#jfc thats a lot of tags just for this

[sharkinfishnetz]

fray 2 free

[burning-sol]

You know what? I realise why the Sinsmas episode is pissing me off so much, it's because it's juggling so many different ideas that it doesn't spend enough time committed to a single one. Let me just break it down the way I see it...

The first idea we're introduced to is one about Stolas' depression but then when he sits down with Blitz we're introduced to the idea of Stolas' poverty.

The previous ideas are what you think that the episode might focus on until you get hit with the Octavia B-Plot. Okay! A-Plot is about depression and poverty, B-Plot is about Stolas not being able to contact Octavia... (I might be using those terms incorrectly, but you get the idea,)

But THEN you get Sinsmas introduced which is about the idea of indulging in your sins, which is shown to be important to the audience because it's expressed in dialogue, right? Wait, no, it's about Stolas's depression/poverty, okay then....

But THEN you cut to the office and we get a Millie and Moxxie bonding scene, so you think, "wait, is there going to be another DIFFERENT plotline introduced into this episode about their relationship??" AND YOU GET MORE ABOUT SINSMAS, multiple shots about the holiday and the idea of indulging in your sins!! So wait, the idea of Sinsmas IS an individual idea from the depression/poverty point? Or isn't it??

Stolas sobs on the phone, there's a very obvious depression/poverty breakdown, but then we get MORE NEW SHIT introduced because it's about Stolas' cheating. And I understand that that's meant to tie into Octavia's B-plot, but there's a subtle difference between that and THIS that adds another layer of shit on top (elaborated on later).

Which, BTW, I just wanna point out how this idea is contradictory to the Sinsmas idea since CHEATING is about INDULGING in LUST - as is established in your PREVIOUS. IMPORTANT. SEASON ONE FINALE... So WHY would you make a character shame a sin that's meant to be in the process of being celebrated which confuses the Sinsmas idea and was also the CORE of the Stolitz will-they-won't-they before now?? If it was to trigger Stolas' breakdown you already HAD the poverty story beat, this is just needless and confusing redundancy??

So then we actually get to Octavia and we get a scene about the idea of Stolas and Octavia not being able to get in contact with each other - the B-Plot - and followed by her introspective song and the discovery of Stolas' pills. And now we suddenly feel like we're back to where we were MEANT to be, with the Octavia B-Plot taking a pause to cut back to the Depression A-Plot. This builds up tension as we naturally feel the two characters drawn together.

And theeeen it cuts to the I.M.Ps and I'm banging my head against the wall because you're like, "Oh! The Millie and Moxxie relationship idea! This is going to be about them!"

But then OH MY GOD a NEW idea is introduced about Blitz wanting a FAMILY WITH STOLAS. I want to shoot someone because the cheating was a set up for Blitz to fantasise about wanting a family??? Is this meant to be a parallel to episode 1??? Am I meant to feel like Blitz has developed as a character?? In an episode that has been about every character OTHER than Blitz???

And then it's meant to be likeee like about Millie's pregnancy because she wants to kill the family instead of leaving them be, but it's also about Moxxie's relationship with her, but it's ALSO about being "demon enough" (WHATEVER THAT IS, IT'S NEVER ELABORATED ON), but it's also ALSO about Sinsmas.

Okay! Okay, back to the REAL plot except- Wait, Octavia walked in??? Wait, so this plot is now about Blitz wanting a family and he's going to bond with Octavia?? No! NO because they don't have any emotional connection and so there is no reason for this scene to exist if either way Blitz was going to know where Stolas went and Octavia was going to end up there as well anyways.

And can you tell I'm tired of writing at this point? Cus I'm losing my mind. FINALLY the A-plot and B-plot that should have been the center of the episode all along gets a fuck ton of screentime and it's beautiful and it's the peak of the episode.

And theeen it's back to Millie and you think, "Okay, so a big part of the pregnancy plot is clearly meant to be about Millie and Moxxie's relationship based on all the scenes we've gotten between them! That means that Millie and Moxxie are going to have some sort of important dialogue-" And then she WALKS OUT on him and she has her emotional moment with her sister! Which isn't a bad thing but need I remind you she isn't even in the center a FULL LENGTH episode, she's from a SHORT... WHY would you NOT integrate Sallie into a proper episode if she's going to be key to a future INCREDIBLY important plotline??

The episode ends with Blitz and Stolas and the credits roll blah blah blah...

This post is basically expands on some of the points of my post about my first impressions, because I just wanted to give a run down of the structure properly so you can understand why this episode is making me feel like I'm losing it. And I get it, if you put in the effort you can get an idea of how all the ideas were meant to tie together... But it doesn't! It's badly written! It makes me want to rip my hair out!

Ideas are established and then sit there uncomfortably without resolutions to them! Like even the shit. That was meant to be the main shit. The poverty and depression stuff? NO conclusion. Stolas says, "you don't have to refer to me as your highness" I guess?? But like, nothing to show him settling in with everyone else in the celebration to show he's like. Poor? And okay with it? By partaking in the holiday of those that are meant to be "beneath" him? No mention of his medication???

Just!! Okay. To understand the way shit in the writing could have been better, let me list some ways you could change the episode to be more coherent or cut down on redundancy if my points have so far not landed.

Establish Sallie towards the BEGINNING of the episode and her dynamic with Millie, and show how that compares to her relationship with Moxxie, and show WHY she would call Sally instead of talking with Moxxie first. If you're going to make the episode about family btw, this would be the point where Millie could bring up HER family and how much she values them or something in order to establish that as being important. Also, use this to explore what Millie and Moxxie's feelings on having a baby WOULD be, so that if there's conflict there then you have more understanding of why Millie made the decision she did.

Use the actual environment in the background of the montage to show the passage of time instead of it suddenly being Sinsmas. Have demons setting up holiday decorations, in the stores put up discount signs about a "Sinsmas sale!" This makes the story flow more naturally, as well as adds characterisation and makes Stolas' depression more real as he's shown to be so absorbed in his own world he doesn't even realise it's the holiday until Blitz brings it up.

Octavia's phone and the device she listens to music on is the same (I checked S1E2 to confirm it), which causes a sloppy writing issue. Like. If the episode is meant to show Stella is controlling and it's not Octavia's choice not to get in contact with Stolas, then you need to explain why she hasn't called him despite having access to her phone when Stella isn't around. If it were me, I would have had Stella lock it in a drawer that Octavia picks the lock on so she can listen to her music. THEN you can keep the original scene, OR (this is what I would have done) have her check her phone logs so you can see not only how many times Stolas has called but how much time has passed. Maybe this could also be used as another reason to drive her towards the closet as she hides from Stella and Andrealphus. Maybe this could be used as an interesting metaphor about her desire to leave but she doesn't know what she's going to do once she picks the lock on the door... Like how she could call her Dad now that she has her phone but she doesn't know what she'll do when she does... Something like that.

DON'T have Blitz and Via meet up if they're not going to interact. That entire scene is fucking pointless as is and I hate it. Either dedicate a PROPER amount of time and dialogue into making Blitz want to and try to connect with Via, or have them not talk at all. Cut out the whole thing about Blitz wanting a family with Stolas honestly, it's just not well explored enough.

Again with the sloppy writing, the gang did NOT need to stumble into a room of weapons to have weapons. That's pointless. They're assassins, they've been established to bring a stash of weapons with them to fights before. I can think of something much funnier where Moxxie is surprised by Loona's transformation and there's a joke made about her being a noble steed and Moxxie pulls out a sword only for Millie to be like, "Why did you bring that?" And Moxxie says something about how it's a posh weapon cus that's his thing. OR you could have some badass impromptu weapons the gang makes from the ice or they use Sinsmas decorations scattered around. IDK.

Already made my point about Stolas and the poverty idea. Show him settling in with the others during the celebration and him opening up to the idea that he's no longer rich or well respected. The "you don't have to refer to me as your highness" would work if the text bothered to show his mental state properly, instead of him just looking depressed and like he kind of hates everyone there.

Have Blitz PLEASE react to Stolas' depression. Like. Acknowledge it. And share his feelings about it. AND GIVE STOLAS HIS MEDICATION FFS he clearly has clinical depression!! Blitz is sooo head empty in this episode, PLEASE give him more internal thoughts other than :) I'm holding my head in my hands.

And I'm so tired of writing at this point I'm going to stop it there but I hope that was thorough enough to get across my points. And if not then I guess that speaks to how loopy this episode made me that I can't even articulate myself 100% because dear god.

[cloudysarts]

am i the only one that wished apology tour was an episode where blitz and verosika got back together again? then Loona would have a mother!!

eh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ blitzika is OKAYYY but its not my thing tbh. i wouldve loved to see them become friends tho!!

i prefer verosika x barbie and blitz x striker, they r everything to me <3333

[leakyrectum]

eddie dombrowski would be a brony tbh

[corioliseffect]

new curse dropped: having fic ideas but i refuse to write rpf/don't think i even could

[secretsofthewilde]

Me: I know I started watching Deadloch because Pamela Rabe was in it (and heard there was a queer lead character) but I'm actually really loving the show in general and I'm probably gonna forget she's in it bc I'm so invested in Dulcie's story

Also me, whenever Margaret is on screen: oh my god it's Pamela Rabe (!!!)

[suitablysolemn]

hot take but there are some people out there who don't fall into either the category of "transition surgery saved my life" OR "i regret getting transition surgery." i know its really easy and convenient to sort trans people into one of those two boxes for your trolley problems or whatever but it's actually a lot more complicated than that. hrt is a genetic grab bag--you're gonna have people who get zero traits they wanted and zero traits they hate, or youre going to get people with a little bit of both, or youre going to get people who dont like the changes that happened to their bodies but they don't regret or want to undo those changes either. gender affirming surgery runs the risk of complications and (depending on the surgery) hormonal changes that you may or may not have wanted or been equipped to deal with--and like before, that doesnt fall neatly into either the "love it" or the "hate it" box. some people want gender affirming surgery without it being related to a gender TRANSITION--gender affirming surgery and hrt are not just for trans people! moreover, depending on your body type some surgeries may not be POSSIBLE, and that also impacts "trans dissatisfaction" in a way that detransitioning/regretting specifically surgeries does not measure.

overall, it's a big fuckin' world out there. we're a big community with a lot of varied people who have varying opinions about their bodies. you can like some parts of your transition journey but hate others; you can feel totally neutral about it; you can even not UNDERSTAND how you feel about it, and all of those things are okay. and you can feel all of those things regardless of your gender identity. you can regret having surgery but still be trans, you can want/get surgery and be cis.....like i said, it's a big world out there and two neat little boxes just doesnt account for that! and it’s also not really a great thing to use people who regret having surgery as a way to point and go, "hey those people were WRONG about their bodies and that makes them bad people that we should throw under the bus while claiming that that supports trans rights."

that's all.

[birdbeetv]

Okay funny tags are on a different reblog but other tags are making me want to ��� so: I COMPLETELY GET THIS

I am. White American. Literally so fucking white. My brother took a DNA test and it came out as 100% European. I cannot exaggerate how white I am

HOWEVER. All my "culture" is just. White. It's this sad homogenous goop where everything unique of the immigrants I am descended from was forgotten and never made it's way to me.

I know. A SINGULAR. FUCKING. CULTURAL DISH. Which is Norwegain last i heard. All I fucking know. Is how to roll STORE BOUGHT LEFSE IN BUTTER AND SUGAR. THATS IT. THATS ALL MY FUCKING CULTURE GIVEN TO ME BY MY FAMILY.

Everything else considered regional culture would be gone in like three fucking years of moving states. Or is nothing but consumerism so sugar coated it would make a fucking butterfly vomit.

What else am I supposed to say?? Weed is legal in CO??? Huh???

Like. Yes SOME. SOME places have their own culture. Minnesota is largely Norwegian. Appalachia has its own accent.

But for a lot of white americans, somewhere down the line our grandparents didn't bother to teach their kids their language. Their family recipes. Their songs or their clothing or their sewing or their folk stories or ANYTHING.

Hell, I could go out of my way to try to learn about the cultures I believe I am descended from but at this point in time I have no way to know if I'm actually related in any way. I have no claim to anything because it just doesn't fucjing exist anymore. I don't feel like I could genuinely have a claim to that.

How could I claim to be Irish or Scandinavian when I can't even visit to learn for myself?

It's so fucking depressing to be boiled down to nothing but White and not even have an argument against such. Like. Yay. Cheese or whatever. Wish I knew where my last name came from. Jfc

the 'miku as your culture' trend has really made me process that white americans don't have SHIT in that department. Like I already knew we didn't right but this has made it so very clear. There's customs and dialects but that's like it. We all dress the same. What would I do for a Washington miku. Put her in a red leaf shirt???? Fucking red leaf the coffee chain? They probably have those in other states. I don't even like coffee

[incorrectdmp]

Juniper: I used to play catch with my dad

Juniper: Except the ball hit the wall because he wasn’t there

Grace: Same

Tommy, Percy, Valencia, Thorin, Hailey and Ezra: *nodding*

Yugo: 

Yugo: Are you guys okay?

[caruliaa]

yes offense actually but like "uuhmm this trans headcanon doesnt make SENSE though" has always been one of just. the most inane takes in fandom ever like. assuming the person making it is someone whos otherwise an ally to trans people/not transphobic (just because with people who are transphobic that an issue thats obviously much bigger than just fandom stuff) whyy !! do you give a shit !!! like why !!! like bla bla i understand if you dont think the idea of that character being trans makes sense or you think something is canon contradicts it or you dont think its in character whatever it is you dont have to hc them as trans if you dont see them as trans you can even talk about how you think theyre cis if you want but like. its literally not hard to just not treat people who do have those trans headcanons as if theyre wrong or that their interpretation of the character is stupid/something to be mocked or act as though your superior for not reading them that way like. even if that doesnt come from a place of transphobia you will inevitably read that way to some people and regardless like. who gives a shit if someone is seeing themselves within a character/reading that character the way they want to esp in regards to a group of people with such a pitiful lack of positive representation as trans people. like get over yourself

[locklylemybeloved]

ty for the tag <333

january: Heart Attack by One Direction (hm)

february: Fine Line by Harry Styles (hmm)

march: I Would by One Direction (okay wtf i swear im not only listening to one direction and harry styles what is happening)

april: Mess by Noah Kahan (oh god thats. uh oh)

may: Daddy Issues by The Neighborhood (i- good god)

june: Angels Fly by Louis Tomlinson (ok this is a BANGER song but also. nooooo ?????)

july: Is It Over Now by Taylor Swift (so super sad but i'll SOUND like im having the time of my life)

august: Home by One Direction (guys please i swear this is so weird i do not listen to this much one direction i have no idea why this is happening) (also im gonna be having emotional whiplash jfc)

september: Mess It Up by Gracie Abrams (GUYS IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE 😭)

october: Written All Over Your Face by Louis Tomlinson (idek how to feel abt this one)

november: Something In The Orange by Niall Horan (yes this is originally a zach bryan song yes i listen to the niall horan version on repeat sometimes yes i am ok)

december: Fool's Gold by One Direction (okay this is just getting plain insane like YES THEY'RE OKAY BUT I DO NOT LISTEN TO ONE DIRECTION THIS MUCH. WHY ARE THESE ALL ONE DIRECTION SONGS. HELLO???)

okay so i think what we learned is my 2024 is going to be full of emotional whiplash, a lot of sad feelings, and uhhhh one direction is apparently much more prevalent in my listening than i thought it was. cheers.

np tags :))

@bazkrekkers @thebestieyoureinlovewith @sleepless-crows @amandayetagain @neewtmas @waitingforthesunrise @demigoddess-of-ghosts @isitoversnowtvs @sluttycaseyjones @iknowplaces-tv @losticaruss @oblivious-idiot @sadwinistic and anyone else who would like to join!!!

i wanna start a tag game so: let your spotify predict your 2024!

shuffle your on repeat playlist, and the first twelve songs represent your 2024

january- guns and ships- hamilton (idek what this could represent but okay)

february- we fell in love in october- girl in red (PLEASE)

march- say no to this- hamilton (…i have nothing to say about this)

april- castles crumbling- taylor swift ft hayley williams (damnit sad month then?)

may- you’re losing me- taylor swift (FUCK TWO SAD MONTHS?? breakup songs are even worse now that im actually in a relationship. please. better not be accurate)

june- astronomy- conan gray (please stop why am i having so many sad songs)

july- stoned- ed sheeran (oh fuck this)

august- new year’s day- taylor swift (hm okay. idk what to say about this)

september- heather- conan gray (i consider heather to be a happy song AND it’s mine and my partners song so i’m taking this as a good one)

october- 18- one direction (yessss we’re going okay now)

november- king of my heart- taylor swift (YESSS)

december- all too well (ten minute version)- taylor swift (i take it back ugh)

no pressure tags!!- @autumnleavesforwinter @weeping-in-the-willows @swiftieannah @felizusnavidad @jittyjames @anixknowsnothin (please help me get this off the ground, but also if this flops you saw nothing)

[astroellipse]

Tired tag vent 😞

[jademight]

No but I do think when you remove the gamma of it all, Hulk’s true power is his endurance. 

Like I know this changes depending on the run / incarnation / how many fragmented alters you’re dealing with, but personally, I’ve always seen the Hulk like, the one who took all the (mostly metaphorical, but also sadly literal) punches thrown Bruce’s way since he was a child, and all that abuse and scar tissue just grew and grew and grew until it hardened into what would later be known as the Hulk. 

And I think the key to Bruce’s relationship with the Hulk, and his healing overall is accepting Hulk and accepting those scars and I feel like Hulk has a lot to teach Bruce in a personal manner just as Bruce has a lot to show to Hulk. And its almost like, the two of them putting back the fractured pieces of the other, in a way. 

[zkretchy]

The thought of “Gezras waking up in the corpses of his brethren” didn’t leave me so-something darker for today

[notedchampagne]

Ngl censoring John or Junes name is harmful to the people who identify with them, they're both equally valid and they're BUDDIES and PALS and that's it, neither of them deserve to be censored like its a bad word.

mmmmmmmm no june egbert canon

[impossible-rat-babies]

Uhhhh no read more bc mobile but garbage thoughts on pollux’s twc backstory, the juicy bits anyway:

—fell on hard times in college/had a real bad time with actually doing college. ended up in a real bad depressive/anxiety spiral and fell into substance abuse. ended up in the wrong sorts of crowds of people, would have instances of waking up in places he didn’t know/didn’t know how he got there.

—got even deeper into things + figured out he’s good enough w computer hacking, so make some money ya know. pinch money from offshore accounts, let some viruses run around for someone else, etc. used a lot of those skills for folks he didn’t really know and didn’t know in the grand scheme of “pissing off the wrong people” sort of things. they paid him and that was good enough. wouldn’t get paid if he asked too many questions. still had the idea that he’s got a good enough head on his shoulders to know when he’s really in trouble.

—he’s couch surfing/homeless/squatting in various places, using Internet cafes and sleeping in dumpsters when he can. isn’t really always aware of what he’s doing/what he’s hacking, etc. but he’s not gotten caught by the law so he’s all good.

—does end up getting caught, but not by the government. people he doesn’t really know but the sort of “aw heck I bet I stole some money/info from you” sort of thing. didn’t end well, not at all. he’s got a lot of vague grey areas but then memories that are a lot of high definition 1080p ultra hi yes no thank you brain.

—he managed to get himself away by stabbing a guy with a makeshift shank until he stopped moving which is forever plastered on the back of his eyelids. (one of his reoccurring nightmares is of that incident)

—he kept a low profile for a real long time after that, sleeping in dumpsters and homeless shelters while he tried his best to heal up. had some really big rough patches during those few months. rebecca, literally rebecca herself, opened the lid on the dumpster he was half conscious in and got him out.

—spent months in and out of hospital/rehab/therapy getting clean and healthy again and pieces of what happened started coming together. A lot of strings got pulled, especially on rebecca’s end, so he didn’t end up in jail. it was sort of rebecca’s ultimatum/he really didn’t have a choice to go to the academy.

—loads of things are hindsight, especially when his injuries were healing. like oh X injury was probably caused by Y thing and oh boy that is. nasty. there are things he’s glad he doesn’t remember