#he's the woc in question btw

[princess-olaf]

OK, time for me. It won’t be the last post, because boy do I have lots to say about the last episode, but you gotta start somewhere 😉

I can’t believe I have to say this but two things can be true at the same time.

1. Stellaride adopting a baby feels totally right. Stella lived with her aunt after her parents died. Kelly moved in with April when Benny left and his mum couldn’t take care of him anymore. Both of them know how life changing it is when someone else than your parents opens their home and their heart to you and help you. How much that means - especially when you are a kid (I know Kelly was in high school at this point but he wasn’t an adult, he still needed his family, he still needed support and care and love. Like every kid).

Both of them help people at work. They do it without hesitation - like Stella told Kelly, when someone needs help, he doesn’t ask questions, he does everything he can to help them.

Their relationship helped both of them heal their wounds, showed them that they deserve true love, happiness and peace. Was it an easy road? Nope. Was it worth it? Totally.

Also, another thing that is worth pointing out is the fact that they are actually the first couple who talked about adopting a baby before meeting the baby. Gabby saw Louis on call, same with Cruz, Brett and Burgess. It wasn’t something they considered before - and if they did, they never mentioned it (correct me if I’m wrong). It’s nice to see two people talk about it, take time with it and make decisions based on what feels right to them - because they want to and they are sure of it, not just because they rescued a baby during work (I don’t day it’s not a good thing, but again, repeated storyline has entered the chat).

2. Being mad that we might get another adoption storyline is also totally valid. BTW let’s point out that she said she wanted to know if adoption is something he would consider and want. She didn’t say it’s their only option. And she didn’t say ’absolutely no’ to being pregnant. OK, moving on. We’ve seen adoption so many times already - with Dawsey (I didn’t say it was all successful), Burgess, Cruz and Brett. We’ve seen Casey fostering Darden boys (twice actually), we’ve seen that with Maggie on MED. At this point it feels like it’s the only way for a couple to have a baby. Yeah, Cindy was pregnant, same with Donna and Chloe, but they are not main characters. And their pregnancy was being told from male perspective - their husbands were the ones talking about that, their jobs weren’t at risk because of that, it was there but it wasn’t the centre of attention. By making Stella pregnant they could show how different women are treated, how different is for female firefighter to become a mum than it is for male firefighter to become a dad. Itd make dominated environment, it’s hard as it is, so they had a chance to show how pregnancy make it even harder. And with Stella being the lieutenant? What would that mean for her company? Would they put her behind the desk to do some boring paperwork nobody else wants to do - or would she use that opportunity to make a difference in the department and work to make CFD better place for female firefighters?

And not only that - you have WOC and you don’t use her to shine a light to the reality of how much that impacts her. Nice, you brought up PPD, but what about the fact that pregnancy is way more risky when you are POC? I don’t live in USA, but I’m not blind or stupid, we all know how mortality rates during pregnancy and childbirth are raising lately and how it is worse for people of colour. Perfect opportunity for showing that you are aware what is happening around you.

So, like I said in the beginning of this very long rant (if you made it to the end, thank you - and wow, congratulations, you made through all this rambling), it’s ok to be annoyed at another repeated storyline while being totally happy for two people who wants to expand their family (because two of them are already a family of their own and you won’t change my mind about that).

[12minuteairquoteactressairquote]

your blog has a ton of really interesting points and anons, and while I don’t always agree with everything, I can respect.

A great comment you made was that the optics of being seen with a woman who was still married is worse than being with an immature acting and looking 27 almost 28 year old. But people would rather he be with a married 40 year old than an unmarried 26 year old. Because age gap and power dynamics and unhealthy grooming bs. Right. As if these two are the first or last age gap couple to exist in the realms of Hollywood or even in the general public.

I stand by the fact and I have stood by this fact that people always get mad at me about, and that’s the age difference between these two fueling most of the core hatred and anger.

She is almost 28. People age every single year and she is no different. But continuing to age him up is something people on here love to do while keep calling her 12 or a 25 year old which is dumb and illogical AF. If he ages so will she.

The fact is that if she was the same age as him I don’t think people would be going this hard calling it PR and they would still hate her regardless but she wouldn’t be getting the pity comments or being babied by team real. Team PR or the LSA bitter Bettie’s would not be calling him every name in the book and bringing up the same dc intern story over and over again because by all appearances he’s dating someone around his age so the whole younger women bs wouldn’t be so evident as it is right now. No talks of red pill and incel would be happening.

It all started because she’s younger and that shocked and upset a lot of people who wanted to see him settle down with someone his age or age appropriate and also WOC.

I also stand by the fact that I believe he seems so uncomfortable and tepid around her is because he too is disgusted by the age gap. LOL. I don’t really think age difference is a big deal as long as everyone is consenting. People love George and Amal and she’s 17 years younger than him. But she’s extremely successful in her own right and a powerhouse so there’s no power dynamics and imbalance issues like there is here. But I think CE thinks AB is a kid and likely feels she’s a frivolous child and I think that’s why he looks like he’s having digestive issues whenever he has to be lovey dovey coupled with her. I think his chicken peck awkward side hug posing three years after the fact is enough evidence to warrant I have a point.

Of course this begs the question, if he’s uncomfortable with the age gap then why the hell is he still married to her?

Welll…why does anyone do anything in Hollywood? Why does he seem so much more open and comfortable to hug even the Rock, a man, and be touchy feely with him (LOL) and around AB it’s like he’s trying to keep himself from getting cooties? I don’t think he’s unattracted to 20 year olds, BTW. I’m sure most men can find young women attractive because men are men and visual creatures first. But I don’t think he finds HER attractive because her look and her demeanor gives 16 year old brat and I think that bothers him immensely. 20 something’s can be mature and hold themselves higher (zendaya, Florence, Sydney to name a few), because they are grown ass women and they know what they want and how to carry themselves with respect.

AB does not and she enjoys leaning into the Lolita complex like her idol Lana del ray and she’s clearly had a type of being and wanting to be around older men and older people. Look at the last guy she was linked to, Lucas was like 8-9 years older and he looked older too. She also looked young next to him but the gap wasn’t as big and his fans weren’t as insane. Her two besties are older than her. She was weirdly connected to the WN show runner, a middle aged older married man and she has these photos of her with him at lunch and other older guys. Her weirdass Facebook page that nobody knows if it’s hers is always posting feet and Lolita type pics and tagging old men. She loves being treated like she’s the baby and she loves being adored like she’s the youngest. And it’s creepy AF and I personally think she could use therapy herself. She was always going to be a tough sell in Hollywood because she doesn’t have what it takes to stand on her own.

I hope the powers that be around her take this as a valuable lesson in the future.

This is a good post. Long but good. I'll break it up to respond.

"I stand by the fact and I have stood by this fact that people always get mad at me about, and that’s the age difference between these two fueling most of the core hatred and anger."

Agreed. That was all over lsa before the other stuff suspiciously popped up.

"She is almost 28. People age every single year and she is no different. But continuing to age him up is something people on here love to do while keep calling her 12 or a 25 year old which is dumb and illogical AF. If he ages so will she."

Also agreed and it's something that has always not made sense to me.

"It all started because she’s younger and that shocked and upset a lot of people who wanted to see him settle down with someone his age or age appropriate and also WOC."

Agreed again.

"I also stand by the fact that I believe he seems so uncomfortable and tepid around her is because he too is disgusted by the age gap.""But I think CE thinks AB is a kid and likely feels she’s a frivolous child and I think that’s why he looks like he’s having digestive issues whenever he has to be lovey dovey coupled with her."

Agreed as well. I think there's some other stuff though. This post is long but in my opinion he's probably thinking what I think "here, take the damn thing. Always begging". Nobody likes neediness.

"Of course this begs the question, if he’s uncomfortable with the age gap then why the hell is he still married to her?"

Question of the hour. A lot of us think it's a contact and an end date. I keep saying there's a lot going on behind the scenes that we don't know.

"She was always going to be a tough sell in Hollywood because she doesn’t have what it takes to stand on her own."

This is thing back to that neediness. Nobody likes people who constantly have their hands out. I think Chris knows this girl was never going to be shit in Hollywood. He was used as an insurance plan and not a back up. She has such a shit team that her name got added to a movie poster after the trailer drops so now if you look up the poster, you'll only find the old one.

"But I don’t think he finds HER attractive because her look and her demeanor gives 16 year old brat and I think that bothers him immensely."

I'm 36, a millennial like Chris. There's something about all 20 year olds that give me the ick. I try to limit my interactions with them immensely.

I'll leave it at this cause this post is too long now.

[stellariders]

I know you might not agree with me but After reading the latest tvline article, I hope Merinda or Taylor leave the show or something happens and the characters break up for good. I used to like this relationship, but after catching up with the last 5 seasons, I hated how Severide turned to a screwup so a woman could fix him. I always loathed this kind of plot. One chicago the the three shows, don't know how to write a character development away from romance.

This whole promotion thing and Severide career don't depend solely on his relationship or how his beliefs were 7 years ago. The constant comparison between him and his father is frustrating. He always has been his been his own person even in relationships. I cringe everytime Stella's dialogues bring Benny like the writers can't come up with any other conflicts other than he is benny's son.

And supposedly they made Stella realise her mistakes from first marriage was her hope she can change her husband and fix him yet with Kelly they making her repeating the cycle the same trying to make him the man she wants a worthy man.

If we are in season 12 and she still thinks he is like Benny and staying with with wouldn't that being the same with Garrett and his addiction minus the abuse but I wouldn’t be surprise if the writers made her accuse him of that too later or made that her argument for not wanting kids after all they revealed in the final Benny was to Damon and they love writing lines making her compare how kelly and Benny are the same.

This relationship started beautifully with Severide questioning his life choices and Stella was looking for a fresh start and a good build-up. Both successful ambitious people wanting more. Then it turned to screw up kelly and strong fixer Stella. I get it with Merinda being the only longest WOC after Monica left and the need to the strong independent female representation most show doing in the last few years in not too good way. They failed what made this relationship interesting, became unhealthy in many occasions. While Stella character may be thriving, Severide character lost what made it interesting himself and his ambitious.

this is going to be so long and my thoughts are probably very unorganized so sorry about that!

yeah, i’m going to have to respectfully disagree with you on this. and i really don’t think there’s any chance of them breaking up. one of them dying? yeah i could see that. but i really don’t think the writers would divorce them. and i don’t think kelly has “turned into screwup so a woman could fix him”. kelly has always said that he wants to be the opposite of benny and this was before he even got into a relationship with stella. parts of those qualities that benny possessed was ghosting and lack of communication. yes kelly has always been his own person but he’s always had that fear of becoming benny. and he’s always had those feelings. he told stella before they started dating that he looked in the mirror and thought he started to look more and more like benny and he didn’t like that. if i’m remembering correctly he also told someone that he’s spent his entire life trying to be the oppsotie of benny. so it’s not like once stellaride got together kelly randomly had a fear of becoming benny. he’s always had this fear of his.

i honestly don’t recall any conversation between stellaride specifically where stella randomly brought up benny just so she could compare to kelly. i remember in early season 10 kelly told stella he talked to his mom about them getting married and she said something along the lines of severide men being doomed for marriage. but stella told kelly that he’s no benny. in the season 11 finale i remember stella comparing kelly and benny. that felt so out of character btw. i’m still shocked about that. but writers really fucked up either how they handled taylor’s leave of absence by writing kelly so out of character. but yeah kelly fucked up big time by ghosting her (as did stella in season 10). he made a huge mistake then and he made amends with stella and now they’re completely fine.

and i know it might be wrong but it’s genuinely hard for me to stay mad at stella and kelly for going mia when the circumstances behind the scenes with miranda and taylor were what they were. the writers truly fucked that up by making them both do out of character things.

grant was a completely different situation. that was an abusive marriage and leaving abusive marriage isn’t as easy as just walking away. especially when there a history between grant and stella where she has said she wouldn’t have survived without him. she wasn’t trying to help grant just so he could be worthy of her. she helped him because he saved her and and she wanted to be able to do the same for him. but she just couldn’t. with kelly, all she wanted was communication from him. she’s not changing his entire personality to make him a “worthy man” for her. that’s just the basics of a relationship.

stella staying with kelly after he messed up is very different then from when stella stayed with grant. i won’t repeat myself about the grant stuff but i will add that grant was entirely dependent on stella. he was literally living off her. and no i’m not exaggerating about that. stella told brett that grant doesn’t have a job and he’s been living off her (i’m paraphrasing). i think kelly’s actions of ghosting stella in season 11 clouds up the fact that his communication has actually come a long way. before he went mia in season 11, the last time he didn’t properly communicate with stella was in very early season 9. and again this mia storyline wouldn’t exist if writers knew how to properly write taylor out.

stella would literally never accuse kelly of abuse. that’s kind of a wild assumption to make. she defended him when tyler tried to compare him to grant. she went through hell and back with grant and kelly is not grant. i’m honestly not understanding your point of bringing the damon/ benny stuff up. are you saying that stella would accuse kelly of abuse since damon implied benny was abusive and she likes to compare them? maybe i’m just not remembering but stella doesn’t compare benny and kelly. i only remember it happening in the season 11 finale. every other time benny is mentioned it’s been stella saying kelly isn’t him.

i still think their relationship is beautiful. they’re just a victim of being the only main couple right now so they get all the drama thrown their way. i still don’t think it’s become “screw up kelly and strong fixer stella”. wanting good communication is the only thing that stella has wanted since the beginning and they have tremendously improved on that front. stella still had made mistakes so it’s not like she’s portrayed as perfect either. having problems within a relationship doesn’t make it “unhealthy” it just means there’s room to make improvements and that’s what stellaride have done.

[ratabethchase]

Choose violence #16 <3

omg thank u for the ask!!

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

SO MANY THINGS. especially spider-man.

WHY do people ship harley keener and peter parker in the mcu??? (white women LOVE two white men in love and will stop at nothing to get what they want)

WHY do people characterise MJ as "the mean lesbian"??? (they need a reason to stop a woc from dating the white man).

in a less aggressive sense i do not understand hunter/willow from the owl house but i wholeheartedly support them mostly out of spite because of the insane people who do not. i also DO really like this ship if its transfem hunter, so. but also willow is so so aroace and also hunter is so so aroace. and also everyone in the show. although luz and amity r still bi & lesbian unless they are queerplatonic which then they are also both aroace.

this is only kind of answering the question but i do not understand how no one cares about gus from the owl house. looking at his older design makes me want to throw up (/pos). btw he is also aroace to me.

if im honest though a lot of stuff that fandoms come up with i am very amiable with and im also very pro "do whatever you want forever" when it comes to headcanons and stuff and i get over it very quickly when i dont agree with characterisation. its mostly just like. he would not fucking say that. when im reading fics. (when they make peter parker a weak little pathetic pissbaby... wtf). there are just some rancid takes sometimes though, and it is harder to get over it when you see it so often.

[chicagofires]

https://www.tumblr.com/chicagofires/773311813712527360/httpswwwtumblrcomchicagofires773310334483169

You said that being around Kelly made the difference in Damon we saw in last episode versus the episode where Kelly helped him find a place in another house and I don’t think it was that. It was writer’s way to change what they did in the beginning of the season with making Damon a dick. Now suddenly he’s all sweet and cute 🤦🏻‍♀️

Btw remember when Boden asked Casey and Sev to look which firehouse could be a place where Stella could transfer? Sev said that he will do the research but won’t lobby for her - we know that he hates nepotism. And I can’t forgive Andrea that she changed that about him by making him helping Damon’s career. He didn’t want to do that for his longtime girlfriend (I know why - he didn’t want any other person to question her position like Conway did), but he does that for brother that he knows few weeks? Yeaaah, right….

i disagree with your first point. yeah i think he should’ve been held more accountable but also people make mistakes and i think 13x04 showed a lot of development

as for your second point, even though i think it was sorta out of character for kelly to go to bat for damon like that, it’s also important to acknowledge they are completely different situations. first of all, everyone in the CFD knew stellaride were together whereas damon and kelly being brothers isn’t widely known. sure, he wouldn’t go to bat for damon that hard if he wasn’t his brother but to other people it’s just a lieutenant defending the career of a good firefighter. versus how it would’ve looked if kelly helped give stella a leg up when everyone knew they were dating. stella wanted to make a name for herself without people thinking it was just because of her relationship. plus she was already at a disadvantage being a WOC. neither of those things were a factor for damon

[shelbydelrey]

Although not as egregious or serious as the literal abuse suffered by what it seems to be multiple women in the Cillian Murphy fandom, i've noticed his display of creepy behaviour here on the platform. I believe @mrkdvidal1989 became famous for his tirades against the character Grace Burgess from Peaky Blinders. He hijacked positive posts about her and gifsets where the character is praised to call her a "whore", a "bitch" and certainly other derogatory terms.

If you know me or have been following my blog for a long time, you know that i, myself am no fan of Grace. But i would NEVER go as far to start an harrassment campaign against her simply because i don't like her. I have a life and she's fictional at the end of the day. And this isn't even the most important matter. The fact that a man inside a predominantly female and/or queer fandom used depreciative language to "express" his feelings over a (fictional) woman is a giant RED FLAG. I do not give a fuck about your 'freedom of speech'. This is not how you address people!

I tried calling him out a few months ago with this post

but unfortunately didn't name or tag him for good measure. In response i was even shunned for it:

He did also crossed several boundaries in what i consider tumblr etiquette. In the instance below a follower reached out to a writer (the writer is NOT mrkdvidal btw) regarding the descriptive language used in a x Reader fanfic:

And this was his response (to a situation where he wasn't even remotetly associated with):

I don't appreciate an inch of his mockery. I don't expect everyone to relate to this but as a WOC, knowing the difficulties of representation on media and in fandom can't help but be livid at his fucking behaviour. The subject never concerned him but he felt like his opinion was earned to be shat out in the world anyway.

The instance above is more up to interpretation because OP did ask a this or that question. But as a writer myself i can't help but feel that OP wanted validation in their desire to branch out fandoms and it's courtesy to give our mutuals/followers/friends exactly. Not trim their will because it doesn't personally suit you.

If you made up here: thank you. This things have been on my chest for a while and i should have the courage to stand up against this behaviour sooner. Now, i beg all of you to not turn a blind eye to red flags and harrassment. Their reveal a person's true character and intentions. Stay safe folks ✌🏾

PSA - Community Predator

Over a series of months, myself and other Tumblr users -- fic writers, gif makers, fans of created content -- have been victimised by @mrkdvidal1989, who has extensively lied about who he is, preyed on multiple women and denied involvement -- therefore ruining friendships, reputations and feelings, and promised me life-saving medical treatment that he never followed through on.

More information including mine and their stories under the cut.

The reason I am going public with this is twofold:

A) To protect others from being hurt. He is known to reach out to many tumblr users, especially young women in the Cillian Murphy fandom -- but he may have a wider reach beyond this circle. B) Since his "disappearance" three weeks ago and the unravelling of his lies, this man has ruined my life and the only hope I had of obtaining treatment for a condition that has been plaguing me for four years.

Killian Vidal is the name he has chosen to give us, and has claimed to be both a officer commander and general in the mobility troop in the SAS (the general rank does not even exist), has beaten cancer a while ago (but said to another mutual that his "time was running out" and he is currently struggling with it), and a plethora of other life experiences and general knowledge about him that varies in consistency when talking to different people and is questionable in its validity. He has also shared pictures of "himself" that when reverse image searched, belong to different people.

I got to know Kill when he reblogged one of my fanfics (as the story seems to start with a lot of his victims) and he reached out via DMs. We quickly became close friends who called nearly every day on Discord and when I told him about my health issues, he immediately offered to pay for my medical treatment wherever I could find willing doctors.

I was hesitant to believe this at first since all of this seemed too good to be true (and was). He claimed to be very wealthy, enough to afford private jets like it was nothing and to rent me an apartment in the UK in the same building as him. Over time, I grew to trust him because he felt like such a genuine person and friend, which was made all the more believable by the fact that he has such a huge following on Tumblr and was, at the time, part of a vast social network of fans and friends (one of which he even claimed to know IRL -- who will remain anonymous unless they decide to speak out). I decided to ignore the little red flags because I was so desperate to receive this treatment that for me would be life-saving.

For four years, I have been plagued by an array of (mostly) undiagnosed digestive issues that have made my life almost unbearable and have on numerous occasions nearly killed me due to malnutrition. I've spent months in hospital, endured years of malpractice and misdiagnoses, undergone heart surgery, and have tried absolutely everything I can to get better. In the winter of 2023, I was told by my doctor that I was refused in the TPN program (a treatment that may have slowed or stopped my weight loss) and that with or without it, I was looking at mortality. Refusing to stop fighting but having exhausted the public health care system in Canada, I went into 2024 not really having much hope of anything anymore.

So, when Kill came along, that changed. He promised -- and I mean, from the bottom of his heart, promised -- that he would help me get treatment, that he would get me out of my abusive home and fly me to the UK, that he would be there for me as my friend, etc. I was beyond grateful, and as my trust with him built, so did my hope.

The travel plans kept getting put off; originally, he would fly me out as soon as the apartment became available, which was the 11th of Feb, 2024. He kept finding excuses to not book the jet. Finally, it seemed as if around the 15th/16th I would be flying. My health had been declining rapidly and the situation was becoming all the more urgent, and he said he was in contact with a pilot and would send the ticket soon and call me.

That was the last I heard from him. The 16th.

Initially thinking he had ended his life (he had discussed thoughts of suicide with me prior to this), I was beside myself with worry not only thinking one of my closest friends was gone but also that my chance at life was. I reached out to his other friends, and I made several calls to the UK authorities and emergency services and ended up requesting a welfare check be made to see if he was even alive.

They reported that no one under the name Killian Vidal was in the records of the building name he gave me -- the same building that I was meant to live in within that week.

After reaching out to my now beloved friend @kittenonpluto (A.K.A., Cas) on Tumblr, I learned that Kill was in fact alive, and had told her that he was in hospital for digestive issues in Indianopolis, United States (though again, no record of his name in their medical system). He still wouldn't talk to me, but told her to tell me that he would reach out when he was out of hospital.

Cas and I compared information he'd told us (her story will be attached to this post) and looked into the mystery more. He constantly dodged confrontation and questions about the fake photos and information he'd sent her, and seemed to use his completely fabricated hospitalisation as an excuse to not fulfil his promises to myself and her, as well as a means to garner sympathy.

It was quite obvious that he didn't know how the American medical system worked, and he even incorporated elements of my actual story and used them in his. When asked about his treatments, he responded with medically false information. He reported digestive issues, reflux, and having both an NG tube and TPN -- both of which I have experience with -- and let me say, I am beyond disgusted and infuriated that my real life trauma was used as a ploy in all this.

How do we know for a fact this is false? I checked the police case for his welfare check again, and they said that they confirmed him being in the UK at the same time he had told Cas he was in hospital in the States.

After a final confrontation from both Cas and myself (and a desperate final plea for the medical aid he promised me), he was never heard from again from either of us or our friend circles.

I'm now having to pick up the pieces he's left me in and to be honest, I have little to no idea of what the hell to do or how to save myself. The fact that he strung me along for a month and built up my hope that I was going to live only to abandon me without even a word is deplorable to me.

And mine isn't the only story. I've heard from four women on Tumblr (who, again, will remain anonymous unless they choose to speak out) who he has been romantic or sexually involved with (and lied about his involvement, made them out to seem insane or toxic, created rifts in our friendships, toyed with their emotions, and made false promises to of relationships, marriage, and finances).

And that's not including the ex-wife who came back to Tumblr to claim that her and Kill had never met nor married. She was promptly silenced by a "lawyer threat" that we have strong reason to believe was a bluff.

At the end of the day, there are so many lies, half-truths, inconsistencies, etc. this man has wrapped himself in and we don't know for the life of us what his motives are, but from the information that we do know is false, he isn't genuine. He toys with people. He hurts them. Myself and the others that have been affected by this want that to stop.

And at any point, he has the ability to make a new account, and take on a new persona, pretend to be someone else. Tumblr is a wonderful place and I have met so many cool people on here, but please be careful about who you interact with and what you share, because aside from making this post, it is beyond my power to stop him from doing what he does. But after what he did to me, I could not remain silent.

Other Stories

If you have an experience or story with Killian that you would like heard, please reblog it on this thread or make a post. With your consent, I can include a link to it below.

Final Note

Lastly, if you have read this far, thank you.

If you want to reach out to me about this issue -- whether it's to anonymously share your experience, ask questions, ask for evidence (of which I can back up these statements with), or anything at all --, please do not hesitate to do so. <3

For those who may be worried about the potential legality of this post, everything that I have stated as fact is fact and it is not my intention to slander or spread false information.

[enby-axels]

modern au neji would make tweets like, are you actually mean or are you just a woman of color who's not emotionless, and he'd be 100% correct

[pupperofdarkness]

Top 5 Ladies of Berserk ?

yoooo i’m here for questions like this. Gotta warn you though, I’m not the very good at going into depth about these things, but I’mma try

5. Slan 

Honestly she’s terrible, but we stan lol. But seriously, I find her absolutely fascinating and I really wish we could have learned who she was before she ascended, what actually made her activate her Crimson Behelit, and who did she sacrifice. Really I think I’m just fascinated by the mystery surrounding her.

4. Schierke

Such a wonderful lil bean :’). I’ve always adored child characters who are wise beyond their years and Schierke is definitely one of my favorites. I mean, we’re talking about a 12-13 year old girl who ADULTS look to for assistance when it comes to learning magic or staying sane, here. That to me speaks volumes of her strength. What I love most about her, though, is her dynamic with Guts. It’s so sweet how, aside from Casca, she’s the only other person he’s ever been completely open with and the fact that he trusts and believes in her so much is just so amazing to me. Plus her and Isidro’s antics never cease to make me laugh.

3. Luca 

She’s just a ray of sunshine in such a dark setting ☺️. I admire that despite living in such a bleak world and being in a hellish situation, she still remains, kind, selfless, and brave. And the unconditional, motherly love she has for her girls is just so heartwarming. I’ll be honest, I was pretty bummed when she didn’t join Guts’ party, but she had to look out for her girls so I get it.

2. Farnese

Ngl she got on my nerves at first, but I also found myself intrigued by her and the more I read, the more I ended up empathizing with her and liking her. 

For all intents and purposes, she should have become a terrible person, hell she almost did. Though I will say that’s pretty understandable, given how she was raised. Growing up neglected, sheltered and lonely can be really damaging to a person’s psyche. And the fact that she only got positive attention by hurting others did NOT help her mental instability. But when she joined Guts’ party, became Casca’s caretaker, and became Schierke’s student, I saw a side of her that I never would have expected to see in a character like her. It turns out her sadism hid kindness and compassion and selflessness. She just needed an opportunity to let that side of her shine through. I especially love her relationship with Casca and how she went from being a protector to a close female friend for Casca to rely on (which is something Casca really needs atm).

Also, I thought it was cool how Miura wrote Farnese using her penchant for bondage and sadomasochism to do good after her characterization (i.e. the thorn snakes). She’s actually the first instance I’ve seen of BDSM being portrayed in a positive way with a story like this, so that was pretty refreshing.

1. Casca

Words just cannot express how much I love this woman. But I’ll do my best.

Everything about her is just so amazing and she’s probably one of the STRONGEST female characters I know. I mean, this girl kept the Band of the Hawk together and lead them for a whole ass YEAR in Griffith’s place and when the Eclipse went down, she maintained a level head and managed to calm everyone down before everything went to shit. That honestly says a lot about her strength and leadership prowess.

That’s not to say that she always has it together. She can be hot-tempered at times but even then, she still has good judgement. She’s also emotional, and tends to cry a lot, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Actually, the fact that she wears her heart on her sleeve is just another thing that I admire about her. Her vulnerability only ADDS to her strength and imo makes her that much more relatable, because it underlines that while she is a gifted sword fighter, soldier, and commander, she’s still a human not a machine or weapon. And Casca realizing this, learning to find value within herself and learning to consider what SHE wants out of life rather than letting her value be dictated by her usefulness to someone else is something I love so much about her. And you probably have seen this a lot across tumblr, but I love, love, LOVE that she’s a WOC. I mean, how many instances are there of a leading lady in a dark medieval fantasy being POC, especially during the ‘90s?

My only complaint about her was that it took so long for her to come back to us. I don’t mind that Miura decided to have her dissociate after the Eclipse (in a few ways it makes sense given all that she witnessed and what she had to endure at the hands of Griffith and the apostles), but I wish it didn’t take 20 irl years for her to regain her sanity. Tbh, I think it would have been better if she began to gradually come back to herself or learned to cope with her trauma over the course of her and Guts’ journey, but it is what it is, and I’m just glad she’s back.

I just love her sooo much, holy shit 😩.

(btw, sorry it took so long for me to answer, I’m not used to people asking me stuff like this and I wanted to answer it the best that I could)

[photonflight]

🌺Caribbean Representation Through my Apprentice 🌺

Asks open for this article btw.

Why do this?

Growing up in the Caribbean, I never saw myself in media, nor did I see anyone representative of myself in popular media. I’m Trinidadian- but representation for Caribbean people has usually been limited to Jamaican. Jamaica has a beautiful culture, but like the other Caribbean islands, their culture is different.

This is why Dominique is Trinidadian coded, and mixed race (over 90% of Trinidadian people are BIPOC or mixed race). I wanted to feel seen and represented, and I wanted other Caribbean (especially Trinidadian BIPOC) women and girls like myself to feel properly represented by her. I wanted to show us that we CAN exist in fantasy worlds and be portrayed in a way that’s neither stereotypical nor offensive.

Many times in the media, whenever there’s a Caribbean character included (which is a very rare occurrence) they are given a Jamaican accent by default even when they’re not Jamaican, which has resulted in many people believing that there is one collective Caribbean accent (as a Trinidadian person I can’t begin to tell you how many non-Caribbean people have addressed me with “yea mon”.)

As a matter of fact the islands have their own different languages. Trinidadians speak Trinidad Creole, not Jamaican Patois.

A few examples I can think of would be

Ajay Chase- Apex Legends (Haitian, but has a Jamaican accent)

George- Metal Gear Rising (Guyanese, but has a poor Guyanese accent which sounds more Jamaican, and the vernacular he speaks with is more (stereotypically) Jamaican than Guyanese)

Sebastian- Disney’s adaptation of The Little Mermaid (Tobagonian (btw the country I’m from is called Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹) but has a stereotypical Jamaican accent)

Haitians speak Kweyol, not Jamaican Patois.

Guyanese people speak Guyanese Creole, not Jamaican Patois.

Tobagonians speak Trinidad and Tobago Creole, not Jamaican Patois.

These are all different languages entirely.

Additionally, no Caribbean people were included in the creation of OR the voicing of these “Caribbean” characters.

How is Domi different?

In short? Domi is a Caribbean, mixed WOC with a Caribbean mixed WOC Experience created by a Caribbean, mixed WOC

In long?🤣 read below

Origin

Domi is a Trinidadian-coded apprentice. While her country of origin, which isn’t Vesuvia, does not parallel the real Trinidad and Tobago, she has certain experiences that are common with Trinidadians who are like she is, is canonically confirmed to have an accurate and inoffensive Northwestern Trinidad accent, and her main outfit is colored after the national flag of Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹.

Experience

In BIPOC societies like Trinidad and Tobago, there are two interconnected experiences that stand out. Colorism, Featurism and Fetishization AND Identity Crisis

Colorism, Featurism and Fetishization

The term Colorism refers to prejudice or discrimination against individuals with a dark skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group.

Naturally then, as a result of colorism those with lighter skin tones are elevated within that group. A group which in Domi’s case makes up the entire society.

Featurism refers to the elevation of somebody’s features due to their proximity to whiteness and then results in the Fetishization of people who do have said features within the same ethnic group.

Domi grew up in a society that praised features and skin complexions by their proximity to whiteness, with an older sister who encompasses everything the society praised.

While Domi resembles her father, her sister Scarlet (named after the Scarlet Ibis, the National bird of Trinidad and Tobago) looks like their mother.

While Domi and her sister are both mixed BIPOC (and of course we come in different colors, shapes and sizes), Domi has darker skin than her sister does (though she is still of a light complexion) darker eyes, and darker curlier hair.

Her sister has fairer skin, blue eyes and straight dark hair.

Therefore within a society like this, it is natural that it is her sister that would’ve been elevated and praised for her beauty over Domi.

This has impacted her in various ways from a very young age, pushing her to overwork herself to be perfect at everything to make up for her lack of beauty, and as a child would constantly use glamor to give herself “better hair” and “nice eyes” (terms that result from the fetishization of certain features within BIPOC societies.)

Domi and Scarlet ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Identity Crisis

As is the case with many BIPOC who belong to families where many different ethnicities combine, Domi experiences an identity crisis.

Many Caribbean BIPOC ask themselves

-what am I?

-who am I?

-where do I fit in/belong?

-who do I identify with?

And I know that this is the case for many non-Caribbean mixed people as well. It’s not an isolated incident although this post deals specifically with the Caribbean experience.

Domi also deals with not feeling as though she fits in with either side, not being enough like her mother’s side (mixed Asian, dragon) and also not being enough like her father’s side (mixed Black and White, human).

Dealing with this causes her to question where she belongs, and second guess meeting new people for fear of what they’ll think of her.

Does Domi look like me?

Yes. The arcana IS a self insert game and people that look like us don’t appear very often regardless. Her appearance and specific ethnicity is inspired by me, as well as is the coding of her nationality (which of course is shared with 1.4M people)

However, her experiences, though loosely based on mine, are not isolated and were not based on my own so much as it was based on that of other mixed WOC I personally know and wanted them to feel heard.

Me vs My Apprentice 🌺 you can see where the inspiration starts and also stops🤣

[silendastral]

What's a huge break in this game I have, bruh-

BTW, Thanks for questions, Yawn!

1. HERE ARE MY SWEETIES:

- All of them are united by my love for medical subjects, and that they fall under the category of the so-called "angels of death." At the same time, The Сrippler distinguished himself by the fact that the information about him is absolutely smooth, and you can come up with a story about him better than the creators, turn him into your sublimation of the inner state. Anyway, crazy doctors are great.

- Speed Demon - SHE LOOKS LIKE A BORZOY, BUT SHE'S AN ANGEL. SHE FEELS ANDROGYNOUS, HAS A SWEET PERSONALITY AND PURPLE EYES - WELL, WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO LOVE HER!? After that, I want the franchise to have more themes of mythical creatures and unusual vehicles.

- Gribbles! - I love the theme of clowns and the theme of duality, and he combines it in himself - cute, BUT HE CAN KICK YOUR BUMPER. He's also painted cute. A kind of cupcake on wheels with a cherry-nose.

2. Interesting combination, huh?

Ginormous and Ivy - ship for the soul and positive emotions. I could describe them as a wolf and a dog belonging to the same species, but their attitude to others is different. The troubles with trust and quietness of the first are with the sociability and radiance of the second. Those who know when need to torn someone's wheels off, strong, but their "status" varies greatly. For myself, I could point out how to develop a mindset of "if I'm less successful, then no one will want to hang out with me ::::("

The Crippler and Chick - my OTP and emotional swings, which either touches me or I cry like a b/tch. I can describe the sensations from them as when you eternally peel off the crust of a wound, preventing it from growing normally, and as a result it becomes a scar.

The dudes need to go to a therapist or go straight to a madhouse, but they decided that they could handle everything on their own. Opposites attract, as you know, if they have similarities. And it's funny for me that they're both related to racing and they have the same topic, that they've found a different vocation in a different field that brings them some kind of happiness.

Holly and Ivan- WELL, I CAN'T TAKE HOLLY AND MATER SERIOUSLY. JUST THE THOUGHT OF HER KISSING HIS TEETH SCARES AND MAKES ME LAUGH. And here's Van'ka who as groom is not bad, though he can accidentally bite something off the girl.

It is ship for the soul, which arose from the thought that they look good together, and based on logic: Purple and blue on the color circle stand together; in Britain and Russia, the weather is peculiar and unpleasant in its own way, which means that both can tolerate cold and humid climates relatively calmly. And I respect and love dynamics of a cop and a criminal.

3.

Fics:

Forgotten Highways by PAW_07 - It all started as "Oh wow, a good fanfiction about Chick without shipping him with someone!" and then I was attacked by hundreds of triggers. This reading session is like the phrase "the mice cried, stabbed, but continued to eat the cactus".

All Alone and Sweet Medicine by one orphan_account - I'm normal I'm normal I'm normal NO I'M NOT. What I like about these works is that at least we are becoming more aware of the chemistry between the characters (We don't talk about The Crippler's harassment, no-no-no) , and that, wow, they are not orphans and some family members.

Videos:

"Kachows 1 & 2" by Qwistoff YTP and Crars by thet00nedl00n - I think it's the best YTPs in this fandom. THEY MAKE ME LAUGH + montage is pretty nice (IMO).

The Anatomy of Pixar's Cars by grimmelle -You know, I want to know someone else's opinion, what they think about this or that thing. In this case, the anatomy of vehicles in WOC. Such video reviews help you determine what will be in your fanon, and you can feel yourself like Mr. Bean-

What about fav arts with their artists, hmhmhmh

This few By Друн - I totally love their artstyle, with all those pointed corners and straight lines, snide faces, relatively bright colors and tasty render with composition, MMMMM.

And this by @haunted-planes - Ig they was one of the reasons why I decide to join Cars fandom. Maybe it's looks so sketchy but I really obsessed with this arts and The lost Anchor plot, and the scary sea. Thanks also for gore and just for OCs lives situations.

4. What about me?

Here is this art with Chick and his father. Thank to people so much for likes and reblogs!

Now it's not perfect, but I liked trying to realize how the most arrogant racer gets uncomfortable because of his father, who, oh my God, even deigned to hug him.

I also love it. Yes, it's simple, but you would know how cool it was to draw with a brush imitating watercolor.

The cold atmosphere in the house. The child has some sparkle in her eyes, but after the events she has gone through, it will no longer shine so brightly.

Welcome to a life full of disappointments, opium addiction for a couple of months, and then thinking that rotting in a garage is a pretty nice idea, yeap, Cliff?

Also what kinda ref i used- mmmm, yes-

ALSO I STILL IN LOVE WITH THIS OOOOOOH MY BOI 2021 WAS GOOD HUHUHUHUHH

!!! woc question game !!!

figured this would be a fun thing to do in my off time so heres some added questions for the fandom if you so feel free to answer !!

favorite minor character and why? (can range from guy with little screentime or guy with info only available on supplementary material like the books, magazines, etc.)

favorite relationship dynamic / ship and why?

favorite piece of fan content(s) and why? (can be a fic, fan art, etc. can even be your own work!!)

and extra question going off that last one: favorite piece you've made in the fandom?

under the cut is my answers to some previously asked questions!!

how did you get involved in the fandom?

i've watched the cars films before but it was only when my little brother was watching them on disney plus back when my family still paid for it that i really sat down, watched it and got invested in it.

and it hit at a very convenient time because i was phasing out of my empires/life series interest and it just snowballed from me checking out the cars tag on ao3 to skimming the pixar cars wiki to . having a whole side blog named lesbiancruzramirez

it was nice it was just me and my kid brother rewatching the cars movies over and over i even got really into cars 2 !! a fun movie actually!!! then me and him watched all the cars shorts and yeah it truly did just all start when my brother saw the cars movie in the selection of movies on disney plus and picked that to watch

favorite character and why?

tbh. cruz ramirez is kind of annoying (/heavily sarcastic. i am joking. if i ever unironically say that u can shoot me on sight 🙏)

anywho i love love love cruz ramirez 🫶 i will admit when i first kinda sort of watched cars 3 I wasn't too compelled by her but i do remember being endeared to her a lot and then upon a proper rewatch i just sort of fell in love with her she is so lovely and excitable !!! like she's just a little guy? she's just a little guy!!!

i think her whole struggle in the film is so compelling and i wish that and her character could have been expanded upon like storm and mcqueen were..... like maybe in a book or something.....

cars origin: cruz control i will literally never forget you DAVE KEANE . OR ANY OTHER MALEVOLENT FORCES OUT THERE. IF U CAN HEAR ME. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LEAK THE MANUSCRIPT 🙏🙏🙏

anyways yeah i jus love her for being really silly and a dorkass racing fan whos only keenly aware of and into the women of the racing world (she only recognizes and knows louise nash among the other racing legends) and lightning mcqueen and i think thats so real of her 🫶 shes a racing fan but only for mcqueen and women 🫶 me too sis. this among other reasons is why i just love cruz shes sooo fun shes so silly shes my babygirl truly. the guy ever

any dream merch you'd like to own/see made?

🫶 cruz ramirez tsum tsum plush 🫶

literally any of the tsum tsum plushes actually THEYRE SO CUTE? SO LOVELY? MY BABES? MY GUYS!!!

would also love die casts of these sillies and also a couple other choice die casts like the tim treadless n natalie ones. the only merch of my favs out there

as for merch id like to see made . if ever, it probably wont be official but id like merch/die casts of some of game-only characters since some of them have such cool designs and i also really really want a candice one

favorite scene from any cars media?

uh UM . cant pick one scene but cars 3 is my fav movie so heres some top 5 of my fav scenes from cars 3 in no particular order

lmq and cruz argument. "i just never thought I couldn't" "i wish i knew what that felt like" <- makes me INSANE about them. GOD. god.,

and correspondingly i like their make-up scene where lmq does the stupid little dance and song and cruz is embarrassed as hell

the whole opening scene makes me all giddy like yay :D good times montage :D bobby cal screen time 🫶 love that for them

cruz doing doc's flip and winning the florida 500 and i would not be true cruznat fan if i didn't mention "heck of a win!" "yeah... heck of a win (gayly)"

jacksons fuckass intro scene with mcqueen. literally such a high school mean girl? "such a pleasure to finally beat you" "you heard me" "i think i touched a nerve" obsessed. what a weirdo ass freak (lovingly)

i literally remember this movie the best and!! now some honorable mentions from the other two movies!!!

my fav kaciao moment "i dedicate my win tonight to miss sally" "actually no i already dedicated my win to her" <- SUCH fun rival banter off the two of them and i think all three of them should kiss sloppy style thanks

"oh por favor señor tow truck" sorry im weak for femme fatale holly shiftwell

docs first try still giving advice to lmq and lmq sasses him "turn right to go left" is just that iconic to me tbh

and the whole "life could be dream" neon roads scene is so so beautiful!! i adore the neon aesthetic in the first cars movie and oh i miss it dearly

what is your favorite personal headcanon?

too many to choose uh um off the top of my head the sudoku obsessed natalie hc . goes hand in hand with the autism hc i love silly hcs like that

also my cruz met jackson pre cars 3 (or well. somewhere in the middle of cars 3 technically?) hc im still in the middle of writing a fic for that!!!

will update with more answers to questions later!!will be yapping more definitely when i get more off time

[shaydixons]

I have some questions about skam seasons and I wanna hear what you think.

skam nl and Skam Austin both have 2 seasons, but why?

idk about nl but I heard Austin got cancelled which is.. such a shame, considering it was the only remake with wlw Isak who's also a woc... and I don't even know if there's possibility for them to change their mind because Shay's actor came out as trans and he fully transitioned so he couldn't possibly play her and they should recast, which I'm not sure they want to do.

also druck has next gen seasons, and do you happen to know if they will do another after Ismail's one? like one from Kieu My or Ava or literally any of the other pov? it would be great imo.

Skam Italia is getting renewed apparently, the season will come out in 2022, and I'm really curious about what they'll do, even if I think the only option is doing something og like skam fr and Druck did, since the four mains already had their seasons.

btw is it only me or people never talk about skamfr og seasons unless it's about Lola / Lola and Maya? ofc it could be the part of the fandom I'm in, but I just wanted to hear your opinion on this, you're on my fav skam pages ever and the fact that you stan both Fatou and Shay AND are anti noorhelm >>>>

hi anon! :)

skamnl and skam austin both got canceled after season 2 :( i guess their viewership was too low. and yeah shay's actor transitioned which is wonderful for them but tru that it means they couldn't play a cis lesbian, so its for the best that they dont have to even though i miss skam austin so bad... the other day i remembered that scene where eve is having sex with some girl and shes wearing sneakers but no pants.... what was that about. i miss it tho

also i dont know if they are doing more druck seasons tho im sure someone knows but im not that current w druck news. they should do an ava season though i love her

idc about it*lia thus i have no idea what they are doing at any time. also as someone who was around when season 3 of skamfr was airing: elu was SOOOOOO huge and im sure the elu fandom is still at large but i remember when 95% of skamfr talk was about elu bc skamfr isnt that hugely popular w the international fandom but elu was honestly a huge deal (and for good reason imo they were good) so if you're mostly seeing lola/maya talk im sure you are just in the wlw fandom (as you should be)

also thank you!!! :) noorhelm took 20 years off my life and set feminism back 50 years

[artmuseumgf]

tw sexual assault // tw skam france

the fact that skamfr never addressed the SA with lola after that one clip makes me wonder how s2 would've gone if they didn't have the og skam's blueprint to follow. i mean even with the blueprint it not like they did a good job, we saw that when the victim ends up with the rape apologist, i can only imagine how badly s2 could've gone....

as someone who is a sexual assault survivor, it was already hard for me to watch the clip and then later to realize that the plot was only used as a shock value and to give eliott some kind of savior complex, it absolutely disgusts me that the makers actually went ahead with it.

do they not understand the gravity of the situation? according to the UN, approximately 15 million adolescent girls (aged 15 to 19) worldwide have experienced sexual assault at some point in their life.

making lola, as well as flavie (it's not easy to play such an intense scene with a topic that heavy), go through something so traumatic and for her to come out of it completely unfazed?? we saw how shaken she was in the bathroom when she called eliott and then what later???? and oh god the WORST part was when they kept blocking the fans who kept asking these questions on the live, that's just plain selfish.

it's funny how neils went on and on about s3 on his instagram(which i do appreciate btw) and how much care he put in the story because he said he never saw the lgbtq+ representation in media when he was growing up, and when it came to issues which weren't "personal" were handled so poorly. most of the representation we got after s3 just felt tokenized like, "here you go with you woc representation" "oh and here's another MI representation" and "take a disability representation too" and then "oh dw we aren't gonna handle any of the their storylines well, instead we'll keep adding love triangles ha ha"

[dasakuryo]

cassian and bodhi for the character ask

Cassian! Bodhi! MY ROGUE ONE BOIS! ♥

Cassian

How I feel about this character

Hello, have you met me? xD I adore Cassian, his story, his motivations, his commitment… it all hits too close to home, especially given the analogies that can be drawn considering the actor playing him is Latin American. As a Latin American star wars fan, Cassian speaks to me on a ton of different painful and often bittersweet levels. I love my rebel boy, my guerrillero del espacio ♥

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Let me preface this by saying I’m totally down for him having a romantic interest in his upcoming show —give me awkward and adorkable Cassian in his early twenties falling in love, okay? xD Gimme a Latina love interest, preferably afro-Latina, you know. Oh, btw I’ve said early twenties because unless we’re having flashbacks, there’s no way they can make Diego pass as anything younger than that lol ANYWAY, having said that, I ship him with Jyn.

[I headcanon him as pan, but given Star Wars track record with woc as love interests, I’d rather we have one being the LI, you know. I am not adverse to an earlier LI being a moc, ofc.]

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Melshi. They’re really good friends and have the other’s back, no questions asked. Melshi didn’t even think about going to Scarif, he was in before Cassian had finished speaking the idea into existence. OH, also, I headcanon Cassian was part of the spec-forces for a short while before joining intelligence, hence where I think they may have met and became friends.

My unpopular opinion about this character

He is socially awkward when he has to socialise for real, as in not as part of a mission, and dorky, even if he may seem a bit harsh around the edges at first glance. Not to mention he’s totally not any [insert stereotype for Latinos here], thankyouverymuch.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

You mean, besides NOT DYING? Well, I guess I really really want Star Wars to have his mother being a pivotal influence for him growing up —inspired him to fight for what’s right, and all that good stuff, if you know what I mean— even if I know she dies because Cassian lost everything TwT

Bodhi

How I feel about this character

HE IS THE PILOT. HE BROUGHT THE MESSAGE. *sobs* I have a giant Bodhi-shaped soft spot in my heart, ngl. One of the bravest characters in the whole of Star Wars, defied the Empire from within and broke from its fear-mongering clutches, gave his all to free the galaxy…. I’m emo… he’s the catalyst, ok? TwT

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Luke Skywalker, give me soft boys with hearts of gold being all ♥_♥

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Uhm, I’m not that familiar with the popular ships for him other than Luke, but-- I just want to say that…. Galen/Bodhi is…. I am just…. WHY, you know. JUST NO.

My unpopular opinion about this character

He’s a natural introvert and pretty quiet, but if you dare get on his bad books he can literally turn you to pieces. Have you ever witnessed a calm person when they have had enough? Agarrate, you won’t be able to withstand the sheer force of that rage, smh.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

BESIDES NOT DYING? Seriously, wtf Star Wars. Anyway, him finding some lost relative after Rogue One, I don’t want him to lose all connections to his family, all these characters have suffered enough and deserve some happy things, ok?

[rigginsstreet]

I’m mad at Jughead for being a shithead and if I cared more about the kid serpents I’d be angrier (although this white emo bitch really kicked a gay woc out of her own fucking Gang that she invited him into why do people stan him) but the real question is... can Hiram just take the whole fucking show and give it back to the adults? Can the same thing happen with Sabrina can the adults just steal the shows? I’m tired.

i have a lot of feelings about this so let me just go off now lmao

jugheads situation starts off complicated because he wasnt born into the serpents. yes, fp was the leader but he didnt join until long after jughead was born. so whereas on other shows with this type of familial gang affiliation dynamic - jughead wouldve been groomed, essentially, from birth to eventually take over. but thats not the case here. fp joined out of “necessity” and he never even wanted jughead in that life to begin with (so how we got to him decided to step down and make jughead “king” which also btw what fucking gang says king? like... you say it as a joke and shit but its not serious... anyway... fp going from 0 to 100 makes no sense). BUT seeing as how jughead eventually joined and was still the leaders son, it still isnt totally crazy that fp would appoint him as the next leader. its jugheads age and all the previous story set up that makes it look so fucking weird. so like... i get the logic behind the choice from a storytelling standpoint, but i also understand the complaints because this whole thing is sloppy. what they shouldve done is have somebody... literally anybody.... an adult, mayhaps, step forward and be like “uh.... i dont think a 16 year old should be leading this gang so im going to challenge this hardcore”. but ras has a need to romanticize gang life so... ok... i guess. that was never gonna happen.

now onto toni. she has her own birthright because of some half assed contrived ass season 2 plot that only gets mentioned when convenient to the episode and also makes no fucking sense based on season 1 canon. if the uktena (is that the tribe? listen i watch 5% of this show at most) was soooooo important, why and how did fp become leader? and by fp becoming leader in literally no fucking time considering he hadnt been a member since high school and theres only a small gap in time from fred firing him to season 1 (small as in it usually takes a long fucking while to work your way up to being a leader of a whole ass gang thats well established) one could reasonably assume fp senior mustve had some rank and thats how fp got in so easily a second time and got such a powerful position. 

the joneses are white. thats a white ass family. you cannot as a show keep trying to stress tonis familial ties to this gang and how a native tribe founded it.... and then the whole time it was being run by a white dude? huh? so honestly depending on what storyline you want to follow, you can argue for either jughead or toni taking over. or, you can rub two brain cells together and decide that argument is fucking useless and ask why HIGH SCHOOLERS ARE RUNNING GANGS THAT HAVE ADULT ASS GROWN ASS MEMBERS. i WILL kill fp myself. i will do it.

anyway hiram is right in wanting to get rid of the serpents i support him. youre doing amazing sweetie. could be doing better since theyre still here but ... you can only do so much when your writers have the mental competence of a banana. 

[coppermarigolds]

Ship Meme

The wonderful @servantofclio tagged me for this. Thanks, Clio!

First ship you ever read fic for: Is it weird that I’m having trouble remembering this? I know the first fandoms I dipped my toes into fanfic-wise were LOTR and Stargate SG-1, but I never really shipped anything from either of those. I guess the first pairing that got me invested enough to read fic was Stargate Atlantis’ Weir and Sheppard (not to be confused with Shepard from Mass Effect; why is that such a popular fictional surname?)

First ship you ever wrote fic for: I think that was also Sheppard/Weir from Atlantis. I didn’t write more than a fic or two in that fandom, but it was enough to get the ball rolling. 

Ship you write the most now: Currently I have fanfic largely on the backburner while I work on original writing. It may be a stretch goal at best, but I’d like to get my novel finished and semi-polished in time to enter the Pitch Wars writing mentorship contest, which has a late-August deadline. Sadly that doesn’t leave much time for fanfic. But prior to this original writing push, the pairings I wrote the most were Jyn/Cassian (in my multichapter fic which I will finish eventually) and, taking a glance through my writing tag on Tumblr, Aloy/Erend in prompt-fics. That makes me quite happy, because how can you not love a ship whose canon dialogue includes 

Him: “All the way to Meridian just to see me?”

Her: “Have you been drinking?!”

(spoiler alert: yes. he has.)

Ship you read the most now: I haven’t had much fic-reading time either for the previously mentioned reason. But one fic I have been working my way through as time permits is Equivalent Exchange, an epic length *mumble mumble mumble* Theron Shan/F!Imperial Agent fic. I blame @thievinghippo for reccing it. :p 

Newest ship: *sulkily points to above answer* Two months ago I didn’t like any characters Troy Baker had voiced, and everything made sense. Then I fell head over heels in love with his character in The Last of Us, and my whole world did a 180. I learned to love Theron Shan, who previously annoyed the hell out of me, and started shipping him with my Consular. I picked up Uncharted 4 (which came free with my PS4 when I bought it two years ago and had been sitting untouched in my living room ever since) and went googly-eyed over TB’s character in that too (Sam Drake). Then I played Uncharted: The Lost Legacy--which is awesome btw, basically all about two WoC and their friendship--and started shipping Sam and Nadine hardcore, because hellooo enemies to grudging colleagues to...risking their own lives to save each other? GIMME THAT UST. So yeah, my newest ship is pretty much Troy Baker’s characters/everyone. Except Kai Leng. Kai Leng can still rot in hell.

Rare ship you wanna read more of: Obviously Nathaniel/Velanna, my classic answer to this question. Also Sam/Nadine, which at ten fics on AO3 is even rarer than Nate/Velanna. Probably just means I’m going to have to write my own. Sigh. 

Your taboo ship: I don’t think I have one. My ship tastes tend to be pretty vanilla, honestly.

They never met in canon ship: Not romantic, because one of them is underage, but I think it would have been cool if Bodhi Rook and Sabine Wren had ever met, since they were both Imperial defectors who played significant parts in the Rebellion. Also they both have four-letter last names that refer to a type of bird. Not that that means anything. 

Your unexpected ship: *sighs loudly* YES THERON, I LIKE YOU NOW. Doesn’t mean I forgive you for always giving Lana a hard time, though.

The ship you always forget to give love to: Most of my Old Republic ships in general, really. For example, I love the Trooper/Jorgan romance, but I’ve never written a single thing about them. I’ve barely written anything for Bounty Hunter/Torian either, which is another of my faves.

Ship your OC with a canon character: Do my BioWare ships count?

A ship you’re embarrassed to ship: I don’t think I have any. Ship and let ship, man. 

Your most romantic ship:  I think it’s Shepard/Garrus, really. Not much compares to the scope of their journey across three games, topped off with how satisfying their scenes were in ME 3 and Citadel. For all BioWare’s faults, I will forever be grateful to them for giving all us weirdo xenophiles the love interest we asked (and asked, and asked) for. 

Your sexiest ship: It may sound weird to say Jyn/Cassian given that they never even kissed. (Stupid canon.) But the way that they looked at each other. The eyesex was real. So was the utter lack of personal space.

Your most tragic ship: Also Jyn/Cassian. It doesn’t get much more tragic than dying in each other’s arms. (I reiterate: stupid canon. Thank goodness for fic.)

A ship you want more content for: All of them.

I’ll tag... @thievinghippo, @skybound2, @probablylostrightnow, and anyone else who’d like to do it!

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Based ofd your last few reblogs it's sad to see that you really hate Ed for winning awards... Can't we criticise Grammys without hating on the winners? Btw kesha and the rest should not have won for heir causes or genders- But cause of their voices. Also I'm not a monstrous white male, but a WoC if that gives my opinion any points lol.

Lmao did you even read any of the posts all the way through?? I don’t dislike him because he won a grammy... I dislike him because he makes frankly unoriginal bland music flaunting his “boy-next-doordom”/ “i’m just a nice guy” while simultaneously being obnoxiously judgemental and preachy.  I just don’t like him. I didn’t like him before the grammy’s, and I hold the same opinion now. If you’re going to say that Kesha, Sza and Gaga deserved to lose to him due to his vocal talent, I am really going to have to question if this is a troll comment... All of the women I have talked about have extremely good voices and delivered incredible vocal performances on the nominated work (especially Kesha on Praying). Meanwhile Ed, while he has a fine voice, isn’t exactly known for his vocal prowess, he has a good enough voice to pass, but it is far from exceptional. I don’t believe he should have won. His album was bland, uninspired and unimpactful. But either way, I don’t like him and haven’t for a while.