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wowsoboring · 4 years ago

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Deconstructing baseless Harry Potter arguments #1: Harmony Edition

There’s a very helpful account on instagram (this instagram page merely gathers toxic harmony shippers, they don’t ship Harmione or hate all Harmione shippers, please don’t send them hate, show them love and support) where you can essentially find stupid fucking bashers who make baseless arguments. I’m all for Harmione shippers, as long as they don’t denounce Romione, bash Ron and just peacefully co-exist. To my pleasure, such people are out there: they just dont seem to be seen as often as the ones that are not nice. Maybe all I see is the mean people and the majority is nice, but in this post, I am attacking those who make baseless claims and bash Ron/Romione/Hinny/Ginny. I don’t myself hate all Harmione shippers. On top of that, as a Romione/Ron fan, i do acknowledge Ron’s character flaws along with Hermione’s and I hold them on the same pedestal.

This is copied directly from my own instagram page, granger.weasley_ on ig.

Anyways let's get deconstructing

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Yeah okay mf; maybe don’t compare real-life relationships with fucking fictional ones. Your relationship going wrong has nothing to do with Ron/Hermione. It has everything to do with you and your ex: the *real life* people involved in it.

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The weird subreddits and discord servers also seem to have a lot of die-hard Harmione “non-canon” shippers. They bash Ron and Romione (along with Ginny and Hinny) with a burning passion without any objective sense of remorse. They ignore all the merits of Ron’s character and bash him to push their agenda. They can’t even do so much as fucking acknowledge any of Hermione’s character flaws but still somehow manage to fixate on that one time when 11 year old Ron just shit-talked one line while Hermione had just publicly humiliated him in front of the Charms class and practically shouted at him for doing the spell wrong just before. I personally don’t because Hermione was 11 too and wasn’t that good at social cues that early on, which is more than okay. Neither am I.

Only a few people in the Romione fandom bash Hermione. And it’s not like Harmione shippers (most, not all!) don’t bash Ron and Ginny remorselessly, right? The fucking hypocrisy.

If someone considers Ron as the best member of the trio, it is their own opinion and not a fact. I do that. If you consider Harry and Hermione as the best member of the trio or in the whole wizarding world, most people don’t give a flying fuck and probably won’t argue with you because it is simply an opinion. That will only happen when you pass that off as a fact.

Statistically speaking, most (not FUCKING all) Harmione moments are in the movies. The weird dance scene especially. The passionate kiss that happens in Ron’s vision, shit like that. Ron is pushed to the sidelines in the last set of movies while Harry and Hermione show each other endless love and support. “I’ll go with you”. The books on the other hand, describe Harry and Hermione as siblings multiple times, with very little Harmione references.

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So you don't want us to fixate on the large majority of Harmione shippers who do the exact same thing, just kissing Hermione's and Harry's ass and hating on Ron. However you will fixate on people who are most likely not EVEN bashing or hating but pointing out a few character flaws in Hermione in a fair and unbiased way. I would know, I'm a huge fan of Hermione as an individual character (in the books). The only criticism I've seen of Hermione to this day has not been bashing. In the comment section of my own fics (shameless plug) I've seen some Hermione bashing. On an ao3 comment section. And I've seen so damn fucking many people bashing Ron, Ginny, the Weasleys etc. and garner tens and thousands of upvotes on quora.

What does Ron even need excusing for? The running away incident and Krum. What does Hermione need excusing for? Canaries, contributing to Ron's insecurities by making him jealous through Cormac and Krum even though she didn't even like them (especially not Cormac, she fucking hated him). Ron wore a locket that literally highlighted his fatal flaw (insecurity) in an echo chamber. Harry kept getting annoyed when Ron wanted to check in on his family. Harry asked Ron to leave; Ron didn't say that shit in the books about Harry's parents being dead: that was plain shock value.

And sorry for repeating myself but I have seen quite a few Harmione shippers bash Ron and Ginny and excuse every single thing Harry and Hermione have done.

37 upvotes on this weird comment that makes no sense? Echo chamber alert! You know what us Romione/Ron fans all have in common? We have never experienced such an echo chamber. I made a pro Ron/Romione post on reddit and got a considerable amount of people who bashed Ron and Romione in the comments.

The amount of Hermione haters is very few compared to Ron bashers. Nobody hates Hermione for being independent, determined, etc. We dislike perfect movie Hermione who’s an unrealistic image of females and seems like some sort of agenda than a real woman. Most Romione shippers/Ron fans and book fans in general (except for you apparently) dislike movie Hermione and still are fans of realistic book Hermione. Most, not all. In general, we do not claim anyone who does the exact same thing to Harry and Hermione that these sorts of Harmione shippers do to Ron, Romione, Hinny and Ginny. I say this on the behalf of all Romione shippers and Ron fans.

Ron's not a bitchy lay-about drama causing loser. That's Steve Kloves's movie Ron. In the books Ron is realistic and simplistic and apologizes whenever he causes problems. He acts up substantially twice in a span of 7 years where he is also a hormone-fuelled teenager.

This is so contradictory and juxtaposed to the point of near delusion. First you talk about how Romione shippers bash Hermione and then you bash Ron as a Harmione shipper. Mate, fighting fire with fire will get you called a hypocrite. Fix yourself.

So the movies are fine when they work according to your agenda? And yes how dare he add such a (fake) chemistry fuelled moment between Harry and Hermione while defeating the entire purpose and groundwork for Romione, the sadness caused by Ron leaving and so many more things? Those Harmione moments you mention seem friendship -esque more than anything else.

Steve Kloves's moments ruined many things while just paying fan service to the Harmione fans he'd birthed through years in the course of 6 movies where he showed Ron as a, how you so eloquently describe it, lay - about drama causing bitchy loser, Harry as one dimensional and Hermione as a zero - dimensional Mary Sue who might as well be the main titular character. Obviously Harmione fans such as yourself don't see the problem with it as it fits your narrative

We do care about Harry and Hermione at large. Most Romione shippers rightfully bash Draco, Pansy, etc. not particularly Harry and Hermione, that's quite rare. Harry and Hermione can get along without Ron as friends. Ron and Harry can also get along without. Hermione as friend. So can Hermione and Ron without Harry as friends or more. I don't understand your point and how what you said is any different than Romione or Ronarry’s friendship.

Constant arguing is not what they do. They bicker, they apologize, and sometimes they just do it for the heck of it. They are argumentative teenager. Opposites attract doesn't work in the sense of fire and ice, it works in the case of Brownie and ice-cream. Ron is passionate, laid back and insecure. Hermione's passionate, a workaholic and not as insecure. Ron can help her get calm and composed and get her to give herself a break. Hermione can motivate Ron and re - enforce his confidence.

It wouldn't be step incest. Harry and Ginny do not regard each other as siblings. They do not look similar whatsoever. And a Harmione shipper also bashes Hinny and Ginny along with Ron and Romione? Checks out

" that fucked up Harmony" hahaha. What?

Are you literally going to date someone on the basis of what Harry Potter ships they prefer? That is so shallow end depraved. Your Harry Potter ship preferences should not be the groundwork for your dating life. Please understand that. Harry Potter is a fictional world which is not real. Hogwarts doesn't exist. Magic doesn't exist. I sound like a Dursley but that's what it is: a fictional realm with fictional character. I would personally not give a fuck if my best friend or significant other was a Harmione shipper. In the case of them being a Ron basher, I would ignore it as if it was just a minor inconvenience and something we wouldn't be discussing and that's how it should be with you. Fuck BuzzFeed, your opinion on what Harry Potter ship / character is your favorite says squat about your personality and relationship with others in a romantic or platonic context. But who cares? Live your life however you want. I'll be stoic.

It's not opposites attract rubbish or high school opposites attract. Ron and Hermione aren't polar opposites like I said, they are a bit different but similar too in many ways. They have a lot more in common than Harry and Hermione. Ron and Harry have the most in common. Both Ron and Hermione are passionate, loving, argumentative, caring, etc. Your argument lacks substance. It's biased trash. And what does “obhwf " mean?

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at the end of the day, i’m just an annoyed teenager. I try my best to be open-minded to people but only as long as they are too. I tried to use my brain more than my feelings for this post.

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kkoumiii · 3 years ago

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hi can you do a reading on sunwoo from the boyz?

Hello anon! Let's dive into my almost-astrological-twin reading, aka Sunwoo! ♈

/!\ Friendly reminder that my readings are not to take at face value, I do not mean any harm to this idol, it’s only for entertainment purpose. /!\

✧ 𝐊𝐢𝐦 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐰𝐨𝐨 ➵ 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 ೄྀ࿐ ˊˎ-

✾ ᵠᵘᵉᵉⁿ (ˢʰᵃᵈᵒʷ ᵃᵗᵗʳⁱᵇᵘᵗᵉ), ᵛᵉⁿᵘˢ, 8 ᵒᶠ ᶜᵘᵖˢ ʳˣ

⇝ Sunwoo knows what he wants in life. He’s really charming and draws attention effortlessly. He exudes charisma, there’s something captivating about him. Somehow, people might misjudge him by thinking that he’s superficial when in reality there’s a lot more depth to him than it seems. Still, he has the ability to touch people and greatly impact them. In any case, he doesn’t go unnoticed and this charming side helps him a lot get what he wants because he’s convincing without being provocative. He’s like a magnet, people naturally come to him because of his friendliness, his charm, his pleasant company… But obviously, when you attract so much attention, you also attract a lot of jealous and envious people who want to tear you down, Sunwoo is no exception to the rule. Sometimes, he can become the mediator and tries to soften the blow whenever a problem is occurring. He will try to appease and arrange the situation. Whenever he feels lost, he gains strength thanks to all the admiration, the love and the praises he’s receiving, that’s the fuel to his body. He’s really connected to his senses and takes great delight in them.

✾ ᵛⁱᶜᵗⁱᵐ (ˢʰᵃᵈᵒʷ ᵃᵗᵗʳⁱᵇᵘᵗᵉ), ᵐᵒᵒⁿ, ᵏⁿⁱᵍʰᵗ ᵒᶠ ˢʷᵒʳᵈˢ ʳˣ

⇝ However, since he’s used to being complimented, he might feel unfairly attacked whenever he gets criticisms and doesn’t always question himself first. He might feel like he’s the victim of malevolent people whereas he makes mistakes like everyone. Or on the flip side, I can also see that he can be a lot more aggressive than we expect, he doesn’t let people walk all over him and will do anything in his power to do justice to what is important to him. He’s very determined and stubborn with the things he wants. He doesn’t wait passively for things to unfold, he’s a go-getter. It takes a lot for him to collapse or hurt his ego because he knows his worth and he’s self-assured. There’s definitely a reckless and daring side to him. You can’t influence him easily, he lives as he pleases. The fact that there’re so many reversed and shadow attributes in his cards makes me think that he’s a lot more rebellious and confrontational than he appears. He doesn’t always act according to what people are waiting from him, he just does what he wants. His image isn’t in concordance with what he thinks because he doesn’t want to shape into what others want from him, he takes things at his own pace and acts as he intends to. It’s important for him to convey his opinion or else he feels ignored and pushed aside. He always wants more, he isn’t content with very little in the sense that he strives for improvement and sets his standards higher and higher.

✾ ᵛᵃᵐᵖⁱʳᵉ (ˢʰᵃᵈᵒʷ ᵃᵗᵗʳⁱᵇᵘᵗᵉ), ᵍʳᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʳⁱⁿᵉ, 2 ᵒᶠ ᵖᵉⁿᵗᵃᶜˡᵉˢ

⇝ All the negativity, jealousy, criticisms he may received feed him and make him stronger. His haters boost him to fight even harder. Whenever you attack his values or something he holds close to his heart, he will become indestructible and prove you wrong, he will show you that he’s stronger than you are. Instead of considering the negativity spreads by certain people as a weakness, he uses it to his advantage as a strength to move forward. While many people might act friendly around him, he can discern people’s real intentions and isn’t blinded by the way they present themselves. He kind of has a radar for hypocrites, you can’t fool him that easily. He may still remain nice with you, but it doesn’t mean you managed to get him on your side. Actually, there’s a certain duality to him: he has this soft, attracting and pleasing side but he can also be very enterprising, fierce and determined. It really depends on which situation he’s facing. But most of the time, he remains chill and dignified. There will be times where he will put on a brave face but if you get on his bad side, he won’t care anymore and he will let you know that you messed up. Overall, he doesn’t delude himself, he’s well-grounded and knows what his surroundings are waiting from him. Still, he also knows what he wants and he knows when it’s time to take action. And he won’t hesitate to chip in if he disagrees with a situation or a rule. This fortitude and perceptual side of him makes him powerful, and he knows how to use it. Don’t mess with Sunwoo super boy.

Aaaaah I love this reading, that was really interesting!! It's no surprise for me since he's the one who caught my attention and got me interested into The Boyz!! And this last gif is the actual representation of his duality 🤠 Anyway, love this boy! 💜

- kkօմตííí ��

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misssakurapetal28 · 4 years ago

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9 Reasons Why People Might (and CAN) Ship Apritello in Rise!

1). It kind of follows the "childhood friends to lovers" trope. Usually from all the anime (and occasionally cartoons and other types of media) that I've watched, there's a "friends to lovers" trope and/or "childhood friends to lovers" trope. It's usually when...welll...when friends start to feel romantic feelings towards each other, become a couple or start to date. Usually when that's the case, the friends usually have good interactions or/and know each other more personally than anyone else does. Usually those main things are enough to make a relationship. 2). Even if they do start dating, I don't think things will change THAT much. Maybe some sweet and cute couple moments every now and then, but besides that, does Donnie and April HAVE to be lovey-dovey like every couple media tends to portray pairings these days? Donnie and April can just watch Netflix and chill. Have fun and hang out like they normally do? I see them as just teens who do what they want and don't follow couple clichés. They might date or be a couple, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t still friends. 3). Interspecies relationships have happened before in shows. Though I haven't personally watched shows that did have interspecies relationships, I know they exist. So why Rise should be an exception? And NO. Apritello is NOT bestiality. In 2012, April is half-muntant/kraang and there’s a possibly that Donnie MIGHT have human DNA too from Splinter. In Rise, Donnie does have human DNA inside him from Splinter.

And EVEN IF one or both of them weren’t half mutant/human, it STILL isn’t bestiality. Bestiality is when a human is in a relationship with an animal basically (just look up the real definition if you want to know). Donnie is a mutant turtle (a mutant with human DNA in Rise). He also has a consenting mind. So at best, it’s a interspecies relationship. Now if you personally still don’t like the pair because you personally don’t like interspecies relationships neither, then that’s your preference and I respect that. However, I still think interspecies is LEAUGES better than bestiality in my opinion. 4). Their adorable babies and they generally look cute together. Nuff said ^^ Donnie and April reminds me of the famous "opposites attract" trope too. April, the feisty, headstrong tomboy with the cleaver, sass master Donnie is just interesting dynamic to me. Their personalities compliment each other. Their flaws and virtues compliment each other. I just belive they work well together. Also, angst possibilities. LOTS of angst possibilities. Just saying...

5). Most Apritello (or April x Turtles) haters/T///cest shippers are total shallow hypocrites. Like I’ve mentioned before, It really baffles me and annoys me that TMNT fans look down on others for shipping Apritello (or any other April x Turtles pairing) just because they personally see (or always saw) April being a big sister to the guys when the same kind of people are perfectly fine with shipping T///cest, pairings that involve the turtles together. At least people who don’t ship neither have the excuse that they see all the teens as siblings and it’s wrong to see them as anything else, but AT LEAST April and the turtles aren’t REALLY related. Like I said, sometimes people who grew up together/childhood friends DO and CAN get together.

Now...People who ship t///cest...that’s THEIR business (I personally despise it). They can stay in their corner and I can stay in mine. Heck, people even have the right to dislike Apritello from any incarnation (especially by 2012 Apritello’s track record), but don’t you dare criticize or looked down on others who do like it when t///cest in that logic isn’t that much better. Now, I personally like 2012 Apritello (or at least mostly the fandom version of it) and I honestly take some interest in the Rise version of it too (however, this one has less attention and love), but if someone else just personally doesn’t like it, that’s perfectly fine too. However, the point that I’m making is that I wish that people don’t be so shallow when it comes to the very little people who does ship Apritello in this incarnation. People liking Apritello isn’t a bad thing. It’s just the way it has to be handled.

BTW: I can also get people disliking Apritello in the 80’s series and the 2003 series because April was in her 20’s, but in the 2012 and 2018/Rise series she isn’t! She’s 16.

6). You can ship what the hell you want.

I know Rise! Apritello mostly comes from that fact that it was a thing in 2012, but so? People still have the right to ship it. Also, it seems like they have at least some kind of development or chemistry. Now, I’m not going to lie. The chances of them being a couple or even having ANY KIND of romantic feelings in this series is slim because:

1. It’s a kids show. It’s more of a silly/comedy kid show than any of the other previous TMNT incarnations ever were. So this incarnation of TMNT might not be suitable for actaul romantic themes. I mean, there’s the “romantic”/complicated relationship between Splinter and Big Mama, but that’s about it.

2. Again, it’s a kids show....about kids and their (mis)adventures. April is 16 and Donnie is 14. I doubt that romance is a big thing for them right now at this point in their lives. Not to say crushes can’t happen, but...yeah.

3. April most likely sees Donnie as a brother and vise versa. In fact, it WAS confirmed that April sees all the turtles that way. Also, most Rise fans sees them as such, even before Rise began.

4. I know some don’t find a problem with this (including myself), but Donnie is a mutant turtle while April is a human girl. So people might find that weird or claim it is bestiality (even though it’s not). Hence part of the reason why I think one of the creators/writers said this. Speaking of...

5. Seems like they don’t ship it romantically. Heck, they even claim that others (or 2012 Donnie’s crush on April, it’s really unclear) as “pervy” for it (which I disagree, but I digress).

HOWEVER, despite all this said, who’s to say that anyone still CAN’T ship it? HECK, who even says that the possibility is COMPETELY off the table? You see that I said the possibility of them happening or having any romantic feelings for each other are SLIM, not INPOSSIBLE. Like I said above, I’m one of the those people who watched TMNT 2012 who actaully shipped Apritello.

Now, I’m not going to sit up here and say that Donnie’s crush (and in my opinion, later love) for April was the healthiest thing in the world. I’m also not going to say that Donnie and April’s characters where the best here. Because it wasn’t, it was a result of bad writting from the writers part. But...Apritello in TMNT 2012 in canon wasn’t that bad sometimes per say. I personally love Apritello for what it could’ve been more than anything, but canon Apritello? It wasn’t THAT bad. Again, it was just how it was written. If it was given more of proper writting, I really think Apritello could of been like, one of the most amazing and complex ships in media history??? But Alas...

However, unlike 2012 Apritello (unfortunately), I do think Rise “Apritello” is being handled A LOT better, healthier and more natural this time around. Even if it’s not the creators/writers intentions this time around to make any kind of romance for the two, they still have great development together, but I belive that they are close. Now, in MY personal headcanons, I headcanon that Donnie didn’t initially romantically like April from the start. I even made a headcanon that when they first met, they disliked each other (but that’s a different story for maybe another day). So things basically just went the same as it is in canon.

However, ever since the snow day episode (which I kind of headcanon in a scene that wasn’t shown like this), Donnie gain a tiny crush on her (which grew little by little). Now by NO MEANS that it’s as big and crazy as 2012 Donnie’s crush, but a crush no less. Now, do or will they get together in my headcanon? Well, I don’t know yet. Because my feelings for this pair tend to go back and forth.

The point is, people ARE allowed to ship Apritello if they want to. People shouldn’t have to feel hesitant or bad to ship them just because others see them as siblings (which again, they are not even related) or because people don’t personally like it or see it as right. I also don’t feel like people have to stop shipping it just because of the common headcanon that April is a Lesbian.

And that’s another thing. Look, I have NOTHING against the popular headcanon of April being a lesbian (and I also understand why people would think that). That’s cool. You can have ANY KIND of headcanon for ANY character you want. However, in my personal headcanons, I see April as Bi (but maybe a little more interested in girls). It’s not only because I ship her with Donnie though, but it’s because it’s never been confirmed that she’s not interested in guys too though.

Just because she’s bit of a tomboy and has no interested in Dale (a character that BARLEY made ANY appearances and the fandom seems to already hate him for SOME REASON), that doesn’t automatically mean that she’s ONLY into girls. I mean, you can headcanon ANYONE the way that you want, but her being Bi is MY opinion and MY headcanon.

My point: Ship what you want and don’t give dam what ANYONE says, even if it is Apritello.

7). They make a pretty good duo. Shown in episodes like “The Purple Jacket” and “Donnie v.s. Witch Town”, the two make a prefect duo! They also seem to have a better understanding of each other and care about one another a lot. They love each other and kick butt together! ^^ 8). This is my personal taste, but they are like the sun and moon :) This also plays into my “opposites attract” theory when it comes to them. Also, read more up about the concept of “yin and yang”. It will make A LOT of sense when it comes to these two! 9). It can work out platonically AND romantically. Like I’ve mentioned above, it means they are dating/are in a relationship, that doesn’t mean that they can’t also be friends. However, that doesn’t mean they won’t work out just as good as friends. That’s just how much understanding that they have for each other and how good they work out together :)

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Wow, I wrote a lot! lol If I took any of this all out of context, I’m sorry for that? lol But I just wanted to make the point that shipping Apritello in this incarnation isn’t bad like some people make it out be. It’s just as fun as shipping any of the other popular pairs in in this incarnation. I like Apritello, both 2012 and Rise. If you do too, then you should be allowed to without feeling bad about it. Just remember that!

Let’s enjoy these two dorks together, ok? :)

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lizzybeth1986 · 5 years ago

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Quick Thoughts on TRR Book 1 Chapter 8

• So…umm…I LOVE this chapter! More in hindsight than when I was actually playing it because back then it just sounded like a jealous woman trying to sabotage the MC and failing. But now having played through this chapter and even written a fic about it…I have to say there’s a lot going on in this one.

�� I’ve often found the 8th chapter in the series pretty interesting. This was the first chapter in the series to feature diamond scenes from all three of the original LIs in a single chapter. This would happen again in Book 2, but by Book 2 the imbalance was a lot more tangible. I will speak more about this later…but suffice to say that back when we had just two books in the series, I would call the 8th chapter The Magical Number Eight.

• A common misconception that seems to stem from this chapter (and others, often by Kiara-haters) is that Kiara “agrees to be our friend” this chapter, and then jumps ship to Madeleine in Book 2. That’s bullshit. Kiara never mentions the word friend. She says ally. And she delivers.

• THIS is also where you get the first little inkling that Maxwell could be romanced, though we would only know for sure by the middle of Book 2. This chapter is also where you also get the first of many Drake’s plot related scenes. Which meant that sometimes, even if a fan did not like him, they would end up buying his scenes anyway for some crumb of information on their LI. Drake was already getting popular, but dropping hints of plot into his scenes gave him an added edge and often encouraged fans of other LIs who didn’t like him, to buy his scenes.

• Anyway, since the buildup took an entire chapter, the book pushes us straight into the dressing room for this one!

• Title: A Waltz to Remember.

Alternative Title: Lizzy Turns This QT into a Kiara Gush-fest And Does Not Regret It (Even If It Gave Her Hand-Cramps).

I love how over the course of three books, this particular dance form of Cordonia has gained the importance it has. And it’s lovely how - even though we’re not meant to like Olivia at this point - our first glimpse of Cordonian culture through this dance, is in her estate.

• Hana’s silver dress makes its debut here! Honestly, I kinda would’ve liked this one a LOT better as a gown than as the bodycon it eventually became. That pleated bodice really needed a long, flowy skirt to work. I’m always going to be a little sore they made it a short bodycon instead 😑

• Okay I love both our options for the ball, okay. They’re both big, and glamorous, and make a real statement. Which is necessary, because the plan is to show Olivia up at her own home.

Winter Goddess is gorgeous - it has that vintage Hollywood feel to me, and the caption for it sounds pretty romantic (“will capture the winter moonlight”). Snowflake Sweetheart is very on-point for the whole snow/ice theme Lythikos itself has going on. I’m very fond of the crystals and the illusion sleeves on the second one….but I have to say that silk-satin one with the fur stole is the winner for me 😅

Me Back Then (on one of my million replays): If I really have to take a diamond option, I’m taking the second one. I’m cheap.

Me Now: Still cheap. I’m not spending 25 whole diamonds on another gown when there’s already a cute one free in my closet.

• Maxwell is trying hard to channel Bertrand 2.0, and is badgered enough by 1.0 over the phone to almost succeed.

• One of the formal phrases he uses is “a diamond of the first water”, a phrase you’d see very commonly in the Regency era…which kind of solidifies my belief that Regency England was one of their world building inspirations even back then.

• We don’t fully understand the kind of power the hostess can wield in her homeplace, until this sequence. On principle, Olivia is not exactly answerable to anyone, not even the royals visiting her in Lythikos - she can decide on seat arrangements, she can give instructions to the staff on who gets the best portions of the meals and who gets the worst, she can monopolize on the Prince’s time with her if she wants. And she takes full advantage of that.

• However, her being the hostess doesn’t always leave her completely free to do what she wants, without consequences. Lythikos is not just a turning point for us - it’s one for her as well. And not exactly in a good way.

• Here’s what Olivia does to sabotage us at the ball:

- seats us away from our sponsor, and away from the head table. In fact this is something she does to all the suitors - Maxwell tells us that not a single one has a place at the head table.

- seats us way back, next to a commoner who is also constantly given the same treatment - which Hana points out is meant to be viewed in the court as an insult. To an MC who is still learning the ways of the nobility, this move is pretty much a miss…but it does give us a very clear idea of how hypocritical the nobility and royalty can be. Hana is not immune to the prejudice either (seen as she does not censor the statement when she says it in front of Drake, a commoner), but she eventually grows to fiercely guard him and defend him from those kind of attitudes later on… and you can see a lot of that growth in TRH’s Walker Ranch chapters.

- has her servers give us ice-cold lobster bisque on purpose, thirty minutes after serving has begun. With no lobster in it. Remember, we’re in a wintry region where you require piping hot, creamy, fattening foods to stay warm. This isn’t just ruining a meal: Olivia is sending a clear message about how unwelcome they are, by giving them cold food devoid of the main protein, in the freezing cold of Lythikos.

- given the timing of her kiss on Liam during the waltz, she probably did that to send a message to us as well. It happens shortly after our dance with him, and from her reaction (angry, immediately establishing claim on him) to Liam’s dance with the MC, we can tell she’s more affected than she’d like to admit, and that’s what informs her actions during her second dance with him.

• Me Back Then: There is a nice option and a rude option. It’s Drake, but he’s Liam’s bff and I want to be nice.

(+ romance point)

Me Back Then:

Me Now: Romance points in Lythikos fall from Drake the way pee falls from someone with weak kegels. One tiny laugh and pssssshhhh.

• From the rude option you find out that Drake plays chess and often wins in his matches with Liam, so that’s a nice touch.

• The MC can acquire the fresh bisque for herself and her friends if she dramatically faints in front of a server. I quite like this (optional) moment because it shows her thinking on her feet and quickly ensuring she gets her way. The other options are pretty hilarious too, though, the obnoxious “do you know who I am” option comes with a Game of Thrones reference 😂

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Me Back Then: …someone should leave Drake hungry at a party till the wee hours of the morning with access to only whiskey bottles. Whiskey for entrèe, whiskey for main, maybe we’ll be kind and give him brandy for dessert. Let’s see how far his love for whiskey goes then 😈

Me Now: Holy shit, Me Back Then, you just predicted the best scene in Book 3 🤣.

• One of my favourite TRR Tumblr posts ever, was the one where someone took a screenshot of Drake saying “I’m not one to complain about food” from this chapter, and placed a gif of Nicholas Fraser’s “Why You Always Lying” lyrics just beneath it 😄 If that isn’t the truth idk what is.

• Most of the chapter after this will focus on the Cordonian Waltz, Olivia’s little stunt and getting allies, so the buildup to Drake’s scene will happen now (and Hana’s just before we meet Drake). Hana will be dancing with Tariq, and then other partners in the meantime, so no opportunities to dance with her there.

I loved this dialogue option when I first saw it, but now that I know how much in love with dancing Maxwell is, this scene is ten times more fun! 😃

• On first playthrough…this didn’t seem like that big a problem. Maxwell was fun, and seemed to genuinely like us, and was berated a great deal by Bertrand - so it was easier then to perhaps forgive his gaffes and want to comfort him instead. But when you approach his character as someone who brought a complete foreigner to his country and then didn’t make much of an effort to educate her with what little time they both had…I wind up finding his character a lot less endearing. I’m honestly more irritated by his carelessness. There was a lot he could have done even if he forgot or didn’t know what to do. He could have asked around! Hana was right in front of him! He could have found out what to prepare for if he didn’t know or if Bertrand didn’t handhold him (which Bertrand himself isn’t exactly doing a good job of in the first place). The other LIs shouldn’t have to constantly step in and do his job as sponsor and guide!

• It’s only when we’re dancing that Maxwell realizes he’s not taught us the dance. Of course, if you bought Hana’s waltz scene, she whispers her advice just before you dance with him, and you give her credit for teaching you. If not, you go into it knowing very little (but because the options are easy to choose from, so you can still manage). Maxwell does explain its uniqueness in terms of the flirting potential and the fact that it’s a courtship dance…but the true beauty of that description only comes with Hana.

• Istg, if Hana weren’t around to repeatedly save our ungrateful asses…

• So THIS is the first opportunity you get to ‘romance’ Maxwell. He looks sad and tells you that you should only be here for the Prince, but it’s also that vague kind of sadness that you can interpret differently and write detailed fanfics about! I think a huge part of Maxwell’s appeal (besides the overall sparkling personality, and the fact that he was so different from both Liam and Drake) was the “will-he-won’t-he” nature of the LI question itself.

• We now move on to Liam, who is fighting a losing battle with his desire to favour the MC exclusively, but wants her to know that she is special to him. Notably he does say this in the “courtship” part of the dance.

• How do you know that the Cordonian Waltz was a strategic choice? Because Olivia chose to dance with Liam twice! And because she’s the hostess, it’s harder for Liam to refuse.

I remember being pretty uncomfortable with this scene the first time I saw it, I still am, and often I wonder if I’m the only one who feels that way. Whenever I see this scene being referenced, it’s often referenced in the most flippant ways. And it baffles me.

• Honestly, Olivia was clearly overstepping her boundaries here and didn’t even bother to ask Liam before doing it (Liam himself mentions he was “caught by surprise” and calls it an “unexpected advance”). Was Olivia doing it out of complex, understandable reasons? Like jealousy or frustration or showing the MC up? Well, sure I guess. But it doesn’t take away from the fact that her doing so was nonconsensual and downright wrong.

The funny thing is often this incident is either downplayed or erased completely, especially in contexts where people try to argue that Olivia “deserves better” than Liam, or sympathize with her for loving a man who “does not care about her”.

Does Olivia deserve to be loved back by a person she loves? Absolutely.

Is Liam a lesser person for not loving her back? No, and he shouldn’t have to be penalized or judged by a fandom for not doing so.

Is the fact that most people who uphold this “penalizing/blaming Liam for not returning Olivia’s feelings” argument, also tend to forget/downplay this particular incident…particularly disturbing? Well, yeah, definitely.

• Even the narrative fails with regard to this, actually. It is written in a comical style, with a couple of out-there dialogue options (like screaming loud enough of break poor Maxwell’s eardrums) and the MC is given a chance to lash out at Liam for not reacting fast enough or throwing Olivia off of him. And guess what his reaction is. Sad, contrite, trying to explain his position. It’s almost like it’s okay for him to feel guilty about something that was done TO him, that he was never asked permission for.

Olivia does suffer consequences, but more for her “power play” than for anything else. Her move isn’t viewed as negative for what it may do to Liam, it is negative because it is seen as a direct “fuck you” she is delivering to her competitors. The scene itself is written for laughs…which I’m surprised more people don’t find even a little uncomfortable.

• The reactions from the other suitors is pretty on point for their character types at this point. Madeleine is smug and condescending, confident that she will never be “unrefined or insecure” enough for such “ostentatious displays” (says the woman who will bully her entire court, run around Italy roaring drunk and name a drink after herself in Book 2). Penelope doesn’t exactly have a personality at this point, she merely comments that the kiss was a bold play. It is Kiara who points out the power dynamics involved and views it as the last straw in her waning support for Olivia.

Remember - the ladies of the court weren’t treated half as badly as we were, but they were probably more aware (than us) that they were being denied a seat at the head table, and had to put up with Olivia monopolizing Prince Liam’s time. While Kiara’s suspicions that Olivia is “mad with power” here probably aren’t too far off the mark (even though her feelings of jealousy and confusion may be involved, we can’t deny that there is a clear sense of “I’m the hostess here, I can do what I want”), it’s not just an assumption that simply stems out of nowhere.

• Maxwell sees and opportunity to gain allies, and encourages us to capitalize on it. The wrong options are pretty interesting: if you mention “slapping the smirk off Olivia’s face”, Maxwell tells you that the political equivalent would be to “attack her alliances”. If you suggest making out with Liam in public, Maxwell exclaims that doing so would lead to people gunning after you. Which is telling, because in Book 1 PDA is mostly shown as being frowned upon in Cordonian society in general. So Olivia’s very public kiss isn’t just brazen and bold to the courtly ladies, but also viewed as inappropriate and a jab at their own lack of power in this situation.

• I love that Maxwell gets the opportunity to encourage us to play politics. Love it. He is the first one to notice the change in Kiara’s attitude towards Olivia, and he recognizes that the time is ripe for us to captialize on it. While Bertrand, or Bertrand-and-Maxwell, are the ones who tell us the importance of gaining support from the press and the royals, getting the court to support us is wholly Maxwell’s idea. This added another layer to the way he was built in the story, and I’m not happy that we didn’t see a lot of that perceptiveness and skill around court later on. By Books 2 and 3, he was mostly relegated to the funny guy, the court jester. Book 1 Maxwell may make a lot of mistakes but you bet he’d be too smart to toss brushettas in the face of dignitaries at the UN. It was like his own writers forgot Maxwell was capable of more.

• OKAY SO THE KIARA SECTION IS A FAVOURITE OF MINE OKAY. And it only wound up being a favourite when I realized there were changes in her dialogue between my Esther playthrough and my Persephone one. I mean if I weren’t already a fan of her…this definitely would have converted me.

Before I get into the actual gushing…I’ll just summarize what the MC has to do to gain her approval:

- Language: Kiara is known for her proficiency with languages - it is the skill that defines her in court (to the point that you barely notice her other qualities). Her home language is French, and if you know how to respond to comment ça va she is cheerful and more willing to hear you out (if you choose the fromage answer she’ll a bit surprised but not too hostile, and if you say voulez-vous coucher avec moi, well…of course she’ll be pissed off because you just accidentally asked her to sleep with you). In any case, to gain her approval you need to respond in French.

In fact even Kiara’s goodbyes vary based on whether she becomes your ally or not. If she’s your ally, she says à bientôt before leaving (which is “see you soon”). If she’s not convinced by your arguments, she says adieu, which has more of a sense of finality to it and is often said when you don’t expect to meet again (in fact I’m surprised they had her say it) and is different from au revior (which means “until we see each other again”).

- Olivia’s Actions: Kiara reiterates to you what she’d just told the others - Olivia is on a power trip, and while Kiki is well aware that she’s not a top contender in this competition, she is not going to stand for being treated like she is lesser than the ones who do have power. Interestingly, in both Chapter 7 of Book 2 and this chapter, Kiara’s first visible signs of discontent/frustration come when both Olivia/Madeleine go on massive power trips (“she even named a drink after herself. Quelle narcissique”, Kiara says about Madeleine in the next book).

I feel like Kiara’s frustration may have already been there with Olivia’s treatment of the ladies of the court at the start of the Ball (but perhaps she may have been brushed it aside as a strategy you could expect from a noblewoman in her own estate) but it is Olivia kissing Liam and trying to establish a claim on him that is seen as the tipping point for her.

However, she’s also pretty pragmatic and is lowkey impressed with Olivia if you state that she went too far. She is irritated by the message Olivia is sending, but acknowledges that not many would have dared to do that in her place. A more neutral response works well with Kiara’s train of thought, because to her the important thing is seeing what works in the long run, and the MC has to convince her that she is a good alternative.

- Alliance: Kiara already anticipates this, since she is the one who straight-out asks this question. At this point Kiara is not exactly aiming to be Queen - she knows she is up against more powerful people, people who have more access to the royal family (perhaps her dad Hakim would have had a similar amount of access if Constantine wasn’t such a dick). She is not going to waste her time wishing for what she won’t get, when she can easily network instead. The answer that works best with her is the one where the MC speaks of Olivia’s friendship as being a one-way street where she always gets her way, which is ironic considering how the MC behaves in a likely worse manner towards Kiara in Book 3.

• One of my favourite Kiara lines is from the wrong option (“I’m nicer than Olivia”) for the Alliance segment: “Nice? Nothing about being here is nice. If I wanted nice I’d buy a teacup pig. 😡”

• Back in Books 6’s QT, I mentioned Queen Regina and Duke Bertrand as being the two people in the first book who watch out and keep track on our progress. Bertrand does it because he is our sponsor, Regina does it because after all we are one of the candidates for her stepson’s hand in marriage, and we’re the one he eventually shows the most interest in. But there is one other person who seems to be taking notice of our good performance as well:

On my fail run, where Persy doesn’t gain approval either from the press, or from the royals, those last two lines simply do not appear. She asks us about whether we’re looking for an alliance, and we immediately answer her. She will still join hands with you if you convince her (I did a test run where Persy said all the right things) but those words will not feature anywhere. Because the dialogue is coded such that it will only appear if you’ve done well in your previous two tasks.

That is fascinating to me, because Kiara is the only lady of the court who is written as noticing these things at such an early stage in the competition (the Lythikos Ball is only the third event in the social season, and the maximum approvals come from the Derby, which was the event just preceding it). She is the only person, besides Bertrand and Regina, who keeps track of our progress (even if that is only uptil this point, because if you win her support here, it stays that way until the Coronation). Even Madeleine, who has been part of a social season before and is viewed as having a lot of experience in the court, compared to the other ladies, spends most of her time simply underestimating the MC. It isn’t until Applewood and Ramsford that Madeleine even begins to think there might be more to this person.

Kiara, on the other hand, is observant. She is competitive but she knows when other people have the upper hand, and she will honestly acknowledge that you have an edge if you have proven yourself to the press and the Queen. For someone who would be seen as just a lady of the court….that level of foresight, observation skills and pragmatism is pretty phenomenal to me.

• I’ve said this many times and I will say it again: Kiara has always been upfront about what she’s bringing to the table in an alliance. She isn’t your friend and she won’t pretend to be your friend either. She mentions she will put in a good word and support you in becoming Queen, and she keeps her promise.

She keeps her distance from you otherwise, so you can’t dub her a ‘friend’ even then, but she will do her work as an ally. She doesn’t get involved in smearing your name while supporting you to your face. At the end of the day, she is a woman in the court trying to thrive and carve a space of her own, but she won’t dirty her hands to do that - and I don’t think she gets enough recognition for that.

• Alright I’ll stop gushing about Kiki otherwise this QT will never end 😂

• We now meet Liam, who tells us about the hot tub in his room, and invites us there. The intent is clearly romantic (the MC specifies as such, smiling, and Liam winks at you before he leaves).

• This chapter also marks the second time you see Penelope with Liam, after which you will only see her directly interact with him at his Coronation. Funny how Kiara doesn’t get even one opportunity in the narrative to talk to him.

• It’s the end of our big night in Lythikos, and we’ve got three invitations to spend time with an LI! Liam’s setting up candles near the hot tub, Hana is playing exquisite melodies on the piano, and Drake is drinking whiskey in Olivia’s wine cellar. Maxwell is…doing Maxwell things that we are not privy to yet. Or taking a nap.

• I won’t be going too much into detail esp for Liam and Hana’s scenes - because I have essays written on both! Both will be under the “Liam: Diamond Scenes” and “Hana: Diamond Scenes” sections of my essay masterlist if anyone is interested 😃 They will be titled “Hot Tub at Lythikos” and “Piano at the Parlour”, respectively. (another recommended read is “Exploring Hana in Her Context” where I talk about this scene, and her characterization. It’s a little further down on the masterlist).

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(Screenshots for Drake from the HIMEME YouTube channel)

Liam: This is undoubtedly meant to be a romantic scene, and is hinted as much in the lead-up to it while still giving the MC the space to not go (since she says “I won’t make any promises”). He puts candles around the tub, and the tub itself is situated in an area where you can get a wonderful view of the mountains.

This scene is divided into two parts: the first where Liam gets to sincerely tell the MC he trusts her (optionally) and where they lightly flirt, and the second where he admits to feeling conflicted between giving in to his feelings and being fair to the other women. At this point he knows his feelings for the MC are stronger, implicitly trusts her (“I thoroughly believe that if you thought I was a pompous ass, you wouldn’t hesitate to tell me. I trust you, MC. Anything you say”), doesn’t want to call it love just yet but is well on his way to doing so. He tells us about his brother Leo, hinting at the events of the RoE series and explaining that seeing how love affected him made Liam think more about it. It’s not one of Liam’s absolute best scenes…but it is a sweet one where Liam tentatively explores his growing love for her - in some ways leading to his “almost-declaration” of love at the Forgotten Falls. In each scene of Liam’s, he takes a step further, and another, and another, to admitting his love for her and growing less guilty about his desire to be with her. He is still torn between his duty and his desire at this point, but you can already see him slowly inching towards the prospect of keeping what he wants first, for once.

Hana: This, in my mind, is Hana’s most powerful scene. As many adjectives as I can use to describe her in this scene would be inadequate, because it’s that good, that layered, that rich with nuance and detail. But I do think I can sum a bit of it up with a quote from a Book 3 Liam scene that instantly took me back to this one:

“Hana’s a tough one. She’s clearly had the kind of lessons I’m giving you now, and then some. Her posture is almost always polite and attentive…but when she feels strongly about something, you can sense her real feelings even before she speaks up. Her eyes grow darker and more serious.”

Compare the scenes from last chapter where she speaks about ice-skating, or even waltzing, to this one. In both those scenes, her expression is mostly neutral (or joyful when she is imparting her knowledge), speaking of it in a way that makes you understand that her heart isn’t truly in doing those things. But in this one, she is lost in her music when she plays it, she is feeling its melody in her bones, she speaks of guarding her most precious skill fiercely against her parents’ control because it’s the one thing she wants for herself. She is fierce and passionate and absolutely beautiful in the way she expresses her love for music.

In an essay I did on exploring Hana’s character in her larger context, I spoke at length about how this scene is important because it highlights that her struggle for her own autonomy began at a very young age - she recognized her art as sacred to her and had the foresight to understand that parading it around the way her parents wanted her to, would make her love it less. This scene is amazing because Young Hana is described as pushing back in the only way she knew how, so she could keep what was hers, on her terms.

The other thing this scene explores is her childhood loneliness and lack of friends, and how music helped her in those difficult times too. At this point we now know how deep that loneliness was, and how damaging to her, but back then this scene gave a wonderful insight to Childhood Hana.

So for her to trust us with her art - with the art she fought to keep her own…that’s a tremendous leap in that relationship - whether the MC is a friend or a potential lover. Romantically, she is at the point where she is slowly…slowly getting comfortable with the MC’s touch, allowing it to linger before she pulls away from her. She’s a bit like a butterfly who doesn’t know yet if she’s ready to leave her cocoon.

Drake: The picture presented to us of Drake here is the diamond-in-the-rough, the underdog, the one who views court and palace differently from everyone around him. He is there to remind us that this is not the charmed place we think it is, that even friends can stick knives in our backs. He speaks of the forced politeness of the nobility, the fact that he’s here only to protect Liam, that the MC is an innocent woman who doesn’t know what she is getting into and needs protection as well.

This scene comes with what was regarded as an important plot point at the time: who almost sold pictures of Liam’s bachelor party to the press? Drake and Bastien managed to get hold of them and prevent them from being published, knowing that having those printed before the social season would cast Liam in a more negative light, and make things harder for him. At this point, Drake is sure that someone he knows and possibly considers a friend is involved (close enough, but not quite there yet), but can’t yet figure out who (because, yknow, Olivia was the brains between the two, she cracked that mystery in under five minutes or something).

If you don’t buy this scene, you only get to know about the pictures in Book 2 Chapter 4. A lot of Drake’s scenes involve important plot points - some of which we won’t even hear the same way - or at all - if we don’t buy the scene (eg. the flashback scenes about Hana’s return and the Italian restaurant scene about Liam’s assassination). I recall buying quite a few of his scenes in the latter half of Book 1 and most of Book 2 just to find out stuff about other LIs.

The scene is pretty sweet - it highlights his now-famous whiskey obsession, has Drake openly show his protectiveness towards her minus the jaded sarcastic veneer, and has him warn her about the nature of this court. It has a line that I quite liked when I first saw the scene, but that fandom has pretty much ruined for me - “the moments in between”. Where he speaks of how the nobility are so busy schmoozing and being superficial that they miss the really important parts. It’s a beautiful thought, but the fact is I’m still paying like 17 diamonds to get it, which makes it a…pretty expensive moment.

But overall…it’s a nice scene. The look and feel of it is different from the other two, and so is the purpose.

• The focus of all these three scenes is clearly trust.

Liam completely trusts her opinion of him and confesses openly his desire to let go of all that is holding him back, even though he is still confused and conflicted about his own feelings.

Hana trusts her so much, that she will share piano pieces that she lovingly composed to the MC, even though she never performs for people. It is a measure of how much Hana values the MC that she will share such a secret part of herself with her.

Drake, who once came this close to calling the MC a crown chaser, now views the same woman as an innocent who doesn’t know what she is getting into. He will later tell her that that aspect of her journey reminds him of Savannah. He trusts the MC enough to give her important information about something he still views as a possible plot targeted at Liam, and tells her their moments mean something to him.

Chapter 8 of the second book took this theme forward for the initial three LIs, by showing us trust in other forms. Liam’s firm belief in his father’s dedication to his nation (which will crumble soon). Drake’s being convinced by the MC to stay on and hear out his sister, to give her a chance to explain what really happened to her, and his emotional reunion with her. Hana’s scene…was more about gaining someone’s trust - particularly Penelope’s. (it is also one of the worst scenes the series has ever given an LI, whoever wrote that one can fall on a cactus).

We are approaching a midpoint in the story, so at this point the narrative is progressing each of these relationships towards the point where they trust this woman, view her as a valuable person in their lives, and inch ever-so-slightly towards that eventual realization that they are in love with her.

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Another point in the Tariq shoe tally!! I wonder if this ‘ghost’ deals with 'future misdeeds’ as well…

• We spend a few more days in Lythikos before we move back to the Capitol for the Royal Regatta, and both Esther and Persy are like “YOU HAD A FEW DAYS TO ASK IF I KNEW WHAT A FUCKING REGATTA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MAXWELL”.

• So…a lot happens this chapter. The MC begins to rope in (or not) her first allies in the court, she has a strong foothold by now and is beginning to get noticed as more than just a random contender who wouldn’t last, she gains the trust of the people she is growing close to.

But most of all…Lythikos is where Olivia begins to lose the hold she once had on the court, and this is never more apparent than if you are losing supporters rather than gaining them (if you are more popular, it won’t be that apparent, since you will move far ahead of the competition). There will be times when the press may not pay attention to her, there will be ladies who club the MC and Olivia both together as “not a proper fit for becoming a queen”. She is still very much a frontrunner, she may win the Regatta if you fail all the steps to the boat race, but after this it will be harder for her to gain support whether or not the MC succeeds.

Shortly after this point, Olivia also doesn’t antagonize the MC as blatantly as she did in Lythikos, save for a snide remark to the MC (with a life jacket of all things) if you choose to go to her yacht in the next chapter. She will eventually begin to thaw towards you in Applewood.

• Constantine and Regina are conspicuous by their absence this chapter, and Constantine announces that he is stepping down the next. Which probably means he found out sometime between the Masque and this event that he was ill (since we don’t see him at the Derby). I’m headcanoning that they visited Leo around this time (optionally with the RoE MC, since the housewarming party in Newlyweds seems to happen sometime around the social season (it could be earlier or later too…but humour me 😂)

• So…Regatta in Chapter 9! Lots of sun, fun and (Persephone-willing) PLENTY of mess.

• Before I sign of, here is Persy’s Share of Mess this chapter (except for the bloodcurdling scream she gives when Olivia kisses Liam, I forgot to screenshot that 🙈 How on earth did Maxwell’s poor ears survive??):

• Until next week, folks!

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• Tally Counts:

Number of Times Drake has Called Esther/Persy by Their First Names: 5

Number of Times Tariq Has Mentioned His Shoes: 3

Number of Times Drake Has Taken An Alcoholic Drink that’s Not Whiskey: 1

Number of Times Someone Has Called A Reigning Monarch 'Your Highness’: 2

Number of Times You Can Leave Hana Shook. SHOOK I TELLS YA: 4

Number of Times We See Penelope’s Angryface: 2

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#long post #the royal romance #trr quick thoughts #trr qts #hana lee #trr kiara #king liam #olivia nevrakis #drake walker #i stan for kiki #this was honestly one of my fave chapters to write for

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I like how Muria did everything in his power to prove that Griffith is not some kind of "evil heartless monster" antagonist type, but people end up misinterpreted him anyway. What a shame! Do you know why?

Yeah it’s really unfortunate bc he’s such an interesting complex character and I wish more people appreciated that. Tho I have a few ideas on why so many Berserk fans ignore most of the text and write Griffith off as evil from the start.

I mean obviously the biggest one is that Femto’s defining act of evil is rape. And tbh I put the blame pretty squrely on Miura for that one lol, like, I can’t actually blame anyone for being unable to feel sympathy for or enjoy the complexities of a character who later turns into a monster and rapes another major character.

Like the problem with using sexual assault as your major illustrative example of the ~darkness in the hearts of men~ or whatever is that it’s pretty damn common for people to have experienced it themselves, or know someone who has, and therefore reactions to a depiction of rape are inevitably a lot more visceral than reactions to say, murder or torture. Even if Griffith is depicted as a sympathetic, three dimensional, very interesting character throughout the Golden Age, I can’t blame anyone for not giving a fuck and just hating him anyway because his evil alter ego’s first act was rape. People ignoring your good writing is a price you pay as a creator for using rape as shock value and cheap drama.

(Plus when you add his badly written night with Charlotte to the mix, like, again, I can’t blame anyone for going “fuck this guy” and not caring about his depth of character. Like I don’t think the night with Charlotte is meant to be read as rape because there are zero indications that we’re supposed to think it’s skeevy or even potentially morally dubious once Charlotte gets into it - to me it reads like a badly written bodice-ripper type scene where the woman just has to get turned on and then she forgets propriety and enjoys herself - but again, that’s on Miura and his sometimes shitty writing.)

However, that said, from what I’ve seen the vast majority of Griffith haters still love Guts, who also sexually assaults the very same character (except Guts hadn’t even just been magically transformed first, and the first time he sexually assaulted her was long before the hound ever made an appearance), so like, when so many people condemn one character and excuse another for the same thing, there’s obviously something else at work.

So putting aside the rape, I think there are a lot of other factors as to why Griffith is so hated while very few of his haters extend that ire to Guts as well.

Like, for starters, Griffith is gay, or at the very least, gay coded and feminine in appearance and clearly in love with the protagonist, which definitely makes a lot of straight cis dude fans uncomfortable and a lot less likely to be able to empathize with him, judging by the offensive nicknames they tend to use for him.

But then there’s also just the way Griffith lies to himself, which, if you tend to take things at face value in a story, is going to give you a serious misunderstanding of his character. Eg, a lot of fans think that when he tells Casca he doesn’t feel guilty for the deaths of the people who follow him he’s being genuinely truthful and sociopathic lol, ignoring the fact that he’s self-harming grotesquely during that conversation, among other hints that he’s deluding himself. Lots of people take character dialogue as ultimate truth, missing other context clues that are often more revealing.

And then there’s the fact that he ends up betraying the protagonist and becoming an antagonist, and a lot of people just aren’t interested in moral grey stories so they project black and white values onto it. So since Griffith/Femto/NeoGriff is the antagonist, everything he’s done must have been evil and he must’ve been solely motivated by selfish desire for power, and they’ll twist the story to find support for that. Like I’ve seen people who take Griffith’s “I will choose the place that you die” as evidence that he’s been planning to sacrifice everyone for power from the very start lol, even though that makes zero sense, just because they need Griffith to have been villainous all along or the story doesn’t fit their moral framework.

Like, while Berserk takes a general moral stance that a person’s actions shape them, a lot of people believe that a person’s actions reveal their true, innate nature deep down. So, to them, Griffith sacrificing the Band isn’t an act that turns him into a monster, it’s an act that reveals he’s always been a monster and now the veneer of humanity has been removed. Yk, the kind of fans who say that if Griffith was a good person he wouldn’t’ve sacrificed his friends, because no good person would ever do that, as though Good and Evil are qualities a person is born with. Which I consider to be an extremely boring way of looking at fiction, and a troubling way of viewing morality, and totally at odds with what Miura’s attempting to say, but people will always bring their own philosophy to the table.

Similarly I think that, at least for some people, this is why Guts’ frankly evil actions get totally downplayed or written off - because he’s the protagonist so he has to be A Good Person. Therefore he had to have been possessed by an evil spirit when he assaulted Casca (despite the fact that the first time was in Godo’s spirit-repelling cave and most people forget that even happened, and the second time was in broad daylight without a ghost in sight or any visual indication that Guts was anything other than himself.) Or they say it’s okay because Guts stopped before actually penetrating her, and he’s had a hard life, and cut him a little slack and let him get back together with Casca bc he’s a good person and he deserves to be happy blah blah horrifying blah.

idk I’m definitely not accusing everyone who hates Griffith and flattens his character of being a hypocrite lol, like I said, there are plenty of possible reasons to view him as evil, and some are totally reasonable. But yk there is kind of a double standard at work when people love Guts and hate Griffith and I think it’s worth looking at why that might be.

#ask #cw rape//#only text but discussed at length #Anonymous #b #theme: critique #character: griffith #character: femto #character: guts #character: beast of darkness #theme: fandom

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hey so realworldofflash on ig made a post against iris in 4.02 and there's so much hate in the comment its making me sick, can you plz post this so we can hopefully get some more people there to defend our girl!

He’s made several, and I want to advocate not engaging but then I would be a huuuuge hypocrite because I just wasted precious time fighting, lol. So if you want to defend Iris from trolls, then here are some of his best hits: 1 2 3.

I completely understood what Iris was talking about with Barry leaving her. My fiancé died about 2 years ago, and I spent some time being angry with him for leaving me. It’s not rational, but it doesn’t change my feelings. It was valid for me to feel that way, and all of those emotions helped me to heal. She’s a human and she’s allowed to have emotions. We all know that in the end she would have told him to go. But, she was left out of the conversation and powerless. He’s entering a partnership.

I’m so sorry that happened to you. Everything you said is so right, though. We can’t control or change our feelings, and we grieve in different ways.

Are the ratings for the flash this season really as bad as people say they are? i’m worried?

Depends on how bad people are saying they are. The ratings for the premiere were stable. The second episode dropped to 0.9, but every scripted show dropped last night other than TIU. Flash is still the #1 show for the CW, unless RD soars even higher and takes its crown in the morning lol.

@eboniangelvibez said:

I’m cackling at some of these comments from H8RS about Iris after 4x02. My Mom used to tell me, baby it’s ok for people to talk about you, it’s when they stop that you need to worry. Regardless of how they feel, the EPS, critics, writers, team and Barry are at her command. Queen Iris is large and in charge and don’t give a Chris Brown damn about how these H8RS feel. The show runners are laughing they’re ratings off, and us fans are loving it!

True! Iris is causing all the conversation right now, because she’s relevant.

I am definitely in the minority here, but Iris as team leader seems a little “forced” to me. She should have been the one to figure out the connection between the victims. Plz don’t hate me, lol. I love Iris, and I want to see more of her, but as a reporter. Other than that, I loved this episode.

I have no issue with Iris as team leader, other than I would prefer to see her bringing Barry stories to follow up on from CCPN. But I’m not gonna hate you for that preference. It would have been cool if she figured out the connection between the victims by interviewing Tim, but oh well.

I like the fact that iris is the leader of the team and she is taking charge, however, i would MUCH prefer her to be working on her journalism instead of being stuck in star labs. I don’t care what these racist/sexist fan girls and boys think because she was very much justified in what she did in the last episode. but in my opinion i would take a reporter arc and iris being out on the field any day over being the team leader and i am still butt hurt about the fact that she isn’t doing that.

I pretty much agree with this. I mean, I’m no longer butt hurt but I would much rather see her have a supporting cast at CCPN that intersects with CCPD sometimes than ever see STAR Labs again. Cisco could be Barry’s college roommate who gets a job as the Tech Specialist at CCPD - or he could be the IT Guy at CCPN haha - and Caitlin could work at the morgue. Viola!

They completely missed the point of what Iris was saying, I saw one YT reviewer who isn’t happy about what Iris said but he wasn’t a dick about it. He said he understood where she was coming from but essentially didn’t like how it was worded. He said that as married/engaged couple you do things as a team and have to consult your partner but he thinks a lot of general audience wouldn’t get it. Which I think is one of the problems, they take things so literal and don’t get context.

Yeah, one issue is that audiences take what Iris says literally. Another issue is that they are waiting with their Tiki torches in hand for her to breathe the wrong way so they can go to town.

I know we shouldn’t pay attention to what haters say bc thankfully actual critics from major news/media sites seem to like Iris this season especially, but I am worried some of the “casual audience” or fanboys I’ve seen take a dislike for Iris’ new role might spiral to season 1 levels of hate which I’ll be honest is what its kind of reminding me of lately, and I don’t want that bc we have come a long way.

Not sure how to combat that, other than to spread positivity and comment first!

#the flash for ts #eboniangelvibez #anonymous #iris west defense squad #tatiana's thoughts #more asks under the cut #long post for ts #negativity for ts

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thegoldenyears-memories · 8 years ago

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❀ NOT A TRAGEDY ❀ // a mary macdonald mix

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01. MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB de MONARCH BABY LULLABY INSTITUTE { instrumental. }

02. STAND IN THE RAIN de SUPERCHICK { she doesn't know why but she knows that when she's all alone, feels like its all coming down. she won't turn around, the shadows are long and she fears if she cries that first tear, the tears will not stop raining down. so stand in the rain, stand your ground. stand up when it's all crashing down. you stand through the pain, you won't drown, and one day what's lost can be found. you stand in the rain. she won't make a sound, alone in this fight with herself and the fears whispering if she stands she'll fall down. she wants to be found, the only way out is through everything she's running from wants to give up and lie down. }

03. A BAD DREAM de KEANE { i wake up, it's a bad dream, no one on my side. i was fighting but i just feel too tired to be fighting. guess i'm not the fighting kind. }

04. WORDS AS WEAPONGS de BIRDY { you use your words as a weapon, dear. but your blades don't hurt when you have no fear. you think that you're deep under my skin, you're trying to keep me suffering. if you use your words as a weapon, then as a weapon, i'll shed no tears. my window's cracked, they can be replaced. but your arm will tire throwing stones my way. }

05. BULLETPROOF de LA ROUX { been there, done that, messed around. i'm having fun, don't put me down. i'll never let you sweep me off my feet. i won't let you in again. the messages i've tried to send, my information's just not going in. i'm burning bridges shore to shore, i break away from something more. i'm not turned off to love until it's cheap. this time, baby, i'll be bulletproof. do, do, do your dirty words, come out to play when you are hurt. there are certain things that should be left unsaid. tick, tick, tick, tick on the watch, and life's too short for me to stop. oh, baby, your time is running out. i won't let you turn around and tell me now i'm much too proud, all you do is fill me up with doubt. }

06. TONIGHT YOU’RE PERFECT de NEW POLITICS { should i believe in the world, momma? should i give up and hide or should i stay and fight? should i believe in the rules, momma? tell me if i should run or learn to shoot a gun. i don't know what to believe, momma. yeah, i'm down on my knees, i'm begging please, help me back on my feet, momma, 'cause i need someone to believe in. you won't believe what i've seen, momma, there's a fire inside, there's a storm on the rise. it's in the air that we breathe, momma. can i speak out my mind in these changing times? give me a reason to be, momma. }

07. BURNING GOLD de CHRISTINA PERRI { looking for an exit in this world of fear, i can see the path that leads the way. mama never left and daddy needs me here. i wish the wind would carry a change. looking through the window to a world of dreams, i can see my future slip away. honey, you won't get there if you don't believe, i wish the wind would carry a change. i've had enough, i'm standing up. i need, i need a change. i've had enough of chasing luck. i need, i need a change. i'm setting fire to the life that i know, let's start a fire everywhere that we go. we're starting fires 'til our lives are burning gold. looking for my ticket to a higher place, i can see my chance begin to fade. one step forward and two back again, i wish the wind would carry a change. looking back i see i had the flame in me, i’m the wind that’s carrying change. }

08. PORCELAIN HEART de BARLOWGIRL { broken heart one more time, pick yourself up, why even cry? broken pieces in your hands, wonder how you'll make it whole. you know, you pray, this can't be the way. you cry, you say something's gotta change and mend this porcelain heart of mine. someone said "a broken heart would sting at first then make you stronger". you wonder why this pain remains, were hearts made whole just to break? }

09. BREATHE (2 A.M.) de ANNA NALICK { yeah, we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes like they have any right at all to criticize. hypocrites, you're all here for the very same reason. 'cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable. and life's like an hourglass, glued to the table. no one can find the rewind button, girl. so cradle your head in your hands and breathe... just breathe. there's a light at each end of this tunnel, you shout 'cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out. and these mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again if you'd only try turning around. and i feel like i'm naked in front of the crowd, 'cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud. and i know that you'll use them however you want to. }

10. MARY GO ROUND de SERENA RYDER { have you ever fallen, have you ever hit the ground? have you ever laid there, have you ever just stayed down? have you ever looked up and laughed at the big blue sky? have you ever wondered, have you ever wondered why you always hide? sing along, sun down. mary go round, too young to leave this town. someone's playing your song. feels good singing along, what could go wrong? what about midnight, what about you disappears? what about your stories, what about your fairy tales? what about the secrets you don't need to keep inside? }

11. SHAKE IT OFF (TAYLOR SWIFT COVER) de US THE DUO { i stay out too late, got nothing in my brain, that's what people say. i go on too many dates, but i can't make them stay, at least that's what people say. but i keep cruising, can't stop, won't stop moving. it's like i got this music in my mind saying, "it's gonna be alright." 'cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play, and the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate. baby, i'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, i shake it off, i shake it off. heart-breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break and the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake. hey, hey, hey, just think while you've been getting down and out about the liars and the dirty, dirty cheats of the world, you could've been getting down to this sick beat. }

12. HELP I’M ALIVE de METRIC { i tremble, they're gonna eat me alive if i stumble, they're gonna eat me alive. can you hear my heart beating like a hammer? help, i'm alive , my heart keeps beating like a hammer . hard to be soft, tough to be tender. come take my pulse the pace is on a runaway train. }

13. BRAVE de SARA BAREILLES { you can be the outcast or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love or you can start speaking up. nothing's gonna hurt you the way that words do when they settle 'neath your skin. kept on the inside and no sunlight, sometimes a shadow wins. but i wonder what would happen if you say what you wanna say, and let the words fall out. honestly, i wanna see you be brave with what you want to say, and let the words fall out. honestly, i wanna see you be brave. everybody's been there, everybody's been stared down by the enemy. fallen for the fear and done some disappearing. don't run, just stop holding your tongue. maybe there's a way out of the cage where you live, maybe one of these days you can let the light in. show me how big your brave is. and since your history of silence won't do you any good, did you think it would? let your words be anything but empty, why don't you tell them the truth? }

14. ONE DAY de KODALINE { one day it's here and then it's gone, how are you still holding on? you've felt this way for far too long, waiting for a change to come. and life passes you by, don't be wasting your time on your own. you always try to see yourself through the eyes of someone else. too shy to say that you need. as your heart gets bigger and you try to figure out what's it all about. and your skin gets thicker as you try to figure out what's it all about. }

15. POMPEII de BASTILLE { i was left to my own devices, many days fell away with nothing to show. and the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love. great clouds roll over the hills, bringing darkness from above. but if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing changed at all? and if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like you've been here before? how am i gonna be an optimist about this? }

16. PUNCHING IN A DREAM de THE NAKED AND FAMOUS { i don't ever wanna be here, like punching in a dream breathing life into my nightmare. they'll get through, they'll get you, in the place that you feel it the most, when you're cornered, when it's forming in the place that you wish was a ghost. }

17. STOP CRYING YOUR HEART OUT de OASIS { hold up, hold on, don't be scared. you'll never change what's been and gone. may your smile, shine on, don't be scared, your destiny may keep you warm. 'cause all of the stars are fading away. just try not to worry, you'll see them some day. take what you need and be on your way, and stop crying your heart out. get up, come on, why're you scared? we're all of us stars, we're fading away. just try not to worry, you'll see us some day. }

18. KEEP YOUR HEAD UP de BEN HOWARD { and i tried my best to embrace the darkness in which i swim. oh lookin' out at this happiness, i search for between the sheets. oh feelin' blind and realice all i was searchin' for was me. keep your head up, keep your heart strong. 'cause i'll always remember you the same. oh, eyes like wild flowers within demons of change. may you find happiness there, may all your hopes all turn out right. }

19. SON de SLEEPING AT LAST { and i will try to breathe 'til it turns to muscle memory. i'm only steady on my knees, one day i'll stand on my own two feet. and i'll run the risk of being intimate with brokenness. through this magnifying glass i see a thousand finger prints on the surfaces of who i am. show me where to find a silver lining as the mercury keeps rising, 'til the glass on my fever breaks. show me how to struggle gracefully, let the scaffolding inside of me be strong enough to hold this tired body up once more. }

20. WARRIOR de DEMI LOVATO { i need to take back the light inside you stole. all the pain and the truth, i wear like a battle wound. so ashamed, so confused, i was broken and bruised. now i'm a warrior. now i've got thicker skin. i'm a warrior, i'm stronger than i've ever been. and my armor is made of steel, you can't get in. i'm a warrior and you can never hurt me again. out of the ashes, i'm burning like a fire. i've got shame, i've got scars that i will never show. i'm a survivor in more ways than you know. there's a part of me i can't get back, a little girl grew up too fast, all it took was once, i'll never be the same. now i'm taking back my life today, nothing left that you can say, 'cause you are never gonna take the blame anyway. }

21. RESCUE de YUNA { she found herself, yeah, she's got light in her face. she don't need no rescuing, she's okay. yeah, she's got life in her veins, she don't need no rescuing, she's okay. no s.o.s. needed, no rescuing, she's fine out there. things were bad, it was beyond repair. she was scare, she couldn't handle it. things were bad, but now she's glad. can't you tell that she's walking on air? }

22. WEAR IT LIKE A CROWN de REBEKKA KARIJORD { i don't know where this fear comes from, how i became so afraid of losing everyone. never been afraid of being lonely, now i'm becoming the one i'm most scared of being. i don't know where this fear comes from, this fear of failing fear of letting everyone, and myself, down. it's growing deep into my soul, making me all paralyzed and cold. it's two steps forward, three steps back again. i'll turn my face against it, i won't run. 'cause courage and belief are my redeems. no one else can rescue me, it seems. 'cause if i don't follow my heart this time, i'm gonna forget what this life is all about. i'm gonna take that path, i'm going in on my own. i'm gonna take that fear and wear it like a crown. }

23. COME AWAY TO THE WATER de MAROON 5 FT. ROZZI CRANE { come away, little light, come away to the darkness, in the shade of the night we’ll come looking for you. come away little lamb, come away to the slaughter, to the ones appointed to see this through. we are calling for you, we are coming for you. }

24. JONI WAS RIGHT de MARIT LARSEN { i thought gardens were amusement parks, spider webs were works of art, and war was just another game we played. time just sent me off to bed, love was just a word we said, i thought someone would always keep me safe and that i might become an astronaut some day. growing up is falling down and landing safely on the ground, waking up in the dead of night thinking oh my god, joni was right. between the downfalls and the deepest pains, lessons learned the hardest ways, i hope that there was something left so save. so i went back to try and find the innocence i left behind and realized my paradise was paved. the cost of being wild and free, the endless possibility, the open road in front of me, it’s harder than i thought it’d be. }

25. FIRE AND RAIN de BIRDY { just yesterday morning, they let me know that you were gone. suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you. been walking my mind to an easy time, my back turned towards the sun. lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around. well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come. sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground. oh, i've seen fire and i've seen rain. i've seen sunny days that i thought would never end. i've seen lonely times when i could not find a friend. but i always thought that i'd see you again. }

26. MERCY de MUSE { help me, i've fallen on the inside, i tried to change the game, i tried to infiltrate, but now i'm losing. men in cloaks always seem to run the show, save me from the ghosts and shadows before they eat my soul. mercy, mercy, show me mercy from the powers that be. show me mercy, can someone rescue me? and tell me why the men in cloaks always have to bring me down, running from the ghosts and shadows the world just disavows. help me, i've fallen on the inside, and all the men in cloaks trying to devour my soul. }

27. BAD DREAM de RUELLE { feels like i'm falling into a world i can't control. i hear it calling down in my soul. gripping my bones, it won't let go. wake me up, won't you wake me up? caught in a bad dream. wake me up, i wanna feel the sun. feels like i'm frozen. nowhere to run from here, these walls are closing me in, wearing me thin with fear. }

28. DOWN de JASON WALKER { waiting here in line, hoping that i'll find what i've been chasing. i shot for the sky, i'm stuck on the ground, so why do i try? i know i'm gonna fall down. i thought i could fly, so why did i drown? never know why it's coming down. }

29. OUTDOOR de ROBERTO CACCIAPAGLIA { instrumental. }

30. READ ALL ABOUT IT, PT. III de EMELI SANDÉ { you've got the words to change a nation, but you're biting your tongue. you've spent a life time stuck in silence, afraid you'll say something wrong. if no one ever hears it how we gonna learn your song? so come on, come on. you've got a heart as loud as lions, so why let your voice be tamed? maybe we're a little different, there's no need to be ashamed. you've got the light to fight the shadows, so stop hiding it away. come on, come on. i wanna sing, i wanna shout, i wanna scream 'til the words dry out. so put it in all of the papers, i'm not afraid, they can read all about it, at night we're waking up the neighbours while we sing away the blues, making sure that we're remembered, yeah, 'cause we all matter too. if the truth has been forbidden, then we're breaking all the rules. let's get the tv and the radio to play our tune again. it's 'bout time we got some airplay of our version of events. yeah, we're all wonderful people. so when did we all get so fearful? now we're finally finding our voices, so take a chance, come help me sing this. }

31. BOOKENDS de SIMON & GARFUNKEL { time it was, and what a time it was, a time of innocence, a time of confidences. long ago it must be , i have a photograph preserve your memories, they're all that's left you. }

32. FIGHT SONG de RACHEL PLATTEN { i might only have one match but i can make an explosion. and all those things i didn't say, wrecking balls inside my brain. i will scream them loud tonight, can you hear my voice this time? this is my fight song, take back my life song, prove i'm alright song. my power's turned on, starting right now i'll be strong, i'll play my fight song. and i don't really care if nobody else believes, 'cause i've still got a lot of fight left in me. }

33. I’M NOT YOUR HERO de TEGAN AND SARA { standing where i am now, standing up at all. i was used to feeling like i was never gonna see myself at the finish line. hanging on to parts of me, hanging on at all, i was used to seeing no future in my sight line. i'm not their hero, but that doesn't mean that i wasn't brave. i never walked the party line, doesn't mean that i was never afraid. i'm not your hero, but that doesn't mean we're not one and the same. feeling like i am now lighting up the hall, i was used to standing in the shadow of a damaged heart. learning all i know now, losing all i did, i never used to feel like i'd be standing so far ahead. sometimes it feels like the side that i'm on plays the toughest hand, holds the longest stand. sometimes it feels like i'm all that they've got, it's so hard to know i'm not what they want. i do my best to walk the finest line 'til i've had all that i can take. }

34. KEEP BREATHING de INGRID MICHAELSON { i want to change the world, instead i sleep. but all that i know is i'm breathing, all i can do is keep breathing, all we can do is keep breathing now. }

35. IN THE END de VANESSA CARLTON { and you'll carry on, 'cause in the end, it's the way of all things, it will be beautiful. }

36. REVIVAL de SELENA GOMEZ { i feel like i've awakened lately. the chains around me are finally breaking. i've been under self-restoration, i'm becoming my own salvation. showing up, no more hiding. the light inside me is bursting, shining. it's my time to butterfly. what i've learned is so vital, more than just survival this is my revival. i'll walk through the fire, i'll begin again. reaching for the truth, not afraid to lose. what shattered through me like a rifle was a revival. i admit, it's been painful. but i'll be honest, i'm grateful. }

B O N U S :

EMPTY CHAIRS AND EMPTY TABLES de RACHEL ELLIS { there's a grief that can't be spoken. there's a pain goes on and on. empty chairs at empty tables, now my friends are dead and gone. here they talked of revolution. here it was they lit the flame. here they sang about tomorrow and tomorrow never came. from the table in the corner, they could see a world reborn. and they rose with voices ringing and i can hear them now! the very words that they had sung became their last communion on this lonely barricade at dawn. oh my friends, my friends forgive me that i live and you are gone. phantom faces at the windows, phantom shadows on the floor. empty chairs at empty tables where my friends will meet no more. oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me what your sacrifice was for. empty chairs at empty tables, where my friends will sing no more. }

¡¡ FELIZ NAVIDAD Y AÑO NUEVO, SARA !!

DE: andy

PARA: sara

Querida Sara:

*Inserte gif de Yoda*. Oye, hola. Me tocó darte y exageré, como siempre, en el tamaño del regalo. Pero es que Mary es un personaje muy querido para mí y en verdad me inspiré con ella. La amo muuucho y me alegra que la lleves. Y amo su nuevo FC. Anyway, espero te guste tu regalo. Quería ir desde los miedos de Mary hasta su estancia en la guerra y sus ganas de superarse. El bonus track me duele en el alma, but debía estar ahí.

¿Qué puedo decirte? Soy super mala en esto. Me caes muy bien, eres un cinnamon roll tbh. Siempre has sido muy linda y tranquila y graciosa. Me costaría no reírme con las cosas que dices, porque aunque no hablemos mucho, lo poco que conversamos siempre está lleno de bromas (y tus tags también me dan risa). Eres bien cool y quiero tomar esta oportunidad para decir que amo a Zoe. Es perfecta y la amo y me da mucha risa cómo es. Also, estoy lista para el drama entre ella y Danny. Gracias por darme drama. Mmm, ¿qué más? Uhhh... Pues no sé qué más decir. Sólo que eres una chica cool y sabes que se te quiere aunque no seamos cercanas. Te deseo lo mejor en este año y ojalá tu Navidad haya sido muy bella. Que todos tus sueños se cumplan y estés llena de amor y paz. ¡Feliz Navidad y año nuevo atrasados! *Inserte abrazo*

#mary #santa secreto 2016

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