#marjan marwani

[guardian-angle22]

911 lone star fashion -> every marjan outfit

↳ 5.06

[lonestardust]

re your tags on the names of Marjan's family. So Marjan's name is not a Lebanese name?

Also I'm curious to your takes on her getting engaged/introducing Joe to her parents 👀

nope. and neither is Marwani actually. Marjan is persian Iranian and Marwani (and it's actually often Almarwani) is Algerian and Saudi Arabian.

i'm curious actually but there aren't certain positive expectations I'm waiting for here with this storyline. the inaccuracy of the name thing alone was something i immediately rolled my eyes at lol. I mean lucky the pilot was so good in every way I was hooked from the jump because otherwise if i had to think twice about Marjan's disastrous praying I'd have been turned off.

It's clear that Natacha did not get the assistance she needed to give Marjan what she needs. not as simple as guiding her on how to properly pray. But are we surprised that the american TV's portrayal of Arabs falls short in many ways due to lack of cultural competence in writers' rooms/ lack of research and guidance from diaspora Arab Muslim creatives? I mean their first thought about Marjan was like hmm how can we introduce this veiled woman in a storyline that portrays her well without trying to objectify her? oh let's take that veil off and see her hair! I don't hate this storyline but it just doesn't fully sit right with me either. especially as an intro.

so I don't know how they're going to go about this whole thing with Joe but I for one really hated the arranged marriage storyline. Yes it's so normal here for family & friends to try to set up adults. but i just can't stand watching the portrayal of I've-been-engaged-since-I-was-12 and playing it into "love is something you grow into" as a commonplace in muslim Arab culture and not something so questionable and rather a fucked up constraint on people (that has been fought against for decades). not even considering the class, ethnic and national difference that plays into it, given how underage arranged marriage or forced marriage is an actual piled up generational struggle rooted in gender inequality and exacerbated by colonial violence and wars. being cut off from the access to education, the creation of extreme poverty that makes families (especially displaced ones) struggle to provide for their kids and fear for their safety and future and so some come to the conclusion that marriage somehow could protect their kids from harm while providing them with a level of financial stability or facilitating moving in and out of besieged areas/cities and crossing boards etc.

And so it's clear that no one of Marjan's class/background in diaspora or back home would consider this to be the norm. so it's weird to me that this was welcomed normally. The writers just took a bunch of stereotypes about Muslims at large with no regard to national/ethnic or class background differences and turned them on their head.

another inconsistency is the chaperone/Mehrem (family member) thing. because first, actually once you're in public you don't need that during a date. second, someone like Marjan with her lifestyle, background, worldview/character and being a diaspora lebanese muslim in her 20s, would not follow an old Mehrem fatwa (the Islamic laws that change according time, place, people, and other prevailing conditions) unless she actually wants that out of having company.

I just don't think the writers engage with Marjan's background in a consistent realistic or authentic way. I didn't really see anything especially Lebanese about Marjan. beside what the mention of cuisines?

anyway i hate the idea of 'representation' in American media either way. It feels like an oxymoron. and the idea of seeing representation as an ultimate goal is even more dangerous. I find it counterproductive more often than not. this is an industry that perpetuates and financially aid violence and defamation narratives against said people that they pat themselves on the back for including and so it's naive to consider that they'll ever get it right. they tiptoe around certain people and tokenize them more than anything. Literally for every one good bare minimum representation there are dozens of American entertainment-military complex propaganda movies/tv shows/video games doing the exact opposite and taking it to extremes. I just always end up asking myself 'how is this exactly helpful? Yes it's entertaining i love watching it, i love this show but the things that plays into the bigger picture are still parts of the objective reality, what should I do about it?'

[lonestardaily]

The 126 on the farm 9-1-1 : LONE STAR I 5x06 ‘Naked Truth’

[iinryer]

clipboard marjan meets clipboard buck for athenacarters on twitter! chaos ensues

this is a prompt fill with the @911actions gotcha for gaza—the submission period has come to an end, but you can still donate to a good cause!

[dawntainbobbynash]

Why does it feel like I'm watching a jury debate someone's life?

You are.

[lutavero]

9-1-1 : LONE STAR I 5x06 ‘Naked Truth’

[incorrectbuddie118]

9-1-1 + ao3 tags (4/?)

[whatsintheboxmh]

5×02

[stevenrogered]

I'm so excited to announce that the 126 family is reunited. After a year's sabbatical, Judd Ryder has returned to be the 126's new...probie. Wait so...who's the next lieutenant? That's my second announcement. 126, your new lieutenant, Paul Strickland!

[gayeddieagenda]

eddie diaz does not know how to work instagram but i knowww his and marjan's instagram DMs go crazy. eddie diaz texting marjan every day of his job as designated tweeter of the LAFD like wait how do u add an image to a tweet. wait is four likes on a tweet a lot. marjan going on her motorcycle trip out of austin and texting eddie when she passes thru el paso. eddie posting instagram pictures of buck and marjan responding 👀 and eddie googling eyes emoji meaning. marjan and eddie becoming each other's long distance gay confidantes. is anyone picking up what im putting down

[911lsbts]

911: Lone Star 5x08 “The Quiet Ones” stills

[guardian-angle22]

911 lone star -> marjan marwani in 5.08

[cowboytarlos]

I love how obvious Carlos and TK are a package deal.

Marjan needs a chaperone for a date? Oh take Carlos, he’s great! (Side note TK will also be there too)

TK is holding an intervention for his dad? Carlos is there too (even though he isn’t a member of the team)

Oh, Mateo’s hit his head on a coffee table and is dreaming up an alternate universe where he’s in a sitcom? Oh yeah TK and Carlos are work partners there (even though in this universe, TK isn’t a cop)

[lonestardaily]

Why wouldn't we be? Because your horns are locked in the heat of battle. The battle for the next lieutenant. Dude, no, it's not like that between us.

[iinryer]

eddie and marjan’s selfie from the crossover episode for my most beloved @gayeddieagenda 🥰🥰🥰

this is a prompt fill with the @911actions gotcha for gaza—the submission period has come to an end, but you can still donate to a good cause!

[watmalik]

IT REALLY IS THE END OF AN ERA UGH