#me to jk: i cannot keep defending you

[shakespearean-dream]

last of the big five yall!!!!

happy late fourth of july! remember to keep boycotting, speak out and listen to palestinians, the people of congo, native americans, queer/trans people and women currently being oppressed this independence day because america fucking sucks!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🔥🔥🔥

here are a couple good places to donate! please remember to do your own research and take care of each other, it’s getting scary out here.

ohhhh nimdok, where to start with you….

i have been dreading doing him because he pisses me off so bad but i actually had some decent fun with him :D. designing him and branching out farther away from his canon self was nice, but im not touching his backstory or personality really, that stays about the same for me in my head.

speaking of whichhh! like benny, i understand how the game makers had a short amount of time to fit an entire character arc of an old man undoing his deeply internalized racism/xenophobia/ableism in a singular short scenario, but unlike benny i actually somehow like his better?? nimdok had a lot more to get over (well not saying being a dickhead murderer isn’t a lot but 😭) and i enjoyed seeing him actually help out the people he would’ve previously turned in. it still feels a little hollow/unrealistic because again, he’s been like this his whole life, but considering how much AM takes him away from the group to (most likely) psychologically torture him for his actions he’s probably had a bit of a revelation.

doing his scenario was unfortunately funny at times because of the strange way we had to go about redeeming him with the golem guy😭giving him a smooch caught me off guard but ykw? i’ll take it for being able to kill mengele like immediately afterward. also speaking of whichhhh…

i would go into more detail about nimdok and mengeles relationship to give it some depth because god i love me some queers, but that is??? a real fucking guy???? a real life monster???? im less than comfortable picturing the fucker in my mind, much less giving him depth with a character who i also don’t like. like why ship ur essentially OC with a REAL LIFE N/AZI??? just another one of the reasons harlan elision creeps me out. (if that just pissed you off google search him s/a-ing 2 people, marrying a 19 year old when he was in his 40s and defending a child r/apist i really don’t feel like arguing with you. the guy was a horrible fucking person and he makes me sick, i just like this franchise.)

i cannot cough up anymore thoughts about this fella pls forgive me; these past couple days have been rough on my 3 brain cells. AM will for sure be next and after that fully rendered/decked out full bodies are in order!! so look out for that:]]]] i may also start posting some art fight things since i was just complaining about the lag a post or so ago☺️ jk ily artfight. team seafoam lets goo

ok i love u guys!!! if u have any requests for me drop a comment or an ask, and thank you so much for the continued support on my art❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ lots of links on this post but one more quick reminder to take a look at my commission page if you’d like!!! yolanda is still in the shop because they cannot figure out what’s wrong with her :(

have a good night friends 🫶

[aajjks]

DHP!JK

the ride on the way back home is quiet, but you have so much to say, so much on your mind. you’re sure yours and hyejin’s friendship is over and thinking about jungkook’s harsh and untrue words only deepens your embarrassment, but that’s not the worst part. the worst part was when he looked hyejin in the eye and said: “This friendship of yours is over now.” he didn’t look for your approval—he told hyejin off, grabbed you, and walked away. you couldn’t even bring yourself to look at hyejin on your way out but you could hear what she was thinking: ‘she’s so pathetic.’

so, here you are cursing your boyfriend out for embarrassing you the way he did. except, it’s all in your head since the look on his face loudly exclaims how pissed off he is. you thought it wasn’t a big deal—when jungkook goes out with his friends you never question him. you never question his intentions or his claims of ‘knowing what’s best for you.’ you question none of it. you decide to take a page out of hyejin’s book and say something. “jungkook? that…that wasn’t nice. i understand that i’m pregnant and-and you want to monitor me but you didn’t have to treat hyejin like that”

this is your way of ‘taking a stand,’ but jungkook scoffs and keeps driving. you’re in big trouble when you get home and something tells you he isn’t going to be too merciful. pregnant or not, you still need a reminder of just who is in control and the center of your world. this is his world, remember? you just so happen to be living on it.

~🫧

Once you both get home he storms into the house, following after you and he slams the door shut, the cringey noise takes you by surprise but Jungkook thinks that the door should be the least of your concern right now.

“Sit. Down.” He speaks through gritted teeth stopping you in your tracks and he points to the couch, you look at him hesitantly but nonetheless, you listen to him and sit down on the couch.

Jungkook folds his arms over to his chest, he takes a look at your face and it almost tugs at his heartstrings because you look nervous and a little disappointed

But, his anger is definitely clouding his judgment right now and he doesn’t think that he did anything wrong

“Now. You will listen to me and you will not interrupt me until I’m done talking and then I will listen to you and I won’t interrupt you. Okay?”

He takes a moment to compose himself as he tries to let go of his anger by exhaling out loud

“Look, I have no interest in monitoring you. What do i have a problem with is that you didn’t even bother to text me or call me.” He begins.

There is a lot of tension.

“So I want to ask you yn. What the fuck is wrong with you? WHAT THE FUCK— WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU? If you could’ve just messaged me or called me this mess could’ve been avoided, but you have to act so fucking dumb.”

Hello no, he cannot control his anger

He’s snarling as he thinks of your new friend

“That woman? She’s not good for you. You better listen to me because I am not in the mood for you to defend her. I hate how she was literally manipulating you against me, even I haven’t done that.”

He gets down on his knees, right in front of you

“And baby… do you know what was the worst part?” he gives you a cruel smile.

He takes a break between speaking and just stares at you.

“The worst part was that you didn’t defend me once I was waiting for you to speak up like you do in front of me, but you didn’t. You have disappointed me, and now you will be punished.” He growls.

He laughs, “no i’m not gonna take your phone away because that’s just childish as fuck.” His hands grab your legs and he begins to take your skirt off.

“Now.. be a good girl and don’t struggle. He spreads your legs, I’m gonna torture you with my tongue.” Once he’s finishing his sentence his hands are on your panties.

He slides them down, but you don’t dare to stop him.

“Yknow? What’s the difference between you and me when it comes to our friends? I tell you every single thing about them and whatever we talk about. But you don’t, you’re becoming secretive and I don’t like it.” He speaks in a dangerously low voice.

Jungkooks not wrong.

“Now, I’m gonna teach you a lesson. You will never forget. You better understand that I am the center of your world. I will teach you that I will remind you that.”

And he dives his tongue straight into your heat, his tongue immediately attacking your clit, his hands spreading your legs wider as the room falls silent.

Only your shocked breathless gasps can be heard.

[chuuyascumsock]

HII

Okay so first of all(to your disappointment im sure)/jk chuuya actually wasnt on my brain during the exam😔

Also also

OMG

Send denial chan my way

Ill frick them up! (with my words and intellectual insults i learned from instagram😭;becauseee i cannot fight for shittt)

Also also

🪷 WHAT IN THE CINNAMON TOAST FUCK WAS THAT(good)

And lemme say i would neverrrr condone that behavior irl,

BUT HOLY SHIZZBIT FICTION IS A LAWLESS LAND COS OOHHHH LAWDDDD THAT WAS ACTUALLY LOW KEY/(very high key)

HOT AS FUCKK AND THE COURT TALK???? GURL I KNOW NEXT TO NOTHING ABT THE LAW(criminal law i mean😭)

BUT AHHHHHHHH

ALSO YOUR ADDITION KILLED ME.

He would absolutely be smug as he leaves you fuckin unraveled!

Also imagine if they actually go with the case (chuuyas lowkey pissed, but the sx was good so he’s also not that mad but he also is cos well…you kinda lied)

But then in court your arguments and performance (LIKE THE THING THE DEFENDANT DOES TO PUT THE BAD GUY IN JAIL) isnt nearly enough to convict chuuyas subordinate.

So after the trial,he pulls you into an old unoccupied office and fuckin rails you hard as a little thank you☺️🫶

Imagine him fucking you dumb while his breathy voice plays in your ear, “had me fooled for a second doll…didnt think you’d *thrust* hold up your *thrust* end of the *thrust* bargain~”

And when you’re so out of if as he says “what do you have to say for yourself defendant?”

And you wrap your arms around his neck before saying, “sorry your honour id like to plead not guilty by reason of insanity” as you kiss him hard,his grip on your hips tightening as you two make out.

The law books in the shelves around you watch you in horror but honestly,right then you feel too good to give a fuck about the law. The only law that matters is the law of attraction and by God are you attracted to this walking weapon of a man~

(I hope i made a nice little contribution to the horny bandwagon🫡)

Also as always,slay safe and stay safe and may your exams go better too🥲

-🧀

NOOOO, CHUUYA WASN’T ON YOUR MIND? DISHONOR. DISHONOR ON YOU, DISHONOR ON YOUR COW—

Denial-Chan has been spamming me with nice silly lil messages cause they’re in love with me :)

THE “What do you have to say for yourself, defendant?” WHILE REARRANGING YOUR GUTS PART IS KILLING ME CAUSE I JUST VISUALLY HEARD THAT IN MY BRAIN IN HIS VOICE AHHHH 😳

Also thank you, but I have a deep feeling in my girl balls that I’m going to fail my exams LMAO <3 Keep on w/ your studies though. Fuck that college up (unspecified whether I mean sexually or violently).

[dead-loch]

my roommate and I keep having convos about this but I feel like the disconnect between “older” and younger trans people (and queer people in general) is so fucking vast. (Maybe this is just the normal disconnect you feel as you get older).

I just do not have the energy anymore to write people off completely when they do something shitty, which is like, a favourite past time of angry young people (I’m not saying this to chastise; I’m saying it because I remember feeling that same way). it’s always black or white, the person is immediately the enemy and everyone else who likes them joins the ranks. it’s fucking exhausting.

I’ve been in the middle of these like crusades where people are trying their hardest to get someone kicked out of a community for making a mistake. I’ve been on the board of arts orgs that had to bring in a mediator because 2 people had an issue with a board member and refused to accept: an apology, the board member being made to step down, AND a full recounting to the public of what was done on our end and their end. they aren’t happy with any of that because they want to punish, punish, punish. Note that the issue was not, like, life threatening or dangerous.. the board member had just said something they didn’t like and to be fair we agreed that it wasn’t okay and literally took them off the board as soon as they contacted us. But that wasn’t enough.

(These same people are also protesting against police brutality and calling for the defunding of police. In case you don’t realise this already, moving away from our current system of “justice” will mean having to find empathy within yourself for people who’ve done horrific things. If you don’t believe in punitive justice, you need to be applying it to your actual life, too, not just yelling about it on socials. Some of you are truly not ready for a system that doesn’t value dehumanising human lives.)

I spent my teenage years and young adulthood so unbelievably angry and hurt and I don’t want to keep poisoning myself like that anymore (I’m not always successful in this). we grew up with depictions of trans people being jokes or worse 99% of the time. if we didn’t watch media that was problematic we would literally just watch nothing. my roommate is in her 40s and came out about a decade ago. she’s a trans woman who will never (and doesn’t want to) “pass” as a cis woman. she cannot afford meds or surgery. neither can I. We spent so much time hiding that it’s almost impossible to be who we could have been, had we had the freedom we’d have today.

We both used to call out transphobia in every piece of fking media we saw (including calling out celebs and public figures and raging against them) and it’s goddamn exhausting. There’s a lot of value in the strides we’ve made to stop glorifying actual monsters (murderers, rapists, etc) but someone signing some bullshit letter which has zero impact on real life is not on my radar.

Let’s take JK Rowling as an example. Not only has she made it her mission to be as transphobic as she possibly can be, but she WILL NOT STOP. She will not apologise, she will not change her views. She’s proven that over years. This to me is nowhere near the same level as someone saying something once in an interview or adding their name to some disgusting letter that hundreds of other idiots signed. JK Rowling is malicious in the way she does these things and is doing them to purposefully harm others. There are others who are like this as well, but it’s far from the majority of people.

I’m also seeing WAY too many people also go way too far the other way, where they’ll defend a piece of media like their life depends on it instead of admitting when there’s problematic depictions, or admitting when the creators or actors or whoever is being harmful. Like that person saying “keep my show out of your mouth”…. you realise it’s just a fucking tv show, right? And like if you didn’t engage, there’d be nothing for the “other side” to rage at? And that by saying that shit you’re valuing your tv show over the concerns of actual human beings? There’s no excuse for this behaviour.

Idk man. I think I’ve just learned to pick my battles (again, I fail at this sometimes too) and I don’t understand anymore why people want to poison themselves by engaging in behaviour that pits them against others. Most of the time they’re pitting themselves against people with whom they have more in common than not, and they’re doing it at the expense of focusing on real issues.

To bring it back to the art org I was a board member on, the experience where we had to bring in a mediator killed the org. The founder (an Iranian queer woman) had just lost family to covid and these people kept coming at her again and again and not respecting boundaries or feeling an ounce of empathy for what they were shovelling on her. The org itself was a tiny music festival which brought musicians I’d never heard of to our city and specifically served marginalised communities. The board member these people didn’t like was a queer Vietnamese rapper. So instead of this tiny org getting to flourish and do some good, in-fighting completely killed it over something that could have been resolved by people sitting down face to face.

I know I’m really rambly but I hope this makes some kind of sense.

I just think so many people are fighting the wrong enemies. In that… they aren’t even enemies. You’re fighting people who could change if you weren’t being such a fucking asshole about it (because someone being an asshole isn’t super conducive to me rethinking my position and doesn’t make it easy to say “you’re right, but I also think ____”)

You’re all seeing people as irredeemable when you need to see them as being capable of change, which they are. Probably not while they’re being told they should kill themselves though.

[meandmyechoes]

Kingohger ep24

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERICA~!!!!

LOTS happened IRL and I'm near my fking limit. dpeending on kingoh to keep me going at this point

big big shame the kyoto event is cancelled because of the typhoon😭😭 but at least 14/8 Kyushuu is safe so we'll still find out if they let Rita have short hair

--- episode ----

Gira awakened the giant robot "with the people" 😭😭

kamejim still lives huh. a split in opinion in the villains... destroy the earth vs. rule the earth 🤔🤔

wait this is the same global warming plot as g-rosso 😂😐 /jk

is there deeper meaning zooming in on Gokkan…? (like where exactly IS the bugnarok base and how that lead to 27-30?)

Gerojim following up with each sentence after Jeramie cuuute

Jeramie my dear, if you keep up with the "protecting the young is the duty of the elders" I'm gonna be really afraid for you near the 40s

(edit: glad I misheard this: he said "disciplining the young" ok boomer)

busy man fighting and narrating for the show

ohhh he changed the narration "the story of Hell's King and another who'd become king" it's entirely about him now

he's even taken over his teammates' OP shots

the kings asking gira to validate their treaty and. rita. rita-sama. how does moffun marathon help with the melting of your glaciers

dead stare rita 💜

OI does Caucasus Kabuto-jou even HAVE a security if a nine-year-old can get in or is the orphanage some kind of ninja academy instead

ah… Boon... Gira can you just adopt him otherwise the first policy you make as king should've been improving the orphange's welfare huh 😢 but yes more personal vs. duty conflict

it hurts them both for Gira to say "the evil king is not your nii-chan" 🥺

Yanma looking sideways when in fact the other kings are in front of him in his phone

Yanma你嫁過去啦好無😂 賢內助

不満を発散しないと爆発しる

Rita: "If one cannot disperse thier dissatisfaction, they will explode." perfect. 100% what someone who screams random would say

AHHHH Geroujim-chan helping!! Good boy! Jeramie defending him!! Geroujim refuse to leave him alone!!

Takada Masahi being the busiest person running both A & B plot this ep 😂😂

stopping mid-fight to talk... what a jeramie thing to do

ah they really are a shooting stand told you Yanma looks like a scammer lol. Why are the prizes his personal merch...

New Fry Noodle dance just dropped

as a person i'm fulfilled. to be able to hear Rita singing* Moffun's Song on record

what privledge to have the Sovereign/Chief Justice make you shaved ice…

the ice machine making chibi moffun chirps

"chimidoro" + red syrup 😂

Takada-san has a close-up too!

lamp post… smol. helpless. the evil king.

Speaking of which these three aren't royal blood (rita quantum as always but)

The team care about Gira as a person before he is king 😭

this may not be the best storytelling or my fan filter is too heavy at this point but. i really love how the team has this unsaid understanding and respect of each other's position on the (equal!) ground that they are both leaders of their country and had to face the same struggle of duty vs. self

and that kizuna is often reflected in action (instead of words)!

taking Jeramie's speech about "what's written in the past cannot be changed, but the present and the future is still in my hand" with Gira's conversation with Rainoir… the theme of creating your own future ne.

Like, I feel like this episode is Jeramie's movie (where his character exploration was sacrificed for screentime in the actual one)

the cameras! can you be more obvious! the eventual Red-Sixth heart-to-heart is gonna kill me

Gira repeating his philosophy of "I protect the people, the people protect those around them" as echoes to his brother (ep18) and movie's "living in this world is hell (re:ep23)" huh

Jeramie kneeling down below his sight line when Boon is all offenseive 😭😭

Boon, you're both Ohsama Sentai 😭

Jeramie is "The Prophet" not because he actually has prophetic power but the current animosity/ignorance is created by his stories and choice of words 😭😭

Jeramie thinking his wordings is just a statment of fact while others interpret it as an opinion is peak autistic behaviour

his disillusionment *heart hurts* Masahi's acting and also the cameras closing in + replicating 11's angles. He put his bug hand over his face like the spider mask that he stayed behind all those years. the mask that was a gift from his parents. maybe as if to hide, maybe as now he truly understands the bugnarok. whyyy is jerami's character so tragic!! (talk about being named after greek myth characters)!

ah Gira immediately covering Boon!

exclusive full team transform!

ooh Boon held onto his cape!

the gattai took too long and the monster ran away 😂 (FALSE)

minatures my love!!

red gira i missed you

minatures my love!!

ahh high five!!

history repeats itself...

formation fights formation fights!!

Souchou are you flying with tonbo wings !?!

the b&w shippers!

(but Kaguragi's movie scene about betrayal!)

His middle name is Idomonarak?? (namesake)

(edit: with Himeno having one as well, are the kings' middle name gonna be a story? or had a story but not included to save screentime?)

I'm really glad they kept Jeramie's weakness in family matters (not as much a "lack of strength" but something that can easily persuade him since he values it) because i'm also very weak in family matters… that's one of the reason i grew a liking to him

i objected to yanma at the same time as gira. thank you gira 😭

"I'll do it all by myself. Only then can I be the King who Rules Over All." STOP YOU'RE IN A SENTAI S.E.N.T.A.I we join forces and have NAKAMA didn't we went through with this whole arc with rita (at least in my head) 😭

but that's a very Sixth thing to do. um *nods*.

Eighth-chan!!! NOOOOOOOOO NOOOOOO there's no way back once you go giant!

I salute you. You are a good villain.

Jeramie reaching out with his bug hand

"Akarui" any connection to Deathnarok's comment looking into Gira's eyes in ep10?

bro I love this episode but I didn't expect it would be because of the main plot part and not the silly matsuri part?!?

they are furthering the angle that everyone involved in ep20's relief operation is a member of the Taskforce 😭

totally forgot to take note of earcuff-chan. too distracted by plot and expecting tomorrow

+ if they have the whole supporting cast here is this is probably what they shot on Yuhei-san's birthday (19 July)

ep25:

KABE... KABE... KABEDON??!?!!?!?!?!?!

[mysmistree]

I wish I could put a trigger warning or something at the top of this post, but reblogs allow no such things.

If you disagree with my stance, you're welcome to message me or some such. I do not think any element of this matter should, in any way, be taken lightly. But I am presently working out for myself what a famed person being accused of things I believe are wrong means for myself.

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Well, this was an utterly miserable way to find out one of my favorite authors has been accused of things I fundamentally do not agree with.

Sung his praises, for weeks, months, even quite recently, and then this comes out. I feel like a fool, but the fair perspective is that I couldn't have known until this news broke.

I'm unsure whether or not to change anything I've done. Do I keep the techniques I cited from his interviews and lessons? Do I try to echo them? Do I disavow my copies of his works because he has unveiled an unpleasant side of his person?

I already find that a well-written news source has swayed me to believe it is true, but is it? Are they trustworthy?

Should it matter? In my life, living as I am, and doing the things I wish to do, is this something I ought consider?

If I've read the article correctly, then the worst he's done is either slightly better, or significantly worse, than the life and actions of Earnest Hemmingway, who is also an author for whom praises are sung.

In the comments of this original post, someone keeps saying "Allegedly". Which is fair, they are alleged allegations. However, the article also "alleges" that he admits to the deed and argues the context.

What does one do, at this juncture? Does one wait for a resolution? Accept the suggested position?

I'm hesitant to even mention his name, because would that come across as celebrating him? Condemning him?

Do I even know the truth of the matter? Is it better? Is it worse?

I dare not fly to his side of defense; All I have and celebrate is the figment in my head of who I wish he was, whether or not the accusations are true.

And the original post, which put his name in the tags, underlined quite fairly that it is very easy to fly in the defense of someone you like, innocent or not.

Been seeing a lot of that lately. Events on YouTube have shown certain individuals to be deplorable, and their friends and fans first fly to defense. Which, in fairness, is what I think one naturally wants to do. Innocent until proven guilty, right? If my best friend were accused of SA, if there was no proof, I would be on their side, because I cannot see them being so horrible.

But the right thing is to also seek the facts until the doubt is gone. Not to accept such causelessly. Is the person accusing for a reason, or for show? Do they have evidence, times? Or do they just have vague claims, wants? Is there a contradiction, or does it line up just a little too well to be wrong?

If my friend could be demonstrated, in some way that I find undeniable, that they committed this act, then I would have been wrong to defend them, after the fact. And I think this, too, is natural and human. I'd even be ashamed and upset after the fact, far worse than I am now over some famed figure, that I associated or defended them. But the truth will out. The truth must out.

But all this is the far and away hypothetical.

What do I do about someone I looked up to but isn't part of my life? Who's story I cannot verify, I cannot confront, but merely follow along as the details exist? Do I accept their work, praise it, as things continue?

This all spins in my head.

I think it is only sensible to accept the things that I believe for myself to be true or valuable, independent of the advice and source, the same way I've wound up taking Harry Potter after finding JK Rowling to be a vicious person against folks like me.

There are things I vibed with. The setting. The use of gold coins. A door to a common room that accepts you for whoever you are, as long as you're willing to learn, and can answer a riddle.

I will take these pieces and make them mine.

And with this man's work, I will find what I like, make them mine, and seek for myself the story I'm trying to tell, instead of holding onto the willed vestment in another person.

I'm certainly not buying any more of his books until I get an answer that is convincing on things. And never again, if it is a horrible thing.

"omg he would never" "no he's a good guy though" "why haven't these women come forward before" "well she's known for being a liar so" "yeah but have you seen the things she used to tweet"

∆ trans women are women, trans men are men, and if you are transphobic, you are not a feminist, this post is not about "Male Violence" or how men are "inherently violent" this post is about people who do not truly have feminist beliefs and people who will do anything to protect cis white men from criticism while attacking any woman who comes out against him. at the core of this instinct is the automatic disgust + hatred people have towards women, even other women themselves. you're favorite man is not protected from being a perpetrator of violence against women, you're least favorite woman does not deserve said violence ∆

[thekimspoblog]

Me: "Intersectional, trans-inclusive feminism is the only form of feminism which is able to achieve the goal of equality long-term"

Random conspiracy nut: "dID yOu kNoW thAt GLoRia sTeINeM WAS a cia oPerATiVe????"

Me: (Googles it) "Huh. I guess you're right. Don't see what the fuck this has to do with what I was saying; I gave the names of three feminists I support, and you went and made an ad hominem attack on a completely different woman from a different country and a different time period, but go off king"

First of all, the only evidence I could find was a Steinem quote from almost 50 years ago praising the CIA. So I'll admit I'm biased and don't want to feel betrayed by yet another political figure I did hold in high-esteem, but I think the most charitable interpretation in this case is pretty reasonable: The CIA gave money to student groups because it was a way to recuperate the progressive agenda without allowing communist sentiment to spread, Gloria was once upon a time a useful mouthpiece for this agenda, but distanced herself from them after the brutality of their agency came to light in the 70's. At worst, she's lying and still actively working with them, in which case fuck'er but again this does nothing to undermine my point about what qualifies someone as a "radical feminist".

Second, if anything this bolsters my point about JK Rowling. "Feminist causes which repel government tyranny keep getting their terminology ruined by conservative psy-ops and useful idiots" was my entire thesis. If your criticism of Steinem is that - even in the modern day - her brand of feminist rhetoric distracts from conversations about class solidarity, that's completely valid. I would agree: feminism cannot achieve its goals without Marxist theory, Marxists cannot achieve their goals without feminist theory, no discourse on liberation is complete without trans feminism, and everyone should feel justified using direct action against a police state which is trying to impose strict social roles on their bodily autonomy. JK Rowling can call himself whatever political label he wants, but at the end of the day if he's donating to anti-choice causes because he's THAT insistent on gatekeeping the movement, he's a shit feminist. Likewise, if Steinem is still harboring anticommunist sentiment, she's also kneecapping her own goals. Every feminist brings their own (flawed) perspectives to the table, and Helen Ogston brought a horsewhip. I made a post that was low-key defending terrorism, and you're out here yelling about how I love the government; this is NOT the backlash I expected.

True story, I actually have met Gloria Steinem at a book signing. And even at the time, I wanted to grill her on her stance about political violence, in the wake of the Dobbs ruling. But I was having an allergic reaction from some nearby tree pollen and could not approach her without my nose running. Story of my life. 🤷‍♀️

[joe-moi]

omg the m situation made me so uncomfortable. Like these were the same fans that defended Joe against DM’s cheating allegations but were happy to pawn off the blame on m. Like I love gossiping as much as the next person, but it’s one thing to theorize like we’ve been doing talking about how they were on and off. But it’s another thing to attach blame and say with certainty that person A was cheating with no proof. And it’s so sexist that ppl will just blame the girl for breaking their fav’s heart, when in fact there’s a chance that their fav could’ve been a shitty partner.

Exactly that. Lots of time rumors don’t just appear out of thin air (unless it’s completely wild, and cheating rumors are not completely wild). I’m not saying that either one did that, but I feel like rumors like that don’t just pop outta nowhere. But you cannot solely put the blame on one person because your favorite is involved.

Bc rm how I keep saying jk has some similar relationship traits to my ex (from the onlookers perspective)? That’s how his last major relationship ended. It was on and off for years and ended when they BOTH found themselves cheating. sooo I mean….that easily could’ve happened too. We will never know and you can’t blame just one, a relationship is 50/50.

you just never truly know. Unless one of them releases, a book or a statement, saying what happened, we will never know.

[venusiangguk]

can I just say how powerful your writing is!??? idealization was the first fic that has ever made me cry... like it was so good and it hurt so much and that ending!!!!! like!!!! i feel so bad for oc :((( i’m so mad at jk... he couldn’t have flown to see oc and try to smooth things out! the fact that he still proposed to someone irks me so much!! like not only was he still thinking of oc like his poor wife, she was never going to have him completely and that sucks... and now that oc’s back he has the audacity to ask to cheat!!!! I can’t!!! but in my head they do end up together... like jks wife sees that he’s not happy and maybe one day jimin n tae come back and everyone hangs out like old times and his wife notices how he’s looking at oc and how they’re interacting w one another and realizes he’s not over her and they get a divorce amicably... they all deserve to be happy!!! but in the back of my mind i still don’t like how easy it was for jk to bring up cheating.. but, without a doubt this story is so good and i can’t stop thinking about it!!!

i understand ur feelings bestie and they are valid!! and wow that’s honestly probably best case scenario because now that oc is back she and jk will inevitably be in each other‘s lives at least a little bc of jimin n tae 🤨 ur mind is much kinder than mine LMAO thanks so much for reading!!

[forgottenroisin]

from disco, kate is talking abt the link w the chained tree:

Kate the great — Yesterday at 9:00 PMits giving guardian tree. or like... the trees in the old forest or smth

kate aa — 9:54 AM Ok so!! I 100% agree but also like…the chains make me feel like there’s like…they tryna hold smth back/down/in like!!!! Ok so like we know the guardian tree can awake the forest a la all those ancient Celtic myths of forests awakening and trees and rocks etc fighting back and like two possibilities what if 1) that happened once in the past and someone tried to stop it from happening again oR what if it has smth to do w like chaining up the gods?? Oh and/or there’s a sister tree/guardian who’s evil and thus chained or whatever? ANOTHER thought — was gonna use this for Islaun but!! Might work better for malconaire (and maybe the trapped gods/sigil treasure map ~anyway) there’s irl also a tree on an island that’s filled w coins thatve been driven into its bark, dating from ancient times to now. The tree is actually dead/dying atp from metal poisoning there’re so many! This island is set in the middle of a lake!! And the legend goes that if you’re in danger/sorrow you can go to this island and leave it behind you by making an offering to the tree (hence the coins). But you cannot take a single thing w you ~off of this island, not even the smallest pebble, or you’ll unleash all the evil it’s held back for ~centuries into the world and…idk!!! That and the chained tree and the chained gods and the lake bc we’ve said it’s at Lorcan like…vibes!!!!!

Cait — 11:04 AMOh man! I love love love all of this! The idea of an evil guardian is kind of intriguing, especially since we know Amira is planning on trying to capture a guardian or whatever! I know we’ve talked about their being all sorts of rumors about the old forest so maybe some of that is based in a truth regarding this tree that has an evil, corrupt guardian trapped there? And potentially that could be the guardian Amira ends up getting her hands on at some point. And! I also think it could tie in with the map sword, quest thing too!11

kate aa — 11:07 AMim actually in the process of doing a write up abt how it could potentially tie into that...now im thinking...aella's arch, the great oak, evil tree, wishing tree...four trees for four og malconaires...(tho aella's arch is technically two trees growing together and one tree is evil so...5 trees...ig valentina got one too jk jk) oh! but lonan is actually a ~fifth ~hidden malconaire...

kate the great — 11:09 AMOMG HE ISS smth abt Lonan knowing there is trouble with the trees and coming back to malconaire?!1

kate aa — 11:12 AMTHE WAY THAT FEELS HELLA ON POINT if anyone would just ~know in his gut!!!!!!!

kate the great — 11:14 AMThis may be too out there but has lonan been there in malconaire all along, guarding the evil tree or whatever? And he may be abandoned his post to help his nieces and ends up creating an opportunity for Amira to get at that evil guardian?(edited)

kate aa — 11:50 AMeeeeeee that's what he was doing off in the woods gods knew where!!!!!!! bran probs knew it but the knowledge died w him and ughhhh

ok but...someone pls tell me there was a (possibly now-extinct?) cadet branch of malconaire or evil rebels there from -- a resistance that wanted to defend the gods mayhaps? -- or smth w a chained tree for ~their sigil???? ldskjfajkdsf and/or a now defunct order that once watched over it to keep it from ~doing evil~ or what have you!!

some horrific human sacrifice inspo for this coming btw -- anyway, maybe this tree was either allied to the gods or like...was bloodthirsty. it didn't want given offerings -- it hungered for blood. there are stories abt malignant trees esp in nordic myth where blood sacrifices were required -- they'd hang entrails from the branches and slit ppl's throats into a pool at its roots or drown them there. they knew the tree was pleased if it pulled the body down and no one ever saw it again. when you chopped at it, it would bleed and summon terrors to destroy you, crushing you beneath its limbs or causing the whole forest to rise up against you or even calling upon fierce storms and fires to destroy you and all those you hold dear. some would steal your soul as well till the morning of the wind through the branches was your own voice...related to the sluagh -- it then commanded armies of enslaved ghostly souls in perpetual torment, bringing w them terrible storms, doing its bidding forever etc...v yikes stuff! (yes grrm seems to have been HIGHLY inspired by this stuff alksdjfkldsjf). the only way to stop the malice of the tree was to make bloody human sacrifice to it. (this is probs where that alton towers legend of the origins of the chains ~comes from honestly -- w the cursed tree killing off his family...yeah that's a classic evil tree kinda move right there for sure!! its even got a loathy lady/sovereignty goddess stand in!)

but perhaps in malconaire they found another possibility, binding it w magical chains...maybe using chains forged in the eternal flame and tempered w the sacred waters from the ~old calleary island~ taken from metal quarried from malconaire and laid and maintained by a dedicated seer...

its giving garden of eden, the tree of life vs the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and i think that's fun lakjsdfkjdsf

but anyway!! maybe ~that's why lonan couldn't come help the girls and malconaire even in their terrible need -- but after strengthening the chairs the most recent time, he couldn't just stand by idly and watch eventually anymore either...surely they'd hold long enough. or him to return!

and that's when our girl @forgottenamira takes matters into her own hands...she's already noted the great oak, it makes sense she'd be seeking in the forest for more such entitites...and being calainon, the technical flamekeeper of kolchis, carrying a calainon witch in her belly (maybe two...we'll never know whether her other daughter was a witch or not...), maybe she can remove the chains, and take the entity's power for herself...esp now she has at least one and possibly two malconaires in her household to take her through the old forest unscathed...

OOC | The Hidden Isle

ok so!! dramatic title aside, im lowkey continuing on the various and sundry threads we had going abt the sigil treasure map! i def think rosie will be following this thread in her witches of the wood era, and [ what kate the great recently posted in the disco ] got me thinking

ok so, as know, malconaire is built around the great oak, which in the great hall, itself forms the literal seat of its ruler, a tree throne. smth abt the steps up w that branch outcropping suggested a great seat to me. it made me think that, well, it gave me a bunch of ideas that i rambled abt in the disco and imma try to unpack in an intelligible way here, but if you wanna tackle the og bit i put down (after kate said it was giving malconaire <3):

Ok so!! I 100% agree but also like…the chains make me feel like there’s like…they tryna hold smth back/down/in like!!!! Ok so like we know the guardian tree can awake the forest a la all those ancient Celtic myths of forests awakening and trees and rocks etc fighting back and like two possibilities what if 1) that happened once in the past and someone tried to stop it from happening again oR what if it has smth to do w like chaining up the gods?? Oh and/or there’s a sister tree/guardian who’s evil and thus chained or whatever? ANOTHER thought — was gonna use this for Islaun but!! Might work better for malconaire (and maybe the trapped gods/sigil treasure map ~anyway) there’s irl also a tree on an island that’s filled w coins thatve been driven into its bark, dating from ancient times to now. The tree is actually dead/dying atp from metal poisoning there’re so many! This island is set in the middle of a lake!! And the legend goes that if you’re in danger/sorrow you can go to this island and leave it behind you by making an offering to the tree (hence the coins). But you cannot take a single thing w you ~off of this island, not even the smallest pebble, or you’ll unleash all the evil it’s held back for ~centuries into the world and…idk!!! That and the chained tree and the chained gods and the lake bc we’ve said it’s at Lorcan like…vibes!!!!!

and before that in the tags of the tumblr post

XLFR XHOUSE MALCONAIRE XOK BUT THE NATURE OF IT BEING CHAINED IS LIKE GIVING SMTH SMTH ABT LIKE THE GODS OR AN EVIL TWIN TREE OR SMTH ESP BC FROM THIS ANGLE THAT O X*THAT ONE BRANCH LOOKS KINDA LIKE ITS A SEAT AND WE'VE TALKED ABT HOW THE TREE IS ALSO A THRONE AND...IDK JUST!!!!!! ALL KINDS OF THOUGHTS

ok so let me break this down!

SIGIL TREASURE MAP BACKGROUND

ok so just to give a refresher/introduction, in ancient times, the separate nations of stafford, lorcan, and malconaire joined together to fight the gods in an epic last battle. this was how the nation of all astaira initially formed, w the three nations uniting under cillian stafford, who was elected to lead from amongst them, and whose queen was a literal goddess (yeah, that's right, roderick, those captives in ur tower? literally partly divine...also rian but we won't talk abt that ;D) who chose to help mortals against her own kind out of love, and was, himself, a seer iirc? amongst their allies were the great calainon and the unnamed mutual ancestors of both the late queen léna (eilia, aria, and shiv's mom) as well as of house calleary (it was an island nation and, when it was destroyed pompeii/santorini style, the survivors went various different ways and ended up various different places etc). im sure there were more, but these are big players we already know abt/i remember atm, besides the guardians!

now, ~lets talk abt those guardians and the magics they bestowed. four of these key houses are associated w a particular guardian -- and element, and would ultimately each use their element in order to lock the gods away. house calainon is fire; house calleary is water; house stafford is air; house malconaire is earth -- and each has (or in one case ~had a corresponding lock in place to hold back the malice of the gods).

the calleary/water lock was destroyed when their island nation was destroyed so, for eons, only three locks have held. the calainon/fire lock is the great flame of kolchis which is currently being watched over by godfrey; the stafford/air lock is the missing ancestral sword, celestial (from a set of three ancestral swords known collectively as constellation -- the staffords still have two of them which is why you'll hear abt them etc), which is itself sort of set as the key in the earth lock, thrust into a hidden spot in a place between worlds where the gods were bound. the malconaire/earth lock we've said in the past is the guardian tree -- but what if its not -- what if its ~another malconaire spirit tree? this place between worlds is said to be located somewhere in lorcan, in a place that can only be accessed from the Old Forest of malconaire (which itself can, due to the vigilance of the Great Oak only be passed through by those who're from malconaire and wish her no malice)

the knowledge of all of this has since been lost to time, but each of the key families involved took up a sigil in commemoration of the event -- forming what is now a treasure map to this location w puzzling strains of legend here and there to direct -- and misdirect where they grow confused w time -- those who would follow its trail. only a malconaire, w their protected companions, can walk the woods. only the true ruler of astaira can draw the sword from its resting place. only a calainon can douse the eternal flame, etc.

ok, so we already have one [ sister tree to the great oak ] -- what if there were another (part of me like what if there were ~two others, one for each of the og malconaire girls <3 but no ideas yet on the fourth one hahah BUT ANYWAY) -- the chained oak, known to legend as the wishing tree

THE IRL ISLE OF MAREE

ok so wish trees are a real thing! so the legend goes you leave an offering for the tree, you make a wish, and if the tree is pleased w your offering, you get your wish. but there's one in particular i mean to riff off of here, and that's the wish tree of isle maree in scotland -- a tree whose wishes killed it.

so the practice, here, was to hammer a coin into the bark. the og one died from copper poisoning, from all the coins, but even before its demise, ppl started using the trees around it for the same purpose, and these are some of those around it. the og tree was an oak. the metal-on-oak of the chained tree called this to mind for me...

the isle of maree stands inside the loch of the same name in scotland and it was once believed that these waters were sacred and that bathing in them or else sailing around them sunwise, three times, were a cure for most afflictions. after this, it was common to sail to the island, itself, where an ancient church (afterwards left in utter ruins) w graveyard and later an abbey, a holy tree, and a sacred well were all located. drinking from this well was said to bestow healing (as well as sometimes visions iirc) and the tree, ofc, could grant wishes. anything at all could be brought to the island, and left there, particularly suffering and misery. but it was said that nothing at all, not so much as a single pebble, could ever be troubled to leave the holy isle, lest w it all the suffering left there might escape along with it...

LORCAN & THE WISHING TREE

ok so all that irl stuff sounds a LOT like lorcan to me, but esp a part of it only accessible via the old forest!! a huge lake, a peaceful place of rest and healing, shaded by a grove of ancient trees. once, perhaps the old forest was not quite so impassable as it is now and, now we come to the sister tree of the great oak, the wishing tree, perhaps planted here, likely from a cutting of the great oak, by early malconaires at the border of lorcan in a sign of perpetual peace and trust between their two (at the time) separate lands, a place of healing to be watched over by a guardian spirit where ppl could come to ask boons of the spirit which watched over them, and leave their evils behind there under the guard of the wishing tree

as the malice of the gods increased and mortals were forced to fight back against the relentless deities, this protected place of refuge became the last hope -- w one final great evil to be left there under the care of the guardian -- locking the gods away there forever, the greatest evil the tree had ever buried away. the isle was hidden away forever, safe under the magic of the seers and of the guardians, till this very day...

so yeah!! idk!! just an idea but i thought it was an interesting one and yeah!!

OUTRO

so while i was writing this, @forgotteneithne contributed some brilliant ideas and ill do a follow up post re that but i didn't want ~this one to get too much info going all in one go so ill probs reblog w that addendum in a bit <3333333

[taegularities]

Rid I don’t know if I’m late ! But can I request a drabble where CMI JK gets jealous? Maybe some guy starts shamelessly flirting with her while they’re out somewhere?

Btw loved cmi6 it made me feel all the feelings and now I’m too excited and nervous cmi7 🥺🥺

fic: colour me in

pairing: jungkook x reader

warnings: nothing really; insecurities, jealousy, a healthy relationship, such a soft soft convo, taemin guest appearance, still totally not in love or whuteva

wc: around 910

a/n: you're not late at all! feel free to keep sending stuff. closing drabble requests, though, so spam me with question if you'd like 🥺 lemme know what you think! and ahhh, i'm so happy you liked cmi6... and gosh, i truly cannot wait for cmi7.. it'll be a ride and a half :') thank you, sweetheart 🤍 (unedited!)

ask my characters! (drabble requests closed) <3

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When Jungkook steps out of the bakery, snacks and beverages in his hands, he pauses for just a moment. It was easy to escape the cashier's conversation. Easy to soothe the worries she'd fallen into it.

What's not so easy is watching that stranger so close to you, sitting on the bench, laughing at whatever you're saying.

Jungkook isn't necessarily the jealous type – as long as the debate doesn't shift to damn perilla leaves or you don’t end up naked in someone else's bed, there's not all that much that will drive him up the wall.

But tonight is reserved for the two of you. Any other disturbance has no place here.

So he shakes his head, clicking his tongue, scoffs as he steps next to you slowly.

When you notice, your laughter pauses, and you look between the men before you enthusiastically introduce, "Ah, Kook! This is Taemin. Just found out he went to the same college as we did."

"Really?" Jungkook questions, squinting his eyes. "Never seen you there."

"I graduated years ago," Taemin says with a tender smile; sweet enough to melt angels' hearts.

"Ah. How old are you?"

"Twenty-nine. Why?"

"Just asking."

"Uhm, in any case," you say, getting on your feet. You don't think Taemin's anyhow harmful; but the animosity between them is palpable. Or at least from Jungkook's side. "This is my boyfriend Jungkook."

You laugh nervously, and then add, "Was nice to meet you. We'll be going then."

"It was nice talking to you, too," Taemin says softly, unbothered as hell; the opposite of Jungkook whose irritation swims to the forefront of his eyes.

Only when you've left his periphery and you've linked your arm with Jungkook, do you realise just how much the picture of Taemin and you annoyed him.

Stoic silence accompanies you for half a mile, no matter how many times you thank him for the food, or compliment the town, or crack a horrible joke.

And then, you break.

"Are you mad at me?"

He shakes his head. "No. I'm not mad at you."

"But you're mad."

"I... no, it's fine."

"But," you start, tapping his knuckles, "your fists are pretty firm. And your jaw is clenched."

"I'm fine, angel."

“I don’t care about Taemin, by the way.”

“Okay. He’s too old for you anyway,” he suddenly says.

“Huh?”

“Nothing.”

You argue, “You said you’re fine.” 

“Yeah. I’m honestly okay.”

"Or jealous." He grants you one ominous glance, and you widen your eyes, immediately defending, "I'm just saying. You don't have a reason to be jelly, though."

"Why's that?"

"Because," you start, halting your steps. You look into his eyes, and smile with a slightly tilted head. "I'm yours. I told you and... I meant it."

You're not sure where your courage is coming from. Day and night, you question his feelings, constantly wondering what he might be thinking of you. Or how often you occupy his mind at all.

That you're soothing his worries now, vowing your undying loyalty to him is a bigger step than you realise.

But it does the trick. The crease between his eyebrows relaxes. He blinks at you.

"It's not... you're not who I'm mad at," he admits, "that was true. I'm more pissed at myself for overthinking, you know? Now I know how you felt when we spoke about Nara... The ache in your eyes, I could see it."

You're taken aback – not quite expecting for him to mention that day. Or Nara. Or to feel anyhow similarly to how you hurt back then.

But you don't understand.

"But it was just a guy from college," you assure.

"That's not the problem, really... I just. Do you–" He licks his lips, chuckling about his own idiocy. "Do you ever talk to other men and think how easy life could be with them? Like Seokjin. Do you ever feel like it would've been easier with him?"

"What's it?"

"Just. Life. Love. Your future."

Crazy.

To hear him voice his worries like that.

He's right... it feels like the conversation weeks ago. Back then, you wondered whether a childhood friend like Nara could've been the easier choice. How you could compete against her.

"No," you tell him firmly, placing a hand under his ear, "do you? Like, ever regret being with me like that."

"No." His answer comes just as fast – but he still looks conflicted. "Never. But it scares me to see you laughing with someone else. Not because I doubt where your heart lies, but... 'cause I want to feel right for you."

Your heart pounds in your chest. He's never talked about whatever lingers between you so blatantly. It feels like a breakthrough moment.

"Is that why we're both here? You want to feel like you're right for me. Or... want to confirm that you're enough to make me happy."

"I..." He waits. Looks at you so softly, it hurts. "It's not just that. Tonight belongs to us. Tonight wasn't supposed to be about Taemin, or any other man I deem a better fit for you."

"It still belongs to us," you tell him, moving closer. "Taemin, or Nara... none of them matter, Jungkook."

He doesn't speak.

You look down to his hand, tangling your fingers.

Move your eyes back to him slowly, eyebrows raised in question. He opens his mouth, nervous and blinking. When he doesn’t speak, you ask, “Jungkook?”

“I need to tell you something.”

– and you know the rest... 💕

[olderthannetfic]

I mean there are issues within m/m fanfiction, the problem is the arguments we see take things to the extreme. Either there's no issues and it's just women exploring their sexuality and how dare you mock the things women like! OR It's homophobic how dare straight women fetishize gay men! When in reality there are tropes and trends that do lean more towards homophobia or heteronormativity but there's no space for us (slash fans) to call that out without having to defend against the extremes.

--

This is so hilariously moderate that I think everyone would agree with it if they take it at surface value and don't read into your words.

Anyone who is a veteran of decades of fannish debate will read into your words.

The basic issue is that the conversation people typically want to have about things that are homophobic or heteronormative is pretty 101. They're coming to this fresh with great earnestness, but to someone like me, it's just going to sound like sealioning because we've had these same arguments in slash fandom and in queer communities going back decades.

For example, here are the standard Not Queer Enough bad things that make us just like the breeders according to 80s/90s queer community wank:

marriage

raising children

monogamy

roles of any kind including butch/femme

99% of A/B/O Is Just Het Tho or BL Is Bad Because Ukes wank sounds like all of this over again.

And then there's the eternal fight about whether Pride is for kink and adults and free expression of sexuality or whether it's for corporations and kids in strollers. Conform and kick your less acceptable members to the curb as a political strategy to get rights or be inclusive punk rebels but make fewer strides in legislation? It's a legitimate and eternal struggle in minority groups.

The obsession with Good Representation™ is part of this. So is not liking stuff that overlaps your group with kink and socially unacceptable sexual fantasies. In other words...

RESPECTABILITY POLITICS

.

If somebody sends me an example of a specific fic or trend they think sucks, I'll keep an open mind...

But I can tell you I have yet to hear an argument about any actual fic on AO3 that made me agree it was homophobic or heteronormative rather than just standard porn bullshit that the lizard brain loves.

People are always wringing their hands about shit that is super common in romance novels and erotica and live action pornos alike because audiences love it.

So for example, I really hope nobody expects me to take seriously an argument about m/m fanfic being bad for any of:

penetration = real sex, all other sex = foreplay

virginity is real and matters

ravishment

biology works how is hot and/or convenient to the plot

everyone has a giant dick

safe sex is boring and we're going to pretend STDs don't exist

everyone is a giant nympho slut

everyone is unrealistically monogamous

dick so good it converted someone

kink with zero negotiation first

zero realistic psychological consequences for anything

etc.

Someone's going to go, "Okay, okay, not literally always, but you have to agree that sometimes this trope is bad. Or it's bad that it's like 99% of fics."

No.

No I don't.

At zero times do I agree that it's a problem all porn does the dumb penetration=real sex thing. Yes, it's dumb. Yes, it's unrealistic. It's there because it's hot. If you find it un-hot, write something else.

I'm totally down to have a conversation about which trends are stupid or boring, but homophobic? Heteronormative? LOL.

Fundamentally, every single conversation about problems in m/m fanfic on AO3 starts from the assumption that fic should be looked at from a reader's perspective. This is the reader's whole media diet. They learn queerness from fic. They learn sex ed and biology from fic. They don't have access to other queer media. They're learning the wrong messages. Blah blah blah.

I look at fic as more like someone's porn (or the emotions equivalent) they wrote for themselves in their diary and were nice enough to let others see as a favor. Sure, occasionally, I think "Wow, author, I am so sorry for you that you view bodies and sex this way", but even then, how do I know it's not just that they're a bad writer? The only thing I'm learning from their fic is that some very weird stuff makes me horny. If I have trouble putting that fic in a wider context of realistic queerness or non-fanfic erotica or whatever else, that's my problem, not the writer's.

The only "problem" with m/m fanfiction on AO3 is that I cannot find any first time sex pollen RM/JK A/B/O where they're both alphas and JK is on the bottom and RM feels comedic levels of melodramatic guilt over it while JK's entire internal monologue is just the word "thighs" over and over and over.

[aajjks]

TPOL!JK

“jungkook, no! w-wait!” you say trying to catch up with him but you end up losing him in the crowd. your heart is in pieces right now and you’re angry at yourself for just standing by but confrontation isn’t good for your health. THIS isn’t good for your health.

“y/n?” jorja says as she catches up with you while alina goes after yerin. yet again your night was ruined thanks to the love of your life but part of it is your fault too right?

you could’ve had fun without the strippers around.

you could’ve just went to a fancy restaurant instead.

you could’ve stayed home and not come out.

you could’ve and maybe should’ve done a lot of things that would’ve changed the outcome of tonight but here you are crying in jorja’s arms with yours and her belongings in hand while walking you out of the club.

“i’ll take you home” she offers but you don’t want to go home. it’s times like these where you miss your mother because she felt like a safe haven from all the loud noise outside. you could always just relax with her, laugh with her, and watch her favorite shows but you have nowhere to go now.

“you don’t have to take me home, jo. i’ll figure it out” you tell her as you take your belongings from her and walk the opposite direction from her.

“are you crazy?! i am not gonna leave you out here by yourself”

“there’s a nearby hotel, jo. i’ll be fine”

“y/n, everything will be fine. jungkook is upset but you don’t have to—“

“IT’S OVER, JORJA! it’s over. we are over” you get out and jorja is taken back by your tone but she knows a lot has happened just now.

“i’m sorry. i don’t mean to yell at you”

“it’s okay. i know you don’t mean it. a lot of bullshit has happened all at once and you’re still processing”

“yeah” you shrug and jorja goes to pull you in a tight hug. “everything’s gonna be okay” she whispers but you know they won’t. once again, the marriage is at risk. it really does feel like deja vu and maybe you should just let go of the leash already.

you keep pulling him back when you should’ve just let him go and this time……..

“so what’s going to happen now? between the two of you”

“it’s over jo. for real this time. this won’t be the last time he acts like this and it’s not good for either of us”

“yeah, i was going to tell you that maybe you shouldn’t marry him because of…that. i like him and all but not that”

“i guess yerin was right i do enable that, huh? dammit, i need my medicine” you say because you can’t be without your medication or you’ll end up having a flare up and you know the rest.

“okay, let’s swing by your house, pack an overnight bag, and i’ll drop you off at the hotel” jorja agrees as you get in her car so she can take you home.

when you arrive, you tell jorja to stay behind and wait for you which she doesn’t agree to do but you convince her to stay. when you walk inside, you don’t find jungkook so you go upstairs, grab a bag and pack some of your things.

your medication, pajamas, toothbrush, toothpaste, and other necessities. when you’re finished, you contemplate leaving your ring behind. i mean, he said he’s done and so are you….

you slip it off and leave it on his nightstand. next, you’re getting the tattoo removed and you guess you’ll have to start over yet again.

When he comes home that night.. you’re gone, of course.

And he doesn’t even have the energy to cry anymore because he really is done. He cannot do this every time. He cannot let your friends walk all over him when you don’t even try to defend him.. just like always you walked away from him.

And this time he’s going to let you. Because you think that you are a maid for his infant son and that he’s too toxic for you. Maybe you’re right, one of your friends are right, you are just not meant to be. He tried way too many times… but it never works out does it?

He killed everyone just to have you but did it work out? No. Maybe love isn’t for him and marriage and definitely not for him. Now he’s realizing that… especially when he spots your ring on his nightstand.

Jungkook is giving up on you.

He will really let you go. As he sits down on his bed.. he stares with the tattoo, and it’s breaking his heart. You’ve left him once again.

What kind of a love do you have for him anyways? He will never understand, but now he knows he’ll never love anyone ever again. He will never be vulnerable again.

It is not worth it and you were also not worth it.

It’s just going to be him and his son from now on- and he’ll prove to everyone that he’s more than capable of taking care of his child on his own- but right now Jaemin is with his mother.

So Jungkook throws his coat on the bed and he just lets himself fall down on the mattress. You’ve broken his heart into many pieces, and now it will never mend.

“F-FUCK YOU YN! FUCK YOU YERİN.” he cusses you and your friend out, and he lets out a frustrated scream. You didn’t care for him.

You didn’t care about his feelings at all, you didn’t even try to confront yerin about anything at all- anytime she said negative shit about jungkook- you just listened.

Jungkook tries his best to fall asleep, but he really can’t- because he feels cold, and all alone. And it’s been a while since he’s been alone.

But he’d better get used to this now- because you’re not coming back ever- and even if you do, he won’t let you.

After hours of agony- he’s finally asleep, so deeply asleep that he doesn’t even notice his phone going off.

He will live without you.

And just like that a whole week passes by, and right now jungkooks with his three month old son, at a park. Yeah Jaemins a little too young to be here right now but- he just keeps on crying whenever he’s with his dad and it’s really obvious why.

He’s missing you.

And Ji-Ae is missing you too, all of them, except for Jungkook are missing you, and as much as his mother tries to make him understand, he doesn’t listen. “Ah ah Minnie look at that swing.” Jungkook coos, hoping that Jaemin will calm down a little but the infant just keeps on crying.

His priority right now is only his son, but he doesn’t know what to do right now.

That is until someone approaches him.

[shatter-song]

hi, im going to rant about my hunter and viney brotp headcanons to cope with the end

ill put it under a read more because it could get long

viney was the one who kept in contact with him after ASIAS. i always felt like he had to keep in contact with someone and viney felt like the right choice

she demanded pictures of flapjack in exchange for giving her emotional damage

now they send each other pictures of their respective palismen being cute

viney definitely gives him puddles updates because how funny she knows it is

hunter only manages to be a little annoyed

after viney got a little more comfortable around him, she talks to him about her friends and how the others on the team are doing

she does encourage him to reach out to at least someone else and it ends up being skara

after intial and warranted distrust, she and hunter eventually come together to write ruler's reach fanfiction

viney: yeah skara's great! she's been helping a lot with the animals here she's so good with bard magic like wow she's so pretty too she's so smart she's very fun to hangout with and puddles likes her too-

hunter:

hunter: yeah

jerbo and barcus kinda freak out over the fact that viney is regularly texting her kidnapper but she waves them off

barcus and jerbo: WHY are you texting him, he's literally the GOLDEN GUARD

viney: I Suddenly Cannot Hear Anything

its even more funny when you realize that Jerbo is canonically anti gov/Belos

and the fact that that all 3 of them despise covens

regardless, viney really comes to enjoy his company and vice versa

it's nice for like 2 weeks or smth

then it's just. not

hunter ghosts viney for a week which causes the witch to worry. things weren't perfect but it was all starting to get better

the illusion covenhead shows up at the end of that same week and who does her and skara see knocked out? Hunter.

needless to say Viney easily knocks out the scouts carrying him and take him back to the healing homeroom

i hc that viney didn't defend him because well. the whole kidnapping situation wasn't just kidnapping. being forced to join a coven, her palisman taken away?

she forgives him because he shows that he regrets what he did and took action to let them go but trust? that takes time

but that trust is earned by beating the shit out of coven scouts with her

after kicking the Emperor's Coven out, hunter ends up living with viney for a week

she was the only one he kept contact with after ASIAS. plus her family isn't quite as well known or as seen as gus' dad is and willow did show up at eda's petrification

workout buddies! viney is buff as hell for a reason

hunter trains viney on how to fight. at least what he can teach in like a week

actually, viney being a healer and beastkeeper means being more on the defense, like hunter

at the end of the day, viney is more than willing to say she cares about hunter

they both care. SO MUCH

like not even just about each other but just in general. they're so naturally gentle and kind, with wildlife and others and are so willing to do anything in order to keep those important to them safe

like. UGH /pos

anyways that's all I got, thanks for reading

what if you were to... ask me about grimwalker hcs?? haha jk... unless?

[sixtynineinchnails]

I’ve been posting and reblogging a lot of anti-jk rowling content today and I think some people might see “fuck jkr” and get the wrong idea, so I want to make myself very clear.

I was a Harry Potter fan for over a decade. I am very familiar with the books and films. I am not hopping on here to hate on a series I loved for my entire childhood. I find it pretty icky when people call out problems in the source material without having read/watched any of it, and trust me: I am NOT doing that.

I am airing my criticisms from the standpoint of someone who was absolute obsessed with the series for years. I think at one point I had enough Harry Potter t-shirts to wear one for each day of the week (all gifts from friends and family). hell, I hand wrote fanfiction. on paper. believe me when I say I get it. I really do. it’s meant a ton to me over the years (as I know it has for many others) and I have wanted so badly to defend it.

but I cannot. not remotely. there are some big issues in the original text. and there are some very big issues with the author herself. I don’t hate the imaginary world of Harry Potter. I hate that the author is bigoted, transphobic, fatphobic, racist, and who knows what else, is a billionaire with a huge following who uses her platform to spread hateful nonsense (and support other people spreading hateful nonsense), and I especially hate that people are refusing to see the truth about the situation because they’re blinded by their love of the media itself.

it is possible to like a piece of media and still be critical towards it and it’s creator. I am not here to make you burn your merch. I am not here to force you to stop consuming the content altogether. I’m asking that you don’t put your money towards a franchise that’s supporting a bigot, and that you view Harry Potter through a more critical lens. consider moving on. if you can’t, just please don’t keep hyping it up online. be aware of how others might see it, how others have been hurt by both the author and the text itself, and try to understand where dislike of the series may come from.

still wanna watch the new movie coming out? okay. fine. pirate it. if you don’t mind waiting, your local library will probably get a copy eventually that you can watch. there are ways to consume media without supporting the creator. but please don’t watch it blindly.

TLDR: coming from a former Harry Potter enthusiast, please don’t feel that “fuck jkr”posts are an attack on fans because that’s not remotely what this is about. this is about bigotry, and boycotting injustice.

[altaruwusmolboiz]

Unpopular Harry Potter Opinions because I'm feeling nostalgic.

TW: EMOTIONAL INCEST, PARENTAL ABUSE

I don't like Snape and I'm nuetral for Dumbledore, but some of you are a little too hard on them.

I do like the Maurauders era, but that is because the boys are flawed. They're intersting characters.

I also don't really ship that much in Harry Potter as a while. Just Perciver and occasionally Plantseeker (And Ronks is cute).

I used to like Wolfstar, but the fandom ruined it.

Saying that the Maurauder fans are better than the Golden Trio fans is just "I'm Not Like Other Girls" energy.

I get that you're frustrated Hermionie is the main character but you need to let her live. She is a teenager, she isn't going to be perfect.

I don't care that much for Ginny. In the first three (four?) books, her character truly had potential, and then I just didn't care enough about her. Hinny isn't a bad relationship, it's a boring one.

I cannot believe I have to write this, but Harry and Hermionie are not incest. Not only do those words mean two different things, in the context of what anti Harmionies are describing, but people being like siblings is not the same as actually being siblings.

Peter Pettigrew was smart. He was one of the best villains of the series, and he shouldn't be ignored.

It's not that big of a deal to say Bellatrix is your favorite character. No one is excusing her actions.

I don't like Molly Weasley, but I think it was a good choice to make her kill Bellatrix, leaning into the motherhood love theme that JK R*wling was going for.

Harry, Ron, and Hermionie saved the school, Neville got the courage to do something he wasn't ready to do, and the Slytherins won the house cup for six years. The Gryffindors deserved the house cup this year.

If anything, Peter Pettigrew should be a Ravenclaw.

Chamber of Secrets book > Sorcerers Stone book

Sorcerer's Stone movie > Chamber of Secrets movie

(Not really an unpopular opinion, just one that isn't talked about often) The first three movies were amazing, fourth and sixth movies were a 4 through 6 out of ten, and the rest are solid 7/10 movies.

There definitely needs to be more diversity in Harry Potter, and JKR is a terf and I hate her, but I don't think every single ship would have been together if she weren't one. Also keep in mind that these books take place in the 90s. I don't think she'd make any of them gay in the books itself if it wasn't, but this particular situation was not just her being a coward.

That being said, I will never defend JK Rowling.

The worst DADA teacher, as a teacher, was Lockhart. As a human, it was obviously Umbridge.

The Starkid Harry Potter musicals aren't that good. Potter Puppet Pals, on the other hand? I love them.

The Cursed Child is fine on its own.

Let people call themselves Potterheads if they want. It doesn't effect you in any way.

None of the deaths struk me as that sad, besides Cedric's and Colin's.

I don't like Draco, I think Draco's home life should be explored. Not a redemption arc, but to understand why he turned out this way. If his parents didn't actively abuse him, they definitely taught him their values.

Shipping Hedric is wrong, but saying Harry had a crush on Cedric is fine.

Ron isn't a character that I ever cared about.

I'm done for now.