#i dont know i guess i just haven't been really initiative growing up i feel like i always have to ask permission

[brine-in-my-eyes]

feeling sickly and dumb because it feels like i might have missed something big for not going to the big activities of my colleges orientation week, but idk. i just didn't want to......

want to hide under my pillow

[sky-is-the-limit]

I like König purely becuase tall masked man but Gaz. Our man Gaz. He's beautiful. He's committed to what he believes in and he delivers some good one liners. In my eyes it's the same shit different fandom. Whenever a popular piece of media gains traction the only poc characters mysteriously disappear. I want to make it clear to the finicky people of fandoms you don't have to read or write or draw characters you don't like.That being said a discussion needs to be had about how fandoms often treat poc characters. To see people replace the main character with someone not even evolved in the main campaign is mind boggling. "But I don't know Gaz well enough" then you don't know Price well enough seeing as they're with each other most of the campaign. "But the actors sexuality" let me tell yall now how yall don't care. There's plenty of actors whose characters you write for are married with whole ass families or of a different sexuality and you still write their characters ignoring those facts. Yall didn't care before and yall dont care now don't try and act like you have some sort of upper ground. If you're not attracted to Gaz that's fine no one is forcing you to be. But completely writing out his character or not including him in TF 141 edits is mad. There's plenty of fics I've read where Gaz is not the main love interest but more of a friend/brotherly figure but at least he is there and the writer does his character justice. But I will say the Gaz fics are some of the fluffiest ones I've read. Real heart warming stuff.

AMEN. I also thirst after König because he's a big masked man, I devour all the smut content and the edits, I'm as thirsty as the next hoe in this place, there's nothing wrong with thirsting after König or Keegan or whoever else. There's also nothing wrong with NOT thirsting after Gaz, like no one is forcing someone to like a character they don't, that's just stupid. Also if you haven't played the games because you don't have access to do so or even don't want to that's totally valid and fine, many people read the wikis/watch vids/engage with the fandom and that's really cool to see, even if you're just here to thirst, been there done that.

With that being said, the stupid excuses that raise concern in this fandom are totally valid to be talked about. 1) "I'm not attracted to Gaz/I don't add him in 141 thirst content because Elliot is gay" What does the actor's sexuality have to do with the character? As far as I know Gaz' sexuality is nowhere discussed or confirmed, same way for the rest of the characters so why on earth does Elliot's sexuality matter in this context?

I don't see this being a big deal to people who ship Ghost x Soap since Neil and Samuel are only involved with women irl because guess what? It.doesn't.matter. They're ACTORS. Their personal lives have nothing to do with the characters they portray so why is it only an issue when it comes to Gaz/Elliot?

2) "I don't know him well enough." From that it's clear that you haven't played the games cause Gaz is literally who you play as in both MW1/MW2 so you know him as much as Price and MORE than Ghost or Soap. Which again, it's totally fine but when it's paired with König who you literally don't know cause that mf has only 1 paragraph on his wiki and the only thing said about him is that he had anxiety growing up (that some people infantilize and it's weird) in freaking 141 content that he has NOTHING to do with but leave out the first member of TF141 then...?

I've had many people under my posts commenting that the way some people treat Gaz in this fandom feels kinda racist and I admit this was not my initial thought due to me being privileged enough to not have it as such but after reading all these comments it does seem that way for some (like I said many do it due to either thirsting after masked men or haven't played/bothered with the games) and it's not fucking okay cause that goes further than fiction (someone said that 'oh they're fictional, they don't care if they're included or not' yeah Emily but you're excluding a 141 member from 141 content who happens to be a poc and his VA/FA is a gay man so let's talk about it.)

To the people who get annoyed/upset that I talk about this as if I don't have the right to, if you're in a fandom you can talk about the things you don't like/criticise certain behaviour without it being "such a big deal" since we're talking about fictional characters, when people are engaging with a fandom, spend hours reading/watching/playing content, they're also allowed to talk about things they don't like in said fandom. Relax.

Anyway, stan Kyle 'Gaz' Garrick cause he's the coolest mf in MW ✌️

[keets-writing-corner]

Hey hey hey so I have a question

You know how in more than anything Lucifer and Charlie sing about not wanting to be pulled apart again, what exactly pulls them apart in the first place?

Do you think it’s just Lucifer’s poor mental health that distances him or do you think there was more at play?

Just to me the phrasing makes it seem like something happened, Y’know. Along with the mental health thing.

well the "again" also implies that they USED to be close, but Charlie also says "they were never really close" so hmm

maybe when she was particularly young it was easier to connect with him cuz all kids like goofy adults and Lucifer would've been no exception, and especially if she was young, it would be something she doesn't directly remember as much (like he might) but does hold vague feelings about that time

as far as what "pulled them apart" I'm not entirely sure. Maybe it could be the mental health as you suggested driving a wedge between them (hard to be present in other people's lives when you're barely present in your own).

Maybe he got wrapped up in hell's bureaucracies all the time as was wrapped up with work (this one I'm less sure about cuz we don't really know how active a roll the general rulers of hell like the sins and the Ars Goetia have in politics, and the only thing we know for sure about Lucifer and Lilith is that they have a rather "hands off approach" when it comes to ruling, so idk if that's referring specifically to actually doing things for the sinners and setting up systems which we know for sure they haven't, or if that's referring to general politics involving hell's other rulers, either way, if it's a "hands off approach" Lucifer probably has a lot more free time than we initially think of distant dads)

I know there's another theory that it's Lilith who kept separating them for one reason or another, and we do directly see that in the flashback itself.

After thinking about all of it hmmm... I'm going to put my money onnnnn the following combination:

A) Lilith was the primary caretaker for whatever reason, most likely due to his mental health but WE DONT KNOW FOR SURE B) Lucifer likely struggled to upkeep and maintain new relationships with people due to his depression, which means being around people he already knows like Lilith is easier, but being around people he's still trying to get to know is harder C) we don't know the circumstances of the split yet, but I'd be willing to guess that it happened WHILE Charlie was growing up. Probably not early childhood, more likely mid-late teens, but if this is true, whatever relationship tensions she and her dad were already having would only grow bigger if Lilith also took Charlie with her and as we know, Lucifer has no idea how to reach out

either way, I'm sure both Lucifer and Charlie are looking forward for a new chance to get to know each other!