#idgi I don’t get them

[bitchslapblastoids]

Exhausting tour leg ends on a run of 3 consecutive nights, the final show is within 30 mins of a major international airport on the east coast, and instead you fly back across the US going in the opposite direction of your home country to… hit the slot machines?

Yeah that’s nuts. Are they just not going back to London at all before Australia? Why Vegas of all places (ignoring the obvious sinister answer)?

[whitehartlane]

omg call me a karen if you want but i reserved a seat in the train and someone is sleeping over both my seat and the seat next to it like it literally says on the display that it’s reserved and there are tons of seats around here that are free i just don’t understand why you would make the decision to 1) sleep over not one but two seats and 2) sleep in a seat where it clearly indicates that it’s reserved?

[conflictofthemind]

I wonder like, for milkvans, what is Mike’s final character arc supposed to be about? A big part of Byler theory is tying together these unifying character arcs and themes, especially for Mike who’s character arc is definitely waiting to be fulfilled in Season 5. The community has really great ideas on how Mike’s tendencies to push characters away and retreat into his shell instead of expressing his emotions could relate to his sexuality.

For hardcore milkvans, since most of them also believe Mike’s monologue was perfect and wrapped up his issues with expressing his emotions, where do you go from there? At least El whether in a relationship or not has a clear character trajectory and final arc to play out.

Finn Wolfhard specifically said that “it was a less personal journey with Mike in the last season [Season 4] but [he] thinks people will be happy with 5”. Since his love confession to El is supposed to be a major relationship peak (if you subscribe to Milkvan) then what other kind of journey will his character have that is more personal than that?

[abuzd]

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[yappacadaver]

Why are all the game bros complaining that there’s no baddies in dragon age 4 when neve is right there fr

[thegreatimpersonator]

ok the thing … that i don’t get is how this lovely secret santa event is being called such negative things when the person in charge made themselves clear many times, kept reaching out repeatedly, and literally said what was going to happen. like you’ve logged on here, you didn’t answer them when they kept trying to contact you, if you couldn’t do it make it clear somehow instead of silence and confusion, even if you put in your bio or in a post that you’re on hiatus. also, we are all going through rough shit right now. this was supposed to make people happy and feel good, and instead of maybe simply saying you’re sorry you missed it and you’ll make something soon or try to be better in the future you’re getting your back up and pointing fingers with accusatory bs. this was announced a REALLY long time ago!!! you had time to do or say SOMETHING!! and considering you were not responsive to everything posted and sent, why should they think you’d answer another message or dm about this?

[peaceeandcoolestvibes]

The essence of Aries like this cannot be any more accurate lmao

[iksydk]

when i forget things it’s like a massive insult i’m doing and then when someone else forgets something it’s like “kat why didn’t you say anything” bro why didn’t YOU say anything. “i shouldn’t have to” okay but you do have to sometimes. i’m still trying to get back to normal and it feels like my brain hasn’t worked right since my attempt. but i can’t SAY that because that’s manipulative. everything i do is on purpose dontcha know.

[ham1lton]

omg i had a similar idea about how yn’s birthday would be what exposed lewisyn but i didn’t send it bc i didn’t think you’d like it 🫣🫣🫣 i was just thinking that he’d get her something REALLY nice and everyone’s like 🤨🤔 whose boss would get them this….(as a kpop girlie my headcanon was that he flies her to coachella to see blackpink vip LMAO but honestly your choice)

author’s note: LEWISYN LEWISYN *we all chant in unison*. this is a part of the dream girl universe but can be read as a stand alone! also i’m posting the oscaryn fic tomorrow! so keep an eye out for that :D

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yourusername: when your boss pays for an all inclusive holiday for you and your girls for your birthday, but you miss his dog so you force him to send you updates every day 😔

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user1: happy bday girl but this isn’t normal 😭

-> user2: bye she’s so real for this because if i could get exclusive lewis hamilton selfies I WOULD 😭

user3: you posted a darry ring box on your story? who bought it for you?

-> yourusername: lewis! :)

-> user4: hey babe… that’s literally INSANE

-> user5: idgi? what’s a darry ring? why is it insane? it’s just jewellery 🤷🏾‍♀️

-> user4: you can only buy ONE darry ring per LIFETIME. they make you submit your id so you can never buy another. it’s meant to be for your soulmate 😭 and lewis bought one for his ASSISTANT 😭

-> user5: nah, they GOTTA be fucking.

-> user4: worse. they’re in love.

carmenmmundt: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET GIRL ♥️

-> yourusername: i can’t even believe it but thank you babe!!! mwah!! we’ll go out as soon as i come back!!! :D

-> user6: my fav wags :(( gonna miss yn when lewis goes to ferrari :((

bestie1: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BESTIE!!! SEXIEST GIRL EVER!!!!!!11!!!111

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user19: people talking about the darry ring like what about the HOLIDAY TO HER FAVOURITE PLACE??? like that is literally CRAZY???

-> user19: … you hiring? lewishamilton 👀

-> user21: fuck that, do you have an opening in your relationship? lewishamilton yourusername? 👀 bitch scooch over!! i want y’all 🤷🏻‍♀️

user20: what f1 driver wants to have a weird codependent relationship with a romantic subtext with me?

-> user21: i didn’t realise how much of a wattpad ass trope lewisyn is 😭 rich older famous hot boss and younger funny pretty employee who does whatever she wants while the boss is just fondly endeared.

-> user22: THAT SHOULD BE ME!!!!! 😔

-> user20: we can still do it oscarpiastri

-> oscarpiastri: no thank you! 🙂‍↔️

user28: yourusername are you and lewis dating be honest?

-> yourusername: NO 😭 i am definitely still single. lewis and i are just close friends that’s it!

-> user29: he said ‘happy birthday to my favourite girl, i want to spend all the rest of them with you’ in his post to you…. THATS A BOYFRIEND ASS QUOTE DONT LIE 😭

-> yourusername: that’s really normal??? like i’m sorry that you don’t have a decent relationship with your boss? 😭

user10: this whole bday thing is so funny cause why is yn trying to pass this as a normal employee and employer relationship 😭

-> user11: like you don’t see charles taking his assistant on romantic candlelit dinners do you 😭

-> user12: maybe if he does that, he’ll win a wdc. lewis does it, and he won eight, to ME!

user26: her insta stories are packed with all the gifts he bought her omg. someone tallied it all up and why did it amount to 1.7 million?!????

-> user27: IM SO JEALOUS

alexandrasaintmleux: next time brunch is on me ! 🥰 happy birthday honey 💕

-> yourusername: ily alex :(

-> user7: 1644 got the baddest bitches i know that’s right!

user13: lewisyn be normal challenge: FAILED!

-> user14: lewisyn be hopelessly in love with each other and co-parent lewis’ dog together challenge: COMPLETE!

user15: everyone talking about how weird it is that lewis spoils yn for her bday but why can’t we NORMALISE this?????? i want MY lazy ass boss to see shit like this and feel so ashamed that he books me on a cruise or some shit 😭

user17: LEWISYN CONFIRMED !!! WE CHEERED !!

-> user18: did you see his birthday post to her? babe it’s BEEN confirmed 😭

user24: im new to this. is yn lewis’ wag?

-> user25: no! she’s his assistant.

-> user24: don’t believe it. sorry.

user16: to everyone thinking this is weird, lewis’ team are like family to him. yn has been with him for almost a decade. like ofc he’s gonna reward loyalty? especially when she’s gotten offers from other celebs and brands. she could have pivoted to being an influencer but she likes working for lewis and it’s clearly mutual?

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landonorris: did you get my flowers?

-> yourusername: no?? :(

-> lewishamilton: roscoe ate them. my bad.

-> user8: MESSY ASS 😭 that dog did not eat those damn flowers.

-> user9: roscoe at home rn like … what he say fuck me for 🐶

-> yourusername: dw lando!! we’ll still have our weekly movie night when i come back!!

-> landonorris: :D

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[algae-tm]

B.A.S.

Max Verstappen x Model!Reader

Summary : Max has a girlfriend, you have a boyfriend… guess you both ain’t shit

Currently playing : B.A.S by Megan Thee Stallion

Warnings : toxic Max, toxic reader, toxic Daniel, everyone toxic (in a funny way), suggestive content, implied cheating (don’t cheat y’all), fade to black ending

this is so rushed but I couldn’t get the idea out of my head but I also have so much uni work to catch up on so here you go.

Blah blah blah please do not hate on Kelly Piquet I don’t know her and neither do you, this is fiction.

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user1 what a race

user4 17th to 1st I know that’s right

user7 patiently waiting for the comment from y/n

— user8 why do y’all always bring her up

— user7 her and max are fucking and you can’t convince me otherwise

— user8 you guys are actually deranged

yourusername so proud of our boy 💙🤎

— user7 you see what I’m seeing @/user8

— user8 okay our boy is insane work

— user9 oh my god

— user10 these are fighting words

— user11 our boy?? OUR?? O-U-R?? Kelly and y/n sister wives confirmed??

— user17 Kelly I’ve never liked you but if you wanna deck her imma look the other way for 5 minutes

— user3 idgi she’s just being nice ???

— user4 being nice is saying well done… with this comment she may as well post a tape of her and max doing the devil’s dance in 69 different positions

— user5 now you know this just plain disrespectful 😭 😭

— user19 the girlies are fighting🤭🤭

— user21 ik max giggling and kicking his feet rn

danielricciardo so proud of our boy 💙🤎

— user7 now what you out here being messy for??

— user11 I know him and y/n are cackling to each other on FaceTime rn

— user15 not them tag teaming her… give her a min to get up 😭

— user25 danny pls spill the tea what do you know!

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user5 the picture of you and max b4 the one of you and your man… can someone say messy

user6 te amo Brazil? Or te amo your boyfriend??? Or te amo Max????? like pls girl help us understand 😭

yourboyfriendsuser we need to come back for a baecation ♥️

— user7 lmao he’s fighting for his life 🤭 he rlly said let’s go back just us two

— user9 you just know he barely saw her all week

user12 I love toxic girls! Love to see women in male dominated fields fr fr

maxverstappen1 💙

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— user7 naurrrrrrrr 😭 😭

— user8 Kelly Piquet found dead

— user12 okay but like actually what is going on??????? like genuinely??? does anyone know??

danielricciardo lmao

user27 after god fear women cause wtf is going on 😭

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theestallion I LOVE YOU! knew you’d be perfect 💛💚

— user8 you might as well have called her a trifling hoe

— user10 lmao a song about cheating and being toxic and you were just like I’ll call y/n, she’s perfect

user7 I don’t care that she’s a weirdo, your honour I love her!

— user16 the thing is I don’t think anyone actually dislikes her 😭 I think ppl are actually amused by her antics

— user14 keep in mind her antics are publically cheating on her boyfriend with a guy who has a partner and a step kid 😅😅😭

— user16 allegedly!

user28 me personally I would love to have a timeline of her and max’s situationship…. Cause like how do they even know eachother?

— user17 apparently she used to do karting??

— user24 yk childhood friends make so much sense as to why Kelly can’t get rid of her

maxverstappen1 😃😅

— user14 oh my god, this is basically confirmation right? RIGHT?!

— user12 max you may as well have commented yes we’re fucking

— user13 men are so stupid… cause y/n just pulled of the most amazing troll (is it still trolling if it’s true???) and now you wanna ruin it

user32 girl!!???? Oh my god!!?? I’m sorry??!! Like this deserves jail oh my god

— danielricciardo free my girl, she did it all but I support her!

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personal headcanons about sadie and abigail because I can (and because I can’t stop thinking about it):

• sadie’s security company eventually extends to a coffee company. she sends abigail coffee on a monthly basis.

• I like to believe sadie’s personality is a mixture of Ellen from The Quick and The Dead (1995) and Idgie from Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) - AKA that girl is stubborn as sin.

• abigail is not a morning person (unless coffee is wafted under her nose)

• sadie 100% visited abigail when she had her little girl (i have a wip about this that i shall not abandon)

• abigail writes to sadie every few months or so but feels they’re very boring because her life doesn’t change much. sadie loves them (and doesn’t correct any spelling mistakes)

• abigail, like her son, becomes an avid reader - but she loves the pictures of a herbology book.

• sadie, despite what some people might think, is quite the woman of culture. she can speak a few phrases of most of the languages found in the saint denis market and regularly converses in conversation down there.

• abigail, surprisingly, knows some louisiana french (I have this fun little hc she’s from like, the Deep South before her parents died - and her language faded as she grew up)

• abigail names her baby girl ‘elizabeth’. john wanted to add a middle name but abigail didn’t want her to grow up with a fancy name so people didn’t get ‘fancy’ ideas. still, her middle name is informally like her mother’s. elizabeth roberts marston.

•abigail braids sadie’s hair in the mornings. when it comes to the blood on sadie’s clothes, that’s sadie’s job.

• for her birthday, sadie buys abigail a set of clothes like her own. abigail loves them.

• abigail is the only one that knows sadie has nightmares about the night at adler’s ranch. she comforts her every time.

• sadie and abigail visit the ruins of the ranch once. when sadie discovers that jake has no grave, abigail gifts sadie a flower in a locket - something she can keep with her forever.

• on the ride to copperhead landing, sadie has to ask abigail to stop crying because she can’t bear the sound of it. it breaks her heart. still, she remembers their early time in colter and comforts her the best she can.

• if john had died on that train, sadie would’ve looked after abigail and jack and gone with them anywhere - no questions asked.

• I absolutely love to think that abigail and sadie have this inevitably doomed kind of love. sadie knows she can’t have abigail but loves her anyway. she’d do anything for her, even when she knows it’ll break her heart. abigail knows she loves sadie but knows her heart belongs to john - still, forcing her to decide upsets her greatly. this is always going to be ‘one of those things’ and they’ll have to leave it in the past or in another life, where it belongs.

• sadie returns to the ranch after john’s death. it’s been years and abigail is mostly bedridden with illness and grief, but sadie stays until she passes. when jack buries her, she never returns.

• abigail convinced sadie to play the harmonica while she plays the piano. it happens only once in their time together.

• sadie teaches abigail how to ride horses like a true cowboy (and takes her to relay races)

• abigail is secretly a smoker. sadie is not so secret.

• I like to think sadie and charles keep in touch.

• abigail and sadie don’t often talk about their past in the gang. the memories they recall the most are ones of the night in colter and of their dear friend, arthur.

• when john returns to copperhead landing, sadie only cries when she learns of arthur’s death.

• abigail only keeps in touch with sadie and mary-beth from the old gang. she occasionally hears from tilly but nowhere near as often.

• sadie once spends an entire book tour as mary-beth’s appointed bodyguard.

• sadie eventually, after hanging up her gun as a bounty hunter, becomes a dealer in horses and transport goods.

• abigail is ridiculously good at making daisy chains. tilly and mary-beth taught her.

• the clothes that sadie wears at abigail’s wedding are abigail’s (surely this one is just canon).

• when sadie returns from hanging dog ranch, abigail is the first to see her and helps her wash the blood off in the nearby stream. sadie refuses to talk about it. abigail already knows.

• sadie and abigail have that kind of relationship where they can just say a million things with just their eyes.

• “I will protect her” sadie vs “touch her and I’ll kill you” abigail

• “I will protect her” abigail vs “touch her and I’ll kill you” sadie

• sadie isn’t a big fan of poetry - however she will list off things she’s read for abigail’s sake. abigail loves it.

• john is extremely aware of his wife’s affection for sadie. he doesn’t blame her and he’s smart enough to know not to stand in her way. still, sadie respects his boundaries.

• let me remind you this is what you wanted! sadie vs you were all I wanted! abigail

• sadie is not a natural mother. like john, her relationship with jack is a little awkward, but the feeling is there. it’s more of a tentative friendship rather than a guiding one.

• in more intimate moments, abigail draws illustrations she remembers on sadie’s skin. plants, animals, herbs. anything she can think of. she loves counting sadie’s freckles.

• sadie has a poncho made by abigail. it’s blue.

• ‘young and beautiful’ is from abigail to sadie like,,,,heavenly.

• ‘poison and wine’ = angsty but heartbreaking goodbye sadigail

this is all I can think of…for a part one? I don’t know. discuss.

(I need to make them a playlist)

[dukeofdelirium]

It's funny because there are actual fandoms that Zutarians could take part in that would satiate this need to assert that two characters would make for a compelling couple. Heck, Cloud x Sephiroth is a literal vicious enemies story that makes for great fic. Light x L are thematic parallels that are forever tied together. If they want a couple that was robbed, look no further than Emma and Sean from Degrassi. I wouldn't mind them but blatant lying is a pet peeve of mine and it makes this being in the ATLA fandom hard because they constantly lie.

I agree lmao like I don’t even care about the ship itself, it’s literally the ship fandom and how the overwhelming majority of them distort the canon and try to ruin the canon characterizations of the characters just to try and force it to work? like.. be normal lmao. enjoy your fanon ship. why are you trying to force it to make sense canonically? it isn’t canon, never has been, never was intended to be, and never will be. there’s nothing wrong w shipping fanon pairings idgi..

Most of them I think just are obsessed w the enemies to lovers trope and try to project that onto Zuko and Katara even tho it like.. doesn’t work w them 😂

But what do I know? The only “enemies to lovers” ship I actually give a fuck about is L x Light (lawlight) and even then I don’t actually want them to be normal or wholesome. I very much want them to still be enemies but also have crazy sex and make out LMAO. I want them to be enemies AND lovers at the same time.

Idk I don’t get the obsession w trying to paint Aang as this horrific monster just to make Zuko look better or something 😭 like they did all this for what? be normal and write fanfic like the rest of us my god

[jewishbarbies]

watching that vid out of morbid curiosity... im only like 12mins in, and she complains a lot about them having male exes, saying that it's not realistic... and idgi, in my personal experience, id say of the lesbians ive known, a fair few have male exes? not even because they were bi/pan, it was just societal pressure to at least *try* to date a man, a couple of them even still stayed in touch not because there's any attraction, they just were & are good friends (which is probably why they "dated" in the first place id imagine)

idk, sorry to come in your ask & kvetch, it just was so strange to me to hear her say it's unrealistic or lesbiphobic to portray them having male exes. also, the acting like femme4femmes dont exist or writing them is oppressive ??? and getting pissy about lesbians that arent "out and proud"... i feel like there are very real things you can talk about wrt to lesbian romance having issues, but the things she chose feel so odd.

(context: a lesbian made a yt ‘essay’ complaining that sapphic romance books weren’t 100% lesbians all the time and said a bunch of shit about bi people and biphobia not being real, etc.)

the woman is just detached from reality. today i saw one of her tiktoks someone was stitching and i didn’t realize it was her at first, but she was going off about how she “doesn’t gaf about the government or the supreme court bc this country was founded on slavery and genocide” so therefore she wasn’t gonna vote at all. the black woman stitching quickly put her back in her place. but the biphobe just sounded like a vapid moron drenched in internet leftist lingo with no real intelligence to actually comprehend those concepts and apply them to real life. so her video actually makes sense knowing she’s just That Dumb about everything apparently.

her logic about lesbians “not having exes” and bi people not being real just sounds like regurgitated radfem bullshit honestly. the obsessed they have with so called “gold star lesbians” because they’ve never been “tainted” by men. it turns women into sex objects for the pleasure of radfem lesbians and it’s disgusting. like, how are you so “pro woman” that you objectify and dehumanize women when it suits you? but, oh, it’s okay bc they’re women, too. fuck ooooff. they’re the first to yell about comp het but somehow think it’s unrealistic that a lesbian might have a male ex. you can’t have it both ways. either bi people are secret lesbians who date men bc of comp het or lesbians can’t possibly have male exes.

the whole debate on what “sapphic” means is so ridiculous to me, because it’s literally just wlw. there’s no stipulation that they HAVE to be only lesbians and it would be hella weird if there was. At the end of the day, radfem lesbians will always be disgusted by queer women who don’t fit their definition of the Perfect Lesbian Woman bc if they’ve been with a man or find men attractive, they’re automatically not touchable by radfem lesbians and it ruins them for sexual enjoyment. i find women sexually attractive as much as the next queer, but if you’re sexualizing women to the point where you’re not taking their personalities and desires into account, are you really in love with women? or just the enjoyment you get from having access to their bodies? think on it.

[germhammy]

(Mis)adventures of Little Wednesday-aka Wednesday’s mirror image niece

“Play date at Ruthie’s pt 2”

Enid: Eugene? Where’s Nes?

Eugene: oh. She left. Jane texted. Something about a last minute dress fitting?

Enid: oh no. She hates those so much.

Idgie walked in with a batch of honey glazed carrots sealed and labeled for sale.

Enid: Idgie? Can you make a batch of honey almond cookies for Nes? I’ll pay for them of course

Idgie: Nessie’s favorite? What’s the occasion?

Enid: dress fittings for her press and promotional shoots for her latest novel

Idgie: oh dear. Yes I can. In fact? As an added bonus?

Enid: stop it. I’m paying for them.

Idgie: no, I would give them to you but you want to buy them. I get that. Ninny has a new hobby. Carving almonds. At the moment it’s teeth. She’s carving almonds into little teeth. I was going to say as an added bonus? I would include some of the teeth shaped almonds. And as the sliver on the cookie? Ninny has some knives she’s carved

Enid: wait. What? Almond knives? Perfect! Thanks, Idgie

Dayton and Koda ran in

Dayton: Auntie Eenie! I’m so happy to be a misfit now! I’m glad my dad doesn’t hate Auntie Weenie anymore

Enid: I am glad too. Nes is a bit odd. But she’s not a bad person

Dayton: my dad said he’s glad I’m not a bully anymore like he was. He is sorry he hasn’t paid more attention to me. My mom usually does more of taking care of me and stuff

Enid: your mom is weird. Nes said she doesn’t call you by your name

Dayton: -Dayton laughed- um yeah. I wish had a better name for me though. I really don’t like ‘precious pookie’. I wish she called me something cool like Auntie Weenie calling Wednesday El Diablo or even her Grandpa calling her Little Stormy

Enid: her Grandpa calls Nes Storm Cloud sometimes. That’s where Little Stormy comes from.

GomezJr walked up

GomezJr: Koda! Look. I found a blue stegosaurus in the plushie pile! Do you have this one?

Koda: I do not know. Auntie Eenie? Take picture and ask my mom? I have money to buy I think. I have twenty dollars

GomezJr: it’s only $9.99

Enid took a photo of Koda holding the dinosaur making a puppy eyed face and sent it to Moana. After getting a reply she looked at Koda

Enid: your mom says you do not have that one. You may buy it with the money you have.

Koda: yay! And I still have enough to buy Raya small bag of honey candy

Then gang all came into the shop with Eugene for snack time just as Daisy Wentworth entered

Daisy: what in Heaven’s name is going on here? Why is my precious pookie here with these ruffians?

Eugene: Wednesday dropped the gang off for a playdate with Ruthie. I could ask the same of you. Why are you here?

Daisy: I did not approve of this? How does Wednesday decide what my child does? He is supposed to be with his father! Not here at this filthy farm! It’s bad enough he had to come here on that field trip. I don’t know why Mrs Couch has me delivering her orders here

Eugene: first of all, my little farm is not filthy. Second? I think that is something to take up with your husband. You know where to put Evelyn’s order.

Daisy: where is that wench? I will sue her for kidnapping! - walking over to the pick up holding area was located and retuning-

Enid: my wife did not kidnap your child. Your husband dropped him off at our house before going to the water polo meet. And we picked everyone up an brought them here.

Daisy: my husband would do no such thing! He hates that wench for what she did to him!

Dayton: no he doesn’t, momma.

Daisy: pookie, be quiet. The adults are speaking. Now tell me where your friend is.

Enid: my wife has left for a dress fitting. She will be back to pick up us later

Daisy: a dress fitting? Why on earth does she need to go to a dress fitting? That woman has no fashion sense

Enid: not that it’s any of your business. But she has a photo shoot and press for her new novel coming up

Daisy: my precious pookie will not be hanging out with these ruffians. POOKIE! It’s time to go.

Dayton: -pouting- but I’m having fun, momma. We are going to have snacks.

Daisy: we have plenty of snacks at home. And you can come with me while I make my deliveries

The gang sadly said goodbye to Dayton as Daisy dragged him away

[ladyhindsight]

i know this isnt rlly ur thing but the fandom is so cooked............ just trying to exist as an anti incest fan is impossible i constantly get told off by other fans im stupid and too serious or missing the symboism idk the fans make me think im takin crazy pills its crazy cause sometimes i think ur too harsh on cc but like the incest stuff i agree with and 4 some reason thats the hardest opinion for fans 2 accept idgi incest is worse than cassandra bein repetitive??

In general, it is problematic to declare certain views as correct under the guise of then ignoring differing ones. Why would some readers get to decide what is too serious and, for what even, stupid? What makes positive views towards the books more respectable and virtuous than those offering valid criticism? What gives the right to hand-wave the concerns some readers have just because you have no issue with them and raise that point above all others? When you suppress the opinions of others and tower over them by dictating how a book should be interpreted and liked, you are less likely to get those who think contrary interested in your views, albeit positive or negative.

Some of the opinions I’ve contested (for instance, those concerning the incest theme or the repetitive nature of Clare’s writing) and that I’ve ever come across seem (personally) to be approached superficially to some extent, sometimes even in untruthful way because of the incapability to understand where the criticism in question even comes from or how it even came about. It is easier to compare two seemingly similar things than to understand their meaning in their own contexts.

I know that no one really wants to acknowledge or listen to anything negative about what they love so much. It seems to be a downright personal insult or attack on your character when something so important and special to you is criticized. For which I think it’s important to separate yourself from that, know who you are and what you think and why, to recognize that something can be shit and improved and what more and that you still like it and/or are entertained by it.

Fiction is the place to safely entertain ideas so far out of our own lives, to challenge our thinking and ethics and moral even. So it’s not necessarily the content of a work that’s interesting or disturbing but rather the implementation of different elements and how they are executed with the rest of what makes a story. And that’s usually where I find my criticism towards Clare rising. Not what is included rather than how it is carried out and presented in the context of this particular author’s writing.

Everyone is entitled and free to their own opinions, as well as to how they consider and value others. It’s the tone of expression and how you treat people in face of disagreement that’s more noteworthy, I think. During the earlier years of the blog, I did receive messages from readers who were less than pleased with its contents or my approach on criticizing Clare’s writing, but I’ve always said and will always say that I’m just one person on the internet offering opinions, viewpoints, and criticism, and whether someone finds that helpful or not is not for me to decide. Though I am endlessly glad for all the people who interact and have interacted with me here and offered wider perspective and insights on different topics concerning TSC.

I don’t know what wisdom to offer, if any, but maybe it’s easier and brings less weariness to just do your own thing and engage less with the readership that does not welcome that type of discussion. I’ve personally had to do a lot of work on reflecting on things that I liked and their relationship to me (Clare’s works as the glaring example here), and coming to terms with that is not an overnight experience. Sometimes it’s also easier on yourself to think I disagree and move on than trying to understand each individual psychology behind every opinion.

I get that I’m sometimes harsh in my critiques. It’s just that I get feelings and the snark comes out, and I’m prone to hyperbole in terms of humor, so the end result is what it is. I’m not entirely happy and more disappointed in retrospect how I’ve conducted myself on some instances while trying to find the proper words and tone when approaching whatever the topic is at hand. And sometimes it doesn’t work and things go to shit. I’m good at being mean to words on paper, but it’s not how I want to be when talking and messaging with real people. :’)

[sunskate]

the Browns skating James Brown was my favorite performance of the day - really good, really fun ❤️‍🔥 they do the splits on the ice together - the deep curves they’re drawing on the ice the whole time too🔥 they always had skating skills, but they’re skating bigger and with a bit more power. they might have scored higher if they skated later. Pate/Bye got higher PCS then them 👀

there are a lot of Saturday Night Fevers, Car Wash, James Brown. two teams doing Rich Man’s Frug from Sweet Charity - it’s so in Lauriault/LeGac’s wheelhouse that it feels perfect for them

Flores/Desyatov: the Twist, Jungle Boogie, and Great Balls of Fire - one from each decade, i guess? they feel so chaotic lol sometimes it works, like the way they go into the lift - and other times it feels disorganized?

Browns: James Brown Get Up Offa That Thing. awesome- they wore older costumes, as did other teams

Pate/Bye: Le Freak, Car Wash, Shake Your Groove Thing

Neset/Markelov: ABBA - Waterloo, Fernando, Gimme Gimme Gimme

Fabbri/Ayer: Elvis - Jailhouse Rock, Suspicious Minds, Blue Suede Shoes - looking good - they always feel like a broader strokes team to me, primary colors - it’s not what i gravitate to personally, but they skated well

Annabelle Morozov/Jeffrey Chen: also James Brown Get Up Offa That Thing, I Feel Good - they’ve gelled much faster than he did with his previous partners. they had the tough luck of skating just after the Browns, and this program isn’t good by comparison. idk about MIDA choreo 😬

Bashynska/Beaumont: after seeing more of the RDs for this season, it feels like this isn’t doing them any favors

Tkachenko/Kiliakov: Adriano Celentano - Svalutation, Amore no - nobody can say they’re not unique. i’d never heard of this artist, but i guess he was a huge deal and sold 150 million records. it has a different sound from everyone else, and she’s wearing a dress that looks like Mondrian

Larson/Kapran: the other Rich Man’s Frug - this program was fun and had a lot of character, but i’m surprised it scored as high as it did

Lily/Nathan: both songs by The Commodores - Brick House and oof i’m blanking on the other one. i feel like they were underscored a bit - they’re performing bigger, looking good- maybe the song choices aren’t distinctive enough? Pham/Spiridonov: Dirty Dancing - Do You Love Me, Crying, Wipe Out - tailor made to show what they can do while disguising what they don’t do well yet. probably ranked higher than they really skated

Dozzi/Papetti: Tequila and Jump in Line - i loveeee this - what could be a novelty program is an adorable dance program- they calibrated this so well - the choreo, the costumes, and these two 😘

Nosovitskys: Saturday Night Fever - their coach is an ISU tech specialist and they often look kind of frantic because they seem to propel themselves with short choppy strokes. idgi

Fournier/Zhu: Back Street City Lights, Kung Fu Fighting

Alyssa Robinson/Jacob Portz: Saturday Night Fever - they were a tiny bit late for their warmup - came hurrying in with Madi and Adrian - don’t know what happened- they really get into character with this dance style- they, especially him have a sense of cheekiness about it- she had a fall in the MiSt today unfortunately

Roberts/Alis: Rolling Stones - Miss You, Satisfaction - they’ve grown a lot since moving to IAMO

Shilling/Baeten: James Brown - I Feel Good, Super Bad - hello new IAMO team, I wasn’t familiar with them from before- looking forward to more

Ritter/Brykalov: Boney M - Daddy Cool. Fever- good to have them back♥️