#lamb was so petty at the end but honestly they deserve to

[angstandhappiness]

INTERESTING

@dulciechi : #*Obligatory CHAPTER SPOILERS AHEAD bc i leave my reviews in the tags like a normal person*#man every time shera and messy look at each other i imagine they’re just in disbelief at how cringily in love nari and lamb are#it’s probably something deeper tho xD#but i cant blame nari bc I distinctly remember thinking#‘hey he should tell them about the siren song thing to keep them safe’#and then IMMEDIATELY forgetting about it when they started crying and being sweet at each other#it happens lol#interesting use of the mystic’s attendants. i did not expect them to be the harpies#but i love the thought of them having birdlike qualities to match clauneck and the others#and ofc my other favorite part of this chapter#the usual gut-wrenching broken family scenes we are blessed with every so often#i choose to believe kallamar kept that on purpose AND the last part of the passphrase too#lamb was so petty at the end but honestly they deserve to#most complex in law dynamics known to man#almost makes me wonder how the hell a relics of the old faith update would work in this universe#<- me praying for more as usual 🙏🙏🙏

The awful shrieking reverberates through the mist again. No time to contemplate. Something flies in front of them, bringing Mesar skidding to a stop. Narinder nearly collides with his back. He side-steps the ram and gets his first glimpse of one of the so-called Harpies. It’s a dark figure with a round face, glowing red eyes, and a strange halo. It wears a white hooded robe, now thrown open to reveal a pair of vaguely avian claws and two sets of wings. More eyes stare at them from nonsensical places— on its wings, the palms of its clawed hands. To Narinder, it’s all vaguely familiar. These aren’t just demigods; they’re the attendants of the Mystic Seller. Narinder hasn’t thought of them in a thousand years. He dealt with the merchant to the gods only briefly; it angered him to learn another being had control over the veil. Though it did amuse Narinder to bestow the moniker of ‘Shithead’ upon him during their dealings. There’s nothing amusing about the creature before them, however. It lunges at Narinder, claws at the ready. He holds up an arm instinctively to protect his throat. Claws rend open his arm. He has no blood to spill, but there is pain. Even spirits can be harmed by these creatures.

[phantomphangphucker]

Ectober Day 13: Lucky Number - One Of The Lucky Ones

Life’s cards really had always been in Tucker’s favour, but if you play for long enough the house always wins.

Bad luck Tuck,

Bad luck Tuck,

That’s what they say, his little personalised ‘nickname’; insult really.

But honestly? Tucker was damn lucky. His best friend was a fucking superhero. He was intelligent enough to get into any university he wanted. He could hack circles around his own government. He’d seen and known different timelines and realities. He was the rightful Pharaoh of an entire kingdom, sure they were ghosts but what does that matter? He’d done and would rationally continue to do well for himself.

Unlike his two friends, he had loving parents who accepted him as he was. Sam’s were always on the verge of disowning her, and Danny’s...well, they were always on the verge of killing him or dissecting him or a multitude of other horrible things. Unlike Sam, he wasn’t demonised because of his looks or disturbingly obsessed with being unique. Like seriously, everything she did seemed to have that as a base motivator. Unlike Danny, he didn’t have the weight of the town on his shoulders, and he wasn’t partly dead. Even if being dead, arguably, didn’t seem all that bad.

So really, of the three, he was the lucky one. Did he deserve to be? Hell no. He’s selfish, egotistical, single-minded, petty, womanising, and if he’s being really honest with himself, a gluttonous pig with a bad habit of disturbing the hell out of other people. Sometimes he’s pretty sure it’s just dumb luck he even has any friends at all.

But luck, Tucker thinks, is a god damn finicky mistress and never stays hitched for long. As he looks into Dan’s eyes, a clawed glove cupping his face, and suspended off the edge of a rooftop.

That was the thing with being the ‘lucky one’. He didn’t have their fighting skills, their prowess with words, their quick plans and strategies, or determination in spades. He had some sure, everyone did. But not enough to survive the life the three of them lived.

He wasn’t the reckless leader, the stories hero. He wasn’t the battle-ready sidekick, the stories doomed love interest. He was the best friend, every stories eventual lamb to the slaughter. Normally he’d say, the stories first to die to give the hero his tragic backstory. But Danny already got that covered, being his own tragic backstory. Like always, Tucker got lucky. Dodged the bullet. Lived to tell the tale. Came back to die another day.

So screw it, he was just the lucky one. Meaning he doesn’t bother screaming as he falls. Instead, he watches the sky and blows a kiss to Lady Luck as she sashays away.

End.

[fuck-you-i-am-spiderman]

Carmilla things

I love Carmilla with every fibre of my being but after seeing this ask I also want to talk about some of the things I wish they had not done/done differently.

Danny. (I don’t like her at all.) they shoved her into Season 2 with this failed attempt at a redemption arc and for what exactly? In the first season she acted like a jealous and possessive girlfriend despite the fact that she and Laura were not a couple. That already doesn’t sit well with me but then she tried to stake Carmilla, she refused to be a good TA and made Laura reaching out about her work and struggling to do it into something to do with their so called “relationship”. Then Season 2 I had to deal with her being there and even then I didn’t feel as though she did very much. She didn’t get a redemption arc, if anything she just became even worse and I still don’t forgive her for how she just crushed Mattie’s locket without a second thought. I understand that Mattie was hurting her BUT Danny started it. Mattie was going for Vordenburg not Danny but Danny just had to be self righteous and then instead of just holding the locket up or trying to be rational about it she killed her straight off the bat. Not only that she was one of the ones that kept on sugar coating everything and making out that Laura was some innocent lamb when she wasn’t. Then she wasn’t even in Season 3 that much and yet still I found myself getting annoyed at her because I refuse to believe that despite everything she would just leave campus and basically leave them all to die without so much as an apology.

The Hollstein break-up, honestly this was fricking ridiculous and we never got to hear either of them properly apologise because yes they were both at fault. But another thing that really, really irritated me about this is how insensitive they made Laura and practically everyone else be about it. They made Laura seem really petty and I hated how none of her so-called friends even tried to talk to her about it. No one called her out on it, no one ever told her that she was wrong and I don’t buy that kind of friendship. Laf was pretty damn blunt most of the time and they didn’t once speak up or say anything. No one told Laura when she was being out of line but they were the first to sharpen the pitch forks the moment Carmilla didn’t want to do something that made her uncomfortable. 

The fact that Carmilla had zero friends. We only got to see a glimpse of the LaKarnstein friendship in season 3 but we never really got to see Carmilla interact with people that weren’t Laura or Mattie. Personally I would have liked to see Carmilla and J.P. interacting, given both of their histories I think their friendship would have been a really nice one to see. I also would been interested to see Carmilla and Perry interact more or Carmilla and Mel. 

Laf being a hypocritical and shitty friend. I’m sorry but how they had the right to call Carmilla and Laura selfish for wanting to keep one another safe yet they did the EXACT same thing with Perry is beyond me. Laura gave up everything to save the whole campus numerous times and she never got a thank you and then both Laf and Perry just pissed off and left her to die. They didn’t even look back or give any sort of reaction. Plus Laf was the one who brought dean!perry into the Library without consulting the others and all they kept repeating was “Perry is my friend” blah blah, like excuse you but you didn’t care when it was anyone else.

Not letting Hollstein say I Love You to one another is up there for me too. The fact that it was in one of the alternate takes angers me even more because I feel like that moment would have been a lot more powerful had that been in the scene instead.

The unnecessary deaths of Mattie and J.P. like I get why for story purposes but that was just rude.

However I love this show so much so here are some things I really did enjoy.

Mel. I was pleasantly surprised with Melanippe. At first I thought she was kind of wooden and to be honest I didn’t take to her until the end of Season 2. Her reaction to Danny’s death was mine the “I didn’t like you but you didn’t deserve to be killed like that” - the respect there was key. I loved her in Season Zero and her wit in Season 3 was hilarious. Her podcasts were so good and I really loved how much she was included. I love how she ended up being someone to rely on and someone who actually expressed how brave Laura was and that she was proud. That speaks volumes given that Mel isn’t an easy person to talk round.

Laura’s character development and personal growth. How strong of an actor Elise Bauman is and how much we saw from her character, how she wasn’t this perfect person who got everything right - she made a lot of mistakes but seeing her grow in Season 3 was so beautiful to watch and really relatable at least for me.

Carmilla and Mattie bonding. I loved how loyal they were, how much fun they had, how much love they had for one another. Mattie was such a good character and I loved how glamorous she was, I think that Sophia and Natasha’s scenes were just so captivating to watch because you could really feel their bond and the hard hitting scenes always got me. Having someone who was a morally grey kind of character is always really fun to explore and I love how Mattie fought logically, she fought in such a good way.

The Dean possessing Perry. Honestly that was really interesting to watch. I know we all knew she was but the subtle changes, the odd looks, the sliding scale of Perry vs The Dean. Annie Briggs’s portrayal was outstanding and for all of Perry’s faults she was a very interesting character. My favourite being Season Zero Perry who had flower crowns and was a Professor Trelawney wannabe and she believed and I loved her with everything I had.

Hollstein. Their ups, their downs. Fluff, angst, hurt.comfort. All of it. Their story was beautiful and there really isn’t anything else I can say that expresses how moving their story was. Just hats off to Natasha and Elise because their acting and their chemistry has always been one of a kind.