNOW if she’ll choose to stay in Teyvat once she gets through to Aether ( if they have to leave Teyvat to keep the Abyss’s influence away from him, so be it ). But she genuinely has thought it over and imagined not only what wedding she’d like, but also what life there would be like for her and her spouse, where she would like to spend their married lives at.
#hc; lumine (traveler)#//They usually tend to think such things when they are most upset or stressed#//The hopeful outlook of it all helps them cope with Everything#//Esp the idea of having someone of their own; in case their search for Aether doesn’t go so well#//Bc they have NO idea how they will cope if they lose him for good#//Mulling things over; Lumine has reckoned getting married in Liyue or Sumeru would be nicest#//They know Zhongli would be able to help pick out only the Finest things; and the celebrations there are utterly beautiful#//Sumeru; bc then they could have Nahida’s very blessings in the ceremony; she is as good as family so it’s only a bonus#//Plus the place is also lovely too!#//Where they’d like to live; the Teapot is good for a start#//But they’d love to live in Mondstadt above all the nations. or Fontaine#//Mondstadt being their first choice because of how dear it is to her#//First place she arrived to; and the community there is special; all those people they so cherish; even now#//Fontaine; solely bc they’d love to see Furina and the Melusines more often lmao#//Thas it. That’s the biggest reason#//Mond coincidentally Also has the most people they’ve imagined themself marrying; bc again; the friendships are so dear to them#//Its easy to imagine spending the rest of their life among them; more so WITH one of them#//Tho a certain bartender might happen to have been the one most in mind the longest time lol. What can they say?#//dude made QUITE the impression on them. The crush has since faded a bit over the course of their journey and prioritizing it tho#//But yeah#//They really would like to make Teyvat their home. To HAVE that special place to stay; with sb/ppl they love#//They want it so bad; it’s not even funny
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LIKEWISE I hope you enjoy the upcoming releases too and that the price tag on Gaiden's worth it! I know personally I'll enjoy them regardless lol, the worldwide releases have been Particularly Rough on localization but these have still been some of my favorite games. Sorry in advance for I will be the one saying unnecessary things (as I often am) though </3
Speaking of, I'm glad you're enjoying Kyouen!! Once Again I wish I didn't have Goldfish Memory so I could actually discuss but :) always look forward to your reviews :)
i wouldnt ever say anythin you say is unnecessary when you always have a lot of insight and purpose to what you say ♪(´▽`)
AND YAYA im really enjoyin kyouen ! you were absolutely right in everyone being petty as hell LMAO im living for it tho ( ̄y▽ ̄)
#snap chats#speaking of reviews tho.... i almost forgot bout my small additional notes on super salaryman vjaLKVJAEL#i already said most of what i wanted to say durin the stream but i forgot the major thing that made me upset OOPS#it was so sad that haneko for like. A Second seemed to be the nicest to saenai#like OBVI she was still mean to him too but 1.) she seemed the /least/ mean and was nice to him about the dinner during the bomb ep#2.) she actually stepped in to /try/ to defend him for the whole game fiasco like. :((((((#i really wish there was A Turning Point for the family and saenai or that theyd start to appreciate him more#like there were SO many small moments where it seemed like Oh Theyre Going To Start Appreciating Him Right and then just. 🧍♂️#ITS A COMEDY SHOW IK I SHOULD TAKE THIS LIGHTLY but i really cant... we know how i get about family dynamics....#like haneko wasnt perfect that idol ep was WILD but still.... i really like her for those moments ngl LMAO#she was still bratty but hey. ty for the like Three Times you were nice to your dad i really appreciate it#BIG RIP THAT MY LAST NOTE ON THE SHOW WAS LIKE. BITCHING FORGIVE ME#i bitch because i love it. well not THAT but i loved the show i wanted better for my guy..#esp when that seemed to be The Thesis right with the whole 'you cant even help your family' and whatnot in the first ep#the LOUDEST sigh of my life But I Still Loved The Show Otherwise#the office scenes were so goofy i love section 3's dynamic..... gotta keep em together amrite <- no one is ever getting promoted#my big phat salaryman review......... BUT YEAH im excited to continue kyouen !!!! if i. ever finish this fuckin coMIC#ITS A ME PROBLEMMMMM but i just have to line now. i think. im lying no i wanted to fix a panel....#im horrible ☠️☠️ OK BYE BYE FOR NOW#or..... as ozono said in her breakup interview... goodbye means we'll meet again.. somethin like that /she was quoting sailor suit right/#/thats why they called the tape Sailor Suit And Machine Gun/ girl im off topic Point Is I'll Be Back. Bye.
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GUYS WTH DOES A MID ATLANTIC ACCENT SOUND LIKE ?!?!!
#LIKE I HEAR ITS BRITISH AMERICAN MIX#I’m like Australian British mix accent#wait 🥹#WERE MEANT TO BE cause we have British common denominator MUAHAHAHA#<- coping#this is about kaveh cause apparently in his eng voice he has that accent#wait I 🥹🥹🥹🥹 I have this weird thing with voices actually I could analyse even this idiots voice 😭#I will save you the ear ache though because I’m nice <3#I think that’s why voice compliments are the nicest imo cause#ppl can be like you’re pretty you’re cute etc BUT WHEN THEY SAY VOICE I’m never forgetting that 😭#my favest ever compliment I got was this year when a girl told me she liked my voice and that it was calming#it came out of nowhere so it felt genuine#and it’s esp nice cause I used to hate my voice cause I felt it to be too squeaky or something😭#ANYWAYS POINT BEING I love voices in a voice + accent enthusiast 😔#I’m a *#I recall my crush when we were in math class together I couldn’t look at him cause first of all awkward and second I think I’d like pass ou#if I did#but sometimes the teacher would pick him to answer and like I’d just die a little LOL 😭#I don’t like deep voices at all more like honeyed ones IF THAT MAKES SENSE#if they’re kind of deep plus honeyed that’s it it’s over for me rip Noor#okay now enough of this I should go lie down 😭🙏#dora daily
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Nah Zutara is def happening. Two of the writers (Omashu and Into the Dark) are Zutara shippers and liking Zutara content all the time esp about Kiawentiio and Dallas. The Netflix accounts are pushing Zutara like crazy. Albert Kim is an enemies to lovers enthusiast and said that the original endgame ships are up in the air.
I am trying so very hard to be objective about this and so I am going to tell you what I'm seeing in the nicest way possible but I'm really sorry if I can't:
I've checked the official Netflix account, I follow it on twitter, nothing afaik. The closest I found was picture sets but they did it for Dallas and Gordon, Dallas and Ian, Elizabeth Yu and Kiawentiio too, and obviously Gordon and Kiawentiio, all the duos. There's a video clip of Kiawentiio throwing out a question card about if Katara likes Zuko and their first immediate reaction is laughing (and not in a way that's confirming it- like Dallas was about to clap and Ian gave a thumbs-up, not encouraging and they conclude it with saying a lukewarm 'no kinda well' likely because it's spoilers for season 3).
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Kiawentiio right after an interviewer mentioned Zutara, she said and I quote ; "What Avatar are you watching?"
Albert Kim on Kataang:
It's being delayed to S2 because the age difference looks way too obvious in live action. It's still happening, just later when the actors look closer in age. They heavily hint towards future Kataang by comparing Aang and Katara to Tui and La on-screen (Yue saying the ocean will forever search for its counterpart while panning between Aang and Katara whos is reaching out for him, and Sokka and Yue where Sokka's begging Yue to stay- it's very on-the nose).
The OG show also had creatives who like Zutara, they inserted bait for it in the chibi shorts but nothing came of it in any canon and everything is steadfastly for Kataang. Heck, currently the cast are pushing Zukka all the time, doesn't mean it's going to be canon(Dallas Liu and Ian Ousley saying "hey ship our characters!" word-for-word does not equal Zuko and Sokka are going to date for real in the show).
It's disappointing that fanon ships aren't canon, but that's just what you sign up for when shipping fanon. You are not going to to get what you want, neither am I.
Kataang is the heart of the show, nothing will take that away and I think it's best to just, make peace with that instead of looking too hard into behind-the-scenes and cast stuff hoping THIS is when it's going to happen(I play along with the Zukka bait because it's funny, not because I think it's going to be real).
Also, writers liking Zutara content? Fine, do you, have a blast! It DOES get weird when they're sincerely promoting Dallas and Kiawentiio as an item though because they met when she was like 15 and he was 19/20, and now she's 17 while he's 22 now. She's a child, he's an adult pretty much their entire work relationship. That's really freaking weird. EDIT: Dallas and Ian, who are the actual adults in the cast have been actively redirecting all ship-related conversations towards themselves and their characters because they CAN handle whatever flame wars erupt from that, meanwhile Gordon and Kiawentiio are children so they shouldn't even be in the discussion as actors when it comes to the fictional ships.
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omg sorry if this is insensitive and not to piggy back off anon (proud of them!!) but this made me think about dealer theo.
bf!dealer theo would be SO cautious of dealing around his gf if she had issues in the past esp when he’s working. ugh so protective and babie of him
(btw my dealers r always the nicest people like why do plugs always look scary but act like sweethearts LMAO anyway)
AWW yes like he’s so protective and sweet ☹️☹️ his demeanour changes completely when he’s done with his job for the day and comes home to you. just always making sure if you’re alright. also buys you everything you want with his drug money. princess treatment !!!!!! 🙌🏻
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oooh what are your Normaler headcanons
anon, I mean this in the nicest way possible but,, u gotta be a little more specific 😅 I have soooo so many headcanons. most of them I share via my fics! if u wanna hear some abt a specific topic/time/anything else I will gladly give them to u! here are some of my general ones I remembered for a good start:
they remind me of sunny golden spring afternoons when the weather is just right to spend time outside. I imagine them going around the Valley in the early summer sun, holding hands, picking Truffula fruit, being happy and in love. Norma's draw and long curls sway on the wind, while Once-ler with one hand holds hers and with other he hangs onto his hat
their most "usual" date is having a picnic in the Valley! Once-ler brings the snacks and Norma brings all the equipment. Once shares his songs and Norma plays with animals
they love to spend time simply talking with each other. Once tells stories of success and hope, while Norma shares stories of her everyday life
actually, that's the point, they're opposites, perfectly working together. Once-ler is a dreamer, head in the clouds, wishing of the brightest future. Norma is down to Earth, collected but with that wild spark within her. he values dreams, she values stability. that's what enamoured them abt each other - with Once, Norma gets away from her everyday life so that silly lanky guy would make her fantasies come true. with Norma, Once steadies down, becomes more perceptive and values the little things in life more
Norma is an extravert and Once-ler is an introvert. sometimes, when Once feels too drained, Norma simply holds him down, not expecting he'd say anything to her. and Once loves being wrapped around her, face buried in her curls. yes, he's a chatterbox but sometimes Norma's presence and the sound of her breathing means everything to him.
Once picked up reading bc of Norma (he likes romances, fantasy novels and memoirs), while Norma branched out with her music more bc of Once (before she liked solely heavy music like SOAD or Death Grips but now she listens to variety of things Once recommends like classic rock, jazz and even some classical!)
sometimes Norma talks all the way, venting her day out. Once never stops her, in fact, he loves listening to her talk, no matter the topic and supports her however he can
Norma fell first. Once fell harder
Norma is great at games of all kinds! she's just very slow at getting her point. Once often gets impatient ESP since no matter what, she always wins. their Mario Kart nights are the worst
when Once-ler found out Norma loves gardening, he started buying her various flowers to the point she had to say "listen, I love these but u're flooding my apartment"
Once is a total lightweight so whenever they go out partying it mostly ends with Norma draggings those overgrown limbs home
if life ended up differently, they would love to have more than 1 child
I don't thin they ever considered each other a "fling". in my hc Once-ler is demisexual so it took him time to realize his feelings and Yeah, he knew she was Important. so did Norma actually, she started liking Once so much, she knew no matter what, she simply wanted him in her life
if I had to describe them in 1 song it'd be either A Dustland Fairytale by The Killers or their cover of Romeo and Juliet or Whistle For The Choir by The Fratellis (the line "so if u're crazy, I don't care u amaze me" is SO them)
#ask#normaler#the lorax#onceler#norma wiggins#DAMN this got long but that's maybe 1% of my hcs here#srsly like....this is the bare minimum I can do#I only cut it bc I thought it was getting too long#I hope u enjoy these :3#look I cannot sing for the life of me but I would wail A Dustland Fairytale on karaoke if anyone made the mistake of allowing me
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What’s Elia’s legacy, lmao ? GRRM belittled her himself by giving her four sentences in 5 books and zero characterization. Barristan is also a bitter incel because he called Elia a “kitchen drab” while comparing her unfavorably to Ashara Dayne ??
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(A Dance of Dragons -- "The Kingbreaker")
Barristan is not really "bitter"; he is tired & anxious for Dany to return in the wake of Hidzhar's attempts to undermine her, and that inevitably went to his past with the Targaryens' fall. To reiterate, because he was already thinking about how he didn't want to fail Dany, his thoughts go to his years as a Kingsguard and tasked to protect the now dead Targaryen family.
This is how we end up in his regrets over Rhaegar, which, just like in real life with real people, ors into a semi-related "tangent" about his crush on Ashara Dayne. It's supposed to be very candid flow of his thoughts between the past and the present. And nearly every adult character in this story are haunted by what happened before said war that up-ended everything, whether they were more or less really sound, questionable, or pretty morally bankrupt, there is a gamut. Jaime, Cersei, Catelyn, Ned, Barristan, Jon Con, etc. Esp those who were the closest to those who caused or were triggers for said war. All reflect on how they did not or did perform their duties or how limited they felt they could do when they were performing their duties.
This series is about people, who are products of their world, and this world is pretty sexist (understatment). Ned Stark has thoughts similar to Barristan; Catelyn has words about how thick or wide-hipped a certain girl should be before she marries as she inspects her like some sort of broodmare with a sort of coldness because she herself was anxious about getting her brother, father, uncle, etc. to help her and Robb in the war and wanted things to fall through for them; Jon Snow has frequent resentments against his sister Sansa; she does about him and his bastardry pre-Ned's death (she shouldn't be exactly blamed but it is till an indication how this world runs on classism, sexism, xenophobia, etc. and is built into many character's perspectives). We really need to remember that these PoV chapters are almost stream-of-consciousness, which means we're getting their unfiltered immediate thoughts, reactions and longer thought processes to problem solve. All of which, if you can imagine, are not ever guaranteed or CAN BE morally pristine, esp under stress.
I also ask that you think about even the "nicest" dude around you or that you trust and dare yourself to actually believe they also did not think some sexist or otherwise pretty unfair shit? Or even some woman around you whose actively and verbally non sexist...we, too live in a pretty sexist society, we're not going to have great reflexive thoughts or realize that something we think is sexist until we think about it more.
I'm not saying, again, this is wasn't unfair of Barristan...but what did you expect? Barristan, unlike many other people we could have PoVs of and we know are twisted, demonic people (Craster, Ramsey) or those we do have PoV chapters of and are not really that moral (Cersei, jon Con, Jaime, Tyrion) are not at Barristan's "level" or morality...the man is at least trying to make up for his greater failures and is not trying to oppress Dany in the way Jon Con definitely would. And why? Because unlike Jon Con, Barristan hasn't totally lost himself to his own guilt or developed what another anon describes as extreme "tunnel vision". And thus he is far more useful for Dany, which is a win. Like her bloodriders, who themselves can't have shunted every single prejudice they have developed from childhood once they joined her, but they are still her bosom and most trusted people for very good reason.
Finally, it's unfortunately part of the deal with Westerosi to compare the beauty of women and put it to a hierarchy.
Even outside of Barristan's crush on Ashara, though Elia was recognized as pretty and many of us modern readers would just say she is beautiful to not entertain this idea of a hierarchy of beauty...that very hierarchy of beauty that I'm describing some modern readers are actively trying to delegitimize when they refuse to score a woman's beauty is unchecked in this society/universe! And their diction or vocab is going to reflect the classism, sexism that exists-- "kitchen drab" (female servant of the kitchens who is not as attractive bc she works manually and is thus not going to be able to maintain her appearance like a noble woman can) is used metaphorically for that purpose as much as we might say "look at what the cat dragged in".
Women like Catelyn Stark, Cersei Lannister, Ashara Dayne and men like Jaime Lannister, Rhaegar are at a league of their own/the "top". Ellaria Sand is described implicitly as "sexy" by Sansa, but she is still as "beautiful" as Arianne Martell. Thus "the most beautiful" both bc of pleasing features and those features matching the beauty standards Westerosi Andals have. Elia was, to them, low-tiered and "fell behind" Ashara, Cersei, etc. because she didn't immediately present those ideal physical features. Elia was also constantly told to us as not being as remarkable as other women by other people.
So it's really not just Barristan who is doing stuff like this; he's not uniquely sexist and he's not actually dangerous or evil as you are trying to make him to be. We must remember that he was talking about appearance.
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"legacy": the long-lasting impact of particular events, actions, etc. that took place in the past, or of a person’s life
In general and not even talking abt Elia herself, "legacies" don't have to be positive; it's certainly what you want and the point of having one is for a society to remember you positively and have a positive meaning. But it's really about leaving an impactful enough impression of your own importance on the rest of society in some way. You can have a legacy (what people remember you for and why/how you matter) while not having done much, like many women in Westerosi history who are remembered for being good passive queens, tragic queens like Helaena, for being so "patient" and charitable, etc.
The ideal "legacy" for women within the world we're talking about is usually not so much about what she did or what sort of person she is unless it deviates from the rigid definition of "good woman". The you got cultural legacies of Rhaenyra's that was itself botched/inherited from the sexist lens many used to assess this war and her actions.
The kind of "legacy", anon, that you are talking about is the impression more made on the reader than the one made in the world and in this society. If Rhaegar had lived, become King, and ascended the throne for Elia to become Queen, perhaps Elia would have made some some of impact the way consorts typically do...perhaps not as she was severely ill after her pregnancies. Also, Queen Rhaella--Aerys' own sister wife and Rhaegar's mother--doesn't really have a "legacy" that isn't dependent on Daenerys or Rhaegar? More women before her have not really had a strong political legacy so much as a dramatic one if they were silent, more or less. And that is kinda the point: women were/are shunted in the pursuit of all these political stuff, whether purposefully or as a consequence of their extant role as subsidary heir-givers for men. Elia got the shortest end of the stick, yes, but that doesn't negate every other bad end for women in this world and it coming from the same place. (And no she nor the Dornish are "PoCs".)
So women's "legacy" is, as I said, very pre-determined and rigid.
The primacy of Elia's (Watsonianly) legacy is how she died, her kids, and being consort to a prince; the other parts, like with Lyanna with Ned, have to be brought up by a brother or some other living and active character because she herself is dead. Both her and Lyanna can only be remembered and characterized through the memories/thoughts and quick words of their brothers, and only through them do we get personality.
Is it unfair she got then end she got, yes, that's the entire point; she is also a secondary character who is serving her purpose as a 2ndary character whose gender is going to inform her narrative role.
I do agree GRRM could have not made her so ill OR leave her ill and still somehow be more active as to "take her out of the action" so to speak, to accrue more influence in court and through that we get to hear/witness what sort of person she was a little so we could have that love vs duty, Rhaegar-Lyanna storyline that is meant to support Dany, Jon, and basically the entire pathos AND logos of this entire series. At the same time, even if she did, we'd still have a dead Elia who got cheated on & likely still have her slighted at a tourney, so...
And as I said in a post about Rhaegar and Lyanna:
not that he used Lyanna for it, but that these two things AS WELL AS HIS KIDS, likely came at odds in terms of "what can I do to make these two things happen without compromising the other"...perhaps, after a life of performing "duty" towards his family, dynasty, the "world", Lyanna is the "love" that NARRATIVELY becomes his "weakness" in a long career of putting "duty" first [embodied by the marriage to Elia]
Is that fair to Rhaegar, Lyanna, or Elia...fuck no, that's pretty much a point. Elia is in a place where her body is used against her in a a marriage arranged for her where she'd have to be faced w/the possibility of a husband who doesn't love her in the way she could have and she "sacrificed" her health entirely to produce heirs for "the prince"/the dynasty/her own Martell family's interests. Rhaegar and Lyanna have a love that causes strife instead of staying "good", an "impossible" one because of how marriage (a political institution made for resources) works against them. And especially women--Lyanna would have been in Elia's place except worse, as Robert once more would have never respected her and even abuse her. Rhaegar's gender doesn't produce as as dire consequences being a man and esp being a good warrior, but he also found a grand purpose within those duties as a prince, grew up with a man with a lot of power and insanity behind him who abused his mother yet still obligated to him as his king...again not "comparable"...but...compelling.
The Rhaegar-Lyanna thing is not really meant to be purely moral and not in the way some people have convinced themselves it is (Elia was a PoC wife Rhaegar hated and chose a white woman to love instead; he abandoned his kids for her; he's to blame for Elia's death bc he didn't make sure she and the kids were at a safe location; Rhaegar kidnapped and r*ped Lyanna).
This relationship was grand and a (Watsonianly) true and born from pure affection and authenticity on both their parts...it was ALSO still was a trigger for the war that ended a dynasty, foreshadowed by at least 3 other broken engagements in Westerosi history (Duncan, Shaera, and Jaehaerys II). Elia was "stuck" in a way that is different but immediately more obvious than how Rhaegar was and much more similar to how Lyanna was. Like how the saying in the books goes, love is the "death" of duty; and "duty" can be a thing of love like how I feel an obligation towards a sibling, but duty can also limit one towards prioritizing an undeserving family member...then is it love? (Elia was not undeserving, but we don't know enough what happened or what their relationship was like AND the point is that this world is...morally questionable.)
That also doesn't mean you have to like it or GRRM's choices. It also doesn't mean that there isn't something to the Rhaegar-Lyanna relationship that is worth noting and liking, either, or to make as if it isn't a reflection and a different take/aspect of a core thing in the book that does illustrate it simultaneously.
#asoiaf asks to me#elia martell#elia martell's characterization#agot characterization#asoiaf writing#asoiaf#agot
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yall roman is not a nazi. kendall is not a nazi. (because ive seen people say shit)
They are something worse*. (addition for clarification: compared to what you think of when you accuse someone of being a nazi/fascist nowadays). They are no conviction no lean people, Shiv included. Who do not care whether the next US president gets his ideas from Hitler, so long as the president is in their pocket.
they will fuck anyone and quite literally everyone for their own selfish interest.
Roman pushing Mencken win because Mencken favours Roman and has spoken to him nicely and told him they're going to go far. So Roman steps onto the floor and pushes the narrative, pushes them to call. (also funny the "we're gonna go far" thing esp compared to roman x gerri implosion).
Kendall who for a few second considers how this shit might affect his daughter (a far cry from caring about people in general but hey). That is until his ego is bruised by Shiv's scheming and he decides to agree with Roman... Pathetic, and tragic. Also a bad father, but overall yeah not a good person really. Just chasing his own validation/interest.
And Shiv. Shivy shiv shiv. Who has always been on her high horse because she was the one working for a left leaning politician. She was the one unmarred by ATN and all these duplicitous deals that happen. Until she wasn't. Until Logan dragged her into the narrative and then kicked her a bit just to test her. Until she was consciously part of the abuse cycle bcs up until then she was at least in her opinion much better than her brothers. Until she was making lawsuits and witnesses go away. Shiv who has always cared about people until they are NRPI, right? And Shiv who when given the chance to find common ground between Jimenez and the Roy bros throws it into trash because I guess she knows... she knows that if she calls Nate up she might be able to get something done.
So, she doesn't. She pretends to call and lies to her brothers because when weighing her own benefit (scheme w/ Matsson) against the well-being of the entire country (not having a nazified douche for president) - Shiv Roy chooses her own self-interest. She appeals to the brothers that they need to call for Jimenez, without trying to broker a deal which she now knows might be a no-go for them. But she doesn't sacrifice her self-interest to get them there. She doesn't talk to Nate or Jimenez, or tell them valid reasons why they should probably block the trade (general behaviour, dodgy numbers etc etc).
And this is why ALL of them are worse than just saying "oh my fave turned out to be a nazi"... nah they didn't. They are worse bcs they're flighty as fuck, trying to sit on the highest nicest chair, eat their cake, and benefit while shit hits the fan.
And they're still doing it because of a man who has died and has never listened to what either of them was saying, or wanted. They're still trying to validate themselves by proving to Logan that they're the best one. But Logan is dead, and wouldn't have approved anyway.
tldr; I LOVE THEM!!
* before I get people coming to my replies reblog and ask saying "you can't be worse than a nazi/fascist" let's just state that yes I agree with that statement and I don't want to be debating this to no end. if you compare how kendall shiv and roman behave vs what mencken (modern day fascist/nazi representation) is doing they are not on the same level imo. mencken while deplorable is at least less of a shady fuck compared to the roy siblings. I am not claiming that anything that has happened in this fictional series is in any way worse than ww2 atrocities.
#succession#succession spoilers#shiv roy#kendall roy#roman roy#trash trash trash people#i adore then
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Tumblr is being fucky with asks so throwing my "random book canon faerie info" here @alexanderlightweight
Ok rant and TDI spoilers incoming below the cut. Not really a prompt more...random info to be used if you think it fits?
Arawn is definitely more of an asshole in the books. He doesn't really care that much about any of his kids but:
His favorite was Erec, very sadistic, loves abusing his siblings, got jealous when he realized one of them was more popular than him and convinced the king to give him to the wild hunt. Probably would not react well to Alec being the new fave
The wild hunt doesn't belong to either seelie or unseelie courts but is willing to deal with them. It's led by Gwyn ap Nudd, who out of all the faerie "leaders" is most likely to get the "tough love" title. very similar to your Alec now that i think about it, esp considering he started bending his own rules as soon as he met Diana (bit similar to mirai) bc he's that in love. Actual members of the wild hunt can only leave if permitted by him. They also have one eye color changed (black/gold/silver)
The wild hunt sibling is Kieran! He's a pretty important character but for now he ends up taking the throne, and he's dating 2 shadowhunters one of whom is Helen's younger brother, Mark, who was also in the wild hunt.
There are two separate cases where Arawn used dark magic and spells to give heirs extra power and strength, which is probably something he'd do to Alec:
The first case was Auraline, a child of both him and the seelie queen who was supposed to inherent both their thrones until there was a prophecy and he sent the riders of mannan (near invincible, loyal to the unseelie king and do whatever he wants, would definitely cause trouble if asked to go retrieve Alec) after her. She ran away, married a nephilim, and their descendant was actually adopted by Tessa and Jem, so Magnus sending Alec to them actually tracks with canon a bit.
The last unseelie heir we care about is Adaon. He's probably the "nicest" but what REALLY matters is that he and Magnus had a thing (implied in the books but confirmed by CC) that i assume Alec would not react well to
#tdi spoilers#i hope this was helpful in any way#extra fun facts: Helen and Mark's mom was seelie nobility#considered writing more about the riders of mannan but their wiki page is pretty clear for someone to read without going down a rabbit hole
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Flamebird Kon Guy again (I should start leaving some kinda signature), and Yes!! There’s so much about Krypton and it’s culture that cna be played with, and just barely gets touched on in regards to Kon and the other Kents and then being immigrants!! Like, on Krypton, clones literally had a civil war, and then centuries later, all of the children were born artificially anyways. Literally, Kon would be considered Clark’s kid by their standards, and that’s just never brought up or talked about!!
I’m a bit denier of the Bad Dad Clark fanon shit, but I do want to say, it would be so so INTERESTING to see this type of scenario played with. Kon who compares himself to Clark constantly, and has expressed insecurity over Clark keeping secrets from him and what he (Kon) means to him. And like, Clark has always rushed to assure Kon whenever these insecurities are made known, so something like this would have so much potential!!
But DC is too busy being Mfing haters 😒😒
Anywhores, sorry for the tangent. But this also plays into why I love Flamebird!Kon so much! Because there’s so much that can be explored with Kon taking that name. Imagine Clark telling him about Flamebird, a creature of passion who destroys not because she takes pleasure in it, but because it’s her duty to keep the spark from going out. Kon proudly wearing a name that Clark said he would be a good fit for, and every time they’re together or every time he’s alone, he can’t help but preen because it’s another name that Clark bestowed upon him, and that means something!!
okay first off "anywhores" cracked me up so shoutout to that <3. i just didnt see that coming at ALL hdfjkshdkjHd
anyway. yeah "bad dad clark" is my enemy and i'm setting this particular bit of fanon on fire and throwing it off a cliff. like... here's the nicest guy in the world! also he just hates this teenager for no reason. GET REAL. it's SOOOO much more interesting to give them a nuanced relationship (i also don't subscribe to them having a 100% nuclear family label in any way; i think it's somewhere between "brothers" and "father/son" and also both of them at the same time and also neither. no label fits them too well outside of simply "family"). but them having the struggle of "kon, esp younger early-in-his-narrative kon, craving parental affection from clark, who isn't quite able to give that to him the way he wants" is ABSOLUTELY my cup of tea and im so here for adding the extra layer of old kryptonian vs newer kryptonian culture as a further confounding variable. let them be complex and multifaceted!! the love is there but so are the issues, etc.
re: that last paragraph i can't also help but think of The Agonies... kon defining himself so much by clark's pride in him as a concept makes me wail into my hands. it's in-character Esp again when he's younger but also babygirl you are also your own person!!!! id love a narrative w flamebird kon where he first is so proud of it bc of clark but then grows to forge his own connection to flamebird's mythos and the deity herself too, in addition to the connection to his heritage through clark. kon's narrative re: individuality is just so gripping to me (even if we kinda have to imagine a lot of it bc dc does not want to deliver lmao) and that could be such a fun additional angle on it.
also this whole thing in general made me remember again how mad i am that rebirth just completely nuked the entire kon & clark relationship. clark just doesnt fucking remember him and by the looks of it/the way they wrapped it up so neatly re: house of kent arc, he never will. what the fuck!!!!! rebirth get out of my house bendis do NOT interact!!!!!!
#kon and clark are just SO. AUGH. you know?#the agonies persist but the love prevails!!!!!!#until rebirth decides to fuck them over anyway. BUT IM IGNORING THAT. THE LOVE PREVAILS#theyre family!!!!!!!! theres no other word for it that sits quite right on either or both of their tongues but theyre FAMILY#kon#clark#answers#flamebird kon anon#<- you get your own tag now :)
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I think fans are afraid because Austin is a nice guy (yes), but even you've said yourself that V wasn't always the greatest towards him and was sometimes mean to him, and yet, he stayed with her for almost 9 years! 😬
So, just because he's with Kaia doesn't automatically mean she's all that "nice" either by your logic. But I'm not saying Kaia is awful or mean --idk the girl, I'm just showing you why your logic might not be helping some fans feel any better about their relationship.
i mean i’m aware i can talk myself into a hole there- hence why i said that *esp* because vanessa maybe wasn’t the nicest i think he’d idk have less patience for that kind of thing now if that makes sense?? some mistakes you only make once. i *hope* that for him staying in a relationship for years and years with a girl who isn’t very nice/he doesn’t have the same values as/he’s unhappy with was a one and done kinda deal. 😅
and idk- some people are never gonna feel better about them or accept the girl no matter what i say. she could win the world’s nicest person award and they’d say cindy paid for it LOL. but i try! that i do!
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Omg I just had a thought okay imagine an alternate universe (preferably one where palpatine dies) where Mari has a kid and is a single mother when she meets rex. Just imagine rex bonding with her child, let’s say a daughter. Mari’s daughter trusts him right away even though the clones’ armor intimidates her a bit because he just has that kind and dependable aura about him. Imagine him stepping up while whoever the biological father was is absent. Imagine the first time she asks if she can call him dad, imagine his reaction. 🥺 I’m so soft for dad!rex, esp stepdad!rex idk
Oh my G O D AHHHHH ok read my ramblings below
ok even tho I don’t think there’s any scenario where Mari would have a kid with a dead beat dad (maybe he died or something ? Idk) but Mari being a mom and Rex being like omg that’s a really hot mom😮💨
I could see him like….taking a job as security for something. Like maybe the senate or something. And Mari brings her kid to work day and she gets lost and goes to find help finding her mom and she comes across Rex who is just the nicest friendliest most helpful guy ever and he’s really good with her. Doesn’t treat her like she’s a stupid kid, instead it’s more like an adventure wandering around the senate building and showing her all the cool stuff about it while he looks for Mari. And Mari’s daughter becomes attached to him already, she LOVES him. And then finally they find Mari and Rex damn near faints because h o l y shit that’s his dream girl and he’s like :/ if she has a kid she’s probably with some lucky motherfucker already. And Mari is like wow my daughter found the perfect man to help her holy shit he’s so handsome. And she’s grateful he helped bring her back and she kisses him and he’s all blushing and oh it was nothing and Mari’s like there can be more where that came from if you’re willing, Captain. And he’s like 🤤🫠 yes ok let’s date.
(And by date I mean Mari’s daughter has a babysitter and Mari takes Rex out to a nice dinner and they fuck in her office afterwards)
#hehehehehe oh now THIS is a meet cute#everyone lives au#Rex and Mari still end up together bc the force is determined to bring two fated souls together as a reward for their good deeds#rex and mari🥺#captain rex x oc: mari vontas#oc: mari vontas
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In B&R, do you think Peleus and Thetis had ever once loved each other for real? Not being romantic right now does not necessarily mean they hadn't loved each other in the past, so I got curious about this universe!
This is an interesting one, bc I've still been messing around with their backstory. So what i say now might not apply later, but it's not enough of a spoiler situation to really warrant me not talking about it.
I think that they are more of the "take responsibility" couple. So they were sexually interested in one another back in their heyday, they were cool with one another, but it was always more of a "he's the nicest of the jocks and will be self made; shes the popular rich girl, it looks pretty aesthetic if not permanent" thing.
Maybe if they'd had time to develop a better relationship, it could have worked out. However, they (literally) fucked around and found out, and the only way Thetis was ever going to keep that child (bc Peleus deeply wanted the baby upon discovery) was if Peleus took full responsibility. And again, i like to think they're from an era where that sort of social pressure and reputation was On, esp for women. Thus, marriage it was, and marriage is Permanent (older people's mindset).
They're not the worst of couples when it comes to this (like TSoA and Fame!Thetis and Peleus despise one another) but there's more of a "we stuck in this shit together now, might as well be cordial about it". There's resentments, for sure. They've definitely still slept together off and on the whole time (and it is Good, they wont lie), and they do go to one another for advice and such. They argue over Achilles, but they love him dearly. Like I said, it's companionate at best. Jury's out on whether or not they've had affairs 👀 it's messy lol. Achilles definitely wants better for him and Patroclus.
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thinking of you and your bf at the moment and sending you all the healing vibes. i know sometimes dickheads can make the world seem hostile but there’s people who care and you will find them. that doctor can get fucked fr <33
thank you so so much. luckily everyone at his work agrees she's a total moron, I cannot believe she says he isn't capable of doing any of his job duties, but that he has to go to work anyways. cannot stress enough he is Disabled at this point, he can't work he can hardly drive we can't have sex he can't do anything without a cane. and he's only 23!!!! I'm so hurt at how people just don't wanna help him esp cause he truly is just one of the nicest people in the world everyone says it!!!!!! but thank you thank you it's so appreciated. it really does feel like we're going crazy 😭❤️
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