#if only men would listen

[depressedstressedlemonzest]

And we're back for another riveting post of how unhinged is Lem about rumbelle where the updates never end and the point doesn't matter.

He's almost maniacal in the way he is looking at her.

Like he's solved the puzzle and connected the dots.

You didnt connect shit babe.

YOU KNOW NOTHING

She's NOT !!

The finger guns of dumbassery.

Throwing all thr blame on her now.

Cmon rumple!

Oh shit now you're throwing her words back in her face. Words she spoke to you in private confidence with. Words she could barely muster up to say in the first place.

[wishchip106]

i wonder how Charles deals with the people who constantly narrate in their heads (AKA me)

Someone casually talking to themselves

Charles, telepathically: A note, if I may add-

A scream can be heard from across the mansion

[dollypopup]

I get why people would think it but

Colin is NOT a rake. Colin is a young man trying to figure out his identity and what he likes sexually and trying to understand what the men of his society talk about and do. He's not out here messing around with women just to string them along and then leave them. He's trying to fit in and has been made fun of for being a virgin so yeah, he rectifies that by having sex, but just because he slept with a few women, that doesn't make him a rake? You wanna know who an actual rake in the series is?

Fife.

Because what the fuck happened to Miss Goring? I think about her sometimes and my heart aches for her. Her first season out, she's an 18 year old woman, and an older, titled man of her society who she assumes to be a proper gentleman makes her believe their relationship can actually be something, messes around with her the entire season, and then fucks her in a linen closet at a ball only to....what? Come back the next year with absolutely no mention of her whatsoever. Did she get pregnant? Was sent off in disgrace? Have to marry someone else?

Fife is a 30 year old man who has a bad habit of hounding after young, vulnerable women in his society. He fucks them and leaves them. He's a rake. Colin? Colin is not even close to that. Say what you will about the brothel scenes, but that IS the responsible place for a man of his time to go to for sex. Please stop demonizing sex work. Yes, many of these women are in that line of work because of less than savory reasons, but Colin is not taking advantage of them. He is paying for a service and they are providing that service. It is transactional, and he is the LEAST of their concerns in terms of clientele. A kind, handsome man who pays well and is discrete? Yeah, they're fine with him.

Colin has a history of respecting women. He respected Marina all throughout their courtship, and even after. I know some people sneer at him coming to see Marina, but please keep in mind she is a woman on her own who married a stranger far away from ANYONE who knew her. Colin was worried about Daphne when she came to him, asking if anything happened when she was away and clearly ready to fight for her, so of course he's worried about Marina. Partly he visits her for his own closure, but also like....y'all that's a WELLNESS visit. He's concerned that she's unhappy, but ultimately leaves because she's not hurt and that she tells him to. Colin listens to 'no' from the women around him. He asks for permission from them. He waited for Penelope's consent sexually, but he also didn't even get into the carriage until she allowed him. He even asks "Please, let me in".

Colin lives in a time when women do not have many rights, and he listens to the women around him even more than the men. He is the only one of his siblings to ask for his mum's advice and immediately takes it and takes action. He brings Eloise back a feminist text from his travels, even after she's besmirched as a radical, because he supports her pursuits. In season 2, he also knew of her going to the printers and didn't say anything. He has always respected and cared for Penelope. He hasn't insulted a single woman in his vicinity. He doesn't make the women he flirts with feel bad about themselves, or feel less, but compliments them, all whilst keeping respectable distance so as not to make them think he's interested in marrying them. He doesn't dance with any woman but Penelope in that season.

Colin isn't a rake. He's not a fuckboy. He's trying to act like he is, emulating the circle of his society, but that doesn't mean he is. I swear people just WANT to misinterpret him because that's the easiest way, but Colin is a character who doesn't lend well to surface level readings. He's a nuanced, gentle hearted character who has been looked down on for his sensitivity. He's a deeply relatable person because who of us haven't pretended to be accepted? Especially if we've been bullied or excluded. I know I have. Put on a persona for the sake of survival. And he does so for what? A few weeks? That does not a fuckboy make.

Just say you don't want to understand him and move along because those of us who get him GET HIM. And I'm grateful for a character like Colin.

He's the best man in the series by an entire mile and you can't change my mind about that.

[chialattea]

I fucking LOVE my wife DAVRIN dragon age I hope you all Davrin haters’ computers EXPLODE how do you look at this man and not feel a little religious like yes sir don’t mind Assan we’ll be doing a dark ritual all of our own all night long I will put warden stamina to the test buddy— guys I have a plan for getting rid of the evanuris and buddy, it’s baby-proof (heh)

[sleepygreywolf]

No arguments please I’m correct 🙂‍↕️

[flowersbane]

emmrich would fulfil my dream date of sitting together in a book nook on a cloudy day while taking turns reading to each other and sipping tea and maybe that’s why i’m mildly obsessed with him

[deoidesign]

something that makes me sad is when people tell me the healthy communication in my writing is "unrealistic."

like guys this is how me and my partner talk with eachother... I'm writing from personal experience...

[thevegetablewhichnoonedaresname]

no one FREAKING understands jo march and friedrich bhaer the way i do

[wolviez]

i dont think 97 would do it but morph should just have boobs sometimes

[pergaminaa]

(Modern au)

Manon’s dating life before Dorian

[wonderlandsakura]

The gods won't make the same mistake twice

There's one hero Percy Jackson is similar to, someone the gods broke, and they regretted it

Someone kind, that they made ruthless

Someone loving, that they made brutal:

Odysseus

[kairithemang0]

Fellas, is it gay to flirt with the person who has you held captive?

[daphneblakess]

god it's that claudia's journals were always her way of rejecting her purpose being to serve as louis and lestat's marriage-saving baby. there's no such thing as an objective account in this story but hers is the closest we can come, because she has no reason to self-censor despite louis' discomfort with it. her final entry is when she chooses a wholly new life with madeleine over forever having to live alongside and deal with the fallout of louis and lestat. the entire trial is everyone choosing louis over her except for madeleine. and the final memory of her that will be committed to the record is the version where her burnt corpse is dragged back out as collateral between her fathers, one last fucking time

[stalebagels]

[feline-evil]

Dick or no dick confirmation Pickles was always going to be trans to me anyways; if he's swingin' somethin that's phallo babes, if he's not then his t-dick fat. What's not to get.

[mlattegirl]

Someone said my music taste was a dark and mysterious kind of gay but it’s actually just marauders fan fiction gay. They think I’m cool…I can’t explain it to them.