#it would be unbelievably powerful

[vriska]

togachako really did get done so dirty by the series and a lot of the wider fandom, these two are literally the only two characters i give a shit about bc their dynamic is just so interesting

like the way it becomes a two way obsession and Ochako being forever haunted by Himiko, like Ochako literally admits Himiko's been living rent free in her mind since the night they met, Ochako being the only one who looks and really sees Himiko it just drives me insane

everything could have been different if she had just met Ochako sooner

but it's still bullshit they wanted to kill Himiko off when the whole point is that Ochako wanted to help build that world that would be easier for Himiko to live in, there WAS a place for her in the world Ochako wanted to help create and it's such a disservice to Himiko's character that her whole thing was that she'd been shamed and excluded and called a monster for something she could not help and killing her feels like the story shrugging its shoulders and going 'yeah they were all right to dehumanize her! she doesn't belong here and also she can't get better with help and support, better luck next time tho'

[wikitpowers]

who wants to cry with me?

it’s the “… it wasn’t that he couldn’t love anyone. it was that he couldn’t love me. and- and the- and- nobody else has, either. i wasn’t enough, to stop- i wasn’t enough. i’ve never been enough…” for me :’(

[radiofreeilium]

I am kind of so in love with what seems to be Gwen reciting a statement like a litany to summon an antagonistic archivist?? Like idk which option is better to me, if the bad!archivist was simply tailing Gwen and compelled her statement there to get like, supernatural right of way, or if Gwen actively summoned the bad!archivist *by* saying her own statement!

Either way i'm loving the odd religiosity of that scene, the recitation of a personal statement acting as a Literal Hail Mary... ough.

[ramenwithbroccoli]

when you're trying to comfort your friend post-vice quadrant but he got his hands on "they might be giants" recording

[wildsaltair]

conquering Germania by day and my ***** by night

[dirtytransmasc]

Yes, she decided. The moment she continued to go in his chamber, she could advice him to wed laena instead of trying to have a relationship with him, she could have remember him of his duty. She had a choice as everyone has

clearly logic is something that will not reach you no matter what I say but let's try again shall we.

first off, Viserys married for pleasure, not power or political gain. he knew his duties he knew what was best and had no interest. he married Alicent because that's what he wanted. it would be insanely inappropriate for a girl to advise a king on political matters AND it should not be the job of a 14 year old child to tell a king what he should be doing.

second off, she had a father to please, cause again, to reiterate, she was his daughter and she had a duty to him and her house. this was not a duty she wanted, but she didn't have a choice. she was young but se wasn't stupid she knew what her father expected of her, and if word got back from Viserys that she was actively advising him to marry someone else, she would then not only bring disobeying her father but going against him.

thirdly, and more minorly, "she should have pushed him to marry laena" isn't the gotcha you think it is. laena was even younger than her, and even if it was politically expected of him, still fucking gross.

lastly, cause I apparently can't stress this enough, SHE DIDNT HAVE A CHOICE, plain and simple. she had no agency, she had no power, she had no out, she was at the mercy of her father, she had to obey him, she had to do what he said, even if it meant walking herself to slaughter. once she met with the king, he took a liking to her and DEMANDED her presence, he the DEMANDED her hand. again, there was no point she could have said no. she couldn't say no to her father, she couldn't advise the king (he barely tolerated it when she was literally the queen, let alone if she had just been some girl entertaining him in his chambers), she couldn't deny the king of anything, she didn't have a choice.

she was 14 and scared, 14 and trying to survive, 14 and trying to please her father, 14 and sent to a man 3 times her age's chambers, 14 and lusted after by the king, 14 and knowing of her place in the world and what was expected of her. like every other woman in their history, she couldn't escape, she couldn't, there's no plainer way to say it. she faced her duty with poise and a stiff lip, cause that's what you had to do, but she was just a child.

you can't expect her to have been some radical icon, there were none, women who went against their station in life were punished or killed or put into god awful betrothals to lessen the shame brought to her family. she was a nobleman's daughter, she had a house to bring honor to. she did the heartbreaking thing of giving up, for the benefit of her father and house, doesn't mean she wanted it, doesn't mean it was ok, doesn't mean she isn't deserving of pity. giving in to your duty =/= wanting it.

"she had a choice as everyone has" she had a choice every woman has; accept it with grace, be forced into it, or damn herself to a fate much worse (and that's being generous, most didn't even have that many choices). it's the men who had choices, Otto offered his daughter up, he didn't have to, he had no obligation and nothing to lose if he didn't. Viserys had every choice, he could have married whoever he wanted, he could have denied her the second she entered his chambers. the men in her life had every choice to change her fate, yet they didn't take it, and you would rather blame her over them?

and listen, I know your set in your mindset of victim blaming a child bride who was raped until her husband didn't have the health or stamina to keep it up, and that you'll choose to blame her over the men in her life who damned her to such a fate. nothing I say will ever convince you, cause you clearly hate her past where logic will reach. you can keep sending asks with your terrible takes that have no backing or logic and actively ignore the political and societal state of the times and what it means for her as a young noble girl, and I'll keep answering them cause I have nothing better to do and I'll defend my girl to the grave.

[anotherpapercut]

literally feel insane seeing people blame 3rd party voters already and not the party that has been pushing away voters for YEARS by absolutely refusing to do anything that might actually help them get and retain votes. you people are delusional and you're actively helping to push the democratic party to the right. so thank you for making a bad situation worse

[helenofblackthorns]

if I've learned anything from this reread it's that the tmi gang is extremely precious to me & I love them so much more than I thought I did. if anything happens to any of them in twp I have no idea what I would do... I feel nauseous just thinking about the possibility

[pkmoth]

having swap au thoughts. *slaps roof of claus* there's so much mental illness in this guy. im gonna blow up everyone in the room and then myself

[thesamestarlight]

WHY AM I CRYING OVER THE IMPROV MUSICAL EPISODE OF GAMECHANGER. WHY ARE THEY SO TALENTED. WHY WAS IT SO MOVING. WHAT THE FUCK.

[cowboysmp3]

i rlly wish sakura having a crush on sasuke was removed from the squad 7 dynamics i think her character would have been FAR more interesting if she was allowed exist on the same level as naruto and sasuke from the beginning

[kittyplushy]

would you believe me if i said i hyperfixated on these two toxic old men yaoi for a whole year

[highwayphantoms]

saw a post implying that people with a household income over $87k are "upper class" and i'm just

no

not even close, bro

[cangrellesteponme]

do you ever watch a show ages after it airs and it recontextualises the entire fandom for you? because i'm watching shadow and bone-

[genderjester]

I respect the x reader grind and i am in full support of being horny for the jjk men (and anything else would be hypocritical) however. Some of the popular tropes...my pussy is bone dry.

[wildsaltair]

no one look at me while I let him ruin every aspect of my life