#i believe in you pari

[stellarhistoria]

why is this so difficult? - ((For Eerie, and Pari is trying to ask this without tripping all over her words and not being a goddamn mess))

"English is hard to work with, and I work with people." they chuckle as they pause in their metalwork, hair tied back and probably not helping with the flustering by being in work gear that would make an average person blush since they have the muscles to match. "Take your time, I'm not going anywhere." true enough; being an immortal had its... perks.

@the-expatriate.

[trashart00]

A: Am I pretty like you now?

E: Always were, precious. (though next time let’s go lighter on the eyeliner)

[the-woman-upstairs]

Really beholden to the idea that at least part of why Louis was fascinated with Daniel initially was because of his project of interviewing citizens of San Francisco, documenting their stories and voices, in much the same way Louis was trying to do with his photography in Paris.

[frigidwife]

do you think louis chose/believed armand over claudia in the scene after armand threatens and chokes her? i was under the impression that louis reflexively disagreed with claudia because he didn't want to believe it, but the fact that he also reflexively lit armand's photo on fire makes me think his response to claudia ("he wouldn't do that"/"sit in your choice") was a denial of the real horror he was feeling, that he did believe her and just wished it wasn't true. i rewatched that scene and when he notices the picture is on fire, he waits a second before putting it out, which makes me think his commitment to armand following this scene wasn't out of genuine love, but a strategic choice made out of fear, the same way he martyred himself for lestat to turn claudia. i still see people talking about how much louis and armand did love each other, and i was briefly convinced when madeline called it out (though that scene also contains claudia thanking armand for not treating her like a child, so the legitimacy of the entire scene is thrown into question imo). but after rewatching the season, i don't think they were that devoted to each other. between the actors deliberately playing their flirtations super awkward, the fact that louis never commits until armand threatens claudia and his commitment itself following louis' pattern of chaining himself to his current lover/shark for claudia's survival (a pattern the show goes out of its way to emphasize with lestat's retelling of her turning), and the fact that armand apparently did choose the coven over louis...idk. maybe i'm biased and just sick of the idea that armand and louis' love is some torrid gothic romance when it seems clear that louis and armand's insistence that it was in dubai is deliberately at odds with what we saw, despite how hard they were trying to make it seem that way. even the way they gassed up their first meeting felt staged, and if we're supposed to understand that louis and armand's growing physical distance in dubai denotes emotional/romantic distance as louis' memories are restored, it seems in line to realize that the distance isn't what's new, nor is the performance of love; it's the realization that it is a performance. SORRY this got long, i feel like i'm going a little crazy because i feel the show is saying the exact opposite to much of the analysis on here. in a way i would love to be convinced towards a different perspective because then i could just relax

no i agree with you completely ur not insane and neither am i.... i havent watched that episode in a while but the way the events are sequenced it's not even ambiguous--the relationship with armand is strategic and it has been since the beginning. like i dont think louis's "he wouldn't do that" is even a denial of the kind of person armand is. Bc in the previous episode armand literally almost killed louis for the same secret he's just threatened claudia about. so why would he actually disbelieve her? (laying it out like this i'm realizing why the victim blaming interpretation of louis as ditzy is so prevalent lol.) his frustration reads to me like: i've already sacrificed my freedom and happiness so you can join the coven that you love so much, and now you're saying you don't like the coven? you can't tough it out and trust i have armand handled? the disbelief in "he wouldn't do that" is not that louis wants to believe armand is a better person; it's that louis wants to believe his control over armand is more complete, bc otherwise claudia is right and his sacrifices are doubly pointless. this is the same pattern we saw with louis and his siblings as a human--telling grace to worry about herself, telling lestat how they were four months from bankruptcy; he takes pains to keep them ignorant but then is frustrated they wont register his sacrifice; they see it as him pushing them away (literal knife to paul's throat). louis starting to burn the photograph is him giving up--claudia is ungrateful; this task is impossible. but then the dream lestat which is ofc just louis calls claudia "our daughter" and that's when louis stops burning the photograph of armand. at the reminder that no matter how he tries to accept her as grown and autonomous, she's his child first. and then you can see him double down and regroup--get rid of ghost lestat indulgence to commit fully to companionship with as much control as he can leverage

[isthatacalzone]

it's baffling to me the lengths to which people will try to frame anyone in iwtv as being better than anyone else. everyone who says they love each other is doing it poorly. Lestat apologised to Louis on that stage and it was real and it was also a performance. Armand feels genuine remorse for not saving Claudia, claims that he couldn't prevent it but we all know he could have. Louis loved Claudia and wanted the best for her, and she was a broken doll picked up and used to soothe his guilt. Even Claudia, who did love Louis, has a specific view of everything that happened to them, to her, that made her messy, that made her angry and awful at times. why would you flatten them? why would you take away what makes these emotions real and complicated?

[cheriepie111]

ilona maher is to women as ryan reynolds is to straight men

[dionysism]

top funniest paris the musical moments (and theres quite a few) is one of the first songs has paris go "what could go wrong! even the gods must be smiling at me! 🤩" and the final song having paris go "seems even the gods must be angry with me 😕"

[xxplastic-cubexx]

sequel to this ramble cause the way james talks bout the reduced cherik scenes throughout the xmen films in this video is making me want to kill people. 'we'll always have paris darling' what if we all blew up.

[rosieblogstuff]

When IOC receives a credible threat against the Paris Olympics, the USA sends in their top team: Team Improvise.

Cairo Day Reprise 2024 for the prompt: 2022 Cairo Day 5: Undercover/Secret Identity

I was aiming for a flashfic so I could finish it before the Olympics actually ended. It got a tag bit longer. But! Deadline MET!

[lolobizarreadventuresshatpost]

After he put the flesh bud in Kakyoin's brain, DIO kept him around the mansion for a bit. 100% platonically but obsessed, the same way Paris Hilton kept her many Chihuahuas.

DIO and his besties would put little outfit costumes on Kakyoin, and carry him around in their purses, and stage little photoshoots!...

He's just a little purse chihuahua and he suffers in silence in his pink cowboy costumes. No wonder he's so full of murderous intent when he's finally allowed to leave the mansion

[kyungsooinsweetlies]

watching carlos in the olympic final :

[crepesuzette2023]

Two new fics (for the Summer of Love Fanworks-a-thon)

I wrote two stories: Banana Milkshakes and Armpit Hair (John and Paul in Paris 1961. Prompt: will someone finally come on Paul's eyelashes?)

I ain't no fool, and I don't take what I don't want (Paul and Mal's trips in '66 and '67. Prompt: Mal and Paul make love al fresco during one of their trips. Paul wears nothing but the flimsy scarf he's seen wearing here.) The complete collection is HERE! (<- probably going to be updated steadily) Thank you @beatleskinkmeme/ @theoldmixer for organizing the event. You're the best. <3

[livethrushit]

hxh spoilers abound in my trash pile of headcanon theories

i personally subscribe to the pregnancy stone theory. it's so aggressively ging. him being a stupid teenager who wants to EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING to the point where he's like "lmao yea lemme get pregnant" with zero thought put into it. just vibes and morning sickness.

but im kind of also obsessed with the idea of pre-transition pari being gon's other parent and *ging* being the reasonable one. like he probably has his first ever one night stand with shelia and immediately realizes the gravity of his mistake. pari's manipulator ability relies on vulnerability to work. ging having his first time with shelia was all it took. he can sense the power of their aura and knows it's unlike anything he's ever felt. it's oppressive, murky, and dark. he is keenly aware he has stepped into an abyss with no exit. it terrifies him, he knows it will end him. he must do everything he can to stop it from spreading.

now they have a baby in the mix & ging can't let that kind of upbringing occur. the kid could become a well trained monster. shelia lets him take the baby bc they like this little game, they like to see ging squirm.

so you end up with ging being an irresponsible deadbeat, but also he's trying to protect the overall population from probably the biggest threat to humanity they've ever experienced. like hang on son, mommy is using their nen to create dark continent human hybrids that will destroy the world as we know it, brb lol.

[paristhemusical1990]

Andromache Mourning Hector — Jacques-Louis David / Straight Ahead, Jon English's Paris (1990)

[shesgotaboyfriend]

Okay I THINK NOWWWW I'm gonna go on a break 💔

This is so dramatic but honestly I love that

[warlordfelwinter]

so about the chute