#fuck Jess

[sapphic-storm69]

Spiderverse thots

[xerith-42]

okay what’s your opinion on the theory garroth was brain washed in some way in the end of season 1??

and to continue with the garroth at the end of seasons, what’s your opinion on aphmau admitting she wrote garroth out of character to make her own writing decisions seem better?

So, the concept of Garroth being brainwashed is actually a concept that I first explored in the AU where Aphmau blows up, and I'm quite fond of the headcanon. I think it's great for Garroth enjoyers to be able to re-contextualize one of the worst things their baby did that made little to no sense. Garroth constantly being pushed to such extremes by Aph kissing like one other person is just a really dumb and bad way of writing him, and I don't fault anyone who thinks mind control was involved.

Do I think it was what Jess intended? Maybe...? If she did, she did a very bad job of explaining it. During the end of season 1 Garroth is clearly being manipulated by Zane and Lilian, but the show never uses more explicit language than "manipulation". And Zane can manipulate mansplain malewife like nobody's business, but I'm not sure if just manipulation would really be enough. The wording around the whole ordeal is so vague that you can really take it any direction.

As it is in canon, I don't think the intention was for Garroth to be directly mind controlled, otherwise I feel like Jess would have made it explicitly clear at some point. As a coping mechanism/head canon, I totally accept and will probably start incorporating it into my own writing from now on.

For your second question, my opinion is... strange. I think it takes some cojones to admit that you actively fucked up a beloved character to make your own bad writing look better. I respect Jess for admitting it with Garroth. Still waiting for her apology as to what happened with Laurance--

Anyways, I actually have a lot of thoughts on Season 2 Episode 98 "Garroth", because that's the episode Jess admitted that she wrote out of character for Garroth. I mean, it's obvious she was and had been doing that with Garroth and Laurance since she decided that Aarmau was endgame and the rot of their characters started in season 2 if not earlier, but I appreciate her owning up to it this one single time.

This is the episode that she and everywhere else cites as the breaking point for her and Minecraft Diaries, it's the episode that people know she deliberately fucked up. But that episode isn't nearly as bad as what she did to Laurance in S2E95. Don't get me wrong, 98 sucks, it's a bad episode and a bad showing for Garroth overall, but there's still hope for redemption with Garroth by the end of the episode. He ends on not a high note, but a note that can be picked up. There's still a chance Jess can bounce back from this and get 'em better next time (which she actually kind of does because Episode 99 is one of the best Garroth centered episodes in the series).

But there isn't any hope for Laurance. Garroth gets to come back for My Street as a major role and he gets to stay that way. He gets to go to both of the beach seasons, he gets to be in the know on what the Emerald Secret is, he gets his family retconned to be even worse than they currently were for the sake of the story, and he gets to be involved in the ultimate conclusion of that storyline. Laurance doesn't.

After episode 95, he doesn't get to come back. He's there for Season 1 and 3, but there are two beach seasons, not episodes, that Laurance gets completely excluded from, and when Jess decides she wants the plot to kick in, there's nothing. No mention of Laurance and where he is, what he might be doing, how he might be feeling about all of this. No mention of other characters worrying or thinking about him. There's just... nothing.

I think Jess redeemed herself for how badly she wrote Garroth in 98 with episode 99 and his later showings. Even if I don't like My Street, especially after season 2, Garroth is at least there. He's still got plenty of problems with how his character is written, but at least he's there and gets to be a good character sometimes. Laurance just... didn't get to come back from Jess' horrible writing. (unless we're including Void Paradox but my thoughts on that series on a metatextual level are a whole other can of worms)

[honestlydarkprincess]

[kylejsugarman]

only thing i know for certain is that if "breaking bad" took place during modern times, jesse would've used his cash to buy a drone and there would've been a sick ass sequence filmed from drone perspective and one episode cold open would've been all scary and sinister and it would end with an ominous shot of the drone laying all crushed and fucked up on the floor to imply harm done to jesse. and it would be really sad

[a11eya]

“hey. look at me.”

“no,” you say, looking away, hating yourself for being petty and insecure.

bakugou reaches over and cups your chin with his hand, using his fingers to gently squeeze your cheeks so your lips puff out.

“stoooop,” you say, trying to wriggle out of his grip, annoyed. he leans forward and kisses you.

you try to resist for all of two seconds before giving in, softening against him as he rubs a hand up and down your back. if you were a cat, you’d purr.

“jealous, huh?” he says, leaning back to give you a satisfied little smile.

[plaguedocboi]

I’m sorry but gharials? They’re just existing like this. Why aren’t we all talking about it

[brennan-lee-mother]

[our friends] are not pull string dolls for our amusement,” Rekha said, standing on an apple box she had been manoeuvred onto like a pull string doll for Jess’ amusement

[sweatynutqueen]

REBLOG AND DM IF YOU HAVE LOVE FOR STRAP ON

[ladyinbl00d]

and my man thank you to my man part 2 here

[pokeypoqi]

hello minecraft story mode fandom i finally got the courage to post something i drew of this game

sorry to all my sonic followers, the cube yaoi has taken hold

[ravetamer]

people are saying “i can fix him” and the him is aiden mcsm (i am people)

[fullsaw]

how it feels to bring up tma around someone who hasn't listened

[kylejsugarman]

i adore the breaking bad scene where all the guys at don eladio's place drink the poisoned tequila and start dropping dead because we the audience understand that this is an act of revenge that gus has been planning for years to avenge the death of his business and romantic partner, but jesse was never told any of this so he just got brought to a baller pool party by his new scary boss, a hot girl sat on his cock, and then everyone started dying and shooting at each other while he just stood there like

[cptapathy]

Transition timeline time

10 years ago (I had to go for 10 years ago because I refused to be in solo photos much of the time)

Is she happy?

How about her first dress

Do you think she felt confident the first time out femme? Even if she was "still cis thou"

And now? 10 years on? 3 years HRT, 4 years out?

Do you think she feels confident and happy now? Do you think she's content now?

Because the answer is no, she's had a taste now. Being "content" is the last thing on her mind.

[a11eya]

sneakily, while bakugou’s taking a nap at your place, you change his phone background to a picture of the both of you from your last date.

he shows up to your place earlier than planned, put together and handsome in an outfit that isn’t the usual athleisure you often find him in after work.

“get dressed,” bakugou tells you, standing in your doorway.

you stare at him. glance down at yourself in your ratty t-shirt and shorts, ready for a lazy night in and some takeout. look back up again. “what?”

“we’re going out.”

placing his hands on your waist, he walks you backwards, into your apartment. he leans down and kisses you—once, twice.

“move it,” he says, turning you around and giving you a little push towards your bedroom.

he takes you to your favorite restaurant, then the dessert cafe you told him about the week prior, having seen it be recommended over and over again on social media.

when you first started dating, he had little pat ience for places like these. his idea of a date was anything low effort and lowkey, like hanging out at his place. it’d resulted in several arguments until the both of you learned compromise—that after long days at the agency, the last thing he wanted was to go out and be surrounded by people again, and that you wanted to feel like you were the effort of doing something beyond what was convenient.

at the end of the night, feeling sentimental and warm, you snap a picture of the both of you.

you’re smiling brightly in it, focused on taking the picture without him noticing. so it’s not until after you’ve taken the photo that you see bakugou’s expression in it.

his mouth’s a neutral line, steady gaze focused on you. if someone who didn’t know him as well saw him, they’d wouldn’t notice anything special.

but you know that face. he’s looking at you like no one else exists, like you’re the only thing he can see.

after you change his phone background, you know it’ll take him a while to see it. he rarely uses his phone except to answer calls and messages. even then, he uses the notifications to open the apps directly (when he can be bothered to reply.)

it’s coincidence, then, when you overhear kaminari and kirishima teasing him about it when you’re all gathered at bakugou’s place for dinner.

“didn’t know you’d get all soft and fluffy in a relationship,” kaminari says, and you can hear the big grin on his face.

“aww, you know bakugou’s a really sweet guy!” kirishima says.

“shut up, both of you,” bakugou grumbles, and the two laugh.

later that night, when everyone’s gone and bakugou’s in the shower, you check his phone to see if your friends’ teasing made him change his background back. you know he gets super annoyed when they poke fun at him, even innocently.

but when you tap his screen to wake his phone up, you find the same picture is now his lock screen too.

“hey, nosy.”

startled, you nearly drop his phone, just managing to catch it and regain your grip.

bakugou’s arms, still damp from the shower, wrap around you from behind. he rests his chin on top of one of your shoulders and turns his head so his face is pressed against your neck.

“hey,” you tell him. “i like you a lot.”

he snorts. grazes his teeth against your skin, kisses the sharp away. slides his hand up under the hem of your shirt, gliding across the skin of your abdomen.

“let’s go to bed,” he says.

[qrowpilled]

after like 6 years of being king shit in botw playing totk makes me feel like a newborn baby and a loser. i got one shot by a bokoblin. i can't afford pants. everything is so scary because i don't know what anything is.