#i fucking love ravi.

[writercole]

Made up fic title: Power Over Me

The things that Ravi said should have kicked my self-preservations into high gear. But it didn't.

The only thing it did was make me want him even more, craving for brain and all.

[soultea]

The progresion of power in iZombie is insane.

Like by the end of the show you basically have 6 people running the whole city and they're all besties who probably have a group chat where they discuss how to respond to major world events the way my friends and I talk about planning to go out for drinks.

Think about it you have the woman who runs the largest human smuggling operation in Seattle (who also happens to be one of the only survivors of the original boat party incident that started all of this), her best friend the acting mayor of Seattle, her ex fiance the commander of the private military group that controls the city, her other best friend the creator of the only zombie cure and leader in the field of zombie biology, Clive, and Clive's wife who is the chief of police in charge of all non-zombie crimes in the city.

They're even on a first name basis with the biggest crime lord in Seattle that currently runs three of the most popular zombie hot spots and is in charge of the entire brain trade in and out of the city. Like even if they hate him, they could show up at his place and not get kicked out.

And they use that. The characters actually like each other and talk to each other and fix problems by supporting each other. What other show out there was ever doing it like iZombie?? Rest In Peace bro, you were real for that and you deserved so much more love.

[skarkkk]

I can't stop thinking about 911 ep4 and I need to freak out. So I'm going to freak out here so that other people freak out too, because my god, that ep is perfect.

First point: Bi Buck

My happiness to finally have this, to have Buck truly be part of the Canon community is limitless. Like, can you imagine how important this representation is to people in real life? A man in his 30s, a "macho" firefighter who until then had only had relationships with women, discovering that he can like guys, that he liked kissing a man. I can literally imagine how Buck might feel about this and the whole coming out and accepting yourself part. Because he is an ally and he is an incredible man, but imagine living with parents like that, growing up not knowing that part of yourself and that whole "this is not a phase, this is who I am" part and him accepting that. Because Buck has always been someone more sensitive to his own emotions and I hope this is portrayed in his self-discovery and, God, I need him to finally be happy being who he is. Being Buck. I want him talking to the team and realizing that he doesn't need acceptance from other people (the world) when he has their real family. I want Maddie's reaction because since season 2 she had already told us that Buck wasn't straight (even if they were jokes). I want everything Buck deserves to truly feel good and happy.

Second point: Buddie

I want them, I need them. But not this season. I think people think so much about finally having them together that sometimes they don't really think about how (me, for example, in my outbursts). But Buddie needs to be developed calmly and even more carefully. Because it's not just about friends to lovers, there's a whole background. It's not just them getting together because, imagine finding out you like guys too, then you realize you're in love with your best friend and how do you deal with that when everything is so new?

I want them to be canon more than anything, I need it and I'll probably die if it really happens. Buddie had a long development process, from the beginning of their friendship until this season. Because they are best friends and even went through the divorce phase. They raise a child together, Buck is Chris's father and their jealousy towards each other was clear. The worry, the care, the protection, the anger, the affection, they felt so much and I think a rushed start to their romantic relationship would ruin everything because they really need to feel it. That emotion of "I love him and I won't hurt him again", because these boys are a disaster. I think the process of them going from best friends to lovers will be confusing, especially because Buck would probably be terrified at the idea of being in love with his best friend and ruining everything between them again (the process) and Eddie wouldn't know how to deal with the his first bi crush being the person he cares about most (after Chris). Like, I need them, but not this season. I want them next time, I want their relationship to be built with sensitivity and not with loose ends. Not in the process of their self-discovery, because while I can imagine how sweet it would be for them to have all their first times (minus Buck's first bi kiss, because we have Tommy) together, I can imagine how wrong it could go. Like, I don't know, buddies have always been full of emotions and intense scenes and I want that in their relationship.

Another point about Buddie is that I want it to happen, yes, but my priority is Buck and Eddie's happiness, even if that means they don't stay together, you know. I would cry, a lot, and live on fanfics, but I don't want something forced between them, because I love how everything always seems spontaneous in their friendship and I want a romantic relationship like that, you know.

Third point: Tommy

I love this man. Like, I wasn't the biggest fan in eps begins, but I never hated him. I've loved the actor since I met him in SWAT and I love that he (and Olives, obv) are willing to play LGBT characters. The point itself is that I want Tommy to gain focus too, both as a member of the 118 family and as Buck's love interest.

I have theories and I've read theories (in fics) about why he was that way in eps begins and I can understand. I don't remember exactly what happened because my memory is terrible, but think about it. He, like Eddie, was part of the army (and we love gay stories between soldiers but we know how they can be in real life), and was under the release of a captain who had prejudices, yes. We don't know about his past, his family (at least I don't, besides fanfics) so the probabilities of why he was repressed and followed the old captain's orders are several. The one that holds me the most is fear and possibly internalized homophobia. In the army, we imagine people who don't break and who can handle whatever comes at them, and speaking of men in the armies, they are not seen as sensitive (stereotypes), and this is how the community tends to be seen by homophobes and the like. Now imagine a bi guy coming out of the closet and imagine the reaction. Another point is the old captain and how Tommy seems to want to be part of the 118 family (now), so I can imagine that he repressed himself to be part of the old "family" (not that I see them as family, because they weren't).

Talking about him now, I love how sweet this man seems to be. In the sense of understanding, we saw that he has that sarcastic and smart-ass bone that the whole team has (I love the scene of them going after Bathena). And the fact that he really worried about Buck and the possibility of ruining their friendship (Buck and Eddie), the kindness of the kiss (my god, I can't forget that kiss). I can really imagine Tommy being a guy who would understand Buck's discovery process, who wouldn't react badly to being the first man, the experiment (as I've read in fics). I think he would understand that Buck really has feelings for him (because we can't deny that the sparkle in Buck's eyes is there when he looks at Tommy) and that he's willing to really try something with a man even if he's scared (I hope, amen ). I think Tommy is the right guy to be Buck's first. And he knows 118 (to a point) and they're friendly, Eddie likes him, Chris likes him, and Chris and Eddie have strong opinions about people (the team too, of course, but talking about family Buddie, romantic or not between Eddie and Buck ). So Tommy already has the approval of the people most important to Buck, this already proves that he is a good person.

I want more of Tommy (god, I love this man)

Fourth point: Tuck (what's the name of their ship???)

I want to see a stable, healthy relationship between Buck and Tommy. I loved their chemistry, their kiss. And like I said, Tommy seems like the right guy for Buck's first times with a man. I think their relationship would be really cute to watch, both as a couple and in the process of developing it. Buck doesn't have a very good history with encounters, because he always tends to get hurt from them. I want it not to be like that with Tommy, I want them both to feel comfortable and to be really happy with each other. (I would love a Karen/Hen style scene in the ep where they get together for the first time).

I wouldn't mind at all if they were endgame (of course, again, I'd cry for Buddie, but I'd love it). I wonder if Buck will take him as his date to Maddie's wedding (because that would be a confirmation of their relationship, you know). I keep imagining so many possibilities for meetings and scenes between the two of them (as long as both actors feel comfortable, of course. Again, I love them.)

Now, if it's not endgame, there has to be an amicable ending, one that doesn't hurt either of them and they remain friends. Because I think it would be really sweet to see their friendships continue. The most important thing if the breakup happens (... I really hope not, despite Buddie) and that they don't put a woman as Buck's date next time and simply forget about his sexuality, treat it as just another open thing, he knows.

In short, I need more of them because I can't stop thinking about them

Fifth point: ep5

I have a lot of thoughts about what we've received so far.

First, the meeting. I think people are dismissive of Buck's reaction to both Eddie arriving and "it's my first date with a guy" because, firstly, I think it's important for Buck to feel comfortable. Imagine being so nervous about not doing shit, wanting to feel comfortable and good about being on a date with a man you like romantically and then your best friend (who thinks you're straight) walks up with his girlfriend. I hope Tommy understands that Buck didn't mean to treat him disrespectfully or that he didn't want the date, because we know that's not what it's about. I hope there's another date, one where Buck feels comfortable relaxing without the pressure of being with people you know because he's still discovering himself, and he needs to feel comfortable for that to happen without him feeling bad about it. , he knows.

Second, the strangulation. I love that Buck gets hurt anyway, but what gets me the most is Tommy's reaction. Because he wasn't there the other times (the plane, the bread, Lola, the truck, the tsunami, the shooter, the post-Daniel fire, the lightning. And those are the times I remember he almost died) when Buck almost died (and in the case of lightning, he died) or got hurt and I want to see how he will feel about the person he likes (because love still seems too early, again, I want it to be treated with sensitivity, not rush) getting hurt . I want to see him going after Buck and being careful and having a sincere conversation about the first date (we don't know how long it took from the date to the call) and feelings, and then I want a kiss and Tommy taking care of Buck (because this man doesn't know how to take care of himself).

I think that's it, actually. Of course, I still want to freak out a lot more.

Another point not related to Buck is Ravi. I loved that he was back (even if just a little). First, I loved his curls. Second, I loved his interaction with Buck and Eddie and him having no idea what's going on. I really want Ravi to be a main character, I want focus on him and his story. Like, I can only imagine what it's like to live your childhood with cancer and then become a firefighter and his trauma with the pier (traumas don't end that easily). Anyway, I want to focus on Ravi and more of him with Chimney (I love the brothers' relationship). I also want him having a romantic interest in someone (May or Albert, please) and him being pan (even more unlikely, but I can dream.

And I love the headcanon that Ravi thought Buddie were divorced, or that they were a couple so I want to see his reaction to Buck with Tommy.

Bonus: I don't remember the script exactly, but there's also the apparent scene where Eddie tells Buck to call Tommy (I think). So two points, Tommy wasn't an idiot because then Eddie wouldn't tell Buck to call him. And Eddie supports the two of them - if you take it in the sense that Eddie is supporting knowing that it was a romantic date, not a guy date. Or encouraging a friend to make peace with another.

And I'm pan, and probably ace, and probably bi gender too, so I know a little about the community, in case anyone thinks I'm just another straight guy talking without having any idea what he's saying, you know.

And that. For now.

[talknerdytome18]

AGGGTM Pinterest fans stop being racist towards Zain Iqbal just because he isn't what you imagined. Contrary to your belief, Ravi isn't a 15 year old Pinterest model - he's 20 years old and looks like a regular guy.

Zain does not look 50 (I actually saw someone say that) and he'll be fine. If you don't like it, then don't watch - it's that fucking simple. Just say you expected a whitewashed version of him and fuck off.

[boilingcowboy]

I KNOW WHAT SCENE THAT IS I KNOW WHAT SCENE THAT IS I KNOE WHAT SCENE THAT IS I KNOW WHAT SCENE THAT IS I KNOW WHAT SCENE THAT IS I KNOW WHATS HAPPENING I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING (pretend I am jumping up and down like a ball for full effect)

[blablablabla-ur-mom]

Ok, I just read the part where Pip paints 'RAPIST I WILL GET YOU' on Max's house and....Chills literally fucking chills I don't know who this pip is but I love her and I cant wait to see what she does next.

[pippafitzamobisleftblueconverse]

I just thought yall should know that i met someone who despised ravi with a burning passion bcs hes “too happy” and apparently he had “no character development” (like wtf?), but had max as a fav character bcs his “character development was better” anyways go be pissed❤️

[thencomethecherryblossoms]

After reading the agggtm trilogy for the first time, I’m in dire need of books with south Asian leads

[mahi-wayy]

giffing veera raja veera for girl purposes (1/2)

[colonoscopys]

the rainbow color codes made me laugh seti was so real for that. also for chimney i totally expected some type of pink but the purple actually makes so much sense like the han family is just Purple personified

what type of drinks would everyone be because the 9-1-1 writers are boring! eddie diaz should be drinking fruity cocktails!!!

passed on your compliment seti wants to be your friend (but EYEM your best friend. thank you). also yeah han family is purple <3 im so sorry this took so long angel, it got pushed into my drafts

okay BEWARE. im not much of a drinker

bobby: this restaurant i went to one time had this triple fruit mocktail which reminds me of him. i think he collects several type of fruits (118), and if you were to metaphorically drink him he would have blackberry seeds that you could chew on. however, if he was a alcoholic drink he would be a shot of vodka with salt you lick off of someone's belly button and a lime you suck out of their mouth. for um. reasons i know

hen: amaretto sour. drink of all time some might say. sweet, a little citrus-y, isn't too overpowering. perfection. by the end of one you're so happy and joyous. i also think she could pull of being a mojito, because she reminds me of mint

chimney: espresso martini. need i say more. what's that andrew garfield quote "She came in and she… she was like a shot of espresso, she was like… being bathe in sunlight." Come on. Chimney Han except you had a little alcohol

eddie: seti said fireball that you put in hot chocolate (? maybe an irish coffee?) i've never had that but i believe her. EYE would say a buzzball, which i know, to some, is disgusting, but there are a few entertaining flavors. however the point is you can hold a buzzball in the palm of your hands and it fits like a wittle baby. but also if you drink more than three you will wake up somewhere. foreign and deadly. i COMPLETELY see your point on eddie drinking fruity cocktails though, because that is exactly what he would be ordering at the bar. i know he gets a little drink with like a salt rim and sits there licking that shit while turning his glass in a circle like a fucking idiot

buck: raspberry high noon. that's my girl i fear. he could also be a daquiri, but i think whenever he was bartending he would sit in the corner and squirt simple syrup into his mouth and shake his head like a dog.

[rxttenfish]

PLEASE tell us more about virina mishra im such a sucker for nextgens

OOPS FUCK I GOT DISTRACTED AGAIN AND FORGOR TO ANSWER THIS

virina!!! my beloved virina!!!! littlest froggy!!!

aaravi and miranda very much both wanted to actually, you know, have a family. its one of those things where you come from someplace so shitty and so terrible, that you just cannot imagine someone else going through that same thing, and you cannot bear the thought of making someone else go through the same thing. to be fair, they are both TERRIFIED of just repeating the past and ending up in the exact same loop that their parents did, terrified of just heaving back on the same generational trauma and wreck of a childhood, but there comes a point in being afraid of something where you just need to get rid of this fear. its too constant, its too forever, its too eternal. sitting through it and avoiding it isn't making it go away, and they already fucked up avoiding it by finding each other and loving each other, so dancing around the issue isn't helping. instead, what they mutually land on is just... a want to prove that fear wrong. a want to prove that fear wrong, to prove that they aren't doomed to be just a weapon and just a source of death in all its forms, that they can hold something in their hands and make it grow. best way to avoid repeating the past is to take responsibility by the leash, after all. they want to go back in time, to give themselves the childhood that they always missed, and the best way they figured to do that is to give that to someone else.

this is something that very much existed since their relationship started to get serious with each other, and something that's been in the background the entire time since, so its not like its a mystery or anything. if anything, they've been using this want as a motivation, as a need to keep going even at the worst of times. they will have this happy future. they will make it through this together. they will make it work. no more ifs, no more buts, no more doubt. stop living in the doubt and start acting as though their happy end is a foregone conclusion and something that they are going to have no matter what, give no room for fear or guilt or shame or depression or self hatred to sneak in. they will be happy. they will make someone else happy. they will be someplace safe, not just for themselves, but for their loved ones too. they will be good. they will be.

even after everything blows over (mainly from miranda's family, she is still crown princess and stepping away from that was never going to be an option they gave her), it still takes a few years for them to broach the topic of having a kid for-real. just to make sure everything's settled. just to make sure everything's safe.

they have virina later in life than some of their other friends or just in general, but they were planned and wanted for so long that the wait is worth it. the name, as i've mentioned, comes from aaravi. she knows her mom was a... complicated woman, she knows her own raising wasn't perfect and that there were things that she still cant fully forgive her mother for, but she had a hard life too. she too deserved better. despite it all, aaravi still loves her mom, despite despite despite. and so she does the best thing that she can to honor her mom, to honor her memory, to give her the life that she never had the same as aaravi herself, and gives it to virina. the mishra last name was a no-brainer already, miranda already look aaravi's last name and preferred being a mishra over a vanderbilt anyday.

years later, virina also earns the nickname of "froggy" - primarily because of their own love for the animal, constantly finding them and bringing them in from outside. likewise, miranda and aaravi decide to raise them genderless, and to let them decide for themselves how they want to be referred to when they're older.

virina doesn't really take much after either of their moms, though. mostly they're quiet, shy, keep to themselves. where both of their moms are brash and dominant, very confident in themselves and willing to bowl over quieter personalities, virina seldom speaks, and when they do, its soft-spoken. they get easily spooked and cry easily, especially when it comes to other people. they cling to their moms legs, hide behind them when other people come around, prefer the company of animals over other people, tend not to like new things or new people and greatly prefer sticking to their simple, easy routine. they just can't figure out other people, seemingly, not understanding them or how to make friends or even what's appropriate or not to say in a conversation.

this isn't to say they aren't deeply intelligent and curious. they quickly learn to love venturing outside with their moms, playing in the garden or chasing bugs and frogs. they come in with sticks and rocks, make mud potions, try to build things out of sticks and befriend birds. they prefer books over people, ending up much more of a bookworm than either of their moms ever were, and ends up a very big nerd as they get older. theyre close and affectionate with the friends they do make, but this is a small handful of their very most trusted, and they never get much better at figuring out social norms.

in time, they lean a little bit more towards the femme side of things, growing their hair out long and liking long, swishy skirts that they can spin and sway over and over, that doesnt cling too tight to their legs. they end up needing glasses, and end up picking a pair thats large and circular, making their eyes seem all the more owlish. they settle on they/she, but never have particularly strong opinions about gender regardless. they can be blunt and quick to frustration, especially if they feel people arent understanding them, and are forever going to be deeply embarrassed over how their moms dote on them. i very much see them getting intensely interested and starting to study either linguistics, literature, history, geology, or any biology that takes them closer to the marshes and wetlands that they love.

they never think very much about how one of their moms used to be a princess, heir to a kingdom. beyond an instance as a kid that ended with them dropping a training sword repeatedly and crying, they never get very interested in following the slayer line of work. they fuss over small stakes, have their moms grate on them sometimes in both of their old ways, and they live a normal life.

[aoifereal]

yayyyy i finished my aaravi/miri/wolfpack image. I think she would drag them both to disneyland and ask them to wear silly throuple's shirts and they would both oblige her

[cloysterbell]

Ooh, what’s your beef with izombie? I recently got into the show before it turned kinda mediocre so I’d love to hear another opinion on it!

Tl;dr - flanderization

So I started watching iZombie the day it premiered because I am nothing if not a Bradley James simp but also because the concept sounded fun. And initially it was! Liv fuckin ruled as a protag and the rest of the cast were also equally as weird and loveable (Peyton Charles my BELOVED). But the biggest thing here is that the mechanism of the show is that Liv had to solve a crime > Liv ate some of the brain of the victim > Liv took on personality quirks from said brain > Liv used those to solve the crime. The key here is quirks.

Now, this all went well for S1 where we got to see Rose McIver play all sorts of different Livs like a paintball instructor or a frat boy at a Halloween party, but the main thing here is that Liv still retained her own personality while hopped up on Brain Juice. She just became Liv-who-was-better-at-parkour or Liv-but-now-with-added-agoraphobia.

Fast forward to S3, which is around where I stopped watching. Now every time Liv ate a brain, she fully embodied the personality of the brain. She stopped being Liv plus a little extra and became soccer mom!Liv or newsanchor!Liv. She stopped having interests or passions as a result and became fully about trying to solve the next case and so she also stopped being interesting.

That and I simply Did Not Care for the anti-zombie military The Walking Dead-esque plotline that they leaned real hard into. It was so much better when it was a zombie crime procedural and not a show where anti-zombie extremists force the main characters to relocate to a literal zombie island??? Is that really how the series ends????

[maks-arts]

Sleeping in the cafeteria

(Click for better quality)

More about RPG OCs lol

The sleepyhead on the left is Raviel (Ravi), he's my OC for a Percy Jackson RPG.

The other one is my friend's character, his name is Admeto.

Little info. Ravi is 15 years old and is a demigod, he's the son of Hypnos, the god of sleep. He has a terrible sleep, always sleeping during the day but never at night, he's super introverted and shy, never talking to anyone and just living in his own world, literally. Ravi has control over his dreams and can induce himself to have lucid dreams where he dreams of his ideal life, with his mother, sister and father, he has been searching for his father his whole life.

A nature lover, he has always loved the flora of his home country, Brazil. He moved to the United States when he was 5 years old and has not yet gotten used to it. Well, in general, he's Brazilian and American.

Well, I better stop or I'll tell all his lore here lol

[escapes-definition]

i can't stop thinking about how this would have been such an INCREDIBLE finale for the show if ABC didn't pick it up,, THE PARALLELS,, all of them in danger and injured at the same time!!! it's so perfect and it's going to destroy me

also SPOILERS for the sneak peak,, but I'm trying so hard not to scream about that buck is ON TOP OF THE CRASH this time and not underneath a truck IM-

[lovingeddiediaz]

Did anyone else physically recoil when Eddie called Marisol???

I’m so sorry but I didn’t find Eddie’s cheering cute it was so cringy and uncomfortable to me idk

And literally the episode before Eddie couldn’t even tell Christopher that he was going out to meet women he told Chris he was running errands… how tf am I’m supposed to believe this shit lmao

I’m normally so chill and keep my expectations low when it comes to the writing on this show but godDAMMNN I haven’t been this disappointed in a hot minute

It would’ve been so much better with Eddie and buck remaining single at the end.