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#charles rowland#dead boy detectives#payneland#charles x crystal#dbd#edwin payne#crystal palace#it's kinda both ships here cause it's focused on charles relationships in general and he loves them both#Youtube#literally cannot begin to tell you how much love i have for this character#wanna give him just the biggest hug in the world and tell him he doesn't need to try so hard to push it all down
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What down, joe?
So I finally got around to watching the episode of ChicagoMed that we all missed due to those idiots at the Capitol. SMH but here we go into the MESS & my feelings lol
April
What does April want? Thatâs the name of her arc cause she needs to figure it out. I do feel her on wanting to stay in the COVID ward because it gives her a sense of purpose but her acting as though Ethan âtookâ that from her is ridiculous: 1. She never let Ethan know that she felt that way, maybe that wouldâve swayed his decision a bit and 2. Sheâs been a nurse for what Iâm assuming is years, she knows that nurses rotate positions in hospitals so her being rotated out to the ED shouldnât have been such a blow- its almost like she expected special treatment & took it personally that she didnât get that and was expected to rotate out like all the other nurses. In and regards to Ethan, she needs to figure out what she wants from him; it feels like sheâs on the fence about resuming a romantic relationship, and thatâs fine, but she also acts as though he should be doing things for her because of implied lingering romantic feelings- feels like sheâs using him a bit and heâs being a doormat about it.
Iâve noticed that sheâs moving as though Ethan should be a mind reader and know what sheâs thinking and feeling for a while. When she discovered that she was having fertility issues, she lashed out at him without telling him about it so then he was stuck on stupid thinking they were still on the same page about having a baby. When she was feeling like there wasnât any romance in their relationship since starting IVF, she took that out on him without telling him how she felt. When she felt like she found her purpose in the COVID ward, she didnât say anything to Ethan, just gave him attitude. Girl, heâs not a psychic, tell him what youâre feeling! I do feel like the storyline of her getting involved in the Willâs new crusade with the trail medicine is a way for them both to undermine Ethan, his new elevated position and the new hierarchy in the ED â neither of them respects him as a peer or senior at this point.
I would love for April to have something else to focus on. I know that the writers have talked about her re-assessing how sheâs maneuvering as a caregiver & I think thatâs great! I feel like she can receive more responsibility, like a sort of promotion (idk what that means to nurses), and has to work through the struggle of those new responsibilities (without Ethan trying to save her) and become a more confident & capable nurse. I do think eventually she has to sit with herself and assess her personal life: does she still want Ethan? If not, she has to sit down and discuss that with him, set some boundaries; I think she needs better communication with him in general but this would be a good place to start.
Us: âApril, tell us what you want. Make a choice.â
April:
William
Will absolutely demonstrated why he isnât the Chief ED in this episode but one thing that really irks me about this character is that he does thing so totally left field and reckless, but the writers always manage to redeem him in the end, and it moves along as though he was always right. Iâm waiting for the day the writers let Will really feel the consequences of his actions; he really needs to sit and think about why he rushes into situations the way he does. And why the hell did Maggie apologize to him? She shouldâve questioned Will about how she felt he was being blind to his crusade; his patientâs daughter specifically told hm what type of treatment she wanted for her father and he ignored thatâŚGIRL! Let that have been Ethan or Natalie LOL. And every time he does something like this he comes out smelling like rosesâŚIâm tired of it.
I also feel like Will is acting more impulsive because he still is upset about the Chief position and doesnât want to accept Ethan and the new hierarchy of the ED. Its like him being a part of this clinical trail give him the authority position that he wanted in the ED but didnât get, not really about him being really interested in the trails. Itâs giving me âI donât respect Ethanâ vibes & I would appreciate it if he just said that.
Ethan
Ok so I feel like with this episode, Ethan did really leave April alone except for things that were related to work and thatâs what I want for him moving forward until she figures out what she wants: keep it professional. But I donât like how heâs handling April with kid gloves; I get that he still loves her, itâs evident, but he needs to show her that he wonât be a push over for her, that she canât use their connection to get her way & then give him attitude when he does his job as Chief of ED.
There is such a wedge in Chexton that it doesnât even seem worth it anymore and the writers said that Noah is going to cause even more problems, at this point, but my ship in the harbor and let us disembark. I love Chexton but this is ridiculous, they have these characters walking around not communicating with each other like children even though Iâm sure these characters are pushing 40!
I would like for Ethan to continue his mentor-mentee relationship with Charles; I feel like that will help Ethan determine the type of Chief he wants to be and how he wants to run his ED. He also needs to make it clear that no one will be getting special treatment (April and Noah) and try to establish communication, trust, collaboration, and accountability (Will) in the ED. For Ethan, getting used to this new role is his drama, he doesnât need the extra mess with his love life at the moment; it would be good to see him grow in a way that sticks from being Chief of ED. Also free Ethan from the shackles of April, please LOL.
Mancel
Iâm kinda on this ship LOL. IDK what it is about these two but I kinda like itâŚI think itâs the fact that Marcel can be vulnerable to Natalie and she gives him the space to do so without judgment. Natalie confronting Marcel about his one-night stands and then just leaning herself onto his back, then his face being so content just made me swoon a bit, I can totally understand Natalieâs attraction to him with this new attitude. I know that his ex-wife will be making an appearance that will surely shake things up with them but it can be a moment for Marcel to determine if he wants to pursue a relationship with Nat or continue being a committed bachelor. The direction the writers are taking with Mancel is the only good thing theyâre doing IMO; itâs giving me an insight to Marcelâs pathology â he feels like a person who runs when the going gets tough cause he doesnât want to be vulnerable but his attraction to Nat and the type of person she is will make him want to stay and work through the hard stuff.
The Writers
I am TIRED of yâall. TIRED. Iâm so done with the way the writers make characters regress to build up other characters/relationships. They had Manstead going but then as Chexton took off, Manstead crashed and burned. Chexton was cruising along, now theyâre floundering as Mancel is taking off. What is going on? Can no one focus on more than one relationship at a time? And why are the characters going through the same development that they went through in past seasons (Ethan, Will). Like they went through that, their characters were better then all of a sudden, its back to square one and then on top of that, no one is communicating with each other, just getting upset in their feelings. You know yâall donât have to do that, right? There are ways of challenging characters beyond regressing them and focusing on their love life screw ups. Do yâall need a more diverse writing room? Some new people to bring in fresh ideas? What is it? What do yâall need to keep this show from being too predictable and unnecessarily messy? Itâs like they donât realize that the characters and viewers of the show arenât teenagers, weâre grown ass adults so petty relationship drama isnât going to satisfy us. I would give them more free game but theyâre gonna have to pay me LOL.
Me to the writers:
So i guess thatâs all until next episode of ChicagoWhatTheFuckAreTheyDoingOverThereMed Z.
#chicagomed#chicago med#one chicago#ethan choi#april sexton#chexton#mancel#crockett marcel#natalie manning#will halstead#sharon goodwin#daniel charles
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Lilith for the character ask?
Oh boy, a controversial character! Gotta say, I stan James Charles /J
How do I feel about this character?:
On a real note, I do like Lilith as a character. When we first meet her, she's pompous and proud. Oozing with entitlement, she's easy to route against and you like to see her get worked up and "brought down" to Eda's level as the wild which so eloquently put it. Later on, but not too much later that it feels disingenuous, we really get to see her show that she cares for her sister. One might believe it is *Eda* being ridiculous, as far as the audience is aware, Lilith's offer holds little downsides. Eda would be cured and be afforded the luxuries of the upper class AND keep her magic. All she had to do was be the Emperor's soldier.
As to not get off track by talking about Eda, (im sure Lilith herself would loathe that lol) Lilith's reveal to have cursed her sister over a spot in the emperor's coven was...controversial to say the least. I don't think it's unpopular to voice that, yeah. It could've been communicated better to the audience since I saw plenty of commentators and regular fans themselves either thought Lilith cursing her sister was *needlessly* petty and not at all thought out (which yeah it kinda was).
From where I stand on that issue is, yeah, Lilith's whole reason to curse her sister could've been avoided by just talking to her sister and asking her to let her have this. BUT, I think a lot of people forget that the Emperor's coven would want to limit the number of powerful witches in their coven. Sure, Belos would want to be protected by a bunch of loyal soldiers, but he wouldn't want too much of the population to ever have a much power as him. So limiting the number of members in not just his coven but possible in the other major covens, would aid in controlling that population.
This might be pure hogwash but like, there are a ton of other "lesser" covens. So in my mind, it's more likely that the general population of witches gets sorted into one of the various miscellaneous. If you think limiting yourself to only practicing Illusion magic sucks, imagine only practicing whatever the fuck the "swag coven" does.
Lol gonna add a page break this shit is getting too long
Romantic Ships for this character?:
Hm, it's only s1 and we haven't seen her interact w/ many characters outside of her fam/Belos/actual children. I kinda jokingly ship here with Steve lol. Kikimora and her also have a funny dynamic but in all actuality, I don't ship her w/ anyone rn.
Non-Romantic Ships for this character?:
Her and Hooty lol. I mean Eda is an obvious answer but like, Hooty fucking with Lilith is too funny to not want to see. Her and King would be great too, probably get some good B plots out of it. It would be a good contrast since they both can be petty but in different ways and I think that would help flesh out their characters a bit more and maybe cause some introspection (at least on Lilithâs end lol)
Unpopular opinion about this character?:
Lol. I feel like she is such a divisive character in general that most opinions about her arenât too out of the main stream. I guess a more meta take is that when sheâs portrayed in fanworks, usually fanfic but not exclusively, very...one note lol. Sheâs usually a pretty flat, boring character in an attempt to highlight the contrast between her and Eda. Sheâs the straight-laced, âresponsibleâ sibling who has a chip on her shoulder. In fanon, that equates to her characterization to either be like, completely and utterly apologetic to the point where it becomes unbelievable for any person to do. Her apologizing or making amends is usually quickly forgiven by Luz/and or Eda. Sure, Luz is very forgiving person naturally but like?? Sheâs wasnât mad in canon too much about THEIR well being (almost getting impaled), she was specifically pissed about Lilith betraying Eda.Â
So, if Lilith is a big part of your story (and itâs working in the realm of canon), then this should be a problem which doesnât get resolved by just ONE big action. I also feel like her being on better terms with Eda would come BEFORE Luz since Edaâs main gripe with her would be about her being annoyed by Lilithâs controlling nature and the fact that she didnât trust her enough to talk about her feelings back when she was first cursed (also her using Luz against her but I feel like that would probably be a hurdle that wouldnât really be over come until Lilith in turn would be willing to sacrifice herself for Luz while also making an effort to care for Luz as a person not just see her as a âpetâ). Hhhh this section is so long and its kinda bleeding over in the next question so-
Something I wish will happen or would have wanted to happen in canon?:
yall if you are still reading I am so sorry sksk
I want Lilith in general, not to be forgiven by either Luz or Eda. Eda probably early on stating about how she is unsure if she could EVER forgive her sister for what she has done. BUT, critically, Eda would see that Lilith is trying and she is willing to work with her (with a unhelpful dose of teasing) because at the end of the day she still loves her sister. For the relationship they had before everything with south, for knowing her side of the story even though she believes it doesnât justify her actions. She understands and sympathizes, sheâs grown a bit softer thanks to Luz, which is very funny since I want Luz to be the one who is the hardest to convince Lilith actually had a change of heart but more on that later.Â
Before I move on to what I want her path towards forgiveness with Luz looks like, I want to bring up a parallel that I havenât seen many people make. Fans always talk about the parallel between the Clawthornes and Luz/Amity, and rightly so because there is a lot to extrapolate there, but I think another interesting dynamic that might be interesting to see in s2 would be an episode that focuses on lost friendship/sisterhood with the Clawthornes and Amity and Willow. Itâs kinda funny that Amity and Willowâs friendship was ruined because Willow was too âweakâ while Eda was too âpowerfulâ. In a potential episode, it can show the progression both Eda/Lilith and Willow/Amity are making in rekindling their relationship with each other. For Eda and Lilith this would be a lot more rough around the edges since it both be either the first or one of the first attempts at doing so while Willow/Amity would maybe be further along yet still have some major/minor hang ups with one another. With Willow/Amity, their relationship would either be rounding the bend of fully moving past the âidk how to feel about you stageâ or it is stated outright that Willow forgives Amity, (and by forgive, I mean in the âwe both know what you did, youâve actually changed. we wonât have the same relationship that we once had but Iâm okay with trying againâ). In contrast, Lilith and Eda would reach a understanding and come up with some ground rules on how to handle each other (Edaâs main take away from this âepisodeâ would be what I previously stated in the last question), ones that will be more like guidelines cuz its Eda lol. Also what separates the Clawthornes conflict from the Willow/Amity one (besides the obvious) is that the Clawthornes both know how the other works. Which buttons to push and all that so both of them are going to have to learn to resist doing that, at least a bit, in order to actually progress.Â
ANYWAYS, I also want Luz to be the one to regard Lilith the coldest. Luz refusing to let Lilith teach her anything despite probably having more practical/book smarts knowledge on magic theory than Eda because she doesnât trust her. If they are gonna use that masked dude as a spy, I want Luz to assume Lilith is somehow a coconspirator. This plot thread doesnât have to be going at 100% the whole time, (in fact I would want it to be a temp thing maybe lasting a couple eps at most or like, just something that is hinted at but not dived deeply until the second half of the season). Really, Lilith has a hard time because Luz straight up doesnât give her the opportunity to really express her regret/remorse. Lilith probably wonât at first give her a ton of reasons to forgive her as she usually attempts at coming back at Luzâs snide remarks with her own quippy comebacks. Sksk a really angsty end to an attempt could include Lilith saying something to Luz after going on a small talk with her (where yeah Lilith has improved but still needs noticeable work) that she âreminds her a lot of Edaâ and Luz bites back with something like âOh yeah? You going to curse me too? You want another person you can force to do what YOU want?â.Â
Hell maybe âparental problemsâ could have Lilith poke at, either on purpose or accidentally, Luzâs feelings about going back to the human world and Camila. Lilith reminding her, maybe unknowingly, reminds her a lot of her mom and that causes her to blow up on her. Luz would hate that comparison, thinking about how similar her mom and Lilith are to one another. That because she still has such a strong dislike of Lilith, it bleeds over into how Luz views Camila and vice versa. In that, both Camila and Lilith value respect, an adherence to the rules, have a great sense of wisdom (arguably for Lilith lol /hj), and (eventually for Lilith once she gets to know Luz better) a genuine want for Luz to succeed and belief in her even though they are critical of her actions at times. Sure Eda reminds her of that more, motherly protective kind of love, in which she would do anything for her to be happy and healthy. Lilith can be the other side of that, the worry and slight doubt. That familiar way they each go about trying to understand and get close to Luz yet not quite getting it yet would still do whatever sheâd ask for her sake. Luz at first would take Lilith being disappointed in her actions as an accomplishment. As they grow closer and the more Lilith reminds her of her mom, it becomes scary. The disappointment hurts and in an effort not to feel like that again and to not want to think about the comparison between Lilith and her mother she will snap back at her. Eventually Lilith would then have to change again and reassure her that she cares and by extent, her mother cares to. It is here Lilith is willing to let go of being so constantly controlling and learns to encourage first (or do some form of the compliment sandwich) and Luz comes to peace with her feelings about her mother and understands her position better. To be able to love herself even if she knows that she will always try to do her best.Â
oh my fucking god you made it im so sorry i guess i had a lot of thoughts. fffffff
#TOH#lilith clawthorne#the owl house#character ask meme#luz noceda#edalyn clawthorne#yall im so sorry#this is very fanficy an long rip#if you read all this you are a champ but also no i cant cover your insurance lol
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Oohh I'm so glad that did make some sense and I didn't ramble now đ I read about both gods and winds, and I kinda picked up some pieces and hints about chapters but if you explain more in depth I would be very appreciated bc I really love the concept and the whole thing and I can really see that you put a lot of effort into this story, so it should be appreciated I think. Thank you for this lovely story and cannot wait for the next chapters as always đđđđ´â ď¸
ahhh iâm so excited you want to know more!! đ this got so long and is So Much I apologize lol! for anyone who hasnât read it yet, this will be a little spoiler-y for my pirate!au fic but here we go below the cut:
ok so I mentioned that I was really focused on the four main winds of greek mythology or the âAnemoi.â this started because I was thinking specifically of the Odyssey and the role the winds play in a lot of myths that involve sailing so I thought it might be a nice like easter egg in there. now Iâll break down each of them a little more.
Aeolus: when I added on this first chapter, I wanted something having to do with the winds but would indicate the beginning as well. so back to the Odyssey, Aeolus is the âkeeper of the windsâ and heâs the one who bags up all the winds but the western one which is supposed to bring Odysseus home and gives them to him. when he does this itâs the beginning of that leg of Odysseusâ journey (even if itâs then twarted by greedy crew who release the rest of the winds and prolong the journey home). so here itâs the beginning of eluâs journey. (also heâs sometimes associated with the father of the wind gods so thereâs that beginning as well)
now the main four: so part of this was also about tracking time and directions so Iâll list those with each of the winds
Notus (south/summer): okay so Notus is the god of the south wind and is generally also associated with bringing storms. in the chapter it is summer and we do see a storm that hits the ship but the bigger âstormâ here is the way that Lucas joining the crew has changed the trajectory of Eliottâs life, even if he doesnât know it yet.
Eurus (east/fall): okay so here I was focused more on the direction: East. thatâs where the sun rises and also the chapter in which eluâs romantic relationship starts, so the wind is once again bringing change and beginnings!
Boreas (north/winter): Boreas is definitely one of the more major wind gods, which is why a major plot piece happens here, and why thereâs a lot uncovered. Boreas is generally depicted as very strong, cold, and rather violent. there is both warmth in this chapter and unease and eventually a jarring revelation. Boreas brings winter with him, so we he starts to blow, things start to go bad, eventually causing a major shock when Charles shows up and Eliott discovers that Lucas is the son of the guy heâs been trying to get revenge on, exposing Lucasâ big secret. Itâs an event that comes between them, leaving them both cold.
now here are the two that arenât out yet. donât worry I wonât spoil anything!! just some teasers
Zephyrus (west/spring): Zephyrus is also a more major god, favored by the Greeks as a kind and beneficial god who brought about the end of winter and the beginning of new growth. so weâll start the chapter in the stark chill of winter, but the end? itâll feel more like spring. and as itâs associated with the west, weâll bring it back to the sun and where it sets as weâre getting toward the end! (also going to point out his role in one of my favorite myths, Cupid and Psyche: Zephyr brings Psyche to Cupid.....)
and finally, the last chapter is another piece of mythology associated with the winds:
Hyperborea: the realm of eternal spring, the place beyond the north wind where the cold and winter from Boreas canât touch them. sort of like an epilogue, thatâs the biggest meaning here
now hereâs a final connection because Iâm like that. the Anemoi are the children of Eos, the goddess of dawn and Astraeus, god of the stars. Dawn and the stars are important pieces of this au in and of themselves, largely because of this. if youâve read this far I appreciate it!! much love đđ
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