#if she doesnt understand something she doesnt care

[confusedmothboy]

im scared to ask how you feel about lottie as a character

i have a very complicated relationship with lottie and ive been DYINGGG to talking about her because shes more interesting than shauna can ever dream of being. SHE'S the complex female character we need more of.

okay so to preface: i have multiple scales for character appreciation in my mind. there's writing (how well they're characterized and their role as a narrative decive), personality (how much i would fw them as people), action defendability (self explanatory, how willing i am to ride for their defense), and treatment in the fandom (how contrarian i wanna be)

yall know how it is yapping under the cut

lottie. ohhh boy.

writing: oh no notes. 10/10 she is one of the most fascinating characters in the show. her setup and descent is so well done, and her motivations are beyond complex, like you have her trying to do the best for everyone, but also her whole "the wilderness will choose" mindset. she contrasts herself in the yummiest ways possible. her role in the story is absolutely the most relevant and important for the narrative to progress the way it does. as a character, shes's so well done it makes me wish that i could be objective about the whole thing

personality: unfortunately im not able to enjoy characters simply from a robot analysis objective scale. lottie's personality is -while interesting- absolutely INFURIATING to watch. i personally cant stand characters that i call "progress blockers". she repeatedly forces her belief system (deep psychosis) onto the rest of the team, at the expense of escape or actual rational thought. this is where i have to admit: i root for morally sound, logical characters especially in shows like this. "but you can't watch the cannibalism show and complain about the cannibalism" first off. who said im complaining about the cannibalism. im just complaining that shes tormenting my favs (ben, travis, akilah, nat). i do like that she plays a complicated role as the group's mediator, except her mind is so warped, she does an awful job at it (drugging travis, letting shauna beat her up, deluding her followers). i think that shows how much she cares for these people deep down, and i can respect that. more on that later in ther actions section.

actions: so lottie, like i mentioned earlier, has a really interesting internal conflict of wanting to do whats best for as many of the team as she can, while also not being against sacrificing them for the wilderness's mercy. she very much believes that the ends justify the means. however. i can't ever look past her scenes on doomcoming. and im hoping that the people who made it this far aren't illiterate fucking troglodytes who want to debate on what actually happened to travis that night. because it was s/a, actually, it was attempted gang rape and then attempted ritualistic murder. "you cant watch the murder show and hold it against the murderers" we all know damn well that thats not what was most upsetting about that scene, and im allowed to hold certain crimes over eachother in terms of severity. and quite frankly i just cant bring myself to like a character who engaged -ACTIVELY LED AND RATIONALIZED- in that. lottie's whole schtick is that she just doesnt fucking understand or respect boundaries, literally and metaphorically. moving on from doomcoming, she's weird and culty about shauna's baby, which shauna has full right to be freaked out and pissed about. she becomes the leader of the group in s2 and then can't make proper decisions. she lets shauna almost beat her to death instead of trying to mediate the situation rationally, setting up shauna's vengeful nature we see in s3. thats something i could talk about for hours, how shes partially responsible for the shauna we all know and hate. her drugging travis and akilah is a page straight out of misty's handbook, and i dont think i have to explain why it's wrong. her killing edwin?? denying them all escape, causing a chain reaction with shauna and tai also staying behind??? that elevated my blood pressure to a level dangerous to my health. i cannot stand progress blockers. yes, i know she thinks everything she does is right. that doesn't make me (a rational bystander) like her actions any more. again, there are rational people in the show, so im just gravitated towards them sorry guys.

fandom: lottie has two types of people rooting for her in the fandom. theres the "omg my lord and savior she can do no wrong" group and the "omg crazy ass schizo mental illness queen" group and neither of them get her. she's flawed. but her flaws shouldn't all be attributed to dehumanizing conversations about her mental illness. let's not forget that she was a 17 year old going cold turkey on antipsychotics after living the last decade on them, in a situation that's beyond stressful, mind you. no fucking wonder she turned out that way. whatever. i feel like there arent a lot of her fans who recognize the absolute gray nuance in her character. or maybe im just on tiktok too much and everyone on there is fucking rotted beyond belief.

conclusion: i love her. i hate her. im neutral. she scares me. i blame her for all the problems out there and she's doing her best. that's the point

guh

[professeurm]

reason why i love spike and buffy

is how she doesnt have to hold back on anything. she doesn't have to be gentle or careful for the sake of not scaring her partners away

she can beat the shit out of spike with all her slayer strength and he'll forgive her. he understands. he accepts it like the good boy he is

he encourages her to let everything out even if that means taking a massive beating and to be honest, there's a reason why rage rooms are therapeutic

he lets her take control. something she rarely feels like she has

he doesnt suger coat shit or baby her. which in my opinion is what she needs

despite being rough with her (those poor rooms lol), he's pretty sweet

if she needs comforting, he does his best to do so. if that means sitting down with her in silence or leaving her alone, or listening to her pour it out

he doesn't bomb her with questions or hover over her cuz he knows her friends are already doing that. so he waits till she's ready

he protects and watches over her little sister with everything he has even if it means his death cuz she's important to buffy and that means dawn is important to him

he watches over her and helps if needed. he knows she can handle herself. i mean the guy killed two slayers, he knows what they are capable of lol

[curly-fry-3]

Ok I’m dying for your dad dean fics they’re healing my daddy issues

So I wanted to request one 😛

I’ve had this idea while daydreaming in class but I’m too lazy to write it

It’s like that one scene in mordern family

So dean isn’t actually her father but rather a father figure like Bobby is to him

And she has a shitty dad but still loves him and he’s a hunter so he’s gone most of the time while dean and sam take her under thier wing

her dad promised to take her out for her birthday and she gets all excited for it and then waits for him to show up but he never does and dean then makes up for it and spends the day with her to cheer her up

Hope you get what I mean and take the time you need if you even want to write it

Anyway I love your fics so please don’t die

Xx

𖦹Daddy Issues𖦹

summary𖦹 Dean steps up when your father refuses to

pairing𖦹 father figure!Dean Winchester x teen!Reader

word count𖦹 713

notes𖦹 Am I writing instead of prepping for finals? yes :). Also I feel like its been forever since ive written so this might be a little doc sorry.

Thank you for the support, ill try my best not to die

Dean was watching as you excitedly ran around the bunker, packing your things. Your birthday was coming up and your father had reached out, saying he was gonna take you out to celebrate. The thing is, your dad wasnt really there for you. He had a habit of leaving you for a hunt and not coming back for months or, promising to see you and bailing for a hunt that just cant be ignored. Thats where Dean comes in. Whenever your father feels the need to ignore you, he drops you off at the bunker–you basically live there.

Dean cares for you like your his own. Hes done a lot more loving, worrying, and nurturing than your father ever has, and right now hes really worried. He knows how exited you are to go out with your dad, but he also knows that there is a very high chance your dad wont show. 

He didnt want to burst your buble but he couldnt let you get your hopes up. As you were messily packing a bag in your room, he tried to remind you that your father hadn’t always followed through with his promises. You would wave him off everytime claiming that this time would be different, its my birthday–he cant miss my birthday.

After you were all ready, Dean waited with you outside the bunker. You were rocking back and forth on your feet, so exited you could hardly contain it. He carefully watched you while constantly checking his phone, your father was already thirty minutes late and he wasnt answering any of his messages. Another thirty minutes passed and your smile had faded, you knew what this ment. 

Dean is leaning against the trunk of the impala as you turn to him, looking down at your shoes, “hes not coming, is he?”

He slowly aproches you, looking down at the top of your head “im sorry sweetheart, im sure theres an important reason” He tried to give your father the benefit of the doubt.

  You sniffly lightly before blinking away your tears and meeting his gaze, “theres always something thats more important.”

His shoulders slump when he sees your broken expression “oh sweetheart, come’re”

He says before extending his arms out, inviting you into a hug.

You melt into his embrace instantly as you try to hold back tears “Im so stupid for thinking he would come. He never changes, he never chooses me first”

He rubs your back comfortingly “you are not stupid. He should be choosing you. Hes stupid for leaving you here. I wanna keep trying to defend him, say that he doesnt understand what hes doing, but he knows he should be here. Im so sorry.” 

You keep yourself tucked in Deans arms as he consoles you “You dont need your father to be here to have a great birthday. We can celebrate, do anything you want”

You slightly pull away and look up at him with glossy red rimmed eyes “anything?”

He reaches up to wipe a tear off your cheek and smiles gently “anything.”

You take a couple seconds to think of something before responding, “well, all I really wanted was to see my dad but, you’ve done more for me than he ever has. I just want a chill night in, maybe we can have some pie”

His heart melts “we can get you a pie, sweetheart. I’d do anything for you, cause I love you, you know that right? Cause youre family and family takes care of eachother.”

You nod “I know, I love you too”

“Good” he pulls away from the hug and picks up your forgotten overnight bag “how bout we head inside and get some comfy clothes on? Do you wanna come to the store with me to get some pie, or you wanna just doordash”

You follow him down into the bunker, “doordash, i'm not leaving this house again tonight”

He nods, placing your bag down by the door and pulling out his phone “i'll get the order started, and I want you to put your favorite PJs on and go pick out something for us to watch”

Before you make your way to your room, you give him one last hug, “Thanks De.”

He reciprocates, “of course Sweetheart.”

im sorry if there are any typos

@aetherawasneverhere @mfstargirlsworld @childofjove

[bardan-jusik]

sorry bout this post being 7 years old op but hello i have a thought on this

i think that part of the reason mereel was so okay with deceiving kal about the datachips and convinced ordo to do it is because he knows damn well that kal will forgive them, he is totally confident that kal will understand why they did it even if it hurt him

he doesn't have that same confidence regarding etain so he has to show some regret when he says something she takes issue with (i assume this post is about him lying to ko sai about letting her do research on venku but idk im sure he said other shit that apalled etain)

he doesnt have to be careful with kal, mereel isn't fully honest with kal, but he does trust him, especially to not find him and his actions horrifying

he needs to maintain an image with etain and showing regret/apologizing/explaining his actions is part of that, because he knows that she does find some of his actions horrifying and she doesn't necessarily trust him, not that implicitly

him not apologizing or showing regret to kal is a sign of trust and comfort with kal

it still kills me that Mereel showed more regret at horrifying Etain in one brief conversation than he did at almost killing Kal. That’s so fucking funny to me like … “well he’s not dead so why do I have to apologize lmao?”

[silly-moth-123]

My younger sibling literally blocked my phone number because we got into an argument over capitalism ???

Wow I reached the tag limit on this post

Beware a long vent in the tags lmao

[mohntilyet]

still i think the one of the more fun differences drawn between illario and lucanis that was lost would be illario's ability to endear himself to others but serious lack of empathy, vs. lucanis' (self perceived) inability to be charming but how much he cares. it's interesting that the game has gone with the "lucanis' ability vs illario's lack thereof" because i think illario being the dellamorte 'best in show dog' vs. lucanis' attack dog would have made me so unwell.

lucanis is... awkward. he's not unlikable, because he is usually very polite, but he doesn't speak much and only seems to care about the other dellamortes. he once sent viago de riva a knife with no note (who knows what he could have meant by this). he does what caterina asks of him, and by his own admission, cannot say no to her. he is a dramatic and prolific killer, and that makes how untouchable he is even worse.

and the crows like illario, sure, AND he's a good assassin! he's even a good crow! he's so good that he can make lucanis smile, and so he is the charming, sociable one. he's the one that stays in treviso and can be relied upon to care, illario's even the one people prefer over caterina and lucanis!

but illario is decoration. he's the prize poodle, and even if poodles were bred to be working dogs, nobody will ever pick him to protect the house over the german shepherd that regularly mauls intruders. anyways the analogy is getting away from me. the point i'm trying to make is that i want illario to have a different kind of jealousy/hatred that's not just over 'being bad at killing' but also an arrogant loathing for everyone around him that is getting harder to hide, because they've forgotten he can bite and is just itching to rip someone's jugular out. illario is very good at hiding his family resemblance to caterina, while lucanis suffers under his grandmother's, and his own, reputation.

[syrupbitee]

free my boy from his own show he did nothing wrong

[bumblydumbly]

i think that if kabru saw that “laios meeting falin for the first time” strip he’d be sobbing uncontrollably

[super-lupus]

The way Mulder says "and my report will reflect that, in case you're worried." to Scully in 7x7 makes my brain fuzz out. Like it's so obvious. Like how could she be scared about that. Like 'of COURSE I'm going to lie on an official FBI document about you killing someone in order to protect you, silly. Don't even worry abt it.'

And her reaction is perfect too because she almost looks like she wants to chide him, tell him that that's against policy (and probably a crime??) and it's not the right thing to do. But she knows she would do the same thing for him and that she has before. So who is she to talk?

[flythesail]

Thinking about oshamir with a baby

[raddest-laddest]

ok. someone’s gonna have to come get my dad or i’m gonna tweak.

[britneyshakespeare]

you: nicholas alexander chavez, the actor from ryan murphy's recent work

me, a mama's girl and daytime tv viewer:

[qoldenskies]

(this is ofc abt canary continuity bc it's taking up all my brain space)

I am SO worried for April rn!!! Like I feel like her and Splinter have soooooo much pressure on them rn. Are they doing okay??? I can't even imagine the guilt they both must be feeling at not noticing what was going on :(((((

Smaller side ask, what's up with April's parents in this fic??? iirc April called her mom in the first work in the series and I'm just curious if her parent(s) know that the boys are turtles?? (And is it just April's mom?? Or is her dad here too?)

im mostly leaving all of that stuff ambiguous because its not story-relevant (and im operating with the same kind of ambiguity that the show does when it comes to april's parents PFFT, i see them as both very busy people) but yeah they know about them being turtles!! i imagine it was surprisingly anticlimactic considering both 1) the ongoing mutant crisis that's been on the news for months and 2) mayhem's existence as a technicolor teleporting ambiguous-animal (and with draxum being a very noisy neighbor who theyve theoretically spoken to also helped probably). no way they could have missed that!! although idk maybe they have a funny story for it, i like to imagine the boys fumbled so hard trying to act normal around them.

if donnie had stuck around in CL, april's mom probably would have been able to help/accurately deduce what was going on, but alas....... as it is now, she's keeping up with them frequently and theyre the ones that helped her switch to online classes for the whole family emergency. theyll get mentioned/elaborated on prooobably around the end of the fic when she goes home, theyre not super important here!!!

[xianzhoualliance]

hummmm i looked around a bit and i guess it just depends on how u interpret their actions…?

[rxttencaviar]

currently thinking about some of aaravi's friends (eventually........) visiting her apartment and getting real awkward around one certain giant piece of furniture in her living room because that sure does LOOK like a piece of sex furniture but then miri walks by and. oh. no that's just a merfolk chair. that's for miri to sit on.

[rimouskis]

also as a society plagued by wealth inequality and rising cost of living we really need to address how we show love through money. like I offered to come over to help them decorate their new house so many times and they kept refusing me 😞 I wanted to help them paint! but noooooooo