#he just needs a scapegoat

[ask-the-pale-elf]

So... You learn how to like, actually talk about your feelings yet?

"Darling, I express my feelings all the time! I frankly have no idea what you're talking about. I talk about how happy I am when I feed off such delectable treat like you. I express my frustrations with you when you do such... heroic deeds, ugh."

He pretends to gag himself.

"How revolting, but I express my feelings regarding our companions all the time! Especially regarding Gale, bleh. So if you're wondering if I'm "talking about feelings", I'm doing just that!"

Insight Check: Successful!

You see an uneasy twitch of his finger as he holds up his hand dramatically, his scarlet eyes watching every move on your face.

“... Why do you ask?”

An uneasy smile crawls onto his pale face.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

None of our hands are clean

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[necrotic-nephilim]

for the ask game perhaps 25 or 22? :]

-searchforahero from the main blog <:

for the choose violence ask game!

22. your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores

i've answered this one a couple times so hmm lemme think. OH i think the Pre-Crisis relationship between Jason and Nocturna <3 i'd do ANYTHING to have more fanon content for Nocturna being Jason's maternal figure and how their bond could be explored. i think about her a lot and i wish we got more of her, it feels like fanon just glosses over it. which is understandable given it's Pre-Crisis and all, *but* a lot of fanon Jason takes pull from his Pre-Crisis comics so i feel like we should see more of a Nocturna presence. like she seems like the type of character fandom woud love to sink their teeth into. mysterious love interest of Bruce's fights Bruce for custody of Jason? that's PEAK fanfic material. i would like more of her <3

25. common fandom complaint that you're sick of hearing

i was going to say the obvious one of antis crying about having to filter out Batcest content bc how dare Ao3 not entirely consist of content that caters to their sensibilities. but honestly? a bigger one? any complaints about Devin Grayson as a writer. most information about her is incorrect (she did not change her last name bc of Dick, Tarantula is not her self-insert, she did not write the rape scene as a personal fantasy, she is not in love with Dick) and the information that is correct and genuine criticism of her writing (how she handled the aftermath, how she wrote Dick's Romani heritage, etc) applies to *every* male writer in the industry. it's always *just* her though, that this fandom harps on to the point she's this boogeyman that somehow is responsible for every bad comic plot ever. i'm begging people to move on. complain about *literally* anyone else i'm begging. the genuine criticisms of her have been exhausted and all the other things about her are straight up misogynistic lies. because a woman in this industry will always be more scrutinized. i don't think she's perfect, nor do i think her writing is without flaws, but i do think most ppl complaining about her haven't even read her work. they just want to make a woman into a scapegoat. it'. truly irks me one day I'll write a long thinkpiece about it-

[carebearcody]

english punditry is so lazy and full of bad takes it makes me hate this country even more

[musicalyeetreblr]

I’m not really in to class of 09

I just like putting Jeffery in bags

Like a chihuahua or smth

[hella1975]

complicated relationship with taob be damned i have never peaked higher than i did when i was studying tragedies for my english class and wrote the fever dream chapter

[wolfylch]

Losing a case is never fun... but Belle's there to listen 💕

[eyes-above--the-waves]

I cannot believe that some people's takeaway from the game (on Facebook, not here) is that this team is better without Mitch Marner because they played well and won a game without him in the lineup. Like...guys...can we please stop trying to run this poor boy out of town? It's just bumming me out at this point.

[3416]

I know it's prob pretty frustrating with the mitch narratives ppl have been spewing recently but the amazon doc is pretty harmless imo it reads to me as centering willys fire and desire to win a lot more than any negative thing about Mitch/Auston and ppl can say what they want (😭as they do) but it's nice to finally have willy shed the narrative of "not caring" and being "soft" so it's kinda weird to me how often you downplay his journey and his role for the team. not coming after you, it's just that he's also a leaf superstar that frankly got the shit end of the stick for almost his whole tenure here - more than Mitch!and he's finally come out the other side (and I wish neither of them did! but :// Toronto)

i don't personally find willy that compelling as a personality and i think his fans have to make up a lot of stuff just to try to shoehorn him into any interesting dynamics and narratives on the team (if one more person says he has daddy issues.. lolol). he can be his giggly harmless self overall, but i'm tired of hearing about how his range is in the same sentence with mitch and auston bc it's not from a hockey perspective, lol. you can love him best and evaluate him however you want, but i think he was just given a contract that is a slight overpayment and i'm sitting here having to hear abt how mitch marner is being overpaid on his current contract now knowing he's gonna be asking for prob over a million more than willy rightfully so like give me a break. i get that the discourse doesn't get to everyone, so good for you i guess, but seeing ppl gas him up to put mitch down naturally sours stuff for me, lol, and i'm tired of him being talked abt as some clutch savior when really.. last playoffs was inadvertently a microcosm of his play in general. "clutch" maybe but inconsistent (by no fault of his own in the playoffs w the migraines obv) which results in it being pointless in the end. i think some people have higher ceilings than others and all of them are doing what they can do most nights. judging effort level isn't my job, so it is what it is. i don't think he's soft/uncaring/lazy, but i find some things about his play and the way ppl constantly gas it up frustrating for sure.

i'm not even saying i think willy's part of the doc is filled with any storylines making any crazy statements against my guys or whatever. from what i've seen, it's just pretty surface fluff we already know about him. the stuff on the bench is nothing and didn't change my opinion about him, lol, but this is my blog and i'm venting my frustration about the way ppl were treating mitch bc of that moment as some character reflection. i haven't been a maple leaf fan since all these guys were drafted... but in the last few years, willy def has not been treated worse than mitch, so lol. sorry i can't retroactively care about the insults hurled at younger nylander (or critique of his game some of which was earned) lol, but i do think there are flaws to willy's game that are more annoying than the guys i chose as faves. i'm not some arbiter of maple leafs history, and i'm allowed to genuinely believe he's not as important as other people. you'll live with your opinions and version too. i'm sure i'm not changing your mind and i'm sorry it's not kumbaya over here atm. it will go back to normal after mitch extends and the heat's off probably, lol, idk.

[unproduciblesmackdown]

omgg lol [guy who won't stop going "more like scapeGOATED" voice] now hold! on!! lmao [same guy just saw encanto voice] Hold on!!!

[cold--carnage]

it's actually really sad. because today was supposed to be Seb and Ben's 1 year anniversary. but they had to put Ben in that fuckin' tube (it's a source thing. he gets put to sleep and put away in this big tube thing) after his psychotic episode. and poor Seb's been sitting next to it all day. talking to him and pretending they're having a conversation. it's just really sad. I really wish things had worked out better for those two

[modern-inheritance]

S.O.B. Snippet/Moment: Book Exchange (Modern Inheritance Short/Snippet)

TW: Person in alcohol withdrawal being angry at the people helping them.

“...Didn’t know what you were reading before you lot left Carvahall.” Arya lowered to a crouch and slid the stack of books towards him. “Grabbed a couple that you used to like. A few that were similar.” She didn’t meet his eye when she looked up, but her brows tilted in that hopeful little rise that was so recognizable from all those years ago. That stupid little nervous grin. 

The elf stood and stepped back when Brom shuffled forward and grabbed the stack with a grunt. His hands still shook, knocking over the paperbacks on top and clumsily rifling through the handful of hardcovers. Poetry. History. Tactics. Folklore. He would find something to keep his mind busy, Arya was sure. She could feel him glaring daggers still, burning gaze still just this side of unrecognizable. But far more calm. 

It was progress. 

When he didn’t respond further Arya dipped her head. “We’re both here tonight, if you need anything.”

She had just opened the door halfway when a raspy, low voice softly called her name. “Arya?”

Arya turned back. Talking to her? And using her name instead of some combination of slur and reference? Progress indeed!

Which was exactly what he hoped she would think.

The bound corner of one of the dense paperbacks impacted just over her eyebrow with a deceptively soft crack, pages snapping against each other like whip cracks with the force of the blow.  

Enraged yelling followed the slam of the door at her back. Cursing, more at herself than anything else, Arya did her best to ignore the warm blood oozing between the fingers that covered the burning mark blossoming on her skin and stormed down the hall.

[rickybaby]

I’m now kind of laughing about the pictures of Daniel today with ZB, knowing this was going to drop today. Like I know he was being genuine because he’s too nice but I like to think it was in the back of his mind.

I mean, as much as we say he’s too nice to stop and interact with that team, he’s a professional in a professional environment. So he kind of has to do what he needs to do irrespective of how he might personally feel towards them

[br1ghtestlight]

sunshine's parents were so cartoonishly evil lmao. he grew up in a sort of stereotypical 70s middle class suburban lifestyle w/ a mom and dad and his sisters but his family made him the scapegoat for absolutely EVERYTHING. if something went wrong or if they were late or if somebody died etc if one of his sisters got bad grades, he was the one blamed for everything while his sisters were both the golden children who had a great relationship with their parents and could never imagine them being abusers. Meanwhile sunshine's life was like an actual horror movie. his sister's just genuinely believed that he was an annoying problematic kid and that everything really was his fault (which is also what he believed as a kid. and to an extent that mindset is still part of him today. that everything bad is his responsibility)

anyway...... idk abuse narratives are just weird and to say that abuse "didn't happen" bcuz siblings had different experiences or deny the claims is ridiculous. or that it COULDNT happen because no abusers are that cartoonishly evil. like yes they are lmao. that type of abuse absolutely can happen, there's a million different types of trauma and abuse and a million different ways that it can affect you as you grow up!!!! sunshine got the short end of that stick tbh!!!!!!

[garciapimienta]

ignore everything I said yesterday regarding Xavi, #XaviIn

[cdroloisms]

Hi ! I'd like to know too for the ask game : 6, 13 and 26 ?

6. Is there a c!Dream scene/moment/action you would change?

Hmmmm I can't think of any, no. Mostly I think I would like some more in terms of follow-through w/ certain scenes, such as c!Endersmile the whole agreement with c!Dream + c!Foolish, the whole Aimsey debacle, stuff with c!Sapnap, but a lot of that was kinda beyond cc control. In terms of the stuff that seemed to be building somewhere that we didn't get I'd say what I miss the most is probably c!Wilbur getting involved w/ the prison arc, because damn it seemed like everyone involved wanted that badly but it just never worked out scheduling wise. Also, scrapped lore, but scrapped lore Is Canon. To Me.

In terms of actual scenes I would change...idk, LN5 c!Quackity and c!Dream showdown comes to mind? But that wasn't like bad, it was just because of internet issues there was a lot less of it than I would've liked. I wanted to see more c!Dream in the c!Dream vs c!Quackity showdown (tm), but as it is c!Dream blowing up a shit ton of slime and having a panic attack works perfectly well for me (it honestly hurt c!Q more than c!Dream, considering their stories, but again sometimes technical issues can't be helped.)

13. Since we rarely saw c!Dream's own POV, who was your main pov character/s?

Wherever c!Dream Was (tm).

For a more serious answer, especially in the early days I watched a lot of Tubbo. Fundy too, funnily enough? Wilbur as well, Tommy POV was probably what I watched the least at that point (unless Dream was online lmao). Lots of Punz watching too tbh when he was active on DSMP (and now, I've been watching Punz for a long time). Later on, still lots of Tubbo, more Tommy, I just kinda hopped onto whoever's stream at the time errrr I will not lie i was kinda a no life DSMP watcher for like all of 2020. Later on I watched a lot of Sam, Foolish, and Bad when they were the main three logging on. But yeah, basically whoever I could lmao

26. If c!Dream had to spend the rest of his life around only one other DSMP character, which one would you choose for him?

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰c!Sam🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

I mean I do have an AU that's literally this exact concept what do u expect from me who am I if not giving c!Sam eeeeeeverything he could ever want (tm)

If I'm not literally torturing c!Dream, probably c!Techno XD