#i had so many issues with this fuckass show
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i'm judging everyone, especially self proclaimed mj fans, who says the 2nd act Thriller staging was amazing in mj the musical. i was pleasantly surprised that the first act only had a snippet of Thriller within a medley (which btw WBSS was great). that was nice. we all know Thriller, so referencing it almost in passing like that felt like a nice nod and good use of time. well that got completely undone by the 2nd act. which i thought was in horrible taste. why are we dragging this legend's corpse around like this. they thought they did something really significant with the themes there. they thought they came up with some artsy excuse to (over)use Thriller. 1. it was incoherent 2. even if you can justify it, i don't care, i thought it was way too dark (in a serious, unfun way) and disrespectful to michael
#the 'evil' version of the Dangerous album cover. awful#zombie michaels. awful. the role of the father. awful.#i had so many issues with this fuckass show#and another thing#in the act 1 Thriller segment they did some choreo that included some of Thee iconic choreo#i think they added in new choreo and changed things a little and that's fine whatever#people want to see the iconic choreography#especially if you're a fan of mj you wanna see THEE choreography#so it was nice that they did that#the 2nd act thriller didn't do any original choreo as far as i could tell#honestly i was distracted thinking about how bad what i was watching was. but i at least didn't notice any of the iconic stuff in that scene#and i do know the thriller choreo pretty well at this point#just. god. at intermission i had critiques but i was entertained and there was some stuff i liked#the 2nd act was pure nonsense. it was boring and i didn't really like what they did with the songs and dances#like why do Bad at all. if you're gonna do Smooth Criminal for god sakes hit the original choreo just ONCE#and put all the dancers in suits. are you stupid#plus some choreo was chronologically inaccurate. otw michael doing stuff from dangerous/history etc#AND THE J5 CHOREO MADE ME SO MAD. DO NOT INSULT MY BOYS LIKE THAT.#it was surprisingly repetitive simple and stupid looking#that aint right!!!!!#whatever. there were some good performances i mostly just take issue with the writing#also katharine singing I'll Be There to michael. hm. could it be that she's still alive so we're changing the narrative there...#the pills thing was way overdone. no one literally NO ONE gaf about the financial issues or the mtv crew omfg. who cares#it's like they didn't understand why people would go to an mj show. why people love him? it's the dancing and singing. that's it.#agghh i have more thoughts about this.
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i would adore something along the lines of this
leo thinking jonah's giving him the silent treatment, but quickly finds out Jonah's just not feeling good when Jonah throws up on him
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(this is my first ask with a sign off- so if this sign off is already taken just let me know)
Hi there! I think this was sent all the way back to the start of december, so I'm sorry about the wait! I hope you enjoy!
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Leo was proud of himself by how he had handled a nurse flirting with his fiancƩ. It was a well known thing, by Jonah and everyone else, that Leo was the crazy jealous sort, so the blonde was feeling extremely smug he hadn't given into the urge to bite the nurse's head off and had simply told Jonah to get in the car, throwing the nurse a dirty look so cold it might as well have given her frostbite.
Now, the issue was that Jonah looked upset. Which normally would've made Leo eyeroll, but given the circumstances, it made him feel incredible self conscious of his actions and a little hurt, "don't tell me you were enjoying it," the words were out of his mouth before he could say anything, "I mean, you must have, since you didn't shut that down immediately."
There it was, the crazy showing its ugly head. Leo stole a glance at Jon in the passenger seat and expected to meet a frown, but no, his boyfriend was still firmly looking out of the window.
He chewed on his next words, biting the inside of his cheek and trying to figure out if he should just let Jonah cool off or if Jon was even allowed to be pissed, because seriously? He was the one who let the nurse get all flirty in the first place!
"I wasn't even that mean," Leo opted for saying instead, squeezing the steering wheel and bouncing his leg nervously as they stopped at a red light, five minutes away from their building, "I could've told her she had no chances with that fuckass bob, for example."
He waited for Jon's amused snort, but it didn't come.
Leo pouted, now fully aware his fiancƩ was angry. That was just great. He drummed his fingers on the steering wheel, "I don't know why you're angry," Leo grumbled, then the light switched to green. Instead of answering him, Jonah only shuffled on his seat so he was fully facing away from Leo, turning his back at him.
"Wow," the blonde scoffed, just as they turned the corner of their street and he leaned out of his window to type the garage passcode, "silent treatment? Now, I'm getting offended. Because I told off some woman who was getting handsy with you? That's great."
He was itching for a fight, the silent treatment was one of the cruelest things Jonah could do, knowing Leo's mind was easy to spiral into self depreciation. His eyes stung and Leo inhaled sharply as he maneuvered his car into the parking spot right next to Jon's red BMW, "alright. Don't talk with me," he said loudly, opening the door as soon as he turned off the car, body filled with nervous energy, "fuck you too."
The blonde slammed his door shut and all but stomped towards the garage elevators. He expected Jonah to follow, pissed or not, simply because they were headed in the same direction. He expected a reaction as well, Jonah wasn't capable to keep silent treatment going for too long, he was too opinionated and arrogant for that.
Instead, as the elevator arrived with a ding! after Leo pressed the button four times too many, he looked over his shoulder and realized Jon was still inside the car. The elevator's doors opened and Leo hesitated, pacing like a caged animal.
He was furious and hurt by Jonah's behavior, but wasn't he coming up...? Was Jon just planning to sit in the car ignoring him until when...?
"Aren't you coming?" Leo asked loudly, taking two steps towards the car, a tone that he rarely used. He wasn't the type to yell, he was soft spoken and quiet, "Jonah?"
Something settled deep in his stomach, more powerful than the anger and the hurt, concern. Leo let out a long suffering sigh, mentally berating himself for his worry, and walked back to the car, circling it to be on the passenger's side. Jonah was hunched on himself, curled up, and that made Leo's worry spike up a notch.
There was being furious and there was whatever this was. He threw the passenger door open, "Jonah?" Leo squinted at him, trying to understand if his boyfriend was pissed, crying or something worse, like a vertigo episode, "enough is enough, talk to me."
A small noise answered him, like a choked up sob, but before Leo could ask the "are you okay?" already in his mouth, Jon pitched to the side, just in time to vomit out of the car... And spray it all over Leo's lap.
"WHAT THE- Jesus Christ, Jon, you couldn't have said-" Leo interrupted his involuntary response, grabbing his boyfriend by the shoulder as Jonah let out a groan and leaned further out, almost falling off, "oh angel, you're not well..." he let out a sigh, gagging as he felt the vomit wetness sink through his pants.
Jon probably felt Leo jerking with an empty heave, because he let out a pitiful sound, voice all drowsy, "sorry..."
"It's okay," Leo's voice was thick with nausea. He didn't get sympathy sick, but normally his lap didn't get covered in puke either, "it's alright, baby. Can you step out? Is this a vertigo episode?"
"Nuh-" Jonah gagged again, but now Leo was out of the line of fire. He cupped a hand over his boyfriend's forehead to support his head, fully expecting to identify a fever, but Jon was cold and clammy, "head..."
"Your head?" Leo frowned, rubbing his back with his free hand and trying not to think of how wet his lap felt, "do you have a migraine?" he thought of Luke, this looked similar enough, right?
"No-" Jonah pitched forward with a burp, bringing up another splash of vomit, then panted, micro tears running down the corners of his eyes, "fell."
"You fell?" Leo echoed, dumbfounded, "and you didn't say anything?!" his voice went up a notch, only for Jon to let out a pitiful whine and Leo to silently curse at himself, "we shouldn't have left the hospital if you're concussed, baby," he whispered.
"Mi-uuUrp-" He groaned, pressing his forehead to Leo's hand, "mild."
"Great," Leo pouted, feeling a stab of guilt. He had just been berating his mildly concussed boyfriend for the past 20 minutes. Shit, "are you done?"
"Yeah..." He sounded unsure, but Leo assumed this was the best he would get and wrapped an arm around Jonah's back, carefully tilting his hip away, since the last thing he wanted was to trigger his fiancƩs nausea with his own vomit. There was, probably, a particular circle of hell just for him.
Jonah stumbled as soon as he was upright, pressing a hand to his face and making a disgusted face, "I'm sorry-"
"I yelled at you while you were sick," Leo sighed, moving them slowly away from the disgusting puddle, "I guess I deserved that."
To his surprise his fiancƩ let out a little chuckle, then nodded, stumbling and almost bringing the two of them down, "maybe just a little."
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I hate mfs who infantlize Dean. "My lil babyyyy š„ŗ omg he was expected to raise Jack after Jack killed cas andā" DIE. DIE IN A PLANE CRASH.
DEAN IS A GROWN ASS MAN. yes he was sad about cas', yes he had the right to be upset but not at JACK?? it's so obvious it's not jacks fault your actually insane.
And babying an ABUSIVE man is insane. Yes I do love deans character but I can admit he was being toxic. Also there was way more going on than just cas??
Like his mf MOM was gone?? Crowley (a good ally) was gone, Kelly (an innocent person) was gone. Obviously cas was one of the few people he actually gaf about but OMFG.
THOSE destiel shippers just irck me. I myself fw destiel but not like this??
these are the same MFS that are like "Dean and cas' and their baby Jackš„ŗš„ŗš„ŗ" I DESPISE YOU. because no. Just no. Dean was NOT a father to jack. You know he he WAS a father too??? LITERALLY ANY OTHER KID IN THE SHOW. PICK ONE.
like you want destiel as dads?? Okay. Claire is right there pal. Because Jack is sastiels kid, and Claire is destiels and I STAND on that fact.
Idk how many fans there are like this but MANNNNN. this is why Tumblr is better than twitter/fuckass x. Tumblr algorithm save me. Save me Tumblr algorithm.
ONE MORE THING.
I hate when people see smth to do with deans bond w/ Sam and just THROW IT AWAY and give it to Dean and cas. LIKE NO. No. Dean and Sam are the MAINNNN mfs of this show. Sam and deans relationship is legit why everything happens. Not in a wincest way or anything but GODDDDD.
gang be so fr.
OR. OR. WHEN PEOPLE PRETEND CAS DOESN'T GAF ABOUT SAM. COME ONNNNNN. They were friends gang. Cas talking about how he won't let Sam self sacrifice and about how he understands him now after being human.
OR cas' happiness when sam comes back w/ his soul in s6?? He obviously cares about sam. Sure you can bring up the destiel confession like "oh but he loves Sam bc of Dean andā" stfu. They still care about each other. Tfw all care about each other and it's upsetting when people throw that away ā¹ļøā¹ļø
Anyways thanks for reading. Uhhhh goodbye to my tedtalk?? I feel like shit RN and idk what to do about it. LMAOOO
Kill myself?? <<<<< Rant about non important spn issue online!!
#spn#supernatural#i'm tweaking#sam winchester#dean winchester#sam and dean winchester#sam and dean#spn meta#castiel#jack deserves a happy life with kelly n castiel n sam n a not dick version of dean#destiel#sastiel#rant post#claire novak#(mentioned)#oli watches spn
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tagged by @desvoeux , thank you <3
last song: enemy- Imagine Dragons (arcane intro ver. it's good what do you want)
last book: got a start reading icebound in the arctic a couple of days ago because I wanted to look into crozier family history a little more. it's a great read so far I fucking love learning about my man.
last movie: sorry I'm going to use this category as a platform to talk a lot. Re-watched The Lion in Winter last night with my mom (it's one of her favorite movies of all time) and once again was blown away by it all and it makes Succession look like a fucking kiddie pool for family issues. also it has only just now connected with me that it's about fucking richard the lionheart which like. holy fucking shit this thing has so much historical precedent and weight and it's all just so fucking nuts. HE'S GAY!!!! I love it. also really funny that they made peter o'toole play henry ii TWICE (I adore Beckett btw.) but also I really wanna talk about this julie andrews christmas movie I watched the other night called "One Special Night" that she made in 1999 with James Garner (her co-star in victor victoria, btw) and it's basically a hallmark christmas movie but way fucking better because it's about old people problems and they're really fucking so sweet in it and it's so good on so many levels it's ridiculous I don't want to shut up about it. (this watch was brought to you by having re-watched the Eloise movies and then watching The Sound of Music and feeling extremely nostalgic about salzburg and missing it and wanting to go back. but also not being able to get the lonely goatheard out of my fucking head for 3 days straight. you're welcome)
last television show: started squid game 2. unfortunately I like it even though its cultural impact has a lot of problems. and I know that the people a the studio are going to suck about it and miss the point again but even worse this time bc it's parsing through new layers of subservience to capitalism this time. (also. Gong Yoo my beloved <3). but also I finished dune prophecy last night and I hate how much I want to be in a gay relationship with valya harkonen it makes me look so so stupid (look I've had a thing about emily watson since chernobyl ok? nobody @ me)
sweet/savoury/spicy: savory for sure
relationship status: blissfully unengaged thank you for asking (... š unless?)
last thing I looked up on the internet: one special night because I fucking forgor James Garner's name for a second ngl.
current obsession: other than... um... the obvious. a few things: The Leftist Cooks video essays on youtube which are genuinely. the most comprehensive and academically sound video essays on the entire platform and I'm serious about this. just wrapped up their representation matters/spiderverse video a few days ago and sarah and neil did a really good job of constructing a comprehensive argument that both reaffirmed and even in some places challenged some stuff that I already knew??? those guys just do a great job at it all. I've also been saving extant examples of ballgowns from the 1850's/1860's because I got my hands on some fancy material on discount for christmas and I'm going to make one so help me god. it's going to be snow queen themed. (stay tuned). also I await new adam savage raptor build updates with rapt and rabid glee.
looking forward to: getting my fuckass new glasses fixed because I am dying of the eyestrain that they are causing. but also. new magic wand got delivered today yaaaaaay š„°
no pressure tags: @prismatica-the-strange @roaming-thru-roses @your-mighty-words-astound-me @ashton-slashton @theboarsbride @brotherdusk @marshmallow--galaxies @spockvarietyhour @hamishlinklaters @sunlaire
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ok i'm insane in the brain thinking about rosie's place in the mota hockey au cuz. yk.
actually talked about this w @swifty-fox earlier tonight but i need this on my fuckass tumblr
i'm imagining that his career started pretty roughly--getting skipped over in the draft because he didn't hit his growth spurt at that point and his stats weren't good enough for teams to risk picking up a guy as small as him. he's doesn't have something as crazy as a 50 goal season with his USHL team or anything but he's a solid forward, yet all the teams see is him being 5'9" and way too light
he does get picked up in the third round, but it's by a team that already has a pretty good lineup, so he plays one or two games in the pre-season and gets sent down to the ahl affiliate for that entire first year. he's a pretty optimistic guy, so he's not particularly broken up about it--he makes friends with his teammates, he works on his game, he finally hits that growth spurt and puts on weight he was lacking to really afford to play in the NHL
eventually he does get called up in his second year, a couple times at that, but it's not nearly enough for him to get properly developed to play in the show. UNTIL the team gets so many injuries the management have no choice but to call him and a few other guys up to salvage the rest of that season. he kind of gets going on the third line, puts up a couple goals, puts up more than a couple assists, gains confidence, but it's clear there's no place in the lineup for him once the guys he's replacing go off LTIR--maybe he doesn't click with his lineys as smoothly as the front office hoped, maybe it's just harder for him to get used to the big boy league, especially thrown into the fray like that, but either way the management finds him lacking. at that point all the goodwill he's had is quickly running out and he is frustrated that they just won't let him play, won't even throw him a bone and put him on the fourth line
he gets placed on waivers and the expansion team (WHATEVER THE FUCK WE'RE CALLING THEM IN THIS AU. winnipeg fuckin jets) scoops him up bc their gm is smart like that and they see the potential in him, plus they need all the help they can get to fluff up the roster with solid guys. and he plays the second and third line at first, but then their coach (btw is it harding or?.. lol) mixes up the lines and rosie gets placed with buck and curt and boom it just fuckin clicks baby. it just fuckin works. he secures his place on first line that season
he's definitely putting up more assists than goals--he settles into his role of the playmaker and gets going, plus he seems like a total giver to me. like, his biggest issue is probably not shooting the damn puck enough. but he is where he needs to be for buck or curt or whoever it is that's wearing the right jersey to slam it home, and it's just good fuckin hockey
Also probably not a good chirper. he tries though. he tries. got into One fight in his entire career that he lost but boy he sure went down swinging. makes sure to keep contact with all his previous teammates he's befriended and goes out with them whenever the team comes to their city. nobody in the locker room lets him put on his music because he puts on shit like wes montgomery and herbie hancock
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i was visiting chicago last weekend and i walked around and found a comic shop. iāve been trying to find a place that sold archie sonic comics (becus iām a collector even of subjectively bad and not cannon media) and i happen to find a handful so i was super excited! i picked up 3 of them.
it was issue 30, 41, and the knuckles spin-off 14.
whatļæ½ļæ½s so special about this you may ask?
the first two are relatively normal. knuckles 14 however is the issue where charmyās friend (mello) gets a laced chili dog from a carnival stand and proceeds to overdose on LSD -oh iām sorry ālemon sundrop dandelionā- and dies (and then the chaotix eventually overdose too but live obviously)
i have watched way too many archie sonic youtube review videos and so when i realized that i had found that specific issue i almost lost my shit. i treated this like it was some rare collectors item that the world has never seen. i legit almost screamed. in reality this is just another horrible penderās story that was worth a whopping 4 dollars. but listen yāall THIS SHIT SHOW OF A COMIC IS SPECIAL TO ME IN A COMEDIC WAY OKAY ā¹ļøā¹ļøā¹ļø
i have yet to read it becus itās been a hectic week but when i do iām going to curl up by the fireplace, relax, and absolutely laugh my ass off.
OKAY NVM DID SOME RESEARCH AND APPARENTLY ITS A 3 PART COMIC AND THE SET UP (THE PLOT THAT I JUST DESCRIBED) WAS ACTUALLY IN 13 GODDAMIT thereās way too much lore to remember help me and why did this fuckass story have to go on for so long??? iām sure some kid in the 90s was just dying to know the ending of the LSD caper their parents definitely wouldnāt approve of them reading š
#sonic the hedgehog#archie sonic#ken penders is an asshole but his comics are pure comedic gold#sonic fandom#knuckles the echidna#knuckles comics#sonic#sonic comics#sth#fuck u ken penders#i really hate ken penders#iām sorry to my irl mutuals for being a nerd#iām glad this series was put out of its misery
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i agree that drew and fiona had way more chemistry than madison and rudyšš
jj and kie were just like thereā¦. if that makes sense?? like nothing about them gave couple. meanwhile rafe was on his knees with a ring for sofiašāāļø
also the whole riara thing is like not it lmfao, like madison said kiara would not be kiara if she was with rafe so if they really make a romantic connection happen between them not only would it ruin her character but it would not make sense imo
iām all for the partners in crime duo and going after revenge but for them to all of a sudden want each other in 1 season would throw the whole show off
rofia endgame or the writers will not know peace for the rest of their lives idkšāāļø
See that's the thing it's like the end of mockingiay where katniss says that she doesn't need the fire from Gale but needs peace that peeta gives. Rafe needs love from a normal woman who's been in love with them for nearly 2 years...not a heartbroken girl looking for revenge
Oh Jiaras are šclose to killing rudy Elaine and the pates so if they put rafe and kiara you will probably see the pates dead or something. I think what they meant by rafe and kies relationship being explored more is that they will find each other in violence and revenge. I'm so happy that kie gets to explore herself in the final season. I'm so fucking sick of rudys unprofessional ass ruining the entire show. So I want madison to get the attention full front and center. No men around her.
Also rafe might have hastily broke up with sofia but his ass is soo going to regret it. He has INSANE attachment issues and so he would want closure WHICH MEANS ANGST FOR US.
And also if anyone comes for sofia I won't hesitate to deck them cuz I'm sick and tired of everyone victim blaming sofia. Like sHe BeTrAyEd HeR BRO HE KILLED PEOPLE. And again a number one hypocrite cuz HE KNOWS that he has done bad shit yet broke up with her OVER THE PHONE. LIKE BE FUCKING RIGHT
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I feel like one of the pates really really like rofia and also the confirmation by the directors further confirmation that their story is not over.
Oh I will take a pitchfork and go rafe s2 on all of their asses if they come for my ship. So they better watch their asses.
Also the body doubles for the beach scene in MOROCCO CTFU. Meanwhile drew carrying fiona across the beach for the enduro scene YOU CANNOT MAKE THIS UP. Yea so clearly we can see a difference in chemistry.
If the obxanon is true (I don't trust them) then the dire nearly dry ass chemistry in ep 6 to ep 9 must be because ep10 was filmed first after it. So naturally mads was pissed at rudy but at the same time....they both should have been professional and atleast showed some chemistry even if jjs dying. Its the fan favourite ship, both the writers and mads and rudy atleast should have taken it to a higher level in the scenes if jj was going to die. But nope, they were acting like they didn't even know each other LMAO. Its just very very sad like jj is an amazing character and I'll say that rafe and jj are kinda cut from the same cloth so I would have loved to see how their relationship evolved. But that's the thing with these fuckass 10eps we see no emotional development between the characters. The main reason why rafe and sofia seems "weird" (by the way they are wrong and don't enjoy life enuff) is that the editors cut so many scenes that it feels disconnected.
But yea again I wish and wish I see rafe crying his ass off at the wedding with sofia wearing an insane wedding gown with Valerie as the flower girl and mads as one of the bridesmaids
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insane stream of consciousness ramblings of a madman desperately trying to rework the fuckass swapfell bros lore up ahead with so so so many incredibly beefy paragraphs turn back now or abandon hope all ye who enter here
ok so it's been building for a good minute/several years now but i think i kinda hate what i did with the grandpa gaster thing ngl. like its such a weirdly contrived and somehow overcomplicated yet extremely underdeveloped element that doesn't even have much reasoning for it other than "people thought i was talking about gaster so i ran with it"
swapfell bros' grandpa gaster who has been retired and working as a weapons dealer for at least over a decade but who faked his death for reasons very loosely POSSIBLY related to royal scientist shit (but we will never have time nor will i have the interest to delve into that At All) & went to live as an anonymous cryptic ferryman instead (which makes me have to figure out questions like "why were they raised by their grandpa instead of their parents?" and "who ARE their parents" and "how recently did the core thing even happen" and "why was the grandpa involved if he's been retired from being a scientist for over a decade" and "why would this not come off as a very obvious lie/coverup to either of his grandsons" and "why does he suddenly start acting like That as a ferryman" OR "if he was always like That why the hell are neither of his grandsons like That") sucks. this idea sucks you can tell wayyyyy too easily that i just pulled it out of my ass i hate it i hate it i hate it
would it be. too much of a change. to revive my original idea of making grandpa semi the one who raised them so that i can take gaster out of the grandparent role without having to make up some random nameless OCs that aren't connected to undertale even remotely, which is exactly what their parents would have been. and then because gaster is still available i can change him to a neglectful dadster who abandoned his kids & went into hiding because of the core incident soon after papyrus's birth. this only leaves the question of a hypothetical mother character but it's a bit easier to get away with not mentioning that one since most dadster fics don't anyway lmao, maybe she's just a surrogate or something idk
the change does still cause some Problems for me in terms of an arc way in the future where The Grandpa IS meant to show up and interact with characters and i would absolutely prefer for a role with this level of influence to be Gaster instead of some guy i stole the name of & made up the rest- meaning i also want that fucker dead For Real instead of the weird faked death thing. but replacing those scenes with dadster, who Fluff literally would not remember or have any connection to at all, would have. significantly less teeth to it lmao
and i could MAYBE have gaster "disappear" when Fluff is a little older and it would at least give some more basis to his abandonment issues (even tho those don't become overtly relevant til the ending of the main story + some of his epilogue arc and by then will be VERY JUSTIFIED even without dadster) but then that would spring up some problems of fluff believing that his grandpa's behavior is completely normal and not abusive, because it's literally the only type of parenting he's ever had. if gaster sticks around long enough for fluff to remember him and connect with him, obviously he would know forms of parenting outside of the strict discipline of his grandpa and it wouldn't really work as well imo
i wouldn't wanna make dadster outright cruel & physically/verbally abusive like the grandfather, probably just really fucking neglectful so that i can still attribute karma's size to stunted growth from malnourishment. maybe a SEVERE workaholic plus functional alcoholic with a side of a lil somethin else to keep him away from home for days at a time. making him also abusive would just feel like i'm writing the same shitty character twice and would probably come off as boring at best and trauma porn at worst and i'm already still annoyed about the borderline cartoonish way i wrote fell sans in self hatred so i gotta redeem myself
plus ngl i do kinda like the idea of fluff and dadster turning out to be very similar in terms of emotional distance/immaturity & substance abuse despite never knowing each other because they're both raised by the same shitty guy. and karma is only able to avoid being in the same spot because he WAS raised by gaster for more than long enough to remember and act out when he leaves, & then still skipped dealing with the grandpa for too long because of how young he is when he's kicked out to become essentially a ward of the state
SO. my options would be to rework that specific arc from almost the ground up OR cut it out entirely which is honestly almost tempting IF it wouldn't be. a lot of scenes & developments for me to cut out lmao. some of which are actually pretty fucking important considering they all lead up to russ no longer being able to avoid talking about how he left his universe and where all his worldhopping abilities came from. that's a little too big of a reveal to cut maybe
ugh. blugh. blagh. smashing all of these stupid purple skeletons with a large wooden mallet like whack a mole
#fucking. shakes them#WHY DO YOU REFUSE TO WORK AND FIT SMOOTHLY WITH ALL OF THE IDEAS AND STORY BEATS I'VE BEEN BUILDING FOR YOU SINCE I WAS 14!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#THIS IS WHY MOST SKELETONS ARE MYSTERIOUSLY ORPHANED IN ALL FICS EVER ITS SO ANNOYING MAINTAINING FAMILY SHIT WITHOUT HANDPLATES. AAAUGH#no i CANT do the ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½they're from The Labā copout because thats not interesting enough and i want swapfell to have a Lot of skeletons#at least a lot compared to other universes. they are Well populated they just mostly live in new home so u dont see them much outside of it#a little bit so that i can make a probably bad maybe slightly meta joke in fluff's intro fic but shhh#not to mention i already have 2 other Lab Skeletons anyway. they cant all be test tube babies here some of em need an actual backstory#sighs. i hate this au. *keeps building it for no reason and adding worldbuilding that will probably never show up in any relevant context*
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the big G in the sky knew I'd be much too mighty if I had claws and fangs as a physical motif for my weird obsession with humanity's fancy new-fangled ways to brutally kill each other being very ingrained in my mind as a means to distract myself from my emotions and how it's become a way to express them despite this especially around my friends and of course leaves me wondering about the morality behind an obsession such as this and whether or not this is healthy at all for anyone least of all someone with a history of serious anger problems and a lot of beef with the world at large considering how much I feel as though I have been brainwashed by my parents, teachers and the myth of americana and if this arms obsession is a product of that and maybe that's why I feel like I'm a bad person sometimes but also I don't feel safe doing that because that would be agreeing with my mother who probably thinks that if I don't hold as many of her beliefs and live as close a life to hers as feasible then she won't go to heaven and how I can't complain about anything because she put me in this world and she can take me out which she always said in jest but knowing my anger issues stem from her I worry she could actually be liable to really do that should she find out about this whole shtick and also very frustrated that if she doesn't do that (not attempting murder being much more likely) I will have the perfect opportunity to confront her about things she said and her mother said and her shitass halfassed 'apology(?)' on her behalf but I cant be too mean grandma died very recently and if I press about stuff mumsy dearest herself said she'll just deny it. just be like 'oh I dont remember saying that so everything is better now because your rage is unfounded because your trauma doesnt exist arent you so relieved?' no you fuckass bitch take your own advice that you raised me on and admit to what you did ffs how else do you expect me to forgive you even slightly. oohooh or she'll pull her favorite move, where she mocks my actual genuine emotions because she thinks I'm doing it just to get her to pity me which DEFINITELY HAS NOT RESULTED IN A GREAT DIFFICULTY IN BEING ABLE TO GAUGE MY EMOTIONAL STATE OR EVEN SO MUCH AS WHAT THE HELL IS GOING THROUGH MY OWN GODDAMN HEAD HALF THE FUCKING TIME, BUT IF THAT'S NOT WHAT CAUSED IT OH GOLLY FUCKING GEE HOW IT VEXES ME SO
"hey why don't you like hanging out with us?"
*we're watching a tv show. an older black lady is in the hospital after exuding very serious symptoms and fainting at a farmers market and who I presume is her daughter (I don't watch this show on my own time so idk) is at her bedside and this character is a med student. the emergency room doctor says something about web md to suggest incompetence and petty fretting over nothing when the show had clear scenes and depictions of the aforementioned symptoms of what is later revealed to be a very serious heart condition. the real world problems poc face when it comes to healthcare are explicitly discussed amongst characters in this episode. the need for poc autonomy surrounding their healthcare is also explicitly stated by the daughter of the older black lady with the heart condition (I'm sorry I don't have names here I genuinely cannot remember them at all because I dont really watch this show, the show in question being 9-1-1 I think)*
'no i dont think it was a race thing tho'
*my brothers and I had been discussing the many ways marvel movies had jumped the shark*
'yeah and im also sick of all that woke crap' (she knows I'm bisexual btw just not about being genderfluid yet)
*grandma hadn't died yet (I believe this was in around october(?)) and had gotten talking about book bans and mentioned The 57 Bus, a book about a real agender highschooler who was burnt alive on a public bus for being queer by a guy who was pressured into it*
'oh but they had gay employees and were really nice to them' (at some point my (great?)grandparents owned a country club)
"idk ig I just like screwing around on my phone"
dad's a tesla driver and would prolly lick elon's boots until they were clean enough to double as mirrors and also made me spend more time than is generally considered useful learning vba and microsoft access (not entirely useless skills tbh but not very helpful because who uses either in the year of our lord that will pay me anything worth a fuck in an Economyā¢ that is so fucked I don't need to elaborate any more on just how fucked it is rn) oh yeah and as is Freedom-Loving American Tradition he spent more of my childhood at work, sometimes in an entirely different country for said job which is why my parents worry about my bond (or lack thereof) with my dad all the time and yet both refuse to acknowledge that having to work in order to be worth being kept alive is what caused this and can you believe that I made the realization about this part specifically because of the phone guy save button Ness/Ninten's dad in the Motherā¢ Seriesā¢? (on a tangentially related note, official english localized Mother 3 when?)
fr when I'm in that house every bone in my body is telling me I shoulda ran when I was like 10 and never looked back and I know people have had worse than this with their parents but this isn't about them and for that I am sorry but I can't speak for them nor do I wish to downplay my problems
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honestly, i haven't seen anyone accuse mx of this so idk why mbbs are inserting themselves in this issue. anyway, there where some names dropped (fuckass bfree and bobby for example), as well as the projects kpop stans were creating to ruin bts' image like#breakthewings project started by lovely exols. another thing that bothers me is that it IS pretty clear who the bullies are, because, over the past years, multiple celebrities, idols inculded, have admitted to treating the group badly when they were rookies. suju members, especially bastard shindong mentioned yelling at them and mistreating them few times when bts were teens and yet kpop fans are still saying the stories are made up and defending them? there is also many idols confirming that bts were often not given their own rooms at award shows and had to do make up and practice choreographies in the corridors, yet again, people ignore those statements and say it's just 'made up sob stories'. idk for someone who has been an army for quite a while much of this isn't any news, since boys have been talking about their issues, just noone but army listened
BOBBY??? suju members I am not shocked about & I seriously with all my heart and soul need them to disband but Bobby??? wow
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Lets fucking break this down.
"But why don't we think about it from Simon's perspective?" Why? Why on earth should we take this case of 5 teenage (4 underage) boys being overworked and used for their talent, shot into global fame young, left with mental health and addiction problems, at the hand of this millionaire old man, and consider Simon's perspective? How can you look at a case of 5 boys being abused and think "but what about the abuser? what was HE thinking?"
"Hes an entrepeneur, taking every chance to make the most money" THERE! You admit Simon is a greedy capitalist pig who was looking for ways to make the most money, even if it meant using children with lots of talent to skyrocket his own wallet. How can you say later in the post that Simon "cared about the boys" when he only ever cared about money? He wouldn't let them take proper breaks, they barely SLEPT during the years the band was together, Niall needed a knee surgery he didn't get, Zayn developed an ED just to control SOMETHING about his life, Liam's addiction issues are 100% because of how he was handled in the band. Simon isn't an "entrepeneur" he's a greedy old man who built his pathetic career off using and hurting people. 1D was his best shining example of that module.
The amount of albums and tours those boys put out during those 5 years was NOT normal and no amount of worldwide fame makes it okay. Them becoming famous DOES NOT MAKE IT OKAY. Do you remember being 16, 17, 18? Most grown men can't handle the schedule those children had, and you don't see any of the boys mimicking their band schedule in their solo careers. Once they went solo, they took longer to write songs that actually MEANT something to them, to plan tours at their own pace with enough breaks to be rested and ready for their next project.
Many artists are worldwide famous, many even more famous than 1D. None of them had the schedule 1D had. Being overworked as teenagers was NOT excused by the fame they achieved. They could have reached that level of fame with a better schedule and better care. I firmly believe they would have been MORE famous and lasted longer as a band if they HADN'T been so pump-and-dumped by Syco. Also, in case you forgot, 1D LOST X-Factor. They didn't even win Simon's fuckass show. They became famous ANYWAY, because people LIKED them. Without Simon, Syco, or X-Factor, sure, things would be *different*, but they'd almost certainly be *better.* Those boys, now men, would be happier. Liam might be alive.
There's a laundry list of people to blame for Liam's death, the industry as a whole and the capitalist system among them. Liam was a 31 year old talented man with a whole life ahead of him. He had so much love to give the world. Just because he metaphorically pulled the trigger doesn't erase the people who metaphorically loaded that gun over the years and pushed him to bring it to his head. There are non-famous examples of cases like this, where someone is pushed to suicide by someone else. Just because they killed themself doesn't erase the person who caused it. And no, Simon didn't solely cause Liam's death, but him and his company, and how he handled 1D, played a MAJOR part in Liam's addiction and his untimely death. To ignore that is to be willfully ignorant, and to suck the industry's dick, to be straight with you.
"Simon loved those lads when they weren't in working relationships." No he didn't. I don't care if he cried at Liam's funeral. I don't care if HE thinks he loved them. What he did to One Direction is not how you show love. Overworking and using teenagers for everything they can give for more millions is NOT love. If the CEO of your company made you work the way those boys worked, nonstop, and you developed lasting problems for the rest of your life, only to die at 31, would you want people saying "but their CEO loved them"?
Terrible post OP, absolutely garbage take. YOU need to think logically. Stop trying to play devil's advocate for a rich man who saw and took the quickest chance to use 5 babies.
Itās been a month so Iād like to talk about something. Simon Cowell gets so much hate since the hiatus of one direction and so so much allegations as well, in which I totally can see where theyāre coming from.
But why do directioners never really thought about the entire thing from Simonās perspective?
Heās an entrepreneur, and an entrepreneur is taking every single chance to make the most money off of the opportunity. One direction was his chance. I may be lame and cheeky on this, but if I was Simon I would do the same thing as he did to the lads such as making them to create as much songs as possible, work overtime etc.
āSimon is a businessman, not a charity.ā
If Simon didnāt push the 5 young lads to their limits, yes they may be still together, or Liam may still be alive now. But would they ever be THIS big? No. Absolutely not, not even a chance, not even close.
Without Simon, one direction wouldnāt even have THIS fan base in 5 years. Wouldnāt have 5 studio albums out, wouldnāt have 3 world tours sold out within minutes.
Indeed nicole was the actual mother who gave birth to 1D, but without Simon they wouldāve been NO WHERE ON THE TOP of the music history.
Iām not saying that I agree with Simonās actions, but Iām saying that thereās NO ONE. Absolutely no one left to blame for Liamās death BUT Liam Payne himself.
Also without a doubt, Simon absolutely loved the 5 young lads when theyāre not in working relationships.
PLEASE. think LOGICALLY, not GENEROUSLY.
-thrucigarette.
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what are your opinions on the quinx as characters?
I LOVE THE QUINX! I think that they started off as such amazing characters but, like everything else in this fuckass show, got their stories cut short to an unsatisfying conclusion. Had I written their stories, I would have done some things different, but in all thereās so much to go on with them. Specifically, that each of them represent a way that the CCG indoctrinates new members
First thereās Urie, representing those taken in after a family member in the CCG is killed in a ghoul related trauma. He is one of many people who have a sort of ghoul killing lineage. His father fought, then died, then he was taken in my people who echoed back to him that it was ghouls and their evil that killed him to keep him under their thumb, and it worked. Urie is shut off, simultaneously craving and rejecting belonging. Heās been raised in the idea that climbing ranks and killing ghouls is the best thing, thatās the best way to do good, itās the best way to be good. I love this basis, and if I could change his story, I would have had it focus more of the other quinx bringing him out of his shell sooner
Then thereās Saiko, representing those coerced by teachers and parents to take dangerous positions they donāt want. The CCG can afford to incentivize parents to push jobs onto their children and it gets them more exploitable employees. Saiko never had a choice, she was made into a quinx under pressure and then trapped in her job. She never wanted to be there, but by the time she could stand up for herself it was too late. If I could change her story, I would have her work against the CCG, sabotaging them in any act of revenge she can reach and trying to dismantle their schools. She would have made an amazing revolutionary
Next thereās Ginshi, It should come as no surprise that I LOVE HIM. Ginshi represents those orphaned and in poverty who canāt afford to give up the CCGās offers. First he lost his mother, then his father, then his sister got irreversibly ill. He was just a child, and he didnāt know what to do, so along came these adults who tell him that if he goes to their school under their custody and takes their job, theyāll take care of it. He didnāt know what he was getting into, only that this is the only help he has and thereās no one left in his life that isnāt telling him to do it. He became a quinx because he needed the money, healthcare, and housing, but unintentionally signed up to commit horrifying murders. He even understood it in the end, he was so close to getting that he was horribly wronged, but was killed off. If I could change his story, Iād have him live, and live to realize how the CCG had exploited and lied to him. Ginshi would be the first to reach out to ghouls, because maybe they have answers as to why the doves would do this, and he would learn just how awful the organization is. He of all people deserves to destroy that place
Finally, Mutsuki, the one done dirtiest of them all. He represents those exploited for social issues and mental illnesses that leave them vulnerable. He had a horrific origin, severe trauma and mental illness, and was a trans kid with no support. Combine all these things and you get a boy so vulnerable that he can pretty much be shaped into whatever they want under the guise of help, and have his wishes overriden with the argument that heās insane if he ever protests. They never offered him any psychiatric care, never offered him decent transitioning care, only a job that they say will make people love him if he follows all their orders. They did the same to Juuzou, so itās not like this is anything new. After that thereās the whole shitshow of racism and transphobia that befalls him, so this poor dude has a lot Iād do differently. For starters, NOT FUCKING THAT. Secondly, Iād have him reach out to the other quinx with his worries and whatās happened to him, and for the first time receive real support and assurance that what happened to him wasnāt okay. He isnāt crazy, it was really as bad as he remembers it, and it never should have happened. It should be changed so it can never happen again
In all, I love the quinx, but I wish they had very different endings. They deserve to be a family who are alive, together, and given closure
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okay in reddie whos the an and whos the sb?
okay i had no idea this was even up for debate but i have opinions and here they are:
letās say weāre working directly off of the definitions given in the original niche post, so:
a sweaterboy āis stable [and] settled. the sweaterboy lives within a familiar pattern, and is, in all likelihood, highly competent at what they do. but is the sweaterboy happy? fuck no, dude! [...] the sweaterboy thinks that this is what relationships ā of any kind ā should look like: giving and giving and giving, and never actually asking for what they want. Because that would be selfish. the sweaterboy would never want to burden anyone; the sweaterboy, deep down, fears very much that they are a burdenā
an absolute nightmare āis someone who has entirely rejected the task of trying to conform to societal norms. they know they donāt fit in. they know theyāre not like everybody else. and while they are outwardly bold and defiant and confident, theyāre often very lonely. they internalize their issues; they may be mistaken for aloof and uncaring when, in fact, they have big feelingsā
letās discuss the book evidence. we have:
eddie āneeded to be protected from his own dim intimations of possible braveryā kaspbrak. lives under his momās thumb for years and years because heās been taught to fear what will happen if he steps out of line even a little! his internal fear of being different, which i would argue is heavily mapped to his sexuality, is externalized in his fear of disease and especially in his fear of sexually-transmitted infection. he tries being a regular straight dude with a wife and a nine to five that he excels at but heās deeply unhappy with it! heās replicating what he knows as normalcy (i.e. maladaptive relationship patterns from his childhood) in a desperate attempt to conform which is some CLASSIC sweaterboy bullshit. eddie isnāt your conventional sweaterboy because his definition of what the aspirational norm looks like is so deeply colored by his hypochondria, so as readers we still register him as abnormal, but in his own way heās trying to live the lifestyle that was prescribed for him that he associates with his mother (fearful, straight, cautious).
i think the thing that hammers this home the most for me is book Eddieās relationship with surveillance and being watched. the book repeatedly makes the point that eddieās personality and self-image are directly contingent on being watched, and whoās doing it. the text makes the argument that eddie when heās being watched by his friends, or when heās alone, is fundamentally different from eddie being watched by people who enact violent mechanisms of social control (e.g. bullies who beat him up for not conforming, or his mother who inflicts medicalized violence on him whenever he steps out of line). we get a pretty unambiguous statement of this in the flashback where eddie remembers his gym teacher having an argument with his mother:
āi have the results of eddieās last physical on file [ā¦] it says that eddie is a little small for his age, but otherwise heās absolutely normal [ā¦] he loves to play games, and he runs quite fast [ā¦] when thereās nobody around to remind him of how delicate he isā
basically, eddie lives with this constant awareness of how authority figures in his life want him to be, and he conforms when theyāre watching him, for the most part. this is how he can be totally capable of the same physical activities as other children and still buy into his motherās insistence that heās delicate and constantly ill; he has internalized that surveillance until itās unconscious/second nature to replicate the behavior thatās expected of him. we also see this focus on surveillance when eddie talks about how he loves bill because he never calls him homophobic slurs, the implication being that other boys their age do. with his friends, eddie can let go of that internal voyeur that watches and polices his actions to make sure that heās not behaving in a way that might invite unwanted negative attention. you actually see little flashes of this in the scene where ben meets eddie and bill and eddie has a bloody nose from talking back to some bullies! eddie by himself or with his friends is a brave little motherfucker in a world thatās determined to make him afraid (of himself, of the consequences of abnormality, of his sexuality)! i love him so much! but anyway!
basically, eddie spends his entire childhood and most of his adult life trying to bend himself into a shape thatās as small and unassuming and inoffensive as possible. he associates any deviation from the norm with sickness and lives in fear of what it would mean to be different in any way. stephen king literally doesnāt deserve rights but his scene of eddie cataloguing and packing the contents of his medicine cabinet after mike calls him? thatās a goddamned fucking portrait of the iron fist with which many deeply closeted gays try to control their lives. iām not a hypochondriac but the worst years for my ocd happened when i was trying my hardest to avoid coming out to myself. the mechanism of control varies, but it all comes down to a desperate conviction that something unspeakably terrible will happen if you donāt enact all these horribly specific rituals to protect yourself. eddieās mechanisms are pills and his inhaler and his marriage and iām literally going to stop bleeding myself dry writing this oh my god i projected a little too hard there sorry.
anyway: richie āsometimes enchanting, often exhausting charmā tozier. gets beat up constantly because he canNOT stop himself from saying every fuckass thing that comes to his head! heās whipsmart and observant as fuck and canāt keep it to himself and that gets him singled out by the bullies! i donāt have the exact quote but roll the clip of the part where it talks about richieās face begging to be bent into new and interesting shapes by bullies ANYWAY. richie is someone who knows he doesnāt fit in and has given up on the task of pretending to! sometimes heās charming and funny! sometimes heās exhausting and weird as shit! but thatās absolute nightmarism babey!
the thing that really gets me about richie is that heās subject to exactly the same normative surveillance as eddie and he canNOT keep himself from telling his audience to fuck off! we see flashes of this when richie hesitates before touching bill for fear that someone might see them and subject them to homophobic harassment. but he touches him anyway! yeah he looks surreptitiously but he touches him anyway! like richie is guided by feelings of deep love and devotion to his friends and he canāt help but express that and wow iām getting emotional about richie too anyway!
richie as an adult is someone who is weird as shit for attention, but itās a performance that deflects from his issues being emotionally vulnerable, which is classic AN. the movie got this so right with the part where richie admits he threw up after mike called him, and then tells the other losers heās glad that theyāre there together. like, everyone is shocked because this is a moment of deep vulnerability and sincerity from someone whoās performatively larger than life in order to keep people at a distance. the 2017 movie gives us this with richie deflecting the conversation about their fears by asking stan if the woman from the painting was hot, and again when he says that his biggest fear is clowns, a claim that is NOT borne out by what he sees inside niebolt. richie is, in short, someone whoās comfortable with attention but NOT with scrutiny; he isnāt ready to be seen with all of his vulnerabilities on display, so he puts on a show for people to look at instead. thatās the core of absolute nightmarism. itās a committed performance of weirdness thatās intended to telegraph invulnerability, but a tightly controlled one thatās meant to ensure that people only look where you want them to. itās a magic act that shows you something shiny so you wonāt glance at where the soft spots are hidden. eddie wants you to look away because thereās nothing to see here, richie wants you to look but only at what he shows you.
i think the thing that cements it for me is the book content about richieās nicknames for eddie. richie is SUPER demonstrative with eddie and is constantly calling him goofy nicknames and telling him heās cute. but we get that great quote about how eddie hated being called eds, but sort of liked it too, because it was like a secret identity. thatās the core of the dynamic, imo. the absolute nightmare helps draw the sweaterboy out of their devotion to normalcy and emboldens them to be the version of themselves that they are without the outside pressures of authority and heteronormativity and whatever. the dynamic is book eddie wanting to be the person he is with his friends, the eds of it all, and itās also book eddie fighting off a panic attack because he has to be brave when the losers need him, and itās also movie eddie directly attacking pennywise because heās been reminded of his own ādim intimations of possible braveryā like! i could go on but this is so fucking long anyway yes i think eddie is the SB and richie is the AN now roll the clip of the part where richie asks eddie if he knows what fucking is and eddie is like OF COURSE I DO and the text is like āhe hoped he wasnāt blushingā like thatās the dynamic babe
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I've only been into comics for a few years, but I've read enough of the old Flash stuff where I adore the classic incarnations of the Rogues. Honestly curious here: what's it like to be a fan of James Jesse back when he was retgonned around 10 years ago and see him brought back but now all mwahaha crazy evil? I'm way more used to Axel (and all that off-panel character development in Nu52, thanks DC) but even I find this kinda weird. Was James ever crazy evil in any arc?
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^- me 90% of the time someone says James is coming back to recent media & itās not a direct continuation of the comics prior to 2004
[ Warning: this is gonna get long and be full of a lot of assumptions. I can never form solid statements and things will get jumbled, because I suck at presenting things ]
[ this is my can of worms hill and you opened it so Iām dYING HERE ]
I mean, back in the earliest ages, no Rogue had a real personality to speak of? They were just ā1960s Bad Guy in a different outfitā at the very start, with quirks! Like James having a thing for toys and nuclear powered flying tricycles. It wasnāt until that era ended that they started getting real distinct and into what a lot of āclassicā James fans loved and appreciated?
(I think at least, Iām just One Person here pretending like I even understand HALF of what the āclassicā fandom enjoyed. Iām wildly speculating just going off what fanworks Iāve seen produced.)
(I donāt have all my scans anymore but Iāll toss in scans when I have them)
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But thatās when we started getting things like James actually having specified friendships with certain people
or clear distaste towards others, and when you could tell he was more of a wild card than the others. Or when he decided to fuck off and hang out in Hollywood with Blue Devil for a bit, even siding with Kid Devil to deck out Captain Boomerang.
Or when he decided to fuck off to Gotham, to mess with Catwoman by pretending he didnāt know who she was, but absolutely knew who she was because of how she walked and carried herself, but James being James was like āmmmmm long con, nopeā
hey lil Cold, gimme all ur guns and donāt question why Iām in drag xoxo
Even then, he wasnāt shown to be vicious yet! Heād hopped around various places, was still considered A Rogue, A Criminal, and as far as any comic reader could tell by trying to count up how many civilians may have been crossfired at, he had no On Purpose deaths racked? Like, the only thing you could really argue was he may have made someone drive their car off a cliff once, but Iām like 98% sure theyāre fine. Heās not a murderer, heās just here for a laugh and a long-con for funsies because he know he can get away with it!
AND THEN WE GET A LITTLE OLDER, LITTLE DARKER
[ IāM PUTTING A CUT HERE CAUSE AFTER I THREW IT INTO DRAFTS, I REALIZED I GOT REALLY LONG, IāM SORRY IF MY LAYOUT SUCKS ASS FOR THIS. ]
little more 90s Hair. Little more 90s stereotypical āBut what if EVERYONE WENT TO HELLā demon plots against Satanic Hockey Hair Neron. And James? still wasnāt evil? He was a little dismissive when everyone ELSE died sure but he still in the end turned around like ānghgng Iām THE ONLY ONEā, purposely got his ass down there, regretted it, and then beat Neron at his own game to save the entire fucking world. Because! He could! And he did it so well. STILL NOT EVIL, even when he had a chance right then and there to take over everything alongside Neron should he so desire. Like, two words, maybe some under the table BJs depending on how you feel about that pairing (I donāt), and bam. He wouldāve bested nearly any other villain in the DCU save like, Satan himself. Or i guess one of those world destroyers. But weāll get back around to those BOY HOWDY WE WILL GET AROUND TO THOSE.
So James! Saves! The world! Sorta! Later they fight Neron again and his kid he somehow had somewhere down the road (it sounds like Iām complaining, iām not, I love Billy and Mindy both I just wish they showed up likeā¦ ever again?) and he sTILL SAVES EVERYONE.
Piper helps by their 90s ponytails combined.
Somewhere around here, because dates and timing arenāt my strong suit, he also goes and messes with Bart for a bit. Itās pretty much a Spy Vs Spy episode, but with less bloodshed.
ANYWAY ITāS AFTER THIS POINT THAT THINGS GETā¦ where I think the majority of āJames is a Low Rate Jokerā comes from?
For some unknown goddamn reason, in between issues (James wasnāt a Super Frequent Rogue? Heād show up, sure, but in the huge run of the series heād just kind of vanish for 20 issues at a time and youād go āwelp, guess heās still aliveā) James went super-cop? like, the FBI? For some reason? Hired James āI am a probably still wanted felon, a man who has escaped jail numerous times, probably never served a full sentence, known Trickster and liarā Jesse. to the FBI. And for so many issues itās like he legit just. Did this. He threatens to shoot Piper who he was up until this very moment, considerably very close friends with (as far as comics would show Rogue/Rogue friendships), unwilling to help his friend clearly framed for murder of his parents and losing his mind by the day. Despite James talking Hart down a little on the whole āTHE MAYOR IS ROSCOE ADN NOBODY BELIEVES MEEEEEEEEā thing.
Also he steals Diggerās dead ass corpse?
FBI James is a fucking enigma. Here he is standing up for Gay Rights even though Piper is like āmm maybe I should forgive my abuser??ā
BUT. AFTER THIS? WE GET COUNTDOWN WHICH IS JUST. Countdown is. ITās a problem. Jamesās personality is IMMEDIATELY HORRIBLY u-turned into āwell we need SOMEONE to be the Bad Guy to Piperās Good!ā DESPITE. ALL THESE YEARS OF COMICS.This is the shit youāll see people who donāt know better or just want a reason to hate the Trickster (despite being 100% okay for them to just say heās annoying/they donāt like his tights/acrobats are stupid) reference. James is, suddenly, very abruptly, a homophobe. Like an āew donāt touch meā level homophobe because Iām pretty sure DC snorts cocaine and threw a dart at a board for āhow could they make these two fightā and landed on GAY RIGHTS IS TRENDING.
BUTSTILL IN THE FUCKING END OF ALL OF THIS?After so many issues of James being a complete fuckass prick?
springboards himself from his current job of being railroad face putty to catching bullets to make sure Piper wasnāt gonna die. Without knowing the proceedings of this entire plotline, James out of nowhere after so much gaybashing, still finds it in him to leap into the path of multiple bullets and save Piper. Because, yknow, heās evil!
Later itās shown heās been working to take everyone down (yāknow, like when he was in the FBI) and left Piper specific helpful notes to do it himself. Because Evil Bad Guy! Helping his gone-good friend! Take down bad guys!
DC I STILL HAVE SO MANY GODDMAN QUESTOINgsd
But yeah thatās. Thatās where we last saw James. in 2007, dead, after saving Piper when he could have easily pulled a Joker and ripped HIM down to take hte bullets and etcetc, yāknow. Something a Very Bad Person wouldāve done, like the characterization weāve seen now.
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His ghost (easily argued as Piperās own mental construction of James sassing him) sasses Hartley to even, in his mental state, saw off Jamesās hand so Piper doesnāt have to lug his weight around and has a fighting chance at living. And in the end, when Piperās fighting the thing that can destroy the fucking world, itās shown only Piper was the one who could save them? Because his flute, and his musical ability, and [enter DC comic science here]. You could argue this was James, once again, somehow knowing the long-con at play here, getting screwed over at EVERY turn, and sacrificing himself so they āgoodā team had a fighting chance.You could also argue this is me losing my mind trying to make sense of the things they made James do. (my running argument is he was purposely a prick to push Piper away, so he could keep him safe)
Also Piper plays James a Swan Song of Queen as the final boss explodes and heās fully prepared to die. So like. Thereās that.
AND THATS BASICALLY THE COMICS? The main, ācanon timelineā comics. Iām missing a LOT of little things here and there, but Iām not missing anything like body counts, or murder attempts, beyond the old Silver Age āBad guy of the weekā things like trying to make Flashās head explode, or you know. Other ānobody really has a personality, we just have quirksā.
MY NUMBER ONE GUESS TO WHERE THIS NEW PERSONALITY TREND COMES FROM?
Mark Hamil|ās OG run as him in the old live action show. That characterization was fun, for the time, and I even enjoyed it cause it was just that off the wall and you could tell it was what they used to decide he should be the Joker for the BATS Joker. Consider it a prototype (combined with all the previous comic jokers but thatās not for this long ass post)
And if itād stayed there, thatād be it! Thatās it! But then JLU came along, and they referenced the old show for their version of James with a sprinkling of early-era comics, and a lot of people loved and watched that show. That was their version of the Trickster, because it was their first meeting with him! And I canāt fault that! But that guy was clearly off his rocker and Iām sure if the JLU allowed a higher rating, it wouldāve been even closer to the old TV show.
And both of THOSE were heavily, heavily referenced for the CW version, which as Iām at this point now means I need to slap my usual anti-CW tag onto things. I hate the CW James. There is so little comic in him itās almost disgusting, and they ramped up so much of the Joker side of JLU & OGTV he might as well just be the Joker. Itās not a good representation of him at all. I have, also, only seen his first appearance episode, so maybe Iām wrong? But when you fuck up hard on the first run, why would I return for round 2?
So with ALL THISā
REBOOT TIME. Whatever the newnew remake is calling itself.
At first! With how James was! In the first panel flash of him clearly behind the scenes tugging so many wires and lines, watching everything with a bucket of popcorn while pulling others to his side, sitting pretty in an old museum? warehouse? highlighted in purples and vintage toys, I was like āholy shit this it. This is My Boy, back from the goddamn limbo-dead. Itās him.ā But thenātaking over the city entirelyā to do? What? Turn it into the worldās biggest Trickster themepark? Make everyone wear striped leggings and combat boots? Martial Law of murder if you donāt carry rubber chickens? This is already veering from anything major James has ever done. As it stands I canāt see the gag here. Itsā weirdly dark and edgy, and way too close to something we saw the 90s TV show Trickster do, in the episode where he basically took over the place. The previews show him being what Iām assuming a Judge, Jury, & Executioner jokeā and unless this spins into a Clopin song and dance number and his little hand puppet crops up to slam the button on the guillotine, Iām not having it, DC.
Theyāre trying to tie him back into the CW, despite the writer saying he really enjoyed the Neron-era things with James (if Iām remembering the interview correctly). And itās also why you may see me constantly saying āWell I sure as fuck hope Neron shows upā at anything new thatās released, to explain away all ofā¦ this.
This isnāt him. If they wanted a murderous Trickster, they shouldāve just used Axel. The kid, canonly, tied explosives to stray dogs and homeless people. AXEL is the not-good Trickster, the murderous Trickster, the one you arenāt suppose to feel sorry for beyond being in way over his head due to his young age.
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i think I somehow didnāt answer your question
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it sucks? itās also great because thereās a .5% chance that maybe theyāll do it right and wonāt reference the fucking 90s noncomic media. But then they do. And all I can do is laugh and shrug like āwelp I expected nothingā. But when they get it RIGHT itās like christmas came early.
#anticwflash#james jesse#the trickster#god tumblr don't fuck this post up for me#Anonymous#remember when James made Mark and Digger BOTH run into a wall cause he looney tuned their asses with a black hole??
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iām bored and annoyed so imma rant about how fucking dumb my job is
my profession, for someone with my credentials, pays an average of 50 dollars per hour. you know how much this damn place is paying me? 27.50.
we ARE NOT allowed to work more than 15 hours per week. And yet...
there is literally no agreement in place dictating how many hours we ARE expected to work each week. Nor is there an agreement on what days we are supposed to work on.
there is no protocol in place for what steps we need to take if we miss a day. there is literally NOTHING in writing about who weāre supposed to inform that weāll be absent, or how/when we can make up for the absence. but like. given that we donāt have schedules ANYWAY, i guess thatās a fucking non-issue.
time cards are due in the MIDDLE of the week. meaning that on Wednesday, we have to fucking guess how many more hours/days weāll be at work for the rest of the week.
if i say i plan to be there on thursday but wind up not being able to show up after all, i still wind up getting paid for thursday since they already submitted the time sheet. so on my NEXT paycheck, they fucking subtract the amount. but okay, even though thatās annoying as fuck, i can see how thatās fair. AND YET...
if i come in an EXTRA day after time sheets have already been submitted, they wonāt add that time to my NEXT paycheck. i would essentially just be working for fucking free. so for some fuckass reason, theyāre perfectly capable of TAKING money, but canāt be bothered to add it.
they never had me even sign a contract agreeing to work there lmfao.
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WisCon 42 panel MCUās Black Superheroes
The full title of this panel was Show Me My Respect: A Critical Look At The MCUās Black Superheroes
The panel description:
Has the MCU done its black characters justice over the last 10 years? Did Disney allow Ryan Coogler to give Black Panther the respect and nuance it deserves? Did the Russo Brothers f*ck up everything in Avengers: Infinity War that the black and NBPOC writers and directors established in building complex characters and storylines? Let's explore this decade-long journey into Phase IV to see how the MCU has and will continue to treat us.
The moderator was Jennifer Cross, with panelists Aunterria Bollinger and K. Tempest Bradford.
Reminder that these panel notes are only my own recollections and the things I managed to write down - my notes are incomplete and likely faulty in places. Corrections and additions are always welcome. Especially please do correct me if I get names or pronouns wrong!
Also I name panelists as thatās publicly available information but not audience members unless requested by that person to have their named added.
[I came into the panel a little bit late, so missed intros and probably some other stuff.]
Tempest was talking about the black best friend trope and that DCTV does this a lot. Rhodey is very underused, and Civil War turned him into the disabled black best friend.
Jennifer said Don Cheadle deserves better! Iron Man 2 gave complexity to Rhodey and Tonyās relationship and Civil War messed a lot of that up. It also made Rhodey disabled in a super questionable way [I missed some of this statement]. It was a literal cheap shot and felt like Joss Whedon saw him as an expendable character to use to elevate white man pain. Also the fact that Rhodey just automatically sides with Tony - what happened to the tension between them and Rhodey holding Tony accountable for his actions?
Jennifer made an aside to let the audience know that the panelists were going to be using a lot of code switching and AAVE references. She then went on to say āFuck Infinity War - Russo brothers, take your white man pain to Ralph Lauren and buy some more polo shirts.ā (lol)
Jennifer brought up that two black American men go to Wakanda for the first time and said nothing about it. Also they made Wakanda look ādank as shit.ā
Tempest said the amount of Cumberbatch she had to stare at in Infinity War was too much - she skipped a whole movie to avoid him! (me too) One problem with IW was that there were just too many people in it, so they couldnāt properly focus on anyone.
Tempest added - why didnāt they just ask Shuri to fix things from the start? She was finally going to fix it, but she got interrupted by more man pain! Jennifer added that she loved the āyou triedā moment with Shuri.
Aunterria talked about IWās short shifting of Wakanda as if they were saying āwell we gave you a whole movie - what else do you want?ā But also how much worse it might have been if that had been the first introduction to Wakanda instead of coming out after Black Panther.
Jennifer brought up Winter Soldier and how Sam got to have a whole back story about his PTSD. In IW, we see him helping other people with their trauma but they never address how events are affecting him. She talked about how PTSD varies from person to person, and about how it can affect black people differently, especially.
Tempest brought up the gaybaiting of the series. Jennifer adds that she hates shipping, but she loves Sam and Bucky.
Tempest said that Sam has more back story than Rhodey in terms of story that isnāt tied to a main white character. She will also never forgive Tony for shooting him in the face in Civil War. Marvel tries with regards to race, but their attempts are inadequate.
She went on to talk about the character of MāBaku in Black Panther. She has a friend who was initially very upset about the inclusion of this character because in the comics the portrayal is very racist. Then he saw the movie and saw how great the character was. This is what happens when you give black people agency. Ryan Coogler had a lot of freedom in how he made BP.
Tempest added that white directors may try, but when trying to fix race in one area, they often make it racist in a whole other way. She brought up the Mandarin, for example. Why donāt you just ask an Asian person?
Jennifer said she wanted the panel to primarily focus on black people. The MCU fucks up all people of color, but the panel is specifically about black characters.
She added that she loved watching Rhodey kick Tonyās ass. When he said āyou donāt deserve to wear this suitā - it was a calling out of his privilege. She also found it suspect that Rhodey didnāt notice Tonyās PTSD in Iron Man 3. Heās a veteran and a general and would be trained to look for those signs. She said āweāre 10% of the population in LA - find one of us and pay us to fix this stuff.ā Especially important to find a black veteran officer to inform Rhodey and Samās characters. She no longer trusts white people to write black people.
Jennifer moved on to Valkyrie. She said she does love Thor because Chris Hemsworth. Also Taiki Watiti did surprisingly well. She loves Tessa Thompson.
Aunterria talked about her love for Danai Gurira as both Michonne in The Walking Dead and Okoye in the MCU. However, she still falls under the trope of the exceptional black woman giving it all up for a man.
Tempest countered that saying that Okoye fights for Wakanda over a man. She and TāChalla fight alongside one another and itās clear that she would do the same for Shuri if she was queen. BP is not just about awesome black men, but black women too. There isnāt enough complexity in the other black characters in the MCU with the exceptions of Heimdall and Valkyrie. Asgard also had random Asian and black characters walking around that are never addressed or explained.
Jennifer loved Valkyrie drunkenly stepping off the ramp. Also the quietness of Heimdallās character even when had more to do than just standing there. She talked about being a big Norse Scandanavian folklore nerd and said Asgard looks the way itās supposed to look - it was actually diverse as shit. It took a man of color to finally make it look almost accurate representation-wise. She references the show The Almighty Johnsons as a show about Norse gods living in New Zealand.
Jennifer wonders if itās going to take only poc behind the scenes to give us proper treatment. Way down in her soul is an optimist that āno amount of beating with Lucille can shut upā that wants to know if it can happen any other way.
Aunterria said sheās not optimistic about this. She canāt think of a poc character written by a white person thatās done anything meaningful or purposeful or accurate.
There is much collective groaning about Iron Fist.
Aunterria talked about making Luke Cage bulletproof but not talking about police violence. Giving black characters powers without engaging in the social issues around them.
Jennifer said she is mixed about Luke Cage. Itās the embodiment of respectability politics. But there is an effort to show Harlem and the gentrification of it. Thereās this idea that poc donāt have any room to make mistakes. BP did so well that Kevin Feige is begging Coogler to come back.
Jennifer said that she loves the women in LC - especially Misty. There are lots of women who are all different people, all unapologetically black but in different ways. Sheās watching it for the women. Praises Alfre Woodard.
Tempest uses headcanons to make movies better.
Jennifer addressed how Tessa Thompson was the one out of the women in the MCU cast to ask Kevin Feige about them wanting their own movie. Why did the black woman have to be the one to ask for what all these white women have been wanting? Why couldnāt ScarJo take her white appropriating ass up there and ask about it?
Tempest talked about the TV part of the MCU technically being in the same universe. TV shows have to include the big events of the movies but not the other way around. She said she stopped watching Shield when Daisyās transformation killed the black male character (Trip) for one episode of white pain. Jennifer also stopped watching it in season one.
Aunterria is still watching Shield. She wondered if Trip had been killed because of the possibility of his entering into an interracial relationship. She said there is a new black male character (Mack), but his arc is all about suffering. Last season had a storyline about aliens enslaving white people, which was interesting. But the people of color come to save the white people. Jennifer interjects āKillmonger wasnāt wrong...ā
Tempest adds āJoss is the most fuckassed fuckass to ever fuckass.ā Jennifer asks what about Stephen Moffat? Tempest said - heās second.
Aunterria said Shield did make the black man the team leader at the end of this season. Jennifer said - so he has to suffer for his reward now and his reward is to parent a group of white people? Thatās even more fucked up!
Tempest said that BP gave her hope. Jennifer said - see, sheās not the only one with optimism. Tempest said that Coogler has some power right now - maybe he can bring in some friends and fix some more stuff.
Aunterria said that being a black writer right now is also hard because there is so much to fix. There is so much shit to work on before you can even focus on your craft - so itās more work for them.
Tempest said her hopes are with the movies over the TV shows.
Jennifer said - āespecially fuck babyvampJessicaā (Karen from Daredevil). Itās like the paler you are, the more people will die for you.
Tempest said - as far as cleaning up, BP didnāt have to do that work because they were starting from scratch. There must be other characters that can be brought into the MCU movies that can be written by black writers.
Aunterria said those do exist, but the funding isnāt there. Tempest - but Gods of Egypt somehow got funding!
An audience member asked about Heimdall and if he would come back. Jennifer said that Idris Elba has said no on that.
Tempest talked about actors being semi-responsible to the narrative of their characters. RDJ even saying - maybe itās time for me to go? Jennifer added - and then they throw more millions at him and I canāt be mad about that. Tempest said that we know all those people who were turned to dust are coming back. It was a bold decision to kill some of them - but we need to sunset one story in order to have a sunrise on another. Also - āfuck Thanos.ā
Tempest said that something that ruins a narrative almost as much as white supremacy is the irresponsible choices of actors going on and on - except for all of the cast of BP - they can stay as long as they want.
Jennifer said that with Disney owning Marvel, Deadpool is now officially a Disney Princess (lol).
Tempest said she sat through all of Wolverine Origins just to see Hugh Jackman naked and she is done with Deadpool now.
An audience member asked about the character Cottonmouth on LC. Jennifer talked about him as a complex character bridging socio-economic statusās. She added that if you put trauma in a black characterās history, you need to do it in a way that is not just for show. She said the opposite of the example would be Zoe Walsh.
A member of the audience asked about Lashās purpose on Shield. Aunterria said he filled in Mayās backstory and explains things to us about her that we werenāt getting just from her side. But he was mostly there for gratuitous pain and suffering of a black man and Asian woman.
Jennifer said the MCU is allergic to black love. āTweet that.ā She wants to see a black male character saving a black female character - not just everyone else.
An audience member asked about Miles Morales. Jennifer said - weāve had four Peter Parkers in fifteen years! Tempest said Tom Holland is at least finally a good one. Kevin Feige has said there is space for Miles, but she wonders who is going to write him?
Jennifer closed the panel with a firm statement for the white members of the audience, especially. She said - you will take everything good from our culture and appropriate it, but not our pain. Youāve taken our stuff for fun value and for show, but you donāt address our pain.
This panel was also livetweeted pretty extensively with #blackmcu if you want more/other perspectives from it.
[For context, Iām white.]
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