#like YES GIRL!!!!!!! OF COURSE!!!!!!!!

[ichirosuzuki]

ARE YOY FUCKING KIDDING ME AJDJAJDJSJXHSHSHHDHSHDJSJDJDJDJ BABYYYYYYYYYYY

[ladychlo]

They saw a gorgeous masc cis algerian woman and they couldn't handle the swag and the talent, so they decided to be transphobic in the most colonial way

[sliding-down-rainbows]

My thoughts on Striker as a PERFECT narrative foil for Blitzo

I've been watching a lot of reactions and reading through theories about HB given the new ep.

One thing I keep seeing is this surprise that Striker would work with the Nobles against Blitzo, considering how outspoken he was about hating royals.

To me, this makes perfect sense and I think they established this for the character early on. Striker hates Blitzo because Blitzo is exactly who Striker THOUGHT he was, and who he claims to be.

The thing is with Striker, I think a review I just watched of tbskyen got it spot on during his first appearance in Harvest Festival. "He doesn't seem to articulate an argument against the hierarchy so much as an argument against his place in it."

Striker, as much as he wants to be seen as a class hero, looks down on other imps and hellhounds, and his resentment is the HE should be above them. He says so to Blitzo.

"Blitzo, c'mon. You know the two of us are superior than most of our kind."

And he REPEATEDLY belittles other imps

"Don't worry, little one. You never stood a chance."

"Plus, you little things ain't worth the cleanup." ―Striker before locking Millie and Moxxie in the cellar

"I still think it’s embarrassing. You’re wasting a lot of potential relying on a weak little-" ―Striker about Moxxie

Calling Fizz a "worthless little pet"

I think I still missed some but you get the idea.

Striker think he and Blitzo are better than other imps, and don;t deserve to be subservient.

But here's the funny thing, BLITZO is the one who started and runs his own business, who became his own boss. And he uses that position to actually pull up other imps and hellhounds. Blitzo, for all of his jokes, fucking respects Moxxie's skill, he doesn't let anyone treat Loona like his pet. He uses his position as being seen as stronger than other imps to help others see their own worth. When Millie was speaking bad about herself:

Millie: We don't deserve this. We're just Wrathians, Blitzo. Muscle. It's all we're good for, all I'm good for. It's why you hired me. Any demon good at making a buck is welcome in Lust or Greed, but here? Demons like us ain't cut out for this. - Ghostfuckers flashback

And Blitzo's response?:

(Long paragraph of encouragment I won't copy all of... The point is, if we can't make it here then- then no one deserves to, right?

Blitzo saved them all from their lowest point and showed them their worth, that they deserve as much respect as anyone else.

And Striker, for all his fucking posturing, is working FOR a Goetia. So you have this guy, who thinks he's some class hero, better than other imps, but is stuck working for royalty. And along swings Blitzo, who is his own boss, and is just as strong if not stronger than him. Blitzo is EVERYTHING Striker wishes he was.

So then we come to Mastermind. Given the chance, Striker fucks over his own race/class in favour of royalty who probably offered a bribe. Blitzo, even to the very end, speaks of imps as a whole being mistreated.

No fucking wonder he became a class hero.

Striker has his "values" so long as they serve him directly, if he can get to the top of the food chain he'll make no effort to dismantle it or help bring anyone else up.

[madwomansapologist]

once again thinking about how satosugu was used in death.

suguru, someone that turned into a curse user to ensure sorcerers wouldn’t die for a foolish reason, having his body used by a curse user to ensure sorcerers would kill each other in a death game.

satoru, someone that believed in the youth and endless times gambled with his own life to protect them, having his body used by a student in the hopes of overcoming this wretched thing walking freely.

how said student was the one to ultimately defeat suguru because he was willing to die for his friends. how yuta didn’t care about any foolish lie the sorcerers (aka suguru and kento) told themselves and fully accepted that dying for love was the right thing to do.

suguru's family deciding to follow or not kenjaku based on their love for geto. satoru's student doing the only thing the strongest couldn’t

[shamelesswhisperss]

listened to them rant abt nerdy things for like over an hour and im just like sitting there with hearts in my eyes like pleaseeee top me top me top me top me

"AND ANOTHER THING" im taking my shirt off

[quinttyz]

Taliesin (flirting): You know, I don’t like how that Alva woman stares at you. It’s like she wants to eat you. I’m not jealous or anything but I hope she saves some for me.

Ameth:

Ameth: Ok you know what Alva DOES seem suspicious

[trashwithvariety]

my husband is the funniest and blindest straight man to ever straight because how can you watch The Doctor Dances and not assume Jack and Rose didn't both bounce on it crazy style that night?

[leclerrari]

[diltonsstrangescience]

Jughead Jones, famous woman-hater.

[andromedaa-starss]

man i love the les mis musical but it really doesn't do its characters justice 😭

[steveharrington]

i’m being so completely serious when i say this: stranger things could have been so good if it was written by the s1 & 2 gossip girl writers

[charlunday]

i really hate when people think katniss didn’t love peeta, like what???? there was a whole paragraph in this book where she was talking about his EYELASHES??? Like huh

What's even more confusing to me is how people dismiss the importance of the love story in the books. They believe that anything to do with romance is some juvenile marketing ploy, and that they are so high and mighty for recognizing it. When in reality, what do we have to fight for if not love? And not even necessarily romantic love, either. The spark of the entire series is Katniss' love for Prim. To think the Hunger Games is about fury and rebellion is to miss the point entirely. Fury and rebellion leads to a society like D13. In order to create a world that is good for people, you must love people.

Love is what we live for, love is what we die for, and the entire series is just proving that over and over.

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads

The Spider And Her Demons

YA Australian urban fantasy/horror

about a Malaysian-Chinese girl who’s half spider-demon, just trying to keep her head down and survive high school

when she accidentally kills and eats a man in front of the most popular girl at school, they strike up a strange friendship and she starts to learn more about herself and the supernatural world

aroacespec/sapphic ish

[evilsanlang]

lesbophobia is great man how did I go so many years of my life getting horrible physical anxiety symptoms over the thought of spending my life with a man without realizing I just Do Not Like Them

[thelilylav]

Wait no you're totally right, seeing Briar and raven interact more could've been awesome cause of that, trauma bonding✨️ /hj

WHAT I'M SAYINGGGG!! They're both VERY antagonistic towards each other for much of the beginning of the show (WAYYY more than they are to other characters, like Raven doesn't even treat Apple the way she treats Briar when she's mad at her imo) and I really believe it's cause their hurt comes from the same place. They're both trying to cope with their place in the system and neither think the way the other is doing it is right. AND THEN, when Briar drops the Storybook down the well and it seems like the two might finally be on the same page, RAVEN DECIDES TO SIGN!!! Like imagine being Briar, I couldn't even imagine the amount of betrayal she felt in that moment. Especially seeing how happy Apple became with Raven's decision while she knew that Apple didn't approve of her rejection of her own destiny, but she didn't want to lose her friendship so she went to Wonderland anyway and sees Raven sign the book! The book she said she never would! Sees her break the one vow that Briar based her life on, sees her go back on what she said on Legacy Day to keep the book from Courtly, and what a gut punch. You have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing indeed

[minty-leafy]

i would like to suggest these descendants casts/characters and these musical numbers:

joshua colley and "dead girl walking" from heathers

uliana, hook, and morgie and "candy store" from heathers as heather chandler, heather mcnamara, and heather duke respectively (uliana telling morgie to "shut up!" would just be so canonically on point)

peder lindell/morgie and "waving through a window" from dear evan hansen

ruby rose turner/bridget and "popular" from wicked

kylie cantrall and "say my name" from beetlejuice

chloe and red and "girl scout" from beetlejuice as the girl scout and lydia

ella and chloe and "apex predator" from mean girls as janis and cady (or joshua colley and morgan dudley, just feel like they would slay the vocals)

ella and "dead mom" from beetlejuice just because