#it was my own fault for my poor judgement and deciding on emotions surrounding my situation rather than empathy for everyone involved

[barking]

i need to update my rentry / make a carrd to include my explanation & apology for my past friendship with b*xur, because its important to me that people get that apology, and also because it nauseates me that i was ever associated with him

[an-ambivalent]

Lies & Deceptions [Yandere! Chat Noir] [Reader-Insert]

As Ladybug travelled from one roof to another to get to her destination, she bit her lip in thought. Her mind was racing with countless of thoughts per second, and anxiety was causing her stomach to churn. She felt sick, and she felt as if she was going to throw up at any moment. This was because she was starting to feel overwhelmed by her emotions and thoughts.

Normally, as an infamous superhero duo, there were some people, and media channels who started all sorts of scandalous rumours and fake news about Ladybug and Chat Noir. Obviously, they knew better than to believe those silly rumours and let fake news cloud their judgement of each other. It was for this very reason that Ladybug ignored the article which was published to address the rumours of Chat Noir murdering akuma victims. For the most part, it seemed as if the author of the article tried to maintain a neutral perspective while writing the entire article. However, no published piece ever portrays a neutral perspective on a subject; it will always leans towards a certain bias. In this case, the article had solid evidence with people anonymously confessing that Chat Noir was a threat to be recognized.

It was a very convincing article and it had gained decent amount of attention. However, just like Ladybug, Chat had been a respected superhero for years now, and had found a place in the heart of every Parisian. There was simply no way the beloved Chat Noir could murder someone. That is what the majority, and Ladybug believed, despite her gut constantly signalling her that that was not the case.

She should have listened to her instinct. After all, instincts were born from fear, that engulfed one’s self for a reason. And the ugly truth she had continually denied, was revealing itself to her.

Now, Ladybug needed to embrace the fact that her long-time partner, was nothing but a possibly psychotic stranger, who would not think twice before getting rid off her. So, she needed to be completely wary of Chat, and treat him like an enemy. She could not afford to make any miscalculations, or any mistakes, because this time, it was not just their miraculous at stakes.

It was their lives.

A battle of cunning lies and unknown truths was beginning, and in this battle, there would only be one winner.

Ladybug needed to make her victory certain. Not only so she would not die, but also to protect the innocent individual who had unknowingly become Chat’s victim, all because Ladybug had rejected him.

It was her fault that this mess had begun because she failed to support Chat when he needed her the most.

So, Ladybug swore, it was going to be her who would protect [Name] [Surname] from any further harm.

***

It was a bit past midday when Ladybug had reached her destination. The skies which were grey before, had just seemed to become duller. Suddenly, the skies had darkened so much, that it felt like it was nighttime.

Ladybug blinked owlishly as she landed on the window’s sill out of [Name]’s room. Grey curtains were withdrawn over the windows from the inside so Ladybug could not see inside the room.

Out of nowhere, a shiver ran down Ladybug’s back as she felt a deep gaze digging holes in it. Sweat begin to form on the back of her neck, and shaking slightly in fear, she glanced around her surroundings warily.

Chat hasn’t followed me, has he? She asked herself, and suddenly, that thought manifested her fear. Wanting to get this done and over with, she loudly knocked on [Name]’s window.

“[Name] [Surname]?! This is Ladybug! I got your text and I came over as soon as I could! Please let me in,” Ladybug exclaimed, as she continued to knock on her window.

Right away, the curtains in front of Ladybug’s vision were drawn back, and Ladybug’s eyes widen when she saw a timid [e/c] girl staring back at her with wide eyes. [Name]’s shoulders were tensed, before she quickly opened the window, and ushered Ladybug inside. As she did so, [Name] glanced around her surroundings to make sure they were not being watched. As she looked around her surroundings, she stopped, and gazed at a certain spot for a few seconds. She narrowed her eyes at the spot. Her lips seemed to twitch upwards momentarily.

She stepped back, as she shut the window, and withdrew the curtains. She turned towards Ladybug, her eyes filled with panic, and evident anxiety radiated off of her.

“You weren’t followed right? You didn’t let him pick up on any hints that I contacted you right?” [Name] asked, her words bluttered out in a rush--a sign, that conveyed her uneasiness.

Ladybug’s shoulders tensed because yes. Yes, that she had given it away, and maybe she was followed. She was too busy being lost in her thoughts of what she had to do in the future, that she had forgotten to focus on the present, and pay attention to the sound of footsteps and other noises to make sure she was not followed.

She had already made so many mistakes.

Observing the fidgety girl of nervousness before her, Ladybug decided the truth would do nothing but scare the poor girl before her into a panic attack. She decided she was going to lie.

Another mistake.

Ladybug gave her a reassuring smile.

“Nope! I was s-super discreet about it,” Ladybug answered, stammering ever so slightly. Inwardly, she cursed at herself and hoped that [Name] would not notice her not-so-discreet lie. Momentarily, she felt fear shoot through her when [Name] stared at her dead in the eyes, with an expressionless face. However, as soon as that blank expression appeared on [Name]’s face, it disappeared, and Ladybug wondered; was she imagining things?

She shook off her worry, as [Name] breathed out in relief. Then, she gave her a small, soft smile.

“Thank goodness,” [Name] began, as her shoulders finally relaxed, and she ran a hand through her hair strands. Then, she frowned and looked at Ladybug with utter seriousness.

“I’m sorry for suddenly giving you such a strange message, but I really need your help. At the very least, please hear me out. I know that as the main heroine, and of course your own personal life, you don’t have much time. If I’m not worth your time, then please by no means, feel obligated to help me. I am surprised that you even came here for someone as worthless as me, so thank you,” [Name] said, smiling awkwardly at her.

Ladybug’s eyes widened and she narrowed her eyes at [Name]. She did not miss how [Name] continued to refer to herself as ‘worthless.’

Why would she talk like that? Ladybug wondered, but decided to not comment on it.

She shook her head, and smiled at her.

“It’s no problem. It’s my duty as a superheroine to help those in need,” Ladybug answered, and [Name] hummed in response.

“Why don’t you take a seat?” [Name] suggested, motioning her head towards her bed. Ladybug nodded, as she robotically walked to her bed, and gently sat down.

“Refreshments?” [Name] asked, as she picked up a tray, that had two glasses of orange juice on it, and some chips.

Due to patrolling, Ladybug was really hungry. It seemed as if she had not realized that until this very moment, when her stomach growled, very loudly.

Ladybug blushed, and she smiled in embarrassment.

“Yes please,” She said, as [Name] giggled, and handed her a glass.

Mindlessly, Ladybug accepted it, and took a sip from it.

She did not question why [Name] had two glasses of orange juice, and not one, when there was obviously no one else but her at home. She also did not notice the small ladybug sticker that was at the bottom of her glass, which indicated that the glass Ladybug drank from, was specifically for her.

[Name] smiled as she saw Ladybug drinking more orange juice.

She openly eyed her earrings.

“So,” [Name] began, as she narrowed her eyes at Ladybug.

“What is it like being Ladybug? Is it your earrings that give you the power?” [Name] asked, her voice laced with curiosity.

Ladybug furrowed her eyebrows in confusion, as she consumed more contents of her beverage which was awfully a bit too sweet.

“Why are you asking me that? Shouldn’t we be discussing Chat?” Ladybug asked, and suspicion filled her eyes.

“Oh, Chat? Yes, we should definitely discuss him,” [Name] started, and she gave Ladybug a sickeningly sweet smile.

Speaking of sick, Ladybug suddenly began experiencing an extremely painful pounding in her head.

She yelped out in pain, as she clutched her head.

“W-What’s h-happening?” She stammered, as her voice became rasped, and her breath shortened.

[Name]’s eyes widen in delightment.

“You’re dying,” [Name] began nonchalantly, as her grin widened.

Ladybug’s eyes widen.

“And back to discussing Chat, he spends WAY too much of his precious time with a bug like you. It was about time you got squashed,” [Name] said, smirking.

“Y-You won’t g-get away with t-this,” Ladybug stammered, before she gasped loudly, and fell back on [Name]’s bed.

The [h/c] female grinned, as she reached for Ladybug's earrings.

“Oh honey, I already have,” [Name] stated, smiling.

As she took the Ladybug Miraculous, a red glow occurred throughout the room, which meant that the previous Ladybug’s transformation had been released. It revealed to be a black-haired female--Marinette Dupain-Cheng.

[Name] did not spare her a glance. Instead, she became focused on the new red Kwami--Tikki--who was floating in front of her.

With her eyes widened in fear, Tikki watched in horror as [Name] put in the Ladybug earrings, and then turned towards her.

She smiled sweetly at the ladybug Kwami. It was a reassuring smile, which had danger hidden behind it, if Tikki did not cooperate.

“So, little bug,” [Name] called, and Tikki shivered.

“I-I’m Tikki,” She muttered, and in response, [Name] squealed.

“You sound so cute! I hope we can be best friends,” She exclaimed in excitement.

Tikki opened her mouth to reply, and her eyes flickered to an unconscious Marinette.

She felt her lip quiver, and tears prickling the corner of her eyes. She wanted to scream and curse at [Name], but she knew that she could not. She diverted her attention back to [Name], whom’s eyes were now slitted in concentration, and she was fully focused on Tikki.

The seriousness of her gaze caused a shiver to run down Tikki’s spine, and [Name] gave her a cheshire smile that Tikki thought befitted a black cat more appropriately, than a bug to be.

“So tell me,” [Name] began, as Tikki glanced down on the floor, and clutched her hand tightly, in fear of knowing the horrors that awaited her.

“How do I become Ladybug?” [Name] asked, excitement emitting from her.

Just like the Butterfly Miraculous, and the Chat Noir Miraculous, The Ladybug Miraculous, had now fallen into the wrong hands. As [Name] was her new chosen, Tikki had no choice but to submit to her demands.

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[ruwithmeguys]

Random rant that affects no one anywhere and you can skip right past this, promise...

Quentin Lance… um.

Ok, so – I’m loving the sixth season of Arrow. It’s swiftly becoming my favourite for many reasons. It feels like this big reward. Oliver married to the love of his life and clearly much happier because of it? Check. Oliver as a learning father? Check. Oliver unrepentant in showing his clear love for these two people? Check. Oliver managing a triple life? Check. OTA, Delicity scenes, Oliver and Dig scenes and the Olicity of it all? Check x1000!

In a way, it’s similar to season 5: instead of allowing his fall into darkness, it’s showing his climb into legend.

There’s been a clear showcase of Oliver’s progression since minute one. Is he perfect? No, he’ll never be perfect. He’ll be human; messy, complicated and full of love. But he’s also the de facto leader and, whilst Felicity is the heart of the team, he is the core that surrounds the heart. The wisdom he’s dished out this year, the patience, the acceptance of help from his now wife etc, of the depth of his love for her and the way he clearly knows his life is good; it’s wonderful to see after 5 years of darkness, angst and brooding (he stills broods, but it’s softer).

And I could talk Olicity all day. Their progression together and apart has been phenomenal so far.

There’s been a clear showcase of Oliver’s progression since minute one. Is he perfect? No, he’ll never be perfect. He’ll be human; messy, complicated and full of love. But he’s also the de facto leader and, whilst Felicity is the heart of the team, he is the core that surrounds the heart. The wisdom he’s dished out this year, the patience, the acceptance of help from his now wife etc, of the depth of his love for her and the way he clearly knows his life is good; it’s wonderful to see after 5 years of darkness, angst and brooding (he stills broods, but it’s softer). Both together and apart, they’ve grow

But not all characters can progress per season. Some stand still, a stalemate. Some become a standalone; a character who detaches from a group. Some come full circle to where they were at the start, but at opposite ends of a poll. And some regress.

I honestly can’t decide if Quentin has regressed, become stagnant, gone full circle or has progressed… into a crazy person. Has his flip switched and that’s his progressive arc?

(not touching the newbies yet, just... no)

Arrow has never had a perfect season and never will; there’s a disconnect in writing when it comes to reactions, almost as if the writers are afraid that if they write too much romance or have a person react with human emotion to an event or have someone actually judge another for their actions, would invite the fury of the masses. God, why? It’s the sixth season. They know they’re getting a seventh. There should be no fear. But it’s been there since S1 so… Hopefully, in their final season, they’ll go balls to the floor. The seventh might be their final season but I only say that because I was informed that Stephen’s contract is seven seasons long. It would take quite a bit for him to agree to an eighth.

Despite this weakness, I’m still very much enjoying the show. But we all have those arcs and circles and repetitions in a story, that drive us nuts.

You guys know I’ve (all of us) have had difficulty accepting the character of LL before she was killed off. KC’s inability to project genuine empathy through her character for other characters - thought admittedly, she did with Sara after S2 - the blatant way she isn’t very giving to other characters who are focal in that particular moment and concentrates on herself in every scene she’s in (like there was a bubble around her and it became more obvious in her final season), the very poor script choices that led her into being one big contradiction and the horrid speed they had her become BC, made LL a ‘good guy’ I could barely stand the sight of.

It’s not all KC’s fault; CW brought her on board without a screen-test, believing she didn’t need one. Well done. And the writers gave her material she couldn’t work with - that most actresses would have difficulty with because it meant playing a character who couldn’t move forwards - because she didn’t have the range. Because of that, they couldn’t quite decide on her progression so her opinions changed as often as the weather does. 

There are reasons why they brought her back and it wasn’t because they missed her. Not saying anything else.

But the choice to make her a villain was genius. She does an incredible bitch and shines when she’s playing the character at her most sadistic. It hasn’t bothered me; seeing her onscreen again as LL’s evil alternate, though her demonstration as a DC villain is… incredibly camp at times. 

Very 1960s comic flamboyance and could they please understand that leather on KC - with her longs legs and shape -  makes this even worse. Notice how they keep putting her in jeans? Well, there’s a reason. Appearance is a big thing for KC; in S4 she made the make up artists and costume designers stop putting black make up over her eyes because, apparently, it was ugly. And she no longer wanted a wig because, guess what? It was ugly. So basically, she barely had a mask in S4 but they were killing her off so…

It’s clear the ‘looking good whilst performing action scenes that would make even the most beautiful person look like a pig’ still applies in her S6 role and that’s fine. It fits in with the character (Seriously, check out S4 - there’s a strip of material on her face - her hair and eyes are clear).

Gone are the days when she constantly flipped her hair back during fight scenes(?????). Gone are the times when you’d find her awkwardly standing there, bobbing up and down on the spot. Gone are the moments where an enemy would hit her or stun her and she’d make the exact same expression.

(Weirdly, her season 3 fight scenes were more convincing than her season 4 fight scenes. And no, I’m not comparing season 6 because a) BS isn’t LL and b) neither version can hold a candle to Oliver.)

It was all very fitting and I never once thought like some other people in the summer before the first episode aired, that her appearance would have anything at all to do with Oliver and it hasn’t. Like… at all. Crickets. Which is fitting. Thankfully, I haven’t seen any of that fear in months and there really shouldn’t be. There shouldn’t have been since 2014. There’s literally nothing to say about Oliver and either LL or BS and yes, they are different people. Doppelganger means look-a-like who is of a different personality and soul.

So seeing BS - once, I’d hoped LL would become a villain; she had the drive and the will and it would have been a good arc for her - be BS and not a carbon copy of the character who died, a character who wasn’t necessary to the show anymore, even as she tried damn hard to have an impact, was gratifying.

Until it wasn’t.

Until it really, really wasn’t.

It’s one long repeat of 5.10 and I thought she was better in 5.10.

I’m not a fan of the character, because AGAIN – bad script choices. Maybe not the best acting either (and some of her fans agree with that btw). But she isn’t a main villain, so it didn’t matter.

Then Quentin Lance decided, for some unfathomable reason, that she was IN FACT his dead daughter come back to life.

Now, I figured BS would have a plot line of her own or something that would make her a credible threat. A reason for her to be in the sixth season beyond someone else’s plot. Turns out, she doesn’t. She just owes her life to Cayden James and whoever was pulling the strings. She just likes hurting people.

What I didn’t know was that BS WAS a plot line… for Quentin. She’s his season 6 story.

Do you remember what his story was last year? The year before? Let’s have a quick look:

S1: crotchety, deeply unhappy detective who lost a daughter - his favourite - and the grief still affects him 5 years later and whose wife divorced him. I liked this version of him: it held potential. You understood why he was the way he was and accepted it. You knew he’d become an ally eventually and each step into him trusting the vigilante was thrilling. Laurel was his only connection to the happy man he’d once been and how did he repay that connection? With over-protectiveness. With judgement. With years of alcohol abuse, meaning she’d have vivid memories of having to cart him home and get him sober. He may have done his best, what he could, as a man, but as a father? He kind of let her down. So did her mother by leaving and choosing grief over love. But he and LL were similar. Too similar.

S2: he’s sober. He’s willing to work for peace with the Arrow. He’s reaching for better and he’s enjoying it… he’s watching his daughter spiral into the same kind of pit he’s fallen into, only it’s worse because he’s played a hand in it. And he can’t judge her for it. And it’s not just alcohol and oh God, how does he help her? His second daughter returns and for a moment everything is perfect, except LL is the opposite. Sara’s return meant every betrayal was brought back to the surface and he watched one daughter emotionally crucify another.

S3: He’s a captain now and he’s EARNED it. He’s made waves with the Arrow. Both his daughter’s are alive and this is where the cycle starts.

Sara dies. Again.

And LL – in her infinite wisdom – keeps it from him. Now initially, she feared for his heart. But for a long time after he was given a clean bill of health, she still maintained the lie when she had no reason to keep it from him. There was more than once, where she insinuated she enjoyed playing Sara (JHSGAJDVA) because it meant keeping her alive (AHSAJDV) and that she needed the mask. Regardless, it’s a betrayal - because no one has the right to keep the death of a child from the parent - and when he does find out, he goes off the rails and targets Oliver. Makes his life miserable. Has a hand in some of what happens at the end and per Lance logic, never pays for them.

(Do the writers think that their grief means they can do and say things destroy and hurt others? I do wonder. All the time.)

S4: he’s made a deal with the devil. To keep his daughter safe, undermining her choice to be a vigilante. Then she dies and he feels deep guilt and grief.

S5: he’s a deep, understandable wound that made him leave Donna, who he’s crazy about, and return to the booze. He gets therapy and tries to move forwards. He sees BS for what she is: an abomination of his daughter and shows some progression, has some amazing scenes with Rene and we think it’s literally the start of something new for Quentin…

S6: HE’S IN A DEEP GRIEF/GUILT SPIRAL ABOUT BS WHO IS SUDDENLY HIS DAUGHTER AFTER HE SHOT HER BECAUSE SHE WASN’T AND MUST MAKE HER BECOME HIS DAUGHTER WHO DIED BECAUSE HE CAN’T HEAL UNLESS SHE BECOMES HIS DAUGHTER…

Every season, Quentin’s story becomes more and more about his daughters, until he doesn’t have a story – or life – of his own.

Like Curtis, with his constant lack of story line, making it so that he has to continuously pilfer from Felicity’s.

Like with Thea - though this is more on Willa’s life the past couple of years than the writers - who has had no real storyline or love interest since S4.

Diggle is different: he seems to have a season that pays attention to him, then a season where he steps back. I fully expect for S7 to either be a season where he has nearly zero focus - after several episodes already in season 6 where he’s been focal - or, if it’s the last, to be integral once more. I’m not really fused at this point; just grateful for the focus but I do question some of the writers choices this season.

(DIVERGING FOR A HOT SECOND: Diggle’s drug abuse was rushed. Horribly so. For the first time, though I love his character, I thought Dig deserved to re-earn some trust. Looks like he’s allowed to endanger the team because he’s Diggle. He puts himself on a pedestal that’s hard to stay on top of and yet, he falls off it and doesn’t feel too badly about it? How uncharacteristic. He has reasons he deemed good enough. He asked Felicity to lie for him, knowing Olicity’s history. He stopped being an addict fast too. I mean I know he’s awesome but… didn’t you want Lyla to slap him round the head? And for Felicity to be angry that he kept this from her amongst other things? And this sudden (literally came from out of left field) desire for him to BE Green Arrow which we all know he can never be??? Never mind…)

But this is what happens when there are too many characters and only 1 hour per episode, even without FB’s.

So, Quentin! What gives?

If this SL doesn’t end in Quentin getting some therapy, or even a mention of something similar - or even his death, which I don’t want to happen but might because narrative cues indicate it as a possibility (or maybe we’ll just see how E2 Quentin died in fb’s) - then it’s an assassination of character. He’s completely forgotten that the body of his real daughter lies in a grave he cried over and every single time he calls BS his daughter and looks at her lovingly, even as she stares at him like he’s lost the plot and tells him I’M NOT HER, I feel a tad sick. What’s worse is that – as per the Lance logic rule – not a single character has told him he’s become a creepy git. I actually felt a little sorry for BS because psychologically hounding a person isn’t right no matter who you’re hounding.

Plus, you know, BS is a sadistic serial killer and Laurel, for all her faults - for being selfish, for suffering from such extreme tunnel vision that she often disregarded the people around her and for the way she put people on pedestals that she herself couldn’t stand on (KC actually said this about LL) - wasn’t.

So what is it that Quentin is trying to accomplish?

The best possible answer to this would be that he wants her to - like Helena who isn’t close to BS level crazy - repent and pay for crimes, to aim for goodness.

Horrifyingly I don’t think that’s the case (unless he knows something we don’t and ‘seeing his daughter in her eyes’ is not one of those things). I hope it is…

But what does this mean?

The scene at the end of 6.13, with Quentin and BS in the car was chilling because, more than it showing how very much BS didn’t want to be there, the moment made me see Quentin in a mentally unstable way. Though it might be a hope too far to reach, I’m hoping there’s something in this past his desperation to save the look-a-like of his daughter.

Because, you see; he didn’t treat Laurel the way he should have at times. This is all guilt fuelled. He loved his daughter. If it was just grief, he wouldn’t be doing it like this. Or at all. But his guilt and desperation led him on a mission. He wants to save her soul. But you can’t save a person who doesn’t want to be saved. Narratively speaking anyway. Knowing the changeability of the writers in regards to the Lance, she’ll have gone through a 180 change by the next one, but they know – as well as we do – that KC is best as a villain so, what’s going on?

I’m almost intrigued. BUT. If this is all the storyline Quentin is going to get, then he might as well go off with Donna into the sunset. Or have BS kill him out of irritation. Really, what a waste.

And believe it or not, I mean this for both Quentin and BS.

In Greek and Roman mythos, sirens are dangerous creatures that lure sailors with their singing to shipwreck and often, kill them. Everything about them is supposed to de seductive, from their voice, to their faces and their talents and… that wasn’t really what we’ve been shown so far, save for ONE scene. Wouldn’t it have been thrilling to have a villain who looks the spit of a dead friend but who goes about twisting men around her finger before killing them? I would have had her go after Felicity too, because they were great in their face-off 5.10.

And Quentin? There was one other, very small element to season 6 that made me happy for him. He and Oliver have stepped into the light together. He stood by him as a father figure at his wedding. PROGRESSION that was immediately destroyed soon afterwards.

Now, I will never undermine loss. And a parent’s loss (like a child’s) is vastly different from any other. A parent, who loves their children, should never have to outlive a child they have raised. If they do, how unimaginable must it be for them to loose a chunk of their hearts like that? So, in a very real sense I can’t empathise with Quentin about his loss. I can believe it might unhinge him and therefore make him attempt to do the things he normally wouldn’t. In one form or another, he’s lost both daughters. Maybe he’s just cracked in half.

I find it interesting however, that they (the writers, producers, show runners etc) give Quentin this latitude, but Oliver - who has systematically lost his father, Shado, Slade, island woman with bad acting, Tommy, his mother, his sister (who was in a coma without hope of recovery) and, emotionally for a time, Felicity - hasn’t.

Thea too, who’s lost almost as much.

In the crossover, there was a brief scene between Oliver and the evil version of Tommy, where Oliver DID try to make him see the light. But the way they filmed it, felt more like he was saying ‘you can change. You can try to be good, like my Tommy was. In this earth, we were best friends who both loved the same woman and you died for that woman. Don’t let what’s happened to your home, happen here.’ It’s very close to Quentin’s actions but it’s also vastly different.

Quentin is trying – hard – to convince BS that she IS his daughter. That she has her personality. That BS is as good as LL was, baffling regardless of her actions. That she can kill and defile his daughter’s reputation, because she IS his daughter.

How does one transfer real emotion onto a stranger and smile about it Quentin?

But, since Arrow doesn’t always hit the nail on the head, chances are this is viewed as Ok behaviour. …Which means I’m probably not going to get what I want.

I’m not even saying that BS can’t be redeemed, but to do it like this? Who says she can’t suddenly WANT to be good - she’d have to go to great lengths to make us understand how she could take deep, obvious pleasure in murdering a person yet want to be good after so much not good and good luck with that - for herself.

To make it about LL and NOT about BS eradicates BS’s identity, which is what bothers me about KC’s fans. They really don’t care at all about her character: they just want her on screen as much as possible. And since almost every comment about her focuses on a particular comic romance that has been dead on the show since S2, I can see it reflected in the writers - though they are being kinder than most think - investment in this character and why it hasn’t travelled beyond Quentin in season 6.

I didn’t want Quentin defined by BS. Just as I didn’t want BS defined by the two things that LL was defined by.

Her family. The Past.

Now... we all know that, to some degree, Lance is going to get what he wants because, I think this is his way to healing. It’s deeply disturbing and about 100 degrees opposite what I wanted to see from him. 

He feels that if he saves this version of his daughter, then he can move on but, unfortunately, doing so means projecting LL onto BS and it’s clear the writers are going with that for now. Doesn’t mean she’s redeemed. it does mean she has Quentin in her corner.

And because she does... because she has information... he’s going to drag OTA into it... and this will set off a Dinah shaped bomb with attack dog and whatever the frack Curtis is at them and this will be the end of any hope in reconciliation between the two teams.

Seriously.

And, with the way the newbies have been behaving the last few episodes, I won’t even be sorry.

Remember Rene broke the trust first and Oliver responded badly. But then as if to prove Oliver right, Rene makes damn sure he knows he can’t be depended on... and blames Oliver. Every episode since, where Oliver offered an olive branch, they basically threw it in his face. Now they through digs - no honour or respect or maturity. OF COURSE BS WILL BE USED TO MAKE THIS WORSE.

LL, BS - whichever form of the same woman appears, you can bet Quentin will do something where he aims for peace but causes destruction. Or he aims for justice and gets everyone hurt.

If they do redeem her, she needs to do time for her crimes, which are large. And they start where? E2. If it happens, then I’d have her go back to E2 and redeem. But I really wanted a villain. I honestly don’t see how they could convince me of anything else.

No, they are not setting her up to become BC - no matter how far Dinah sinks, she’ll still be BC. That’s not what they’re doing.

But who knows, maybe they won’t. Maybe she’ll be consistent for once, and prove that she loves the way she is and won’t change because of the look-a-like of her father and she wins there. Unlike Quentin, she sees a man who looks and sounds like her father but she is under no delusion of who he is. It’s why she’s been able to hurt him.

And we’re only up to episode 13 *rubs hands together* - I may sound all sorts of confused and negative with the above SL but it doesn’t mean I’m not invested. I want to see what they do with this but depending on how it’s handled, will mean whether I give even a small crap about Quentin in the future.