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ā one ~ solange hair by darknightt (tsr warning) ā two ~ loretta hair by @simtric ā three ~ bahati braids by @sheabuttyr ā four ~ isonoe hair by octetsica ā five ~ binah braids by @sheabuttyr ā six ~ cornrows & curls hair by @leeleesims1 ā seven ~ indie hair by @sashima ā eight ~ loc petals by @shespeakssimlish ā nine ~ mnemosyne hair by octetsica ā
mini dedication essay to black simmers and ts4 creators below! pls read if you have the chance! <3
this edit is a small homage to afrofuturism and the various unique black hairstyles (and especially the black creators of most of these hairs) that i have downloaded and admired over the years! some of these are old and some of these are new.
to me, afrofuturism means constantly honoring/reclaiming/challenging the past while constantly creating/dreaming of a better society/world/future. a society/world/future that embraces and empowers all of our differences, ingenuity, aspirations, and unique lived/cultural experiences. a society/world/future that does not limit us through the various systems of marginalization and oppression (racism, homophobia, transphobia, fatphobia, sexism, xenophobia, ableism, classism, colorism, etc.) that often affects how we, as black people, live today.
blackness is so diverse and intricate yet it's always been a struggle to find my culture within a game that's known for being so limiting, bland, and extremely eurocentric when it comes to hairstyles, clothing, food traditions/events, etc. black simmers have always had to figure out how to make this game more inclusive and make it resemble either more like how our ancestors lived, how our current lives are, or how we would want our lives (and even our children's lives) to look like in the future no matter how dystopian the real world look and feel now. fortunately, these hairs and their uniqueness bring a huge sense of culture and style to this game. they have always inspired me and made me feel extremely proud to a part of the lovely african diaspora (and the ever-growing black simmer community).
in a way, being a black simmer and cc creator usually means that we are often digitally creating our own worlds as afrofuturists to varying degrees (whether we know it or not) every time we open our game, make our sims, make houses, and/or make black cultural cc. also, now i know that cc making is not easy to do and is extremely time-consuming so this post is also just me giving all black cc creators especially those who create for free their well-deserved flowers! here are some other black cc creators who created cc that have greatly impacted my game since i first started playing sims 4: @/leeleesims1 @/simtric @/hi-land @/yuyulie @/sims4bradshaw @/ebonixsims @/xmiramira @/sheabuttyr @/qwertysims @/oplerims @/sleepingsims @/shespeakssimlish and so many more im forgetting probably (im too shy rn to tag ppl but i greatly appreciate yāall fr i hope yāall telepathically get this message somehow š).
last but not least, i am hoping that this inspires somebody to keep creating or start creating regardless of what they think their skill level is! somebody will absolutely fall in love with your work and/or your art/work will 100% change someone's game forever <333
#ts4#sims 4#the sims 4#black simblr#black simmer#ts4 edit#šŖ#šŖ black hair#soleil jones#xolani souza de oliveira#angela evans#leona morrison#chantelle diang#ayesha solomon#nylah rivers#nykhor chantelle diang#dove adeyemi#something to end black history month with!#i really hope my essay make sense ššš#i planned to this last year but hated the pictures i took so i scraped it and redid it#i couldnāt thank enough to all the black cc creators before me and hope to help/inspire new black cc creators šš¾#this is also kinda the updated version of my for the culture postā¦i made sure to include some familiar (but updated) faces šāš¾šš
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Hello - I was impressed and extremely relieved by what you wrote in the post about the cult mentality of the Left RE Israel and accusations of genocide. You mentioned that you bought into the mindset until recently. If it's all right for me to ask, what was it that helped you break out of it? (Please feel free to delete/ignore if you'd rather not answer!)
thank you!! and no worries about askingā i think i put something in my pinned post about how people are welcome to send asks about this stuff, although my story isnāt super interesting. i fell down the typical online rabbithole, a couple weeks after october 7; i knew what had happened, at least vaguely, but the posts trickling onto my dash were all about the (undeniably tragic) loss of life in gaza, with little to no acknowledgment of the hamas atrocities that had started the war, so my narrative was pretty one-sided from the beginning. it just continued to snowball as the months went on and people became more radicalized, calling into question the reality of the 10/7 attacks and the humanity of all israelis. i never went all the way down the pipeline to full-on endorsing hamas or justifying their attacks, at least on a personal level, thank god, but i would reblog other peopleās posts referring to hamas as a āresistance movementā and calls to boycott starbucks and mcdonaldās and condemnation of the āzionist mediaā etc etc etc. what pulled me out of it wasnāt any one thingā if someone had directly called me on my flawed logic and antisemitic biases while i was in this mindset, i doubt it would have done much, just reinforced my belief that i was on the āright side of historyā and zionists were aggressors who couldnāt be reasoned with. it was mostly just passive observance and a slow exposure to other perspectives. iām pretty sure the first post that led me to question my thinking was an ask on jewish-vents, which popped up on my dash in like, late july. this led me down another rabbithole, first scouring every single post on jewish-vents, then moving on to more popular jewish blogs that i had seen on āzionist blocklistsā (applesauce42069, xclowniex, and spacelazarwolf were probably some of the blogs that influenced me the most, though i told myself i was just hate-scrolling at first, lol). i felt incredibly guilty seeing all the harm the movement i was a part of had caused to random jews and israelis just trying to live their lives and i realized how it went against everything i believed about how minority groups should be treated. from there, the aspect of actually undoing my thinking and changing my behavior for the better still took several weeks. denial of jewish indigenity to the levant in the face of tantamount archeological and cultural evidence was the first to go, as well as any ambiguity in my feelings about hamas. after that, itās mostly been a slow process of redefining the idfās actions from a āgenocideā to a āwar.ā i still believe that whatās happening in gaza is unconscionable and horrific, and that too many innocent civilians have died, but i also understand how difficult it is to fight against a terrorist group that systematically embeds itself in civilian populations, and that the ratio of militant to civilian deaths is incredibly low compared to most urban warfare. i quietly deleted my old blog in early augustā if i had directly engaged in harassment against jews, i likely would have kept it to make amends to the harmed parties and put a face to my actions, but as was, i had just contributed to the larger atmosphere of antisemitism on this site, and i felt uncomfortable knowing that i had a blog full of sentiments that no longer matched my values and beliefs. i decided i would be better if i took my endorsement out of the equation entirely, because when youāre looking through the notes of a post, it obviously doesnāt matter if someone whoās reblogged it no longer agrees with what was saidā their notes still count as tacit approval, and i did not want approval of this āactivismā attached to my online presence. i still have unwanted kneejerk reactions that crop up sometimes, particularly around the fundraiser posts from people āin gazaā; even though i know logically that they have all the markers of scams, there is still a part of me that really wants to believe i could help.
#thank you so much for asking i really do enjoy explaining how i got here and i hope these discussions#can help someone like me someday. choosing to unlearn everything i had swallowed is one of the best decisions i ever made#also sorry this took so long i took like an hour typing it out and hit text block limit for the first time ever#and then tumblr decided there was an ~error~ processing my post#so i pasted it into the notes app and then back into a draft. i hope my response makes sense and isnāt too rambly#leftist antisemitism#deradicalization#i/p#hlmoorewrites#ask
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I've been doing a lot of reflection as of late, especially after this past class.
This past class was about the Torah and Tanakh in general, and the way the rabbi talked about the commandments (specifically the ten commandments) has made me really reflect on how I interpret them, specifically the fifth commandment, or honoring your mother and father.
This is a commandment I have wrestled with for a long time - in fact, it brought me away from g-d at multiple times. I was severely abused when I was incredibly young by my mother, and I used to feel insulted at the implication that I were to honor her while she got to live a better life. It was hypocritical, in my eyes.
But this rabbi surmised that this particular commandment was because parenthood is an act of creation, something that is like the g-d from which we come from. My realization is this: I don't think we're necessarily meant to take even these commandments literally.
I this particular commandment is more of a call to honor creation - creation is a gift, and like any gift, many people simply will not like it and will discard it. The person who abused me created me, but she did not honor creation. She didn't honor me, but I can still honor it.
I have started to honor creation much more. I'm too young, too unstable, not mature enough to be a father (though I fantasize about it), but I create all the time. I create relationships, I create with my hands through crochet. I create memories, I create my world. And I can honor who I am and where I came from that made me who I am. I've been learning one of the mother tongues of my family (Italian, since part of my family originates there) and it was judaism that inspired me to do this.
I don't think g-d wants me to honor my abuser. I think He wants me to remember the Holy action of creation. When I am a father, that act of creation will be Holy, and indeed, I am already joyful about the thought.
I have seen many people struggle with this particular commandment, but I think this perspective helps me personally. I don't think I ever have to forgive my abusers (plural), and I don't think I am commanded to simply because they happened to be family. I am commanded to recognize the holy, to elevate the mundane. In doing so, I will remember g-d. Through creation, I honor g-d and everything he has done for us, for me, and for our collective people.
#jumblr#jew by choice#jewish conversion#personal thoughts tag#abuse tw#i am not sharing this for the sake of pity and i also ask not to be told to divulge my abuse story. that isn't relevant#i have been needing to engage with this topic for a long time though and judaism has helped me a bit in navigating healing#but i decided to share this publicly in the hopes it will help other survivors specifically of familial/parental abuse#i know how it feels (in general). it's so lonely and you can really harbor (understandable) baggage about this particular commandment#i have a meeting with My Rabbi (sponsoring rabbi) and i might bring this up. we've only spoken once face-to-face (zoom)#so that might be really Intense to bring up to him but he is very kind and i trust him (which is why he is My Rabbi)#and he has already told me that he WANTS me to wrestle with g-d and His word *with* him#again i am posting this publicly so i can document my thoughts and keep them straight but also with the hope it MIGHT help others#if it even *casually* inspires another survivor i will feel so grateful (though it is THEIR achievement and not mine to claim)#i want us to survive. i want us to eat well. i want us to smile#i will say that this must be a very sudden whiplash in tone from my last post about sex. from sex to awful horrific abuse#my stream of consciousness is just Like This though in the sense that i have very sudden realizations and tonal whiplashes#so you're just getting a very frank look into how my brain is structured and what my brain thinks are important enough to think about#if i seem much more verbose it's because i needed to write this on my laptop which makes typing and more importantly yapping even *easier*
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my full piece that i did for the @neondownpourzine !! a zine made celebrating the one-year anniversary for master detective archives: rain code!! (ļ¾āć®ā)ļ¾*:ļ½„ļ¾ā§
this is the first zine that i got to participate in! (as i said many times already lol) super grateful that i got a chance to make something for this project, i had a lot of fun creating this piece!! everybody else's works are SUPER amazing, please give the zine a peek for yourselves and maybe even rain code as well??? thank you very much!! š
#rain code#ari art#fanzine#YAYAYAY here's my piece AAAAAAAAAAAAA YAYAYAYAAYAY!!!!! :))) v happy with it!!!#master detective archives: rain code#rain code spoilers#master detective archives spoilers#the prologue and chapter 1 are like. two of my fave sections of the game?? if that makes sense. they really helped sustain my attention#on the game as it went on tbh so i think that's why i chose chapter 1 as my main focus for the zine#i also really wanted to draw a mystery phantom seth LMAO#halara nightmare#yuma kokohead#seth burroughs#anyways if you check out the zine and/or the game rain code i hope you enjoy it! šš¼š¤”
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when people say their abuser is "not always like this!" and "they're actually really nice sometimes!" but like. look at me. your abuser is not exempted from accountability of their gaslighting, manipulation, and cruelty just because they have "good days". sunny days don't undo the brutal damage caused by hurricanes. "well it's nice out today" yeah, okay. but sunshine and birdsong don't repair broken homes do they?
#reminders#gentle reminders#healing#positivity#mental health#self care#self love#self help#self healing#self improvement#encouragement#quotes#inspiration#inspirational quotes#mine#does this make sense? i really hope it does.
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[<==PREV PAGES] [NEXT PAGE==>(not out yet.wait a year.or maybe more.imagine.]
saw alot of comments on prev pages; saying 'i HATE that mean teacher! im gonna FIGHT HIM!!' & i LOVE the energy!! it WOULD be nice. to have that catharsis. but the story of young tidestrider is Not one of catharsis. it is a story of being so small and so special and sucking so bad.
#jrwi fanart#jrwi show#jrwi riptide#gillion tidestrider#GONNA START FORMATTING MY COMICS BETTER. W THE PROPER 'PREV' 'NEXT' LINKS#REALLY DIDNT EXPECT TO CONTINUE THIS SERIES BUT AAAUUUHH MY BRRAAAIN MY BRAIN IS SO IDEASSS. I HAVE 3 OTHER PAGES SKETCHED OUT#NO PROMISES ILL FINISH EM ANY TIME SOON OR EVER. MY WHIMS ARE THEIR OWN BEAST AND I ONLY DRAW ON MY WHIMS#THAT BEING SAID IF U COMMISSIONED ME ILL GEEETT TO YOUUU IM SORRYYYY. ART IS AN EMOTIONAL RELEASE FOR ME N BABY I HAVE EMOTIONS.#ESPECIALLY ABOUT GILLION TIDESTRIDER CHAMPION OF THE UNDERSEA HERO OF THE DEEP.for the desc here i put smth that i typed up in the tags of#another thing i made. i gotta make a proper Baby Gillion tag or smth. eventually.. eventually...I LOVE DRAWIN THIS LIL BABY GUY..#i also LOVE depicting the teachers as just being so fuckin mean. ofc theres variation in that. just like in all things.like the teacher her#idk if itll be mentioned but the octo lady is named Ms Octburn.an octopus pun based off the name of an actual councilor i had#when i was in elementary school i got bullied alot but teachers never did anything. i hated adults and didnt trust them.#but this councilor o mine was so genuinely sweet. i remember spending alot of time w her. she doesnt work there anymore.#but that one school adult that actually earns ur trust and is there for you when they can be.its SO important for a child i think#i hope she knows how much she helped me.youll see in the next page that ms octburn isnt perfect either.but she tries. they all try.somehow.#ALL these comics are gonna be inspired by somesorta experience o mine in the school system. school is so fucked up u ever thing abt that#AND GILLIOOOOONNN IN THE MOST FUCKED UP LITTLE SCHOOL OF ALL. MAINTAINED BY A CULT. CENTERED AROUND HIM. OUR CHOSEN ONE#I IMAGINE ALOT BANKS ON HIS SUCCESS. THIS IS THE WORLD. THE WHOLE WORLD. THE PROPHECY IS GOING TO COME TRUE N UR TELLIN ME#THAT ITS THIS LITTLE IDIOT THATS GONNA BE SAVING US? WHAT IF HE FAILS. IF HE CANT GET THIS RIGHT THEN HE WILL FAIL AND WE WILL DIE#WE NEED TO TRAIN HIM. WE NEED HIM TO LEARN. AND TO SUCCEED. OR ELSE WE'RE DEAD. WE'RE ALL FUCKING DEAD. I IMAGINE THAT MUST BE STRESSFUL#in other news i hope ppl actually giggle when they read these. they ARE intended to be comical. dark humor or whatever. like its also sad#this is intended to be a sad comic series. but a funny one too. does that make sense? god i hope so.saw some1 say they had flashbacks-#-reading this. like YES!! THE INTENDED EFFECT!! YOU GET ME!! i love seeing ppl get upset on this lil baby boys behalf. i LOVE seeing ppl-#-wail n weep n cry in the comments. i LOOOVE seeing ppl RELATE to baby gillion. and i love letting u all know that this wont be a happycomi#gillion gets his happiness arc in the actual show. this series is one of unfortunate events. teehehehe. do u guys remember that show#i keep listening to the lil songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events for inspiration. GOOD STUFF!!#anyway uuhh uhh thats all i got in my brain. for now. feed me ur comments give me ur input i NNEEEEEDD THHEEEMMMM
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slowly realizing more and more that the sm boycott effort is gonna amount to nothing in the end, and this is not the way we should be going about the riize situation.
i loved seunghan when he was in the group, and i am still an ot7 fan. but at a point, i think we need to think of how much of our time and energy we're willing to spend fighting for something that has such a small chance of actually happening. sm is gonna bounce back from any stock lost from the boycott because they are one of the big 3. they have like 4 of the biggest groups in kpop rn: nct, aespa, red velvet, riize. there's just no way either boycotting riize or boycotting all of sm would actually be detrimental enough to get a member who's been terminated from the group back in.
and while i don't agree with the ot6 fans who are being unreasonable, i think some ot7 fans have been just as bad. this fandom is so toxic and rotten, every day it just seems to get worse. and i don't like the narrative that most ot7 fans were spreading about ot6 kfans-- how they were just mad that seunghan was dating pre debut. that isn't why they were mad, they really didn't care about that. it's the fact that he took pictures of him with his possibly/alleged underage girlfriend (it's honestly bad enough with/without her being possible underage, which i don't have confirmation on) at what looks like a hotel and presumably sent it to his friends in a group chat (which was how it got leaked). that's why they wanted him out of the group.
personally, i don't believe that a member should get kicked out of a group or put on hiatus without a proper reason why. and seunghan's hiatus and termination is really messy. but there are valid reasons why kfans weren't too big on him. the problem is there have been many idols kicked out for things they didn't do, and others who have been caught doing really fucked up and nasty things and rightfully kicked out of the group, but it's hard to know which idols are innocent or not when there's no organization. and when we jump on a narrative train and blow something super big out of proportion, the facts and proper investigation of the situation gets lost in the mess of things.
what should have happened was things being properly investigated back in october 2023 before seunghan was ever put on hiatus, and a decision made from there whether to keep him in the group or kick him out based on that.
instead, we have the other 6 members who clearly want seunghan back tired of the state of everything (rightfully so), ot7 and ot6 fans fighting a full blown war every day without logical thinking, and misinformation being spread left and right. there's no organization, there's no firm confirmation on anything, all of this is just such a big mess.
now let me be clear IF it's true that there was anything suspicious going on between seunghan and his girlfriend, then i would obviously no longer support him. as it is, i'm not going to stop supporting him until there's firm evidence. i'm tired of kpop stans making rash decisions based on half truths instead of just being patient and waiting for the facts to come out. staying neutral during unclear situations is a valid stance to take. please let's all stop jumping to conclusions from both sides.
#zanna thinksććāĖĀ°#honestly everything in this situation is so messy it's hard to get any timeline or facts straight#but god idek what the boycott is gonna do at this point#like originally i was all for the boycott too#boycotts have been proven to work in the past#but only because they were organized#like the loona boycott#this boycott isn't organized and there isn't a super good reason for it either...#it's not effective enough to make a difference#sm is just too big#boycotting other sm groups really isn't gonna help either#i think we can all agree that kpop companies are horrible and we hate all of them#we don't want to support the awful companies#but there's also really no way to still support a group without also supporting the company#so in the end it's just messy#anyway i HOPE this all makes sense and i don't sound like a crazy ot6 or something šš#i'm still ot7#but i also don't think idols are incapable of doing anything wrong#and there is a chance that seunghan did do something deserving of being kicked out#there's a chance any idol has done something deserving of that#but until there's evidence i'm not inclined to stop supporting prematurely#us as fans never know what's happening behind the scenes until actual reputable statements come out
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Why do you think the tides have slightly turned from "Elia deserves better than Rhaegar" to shipping her and Rhaegar together? Like what is the psychology behind these people because I've seen some of them like/reblog anti Rhaegar posts while also shipping Rhaegar x Elia at the same time.
hey anon! my thoughts are a bit messy, but iāve done my best to explain them coherently :)
so, rhaegar was the best man anyone could have when elia was alive, and most people want the best for their favs. he was considered the most handsome, didnāt have a bad personality, and he was crown princeāmeaning elia was almost queen, which is often seen as the greatest role a woman can have. the narrative also treats rhaegar as a beautiful, tragic, haunting figure, and elia actually had this very aesthetically pleasing man all to herself at one point! she was married to him, had children with him, and her life was so close to perfect! but rhaegar just had to go and ruin it. š
for many elia stans, if rhaegar hadnāt fallen in love with another woman (they want him to have been a completely different character), then everything wouldāve been perfect, and elia wouldāve had the best, most desirable life. however, thatās not what happenedāelia met a very tragic end, and as a result, these stans feel double the bitterness. because of this bitterness, they blame rhaegar for everything (even though itās not logical to do so), but heās just too āperfectā to let go of. so, for years these stans have made rhaegar revolve around elia, filling his tag with posts about her out of bitterness. so, i do believe that this obsession with rhaegar x elia has always been there, but i think itās become a more favorable stance on the elia stan side of the fandom because of a mix of reasons.
plus, rhaegar is one of the few canon relationships we know elia had, since sheās not much of a character. because of this, and the fact that most people donāt like to stray too far from canon, most elia stans are forced to focus on rhaegar, which has created an echo chamber. basically, if a sentiment about elia and rhaegarās relationship becomes popular, then the whole elia stan side of the fandom will likely regurgitate the sentiment. (also, this desire to stick close to canon is likely why the elia x arthur ship was so popular. while itās a total crack ship, it had good aesthetics, and since elia and arthur at least knew each other, it allowed the stans to create their perfect fanfiction whilst sticking it to rhaegar. but remember, elia was actually married to rhaegar and had children with him, so while arthur is cool, rhaegar was always ātop dog,ā meaning arthur would never be able to match up to rhaegar to most elia stans. also, the arthur x elia crack ship is likely her second most popular ship, which just shows how little elia stans have to work with, so theyāre always forced to eventually return back to rhaegar for a lot of things.)
however, even if the elia x rhaegar ship gains more popularity, these stans will never stop hating rhaegar because he wasnāt āperfectāāand he wasnāt perfect because he didnāt love elia. plus, rhaegar loving another woman and supposedly kidnapping her is what began the war that led to eliaās tragic death. thatās bitterness times 1000. and while i donāt actually blame rhaegar for the war, i do think that this is how an elia stan sees it. i also donāt view rhaegarās complex relationship with elia as a bad thingāitās actually a very realistic take on an arranged marriage between two decent people. but most elia stans will never be able to get over the fact that they almost had everything, which is why many have it out for lyanna, as they consider her a thief who ruined their āperfection.ā
tbh, that might be why so many elia stans are so obsessed with the idea that rhaegar only got with lyanna because of the prophecyāthey donāt want to believe that rhaegar actually loved a different woman and not their perfect self insert elia. thatās a bit mean of meā¦ but i donāt know what else one would call the āeliaā elia stans have created.
now that iāve laid all those thoughts out, iāll try to explain why the tides seem to be turningā¦ i think it may have something to do with the ātargaryens are all evil and badā sentiment losing popularity. i think this shift has occurred due to a mix of factors, such as years of fandom fights and fandom cycles leading to the targs being more liked now than before. it helps that canon doesnāt actually condemn the targs/favors them quite a bit, and the influx of new targ fans from HOTD has also contributed. this combination of reasons seems to have shifted the way the mainstream fandom discusses all the targaryen characters, including rhaegar. so, with this shift, itās only natural that some elia stans/elia x rhaegar shippersāwhoāve always been thereāare using this opportunity to push their agenda. while these stans still hate rhaegar and see him as the bad guy, they just canāt let go of him. and as the mainstream fandom moves away from the anti targaryen sentiment, these smaller corners of the fandom, which tend to be echo chambers, are also affected, which has therefore led to a rise in rhaegar x elia shippers and the āshifting tideā that youāve also noticed.
#āif only rhaegar did thisā is a very common sentiment amongst elia stans#most stans have always had the āif onlyā mindset#āif only elia survivedā easily leads to āif only rhaegar didnāt run off with his whoreā as the targs become less hated#itās kinda a pipeline? rhaegar anti plus elia stan leads to rhaegar x elia shipper who still hates rhaegar#another reason that a lot of this happens is because elia and the martells plus dorne are the good āothersā a person can like#while the targaryens are the ābad othersā one can safely hate as theyāre white & have a bit of demon symbolism + come from an āevilā empire#the targs also ruled over everyone so a lot of fans like pushing all the blame onto them for all the problems#however the targs are cool and theyāre hot af and being royalty is the best! so theyāre the ābad othersā one can safely hate#but people still want their aesthetic and want their favs to have what the targs had. all the cool magic + the aesthetic + danys monikers#so people can convince themselves that itās okay and logical and right to hate the targs but most ppl will still connect their favs to them#of courseā¦ things have been shifting in the fandom which iām very happy about#and all of these sentiments are combined and compressed when it comes to rhaegar and elias relationship#so any big shift on how the fandom views the targs will always affect the way rhaegar and elias relationship is viewed#it just so happens that the targs arenāt the evil dragon nazis anymore so itās kinda okay for elia stans to ship him with her#iām not gonna go through my tags and make sure they make sense so iām simply hoping for the best#anywaysā¦ i hope i didnāt digress too much. i just found this shift so interesting so i couldnāt help myself#asoiaf fandom critical#anti elia stans#rhaegar targaryen#anti rhaegar x elia#house targaryen#valyrianscrolls#pro rhaelya#lyanna stark#rhaegar x lyanna#anon ask#thanks anon this was a fun topic to cover#i recently found a really old post about both elia and lyanna and boyā¦ it was quite discusting to read#elia stans kinda cycle from āelia deserved better x crack ship with shallow aestheticā back to elia x rhaegar while shitting on rhaelya#just know that rhaegar is always the bad guy to them! the sentiment on lyanna will go from hot to cold but rhaelya is always bad as well!
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Ok so last week I saw the videos/screenshots talking about fop Peri which got me a bit curious about this show, and after seeing āBattle of the Dimmsonianā and especially the Cosmo-Wanda-Peri part of āLost in Fairy Worldā (thereās someone on Tumblr posting clips of all the Peri-centric moments since his debut), I was genuinely impressed with how the characters were written and I wanted to gush about them! On top of doing some overanalysis of those characters. Btw I also saw some clips from āOperation: Birthday Takebackā (again the Cosmo-Wanda-Peri side of it).
So hereās a post talking about Cosmo and Wandaās relationship with Peri, Peri in general, Peri with Dev and a few other random thoughts about the early episodes given this made me start to watch the show (ended up making it its own post), though I havenāt gone far yet (Iām on like episode 5-6, which is episode 4a or something). On that note, take what I say in this post with a HUGE grain of salt since I donāt have the full context for Devās character arc.
Tl;Dr: The Fairywinkle-Cosmas are adorable, loving but also realistic in their portrayal.
Peri is the definition of ā20 years-old who recently left his parentsā homeā and I love him for it.
Dev and Peri are a terrible match due to Periās inexperience, Dev not taking him seriously, and Devās daddy issues making it hard for him to connect with a fairy who has loving parents.
(Btw on top of the characters moments, what made me start to watch the show is also the fact itās apparently incredibly wholesome and fun + apparently the writers of āInfi//nity Trainā worked on it (and if thatās true itās crazy how nobody is talking about it to bring in new fans; I mean remember when the Duck//tales reboot came out and everyone pointed out how the writers of Gra//vity Falls worked on it? We should do the same thing here, at least again if itās true) + Hartman isnāt involved and itās hilarious how the creator of those characters not getting involved is a good thing)
Oh and spoilers for āBattle of the Dimmsonianā, āLost in Fairy Worldā and āOperation: Birthday Takebackā! (4.6k Words below)
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Ok so āLost In Fairy Worldā and why I love its charactersā writing so much. Iām actually going to start by the lesson at the end and build from there as it seems like the best way to get a train of thought going.
So the lesson of the episode for me was basically a ānew hire vs experienced employeesā with a second layer added due to the three fairies being family, and thatās already something I really appreciate!
By the end of the episode, Cosmo and Wanda learn that they need to back off and let Peri do his thing. Heās an adult, he got hired for a reason, let him do his own trial and error and learn his own way. But at the same time, Peri shouldnāt be afraid to ask for help or advice if he needs it, the more experienced people are here for that! And again, thereās the family layer to that discussion that I really like, with Cosmo and Wanda being particularly clingy bc Peri is their son, while Peri is particularly embarrassed to ask them for help because theyāre his parents, probably not helped by the fact he likely very recently left their home and seeks his independence.
And thatās another thing I absolutely love after watching this episode and āBattle of the Dimmsonianā, with āOperation: Birthday Takebackā adding to it as well: Honestly, Peri has to be one of the most realistic depictions of ā20-something who just left his parentsā houseā Iāve ever seen (yeah I donāt watch much stuff outside of cartoons, working on that). They somehow managed to make him very clearly be an adult with adult responsibilities, all the while giving him a level of inexperience and immaturity that reminds you heās still young.
Giving some examples, the way he talks in general makes it obvious heās an adult, and when introducing himself to Dev + telling him he canāt visit Fairy World in āLost in Fairy Worldā, he has that suave put-together personality to himself. But at the same time this suave personality crumbles the second Dev opens him mouth.
And on top of that, Periās one day into his job and his already exhausted, spends the entirety of his debut episode worrying about what his parents will think of his career choice, and in stressful situations tends to turn towards others for help very quickly (reading Da Rules, low-key panicking a bit and looking at his parents in āLost in Fairy Worldā, hiding when facing Vicky, moments like those).
There are also those moments where he either acts or sounds childish (with his voice even getting a bit higher), like when Wanda asks if he has a godkid plus him hiding behind his wand right before that, and earlier on when he didnāt want them to see him, the āmy wand is missingā line and tracker line in āLost in Fairy Worldā (the āsowwyā when telling them his tracker is off tho), the ending of this episode as well when he apologizes to them, also when his parents tell Jorgen that Peri did nothing wrong and he lets them take the fall, or that moment in āOperation: Birthday Takebackā when he goes āmoooomā with a whine.
Thatās actually something I absolutely love about those interactions, and why I find them realistic. It could have been SO easy for the writers to make Peri act like an adult all the time while his parents are the coddling cringy kind that make him look like a kid. But instead, it comes from both sides. You can clearly tell from how Cosmo and Wanda act that heās their baby boy, but you can also see from Periās dialogues and actions that they are his parents. And I am so happy they took this direction!
So yeah, Peri is the most āyoung adult who just left the nestā ever and I absolutely adore this characterization. Heās an adult with a job and responsibilities, but heās still young and can find himself relying on his parents or talking to them in a childish way. Such good character work!
Another thing I love about their dynamic that we see very well in āLost in Fairy Worldā is just how much those three love each other. Thatās something I did hear about this show, that it was a lot more fun and sweet (compared to the og which could be very cruel and cynical when it wanted), and you can really see it with those three.
With Cosmo and Wanda taking over Periās job, you can tell theyāre not doing it out of any malice or feeling that Peri canāt do it. Heck if you pause at the scene where Peri tells Dev he canāt go to Fairy World, after heās done talking and right before Cosmo takes another picture, you can see Cosmo and Wanda looking at Peri with the biggest smile (and itās adorable!). And itās the same with the rest of the episode. If anything, theyāre so used to taking care of godkids that they just do it out of habit, without realizing theyāre causing an issue.
Heck Iād even theorize that their behavior is partly due to their time with Timmy, hence it being a force of habit. For a long time (possibly 50 years if that one secret wish is canon), Poof/Peri was with his parents helping with Timmy, but he wouldnāt do much besides granting wishes. Poof couldnāt talk, so most of the time heād just stand there while his parents did all of the talking. I wouldnāt be surprised if some of this was the reason why Cosmo and Wanda are straight up talking over Peri in āLost in Fairy Worldā, they just got used to do so when taking care of Timmy and are now getting back into this habit.
On top of that, Cosmo and Wanda are just excited to finally be with their son again after their 10 thousand years-long vacation. Plus, when Peri does call them out, by the end of it they acknowledge their mistake and apologize, promising to back off. And while they remain cuddly towards him, from the looks of it they did stop coming in-between Peri and Dev, letting their son do his thing.
Also worth noting that, despite doting on Peri, they still very much talk to him like they would talk to an adult. Yes they hug him a lot (and I mean a lot) and call him pet names, and they were definitely excited to see him again in āLost in Fairy Worldā, but other than that they clearly respect him as an adult, listening to him and trusting him. Iām not going to list examples because itās basically every dialogue in which they donāt ābabyā him. That being said I feel like āOperation: Birthday Takebackā displays it the best from what Iāve seen of it.
As for Periās side on this, heās annoyed by his parents stepping in but itās obvious he doesnāt hate them at all, quite the opposite. He just wants them to take him seriously as an adult, which is understandable. Also the fact he isnāt afraid to call them out is a very good sign. On that note, I love how when telling them his tracker is off, he actually apologizes (though he doesnāt have to, his reasoning for turning it off is understandable, and I appreciate he tells them those reasons!).
Also I live for that scene at the beginning of āOperation: Birthday Takebackā when his parents ask for a tour of the house (btw love Wanda telling him theyāre ready to get him out of there if needed), they show interest in his suggestion, which makes Peri smile sheepishly. Itās such a cute moment and to me really shows Peri wanting to be seen as an adult and enjoying being seen that way by them, but also how heās clearly attached to them! Idk itās just a very cute moment! I love those three!
Also kind of a last minute addition before moving to Peri and Dev but looking at āOperation: Birthday Takebackā, I canāt help but laugh at how at the very beginning, the second the godkids are doing their own thing, Cosmo and Wanda throw themselves at their son. Itās very sweet. Also I love the implication that theyāre here bc theyāre Hazelās godparents and need to stay with her, but also they really wanted any excuse to see their son!
And the reason why I say last minute addition is because this made me realize that Cosmo and Wanda do act pretty differently towards the godkids compared to Peri, which I find to be an interesting detail that makes their characters more complex in a way. Like yes, Cosmo and Wanda are very parental types, but to an extent you can see a line between them being with their godkids, who they are here to mentor and steer in the right direction for a few months until the kid is happy, and them being with their son, who they raised from infancy and isnāt going anywhere.
Now thatās not to say that Cosmo and Wanda donāt love their godkids, itās obvious how much they adore those kids and care for them and probably remember each and every single one of them, but yeah you can still see a bit of a difference. At the very least, from what Iāve seen so far they canāt help but hug Peri literally everytime they have an excuse to do so, while having a bit more boundaries with Hazel.
But again, thatās a last minute thought and Iāve only seen a handful of episodes, so I might be wrong on that. Take it with a grain of salt. Still, I find it interesting to have those characters who are basically social workers and how thereās a bit of a difference between the kids they take care of for their ājobā and the kid they have in their personal life. Again, thatās not to say they arenāt attached to the godkids, they are.
But yeah, all of this to say, the way the Fairywinkle-Cosma family is written in āLost in Fairy Worldā honestly blew me away and really got me invested into watching this show, with āBattle of the Dimmsonianā and āOperation: Birthday Takebackā only adding to it (and Iām probably looking way too much into this and making it sound like the writing of this episode is much deeper than it actually is; Iām obsessed with this disaster (affectionate) of a family, help).
As for the part about Peri and Dev, basically thereās an element of Cosmo and Wanda talking over Peri in āLost in Fairy Worldā that I wanted to explore, but then āOperation: Birthday Takebackā came out and thereās that moment in the ābreakupā scene where Dev talks about his father not noticing his fairy while Peri is being hugged by his parents in the background. And while this is a visual gag, Cosmo and Wandaās action in this scene actually fits very well thematically and made me realize something about how Dev might feel about Peri.
So now youāre getting a whole section about how Dev and Peri are a terrible match for each other, due to three main reasons:
1. The one everyone already talked about, Peri is severly underqualified. While you could say heās been a godparent since he was a baby, back then all he did was grant wishes while his parents dealt with the talking + emotional support. Not only was he doing a small part of the job, he also had his parents, other more qualified fairies, helping him. Also the scene with Vicky tells us that Peri doesnāt have the best memories of his time as a baby, which is fair enough.
(note that I believe he was 7-8 years old when he had to say goodbye to Timmy, so he does remember him. As for Vicky, Timmyās parents likely stopped hiring her once their son was 13-14, hence why Peri only has blurry memories of her, he wouldāve been a toddler at best by then)
So yeah, Dev is Periās first kid, and Peri is not qualified for him. He loses his patience with the cupcakes, bites back when Dev is short and snappy with him (the classroom scene at the end of the āunder//taleā episode, yeah I havenāt watched this one outside of this scene; and the beginning of āOperation: Birthday Takebackā with the flying shoes) and donāt get me started on Peri telling Dev in āBattle of the Dimmsonianā to give the staff back because āwhat will my parents say if my first godkid dies on me!ā
Like PERI??? MAYBE DONāT SAY TO THE KID WITH ABANDONMENT ISSUES THAT YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT HIS WELLBEING BECAUSE YOU WANT TO IMPRESS YOUR PARENTS??? JUST A THOUGHT???
(note that I do believe Peri cares for Dev, itļæ½ļæ½s just that what he says here really comes off as him not caring, and since Dev is the one hearing what Peri says in that scene...)
Also obviously thereās the ending of āOperation: Birthday Takebackā. Tbh I donāt blame Peri much for this one since, again, heās severely underqualified, but yeah his response to Devās wish was not the right one, which is reflected by Dev reacting with a frustrated scream which honestly made me feel bad for this kid. Peri going āas you wishā is just too distant and āprofessionalā. Thatās a kid in a vulnerable state! He needed comfort! Sure Peri had to go because Dev literally wished for it, but a more qualified fairy would have known what to say, if only something along the lines of ātake all the time you need, Iāll be there for you once you feel betterā.
So yeah, Dev is deeply hurting and a complete newbie who doesnāt have the patience or positivity for it was not going to make things better.
2. What I originally wanted to say about āLost in Fairy Worldā before 3. showed its head: I think Cosmo and Wanda being around inadvertently makes things worse for the duo.
Thing is, Dev is a difficult kid. Because of that, I think that in order for him to open up to his fairy, said fairy needs to earn his respect so to speak. And not to say Devās fairy should be full on authoritative, but yeah they definitely need to be someone Dev respects and listens to, which is not the case for Peri. And I think the main reason why has to do with Periās relationship with his parents.
Basically, kids are smarter than we give them credit for and are observant as well. And what did Dev see his fairy do? Spend the first day on the job being terrified of meeting his parents who turned out to be incredibly sweet people. Then in āLost in Fairy Worldā it honestly looks like Peri, Cosmo and Wanda just wanted to catch up and brought the kids for the heck of it, and Dev gets to see his fairy being babied by his parents, along with said parents talking over him. Then as said before thereās also Peri going āmooomā in front of Dev in āOperation: Birthday Takebackā.
And about āLost in Fairy Worldā, thereās that moment in the beginning where Cosmo and Wanda tell Dev he canāt go to fairy world, only for Peri to step in and basically repeat the exact same thing as his parents (the ātrialā part from Cosmo and āI canāt let you goā from Wanda). And while this line is a joke, I do think itās important for Peri to put his foot down like that.
Because yeah, Peri is the one Dev should be listening to. Itās not just a question of āthis is Periās jobā, itās also about Dev seeing Peri as an adult. But with Cosmo and Wanda, itās a bit more complicated.
This is also another element I really like about this episode, Peri needing to be the one doing the talking so that Dev can take him seriously as a potential guardian.
But yeah, the thing is, itās not working. Periās immaturity shines with his lack of patience for the kid, which Dev picks up on, leading the two of them to get snappy with each other on āeven groundā in a way, which doesnāt help Periās case. And on top of that you have Cosmo and Wanda, who even with their eccentric side remain mature adults (and I love how them being eccentric doesnāt make them seem any less adult; love adults being allowed to have fun and be themselves without being shamed or called childish for it!).
Now as far as Iām aware the show never really talks about this, but I honestly wouldnāt be surprised if Cosmo and Wanda being around played a role in Devās perception of Peri. Not only because of them being mushy parents as previously discussed, but also because they are clearly older and more experienced than Peri, making it harder for Dev to take Peri seriously. Hopefully this makes sense?
And speaking of Dev with Cosmo and Wanda, I actually get the feeling he somewhat respects them? At least more than Peri? And on that note, thereās that scene at the very beginning of āOperation: Birthday Takebackā that I find both adorable but also pretty depressing when it comes to Dev.
When Cosmo, Wanda and Hazel show up, they ask if Devās dad is here, to which he mentions āProject Hā. And at that Cosmo makes a comment about this project being a big surprise party, and yeah this moments gets me.
Because for a second there, Dev actually smiles. He knows that what his dad is doing has nothing to do with the party, he says so himself in response to Cosmo, but he still smiles, because he understands that Cosmo is trying to cheer him up and appreciates the effort. Idk this gets me, especially also seeing the way Wanda and Peri are looking wary as Cosmo keeps talking, clearly unsure of how Dev will react.
Like am I making a big deal out of a ten seconds moment? Probably. But thereās just something about this sad kid closing himself off whenever his problems are brought up, acting like an entitled brat most of the time as a coping mechanism, yet when this random adult he vaguely knows tries to cheer him up, heās able to understand it and appreciate it. Idk, again, it just gets me. And sadly it really shows how bad of a match Peri and Dev are. Peri hasnāt been able to get any sort of progress with this kid, but the second his dad shows up and talks a bit suddenly the kid is giving a sincere smile. Yeahā¦
Now granted in regards to Dev respecting Cosmo and Wanda more, it might also have to do with them not being his godparents, considering Dev is basically using Peri as some sort of servant at times since heās a spoiled brat and all.
Finally for this part, I want to bring up that scene in the secret lair with Vicky showing up, because to me this is a very good example of Peri actually failing Dev, which in this case will make the kid not take him seriously (on top of not earning his trust and being frustrated with him).
Now I will say, I canāt blame Peri for panicking the way he does upon seeing Vicky (btw I forgot to mention it earlier but the way he goes ālalalaā and continues while turning into a drone and looking at the banging door in horror is so real. Again Peri is peak young adult energy). Heās had to deal with that woman since he was a literal infant, of course heās going to be traumatized!
Still, Dev doesnāt know that. All he knows is that thereās this scary lady his and Hazelās fairies know about, but he has no idea what history is between them outside of āshe was terrible to our previous kid and scares usā. Also heās 10 and has a bad home-life making him selfish, I donāt think he can fully understand the adults around him being traumatized.
But yeah, all this to say, in this scene, Peri is completely paralyzed, hiding behind the others waiting for Vicky to leave, letting his parents do the talking. And yep, we yet again go back to Cosmo and Wanda being the mature adults around here. Also worth noting that once Vicky puts on the nice act, Hazel stops being afraid of her but Dev still looks intimidated!
In that moment, Peri should have been there to protect Dev. Thatās his job as a godfairy. His kid was scared and in potential danger. Yet Peri did absolutely nothing. Instead he stayed hidden, technically behind his kid which means using Dev as cover, and who came to both his and Devās rescue? Cosmo and Wanda, the other two fairies in the room, who are clearly more mature and are Periās parents.
And again, I donāt blame Peri for being paralyzed in fear like that, but how do you explain that to Dev? How do you tell that kid that heās braver than his adult magical all-powerful fairy? That while he had to stand and somewhat confront Vicky, that adult fairy thatās supposed to protect him went hiding behind mommy and daddy? Hell from what Iāve seen, earlier in the episode the kids do stand up to Vicky, which makes Periās actions worse!
So yeah, hopefully this whole part makes sense as it feels a bit like a mess. The main takeaway here is that Dev needs a fairy that he can see as an almost parental figure, someone he clearly views as an adult and respects as such, that way he can have someone he can trust and be comfortable with, easing him into breaking down his walls. But Peri isnāt any of that. Heās a young adult which makes him still quite immature, and on top of that his parents basically live next door, thus leading Dev to see his fairy getting treated like a kid. It just canāt work out between them as long as they stay like that.
3. Finally, the part related to that moment of Dev talking about his dad while looking at the fairies: Dev has some serious daddy issues related to his father never paying attention to him on account of being a piece of shit who only cares about himself. And the thing is, Dev doesnāt have anyone he can relate to on that front (saying this since itās hard for him to open up, so having someone with similar issues could be a bit of a push for him).
Hazel has caring parents whose main issue is being busy, on top of her fairies who clearly love her and spend a lot of time taking care of her. Now I havenāt seen much of the school kids but also Dev isnāt exactly close to any of them apparently? Meaning that in any case he canāt relate to them.
Then thereās this fairy that shows up, meant to cater to him but also help him emotionally, and wouldnāt you know this guy talks about wanting to impress his parents and being afraid of them! No but seriously, thinking about it, I canāt help but wonder if for a moment Dev thought he and Peri could bond over family issues, at least subconsciously. But nope! As soon as Peri reunites with his folks, turns out theyāre the sweetest most loving parents ever.
Iām actually surprised that from the looks of it the show doesnāt draw a parallel between Dev and Peri on that front. I mean you have a kid with an incredibly absent parent who wants nothing more than to get his dadās attention, being taken care of by a fairy who finds his parentsā attention suffocating and just wants them to leave him alone. Thereās interesting storytelling potential here, especially when taking into account how much those two struggle to get along (basically Periās family situation making Dev feel worse in a way due to his confusion as to why Peri puts a bit of distance between himself and his parents)
Which loops back to that scene at the end of āOperation: Birthday Takebackā with Peri getting hugged by his parents while Dev is opening up about his daddy issues and how this visual gag fits the theme of the scene. Dev is feeling like shit about his father not loving him meanwhile the fairy thatās supposed to take care of him is being cuddled by his incredibly loving parents who adore him.
On that note, thereās an element I havenāt touched on in this episode, and itās the fact that Hazel and Dev were in trouble with Vicky but didnāt have their fairies to protect them due to the trio visiting the house. While this scene is another example of Peri failing Dev, what I find most interesting about it is the fact that Peri āabandonedā Dev to spend time with his parents. Idk, I canāt help but think that this detail twists the knife even further for Dev. Not only was his fairy not here to protect him, but his absence is due to him hanging out with his parents who love him and wanted to spend time with him.
Speaking of which, I wonder if Dev is also angry at the fact that Cosmo and Wanda are able to take care of Hazel and be there for her whenever she needs while still finding the time to hang out with their son and be involved in his life. In a way itās further proof that Dale is an atrocious parent, at least when taking into account Devās pov since I doubt a kid his age spends a lot of time hanging out with other parents, so Cosmo and Wanda are basically the only couple he can compare his father to. Basically I could see Dev noticing how much Cosmo and Wanda do and it making him feel even worse about why his dad doesnāt love him the same.
But yeah all this to say, just like everyone else in his life, Peri canāt understand Devās issues with his father, issues that are the core reason why he has a fairy in the first place. On top of that, Peri not only has the one thing Dev wants, but the kid sees him push it away on numerous occasions.
And thatās the end of what I wanted to say here. Hopefully this isnāt too much of a mess since Iām writing this while sick + sleep-deprived due to illness + havenāt watched much of the show past a few episodes and the clips on Tumblr.
On that note, yet again please take this post with a grain of salt, especially the Dev-Peri part. I originally just planned on gushing about āLost in Fairy Worldā and how much I love the Fairywinkle-Cosma in it, but seeing the ending of āOperation: Birthday Takebackā made me want to talk a little more about Dev. That being said given how little Iāve watched thereās probably a lot Iām missing about this kid, so by no means do I think this analysis is perfect (also, the fact Iām writing this while illā¦). Now Dev does seem to be a āpredictableā character, hence why I feel somewhat comfortable writing this despite seeing so little, but again I might be wrong.
(Btw when I say Dev is predictable Iām in no way saying it negatively, quite the opposite! I love that him getting a fairy low-key made him worse, and Iām very curious as to how theyāre going to resolve him spiraling the way heās currently doing.)
In any case, thanks for reading!
#fop#fop a new wish#fairly oddparents a new wish#fop a new wish spoilers#fop spoilers#Flor talks#long post#Fairly Oddparents#really hoping this post makes sense#like while writing I was into it but afterwards it's like 'I didn't even watch it what am I even talking about ?'#this is what happens when you just want to talk about one episode but end up bringing up three others#still happy with what I wrote tho; even if it's likely wrong#the thing I'm most 'worried' about is when I call some of this stuff realistic#can't help but be like ''but is it tho ? do I know enough to confidently say that ?''#btw since I forgot to point it out : I wrote this before seeing the Ir//ep episode; hence no mentions of it#though from the clips I've seen the thing it would bring to this post is more proof that Dev and Peri are a mess#and that Peri needs to be less immature for the sake of this child
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the closer we get to arcanes finale the more worried i am bc so often .. if not always .. things i like end in a way that i dislike so much it ruins everything else for me
and im so worried they pull a 'this is a multiverse' thing bc then they can say every skin is somehow canon bc its all different universes you seeeeee and jayce went mad bc he lived through all of them or something, or force it to end in a way that makes the champions end up like they are in game- Vi is a shitty cop, Jinx is just heehoo craycray bc xyz etc
#ganondoodles talks#personal#arcane#sorry i cant help but be rather pessimistic#and i know with the skin universes its kinda a multiverse already but like#a multiverse and different AUs are a different thing for me#i cant imagine how they can make this all end in a satifying way with just three more episodes with so many questions still#like the thing with isha and vander only happens so jinx loses every bit of sanity she had left and Vi goes welp#time to be a shitty enforcer#and then singed takes warwick again and makes him full wolf like in game and theres no connection left anymore bc his memory is fully cooke#or some shit#i REALLY dont want to be pessimistic but uh .... it usually happens with whatever i like and it has scarred me a little#i dont even know whats up with mel either??? they did the whole black rose stuff but#thats pulling in so much lore from noxus ... HOW can they make sense of it in 3 episodes?????#unless they make it a shitty teaser for more to come or soemthing i guess??#.. in any case- whenever i tried to be optimistic and then got disappointed anyway it hit me way harder#so im just gonna go with expecting the worst i can imagine so theres hope left to be surprised in a good way#after all they did go with warwick in a way i really liked for act 2 that is ... though the end im meh about#not a fan of the weird hexcore bullcrap in general tbh#though i like victor ... he was so nice to warwick .. even though i wish he wasnt a cult leader now lmao
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so me and my sister just rewatched both the lego movies and we have just been yapping to each-other ever since and i really need to talk about emmet as a autistic character and the movies in general because GODā
Emmet autism power time wao
In the beginning of the first movie, Emmet is the only person we see who consistently refers to the instructions and carries it around throughout his day ā kinda being a āscriptā that other autistic people use to fit in with others or use with social situations except instead of being internalised rules itās a *literal* instruction book (which he has many of). This being a representation of the expectations that society expects of him and the unspoken rules he needs to follow; heās been essentially wearing a mask throughout his whole life in an attempt to fit in, but even then his peers still see him as different due to them not following the instructions as closely as he does, causing a disconnect that Emmet couldnāt know about because he assumed everyone is doing the same as him.
But by the end of the first movie, Emmet realises that he can be himself and can focus on what makes him, *him*!! Rather than constantly following what others expects of him, he unlocks the ability to master-build and uses it for specifically things that interest him and what he wants (e.g the construction robot and the double decker couch!).
This lead into the beginning of the second movie, after 5 years Emmet is now living by his own life by his own rules, he still follows instructions but this time he makes it himself! He knows that routine and it makes him the most comfortable so he continues to do it but by his own terms. (akin to how autistic people (me) use specific routines and plans to make their day to day easier).
Heās also shown to be the only person whoās appearance hasnāt changed at all, still sticking to his optimistic demeanour because itās an integral part of his identity as a person and by not conforming to the expectations of society heās in, heās being himself and valuing what makes him unique ā building things that are specific to solely him.
In the Christmas tree short heās the head of the construction crew sequence team, in the movie he builds a comfortable home with all of his interests and personality stuffed inside! But it is immediately disregarded as ānot seriousā and ātoo bright/clean/friendlyā and dangerous to society (dangerous to the views society wants him to conform to) ā with that critique of his home then being an indirect critique of his character and who he is as a whole, that he cannot or should not be himself anymore, that he needs to change and be more serious, more mature, this evident key reignites the feelings of insecurity in Emmet that he should not need to feel again following the events of movie 1.
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Considering Rex Dangervest as a character; this is a version of Emmet we see as who, after being stuck in a dryer and wallowing in feelings of betrayal and anger, conforms to what his old peers wanted from him, putting on another mask now of maturity. He changes his entire appearance, emphasising the change while also burying his past identity.
However, even though heās being what others wanted of him, heās still doing it for himself and to attempt to squash or bury the deep insecurity he now has. Heās learned that instructions arenāt needed anymore, which is yet another thing he has completely removed from his identity now and in an attempt to be as un-himself as possible, he lives his life impulsively and destructively ā his entire crew being composed of raptors than people, reflecting his distrust of people and further separating himself from them, furthering his isolation in toe.
Rex is also a unreliable narrator, lying about his accomplishments and playing it up to further conform into this mask he has created and making himself seem much more special and interesting than what he may actually be, using this to push himself further away from who he used to be (quite similar to Lucy actually, but taken even further through him taking what everyone says about him literally).
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But back to Emmet, when he meets Rex he is in a vulnerable point in his life both in situation and emotionally, heās unsure of whether he should be himself or how others feel about him. He wants to be loved and known by others and not being ignored like he was in the beginning of the first movie, heās clearly willing to change himself in order to achieve this goal even if itās not good for him, Rex had (has) this same insecurity and feeds into this intentionally, encouraging Emmet to change himself and grow tougher and stronger mirroring what his peers used to do with him, showing a cycle of hurt that is caused because of those words and actions.
Emmet changes *insanely* quickly, learning the master-breaking ability immediately as opposed to Rex who likely needed years to perfect it, likely pushing most of his feelings deep down and even though heās accepted more of himself at the beginning of the second movie, his whole life before then was constant repression and masking, the instructions he was given by society actively told him what to do and how to feel, how to answer others but he was never given an outlet for any negative emotions.
That many years of repression cannot be undone such a short time, but Rex gives him a destructive outlet to vent his emotions rather than a constructive one ā furthering what Rex wants Emmet to be and what Rex sees as good now because of his own trauma, wishing to now better his past self and help him realise the ātruthā earlier than he did, both to help Emmet but also protect him from what Rex had to go through but in the end hurting Emmet anyways.
In conclusion,
Emmet is uber duper autistic and he should be able to get a therapist and also be silly *drops mic*
I have more I wanna yap about but imma give myself a lil break cause i have like, a whole talk about the second movie plus a rewrite of the entire dryer bit plus fun things but ye
But i really hope this sounded good !! if you have literally anything to add or rebuttal please let me know! :D
#the lego movie#the lego movie 2#emmet brickowski#rex dangervest#tlm emmet#tlm#tlm2#I am so sorry that i hated the second movie so bad i simply did not get it#but i still have issues with it#āand the helpless male was the leaderā SHUT#SHUT#INCORRECT š„#WRONG š„#UNFACTUAL š„#iām so mad at that still#and at everyone flip flopping on āoh master builders we wanna fight to be ourselvesā and then āemmet why are you being yourselfā#but anyways emmet is so autism#thereās probably other bits of him being autistic that i either missed or didnāt really get#but itās okay!#hope this makes sense#big thank u for my lovely sister for helping me babble about this#in return she gets a thousand glue cap lids
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wrestling fic writers!!
i have decided to be the change i wanna see, so lets do a nice little thing for each other, as a community full of incredible and talented writers. yes this is writer specific only, but thats cause thats where the main problem of people not interacting with creative works lies in this fandom as far as i can tell and have seen people talking about it especially in the last couple of months
if you read this, please add links to your written works. it can be just a single fic youre really proud of, your writing blog, your writing tag, your ao3 account, anything where your works can be found
and if you leave your link here, PLEASE check out someone else that has left their works, and interact with them. leave them a comment, even just a kudos, REBLOG their fic, etc. interacting is the keyword i want to emphasize here, along with building a sort of a masterpost of where to find people writing in this fandom
and if you are not a writer, youre still highly encouraged to interact with this post and share it and show love to the writers in this fandom, obviously!! i think that should go without saying, but adding it in anyways
a bit more about my vision and resources and such under the read more, but thats the gist of it. happy linking and please be kind and supportive to each other!! š
nobody is too big or too small to add their things on this list. if you write and post anything in this fandom whatsoever, be it fics or drabbles or headcanons, any companies or any kind of ships or reader inserts or any content whatsoever no matter how 'dead dove dont eat' or hell even if its just meta, we welcome all here and nobody can say that one thing is less valid than another. just please tag your content accordingly, especially if theres content warnings, and feel free to mention what you write, who you write, any info you wish to leave that would help people before they click on your links. but even so, that should not and hopefully will not deter people from interacting, no matter what it is. someones trash is another ones treasure, i promise you
and unless the amount gets really overwhelming, im personally going to be checking out everyone that leaves something here. unless it squeaks me out, but even then, i'll spread the word. and i just wish as many people as possible will do the same, and not just use this as a potential board to only get eyes on their stuff. ofc thats also the point, but you should give as much, if not more, than you get. we need to be kind and supportive of one another (besides, from personal experience, if you show love to someone else, they are more likely to do it back than without you taking the first step, so... pay it forward)
as for resources, heres a few links that should be helpful in leaving comments and feedback. of course everyone does their own thing and no comment is too big or too small to leave, but for those who need them. if you have anything you'd like added to this list, dont hesitate to get in touch or drop it in the post yourself!!
101 comment starters
ao3 floating comment box
kudos html
dont know how to comment? easy solutions
a quick hot guide to commenting (by yours truly)
an overall guide to appreciating fanfic writers
and just in general.. leave people comments. leave them asks about their projects. just go over and gush about their work. i know it sounds embarrassing but writers love nothing more than to hear that someone likes what they are doing. if you find a fic that hasnt been updated in forever, comment on it. it might just be the spark the author needs to continue. while kudos and likes are nice, and just as valuable to some, its definitely in the words the people leave for them that matter the most. im not saying this to put pressure on anyone, its just how it is, and i feel like unless people are writers themselves, and even then sometimes, thats just hard to grasp, especially if the writer is a smaller and less popular one who doesnt get a lot of traffic in the first place
i think thats all. just be nice and considered to everyone, reblog peoples works, this post with others add ons and so forth. and if i find anyone talking shit here or at other writers for something they share, you'll be blocked and im probably taking your kneecaps. be fucking nice. we are all struggling here and we need to stick together
happy sharing and commenting šš
#wrestling fanfiction#wrestling fic#aew fanfic#aew fanfiction#wwe fanfiction#wwe fanfic#i hope this make some sort of coherent sense#despite being a writer im really bad at words lmao#i also dont know what to tag this with without clogging main tags so im going to trust moots to get this going first#just. this is a topic im passionate about. i love writing i love writers and having seen the wrestling fandom as of late really struggling#with this. we need to do something. even a little bit helps. actually get people leaving feedback and commenting again#supporting each other. we can do this together#dont let dreams be dreams lets fucking do this#just be nice and help each other out#im gonna stop now before i get overly emotional. if theres any questions let me know tho i think i got the main parts pretty clear here#again moots. im trusting you to get this started. im not gonna add my own shit here immediately this isnt about me#this is about the community as a whole#i also hope nobody is afraid of adding themselves here. you are all valid and worth the attention no matter what#just remember to also give if you leave something here. look at the previous links. look in the notes to find more people#okay thats it i need to make dinner now#lets just be kind and support one another. promise me that š#night is an absolute mess on main
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Like I love Piers. I do. But it will forever erk me on how he just. Pushes so much on Marnie. I don't think it's malicious by any means, it's clear he adores her. But again, the " team yell situation would've been out of control if it wasn't for her" as if he's not the adult there. Or the " I'm not much of a gym leader, so I want my sister to take over for me", despite her interests being. Not that atm.
And I don't exactly hate these flaws for Piers. I think they're really interesting! But both the game and masters kinda don't do anything with it. At least masters goes " yeah, my sister wants to be champion, so I'm still gonna be a gym leader for now and let her do her own thing " but it's still banking on the fact Marnie will eventually become the gym leader in her place. Like he doesn't mean to do this, but he's putting so much pressure on the girl. Him and team yell! And I don't think that's fair! But nah, they still have a good relationship - and I want them to! But I also want them to address this. I think their entire situation is just messy, and pokemon isn't exactly showing that.
I do think it's interesting, according to Marnie, she feels like the reason her and Piers don't argue is because Piers is holding back on her. And that she would want that sibling squabble. Like! God that's so interesting! And kinda sad! To know your older brother is holding back emotions for your sake! There's so much you could do with these two I swear, and yet! We don't get much!
#honestly i fully believe you can compare Marnie and Piers dynamic with Leon's amd Hop's#the unintentional pressure. the older one not wanting to stress out the younger one with their baggage#Marnie seems to be more aware of it thar Hop was tho( at least at first?)#hgvhvgvgvcg sorry. i am once again shaking swsh by the shoulders. you could have been so great#gym leader piers#rival marnie#pokemon swsh#pokemon sword and shield#i focused a lot on Piers flaws here but please understand#i love him and his situation with spikemuth and rose and galar is utterly fucked#this is a man who is trying and failing to help his little town that's honestly on the fucking brink#as well as take care of his little sister#this is a guy who is kinda. forced to be in a position he doesn't really want. but has to because what else can he do#i hope i'm making sense. this isn't me hating piers this is me wishing they explored him and Marnie -#ESPECIALLY MARNIE -#better#okay that's it bye
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Just read a comment thread suggesting a headcanon/AU where Telemachus is adopted and am currently spiraling over the implication of it all
Imagine what Ody's thought process in killing the infant might've been?? "I saved another child and took him in as my own, why can't I do the same for this one?" It wouldn't be fair.
And then think about what Telemachus was going through after his newly adoptive father went MIA for twenty years and he never truly got to meet or thank the man who saved him and took him in as his own?
Imagine being abandoned by your birth parents as infant, and then adopted into a new loving family. Only to then be abandoned by your new ones (physically by one, emotionally by another).
#HJGGJJGJGJGJGJFJ IM GONNA CRU#also hello guess this is my first post lmao I just really loved that AU idea and needed to get this out of my system#asexual couple Odysseus and Penelope are now plaguing my brain as well#this blog is literally for Aurora wtf am I doing#epic the musical#telemachus#adopted telemachus#adopted telemachus au#i guess#ace odypen#ace odypen au#once again i guess#this comment thread was on duvetbox's legendary animatic btw#it's under a comment appreciating how similar telemachus looks to odysseus iirc#i distinctly remember the comment had an Aubrey pfp though#help idk how to tag i hope this makes sense#some smart person please come overanalyze this and delve deeper into every possible implication#i am not the one for the job#also im tired
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Totally out of the blue, but I was wondering, what was the most difficult ship to write a coherent romance for? (I'm struggling so much with some of my f/os lol, some of them are so complicated to create a believable romantic relationship with)
Honestly all of them where difficult to do romance for because Iām always worried about making my f/os ooc, but what I did to help with this worry is try to imagine how my f/os would react in a relationship with my self inserts and the new dynamic my f/os would have to explore that they didnāt in canon because they never crossed paths with someone like my self inserts (like personally wise). But mostly for the romance aspect, itās just exploring how your f/os would be in a relationship. Like if they had past relationships, what would make this one different? And if they havenāt been in a relationship, how would them being in one will go? Would there be struggles at first, excitement? Thereās many different ways for the relationships to go. But at the end of the day, itās all just allowing yourself to have fun with your ships.
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#ok finally making a post about meds#I've not ever tried taking medication before. I was sorta raised with that classic 'dont rely on meds you have to learn to manage without'#I mean I was also raised with the idea that therapy is stupid unless you have 'real' trauma. and also like idk.#can't stay home from school unless your temp is over 100 or you're throwing up. etc. very suck it up mindset#so I was just really nervous to start. also of course worried about losing myself or whatever I know that's a silly fear but#it's also a common fear for a reason!!! anyways#so I finally was like 'I need to do something' when I realized I was so anxious I couldnt even get myself to go outside alone#like I just don't want to do ANYTHING alone to a detrimental effect. and it was butting into my ability to do my work...#for various reasons. but then ALSO adhd has been a constant issue with my work as well!#it is SO hard to write and draw on a weekly pace like I am without being able to focus#my whole life I've had these terrible nightmares constantly and I've always woken up constantly in the night#sleep has always been terrible so I've always dreaded going to bed.. ESPECIALLy because it didnt even make me less tired#it was more something that I just did because I had to.#but going to bed was always terrible. there have been times I was too scared to go to sleep for weeks on end...#I've been mitigating this for years of course. and recently I've been taking melatonin which has been helping too.#but I've also always struggled to get up. because I've always been EXTREMELY exhausted#but also anxious of what the day might bring... idk.#anyways it has all hit a point that I was like okay. I am doing as many coping mechanisms as I can. the psych said they were good too#but... it just has never been enough. it's never been enough to make me not tired it's never been enough to make me not scared#so I finally talked to the doc about it. and she was like youve def got smth wrong basically. which yah I know.. but yknow#anyways so I started taking wellbutrin. and I am so frustrated now. because it's WORKING#that constant looming sense of dread is gone. I'm excited to get up. I'm excited to go to bed BECAUSE I'm excited to get up#I feel like for years I've been holding on to the idea that I have to get up because I have to put something good out into the world#and I've been clinging to knowing that if nothing else. I am able to help other people feel better.#but now for the first time in my life I'm like. free of it. I didnt even know it was possible... and I'm so sad how much I've lost out on#and so frustrated how my whole life I've been told to put up with it and push through it. and treated like a failure for it being too much.#and just. It has only been 2 weeks. but the lack of anxiety is SO noticeable I'm so...#I'll never miss it. the adhd is still pretty present but like whatever. I can manage that better.#and I'm just crying because of all this combined.#I just. I hope I get to finally be the best I can be now. for myself but also for you guys!
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