#even tho it doesn’t really invalidate anything

[lnquisition]

I finally finished Veilguard

[brightest-stars-if]

What would characters be cancelled for if the game were set in modern times?

Most of their cancellable offenses wouldn’t be existent ngl, these characters are products of their environments. But for the sake of the ask, let’s assume that the characters to their cores remained the same.

As a disclaimer ⚠️: these are the characters’ own perspectives/actions and don’t reflect my own views!

Alaric: He has an old fashioned view on marriage and sees men as the protectors (he does view Eulia as his equal tho). He’s also not thrilled about Eulen only having female heirs.

Eulia: Nothing really comes to mind tbh.

Riona: Same with her.

Caius: He treats 90% of the women he’s ever met like garbage.

Isolde: Her blatant child abuse.

Sonya: Her low tolerance for gender non conforming activities/ways of expression. She can get somewhat better about this throughout the game, but she’ll never be perfect.

Arjun: Depending on the degree to which Sonya breaks his heart, he can be vicious to her later on.

Eulen: He initially doesn’t take sapphic relationships seriously compared to other relationships. This will improve though!

Ymeric: He also invalidates sapphic relationships to some degree. He would absolutely flip his shit if Cordelia expressed interest in a man, but as long as she’s with other women it’s fine and he’ll even encourage her relationship with Sonya.

Cordelia: She would never be cancelled for anything ever, she’d be the media’s darling.

Lux: They’re classist (though this can be changed!) and also polyphobic (this cannot be changed).

[jeonscatalyst]

https://www.tumblr.com/jeonscatalyst/763656696583290880/tkkers-never-listen-to-what-they-actually-say-if?source=share

I don't really check on any tags only because they make me want to counter attack their post because those posts would be full of lies and Projection and their takes really makes me frustrated with how they project so in order to not get mad at what they're saying i don't check up on any but since Tumblr wants to give me updates on what others are saying i got two post from tkkrs recommended and in one post it's the anons asking if jungkook really meant AYS trips were best of his life or if he was lying (didn't read what the blogger replied tho) and another one was the blogger (diff blogger) itself saying "what's big deal in staying at some place before going on trip" i mean yes it ain't a big deal even i didn't make any big deal out of it but it's the "staying at some place before going on trip" took me out because they said it like as if jikook were staying at some hotel that company booked or something and not exactly at jk's home itself that too after he came back from US. Mind you these were the same people who dragged jimin saying jimin doesn't even know jk's home because him and jk don't go to each other's home After that vhopekook live where vhope came over at jk's place after jk sent a message asking members to come over if anyone's free and vhope went there and later on left lol. No because I'm sure if tae said same thing they would be on cloud nine but since it's jikook it's either jimin is lying or it ain't a big deal and it's just "some place" and the audacity to say jimin don't know jk's home after jm posted jk's picture on his b'day in 2022 from jk's home where jm visited him with hobi lol.

lol anon

I’m sure I got sent some posts of some blogger swearing that Jk lied when he said AYS trips were his best trips ever but honestly anon, what did you expect tkkrs to say? That was a huge slap in the face to them after they spent a year singing about “private trips” only for Jk to go and say AYS trips were the best trips he ever had in his entire life. Mind you “entire life” which means including the “private trips” taekookers thought was the beginning and end of the universe so what else did you expect them to say? Their whole world blew up in their faces when Jk said that because imagine how painful it must have been for them hear that trips that were taken with Jimin the member who they claim he hates and cannot stand and which also happened to be “company content” were the most impactful for Jungkook? The heartbreak!!!

Jimin saying he spent the night at Jk’s before their Jeju trip shouldn’t really be a big deal because duhhh they are friends and have been band mates for over a decade but it was, especially to them and not in a good way (even though they’ll never admit it) because if you think about it, why would Jimin be with Jk, spending the night with him after a trip instead of Tae if taekook is real? Everyone knows that after trips, people just want to go back home to their lovers and not necessarily their friends but here we had Jungkook going back home, Jimin going over there, Jungkook cooking for him and them spending the night together with Tae nowhere in sight. Doesn’t really read as coupley for taekook now does it especially considering how much tkkrs had been loud about Tae (and Hobi) being with Jk at night before Jk had to leave for LA even though they know there is a huge difference now because we don’t know that Taekook have ever spent a night together before or after a trip like Jikook have. Tkkrs tend to downplay or invalidate anything that Jikook do which their ship doesn’t. They downplayed spending bdays and couple holidays together because their ship doesn’t, they downplayed spending nights and alone time together because their ship doesn’t, they downplayed sharing cars till their ship did it a few times, they downplayed matching clothes till they thought their ship did it and they are downplaying Jikook spending the night together before and after a trip even though that is something they thought their ship did and celebrated it like hell.

Accepting that the AYS trips were the best trips Jk ever had in his life like he said would mean that Jk preferred his company, time and activities on the trips with Jimin over those with Tae. It would mean that the “private” doesn’t hold as much weight and they desperately want it to hold and tkkrs can’t accept that because “privet” is all they have. They can’t accept that Jikook spending the night together before a trip means anything because deep down they know that if taekook was real like they want it to be, Jungkook would want to go home to Tae not Jimin especially since they claimed that Tae joined AYS to spend time with Jk since he was travelling so much (even though Tae was on his phone the entire time). So anon, they just cannot do or say anything else. Jimin spending the night with Jk before a trip doesn’t prove they are real but it kinda debunks taekook just like jikook spending bdays, couple holidays and other special days and times together debunks taekook because why would Jungkook want to do all those things and spend all those moments with anyone other than the person he is romantically involved with. Jikook spend bdays, couple holidays, nights, spend nights with each other after trips while taekook go to concerts, musicals, premieres and go on ski trips where Jk ends up being left behind alone because Tae wants to go back home with friends. Even if you didn’t know the first thing about relationships which one of these seem like things what a couple would actually do? See my point? They have no choice anon.

[lotus222]

Okay.

I only meant to make one SJM post cause Ik how certain girls like to tussle

But since the gwynriels and elucians decided to mess w me EVEN THO I SAID TO LOOK AWAY IF YOU GET EASILY TRIGGERED…

There is only one thing to do:

Talk more about why Elriel is not based in delusion — unlike some ships (not naming names, if you take offense that’s your mind questioning things)

Again, I am giving my PERSONAL OPINION. I even said at the end of my last post that I am not the author and I will love & respect whatever SJM does, which some of y’all can’t echo. That’s sad. This is a fictional world.

DISCLAIMER: if you’re easily triggered by elriel/elucian/gwynriel…l o o k a w a y

DISCLAIMER#2: I am unapologetic cause this is my page :)

Also, stop hitting my line with the “I wasn’t going to respond to this but…” or “you’re so anti…” like 1, if you weren’t going to respond, then don’t. It’s not that serious where the world is BEGGING for your opinion. And 2, I’m not anti anything, I’m pro-logic, again if that offends you then that’s a convo for you and you not you and me.

Now onto the main event…

Azriel

My mans is being dragged through the mud both in the books and online. We say we “love him” but are ignoring what he wants and babes, that’s Elain. If you don’t like her personally, that’s not how Az is feeling, that’s how YOURE feeling. Gwyn has one chapter (+1 sentence) of where I can even attempt to grasp at what Gwynriel’s quote as bible, but again, AZ AND ELAIN HAVE 3 BOOKS. Y’all are acting like Rhys in Az’s bonus chapter and if Rhys couldn’t make his stance acceptable, y’all definitely can’t.

Elain

Again, I say, if you do not like the lady pictured above, stop reading ACOTAR cause she ain’t going anywhere. To be so for real, I didn’t mind Elain at first, meaning I didn’t care whether or not she was included in any story whatsoever. But as I read ACOWAR and ACOFAS, I started realizing that there’s something so lovely about having a character who is innately good and wants/practices peace in a world of animosity and ugliness. She brings beauty in all areas of her life and I think that there’s nothing bad about being “boring” cause that just means your life ain’t a dang mess (*cough* *cough* everybody else in this book)

So here is where I debunk all the claims I have grown tired of ignoring:

• #1 - “He hadn’t gotten that far into his planning beyond the fantasies he’s pleasured himself to.”

(Picture credit: unknown) Get a good look cause that’s what he’s doing at night when he thinks about ELAIN. (It’s canon, so cry to yourself)

So, y’all really think you got us here, huh? So, my man Azriel blatantly admits to thinking of Elain when he wants to be intimate and y’all STILL want your girl to be with this man?

Ugh

Anyway, so Azriel hadn’t planned a relationship with Elain…OKAY???? Did you expect this man to have a map laid out about how he’s going to steal Lucien’s mate??? Do y’all even know Azriel? Like, be so for real rn.

Idk about y’all but when I have a crush on someone, I’m not thinking about how to steal them from the rest of the world, I’m imagining kissing them or going on cute dates. Not how I’ll actually make it happen. And ik y’all do that too with your favorite celebrities so stop playing.

He has a crush. Can you let the man figure out if Elain even wants him to act on it before he plans a 12-step mission on making Lucien disappear forever?

Azriel doesn’t want to force his emotions on anyone (as seen with Mor) so of course he’s not going to act or plot without confirmation that the other person in the party wants that. I.E. why he hadnt tried anything with Mor in all the CENTURIES that he liked her.

So, yeah, consider that point invalid.

• #2 - Lucien is Elain’s mate

(PC: @shauna_the_author) *sigh* This one cannot be dubunked, unfortunately, because it is true. You got me here.

BUT

Elain is more likely to marry Nuala and Cerridwen before she spends the rest of her life with Lucien.

And it has nothing to do with Lucien. It really, really doesn’t. Elain simply doesn’t like him. Y’all were in my comments like “oh he didn’t really sell out Elain and Nesta, he didn’t know”. OKAY. But Elain literally says in ACOWAR that she knows Lucien as two things: Feyre’s friend and the MAN WHO SOLD THEM OUT TO HYBERN

Who cares if it isn’t true, that’s what Elain thinks and with her in mind, you can’t say that this bond means anything more to her than Lucien having some ownership of her which she doesn’t like at all. She even tells Graysen that she doesn’t care Lucien is her mate (“I belong to no one, but my heart belongs to you.”)

Whereas with Azriel, my girl is practically skipping into his arms; talking with him about her dream garden, getting him not one but two solstice gifts, almost-kissing him, recoiling at Cassian’s dagger but actively using Azriel’s…

Idk about y’all but if someone who was fated to be with me was acting this way with another girl, I’d drop him like a hot potatoe. AND AS LUCIEN SHOULD. He deserves someone who wants him, not someone who, as even Lucien said in ACOWAR when he was questioning if Elain was “worth it”, is shackled to him.

I harbor no ill will toward this dreamy man, but it ain’t gonna happen so do Elain a favor and lose her number, k?

• #3 - Sarah wouldn’t do the 3 brothers with 3 sisters, it’s too cliche

Write your own book then. Fan fiction is a thing. If the ONLY thing preventing you to see reason is the possibility of a cliche in a book about kingdoms and fairies and magic then your priorities are so out of shape I won’t even spend the time explaining it to you.

This is SARAH’s WORLD. If she wants to be cliche and have the three female protagonists end up with the three male protagonists then let her. Omg.

• #4 - That Gwynriel scene tho

(NOTE THE PICTURE) Oh, you mean the bonus chapter that featured thoughts about Elain? Not that one? Oh, then maybe you mean the other bonus chapter that featured thoughts about Elain? No? You mean the scene with Gwyn…hmmm

OH! You mean the 2 page conversation about training and why he couldn’t sleep (cause of Elain) and the subsequent regift of Elain’s present to Gwyn. Yeah, I know about that but why are we talking about it? Cause that means Az likes Gwyn? Huh?

That’s how delulu y’all sound. And if I hear another “you’re the ribbon Az”, one more time I’ll scream. THE RIBBON WAS ABOUT TRAINING NOT GWYN WANTING TO SLEEP WITH THE MAN. We are talking about the same girl who hadn’t left a library in god knows how long because of a sexual trauma and y’all are forcing her onto another man??

Gwyn was focused on coming into herself and mastering the ways of the Valkyrie. Nesta meant Gwyn found another obstacle in Az that she would have to overcome to become a Valkyrie. The only man Gwyn was concerned about was Cassian and that’s cause he was getting it on with Nesta. Again, be so for real right now.

I refuse to acknowledge this point until the opposing ships acknowledge the 3 books (+ ACOFAS) of build up between Elain and Azriel.

• #5 - Elain doesn’t belong in the Night Court

This is the last point I’ll mention cause I actually feel bad for dogging the Gwynriels like this, but it had to be done. (Elucians get a pass bc at least their ship is based in evidence)

Elain doesn’t belong in the Night Court, okay, yeah Cassian said that the colors drown her out, I’ll give you that.

But Elain doesn’t know where she belongs anymore, just like Azriel has said about himself. She’s still figuring herself out and what she wants, so it’s okay she looks odd at times or feels at times out of place. Azriel keeps his shadows out 24/7 for the same reason. He doesn’t let anyone past the front he puts on unless he knows it’s safe to. They’re both figuring out how to live their best lives in their current lives.

I’ve heard Dusk Court theories and others but I won’t even repeat those (even tho they’re so good and you should definitely look into them). They just need to find their place in this world (and Cassian was right, Elain DOES NOT BELONG in the Hewn City).

Just like how Nesta didn’t believe she belonged in the Inner Circle, I believe there’s a place for Elain and Azriel where they can be themselves. They just need to find it I.E. their book.

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Okay, that’s enough slaying of my enemies for one post. Again, this is just my opinion/theories and at the end of the day I’ll be happy with whatever Mrs. Maas gives us as long as she gives us something.

Act correctly or else I’ll be back.

[le-agent-egg]

ok this’ll be the raunchiest i’m gonna get on this blog for a HOT minute but since i’ve been doing nothing but being a hater recently i’m gonna say it. hooray more bitching about fanon ishimondo

i am soooooooooooo fucking sick of top mondo bottom taka shit. like yeah have your headcanons and such but it always feels so fucking infantilizing. kiyotaka “shorter by a couple inches” ishimaru is automatically put into the role of “bottom” because…? like yeah the first 72 jokes about him having childbearing hips and a literal stick up his ass were funny but the 73rd? now it’s a bit stale.

and also just… yeah making him a bit of a perv is kinda funny sometimes but either make him a slut or make him your uwu soft baby who doesn’t know anything about sex and needs his big strong boyfriend mondo to guide him 🥺🥺🥺

and just fuck me the way taka is reduced to “slut” in some fics is GRAHHGGG JUST WRITE YOUR FUCKING OCS AT THIS POINT HE WOULD NOT FUCKING SAY THATTTTTTTTT

and this is just me scratching the surface with taka. i’m gonna talk about something else but i’m putting it farther because it’s a but triggering

now MONDO on the other hand. mondo mondo my boy my princess what did they DO to you. look me. dead in the eyes. and tell me that you think mondo “rejected 10 times because he yells when he gets nervous” owada is. a confident strong macho top who knows a ton about sex because of all the sex he’s had guys he fucks bitches and has sex and he’s a top and confident and- SHUT!!! UP!!!

not to sound like an ass and i know this might be a bit long winded but i feel like by forcing mondo to be the confident top you’re… kkkkkinda erasing/invalidating his trauma…? mondo’s so nervous all the time because he has absolutely terrible self esteem because of… you know… so i feel like by making him super confident and an angry sometimes (and tbh borderline abusive in some fics) top is… kinda invalidating that.

plus are we forgetting his line of “you’ll start spreading my legend” 🤨 sure buddy your “legend”

plus the whole “oh the bigger (literally) person in the gay relationship has to be the top” feels. kinda homophobic in a way. like if you wanna make taka the woman just say it ffs. taka isn’t oblivious to sex and stuff oh my god he 110% knows more about sex than his lame ass boyfriend does. ugh

tldr for here uh mondo should be getting fucked in the ass lmao

now this is just a couple problems i have but i’m gonna put a little break for some other big big problems i have with this. so. tw for sa.

one thing that i was talking about with a friend semi recently that infuriates me to no end is how certain people on ao3 (which to be fair i won’t name because i’m not a total ass) interpret taka as an sa victim only to. how do i put this. write him like a submissive slut like 2 fics later. as someone who has gone through some form of assault myself, something about headcanoning taka as a victim, yet also as someone who’s just an innocent baby who doesn’t know anything about sex, but ALSO as lowkey slutty (only to mondo tho) feels SO SO ICKY. you can write taka as an abuse victim, but don’t like??? do weird shit with him later as if that headcanon only applies to one specific fanfic??? this is again really incoherent and barely scratches the surface but. what the fuck. yeah don’t like don’t read fiction doesn’t affect reality until you’re literally writing taka fantasizing about being r*ped.

and mondo sometimes just… he’s written so controlling and even straight up abusive sometimes. like it goes beyond “he would not fucking say that” because mondo isn’t just written as a hot macho dom, he’s literally just. mean. if you’ve seen me ranting about booktok you’d know why i have such a big problem with this. it feels so gross.

anyway yeaaa i might make a followup for this later but sorry for ranting about fictional characters having sex on my blog

[thestobingirlie]

i don't understand people who think steve and nancy are just completely incompatible and never should have dated in the first place (this is re: a post another anon referenced about "bro code doesn't exist when you and your ex are clearly not meant to be in a relationship")

it's such a weird idea that any outsider can claim "oh these two people should never have dated" when...they did. they chose to. it was a relationship that two people both wanted and pursued and spent almost a year in, and it might have ended but how fucking invalidating for a friend to be like "and it never should have happened in the first place, so let's pretend it didn't" it was a year of their lives

even though i don't agree with the interpretation that nancy was waiting for jonathan to make a move and only settled for steve, (i think she was just waiting for jonathan to re-enter her life at all, and didn't think dating steve would end their friendship), even if she did date steve to stave off her loneliness it was still a source of comfort and safety for her for months. steve's the first person she slept with and her first serious relationship (maybe her first relationship ever?)

and for steve she was his first love

but hey, they, like, obviously never should have been together in the first place (tho if they're so incompatible how are they even friends? or if it's so messy how would the hurt feelings not be relevant?) so like, let's just pretend they weren't and that they don't mean anything to each other and that they never did, because they never should have

so many people that hate stancy have an inability to actually view it critically, and just interpret it the way they want to, rather than what they’re actually shown.

even if you think stancy never should’ve been together, that’s such a weird thing to say to defend steve’s best friend dating his ex. like yeah, maybe he looks back on his relationship and thinks, “hmm, we shouldn’t have been together”. but that doesn’t erase the hurt!! that doesn’t take away the fact that they were in a very real relationship!!

i really liked the way you worded that! like, yeah, even though at the end of the relationship it had become tougher and tougher for nancy to ‘pretend to be normal’ for a good portion of a year, steve was there for her! he helped her through her grief, and was a person she could rely on and talk to. steve was the boy she chose to lose her virginity to, and nancy was, at one point, the most important person in steve’s life.

to just say they shouldn’t have been together anyway so who gives a fuck, is so stupid?

besides that, they broke up just over a year ago!! it’s not like it’s been years since they dated and their emotions and hurt over it are long gone. and they’re teenagers! they won’t be able to reflect back on their relationship with that degree of maturity and separation for years.

also. i know i talk mainly on the stobin side of things, but i don’t think nancy would be comfortable being in that kind of relationship either. steve would be her girlfriends best friend, she would have to spend day in, day out with her ex, that she didn’t speak to for about a year because of the rough breakup. nancy is the kind of person that avoids awkward situations like that. and considering the fact that nancy’s girlfriend would always chose steve over her. i don’t think nancy could deal with that.

[ravenkinnie]

tw stalking

I hope this isn’t a touchy subject for you but do you think Jinx is a stalker? A friend of mine said she couldn’t get into arcane because Jinx‘ stalking was off-putting to her. I didn’t say anything to that because my friend sadly has been a victim of a stalker and I wouldn’t want to invalidate her. But still calling Jinx is a stalker doesn’t seem right to me? She is a kidnapper, a killer, a thief and a terrorist yeah but a stalker?

I really value your opinion on Jinx as a character so I was wondering what you thought about this.

Have a nice day!

she's like a lil bit of a stalker, like I don't think she does it a lot because she just doesn't care about people that much except vi and silco and like a) she doesn't have to stalk silco, he's always there anyway b) she did stalk vi a lil on the bridge like she did do the creepy telescope thing. but like I don't think she's Joe from you level stalker she's too reactive to be patient like that. but i dont think stalking is too out of pocket to her, its like a minor atrocity compared to everything else she does. her breaking into caitlyns house to wait her out in the shower only to kidnap her was creepy bitch behaviour tho like she was crazy for that, how long was she even standing there

[bigmack2go]

Watching german newsies. Am disturbed. Need sleep now.

Update

Jack „duzt“ (the not formal you) kloppman and i love it

So they have absolutely no singing skills which is weird considering its a musical

YK THE PART IN CARRIING THE BANNER WHERE THEYRE ALL SINGING ABOVE EACH OTHER??? HALF OF THOSE ARE ENGLISH???

Not abt the german sync but i love boots so much ydek i love him almost as much as albert

They also call themselves newsboys in the german version like BRO WHAT ARE YOU CHANGING THE NAME FOR IF YOURE NOT TRANSLATING IT ANYWAY

PLSSSS „hast du keine aguen im kopf“😭

They did make it a whole lot clearer what jack meant when he talked about oscar with his shoes on

And you can understand what they say in the backround soooo much better

Mush’s voice actually fits better than his real one

Snaps is so funny😭😭

Omg boots singing in german is smt I didn’t know i needet (because i dont. Its terrible)

Blink cant pronounce Harlem „helm“💀💀💀 you go boy! Don’t let anyone tell you not to where that helmet!

WE LOVE U DENTON UR AN ICON *fucking fangirls*

„Spot kanlen“

They made „i spent a month there one night“ into „a night there always feels like a whole month“ :(

Wheres the fun in that???

What the hell is a spot kanlen

I take the thing with races sync back. In fact i think its really really good. And so is blinks (especially blinks) and skitterys.

STOP SAYING KANLEN WHAT TH HELL

I already didn’t understand why they would make a song called seize the day when it could be carpe diem but i guess in English it makes sense cause you can say both versions. In german u cant. No one ever said „nutz den tag“ if anything they say „nutze“ but like just say carpe diem christ. Maybe u can actually find some fitting rhymes then that aren’t just the same thing twice.

THE NEWSIES BACK UP A GAY KID IN THE GERMAN VERSION!!! I REPEAT!!! THEY CANONICALLY BACK UP A KID THAT GOT CALLED A schwuchtel (which is the german equivalent to f4got) THIS IS NOT A DRILL GUYS

„das hinkebein? Ich hohl ihn“ why was that actually kinda cute????

„IcH wIlL NiChT dAS JeManD MicH tRäGt“

Istg crutchie is such a slow talker in german i cant even

RACHE FÜR CRUTCHIE

AINT NO WAY THEY QUOTED STARWARS😭😭😭

„Brooklyn hält euch die Stange“

Thats what he said—

(Im so invalid for this😭)

Ok just lemme get this straight cuz im not sure im correct. The newsies on the pic are the characters that actually got named right??

I have so many feelings about german kony and only very few of them are good

But snipeshooter still kind sounds like himself in it so i guess that good

WHY R THERE NO GERMAN SUBTITLES THO????

Ok but „harlem bis nach sonst wo“ was actually handled pretty well

I only just realized mush swalloing a laugh when davey doesn’t wanna spit shake

Why do they juat completely change some things they say?? Like they could have easily translated it??

Why is the refuge and orphanage in german

IS LES SMOKING???

Edit: nvm its just a lollipop

Istg Esther is so done

GEWERKSCHAFT

(I didn’t even know that was a word)

Still can’t believe blush is cannon

Ok but in santa fee jack talks to a crowd, to himself and to someone else entirely all at the same time

The way jack say snoddy is simply just wrong

Skittery is weird too

„Spot conlen macht uns n bisschen nervös“ nawwwwww fucking cute ass

Omg the men in the backround talking????? Awesome!! Can hear every word!! „Die werden sich noch umsehn“ yass

Why tf they calling him captain instead of kelly

„ICh FrEsS n BeSeN“

Ast-rein

Boots is so poursouled

Edit: i take it back

Reminder to anyone hc‘ing mouth as daveys nickname that in german his nickname would be SpRacHrOhR

WHY DO THEY TAKE DIFFERENT ENGLISH WORDS??? Either u translate it or you leave it. But if you’re changing it but not translating wheres the point??

WAS WILLST DU DAMIT SAGEN? HAT SPOT ALSO RECHT??

Nothing. And i mean nothing. Makes sense in seize the day. And it doesn’t rhyme.

WiR GEBEN IHNEN SAURES

Fucking blink

Edit: rn -mush

Why is crutchie so dumb?

I just realized some of the scabs were already convinced before the fight w the Delancys

What is the woody gate??

Boots is a fucking icon

Spot just livked his palm instead if soitting in it??

NO O E FUCKING TALKS LIKE THAT

What denton says doesn’t make any fucking sense istg

Some of the rhymes in kony are actually okay

THEY REMOVED SPOTS VIBRATO

cant fucking understand a word snipeshooter says

„gut so“ KLOPPMAN LOML

Why did snider donate to the strike??

Herrliche aussicht STFU ALREADY

Who casted Sarah‘s sync???

Motherfucking Pulitzer is licking the paper

Motherfuxker is one of them the guy frim umsere kleine farm

„Brooocklin“

Wtf they didn’t even try to make emphasis‘s similar

They removed meddas accent:(

Just realized the bodyguard spot turns into when snider shows up

Also one lf the guys looks exactly like live‘sies spot

Blink being a bodyguard is the reason i‘m alive

Istg what did spot expect dumbass

HOW DID DAVEY HET AWAY BUT NO ONE ELSE

Not them changing the order 💀

I love that the newsies have priority

1 children

2 women

3 jack

4 themselves

5 davey

6 their friends

7 other newsies

8 other people

I motherfucking love 92‘sies henry

Why is the mayor plying bodyguard now

Pulitzer poking jack is even better in german

Seiz is talking such bullshit tho??? Doesn’t even make sense. Je litteraly does have somewhere to go

what DID crutchie do to the sauerkraut??

Santafee be like📈📉📈📉📈📉📈📉

ScHoN gUt BiN nIcH tAuB

JA MERKT MAN BRUDER DU HAST IHN GRAD NE HALBE EWIGKEIT IGNORIERT NATÜRLICH SCHREIT er

„Wie ein pinkel“????? Huh??

Boots is so dedicated about the clothes what the hell??

Why does davey say i dont even know your real name instead he of you didn’t even tell me your real name.cause lts not true?? And He could have said that?

Why did i think they replaced weasel at the end??? They didn’t. They have two at the beginning too

sarah decking morris is my motto of life

Les 🥺🥺🥺

MorriS‘s german laugh is my life istg thats so funny

Und das ist für crutchie

YOU TELL EM LES

vorallam nicht klug? Yop. Absolutly. Positive. Correct.

Wait theres a picture of the irl Katherine in pulitzers office

How did they get the word „kriegsberichterstatter“ in the word „warreporter“ but not „kenne“ in „tell me“

WHY R WE TALKING ABOUT BAGUETTE NOW????

Why does denton say pulitzer so weird “pOUUUlitser”

[anxious-pasta]

holy shit this is gonna sound so stupid, maybe i actually shouldn’t say that tho as my therapist would say it would “invalidate my feelings” i don’t want to invalidate them but if they weren’t so intolerable maybe i wouldn’t have such a hard time validating them. Really i just don’t think they’re that interesting, i don’t think i’m interesting. this wouldn’t be a problem if i actually knew how to behave normally around other people. but no i have to get anxious over the fact that i can’t ever think of anything to say to make people stay, or to make people like me which that of it self is so annoying like “oh boohoo people don’t like me and i’m gonna make it a problem for myself but not enough to change just enough to make my own life fucking miserable” and the truth is i’m not sure if i’m just too lazy to change or if it’s because i have such a hard time focusing on one thing for long enough to make any change in the first place. yet again starting a “new project” i won’t finish in the end. i mean it’s not like i died so i do have time to finish the project i’m just not sure when that’s gonna be. i love lists i think they are great maybe i should make one of every thing i want to change and see what the recurring pattern is in the bullet points, maybe i’ll actually see something i’ve never noticed and that will give me some fucking motivation to change. dissociation also doesn’t help though i‘m not sure if that’s what’s making me lose so much of my memory or if i just regressed and because stupid (this is such a big fear of mine). i picked up smoking i think, it’s just been a recent happening not rly wish to keep it going it’s an expensive habit in the long and short run. anyway going back to the fact that if i met myself i would hate me 😃 i admire so many of my friends and i am so judgemental i wish i could just love unconditionally and freely maybe it’s my dads fault i’m like this but i don’t even talk to him anymore so maybe i should start finding ways to fix it instead of just remembering all the shit he did to me. i think if i were to say this in therapy m would be like “ you need to start being kind to yourself and in time you will be to others as well” i am so fucking impatient tho will i ever be able to get through the process ?? i mean time passes anyway so might as well but it’s hard and exhausting and i am already tired.

how do i start changing if i am already tired, maybe i should ask that in therapy.

[auckie]

She’s a little annoying, but this YouTuber is a fan of his and does a pretty good job of analyzing the sources of these claims and weighs them out without being too in gaimans favor, which I appreciate. I’m always one to listen to alleged victims because, not only is it like. Yknow, tantamount all things aside that we try to listen to someone who claims they’ve been abused or assaulted, but logically because it’s very difficult for someone with little to no fame or money to go against someone with a lot of fame and money publicly, for a multitude of reasons. That alone gives their plight credibility, and as someone who can relate, I’m always inclined to hear them out.

There’s some odd things about the podcast that reports on this. I’ve yet to listen to it, but it sounds sloppy as hell. Regardless, there’s a ton of very damning things about gaiman that are confirmed by himself, as well as friends and family, that even without affirming the allegations, are just. Eugh. Stereotypical older nerdy rich white guy tho honestly. Dating younger women, soliciting sex randomly, he’s into bdsm which isn’t a crime at all but unfortunately older men in the community have a track record of not really seeking consent. Nothing that’s necessarily illegal, and in all honesty, about on par with his contemporaries. You could say ‘this is morally repugnant’ and I might shrug and agree but it’s very much what you’d expect from a celebrity nowadays imo.

Overall it sounds as if he’s into sadism, pushes it onto younger women who aren’t, and made one of them sign an NDA and ‘offered’ to pay her rent. She assumed the signing the NDA is what would insure her rent be paid. Then when it all comes out that she’s accusing him of rape, he says ‘I’m going to kill myself’ instead of addressing anything. But the podcast that covered it did a bad job, which doesn’t invalidate this story at all. I think that’s fucked up. I’ll divulge more as I learn. I’m going to listen to the podcast but apparently the journalist is Boris johnson’s sister which is already. Eyebrow raising

Neil gaiman allegations?! Dude I literally am on a roll with predicting this shit. I mean it’s awful but like every time I focus my hatred on a new celebrity some shit comes up, but I guess that’s actually just the nature of being a celebrity often coinciding with being rich and being rich often coinciding with having to do pretty shitty things to get to that point. I’m not so reductive that I actually believe ‘you are a bad person because you are X’ but rather, the chances of you being a bit morally repugnant increase the likelihood of you getting into this position of power MOREOVER once in a position of power, regardless of your ethics beforehand, you are presented new temptations. Yknow what I mean? Doesn’t matter fuck him and Jimmy beast

[kybabi]

invalidating their s/o’s hard work

w/ oikawa and suna!

part 3!

series masterlist here!

(a/n: the highly requested part 3 is here !!! i hope this part does the others justice hehe😚this one only has 2 characters bc i lost motivation halfway through tho😢anyways—

all scenarios are written in the timeskip !! as always, thank you for your support everyone!💞💞💞)

oikawa

you knew your boyfriend was a hard worker, and you loved to encourage him

lately he had been working more hours than ever before and you wanted to show him that you appreciated him

so on your day off, you decided to surprise him

you made a ton of food that he liked and prepared the space for a night together

you set up blankets and snacks and movies; everything that you could think of

after spending most of the day gathering and setting things up, you sighed, awaiting his arrival

you hear the door open and perk up; he’s finally home! you look around to make sure everything is in place for the night and wait for him to enter the room.

“welcome home, tooru!” you grin, and he looks around. his brows furrow, and your smile dims slightly at his reaction.

“what is all this?” he asks, and you swallow.

“i thought you could use a night to relax. with me,” you offer, gesturing to the food and shrugging. he sighs, and you pause. “you don’t like it?”

he scrubs a hand over his face. “i don’t really have time for this. i have to get up early tomorrow, and i can’t have any distractions, okay?” he explains. distraction? your heart sinks. of course he doesn’t have time tonight. you should’ve expected it.

“oh,” you mutter, looking away. “well, you can just go to bed without me.”

he nods and heads off without another word. you want to follow him to bed, taking any time with him you can get, but you still have to clean everything up, so you stay.

it’s a couple hours later when tooru wakes up, throat dry and scratchy. he gets up to grab a glass of water but pauses at seeing the light seeping from under the door. you’re still up?

he opens the door cautiously, careful not to make any sound as to alert you of his presence, and peeks out the door.

you’re wiping down the counter, chin resting in your free hand, and you stare down at the marble sadly. you look tired and lonely, and tooru’s chest begins to ache upon seeing you like this.

you put the rag down and rest your head in your hands, taking a breath. your stomach growls and you grimace, having forgotten dinner, but you resume cleaning anyway.

he opens the door and steps forward, making his presence known, and you straighten up, startled.

before he can say anything, you grab a glass from the cupboard and fill it with water before handing it to him. he takes it from you, looking at you guiltily.

he feels terrible, now that he can step back and acknowledge everything that you did for him today. or, everything that you tried to do for him today. he hasn’t been spending a lot of time with you lately, and he knows you were just trying to make it better.

“hey, um—” he starts, but you cut him off.

“you should go back to bed! you have an early day tomorrow, right?” you ask, turned away. he winces upon remembering how he shut you down earlier.

“yeah, but...” he trails off, looking around. he can see all of the food you made sitting in tupperware containers, untouched. “you made all this food, and—”

“it’s okay, tooru. just go back to bed,” you mumble, scrubbing the sides of the pot you’re holding and sighing.

more than anything, you’re embarrassed. embarrassed at having put in a day’s work just to be shut down by someone who didn’t care for it in the first place. now, all you want is for him to just leave.

“hey,” he coaxes gently. “you haven’t had dinner, right? why don’t we sit down and eat?”

“tooru, i don’t need you to humiliate me even more than you already have, okay?” you blurt, face hot.

he stares at you, mouth opening and closing as he searches for something to say. it never comes, so he just nods, and retreats toward the door.

but when he takes another look over his shoulder, he sees you leaned over the counter, face in your hands, and he crumbles.

he pads over to you and wraps his arms around your waist, pulling you in firmly. you make a noise of protest, but he shakes his head.

“i’m sorry. i should’ve appreciated everything you did for me today,” he murmurs softly, face buried in the crook of your neck, and you shrug.

“‘s fine. i know you have things to do,” you respond, and he turns you around to look at him.

“hey,” he tilts your chin up. “that’s not an excuse. i should’ve set aside time for you, too.”

you smile a little at that, and he pats your head affectionately.

“let’s take the day off tomorrow. we can do everything you planned for, ‘kay?” he suggests, hopeful, and your eyes light up.

you wrap your arms around him and squeeze tightly. he coughs, laughing and burying his nose in your hair.

“thank you, tooru.”

suna

when it came to your housing situation, suna didn’t care about the aesthetics of it nearly as much as you did

even so, he liked to listen to you talk about the things you wanted to do with the place

so you decided you’d surprise him while he was at practice by redecorating everything and making the house look nice !!

you went out and found a couple pieces to put up on the wall as well as some little lights and things

you spent the entire day setting everything up and stood back, looking at it proudly

all you had to do was wait for him :)

you move the new lamp to the right just a bit, and look at it. perfect.

you stand back, inspecting each element of the living room to make sure it looks just right. you grin, excitement making your heart pound.

finally, you hear the lock clicking open, and run to the front door. rintarou stares at you blankly, and you beam at him, coming around behind him to cover his eyes.

“y/n, i don’t want—”

“i have something to show you!” you singsong proudly, leading him to the living room. he grunts, and you uncover his eyes.

“tada!! what do you think?” you wait eagerly, reading his face as his eyes scan over the room. he scoffs, and you frown. “what?”

“it looks like you chewed up a salad and spit it out all over our room,” he mumbles, gesturing to the house plants you bought just to decorate. you gulp before laughing nervously.

“i don’t know, i kind of like it!” you offer, and he cringes.

“well, it’s your idea. doesn’t matter what i think about it,” he shrugs, and his obvious disapproval stings.

“of course it does! i wanna know what you think,” you murmur, and he shrugs yet again, tiredly shuffling into the bedroom wordlessly.

disappointed, you finally let your shoulders fall sadly. you hadn’t expected him to be over the moon about it, but you still wanted him to like it.

you feel stupid; it’s his room too, and his approval is just as important as yours.

you go to pick up one of your hanging plants, taking it off its hook and holding it up. it’s got the greenest leaves you’ve ever seen, and you think it might be your favorite one.

you bring it up to your face and sigh. “you’re a beautiful plant. i hope your life is good to you,” you whisper, kissing its leaves. you once saw on tv that talking to your plants makes them grow nice and strong, and while rintarou always made fun of you for it, you started doing it anyways.

one by one, you take the plants down, whispering affirmations to them along the way.

—

suna’s stomach grumbles loudly, and he groans. he didn’t get the chance to stop for dinner on the way home, and now he’s paying for it.

he’s about to open the door to the living room when he hears something. it sounds like mumbling, though he can’t make out what you’re saying.

slowly, he pushes the door open just a crack and puts his ear against it.

“you’re the last one, little guy,” you say quietly, and he opens the door just a tad bit more, peeking through it. his eyes widen; all of your plants are sitting on the counter, removed from their initial places. you’ve taken down the lights, too, and put the lamps in a box. you laugh, but suna can tell it’s not real.

“rintarou never really liked plants, i guess. should’ve thought about it before i messed his living room up,” you shrug sadly, and his heart sinks.

he didn’t mean to hurt your feelings; the plants were really a nice touch! he was just passive about these things, and he didn’t think you’d take his commentary to heart.

“i hope you get lots of water and plenty of sun when i take you back. please grow strong,” you whisper, and suna pauses. take you... back? you’re gonna return them?

he opens the door, and you turn around sharply, alert.

“talking to the plants again?” he teases, hoping to lighten up the mood, but you just stare back down at the pot your holding. his chest hurts at the sight, and he pads over to you, taking the plant from your hands.

“let’s just put these back up, okay?” he suggests, but you shake your head.

“‘m just gonna return them,” you answer quietly. “i don’t wanna keep them up if you don’t like them.”

“but—” he protests, but you cut him off quickly.

“it’s fine, rin. it’s not a big deal.”

you turn away, organizing the rest of the plants, and rintarou sighs helplessly.

but then, an idea pops into his head, and he blinks once before sighing again, defeated. fuck it, he thinks.

“i’m sorry for calling you chewed up salad,” he mumbles, embarrassed. you freeze, turning around slowly.

“..what?”

“i think you’re a, er, very beautiful plant. you have nice... leaves?” he cringes, holding the plant to his face, and you chortle, laughing loudly. suna softens at the sound, relieved at finally hearing a real laugh from you. he walks toward you, holding the plant next to his ear. “i think it wants to stay,” he whispers, and you sigh.

“i don’t want to decorate our house with things you don’t like, rintarou.”

“baby,” he says gently. “i didn’t mean it like that, okay? i think our house will look perfect however you decide to decorate it,” he shrugs, and you exhale, letting him hold you.

“okay, okay.”

“i think so too!” suna imitates whinily, shaking the little plant at you, and you giggle happily.

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[beechbloom]

Coming out to Kazuha as transgender

Tried to make this as inclusive as possible so that all trans people (both ftm/mtf and nonbinary) can see themselves in this. There a lot of ways to be trans tho so hnng

Oh and this could definitely just be viewed as all platonic. Kazuha and reader might be dating, or might not be. YOU decide 🫵

You seem nervous when you tell him

Little do you know, he’s known for some time already

“I had a hunch that may be the case. There was something distinctly unique in the feeling you give off, unlike that of a [agab].”

Honestly just goes with it, instantly starting to refer to you with the terms you prefer

This man is so used to thinking through his words as he speaks (making them pleasing to the ear) that he doesn’t struggle at all if you ask him to use different pronouns for you

Even neopronouns will be a walk in the park for him! Though he has to properly grasp how they work first, of course

Will ask you if you’re only comfortable with him knowing this, or if you want others to know too

Depending on your answer, he will act accordingly around people who don’t know

If you don’t want others to know, he’ll refer to you rather neutrally

Will go with either your agab pronouns, they/them, or might even try to avoid pronouns altogether depending on what you prefer

If anyone could refer to you with no pronouns ever and still have it sound natural, it'd be him

If you’re fine with others knowing, he will act like your gender is as normal as the sun being up during daytime

Will be a little hesitant if you ask him to explain it to someone, as he really won't be speaking from experience. But if you truly are too nervous to do it yourself, then he'll try

And despite his hesitance he'll be damn good at it, explaining it in a way that makes it sound so very natural and almost beautiful

Will definitely hear you out if you wanna discuss gender stuff

“Whilst I am unable to relate, I still understand that this is important to you. Please know that I am here to listen to anything you wish to tell me.”

He’ll ask questions if he feels he doesn’t understand something, but never in a way that invalidates your identity

If you tell him what causes you dysphoria he’ll definitely try to subtly keep you away from those situations

And if you tell him what causes you euphoria he’ll try and help you experience that every now and then

If you start altering your appearance to match how you feel inside, he’ll support you

He might even suggest things he thinks could help you feel more at home in your body

After a while, he’d definitely remind you of your progress

“I just have to say that seeing how far you’ve come, it truly brings me joy. You have grown so much with this, and the confidence you’ve gained from it makes itself apparent in all that you are. I’m proud of you.”

There’s nothing but respect from this man regarding your gender

You seem nervous when you tell him

Little do you know, he’s known for some time already

“I had a hunch that may be the case. There was something distinctly unique in the feeling you give off, unlike that of a [agab].”

Honestly just goes with it, instantly starting to refer to you with the terms you prefer

This man is so used to thinking through his words as he speaks (making them pleasing to the ear) that he doesn’t struggle at all if you ask him to use different pronouns for you

Even neopronouns will be a walk in the park for him! Though he has to properly grasp how they work first, of course

Will ask you if you’re only comfortable with him knowing this, or if you want others to know too

Depending on your answer, he will act accordingly around people who don’t know

If you don’t want others to know, he’ll refer to you rather neutrally

Will go with either your agab pronouns, they/them, or might even try to avoid pronouns altogether depending on what you prefer

If anyone could refer to you with no pronouns ever and still have it sound natural, it'd be him

If you’re fine with others knowing, he will act like your gender is as normal as the sun being up during daytime

Will be a little hesitant if you ask him to explain it to someone, as he really won't be speaking from experience. But if you truly are too nervous to do it yourself, then he'll try

And despite his hesitance he'll be damn good at it, explaining it in a way that makes it sound so very natural and almost beautiful

Will definitely hear you out if you wanna discuss gender stuff

“Whilst I am unable to relate, I still understand that this is important to you. Please know that I am here to listen to anything you wish to tell me.”

He’ll ask questions if he feels he doesn’t understand something, but never in a way that invalidates your identity

If you tell him what causes you dysphoria he’ll definitely try to subtly keep you away from those situations

And if you tell him what causes you euphoria he’ll try and help you experience that every now and then

If you start altering your appearance to match how you feel inside, he’ll support you

He might even suggest things he thinks could help you feel more at home in your body

After a while, he’d definitely remind you of your progress

“I just have to say that seeing how far you’ve come, it truly brings me joy. You have grown so much with this, and the confidence you’ve gained from it makes itself apparent in all that you are. I’m proud of you.”

There’s nothing but respect from this man regarding your gender

[pinkspiraling]

venting about my day:)

today was my first sober day since my 11 day streak in november! and let me tell you it fucking sucked i mean i swear every hour felt like three and i just kept asking myself why i’m trying to do this. and my brain kept trying to sabotage, i kept coming up with reasons why not to and invalidating myself and telling myself “i don’t even have a problem, it’s all made up, other people with real addictions would laugh at me” etc etc basically i had to fight myself all day and it was so annoying and constant and i feel as though i mentally ran a marathon. emotionally today has felt like five days and i feel like i need to sleep forever to recharge but i work the next three days and it will be my first time working sober in a month! so basically i’m worried lmao bc if anything is going to make me fuck up it’s work stress and work people. so tomorrow better be an easy day bc istg i have not a lot left in me and im feeling very grumpy and angry rn i feel like i need to scream. maybe i should try dialing back the forced positivity tomorrow tho like maybe i really am trying TOO hard to have the right thoughts and answers and motivations. i’m gonna try ignoring those doubting questions in my mind tomorrow. like doesn’t matter all the reasons why we’re doing this, it’s what we’re doing so i need to get on board and stop asking myself questions. damn. i am so annoying i am driving myself crazy

[makeste]

I saw this take on twitter about Hana & Kacchan having “reverse parallels” and since they both have apologised to Tenko/Deku (but one was more or less sincere and the other was absolutely sincere) and they said that, while Hana moved away from Tenko, Kacchan ran to catch Deku. There was also more to the thread abt Kacchan & Hana’s differences. They were sorta trying to argue that this is a clue that Hori intends for Bkdk to be sibling-like/brotherly. As a bkdk shipped, I’ve accepted that it makes sense.. cause it’s an established fact that Tenko & Deku parallel each other. Tenko having his own “Kacchan” makes sense. Tho yes I am a little sad since I’ve held a little bit of hope for romantic bkdk becoming canon. I just wanted to ask your opinion if Hana was really meant to foil Kacchan or was it just a reach?

okay so I have a couple responses to this.

1. while it's true that Horikoshi has woven a lot of deliberate parallels between Deku and Tenko's characters, that doesn't mean every single thing about their lives and every single person they interact with is a part of those parallels. which is to say that no, I don't really think Hana and Kacchan are meant to mirror each other in any kind of significant way. Hana's apology to Tenko was under completely different circumstances than Kacchan's apology to Deku; I really don't see any connection between the two situations. you might as well be trying to compare Hana to Endeavor, or Deku, or Hawks, or Aizawa, or any other character who's apologized to anyone over the course of the story.

2. please pardon the forthcoming rant, anon -- and I hope you know that none of this is aimed at you in particular -- but for me personally, this whole obsession with ships becoming canon is one of the most exasperating types of discourse there is. like, don't get me wrong, I totally understand people wanting to see their favorite ships validated by the author, and not to mention there's also the issue of having more LGBTQ+ representation. but speaking as someone whose own orientation (aromantic) has almost no representation in fiction whatsoever, it gets frustrating to see so many people dismiss non-romantic relationships as being an inferior type of ship, to the extent that calling a relationship "sibling-like" is now a commonly-used attack in ship wars. so many people view romance as this completely transformative element, to the point where two characters can literally tick every other box on the intimate personal relationship checklist, and none of it will matter to some people unless they actually confess their love and kiss.

and again, I'm not saying I don't understand it, especially since queerbating is a thing. it's one thing if a writer is genuinely just trying to portray a close friendship, especially in series where romance isn't really a focus. but it's another thing entirely if a writer is deliberately hinting at a romance in a blatant bid to attract a larger queer audience, while all the while having no intention whatsoever of having those hints lead anywhere. the issue, I guess, is that it's not always easy to tell which scenarios are the former, and which are the latter. and of course, you also have people who think that the former is a type of cop-out as well, because the thing is that romance is always viewed as the default. so for a lot of people, allosexual and alloromantic relationships are the only ones that get considered as far as representation goes.

but you know what, I'm just gonna say it; even knowing where people are coming from, it's still discouraging to know that so many people are so dismissive of aro and ace relationships that the thought of a favorite ship not becoming romantic in canon is considered a profound disappointment. and it's even more discouraging that the thought of a rival ship becoming canon is considered such an existential threat to some that they will literally use "oh, they're just like siblings" as an argument against the ship, rather than a point in favor of. because siblings are a downgrade. friendship is a downgrade. any kind of close relationship that isn't inherently romantic or sexual in nature is less important, and that's just how it is.

so yeah, that's kind of a pet peeve, ngl. especially since the truth is I actually do think Bakugou and Deku's relationship is very akin to siblings. and so I do sometimes get weary of not being able to just outright say that without having to first pepper the statement with all kinds of disclaimers so that people don't think I'm invalidating the ship. I feel like I have to walk on eggshells if I ever want to talk about their relationship in terms that I can personally relate to.

but I mean, here's how I look at it. they've known each other since they were small children. they call each other exclusively (or almost exclusively) by childhood nicknames. they have an openness and an unspoken, almost taken-for-granted trust in each other to the point where they'll share closely guarded secrets ("I got my quirk from someone else") and personal vulnerabilities ("why was I the one who ended All Might?") with barely a second's hesitation which they would never share with anyone else. they have a comfortable little bickering type of rapport ("I'm getting stronger"; "well I'll just have to get even stronger then"; "you'll never surpass me"; "we'll see about that") which they can fall into with ease and which looks weird af to outsiders, but is "normal" to them and something they're both grateful to have.

they're so intimately familiar with each other's personality and behaviors that they can predict them with perfect accuracy. they're so in tune with each other that they can whip up elaborate coordinated attacks right on the spot in perfect sync. their admiration for each other is so strong that they each think of the other as being the epitome of winning and saving, respectively. their mental images of each other are so vivid that they subconsciously mimic each other's speech patterns whenever they start falling into a particularly strong Win or Save mindset themselves. they take no small amount of pride in showing off for each other. they go apeshit any time the other is in danger or hurt. and each of them would literally die for the other if it ever came to that.

all of that is already canon. on just about every metric imaginable except for "now kiss", the two of them already have a canon intimacy that rivals just about every other great relationship out there. and so to say that none of it actually counts unless there's an actual love confession involved frankly just boggles me. again, maybe it's because I have no personal vested interest in romance myself, though. I'm literally just not wired that way, and so I'm really not the best person to vent to when it comes to these kinds of concerns.

but look, no matter what happens from here on out, these two care about each other on a very deep and personal level. they're going to continue to be a part of each other's lives no matter what. and each of them, no matter what, will continue to occupy a space in each other's lives that no other person can fill, regardless of how we or Horikoshi or anyone else choose to label and define that space. and so in my book, that's already a win.

anyways, apologies again for the impromptu rant. again, this wasn't particularly directed at you in any way; if anything it's mostly just a generic response to the constant shipping discourse in this and every other fandom, and a more detailed explanation for why I personally don't like to get involved in it. this is just one of the myriad reasons why I try my best to stay very far away from BnHA twitter lol.

[januarymoreau]

alright so I know literally no one cares about this but it’s my social media I’m doing what I want /lh

I’ve been seeing a lot of slander about justin russo on the internet lately and I’m currently hyperfixated on wizards of waverly place so here’s why justin is an awesome character/doesn’t deserve the hate he gets

He’s kind and treats those he loves well. Justin is canonically really good at comforting people. Although he argues with Alex a lot, at the end of the day, he’s also her older brother and genuinely cares about her. When Professor Crumbs threatens to take Alex’s magic away because she doesn’t turn her report card in, Justin says that Crumbs will also have to take his magic away. Justin is ultimately selfless. We see again and again the sacrifices he makes for Alex and I think we mainly see his kindness in that relationship. Despite that, I think he’s also notably kind to Juliet. When he finds out that he made the mistake of reporting Juliet and her parents, he instantly tries to fix it. Not only does he try to fix it, but he puts his job as Monster Hunter in jeopardy for Juliet and her parents - her parents haven’t even been that nice to him. Justin is ultimately selfless and at the end of the day, he sacrifices himself or what he wants for others. When Rosie turns back into a good angel, instead of selfishly continuing to date her and keeping her in the mortal world (which he could have done - she literally offers to stay with him), he gives her up because he realizes the world needs a guardian angel more than he needs a girlfriend. Even though it hurts because he loved her, he gives her up. There’s no “award” for doing this - he won’t move up a level in the wizard competition, he really won’t get any recognition for giving Rosie up. He doesn’t even get any recognition for turning the moral compass back to good. He does it because it’s the right thing to do. Although later I’ll argue that Justin is constantly seeking validation, I also think that the heroic/good things he does are often done with no expectation of being praised for it. He does them because he has a strong sense of morals. He’s also kind to Harper, Zeke, his parents, and even Max, who people rarely ever show kindness to in the show.

He’s in touch with his emotions. When the show starts, Justin is very against anything that will show him as feminine or emotional. In fact, he even says he’s allergic to emotions (or something like that) to cover for the fact that he’s crying over his missing dog. As the show goes on, we see Justin start to embrace and accept his emotions more and to lose touch with his toxic masculinity. I think dating Juliet changed him in a lot of ways (making him more relaxed, etc), and I think one was encouraging him to be more emotional. After Wizards vs. Vampires, Justin is pretty emotional and open about his emotions in the show. He’s even open with talking about them. In the movie, he opens up to Alex about how he feels like Jerry & Theresa wouldn’t love him as much if he were less “perfect,” which brings me to my next point.

At the end of the day, Justin is a sad character. I know it’s a kid’s show but they really do cover a lot of issues so bear w me. I’m hyperfixated and I like to over analyze shows so I’ve thought about this a lot. Justin is the oldest, which means he already deals with pressure to be perfect. Then, add in the fact that his parents are constantly describing him as the “perfect child” and putting him on a pedestal, while pitting the kids against each other as a result of the wizard culture bc of the family competition (I love Jerry & Theresa but they’re not perfect). He’s also a high achiever and we know he puts extreme pressure on himself to do well - they always make a joke about it but it’s actually quite sad. He literally feels poorly about himself when he gets a B and bases his entire self worth on his grades and skills as a wizard. In fact, in the movie he voices doubt about whether or not he’s good at anything other than magic. I have a few things I want to say about all of this. First of all, I think Justin is constantly seeking validation. I think as the oldest and “best” child, he feels the need to be perfect all the time, but he also does many of the things he does because he just wants validation. When Harper decides to run a marathon, Justin does too, and sadly his accomplishment of finishing it is overshadowed by Harper “winning.” I also think Justin feels threatened by the success of others because he thinks it invalidates his. When he opens up to Alex in the movie, he says that he’s jealous of her because it seems like everything comes naturally to her. Justin feels as if his parents loving his siblings takes away from their love from his. It’s irrational, but very real. Which brings me to my next point - Justin has generalized anxiety disorder. It makes sense - the overthinking, the outbursts he has (Alex refers to it as a conniption once) of panic or frustration, the overachieving, etc. As someone who probably has autism, I also think he’s autistic (which would explain his troubles with tone, struggle making friends, obsessions with things like Captain Jim Bob Sherwood and science, being better w robots than people, and so much more).

Ultimately, Justin has a strong moral backbone. Although he’s a stickler for the rules and this oftentimes leads him to do bad things initially, he always does the right thing in the end. For example, when Justin and Alex go to court and Justin duplicates himself to be his lawyer, his lawyer ultimately proves that Justin is guilty; he even says something along the lines of “We’re Justin Russo. We always do what’s moral and just.” Justin has a strong sense of justice (which could also be from being autistic but I could do a whole other post about neurodivergency coding in WOWP and Disney & Nick shows overall bc there’s a ton of coding) and does what he thinks is right, most of the time. Sure, sometimes he does bad things, but he’s also a teenager at the end of the day and he’s highly competitive.

Finally, Justin Russo is super progressive - in fact, he’s probably the most progressive characters of the show. He acknowledges climate change and actively tries to create a solution for it. In fact, for his science fair project he makes a water powered engine, which would reduce carbon emissions. He also wears a shirt at one point that says “Make art not war.” I will admit that his biases against the werewolf he dated were problematic, but he clearly grew from that because he never held any of that against Mason. He’s also into science and is a nerd and although this is a stereotype, most young people who are into science and are nerds are progressive. I’m pretty sure he also is well aware of current events and would probably read the newspaper. Also I myself headcanon Justin as trans and bi (again could make another post about characters in wowp that are queer)

Little note even tho probably no one will see this - this is all just for fun. If you disagree with anything I said, just say it politely hahsh. Also please don’t make fun of me for this WOWP is a huge hyperfixation and comfort thing for me rn and I just wanted to make a silly little post where I analyze one of my comfort characters. Also I kin Justin so pls don’t like hate on him in the comments.

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Hi!! since I needed to gather a lot of courage to write this, I'd like to start by saying that your art is amazing and really adorable!!!! I will also refrain on commenting upon this situation with Misha because i don't think it's my place to say anything...but I've been reading a lot of comments and some “true” fans are all acting like this is the end of cockles. I am glad to see you are not one of those and you’ll continue to support and enjoy them. 1/3

I don’t see what happened as a hindrance in shipping/supporting them, but I guess everyone has their reasons. I don’t ship anything because there is a possibility it will happen and I don’t stop doing it if doesn’t. I usually just look at “this” and “that” and go WOW “this” and “that” have something amazing I would like to see more of them!! Jenmish have an amazing chemistry and an intense energy about them when they are together it just makes me grin like an idiot watching them interact. 2/3

So, while the idea that jenmish have a relationship that is more than friendship (however improbable this may be at the moment) is something that would be amazing, me shipping them is not based on that possibility. This means that I don’t expect anything from them, I just enjoy them being them (what/whoever that is) and hopefully others will continue to do so as well. Thank you for listening and for always trying to be as positive and optimistic as possible, it matters and it helps a lot !!! 3/3

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Hi nonny! sorry for the delayed response.

I agree, I ... idk. People can jump ship if they want but I'm here. I was late to the game in the first place and only hopped on when the 2019 Jib panel happened awkejfalkwefjwa

but again, cockles is more than just two dudes potentially boning and I feel like 'true fans' would understand that? we are giddy over their energy together and their words and support with each other and like, that's valid be it a romantic relationship or a very deep friendship. It's still a good relationship and they are still very fond of each other like fuck — look at this weekends panel? It was like they didn't even skip a beat despite not sharing a stage for literal years [I'm not counting dencon tho even with dencon, it was still years, and they were still so comfortable]

so like, whatever this mess is? doesn't invalidate cockles to me in any way shape or form because I like them for tHEM, in whatever capacity they want to be in. i just like how they make me smile, and how they bounce off each other, and their friendship.

half the time i don't even say I 'ship' them, only that I sit here and wait patiently for more interactions because that's what's fun about it.

they'll always have my support, like always.