#haters honestly make me want to puke

[alexissmithz]

Honestly I have been meaning to say this for ages. I have seen a lot of BTS stans AND haters around me. And I don’t understand them at all.

Firstly the ‘madly in love’ ARMY. I literally see disgusting and outrageous behaviour from these ‘fans’. Like bro..it’s great you love them so much so FUCKING RESPECT THEIR PRIVACY. And no matter what dumb shit you do they are not gonna marry your stupid ass. Like wtf man, if you say ‘imma marry all 7 of them’ it makes other people puke tbh.

Haters. Bro listen. It’s fine if you don’t like them or their popularity or their music. It’s your opinion. BUT IT IS MADDENING WHEN YOU COME UP WITH STUPID REASONS TO HATE THEM. For example- ‘oh they ain’t man they wear makeup and bra probably’. Like cmon man, Ik no one wants to bang you you don’t have to take the frustration out on them.

What saddens me is that none of the stans or haters around me know the reason SHY they love or hate BTS or any K-pop group like black pink. Most Stans don’t even know the meaning of the songs they sing. They religiously just follow them and listen to all their songs like a routine. Ask them meaning behind a specific song and I highly doubt if they can say it. Same with haters, like they can’t even give a valid fucking reason to hate them instead of making up nonsensical shit.

But there are some certain fans who really love them from the core of their heart. That’s how it should be at least it is for me. Even if you don’t like them you should respect them for their hard work. I personally have a few songs which I really like and listen but religiously listening to all of their songs is just not my thing. I really like them for the hard work they are putting into their performances as well as their kindness towards their fans and I guess that is how it should be?

[caixukun]

honestly, i'm sick of the xukun hate. the kid did absolutely nothing to get so much hate and being called a fuckboi. i get that his persona on stage can be a bit extra sometimes, but he's skilled, talented and hard-working. he isn't there only for his visuals. i think people (mostly fans of other contestants) are jealous of him bc he gets the most praise for both his visuals and his talent, but i'm tired of them coming for such a sweet, hard working young boy.

^^^ Xukun is the epitome of a star and people are mad bc they think he didn’t have to work for his position?? Like… dafuq are you guys on. Xukun is constantly busting his ass out and shedding his blood, sweat, and tears to achieve his dreams while y’all haters out here w/ nothing better to do but slander someone with true talent ??  but w/e, it’s only natural for someone with so much popularity is getting hate, but then again, why would you even hate on him? He’s the most precious boy ever ;; i meannn watch this video he’s so precious 

[mermaidsirennikita]

The Bridgerton fandom is really unsettling. I only got back into fandom for S2 for the first time in years and I forgot how detached from reality people can be and it really kills the fun. In particular, so many people have this resentment for Charithra because she also does show promo and gets magazine covers et cetera? I didn’t like show Edwina very much, but the ire for the actress is so strange and uncalled for. And they have this conspiracy theory that the show hates it’s female leads (??) and has a vendetta against Phoebe and Simone. It makes me uneasy to see them compared because lbr Simone has it infinitely harder than a white actress and I can’t recall how Phoebe was ever shafted. The public favored RJP but that was inevitable. If anything because S1 was less of an ensemble she got more of a lead treatment than Simone. It’s all just very weird and reeks of fans only wanting one POC (Simone) to get any spotlight.

Yeah honestly. Every fandom has its issues, it's just that this fandom... I try to just... not... go into the tags for anything but edits, but... The shit is truly wild. You've got the Edwina haters (that's basically an umbrella thing), the "you're a misogynist if you want Benedict to be bi; you're also a misogynist if you think Eloise is a lesbian, I won't elaborate and I will puke if a single Bridgerton looks at a single individual of the same sex" people; the "PENELOPE ACTUALLY IS AN ANGEL AND I LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND I SEE PENELOPE, IF YOU SAY PENELOPE IS WRONG YOU'RE SAYING I'M WRONG AND THAT IS A HATE CRIME" individuals; and the small but vocal "when romance authors like Tessa Dare watch and discuss Bridgerton, I'm actually being attacked on a personal level"... artists? Lol I guess? Because being that obtuse is truly an art form. And that's just scratching the surface.

Here's the thing with the promo the show does. I would agree with people who say that Simone has not necessarily gotten the consistent shine she deserved, but like... I'm gonna look at how the show boosted Claudia and Nicola more than how it boosted Charithra, tbh. Charithra was integral to the main plot. Charithra was new. And frankly? Charithra has a sizable role on the a major TV show, she did a great job, and she's an Indian woman who is not lightskinned, which means that she would have a tricky time getting hired in almost any major film industry. I'm fucking GOOD with Charithra getting shine, and you can support Simone without tearing Charithra down. "But I just want Simone to get her dues" lmao... If you're commenting on every video featuring Simone, Charithra, and JB with "get rid of Charithra", it's not about uplifting Simone, it's about tearing down the person who isn't Simone OR JB.

There are super valid, serious issues Simone is facing as a dark-skinned South Asian woman in TV and film. When you go from "Simone's not getting her shine" to "just like Phoebe", I know you aren't checking for those issues. It's not about Simone the actress, it's about Kate the character, and these people would be all GET RID OF CHARITHRA no matter what Simone looked like. Because lmao... Phoebe got plenty of promo. (And honestly? While Simone's promo was late, Simone has gotten a good amount of promo. I want MORE, but acting like she's gotten none is purposefully overlooking things, and I think you distract from the point when you act as if she hasn't gotten photoshoots, interviews, etc. She's been on Glamour covers, she's been in Vogue, she was on Ellen a few days ago, she presented at the BAFTAs with JB. I want MORE, but let's not pretend that Simone hasn't been just as visible, if not more visible, than Charithra and very much recognized as the leading lady by the genpop.). People did not respond to Phoebe as much as they did RJP because them's the fucking breaks lol. Sometimes, people get more attention because they were more compelling; I can't argue RJP getting more attention than Phoebe because... Yeah, that makes total sense to me. I don't think it had anything to do with push. She got plenty of push. He just took off and the media gave him more push subsequently because they knew people wanted more of him. Long story short, when you try to act as if the obstacles Phoebe and Simone are facing are equal, you lose the argument. Immediately.

This conspiracy theory is largely an attempt to smear Charithra and give themselves an excuse to shit on her because There Can Only Be One Woman of Color for these people, and that's Simone this season. And imo? Simone gets that largely because she's playing the object of a white man's desire. And they wanna fuck that white man. I don't think it's about Simone lol. I don't even really think it's about Kate--at least not to the extent that it should be, Kate as a solo entity. It's about Kate in the context of the way Anthony desires her, and people's wish for Anthony to desire them in that sense. (In the same way... I know that if JB wasn't out, people would be RL shipping him and Simone so hard--and they try to anyway!).

Again--don't get me wrong. I love Simone. I want all the things for her, and I think they could *always* have stood to promote her more. But you do NOTHING by tearing down Charithra, who I also want all the things for, in order to uplift Simone. It just looks like you have a very small woc quota, and it's being filled by Simone Ashley rather than Charithra Chandran.

[stopbeingrude]

Wow once again, a Gruvia hater makes fun of Gruvia fans. Just wonderful, great even.

Here we go again then.

So honestly, what is the point of writing such long posts about how you hate ship? They argues that it has the same meaning as someone writing long posts in defense of a character. Well, not necessarily. Why would I write a several page post about how I hate a character/ship when doing that is just unhealthy . If I really hate something (which doesn't happen too often for me, but never mind), I just avoid it! It's really not that hard to understand.

Besides, I find it very funny that to show Juvia in a good light, apparently, we are putting down different characters. I don't deny that there are people who are capable of this, but it applies to every fandom! And most importantly, we are not trying to make Juvia into some perfect goddess who never makes mistakes and should be excused. She has her faults, just like any other character. There's no denying that despite the fact that she is my comfort character she did things for the sight of which even I reacted "Oi that's a bit too much", but it doesn't change the fact that a large part of her actions are simply comedy elements.

-"But you can't blame everything on comedy in toxic Gruvian..."

Well I can, I'm not going to lie about reality. Is it so hard to understand that Eastern culture is different from your Western culture? Is that so hard. Why do some people forcefully look for a problem where there is none? I'm not saying that Juvia is written without flaws, but the fact that none of the haters even try, to properly understand her character, without hate is just sad. There are plenty of posts on Tb that take an in-depth and very cool look at Juvia's character. They write about what people don't pay attention to... you know what let's be honest, they DON'T WANT to pay attention to....

And back to insulting other characters in favour ofJuvia, according to these user, it's just childish. Well I agree. Totally, but I would like to remind dear user that you started listing how Natsu, Lucy, Gray are better characters while insulting Juvia. You feel that? It smacks of hypocrisy to me.

And when it comes to the very intelligent and old as the world argument about how Gruvia is forced, at this point, it just makes me want to puke. All it takes is a very good search and, as I just mentioned in the case of Juvia, you will find some great analysis. And for the last time let me remind you. Gray is a grown, 20 year old guy with magical powers, if Juvia's presence really scared him that much he would have done something about it long ago. He can take care of himself! STOP MAKING HIM A VICTIM!!

The fact that people are so desperate, because there is no other way to call it, to continue to have ( sorry for the vulgarity) pain in the ass about the fact that this ship is canon, shows only their level of maturity. For real, we have so many problems in the world, and these people have a problem about Gray being with Juvia. And once again, I call attention to TAGS. If you write something just to hate on it and post it in a place where there are fans of it and then immediately write how you're not going to force your opinion on them, then you're just stupid...there's no other way to call it. Besides, Oh Great Philosopher, if you say that Juvia fans are so horrible in relation to Lucy fans, what example do you set as a Lucy fan by insulting Juvia? As a Lucy fan myself, I'm so dissapointed...

And those Tags. Juvia sucks. Gruvia sucks. I think they totally speak to the level of this person.

The end. Sorry for the messy rant, but I just don't understand the mentality of certain people..I was planning on tagging a few posters who did great analysis on Juvia or Gruvia, but I think at this point it's probably all Gruvians who have seen it lmao. Well another cokehead to block who doesn't know how to use tags, too bad. And to all Gruvians, have a good day/night. I really hope for more Gruvia- moments in the future to piss these people off. Am I being mean? Absolutely. But as they say fire should be fought with fire.

[serenamerce]

a lot of sun conjunct natal aspects.

i really like it all.

i like that it's weird and terrible and alienating.

i like that i know i'll embrace it all and find a way.

it's just reeeeaally intense.

it feels like being on hard drugs in a quiet and small public setting or something.

sensitive. i feel my feelings physically and behold my awareness. too in tune to the feelings and sub/unconscious aspects of things. people.

constant reminders of how i'm hard to love. scary. weird. disruptive.

i feel like doing the strong thing because it'll hurt and also yield something good.

it's so weird when something good looks like empty hands.

i can appreciate this but it sounds so chaotic.

undone. it seems like i'm always healing. always overcoming.

everything got deeper, too.

i might be all of these things and more but i love and hold my innocence with an unmatched ferocity.

sitting in the darkkness, which usually i would explore lovingly, curiously,

yet too innately pure to go back to actually believing in pessimism and negativity.

a very small flame, in all of this depth in all of this

in this richness,

but too willing to love and be and accept and even enjoy and explore through it to be considered "among the perfect, the great, the "rich"".

i really just want to enjoy this. even if i cry all night. they're my tears so i love them.

i just want to feel good about all of me. even the parts of me that want to break everything just to match the outside with the inside.

i'll get barbell plates instead.

and i hope the entire universe knows i do it all for me. me.

i am my favorite piece of art.

when i'm undone and undesirable and tripping psychically/emotionally/mentally and the ways that be, when i'm a monster, when i'm broken or admitting to already being aware of that, when the optimistic demeanor wears off, when i'm so disturbed that i could puke, when i'm so disturbing that the mind rejects me

as if i am not

when all of my confidence is gone when i can't find or justify the reasons why when i don't care when i know it's temporary but it doesn't matter because it's horrible when my skin crawls when even a hater couldn't relate to me when i am the wrongest

i still sincerely love myself

i still honestly love time in the mirror

i still feel entitled to indulging my awareness in what i like

i still rub me and nurture me and welcome me and hear me out and bandage me and celebrate me and try not to take reaction from others so personally that i become an all powerful angry nerd i still do my best i still remember that i don't have a job i have a way i still honor what i think and what voice i want to express i still see the above 0 and i still raise me up to glory in debt i still remember the eternal knowingness i still believe i deserve accurate reflections of who i am i still won't sell my soul and buy into despondency i still listen to my inner child i still promise me the dreams i've always wanted i still am

i still love myself

i don't want to feel like i can only love myself unconditionally in isolation anymore

i don't want to lighten up and feel hopeful and full of faith once i've ran away from everything and everyone i like

i don't want to wait to celebrate me the way i feel inclined to once i've burnt every bridge

i don't want to feel inauthentic when i do things because i am intrinsically motivated

i don't want to feel like i can't be my self just because.

i don't want to wait until i'm all alone to make it clearer to myself that i can be unconditionally.

i don't want to alienate myself to prove that i don't need anyone and that i am the only one that can give me true love.

i want to be clear about the fact that i will love and romance and forgive and respect and protect myself unconditionally eternally.

it doesn't feel good but i'm here and that makes me happy. that makes, even this, a celebration.

[kob131]

https://twitter.com/eamediaocrity4/status/1142199618844991489

I never thought RWBY Critics of all people would be the ones giving shit takes on Evangelion.

I still think it’s one of the more overrated anime staples out there.

... Is it really?

Look, I’m on the complete opposite end here. Despite my utter hatred of the show, there IS a lot of technical things in it that are impressive about the show. The character designs are well made, the animation is technically impressive with how well it conveys and communicates movement especially in fight scenes, the designs of the Evangelions and the Angels are unique even to this day-

When you ignore Eva fanboys and Eva haters like me, the general consensus is that it’s just a good show. And yes, it is that.

The overrated thing is honestly just blowing a certain demographic out of proportion.

It’s pretentious

Again, when you judge the show for what it is: it doesn’t really make any big statements. The Christian stuff is self admitted salad dressing. All that’s left is just a basic moral: communicating with people is hard. And that’s not really pretentious in Evangelion. More that the guy making the show was exploring the concept for his own benefit.

it’s bloated

... what? No seriously, what?

NGE...bloated. ... I’m sorry, but I can’t see that even subjectively.

and it’s soulless

Okay, NGE is a lot of things.

To me, it’s a spit in the face of everything that makes Studio Gainax good, it’s a shit representation of the world through the eyes of depressingly mad man, it’s a mistake because it’s constantly behind shows made BEFORE it (GunBuster for the original, TTGL for Rebuild)-

But soulless is not one of those. Anno actually poured a lot of himself in his work here, too much in my opnion. But I can’t see this unless we judge it solely off this elitest following it has and what they perceive it as.

Which is stupid.

But hey, this as dumb as he can ge-

https://twitter.com/eamediaocrity4/status/1142500351851016192

I wonder, if anyone complaining that Shinji and Karou don't use the word love (which in the context of the show wasn't even a romantic love and so using "like" is actually more fitting anyway) saw the End of Eva movie where he straight up jerks off over Asuka's comatose body

... Oh god.

Shinji jacking off to Asuka’s body in EoE is... literally the worst example you can make here. That scene had next to nothing to do with him wanting to fuck Asuka and was about him reaching his breaking point. Like, every other interaction Shinji has had with not just Asuka but Rei AND Misato would have fit better here.

Ignoring how you can have sexual feelings towards men AND women...

Also can it be considered gay when one of them is a genderless alien(?) super being. Also also can it be considered actual love when one of them was just starved for attention ("Nobody had ever said those words to me before"......apparently not even my mother)

A. Probably not but that’s REAKLLY secondary here...

And B. Karowu literally died for Shinji. In both iterations.

Also: ‘starved for attention’ has got to be the worst take I’ve seen on Shinji-

Also also also, even removing the fact that one of them isn't even human, the other one is an obnoxious puke like Shinji, and the words for like and love are basically interchangeable in Japanese, how does this "change" what was going on in that one episode this character was in

SECOND WORST take, since we have a new one. Fuck, I think Bennette The Sage has a better grasp on Evangelion at this point.

Also this is the first time I’ve heard THAT about Japanese, which seems kind of stupid?

And it changes because ‘you are worthy of my grace’ sounds like something Mettatron from SMT would say, a cold, ruthless, selfish, tyrannical and condescending creature NOT the one character to care about Shinji unconditionally (which is kind of WHY his death is so sad and heartbreaking.)

You’re a fucking critic, understanding this shit is your job. Unless you’re basically a Tumblr blog on Youtube, in which case why are you calling yourself a ‘critic’ and demanding special treatment as such?

Don’t quit your day job, you couldn’t convince someone who hates sour foods that a lemon is a shitty fruit.

[kimtotes]

Please,I feel we are the only ones who disliked Nero and Wendy,if I have to read one more time Nero was the best of the later seasons or that Wendy came full circle,it started with her and it ended with her😬and it was beautiful they had sex one last time to honor the love they had for each other😒!Seriously to this people Jax almost didn’t love Tara but he had love for Wendy?🙅🏼‍♀️Nobody has commented it but Sutter said the other day,I guess he was joking but still🙄that Abel was the one who told Jax the truth bc he was the true Son of anarchy🤣I can’t with the guy!I wonder why Sutter wrote Thomas in?Most of the time it was as if he was not even Jax’s son,Gemma talked as if he wasn’t and Jax ignored him!poor baby only made me felt sadder because Tara was dead,really Idk why he wrote a J/T baby if you are gonna act as if he didn’t exist🤔

God! Just reading that makes me want to puke 🤣, I’m so sick of the love fest for Wendy and Nero 🤮. They were both super annoying and they were Teller sympathizers! Honestly I’m kinda surprised at how much love Nero gets, especially considering how he always bitched about the club. Lol yeah he had love for Wendy but not Tara. Like question haters, who did he shoot up with heroin?? Jax never laid a hand on Tara, yet roughly drugged Wendy? I really think people forget that 🙄. Also have you heard the way he spoke to her, hell even looked at her? I hate Sutter so much, he makes me cringe! Like was deifntiely proud of that statement 🤣. I feel like Thomas was written in before Sutter completely turned on Tara! Thomas was born in S4, which was an amazing season for Tara! Once Sutter started paying more attention to Gemma and the random characters he created, Thomas completely became invisible. It’s bullshit 😤

[twdmusicboxmystery]

2017 Re-Watch: 6x14 - Twice as Far

Check out last year’s re-watch HERE.

Okay, SUPER important episode here. Denise's death was a retelling of Beth's, and it's what made us realize that Denise was a proxy of Beth at all. Before, though we saw parallels, we didn't realize just how heavy a proxy Denise was. It wasn't until after this episode that I went back and looked at earlier stuff with Denise (like being taken captive by CWD) and realized that was probably all a foreshadow of Beth.

So we have the beginning and ending sequence. I talk about it in detail HERE. For now, let's just say that we see the same thing 3x at the beginning. Rule of 3s, but could also represent the 3-season arc of S4-S7. Then, at the end, we see the sequence again, but it's changed. In other words, it's a coda, or different, second ending.

We have figurine parallels here, and Carol says, "You saved them, right?" which is exactly what she said to him about Beth in Consumed.

I also noticed that after they talk by his bike, Carol leaves the pack of cigarettes for him. I almost feel like that was her goodbye. He didn't pick up on it, of course, though he can obviously tell she's dealing with things. Once again, neither Daryl or Carol is noticing much what is going on with the other person, just as she didn't notice he got his bike back. They're just too wrapped up in their own grief and other issues.

Another 8 I noticed. We see Carol's ash tray. On a whim, I counted the cigarettes. There are 7. 

Then it shows Carol and she has another one in her hand. That would be her 8th cigarette. Hmm.

When Daryl, Rosita, and Denise head out, there are some interesting things. They pass some STOP signs, which is a sign we've seen a lot. Of course there are the train tracks, which are a big part of the plot here. I always say the tracks represent death and, sure enough, Denise dies on them.

There's a fallen tree blocking their ways. Here's something interesting. We don't see it as much with Daryl's group, but when we see Abraham and Eugene, it's obviously raining. The last storm we saw--which included fallen trees--was in 5x10, just before the music box woke up. This storm isn't nearly that big and it doesn't affect the plot nearly so much, but again, this is a retelling, and the storm is, I’m sure, significant. Plus, if the tree hadn't fallen, they would have driven to the apothecary and back, which means they probably wouldn't have encountered Dwight and Denise wouldn't have died. So the tree did affect the plot somewhat.

The license plate of the truck reads 472 477L. I haven't looked at comic book issues with this, but there's a lot of paired 4s and 7s, which may show the arc span from s4-s7. S8 begins the new arc.

I noticed that when Denise asked Rosita who taught her to fight, and she got self-conscious about it because it was Abraham and they just broke up, she tells Denise. "A lot of people taught me a lot of things. Years from now, he'll just be a name in a long list of names.

So a couple of things there. To me, it kind of equates to the fact that they don't say Beth's name. I feel like it's part of the same theme. Rosita won't say Abraham's name right now, because she's obviously not over the breakup. But she knows one day, years from now, she will be. So that reiterates the fact that they don't say the name when they're still feeling the pain of the loss.

Couple of parallels I noticed this time that I don't think had ever occurred to me before (or I just forgot). Maybe they occurred to others. I don't know.

Rosita finds booze and asks if there are any takers. Neither Denise or Daryl takes her up on it. And we don't think much about Daryl saying no because Denise takes the lead, saying her parents were big on booze, which is why she isn't. I'll come back to that.

I made this edit a long time ago. It just struck me that we've never seen Beth drink with anyone but Daryl. Same here. Just like Beth at Grady, he was offered booze, but didn't want it. And who was the last person he drank with? Beth. 

All together now: Awwww.

Back to Denise not being big on booze? She says her parent were alcoholics, so she'd never been big on drinking. Um, who else was that specific thing true of? Beth. Hershel was an alcoholic as a young man and wouldn't allow booze in the house. There was that deleted scene from Still where Beth tells Daryl she couldn't even hold a solo cup at parties because she felt guilty or was afraid Hershel would see it and think she was drinking, even if she wasn't. Anyway, my point is, yet another extremely on-the-nose Denise/Beth parallel.

Lots of symbols in the apothecary: Glasses (Beth's Blindness) and even the fact that Denise wears glasses/has vision problems. In this episode, after killing the walker from the car, she pukes and says, "I puked on my glasses." So they really called attention to them here. There are also shirts on racks in the apothecary that look just like the shirts at the golf club.

We see pictures of children, and then the disturbing  back room where someone with a cast on their leg obviously killed a child. This room is still really intriguing to me. I don't think we've entirely seen the fulfillment of what it means. On the one hand, the darkness of it was obviously a foreshadow of her impending death.

But it’s REALLY similar to the one Beth saw on the train tracks in Inmates. So we have the lost shoe, all the child/baby symbolism around Beth, and then there's the fact that there's a sink full of water. I think the idea is that the adult (the walker) drowned the baby *shudders* which is what freaked Denise out so much. But it's still a water reference in conjunction with the shoe and Denise, who's a massive Beth proxy.

Okay, other Denise/Beth Parallels:

1. She protected herself, with Daryl standing close by, just like Beth did at the golf club.

2. I kind of hate to say this, because people (haters) will say it means Beth and Daryl had a brother/sister relationship. And they DIDN'T! But this still occurred to me while watching this. Denise talks to Daryl about her brother, and he compares him to Merle. But right before she dies, Denise says to Daryl, "I asked you to come with me because you're really brave and you make me feel safe." It reminded me of when Beth also talked to Daryl about her brother. She said, "I miss my big brother Shawn. He was so annoying and overprotective."

She says it with affection, but if you read between the lines, he probably made her feel safe too. And I've said this before but, despite crushing on Daryl in S3 (edit), I don't think Beth ever thought they'd have a romantic relationship. She probably figured Daryl would never notice her or think about her that way. She liked him, but kind of resigned herself to just having a crush on him and nothing would ever come of it. I honestly think that's what the "Oh," was about. She was genuinely surprised he'd developed feelings for her. Not that she did or didn't reciprocate. It was just unexpected.

Anyway, I’m rambling. But my point is that Beth talked to Daryl about her brother too, and maybe part of the reason she wanted to feel close to him so much in the beginning (4x01) is because he was someone that made her feel safe. She said as much to Carol in S3 when she said the group was weak without him, and she was pissed that he left.

3. Even though their relationship wasn't romantic, Denise and Daryl start off with awkward interactions and later make a deeper connection, just like Beth and Daryl.

4. Both Beth and Denise received a single shot to the head.

5. And of course Daryl had similar reactions to their deaths.

There's a red car behind Daryl after Denise is shot. (Red Car Parallels)/(Red Object Symbolism)

Dwight says, "She wasn't even who I was aiming for," which I also think could be a Beth thing, assuming her shooting was accidental and someone was really aiming for Dawn.

I've said this recently, but I still think the ending of this episode is one of the saddest in the entire series. First the sweet, sad song about "almost" getting married after Denise dies. And then Carol and Daryl burying her in the cemetery. Just. So. Stinkin. Tragic.

Carol once again calls back to S4 with her voice over. She talks about Rick kicking her out of the prison, which happened in 4a, and how she should have left a long time ago. She talks about how she can't love anyone because she can't kill for anyone else. All of that reiterates what I said about her arc HERE.

And then we have a blond woman carting weapons around Alexandria for some unknown reason. Probably a foreshadow of Beth being TF's "weapon" against the saviors.

Let's talk Eugene briefly. I'm going to do a short Eugene meta tomorrow and it's important to understand a few things from this episode.

Every part of Eugene's arc in this episode was a foreshadow for him. During S7, when he told Negan to put molten metal over the walker's heads to make them better fence guards, I immediately thought of this episode. He and Abe see a walker with metal over it's head, and it was obviously a foreshadow of Eugene's time with Negan.

Watching this time, I realize it's much bigger than just that (when is it not?). At this part, Eugene says he's ready and can survive on his own, but when the walker comes, he doesn't manage to kill it. Abraham has to do it for him. Then they quarrel, and Abraham takes off, leaving Eugene behind. At some point after that, that we don't see, Dwight gets a hold of Eugene and has him captive already when he shoots Denise.

Abraham is hiding behind some barrels and Eugene tells the saviors that to cause a diversion, which results in Daryl's group (minus Denise, who is already dead) being able to defeat Dwight's group and get away.

Now let's look at 6x16/S7. In 6x16, Eugene helps get Maggie to Hilltop by doing something really brave: driving the RV. He HAS become enough of a survivor to do that. Then what happens? Abraham leaves him (they split up with only Eugene staying in the RV) and then Eugene is captured by the Saviors. This is the second time this scenario happens. Then it happens a third time in a big way. What's the biggest way Abraham leaves Eugene? He dies, leaving Eugene without his protection.

Some time after that, Eugene is taken to the Sanctuary by Negan. And it was even a result of the bullet factory which was introduced in this episode. Remember that Eugene was not successful without Abraham's help either of the first two times. And what happens when he's at the Sanctuary? He turns, "becomes" Negan.

This is actually a very Shakespearean theme, employed in Hamlet. It's like Eugene really only has any hope of surviving with Abraham's help, and Abraham is dead now. It doesn't bode well for Eugene.

The other thing we can take from this is that there’s a rule of threes going on. This arc was repeated 3x before Abraham’s death. It may be because he’s a Beth proxy, but I have a sneaking hunch this is probably true of most or all characters. Main ones, anyway. But the point is that most of the possible 3s in Beth’s arc haven’t been fulfilled yet. They set them up, then stopped before the arcs had finished. Which means she has farther to go.

However. In this sequence, Eugene does use his head (his best weapon) to help the group he's with overcome the Saviors, and is injured in the process. I've said it before, but I think this is a foreshadow of future events. It's very Sampson-ish, which is what Maggie calls him in 5x05. So chances are this will happen again. Eugene will redeem himself by helping TF overthrow Negan in some way, but where he was only injured here, he'll die the next time. Just like Sampson did.

So I just wanted to point that out. More on Eugene and how he relates to Beth tomorrow.

That's all for 6x14. Thoughts?

Relevant Posts:

6x14: First Thoughts 04/20/2016

6x14: Denise Analysis 03/21/2016

6x14: Eugene, Train Tracks, end of Reset 03/22/2016

6x14: Repeating Motifs 03/21/2016

6x14: Coda and the Opening Sequence 03/23/2016

6x14: Danville Bridge, More Evidence of Where This is Going 03/31/2016

6x14: More Symbols to Consider 04/01/2016

[mocharoll]

A tag thing!

Tagged by @dishon-nerd !!! Thank you so much!!! <3 <3 <3 

LAST

1) Drink: Green tea!

2) Phone call: With my mom, about wot I'm getting for lunch! (might as well give detailed answers.!! Hahaha!)

3) Text message: To my mom again

4) Song listened to: CP Violation, if that counts! Having sosososo many Half Life feels these days smH!!

5) Time you cried: OoOh! A week ago when I saw Logan!

6) Dated somebody twice: Not really sure wot this means, but I've never dated anyone twice, if that's what it meanz!

7) Been cheated on: Nope, thank Gawd!

8) Kissed someone and regretted it: Nope!

9) Lost someone special: I lost my grandma when I was 13. Don't know if this counts because I wasn't there to experience it first hand, but my grandparents at my mom's side. Both of them, my granddad was an amazing surgeon and my grandma was pretty much a queen, were so so nice and special and they would have made such great grandparents. They passed away when my mom was 17 and I never got to meet them. Would have been the loveliest thing. I miss them every day! <3

10) Been depressed: I don't remember the last time I was, but it was a long time ago thankfully. Probably around 3 years ago when I started getting medication concerning my mental health- and when it was at it's worst. It wasn't a good time, basically! <3

11) Gotten drunk and puked: A year ago actually, though it was much more extreme than that. Haven't had that much alcohol ever since.

THREE FAVOURITE COLOURS

12) Reds!

13) Lilac / violet

14) Fuchsia

IN THE LAST YEAR YOU HAVE YOU

15) Made new friends: Definitely!

16) Fallen out of love: Thankfully! It was making me lose my sense of direction and it was more harmful than positive, so I gradually got over it. But again, was it /truly/ love? I don't think so anymore, but I didn't want to leave this empty!

17) Laughed until you cried: Happens once every week thankfully!

18) Found out someone was gossiping about you: Hhhh, I did! And it was in fact wrong information they were giving each other too, something they'd overheard and I reckon they had absolutely nothing to do so they began to talk about it when they saw me at the canteen, so I went up to them trying to be as polite as possible- and fixed that information, so that the assfarts could at least do it right! Really proud of that moment!

19) Met someone who changed your life: Ohh definitely!

20) Found out who your true friends are: Learned that a lowng time ago, but I was reminded!

21) Kissed someone on your Facebook list: Actually, yus! It was the first day in 2nd grade though  

HOW MANY/MUCH

22) Facebook friends: Around 100 I think!

23) Pets: A Lab called Chico!

24) Want to change your name: I'm really fond of it, honestly!

WHAT

25) Did I get for my birthday: A toy microscope, two dresses, an abstract t-shirt, a nice skull ring and skull earrings

26) Time I woke up: 6 am.! Hhhhhh!

27) Were you doing at midnight: Sleepz!

28) Can’t you wait for: whEN Half Life 3 comes one day......!!! Hahahah! Seriously though, when 21st of June finally passes! That's when all my university entrance exams will be over!!

29) Was the last time you saw your mom: A few secs ago!

30) Was something you wish you could change about your life: Definitely how I reacted to distressing situations 3 or 2 years ago- my mind was at a fragile state back then and I've reacted miserably. Wish I could have faced them as my current self. Oh well! <3

31) Are you listening to right now: Nothing, really! Sound of my dog's pants, maybe!? <3

32) Gets on your nerves: My answers are pretty much the same as Josi's, ngl! <3 I hate /especially/ animal cruelty, racists and haters of lgbtq and women rights in general, superficial, uncaring, shallow minded folk.. and assholes in general!

33) Talked to a person named Tom: Ohh! Well it's been at least 4 months since I texted a Tom! Hope he's doing alright! <3

34) Is your most visited website: Either Fallen London or youtube! But I've been on Pinterest a lot as well

35) Elementary school/primary school: A fairly liberal viewed private school with a considerable amount of snobs but really really great people in an even greater number. I love it ngl!

36) High School: Same as above! I'm still there- Iz my last year though!

37) College: To Be Announced.!! Hahahahah! <3

38) Hair colour: Dark brown!

39) Long/short hair: Long-ish right now, but I've always loved short/medium hair!

40) Crush: Always have one! Hhahaha!

41) Do you like about yourself: Hrm! Honestly I've never done something like this! Well, I like how I'm forgiving and able to be positive, passionate about wot I love and how I'm at peace with myself- I love how my heart is open and I love to give affection as much as I love getting it! I like how creative and intellectual I am and how I can fluctuate between super crazy goofy and serious thoughtful attitudes at the right momentz!  

42) Piercings: One on my right ear (cartilage)! Pretty sure it's closed now though

43) Blood type: B rH+ ! <3

44) Nickname: Zeyno (most of the time), Raine or Strong (internet fwiends), Queen (family only! Hahahaha!)

45) Relationship status: Lowng distance!

46) Zodiac: Leoooo!!

47) Pronouns: She/her

48) Favourite show: House

49) Tattoos: None for now!

50) Left or right handed: Leftie!

51) Surgery: None, thank Gawd!

52) Piercings: Ear cartilage, hurt a lot but it was kinda fun ngl!

53) Best friend: A gurl called Özge (since like 2nd grade!)

54) Sport: I do mostly swimming and cardio!

55) Vacation: Italy, Greece and Izmir are my favs!

56) Pair of shoes: My first high heeled black boots!

RIGHT NOW

57) Eating: Nothing

58) Drinking: Air!? Hahahahah!

59) I am about to: Rush to the theatre cause it'll start in like 30 mins hhhhhh!!

60) Listening to: Half Life 2 soundtracks

61) Waiting for: my darn nail polish to dry!

62) Want to see: how the city lights look like in the night!

63) Want to get married: Don't really care!

64) Career: At a gud university's research facility, at WHO (maybeeee!!) or working at labs and samples and wot not for a company as a biologist!  

65) Hugs/kisses: Kisses! Not much of a hugger!

66) Lips/eyes:Oooh! Hm! Eyes get me nervous sometimes, so lipz!

67) Taller/shorter: Really really don't mind! I'm like 170 cm- anything works!

68) Younger/older: Hrm! This one's kind of odd for me!- With gurls I don't have a preference, but with guys, I like an older guy!

69) Romantic/spontaneous: Romantic!

70) Nice arms/nice stomach: As long as the person is nice, I don't really care! I'm really fond of nice stomachs tho!

71) Sensitive/loud: “sensitive, but loud in the right situations” Exactly this!

72) Hookup/relationship: Relationships- I've never liked hookups

73) Troublemaker/hesitant: Hrm! I prefer a gud mix of the two!

HAVE YOU EVER

74) Kissed a stranger: Not yet.! Hahahah! <3

75) Drank hard liquor: Yus!

76) Lost glasses/contact lenses: Thank Gawd I didn't!

77) Turned someone down: Yus

78) Canoodling on a first date: Nope!

79) Broken someone’s heart: Mrm, once I think- because the feelings this one guy had for me wasn't mutual

80) Had your own heart broken: I think so- I'm lowng over it thankfully!

81) Been arrested: Nope!

82) Cried when someone died: A zillion times (be it fictional or real)

83) Fallen for a friend: I have! That's how that lowng distance relationship started!

DO YOU BELIEVE IN

84) Yourself: Yus!

85) Miracles: Yus!

86) Santa Claus: Not really in the fairytail-ish sense, but as a person in history, I think I do!

87) Kisses on a first date: Ehh, maybe! Depends on how I feel about it!

88) Angels: Ngl, I kınd of do!

89) Love at first sight: Maybe!

OTHER

90) Best friend’s name: Özge

91) Eye colour: Really dark brown!

92) Favourite movie: Don't have /one/ favourite! But I love V for Vendetta, Some Like It Hot, The Dark Knight, Theory of Everything, Logan, High Society, Gone With The Wind, HP Deathly Hallows part 1 especially, Philadelphia is definitely so up there, Fathers and Daughters, Don't Bother To Knock (amazing Marilyn performance!), Niagara, breakfast at Tiffany's, To Rome With Love, Blue Jasmine, Moonlight (hhh!!), La La Land, Spy Game (saved the best for the last!!!!!)    

I’m tagging: @theearlgrey @dishonored-pendletwin @galadrielkenobi  @imperatorsapphiosa @certified-llama-chauffeur @rubinsammler @bluedarue @stuck-in--the-void @cheesecake-for-dayz @panda-with-problems @zombieparadeimpulses  If you guyz want to do it!!!! <33333

[rerwby]

knightofbalance-13 reblogged your link and added:

Wow…For someone who claims to be a better writer...

Look out everyone, we got a hate-hater. Weird concept. Let’s roll with the criticism.

For someone who claims to be a better writer than Miles and Kerry now

Whoa whoa whoa. Don’t bring Kerry into this he’s pretty chill. Now do I think I’m a better writer than Miles? I think my ideas are better. Little more foresight going on. I think I could handle the feedback he’s got more maturely, and I think I’m a generally better human being than the queerbaiting nut. But we’re in two different occupations, his being writing and mine not. My writing is just for fun. I can’t really say I’m a better writer than him, now can I? He’d win in an interview for a writing job for sure.

You have Ruby look at the grunt robbing her with disgust and boredom where in the original she was looking at him with a look of ignorance and innocence. This is to establish her as the “simple soul” Ozpin was talking about. Now, my first impression of Ruby is closer to Weiss, who does NOT fit this description at all. 

For as poorly as I may have shown in, which clearly I did, Ruby’s disdain was towards the bland sword she was being threatened with. An aspect of Ruby I love is her admiration of weapons (as we are privy to her looking through a magazine of combination weapons) and I think she’d be somewhat dismayed that someone would try to rob her with a simple sword.

Ironic that your impression is closer to Weiss given how fans expected Ruby to be the stoic of the group from the initial Red trailer. I think that’s kinda funny.

Then you remove her little outburst at Glynda, reinforcing her character. Now she goes from borderline snarky looking to shy without any real reason.

Difference of taste. Also a change made because of the shift from visual to textual. It’s harder to make certain gags happen in text, and while I try not to be lazy about what gets translated, I do try to pick my battles wisely. This wasn’t my most graceful change.

Then you have Yang try to manipulate Ruby through her love of guns which is NOT Yang’s character as she relies more on brutal honesty and compassion as well as jokes than manipulation.

Ah yes the sister jokingly trying to cheer her sister up is clearly manipulative. Bringing up Yang is a good topic, though! See Yang was supposed to come off as shallow at first, as going by the back of the DVD cover calling her a “party girl” which I never thought was very reinforced. She gets portrayed as a vague thrill-seeker for like two episodes. Anyway, it’s a single scene, and I mean for Yang to appear just as protective as she originally does.

And finally, you change the joke at the end from an exaggerated joke about Jaune puking on Yang and Ruby’s shoes to a plain “Is he still puking?” which isn’t funny.

I honestly didn’t find it funny when Ruby said puke got on Yang’s shoe because spatial logic did not agree with it. It’s also something of a call forward to a scene in episode 3 where Yang flatly goes “Oh my god you really did explode” once she discovers Ruby did in fact blow up the courtyard. I could have thought of a better gag for the ending, but the pressure was on since it’s chapter 1 and all.

Had this version of the script gone through, I probably would have dropped RWBY due to the contradiction in the characters and for them lacking the vibrancy of the originals.

Oh man, imagine how many people dropped the show from watching the actual first episode. Man, I wasn’t around for that, but considering how pissed people got the first time they heard Ruby in the Yellow trailer, I can only imagine how polarizing it all was.

Books are funny that way, which is how I’m structuring it, as a book. I’m taking the medium shift as seriously as possible and adding in my own interpretations and ideas. Not all will be superior but I’m more of a writer than I am an animator and script writer. This isn’t a “look how much better I am” as much as “look at my version of this.” It’s a project of love. I’m critical but I love the show and no one can really convince me that I don’t.

I take your lack of mention of the combat, opening narration edits, as well as dialogue, plot changes, and any present world building to indicate they’re passable at best, which is cool to hear. I just want to entertain some folks who want a different viewpoint, and eventually, by volume 3 or so, the differences are gonna tangent into outer space, really transforming into a proper fanfiction. I’m very excited for that.