#hate her sm for this

[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)

[en-stbc]

how ive been feeling the past couple of days. i have no shame

[lotus-pear]

insufferable ex partners (don't be like dazai kids moisturize ur skin this cold season)

[barghest-land]

red dead

[k3n-dyll]

Ambessa save me....save me Ambessa...

[reallyhardydraws]

due to these new regulations, i'm going to have to halt shipping to northern ireland and EU countries for the foreseeable future. hopefully all this is temporary 😭 like every single other UK small business i follow has been in the same boat. much confusion abound.

[jinxs-gf]

songs explain what I can’t.

best friend!jinx x musician!reader

summary: you’re writing a song to confess your feelings to your best friend. only it does the opposite and your best friend believes her feelings for you are unrequited.

content, warnings: pics have nothing to do w readers appearance. modern au, reader is in a band, slight misunderstanding

word count: 1.1k

a.n. another request!! thank you <3

Jinx watches as you announce a newly written song. You seem more nervous and jittery than you'd usually be when performing a new project for the first time. It makes Jinx anxious for you, wishing she could soothe away your clear distress. Only you wouldn't let her.

For the past few months you'd been trying to make the perfect song. At least that's what it felt like to her. You shut her down every time she asked about it.

Her best friend subtly pushed her away. And it was tearing her apart.

You were—are everything to her. She’s never loved someone as strongly as she loves you. Never been loved as strongly as you love her. Though you two feel different types of love. Yours more platonic compared to hers…

You two shared everything with each other. Secrets that hadn’t been uttered to anyone else, delicate touches and words of intimacy.

Jinx wasn’t sure where the line was between platonic and romantic. A friend and a partner.

She’s never truly had anyone that filled both those categories. So how was she supposed to know how to distinguish the two?

She came to the conclusion that your actions were merely platonic, convincing herself that no one could ever really like—love her enough to want something more.

And she was okay with that (not really).

The song you’re presenting a sound she hasn't heard before, at least not from you. It was softer and sweeter than your usual punk-rockish sound. And in another life she'd love it. But in this one?

Jinx hears the song and gets...sad. Because there's a name in there and it isn't hers. you're singing about being in love with a woman that isn't jinx. And now she isn't sure what to feel. What to think. Because-

She convinced herself that she was just fine with you thinking of her as a friend. But the song was about falling in love with a close friend. It seemed like a clear homage to your friendship. It sounded like it was a song written about her. Blue hair described and all. And it references moments only the two of you have shared. Yet you sing another name.

Why would you hide this from her? Why wouldn’t you let her in on this person? Why why why…

Jinx would praise you and claim to love the song once it was over. Your routine after a performance was to run to her and engulf her in a big hug. Pouring all your adrenaline into the arms of your best friend. A hug that was oh so welcomed.

Her tattooed arms would squeeze you, while she hung onto the cloud of your affection and scent. A scent she’d admit she was probably weirdly obsessed with…

While you talked her ear off about how amazing the audience made you feel. Jinx loved listening to your post-performance talk sessions.

Every damn time without fail.

She’s not sure she can handle you going into detail about this new song though. It would surely break her. It’s okay, she reassures herself. Just try. Try to be supportive about this. Like you always do.

She holds her breath the moment the set is over. And as expected, you run down the stage and straight to her.

Except your hug feels less excited…

Was it because of the person you wrote about in your song? Have you been pulling away because of them?

“So…what did you think?”

Jinx responds, overly enthusiastic, “amazing! Just like always. You sure have a way with words.” And the last bit sounded bitter.

It left a bad taste in your mouth.

You wince, “really? Was it that bad?” You feel the need to explain yourself, “listen, I’m sorry I’ve been pulling away. But I needed the song to be good. I needed to get my point across and I didn’t want you to find out because it would ruin-”

Jinx is aware that the last thing you need right now is attitude, but finds herself rolling her eyes anyways. Your words make her feel like you know how she feels towards you, and that makes her feel exposed.

She grows defensive.

“Didn’t want me to find out because what? Any excuse you try to give me won’t be a good enough answer. You should’ve just told me about this girl you’re so infatuated with instead of keeping secrets.”

You gape at her, your band mates had awkwardly ushered the crowd away, sensing the tension before the argument even started.

“I- what girl? Jinx, the song is about you.”

“…What?”

“I know the song doesn’t explicitly name you, but I thought it was…obvious. I don’t know.”

The song was about falling in love with a close friend. That close friend being her. You were singing about her. You’re in love with her.

Well at least that’s been cleared up but…Jinx still feels defensive. If not a little offended.

"Why not? You don't want people to know you love me?"

"Of course I want people to! But I didn't want you to know. Up until now I thought we were just friends and that...that's all you wanted from me. I thought that y’know, this would be a cool confession. If you hated it I could just be like ‘hey no worries, the song isn’t about you anyways’.” You shrug helplessly.

"Silly goose. Of course I want you as more than a friend! What about the endless gifts I handmade? And how touchy-feely I am? That's all reserved specifically for you."

"Well I don't know how you are around your other friends!"

"I don't have other friends."

"Oh...how was I-"

She gives you no time to formulate a sentence. Usually you'd be annoyed at your best friend for interrupting you, but when she does it like this? By kissing you? Yeah you could get around to liking it.

And Jinx would normally be annoyed at your rambling only because she couldn't shut you up with a kiss. Yes she loved listening to you talk but sometimes you needed to slow down a bit.

And she could finally do that.

It was hungry, she refused to pull away. Allowing herself to practically eat you alive after all the pining she’s had to endure, thinking it was all one sided. It left your breathless, she seemed pretty keen on not letting you go.

You reluctantly pull away, trying to give yourself time to process everything. So much has happened in so little time.

She chases your lips, clearly not satisfied with the time she’s had with her lips on yours.

You give yourself about 5 seconds to cool off from the very dizzying kiss before you're rambling again.

"I don't exactly feel special anymore. I thought you chose to hang out with me because you loved me more than your other friends. Now-"

"Shut up," and she's kissing you again.

hey jinx lovers :P it’s good to be back

[neytirisgroove]

[fuumiku]

It was Maid Day today yesterday a week ago so I got struck by inspiration to draw the worsties, and it ran away from me into a whole AU where they’re coworkers at a maid cafe. She’s a med student & this is just a part time job, and this is his depression job while he gets his life back together. He needs something he can be workaholic about to forget what it’s like having a personal life and personal issues. He’s actually the accountant, but the new hire janitor (Izutsumi) doesn’t show up for half her shifts and is a sloppy worker, so he gets the extra work of doing her job on top of his because he’s undervalued and overworked. Of course, janitors also have an uniform to keep the aesthetic cohesion as they go about cleaning the place, of course.

Senshi’s the part time cook you only see slivers off, he’s kind and warm when you do see him and have a chat but most shifts he’s in and out the kitchen without a trace. Laios and Falin are regulars because Falin and Marcille are besties & in the same med school, Laios accompanies Falin as she visits her friend at work and gets hooked on the food. Chilchuck has to remind Marcille to work instead of chatting with Falin for an hour, and next thing he knows she’s distracting him from work too. That’s it that’s the AU. Inspired by this idol AU fanart a bit <3

This was not meant to be birthday gift but well…… Happy bday Chil!!!

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[azuree1733]

Sakura shoulda had her big axe ☹️

[rewritingcanon]

hot take (maybe?) but sirius was walburga’s fav child because he was the most like her at his worst

[jellophoid]

waves my hands around a bit— I feel like she’d like puns

[miaiminnis]

give me something pretty to wear beneath my bloodstained clothes

darling, the devil knows my name 🥀🗝️🦩🗡️💃

[squea]

she didnt know the gun was loaded !! aka my courier girl polly

she looks like that one baby cat with the incredibly sad eyes and :(

[tyblackthornfrog]

Imogen Herondale being the only one who recognized Jace's birthmark was so significant to me, because she just knew. She hardly denied it. She was the first person who knew Jace was a Herondale and she only told him that his dad(Stephen) would be proud of him. Because although he might find out his true heritage later, he might not get to hear those words from any of his actual relatives if Imogen died, and he would consider others are lying. That was more important.

on my tmi reread I actually cried during that moment. I was so excited for it and it left me thinking about Imogen for longer than normal. She lived most of her life grieving and ice-cold because her family had been ruined. She was alone and only in her final moments she got to know that the Herondale name will live on after her. She got to look at her grandson properly. I can't imagine the regret she must've felt when she realized she'd been against him the whole time, not caring one bit about him.

[queenunderthatmountain]

I am once again asking for Elwin not to be Sophies father