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"Here's your hot cocoa, have a good evening!"
You receive your drink as you bow, thanking the employee and go outside to find a seat. As you sat next to a decorated christmas tree, you look in front of you and see a giant build board printed a familiar face on it.
Should you be proud to know that your memory is very good because you could recognize your highschool bully?
Probably not, haha...
You take a sip of your cocoa, thinking about what had happened in the past between the two of you.
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It's like any other highschool bully story that everyone always read, during your first year, you were picked on by the richest and the most handsome guy in school and he forced you to do his homework everyday for 2 years. Tormenting you in the halls, drag you out whenever his mood isn't it, making you a laughing stock for the whole school.
But why only 2 years? Because everything went upside down for him when the last year started.
His parents had enough of him and brutally cut off his bank account, told him that either he learn how to work hard or he'd never get his hands on his father company. When he thought that his long time friends would still be there to support him through this, they quickly turn their backs on him upon knowing that he has no use left to them.
During the time he was at his worst, you stepped in and offer him a helping hand, telling him that you will help him with everything for this last year and in return, he must comply with your one request and can not decline.
He was wary at first when you suddenly did that but he had no other choices as there was no one else except you that would help him anyways.
And he was not disappointed for trusting you, you supported him through every single thing, improved his grades making him in the top 50 of the school, engaged him in participating in that model contest and also fulfil the role of being a friend that he can rely on.
When the school year end came, it was also time he hear your request. You couldn't remember much about anything other than what you said, you can't remember how the scenery looked like, what the principal was saying on stage, even the look on his face because after you said it, you left immediately.
"Let's never cross paths ever again in this life, that is my request."
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You realized that your cup is now empty just like how the streets are also beginning to be, so you throw the cup into the trash can and walk home.
You wonder back to the times when you were teaching him the subjects, you would sometime catch him staring in an obsessive way at you but you didn't really care back then because your hatred for him was too much but now that you moved on, you wonder why he was staring at you like that.
"He also said something after I left that day but I couldn't hear what it was.." You mumble as you step out of the elevator to your apartment only to be greeted with a door that is not locked at all.
Your movements were hesitant, slowly, you open the door with cautious as you also carefully step inside your home. Right after you had closed the front door, a sudden sting on your neck send you off balance, fall into someone's arms and fainted immediately.
"Come get me at the apartment now." The tall figure said through a bluetooth headphone device on his ears.
Your bully smile down at you with a creepy smile, inhaling your familiar scent as he hug you close and tightly around his arms.
"You can tell me to do anything, give you anything, to die even. Anything but letting you leave."
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After they said those words, my world seemed like crashing down on me in seconds.
I guess I have no other choice but to fulfil a different request from them in the future then.
"I shall have you in my arms when we meet again, love."
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(ayy pov change :D)
#calmwrites#yandere#yandere x gn reader#yandere bully#yandere x reader#gn reader#fem reader#male reader#yandere x male reader#yandere x female reader#yandere x you#yandere x darling#yandere x y/n#yandere drabble#yandere scenarios
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For the past six years or so, this graph has been making its rounds on social media, always reappearing at conveniently timed momentsâŠ
The insinuation is loud and clear: parallels abound between 18th-century France and 21st-century USA. Cue the alarm bellsârevolution is imminent! The 10% should panic, and ordinary folk should stock up on non-perishables and, of course, toilet paper, because it wouldnât be a proper crisis without that particular frenzy. You know the drill.
Well, unfortunately, I have zero interest in commenting on the political implications or the parallels this graph is trying to make with todayâs world. I have precisely zero interest in discussing modern-day politics here. And I also have zero interest in addressing the bottom graph.
This is not going to be one of those "the [insert random group of people] Ă la lanterneâ (1) kind of posts. Â If youâre here for that, Iâm afraid youâll be disappointed.
What I am interested in is something much less click-worthy but far more useful: how historical data gets used and abused and why the illusion of historical parallels can be so seductiveâand so misleading. Itâs not glamorous, Iâll admit, but digging into this stuff teaches us a lot more than mindless rage.
So, letâs get into it. Step by step, weâll examine the top graph, unpick its assumptions, and see whether its alarmist undertones hold any historical weight.
Step 1: Actually Look at the Picture and Use Your Brain
When I saw this graph, my first thought was, âThatâs odd.â Not because itâs hard to believe the top 10% in 18th-century France controlled 60% of the wealthâthat could very well be true. But because, in 15 years of studying the French Revolution, Iâve never encountered reliable data on wealth distribution from that period.
Why? Because to the best of my knowledge, no one was systematically tracking income or wealth across the population in the 18th century. There were no comprehensive records, no centralised statistics, and certainly no detailed breakdowns of who owned what across different classes. Graphs like this imply data, and data means either someone tracked it or someone made assumptions to reconstruct it. Thatâs not inherently bad,  but it did get my spider senses tingling.
Then thereâs the timeframe: 1760â1790. Thirty years is a long timeâ especially when discussing a period that included wars, failed financial policies, growing debt, and shifting social dynamics. Wealth distribution wouldnât have stayed static during that time. Nobles who were at the top in 1760 could be destitute by 1790, while merchants starting out in 1760 could be climbing into the upper tiers by the end of the period. Economic mobility wasnât common, but over three decades, it wasnât unheard of either.
All of this raises questions about how this graph was created. Whereâs the data coming from? How was it measured? And can we really trust it to represent such a complex period?
Step 2: Check the Fine Print
Since the graph seemed questionable, the obvious next step was to ask: Where does this thing come from? Luckily, the source is clearly cited at the bottom: âThe Income Inequality of France in Historical Perspectiveâ by Christian Morrisson and Wayne Snyder, published in the European Review of Economic History, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2000).
Great! A proper academic source. But, before diving into the article, thereâs a crucial detail tucked into the fine print:
âData for the bottom 40% in France is extrapolated given a single data point.â
What does that mean?
Extrapolation is a statistical method used to estimate unknown values by extending patterns or trends from a small sample of data. In this case, the graphâs creator used one single piece of dataâone solitary data pointâabout the wealth of the bottom 40% of the French population. They then scaled or applied that one value to represent the entire group across the 30-year period (1760â1790).
Put simply, this means someone found one recordâmaybe a tax ledger, an income statement, or some financial dataâpertaining to one specific year, region, or subset of the bottom 40%, and decided it was representative of the entire demographic for three decades.
Letâs be honest: you donât need a degree in statistics to know thatâs problematic. Using a single data point to make sweeping generalisations about a large, diverse population (let alone across an era of wars, famines, and economic shifts) is a massive leap. In fact, itâs about as reliable as guessing how the internet feels about a topic from a single tweet.
This immediately tells me that whatever numbers they claim for the bottom 40% of the population are, at best, speculative. At worst? Utterly meaningless.
It also raises another question: What kind of serious journal would let something like this slide? So, time to pull up the actual article and see whatâs going on.
Step 3: Check the Sources
As I mentioned earlier, the source for this graph is conveniently listed at the bottom of the image. Three clicks later, I had downloaded the actual article: âThe Income Inequality of France in Historical Perspectiveâ by Morrisson and Snyder.
The first thing I noticed while skimming through the article? The graph itself is nowhere to be found in the publication.
This is important. It means the person who created the graph didnât just lift it straight from the articleâthey derived it from the data in the publication. Now, thatâs not necessarily a problem; secondary analysis of published data is common. But hereâs the kicker: thereâs no explanation in the screenshot of the graph about which dataset or calculations were used to make it. Weâre left to guess.
So, to figure this out, I guess Iâll have to dive into the article itself, trying to identify where they might have pulled the numbers from. Translation: I signed myself up to read 20+ pages of economic history. Thrilling stuff.
But hey, someone has to do it. The things I endure to fight disinformation...
Step 4: Actually Assess the Sources Critically
It doesnât take long, once you start reading the article, to realise that regardless of what the graph is based on, itâs bound to be somewhat unreliable. Right from the first paragraph, the authors of the paper point out the core issue with calculating income for 18th-century French households: THERE IS NO DATA.
The article is refreshingly honest about this. It states multiple times that there were no reliable income distribution estimates in France before World War II. To fill this gap, Morrisson and Snyder used a variety of proxy sources like the Capitation Tax Records (2), historical socio-professional tables, and Isnardâs income distribution estimates (3).
After reading the whole paper, I can say their methodology is intriguing and very reasonable. Theyâve pieced together what they could by using available evidence, and their process is quite well thought-out. I wonât rehash their entire argument here, but if youâre curious, Iâd genuinely recommend giving it a read.
Most importantly, the authors are painfully aware of the limitations of their approach. They make it very clear that their estimates are a form of educated guessworkâevidence-based, yes, but still guesswork. Â Â At no point do they overstate their findings or present their conclusions as definitive
As such, Â instead of concluding with a single, definitive version of the income distribution, they offer multiple possible scenarios.
Itâs not as flashy as a bold, tidy graph, is it? But itâs far more honestâand far more reflective of the complexities involved in reconstructing historical economic data.
Step 5: Run the numbers
Now that weâve established the authors of the paper donât actually propose a definitive income distribution, the question remains: where did the creators of the graph get their data? More specifically, which of the proposed distributions did they use?
Unfortunately, I havenât been able to locate the original article or post containing the graph. Admittedly, I havenât tried very hard, but the first few pages of Google results just link back to Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, and Tumblr posts. In short, all I have to go on is this screenshot.
Iâll give the graph creators the benefit of the doubt and assume that, in the full article, they explain where they sourced their data. I really hope they doâbecause they absolutely should.
That being said, based on the information in Morrisson and Snyderâs paper, Iâd make an educated guess that the data came from Table 6 or Table 10, as these are the sections where the authors attempt to provide income distribution estimates.
Now, which dataset does the graph use? Spoiler: None of them.
How can we tell? Since I donât have access to the raw data or the article where this graph might have been originally posted, I resorted to a rather unscientific method: I used a graphical design program to divide each bar of the chart into 2.5% increments and measure the approximate percentage for each income group.
Hereâs what I found:
Now, take a moment to spot the issue. Do you see it?
The problem is glaring:Â NONEÂ of the datasets from the paper fit the graph. Granted, my measurements are just estimates, so there might be some rounding errors. But the discrepancies are impossible to ignore, particularly for the bottom 40% and the top 10%.
In Morrisson and Snyderâs paper, the lowest estimate for the bottom 40% (1st and 2nd quintiles) is 10%. Even if we use the most conservative proxy, the Capitation Tax estimate, itâs 9%. But the graph claims the bottom 40% held only 6%.
For the top 10% (10th decile), the highest estimate in the paper is 53%. Yet the graph inflates this to 60%.
Step 6: For fun, I made my own bar charts
Because I enjoy this sort of thing (yes, this is what I consider funâIâm a very fun person), I decided to use the data from the paper to create my own bar charts. Hereâs what came out:
What do you notice?
While the results donât exactly scream âhealthy economy,â they look much less dramatic than the graph we started with. The creators of the graph have clearly exaggerated the disparities, making inequality seem worse.
Step 7: Understand the context before drawing conclusions
Numbers, by themselves, mean nothing. Absolutely nothing.
I could tell you right now that 47% of people admit to arguing with inanimate objects when they donât work, with printers being the most common offender, and youâd probably believe it. Why? Because it sounds plausibleâprinters are frustrating, Iâve used a percentage, and Iâve phrased it in a way that sounds âacademic.â
You likely wouldnât even pause to consider that Iâm claiming 3.8 billion people argue with inanimate objects. And letâs be real: 3.8 billion is such an incomprehensibly large number that our brains tend to gloss over it.
If, instead, I said, âHalf of your friends probably argue with their printers,â you might stop and think, âWait, that seems a bit unlikely.â (For the record, I completely made that upâI have no clue how many people yell at their stoves or complain to their toasters.)
The point? Numbers mean nothing unless we put them into context.
The original paper does this well by contextualising its estimates, primarily through the calculation of the Gini coefficient (4).
The authors estimate Franceâs Gini coefficient in the late 18th century to be 0.59, indicating significant income inequality. However, they compare this figure to other regions and periods to provide a clearer picture:
Amsterdam (1742): Much higher inequality, with a Gini of 0.69.
Britain (1759): Lower inequality, with a Gini of 0.52, which rose to 0.59 by 1801.
Prussia (mid-19th century): Far less inequality, with a Gini of 0.34â0.36.
This comparison shows that income inequality wasnât unique to France. Other regions experienced similar or even higher levels of inequality without spontaneously erupting into revolution.
Accounting for Variations
The authors also recalculated the Gini coefficient to account for potential variations. They assumed that the income of the top quintile (the wealthiest 20%) could vary by ±10%. Hereâs what they found:
If the top quintile earned 10% more, the Gini coefficient rose to 0.66, placing France significantly above other European countries of the time.
If the top quintile earned 10% less, the Gini dropped to 0.55, bringing France closer to Britainâs level.
Ultimately, the authors admit thereâs uncertainty about the exact level of inequality in France. Their best guess is that it was comparable to other countries or somewhat worse.
Step 8: Drawing Some Conclusions
Saying that most people in the 18th century were poor and miserableâperhaps the French more so than othersâisnât exactly a compelling statement if your goal is to gather clicks or make a dramatic political point.
Itâs incredibly tempting to look at the past and find exactly what we want to see in it. History often acts as a mirror, reflecting our own expectations unless we challenge ourselves to think critically. Whether you call it wishful thinking or confirmation bias, itâs easy to project the future onto the past.
Looking at the initial graph, I understand why someone might fall into this trap. Simple, tidy narratives are appealing to everyone. But if youâve studied history, youâll know that such narratives are a myth. Human nature may not have changed in thousands of years, but the contexts we inhabit are so vastly different that direct parallels are meaningless.
So, is revolution imminent? Well, thatâs up to youânot some random graph on the internet.
Notes
(1) A la lanterne was a  revolutionary cry during the French Revolution, symbolising mob justice where individuals were sometimes hanged from lampposts as a form of public execution
(2) The capitation tax was a fixed head tax implemented in France during the Ancien RĂ©gime. It was levied on individuals, with the amount owed determined by their social and professional status. Unlike a proportional income tax, it was based on pre-assigned categories rather than actual earnings, meaning nobles, clergy, and commoners paid different rates regardless of their actual wealth or income.
(3) Jean-Baptiste Isnard was an 18th-century economist. These estimates attempted to describe the theoretical distribution of income among different social classes in pre-revolutionary France. Isnardâs work aimed to categorise income across groups like nobles, clergy, and commoners, providing a broad picture of economic disparity during the period.
(4) The Gini coefficient (or Gini index) is a widely used statistical measure of inequality within a population, specifically in terms of income or wealth distribution. It ranges from 0 to 1, where 0 indicates perfect equality (everyone has the same income or wealth), and 1 represents maximum inequality (one person or household holds all the wealth).
#frev#french revolution#history#disinformation#income inequality#critical thinking#amateurvoltaire's essay ramblings#don't believe everything you see online#even if you really really want to
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"Always."
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notes: I havenât written since 2019, so bear with me. Iâve found myself thinking about a little blurb for Lando recently (actually a lot of ideas, but this one is sticking with me more than the others at the moment).
For some context, Landoâs been receiving a huge amount of hate online (and in-person) recently. I havenât been a fan for that longâI got into F1 this summer, in 2024âbut Iâve grown to care about him. I was there for Lando losing the championship, and while I think we all knew it would come to this (Max winning felt inevitable) but Iâm proud of Lando for pushing so hard this entire year.
Still, with all the hate directed at him, Iâm seeing a new side of him, and Iâm learning that heâs a person with feelings like anyone else. I can tell he doesnât always have the highest opinion of himself and tends to take the blame for anything that goes wrong during his races. What struck me about this is how much I relate to it. I blame myself for things out of my control or when I mess up. What sucks with Lando is that his small, human errors are what so many people focus on to criticize himâwhether itâs why he didnât win the championship or why they think heâs a bad person (which he absolutely isnât).
The inspiration for this came from an interview he did after the Brazilian GP. At that point, everyone knew it was almost mathematically impossible for Lando to win the championship, and he talked about struggling in the aftermath: âI literally couldnât sleep for the first two daysâŠSo I did like, what, 36-40 hours straight. So that probably made everything worse. When youâre tired, youâre more moody, and that kind of thingâŠI was just sat at home alone. It probably would have been better if I had been with my friends. But they donât live in Monaco. They also have lives and are busy doing other things. And Iâm a big overthinker, so like the whole flight home, the whole week, it just played over and over in my head. What could I have done differently? Why did I do that? Why did I not do this? You start thinking of all the scenarios that you kind of blame yourself for, why itâs now not possible, that kind of thing. And yeah, because I overthink and I struggle with that kind of thing, that took a bigger toll in the days after. It wasnât an easy time.â
And I keep on finding myself wishing someone could have been there for him in person, so that he was okay. So, I wrote this. The reader in this is dating Lando but is written as a gender-neutral character that uses They/Them pronouns. The reader also has a service dog, a Bernese Mountain Dog named Thunder, to help with their own depression and anxiety (Iâm not an expert on service dogs, so this many not be 100% accurate).
They woke up that early morning to the sunlight shining on their face, streaming in from the window outside. The bliss of sleep clung to them as they lay there, cocooned in warmth, the covers snug around their body. They stretched lazily, blinking their eyes open.
Instinctively, they turned to look beside themâonly to find the space next to them empty. Itâs too early in the morning to be anywhere else but in bed, even for training, they thought. Lando should still be here.
The realization pulled them out of their sleepy haze. The past couple of days had been not kind to Lando. They knew that he had a tendency to keep his feelings bottled up and beat himself up over his perceived failures. They understood that feeling all too wellâthe guilt, the constant sense of disappointment, the nagging thought that were never good enough. They had wrestled with those feelings since they were a child.
It wasnât something that had an easy fix. If they had found the answer, they would have shared it with Lando years ago. But they had learned that the best way to fight those thoughts wasnât isolation. Talking to someone, writing feelings down, even simple positive affirmationsâthought they might sound sillyâcould help push back against the negative spiral. They had told Lando this countless times.
But Lando had a problem with not wanting to âinconvenienceâ anyone with his emotions. No matter how many times they reassured him that they were always there for him, he struggled to let himself. They didnât blame himâit was human to struggle against your own mind.
What made everything worse was the constant online hate. Every little mistake or sarcastic comment from Lando seemed to turn into an avalanche of criticism. They remembered the first time theyâd seen him like a hateful comment about himself on Instagramâthe little heart next to a cruel statement, paired with note: âCreator liked this.â It had broken their heart. How could the Lando they loved ever believe such awful things about himself?
After Brazil, it had been clear that he wasnât okay. Heâd barely spoken since coming home, choosing instead to himself. They had given him space, hoping heâd find a way to process his feelings. But by the second morning, when he still hadnât come to bedâalmost forty hours after returning homeâthey knew they couldnât stand by any longer.
That morning, they rose slowly from the bed, a plan beginning to form in their mind. Lanod needed someone to step inâsomeone to remind him he didnât have to face his struggles alone. They were determined to be that person for him. Â They couldnât take it anymore, seeing the person they loved so badly, punishing himself over his âfailures.â
The first step was to confirm where he was. Grabbing their phone, they opened Twitch and navigated to Maxâs stream. After a few moments of watching, they heard Landoâs voiceâtired, strained, but unmistakably his. He was joking with Max, his words clipped, like he was holding himself together with sheer willpower. It was enough to break their heart. They opened their messages with Max.
Thunder's Owner
Lanâs streaming with you rn?
Sent at 7:48 AM.
After a few seconds, Max replied.
Maximilian
Yeah heâs on voice-only.
Sent at 7:50 AM.
Gonna do something about him?
Sent at 7:50 AM.
Max knew. Of course he did. He probably heard the exhaustion in Landoâs voice, the edge self-loathing that came with overthinking. They typed back quickly:
Thunder's Owner
Yeah
Sent 7:52 AM.
Going to unplug his setup and drag him out of there.
Sent 7:52 AM.
Maximilian
Lol.
Sent 7:52 AM.
Iâll keep an eye out for when he disappears.
Sent 7:53 AM.
Thunder's Owner
Thx
Sent 7:54 AM.
They quietly made their way to Landoâs gaming room and eased the door open. Lando sat at his desk, controller in hand, headset clamped over messy curls. He looked worn down, his shoulders slumped as he focused on the screen. His voice through, muted put playful, as he bantered with Max.
For a moment, they just watched him. Even now, he was handsome, but the tiredness in his expression made their chest ache. He deserved rest. He deserved to feel okay. And he wasnât going to get that by sitting here punishing himself.
As soon as Lando died in-game and leaned back in his chair, they seized the opportunity. They crossed the room, catching his attention when they came into view.
âWhyâre youââ Lando began, frowning, but they didnât let him finish. Reaching down, they unplugged everything from the wall.
âWhat the hellââ he exclaimed, spinning around in his chair.
âNo,â they said firmly, cutting him off. âIâm not you hurt yourself anymore. Get up.â
Lando blinked, clearly taken aback. âYou canât just do that!â he protested, but they were already tugging gently at him arm, urging him out of his chair.
âAngel, what are youââ
âNo,â they repeated, their voice steady. âGet up,â
Lando hesitated for a moment before letting out a resigned sigh and standing. They took his hand, leading him out of the gaming room and down the hall to the living room. He didnât resist, but he followed like a man in a daze. Once they reached the couch, they turned to him. âSit,â they said, pointing at the cushions. Lando raised an eyebrow, opening his mouth to argue, but they shook their head. âStay.â
They turned to Thunder, who had been waiting for them in the hallway, and told him, âThunder, guard,â while pointing at Lando.
The dog immediately moved into position, standing alert in front of the couch. Landoâs eyes widened slightly as Thunder fixed him with an unblinking stare. He shifted as if to get up, but Thunderâs stance didnât waver.
âJeez, I wasnât going to get up,â he mumbled to Thunder, but Thunder just sat there and watched him until he fully relaxed back into the couch.
The thought ran through Landoâs head, how he had honestly forgotten how menacing his own dog could look. He knew Thunder was trained, saw reminders of it daily with how he interacted with his partner, but he was still shocked at how trained Thunder really was at that moment.
Thunder was still staring at him when he pulled out his phone from his pocket, opening up his texts with Max.
LN
I was just dragged out of my gaming room and told to sit on the couch and like a dog.
Sent at 8:05 AM.
Not against it, but how tf did they get so determined?
Sent at 8:05 AM.
Thunderâs watching me right now.
Sent at 8:06 AM.
I forgot how menacing he could be.
Sent at 8:06 AM.
*Picture attached.*
Lol.
Sent at 8:06 AM.
Max (The 1st One)
Heâs like âtry me, I dare youâ
Sent at 8:06 AM.
LN
Yeah, I donât particularly want to try him
Sent at 8:07 AM.
Max (The 1st One)
Lol.
Sent at 8:07 AM.
They told me before they did it
Sent at 8:07 AM.
I just let them. Lol.
Sent at 8:07 AM.
LN
Helpful. What if they were trying to  kill me?
Sent at 8:08 AM.
They wouldnât have had to if you kept doing what you were doing.
Sent at 8:09 AM.
Landoâs let out a quiet sigh, Maxâs words sinking in. He glanced at Thunder, who hadnât moved, and felt a pang of guilt. Heâd pushed himself too far again, and this time it had clearly worried his partner.
A few minutes later, his partner walked back into their living room. He thought they looked beautiful, wearing one of his old t-shirts and a pair of boxers. They were entirely focused on the bowl they were carrying, and only looked up when they got close enough to hand it to him. He gently took the bowl, looked into it and saw it was one of his prep meals. While not his favorite breakfast, he knew he just needed to eat first, so he started taking bites.
He glanced up every so often, and each time he did, his partner was just sitting there and watching him eat. Lando almost chuckled at his own thought that they looked just like Thunder when watching him, and he smiled into his bowl at the thought. His partner didnât see his smile, but he continued to eat until he had finished the bowl.
When he was done eating, he set the bowl down, and his partner again pulled him up by the crook of his arm. He just let them do so, having a thought of what was going to happen next.
His partner led them both down the hallway to their bedroom, and opened the door, leading him to sit on their bed, then they turned around and went to close their blinds and draw their black-out curtains to cover up the sunlight from the window. They had turned on their bedside lamp earlier, and the soft orange glow of the lamp permeated the room. They walked past him again, going to close the door after letting Thunder in, then they walked back to their side of the bed, and pulled him to lie down against them.
As he settled against their chest, he felt a bit odd, it being a bit of a difference to feel how much he was loved by them. How much they cared for him. And he finally spoke again, âThank you.â
âAlways, Lan. Always.â They replied, pressing a kiss to his hair.
And for the first time in days, he let himself sleep.
author's note: got inspired to actually write something for once...ty @koalapastries for the inspiration (unknowing inspiration but ty) (also sorry for using your layout outline
comments & reblogs appreciated
and i made the dividers :)
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the way Arcane wasted character in season 2 is actually insane. They gave us good character design but no good character. Especially the new ones. Is there honestly ONE, one you genuinely cried over?
I cried over Mylo and Claggor. I cried over Vander in season 1. I cried over Powder screaming and sobbing after Vi in act 1 of season 1. I felt deep emotional pain over all of this because they gave me character and an understanding of the world we are in. And they did all of that in 3, THREE, episodes.
What did they do with Isha? Well I sure didn't cry when she died. Her character, while interesting just wasn't fleshed out at all. What I felt when they killed her was how idiotic the writers were for that because okay? like huh. They had 5 episodes with Isha and somehow managed to not make me care enough to cry. Not because Isha's potential wasn't there but because killing her was stupid and pointless, just to further another characters pain which could happen way more naturally without introducing a character to die.
What did they do with Loris? They tried to make him Vander (which okay weird why do that? especially if you want to bring Vander back anyway like uhm? what was the sense of introducing Loris as a Vander stand in and then bringing Vander back??). But he WASN'T Vander because they never showed him to be. They just told me he was. Which doesn't work. okay, he died. Did not care. The only thing I felt was rage again because it was so unnecessary and dumb, they could have made a lot with this character.
Maddie. Well Maddie is a whole other thing, isn't she? She was introduced in a way that already raised a lot of eyebrows. But in a "she is a cop" way and not she is on Ambessas side way. There is so much questions coming up with that. Had she been on Ambessa's side from the very start? Even when we first saw her on screen? Did she come with Ambessa? But how was she an enforcer then? Did she always live in Piltover but how did she then turn towards Ambessa? When she made that fist sign, was the plot between Ambessa and her already going, or did it happen after that? Why were we not shown any of this? this is NECESSARY to understand her character and why the end happened. We should have been able to feel betrayed as well but like? I did not feel betrayed I was just like "okay well, that happened off screen I guess."
Steb had not one talking line, like why was he here, was I meant to feel bad when he ran into The Grey, I can't even tell, help.
And then the side characters of Zaun, especially the Jinxers. The one woman who then died with Vi's hand in hers while wearing the uniforms of Piltover. Did not feel sad. Felt absolute huge amount of unfiltered rage. Her character should have MEANT something. I feel they tried to make her mean something but they failed there too.
Lest?? LIKE LEST COULD HAVE ALSO BEEN USED IN SUCH AN INTERESTING WAY. She just never came back. Okay. Great, at least she didn't die but like? Was I meant to get invested? Was I meant to care? Usually I should be able to tell if I should care about a character in a show or not but in Arcane s2 they tried to make me care and failed or if I cared well then they failed, too
anyways just the side characters especially were a huge disappointment this time around.
#did I forget a side character newly introduced?#if so well I guess that furthers my point#arcane#arcane season 2#arcane season 1#arcane spoilers#isha#jinx#steb#maddie#lest#loris#vander#media critical#tv shows#side characters
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Alrighty, here we go. Act III.
Mostly Jayce and Viktor centric, but with some wider thoughts as a whole thrown in. As usual, this is all my opinion, youâre free to disagree with me. Just donât be a dick.
I am torn. Iâm appreciative of the visuals and the JayVik crumbs (even though Christian Linkeâs comments post-show have soured it to queerbait for me). But mostly I am disappointed. And I so badly didnât want to be. I had such high hopes (and thatâs probably my fault. I expected too much). They completely massacred Viktorâs character. There was such beautiful setup in season one of his background as a Zaunite living in Piltover. So much of his lived experience came from thatâthe oppression, the inequality, the xenophobia, the inaccessibility. It formed his opinions and his values, and thatâs why he was so adamantly anti-weapon making. Thatâs why his number one goal was always to help the people in need down in Zaun. They showed us that he was a tinkerer and a builder, that he valued the ingenuity in machinery. They gave us that cute little boat from his childhood and the fucking Hexclaw.
Viktor was supposed to be a Zaunite champion. He was supposed to embrace Techmaturgy as a direct opposition to magic/Hextech. He was supposed to undergo his transformation into the Machine Herald of his own volition, with his own agency and bodily autonomy (yes I know it also stemmed from severe depression and one could argue that it messed with his decision-making, but still⊠he did that shit on his own). And there were so many opportunities to go this route in Arcane, and it would have worked!! If Viktor augmented his hand and his leg, but it cost Sky her life, he could realize the cost of magic, and turn to Tech. He could have been exiled back to Zaun, where he was supposed to be, and then the shitshow really could have unfoldedâhaving one of Hextechâs creators now working for the other side.
And I know they had to change it so that he could be a bigger part of the overall narrative, as his original lore was rather disconnected. But there were much cleaner ways to go about it than disrespecting his entire character arc by turning him into a grimdark edgelord ethereal magic Jesus who no longer notices or even seems to care about the oppression and class warfare going on in his birthplace. Like. Iâm sorry, him âcuringâ Salo? OG Viktor would have taken one look at a representative of the very oppression he stood against and blown him to kingdom come. (And yes, I also realize that he did it in Arcane because he was âunder the influenceâ of the Hexcore, which only wanted to âinfect more people.â But thatâs another problem I have. This was never really made all that clear. And watching him go from âwe will not be building weapons, thatâs not why we invented Hextech/there is always a choice/we were meant to improve lives, not to take themâ to making him turn human beings into weapons?? I donât care that they tried to salvage his character by suggesting he wasnât in control, it still undermines everything about him. And GOD, original League Vik had so much DEPTH. He was a hypocrite, he was still partly human and so he retained pieces/parts of all the things he preached against, which made him a wonderful contradiction. And he had a sense of humor and whimsy too! He enjoyed sweet milk, he cracked dry jokes and was sarcastic as fuck. He had a personality! And now heâs just⊠empty space man blinded by forced apathy.
And I think all of this is part of a larger problemâthey wanted to use Arcane as a stepping stone to future shows, and as such, the class warfare and systemic oppression plot from season one was completely abandoned. They tried to solve it with âwell they have to band together to face a bigger enemy.â Which in my personal opinion is a cheap cop out. There are always bigger fish, that doesnât change the fact that Zaun has been living in Piltoverâs filth with Piltoverâs boot on their neck for generations. Theyâve suffered injustices most of us canât even comprehend. And then suddenly weâre supposed to believe they all band together to face this threat, stand side by side with their oppressors because Jayce made one speech about it? With no proof? And then all they get from the deal is one Zaunite seat on the council? And theyâre okay with that? I never expected the show to solve systemic oppression, but I also didnât expect them to abandon it this spectacularly.
The Noxus/Black Rose plot was clearly thrown in to set up future shows, and to show Netflix/investors/whoever that this massive financial investment has a future. And it destroyed the Piltover/Zaun story. I think this could have been a totally isolated story just about Piltover and Zaun, and been completely successful. In fact, I would have definitely watched future projects despite them not taking place in the setting of Arcane. And Iâm not at all saying I donât like Ambessa and Mel. I was very intrigued by the story of a warmonger like Ambessa facing her comeuppance, not just for her warmongering but for her affair with a damn MAGE. And her daughter trying desperately to break the mold her mother has set for her, while also struggling with who she is and these new, incredible powers she has. That shit is juicy as hell, and honestly should have been its own show. But throwing it into Arcane in season 2 with absolutely no hint of the Black Rose or its impending approach (beyond âthe people who killed your brother donât think the score is settledâ) in season one, it just felt like the aforementioned cop out to get Piltover and Zaun to get along. And in doing so, they steamrolled Viktor to make him a bigger player in the narrative.
Did I like the final astral plane scene with Jayce and Viktor? God, yes. Is it one of the most beautiful confessions of love and eternal devotion I think Iâve ever fucking seen? Also yes. But it kinda feels like a bandaid on a bullet wound. I got the love I always knew remained between Jayce and Viktor, but I paid for it with Viktorâs entire character. Not to mention Christian Linke keeps pouring salt in the fucking wound, denouncing JayVik and âbromancingâ them, and then also suggesting in one interview that Jayce and Viktor are actually fucking dead, and in another that Viktor will be back in future projects (with no mention of Jayce, which suggests that theyâre turning him into Sky 2.0 and that heâs dead but Viktor isnât). And that completely undermines the entire ending of season 2âs âintrinsically entwined/always you/in every universe.â And I know, I shouldnât listen to this dudeâs opinion on the matter, heâs not the only one making this thing, and honestly it was the easiest unfollow/mute of my life. But how hard is it to just shut the fuck up and let people enjoy things? To not comment one way or the other, let people think what they want, and rake in your millions in the process? Havenât you ever heard of rainbow capitalism, my guy?
Ugh. Iâm very sorry for being so negative, I didnât want to be. I still love the show, and Iâd still like to keep writing JayVik, even though itâs just been made near-impossible (Iâm actually really glad that I never finished Oasis now, cuz I can go back to that and expand it well beyond what I originally planned cuz⊠itâs all I have left). Iâm just mourning my cyborg wife, and the fact that goddamn SMEECH had what Viktor was supposed to. Hopefully the more time goes on, I can reconcile these changes and embrace them, cuz I love this fandom, I love this ship, and I donât wanna lose it.
Anyway, I will still be sharing art and memes and posting analyses, because you can like a piece of media and still be critical of it.
#arcane#arcane critical#arcane analysis#jayvik#jayce talis#arcane viktor#Viktor arcane#arcane act 3#arcane act 3 opinion
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GMMTV 2025 Part 1 Unhinged Tangent Thoughts
Well well well, here we go again. gmmtv the first horseman of the QL apocalypse has grace/curse us again with their presence. surely there would be something worth watching out of this branded trash fire. i will left that one het show out because i don't go there but lol, Nanon really is the last bastion for straight people huh? đ€Ł
àžŁàž±àžàčàž«àčàžàžȘàžąàžČàžĄ (The Love of Siam) The Musical : i was 12 when this movie came out so i didn't watched it in theater, only catch it later online when i was in my late teen. tbh i didn't really liked it, i was knee deep in yaoi at that point so i found this movie to be a bit boring. let see how it goes but fornow... no comment.
Dare you to death àčàžàžàžàž”àčàžàčàž àčàž«àčàžàžàžàž”àžàžČàžą : Eeh, not gonna lie i'm not feeling this one fams. joongdunk doesn't sold me as an actors that could do mystery well. i might be wrong but i'm putting this one for a maybe.
àčàž«àžàčàžàžŁàž§àčàžČàžàž§àžàžĄàž±àžàčàžĄàčàžàžčàžàžàž±àž (Head 2 Head) : Only boo! did major disappointed me, and this one seems to be a basic BL so i'm not having much hope. but i still want to see how SeaKeen doing as an growing actors. i'm going to tune in for the first couple EPs then see how it goes.
Burnout Syndrome àž àžČàž§àž°àžŁàž±àžàžàžàž«àžĄàžàčàž : They already got me at Off being naked, and a messy love triangle nonetheless yes plzzzz. glasses guy (i refuse to learn his name) need more workshop, he's too stiff and wooden to sell me on this messy romance he going to has with Gun.
àžàžžàžàž§àžČàžŹàžŁàčàžČàžàžàžł (Whale Store xoxo) : Its looks cute and i do like LoveMilk. another one in the show up for the couple first EPs pile.
Only Friends : Dream On : or as i dubbed Only Firends 2 These Homosexuals are about to get electrocute boogaloo. i refused to watch Only Friends season one and i will refuse this show again. .... will definitely show up for sex scenes that will get cut up an posts on twitter tho.
That Summer àžàžĄàčàžàžàčàžàčàžČàžàžČàžąàžàžàžàžČàžąàž«àžČàž : NOPE! next one plz. jk this one seems boring and basic and i hate prince and princess story in thai media. cuz you know the la majeste law is a thing so they are always come from some imagined country and i just don't like that. this one goes to the never to maybe if i hear some buzz pile.
My Romance Scammer àžŁàž±àžàžàžŁàžŽàž àž«àž„àž±àžàčàžàčàž : Sign me the fuck up! let gooo! i'm in a weddings mood and this one has Hot Ohm as a scammer and Dimple Fluke as a dumb himbo whose marriage someone after knowing them for a month. yessss! this show is specifically made for me and i will be seated! Mark and Junior also there i guess.
àžàž§àžČàžĄàž„àž±àžàčàžàžàžàčàžàž„àžàžàž”àčàžàžŁàžŁàčàž„àžàčàžĄàčàžŁàžčàčàžàž (Melody of Secrets) : this show is not really my style but forcebook is forcebook and i'm an easy whore. plus they did ripped my heart out in that ep of PP. i will be watching with caution cause let be real we have no faith in gmmtv to pull this kind of thing off :P
àžŁàž±àžàžàžŁàžčàčàžàčàžČàčàž„àžàčàž„àžą Love you teacher : *a loud voice of thousand people yelling Shame! Shame! in background, me tapping the mic : Perth might pull this one off y'all. LET ME COOK! hear me out hear me out this trailer is the first time that Perth feels like he understood the assignment. he looks grumpy and tired but also really in love with Santa's character. this is the first time that this boy made me feels things and i'm just happy for him. AND LET ME BE CLEAR i never read any age regression fics before in my life so this is not even in my trash turf. but idk, i feels thing and it's fluffy and nice. so i will be watching, plz don't judge me.
MU-TE-LUV àčàžàžŁàžàčàžàčàž§àžŽàžàžČàžŁàžàžàžČàžàčàžàžàžČàžŁàžŁàž±àžàčàžàž : uhhhhh i'll watch the kathoeys ep and that's it :P
àčàžàžąàčàžŁàž±àžàžàčàž§àžąàčàžĄàž§àčàž„àž”àčàžąàž (Cat for Cash) : i'm not a firstkhaotung boyie so idk seems like another basic one. another one to the maybe pile wooo!
Girl Rules àžàžàž«àž„àž±àž...àž«àčàžČàžĄàžŁàž±àžàčàžàž : Only Friends but for the girls, pass.
àčàžàžŽàžàčàžàžàžĄàčàž«àžĄàč àž«àž±àž§àčàžàž«àž±àžàžŁàž±àž (Boys in love) : Basic highschool BL with PodPapang as a side in 4 couples show?!!? what sin did i commited huh!? gmmtv why are you doing me dirty like this. i will be watching it for the newbies and PodPapang but i will be holding a grudge the entire time.
àžàžłàžàžČàžąàžàžČàžąàžàž±àž (My Magic Prophecy) : My babies are back!!! and Sea is swol, my, my. don't know what to think of it yet also wtf with all the tarot and fortune readings did someone at gmmtv is going through a divorce ??. anyway i'm a royal whore so i will be seated for this one.
àž«àžĄàžČàčàž«àčàžČàčàžàžŁàž·àčàžàžàžàžŽàž (A Dog and A Plane) : TAYNEW is back in a bl fucking finally!! this one seems promising with its plot and the comedy seems strong. poon also in this as a hussy and i can't be more stroke for my boy. i'm a bit worry about class disparity again cause the thai name of this show is "A dog barking at a plane" it's idiom that mean a lower class person pursuing someone out of their status. we got burned before with peaceful property so holding out hope that we'll not to going get burn again.
àžĄàž”àžȘàžàžŽàž«àžàčàžàžąàžàžžàžàžàž”àžŁàč (Me and Thee) : Phuwin doing comedy inner monologue?! You son of a bitch i'm in. although Fish upon the sky sucked ass in terms of plot imo it was one of the best BL comedy coming out of thailand in recent years and this show reminded me so much of that. at worst it going to be funny nonsense of a show, so what could possibly go wrong hehe (plz don't fuck this up gmmtv.)
WU : Oh hell no! this show is going to be a bromance i've learned my leason from PP and i will not going there again. its looks cool but i'm not doing it I CAN'T!
àžàžČàž€àžàžŁàžàžŽàžàžČ (Memoir of Rati) : i'm not fan of period piece but this one seems angsty and queer. and maybe second time's the charm for greatinn. they also uses a cheap trick of Great's oilly naked body to lure us in like the siren song of abs and sadly that worked for me đ
Ticket To Heaven àčàžàčàžàžàžČàžąàčàžĄàčàčàžàžȘàž§àžŁàžŁïżœïżœàč : G4 are not in a cutesy BL Wowoh! i really like the trailer for this one. the thai name for this show is "Boys/Boy don't goes to heaven" and it's make me get all the feels. i'm intrigued and excited for this one the most cause this one doesn't feels like a typical gmmtv show and against all odd i will hope they could deliver.
Welp let see, i'm excited for 5 out of what 20 shows?? oohh boy gmmtv really in the we throwing things untill something stick era ain't they. i think i'm in the more hopeful side of people whose has been burned by gmmtv. so i'm really hoping that the more unique shows that they got would actually turn out great cause despite what i've said lately about Thai BL, i'm very passionate about them and want to see them do well. i want to see Thai BL and Thai media in general to be someday be recognized on the global level, and gmmtv with all it woes is still the leading voice in this industry. i want them to learns and grow out of this idol manufacturer mindset, which maybe a wishful thinking but i'm still going to be holding up hope for a better days for Thai BL. any fucking way don't fuck Ticket To Heaven up gmmtv or i will be doing cursing ritual on you!
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My last post for tonight
Paige- P actually played pretty well. She did shoot well and I saw her playing more selfishly and hunting down her shot more. I know some people think she went incognito in the 3rd but she was being thrown around out there (partially by herself because she slipped more times than I can count) and I feel like she just became a little discombobulated. And I know she was in her head about those 5đ„Ž turnovers but she has to work on not letting that stuff carry into the next play. Regardless sheâs not perfect and I know people expect her to play as if she is because she spoils us with her precision but pls keep that in mind. Iâm sure sheâs hard enough on herself she doesnât need us chewing her out lol. And again⊠she was the leading scorer.
Azzi- Azzi mf Fudd. I donât even know what to say. Everyone who said we didnât need her can put a sock in it because after tonight I donât wanna hear shi. Thereâs a reason sheâs top 5 on most mock drafts without even having played a full season yet. Put some respect on her name. Her 3rd game back and she was still the second leading scorer. She actually saved us during the 3rd and it makes me happy to see how confident she is in her body. Also so glad to see her not limiting herself to the 3pt line. She honestly looks better than ever and Iâm so excited to see where this season takes her. And Iâm expecting to see her in the starting lineup from here on out.
Everyone else was a little disappointing. Basically all of our points came from the splash sisters which is unacceptable. I give Sarah and Jana some grace because theyâre freshman and still adjusting but everyone else pls lock in. Kaitlyn needs to play like a vet. KK needs to stop driving to the basket as if sheâs a foot taller than she actually is. Ashlynn needs to be consistent. I need her first 3 to start falling instead of having to put it up 3 times before it goes in. And if I see Ice shoot another 3 Iâm gonna crash out because why are we doing that with time on the shot clock? That should be the last resort. Also I would like to see if in games like these we can bring Allie in to put up some 3s because right now P is the only one and thatâs not gonna cut it.
-Overall I liked seeing how we dealt with this level of physicality and aggression. Also we needed a game like this to work through how we fight back (we still need to work on this because it canât be just Paige and Azzi). Lastly I never wanna see anyone play on that court again. They were slipping and sliding like they were on an ice rink and it made me so nervous the entire game.
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2024-25 Season Prediction Survey Results
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The second PWHL season looms heavy on the horizon, and with preseason camps underway, the prospect of change, a new season with new storylines and new team names and logos and new players, haunts us all. We may not all be sports experts, but after watching the first season for months and eagerly awaiting the second, we all have our own ideas of how season two might go. Whether theyâre logical ideas or not will be seen upon the future, but I, lover of data and spreadsheets, decided to gather up all your opinions and predictions of how season two will go, from the biggest honor (The Walter Cup) to random questions regarding trades and penalty minutes
Team Predictions -
This was the easy part of the form. Minimal prior knowledge, you didnât even need to know the team names because I put them all in as multiple choice questions. Hypothetically everyone could have just picked randomly and I wouldnât be any the wiser. That being said, some interesting trends emerged from you folks, some predictable and some less so.
Walter Cup Winners: Boston Fleet or Montreal Victoire (35.3%)
This was probably one of the closest races beneath the team with only about a single vote difference between Boston winning it all and Montreal winning it all at any one time. As an entirely unbiased Boston fan and casual Montreal enjoyer, I think this prediction is definitely founded in something. Montreal and Boston project to be two of the stronger teams, but I also think Iâm biased if only because of how many Montreal and Boston fans I see in comparison to other teams. With all that being said, Iâd be disappointed but not surprised if some other less represented team (Seriously does no one believe New York can win? Even Ottawa got a single vote and yâall really hated Ottawa) wins it going away after a hot season. But as my father always says, thatâs why we play the game and this game/series in particular is quite a far ways away.
Walter Cup Runner Ups: Montreal Victoire (35.3%)
Honestly, I was expecting pretty similar results for this question as the question above, after all if the general consensus is that one of those two teams will win the cup, then one of them would have to lose it, right? Well Montreal was right up there, but unexpectedly Toronto came in second with 24% of people having enough faith in Toronto getting to the finals and then very little faith in them actually winning it, girlfailures that they are. Montreal tied with them to get second in the cup, followed by Boston (please god donât let it come to that I donât think my heart could take two years in a row) and then the mish mash of the Sirens, Frost, and Charge.Â
First in the standings: Toronto Sceptres (32.4%)
So Montreal was leading this right up until I was actually writing and then I had to completely change my paragraph mid writing which was so much fun and definitely not irritating at all, but Toronto overtook Montreal for first, aiming for that repeat first in the standings and dare I be speaking sacrilege against the Victoire (who I do like more than the Sceptres) I honestly think they have a better chance. Like a 45% chance vs. a 40% chance. Boston carried up third place in voting and as much as I love the Fleet I think lots of things would have to go right for that to happen (another stunning season by Frankel, more consistent offense, an actual power play, so on and so forth).Â
Additionally, as much as I hate to say it, I think weâre seriously underselling Minnesota, just because they made some inadvisable choices during the off season doesnât mean they still arenât largely the team who won the Walter cup and has theoretically gotten better during the offseason. Then again, Iâd be as happy as anyone to see them crash and burn a little bit so itâs all speculatory. New York got a grand total of two votes but Iâm secretly rooting for them to surprise some people. Ottawa got none, but we can cover that in the next section.
Last in the standings: Ottawa Charge (52.9%)
Guys. Guys, really? Ottawa fans, I am begging you, come represent your team because this is embarrassing. Like I donât know much about what Ottawaâs been up to other than rebuilding the Czech National Team (shout out to Carla Macleod I am manifesting you knowing what you are doing). Like they werenât bad last year, they were second in goals for, and they did lose a bit but they had tons of overtime losses which means they were in the games. Hell, they were very nearly in the playoffs, they were in the same category as Minnesota and Boston, the two finalist teams! Apparently my unpopular opinion is that Ottawa isnât going to suck (They hopefully have two solid goalies now so Masch wonât be overworked, they signed some good players, I feel like Iâm going crazy.) Otherwise, thereâs not much notable in this section other than some doubt about the Sirens and the Frost (lord let it be the Frost /j) but shoutout to the one person truly going against the grain and saying that Montreal is gonna get dead last, I applaud your bravery.
The Four Playoff Teams:
This question was a little less straightforward so weâre gonna split it into three sections. The (Predicted) Shoe-ins, The Contenders, and Ottawa.
The (Predicted) Shoe-ins -Â
The Sceptres, the Victoire, and the Fleet all had about 30 votes with nearly 90% of respondents selecting them each as one of the potential playoff teams. This fits pretty well with the previous votes of the Walter Cup winners and runner ups, so I wasnât too surprised at any of these. All of these teams should have a decent shot at the playoffs and my own mostly unfounded misgivings about the Sceptres aside, this is all pretty reasonable and I largely think thereâs a good chance that this is how it goes..
The Contenders -Â
The Frost and the Sirens were pretty evenly matched, about half of yâall voted that theyâd be one of four playoff teams and I generally agree that they both have a pretty good shot at the playoffs so there isnât much to talk about here. Iâd personally be more excited for the Sirens to make a run at the playoffs, I think they have a chance to be good after last season and hopefully put some things together over the summer, but we shall see.
Ottawa -Â
You know I already wrote a whole ramble about this and since then Ottawa beat Boston 6-1 in the preseason and I think they heard how little faith you guys had in them and decided to take it out on my team. Thatâs all Iâm gonna say on that.
The Trade Predictions:
These answers were definitely a bit less clear cut due to the nature of the question, after all itâs a lot easier to say who you think will be good than try and get into the head of GMs and coaches, but a few trends emerged nonetheless. The Frost, the Sirens, and the Charge all got 19 or 20 apiece and I think it makes a bit of sense. After all the Sirens and the Charge seemingly stand the most to gain through trade having missed the playoffs, and from later responses those who voted Minnesota were manifesting a Britta Curl trade which Iâll refrain from judging at the moment. I will say Iâm a bit surprised that less people voted for Boston, after all unless my memory is entirely wrong they had the most trades over the course of last season and seem to hold very few qualms about it.
0.500+ Winning Percentage: Montreal Victoire (84.8%)
Guys, I respect this take, Iâm 90% sure this was one of my votes for an above .500 team as well, but may I speak a little bit of heresy against the Victoire? Like theyâre gonna be good, I donât have doubt in that, but I donât know if theyâre gonna be that decisively good. Theyâre a bit injured which could lead to a rocky start and do we all still remember how much they relied on those top few players especially in the playoffs? Iâm pretty sure in the Boston series their fourth line may have gotten less than ten minutes overall which Iâm not an expert on hockey but isnât a whole thing about balancing ice time and having solid lines all the way through so your stars arenât having absurdly long nights (shout out to Erin Ambrose you deserve a gun)?
Otherwise this follows the general trends of the playoffs with a bit more faith in the Frost than in the Sirens, a reasonable amount for the Fleet and Sceptres, and absolutely none in Ottawa which I think weâll all come to regret but Iâve said my piece about that already so I wonât beat a dead horse into the ground.
Higher Goals For than Goals Against: Toronto Sceptres (68.8%)
This risks getting into actual smart people hockey stuff that I am by no means an expert in, so I wonât spend too long other than to just share the results. Toronto and Montreal are the only two teams with a confidence rate of over 50%, followed by Boston, Minnesota, New York, and Ottawa. I think itâs interesting to think about potential offensive numbers but really canât speak much to how accurate these have the chance of being because my main reaction is âhuh yeah thatâs a statistic people can make predictions onâ
Player Predictions -
This definitely was a lot less definitive on almost all fronts, and I joked while advertising this that you could just type in MPP for all the answers and get half of them right, which seems to be the approach that some of you took. Itâs fair, but expect a lot of repetition looking at these charts due to that because she is just that pervasive. Iâll try to mention as many players you guys picked as possible but you might have to look at the charts because I am neither an expert in all players nor a good enough writer to say anything other than âYeah thatâs certainly a playerâ
Above 1.00 points per game played: Marie Philip-Poulin (13 votes)
And here is the start to our MPP sweep, starting strong off the bat, about half of the 26 answers to this question included her which makes sense. She was second only to Natalie Spooner last season, with 1.1 pt/g and unless something weird happens I see no reason to suspect otherwise from her. I honestly didnât expect as many other players to be suggested, after all it was only Natalie Spooner and Marie Philip-Poulin which makes sense, itâs an impressive statistic, but everyone seemed to have their favorites. Sarah Nurse was one player who hasnât really been on my radar but you guys seem to like her, for this question and a bunch of other ones. I personally am partial to a Hilary Knight comeback season from this list but would be interested to see anyone make that jump.
In the Top Ten Points Getters: Marie Philip-Poulin (15 votes)
Everyone raise their hands if theyâre surprised MPP won this in a landslide, oh wait literally no one is surprised I could have told you this when it was literally only my vote on the board. Youâll learn very quickly that oftentime the runaway winner of these simple questions arenât really the interesting ones, itâs everyone else that got nominated that you can really dig into. Everyone who got top 10 last year, 18-27 points was up here in this list except Brianne Jenner and Katerina Mrazova which Iâm chalking up to you guyâs Ottawa hate. Shoutout to Tobi and the one other person who voted for Gabbie Hughes and also Ronja Savolainen, you are the real ones rooting for the Charge.
Also I donât know if itâs because with Natalie Spooner just kind of ruled the world coming out of Toronto I was completely blindsided by Sarah Nurse on most of these questions sorry Nursey I forgot you existed a little bit hopefully the Toronto girlies donât tear me apart for that one.
PIMPG Over 1.00 Minutes: Abby Roque (16 votes)
The certainty of the questions ticks up by one for the next few and as much as everyone believed in MPP being awesome overall, one more person believed in Abby Roque being a criminal on skates and/or overly penalized, I didnât leave room for that distinction. Tereza VaniĆĄovĂĄ earned the dubious distinction of second place but only with 6 votes and Emma Maltais earned third with a measly 3. Not a ton of Rookie representation here but Iâll be interested to see if any of this draft class take up this mantle. Also shoutout to the two people who voted Kaleigh Fratkin despite her not playing thatâs so real and valid of you.
Save Percentage Over 0.920: Aerin Frankel (17 votes)
With the most votes of any player for a single category, Aerin Frankel, The Green Monster, love of my life and the blockade of the Boston Fleet, absolutely swept this category. I might have been thinking this in my head, but itâs good to see my Frankel love reaffirmed for the upcoming season because she deserves it all. And maybe a gun if Boston decides to have a few repeat performances from last year (cough two fifty+ save games in a row cough). The goalie questions have an inherently smaller pool so there were fewer surprises because as a certified goalie lover I try to keep tabs on the situation in net across the league. Iâm shocked ARD didnât get as much of a nod here from Montreal fans but suppose the appeal of Montreal is dissimilar to Boston in that regard as you theoretically have a consistent offense.
20+ Games Started as a Goalie: Aerin Frankel (16 votes)
Honestly Iâm surprised Maschmeyer didnât run away with this question because if itâs who Iâd like to see start 20 games and do wonderfully itâd definitely be Frankel but I think with the possible addition of Klara Peslarova Boston shouldnât be overly reliant on her with Soderburg and potentially Peslarova to back her up. I suppose it might be overwhelming faith in Gwyneth Phillips to be a solid number 2 in Ottawa but she wasnât that represented in other goalie questions so maybe it was just an oversight considering Masch had the most starts of any goalie in the league last year. More interestingly, I respect the one person who refrained from answering and basically said that thereâs so much depth in the league that no goalie will get 20 out of 30 starts. Iâm not sure if itâs accurate, but the depth is real so itâs possible.
Billie Jean King (MVP) Nominee: Marie-Philip Poulin (10 votes)
And now weâre officially back in MPP territory and Iâm not gonna spend too much time breaking this down because yeah. If Poulin has a repeat performance from last season and Spoonerâs out for a significant portion of the season on LTIR, itâs her award to lose. But letâs look at some of the people you think she has the chance to lose it to. Once again you guys are on the Sarah Nurse train and you know what I support. Seeing the team ratios, lots of Toronto, a smattering of everyone else, no Ottawa, is definitely interesting but Iâm not nearly smart enough to make conclusions as to what that means so Iâll leave it up to you to decide. (Something something teams with depth might have less obvious candidates if theyâre all kicking in?)
Forward of the Year Nominee: Marie-Philip Poulin (10 votes)
Wow. MPP for forward of the year, who possibly could have predicted this. Definitely not me. And yes, you all are probably right but thatâs not interesting! Thatâs not fun and cool and interesting so letâs move on. More Sarah Nurse love in this house and I think I can confidently say there arenât very many of you confident in a repeat performance from Spooner/think her injured status will prevent her from potentially making this list. Itâs a bit more prominent but thereâs definitely a big Daryl Watts faction of supporters and honestly I endorse this. I might not be a huge Toronto girlie but I always have a soft spot for players who move teams and she just seems like a very easy person to root for. I just hope she doesnât do too well against Boston this Saturday <3
Defender of the Year Nominee: Ella Shelton and Erin Ambrose (7 votes)
See isnât this fun, isnât this interesting, a tie for first place and none of them are named Marie-Philip Poulin! (ignore the fact she isnât eligible) Honestly, I think Ella Shelton and Erin Ambrose are the obvious but objectively correct candidates. They were both nominated and both deserving but I think Shelton was a little robbed, after all she was second in points for her team as a defender and fifth yes thatâs right, fifth place for points overall. But alas Erin Ambrose is a titaness and also deserved the award so thatâs not the point. The point is I think Iâm slightly biased towards Shelton between our two winners. As our runners up, weâre really feeling that Sophie Jaques love and I might be anti-Minnesota but I canât bring myself to be ant-Sophie Jaques. Of course I endorse Keller (Go Fleet!) and canât say I know enough about the rest of these players defensively to speak definitively on their chances.
Goalie of the Year Nominee: Aerin Frankel (13 votes)
Peace and love on planet earth thereâs not much to say that I didnât already say in the save percentage or games started section so I wonât dawdle too much here other than to say that there was a little less variation of who you thought would be nominated versus who you thought would have a good season (starting 20+ times, high save percentage). You guys tend to stick with proven goalies, which makes sense and I canât see any place Iâd disagree other than to say I think that if Corinne Schroeder keeps up her save percentage (higher than Soupy last year) and New York lets her see less of a volume of shots (she saw about 31 per game as compared to Campbellâs 24) by actually playing defense, she could separate a bit from the other goalies in the league. Iâm always rooting for Aerin Frankel and think she got robbed last year, so if she stays the Green Monster she was last season I think she has a really good chance.
Rookie of the Year Nominee: Sarah Fillier (12 votes)
This really reaffirmed for me that most of us have absolutely no clue anything about the depth of this rookie class. Of the nine players named, â
of them were the first round of the draft, one of them isnât even a rookie (Sorry Daryl Watts you wonât be getting this piece of hardware), and Curl and Daniel were second and third round picks respectively. Meanwhile over 20 rookie skaters got points in the preseason games alone and only Serdachny and Fillier from this list got more than 1 point. The rest of those seven players were all but forgotten. And I get it, preseason is preseason, but my prediction is weâll have a few unexpected standouts who really break out in the league when no one really saw them coming. I donât think Sarah Fillier will be snubbed with nominations, her preseason hatty proved that sheâs coming out on all cylinders, but I wouldnât be surprised if the other two are people not listed here. We shall see.
Significantly Better Year (Pt/G increased by at least 0.4): Hilary Knight (7 votes)
Listen, I might be biased as she is the Captain of the Fleet (which sounds so cool and I do need art of her in a pirate uniform immediately if not sooner) but I personally am rooting for a Hilary Knight revenge tour. I think we saw it at the rivalry series and in the single preseason game she graced the ice with her presence, but I think sheâs the type of player who underperformed last season and is now prepared to rip the league a new one. This was definitely one of the more varied questions with most candidates getting 1 or 2 votes so Iâll let you make your own opinions though I will say a lot of you are on the Daryl Watts train and think sheâll find her footing in Toronto. My one note is Iâm not sure if some of you got the question because there are some candidates here (Sarah Nurse most notably) who had great and/or good seasons (above 0.5 points per game) and going up by 0.4 or more would mean theyâd become transcendent players on the same level as the Spooners and Poulins of last season. Iâm not saying youâre wrong, Iâm just saying thereâs only so high players can go reasonably.
Involved in a Trade: Britta Curl (2 votes)
If the last question was a wide field of answers, this was a complete crapshoot. Aside from what I assume are two Minnesota fans hoping to dump Britta Curl on some other team, everyone else seems to be selected at random, so I wonât bother with any conjecture, you can observe and draw conclusions for yourself.
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Tonightâs thought
Letâs talk about Nicola Coughlan, Jake Dunn, Luke Newton, and this whole messy situation. Because, honestly, Iâm baffled, frustrated, and trying to make sense of whatâs real versus what people want to be real.
First, letâs address the Lukola fans (myself included): thereâs this belief among some fans that Nicola and Luke are secretly in a relationship. The proof? âCrumbs.â Literally crumbs. What are crumbs, you ask? Theyâre the little moments people cling to: behind-the-scenes clips, interviews, photos where theyâre smiling at each other, or moments where their characters (Colin and Penelope) are obviously acting and showing their chemistry. And yes, their chemistry on Bridgerton is undeniableâitâs what makes Polin work. But letâs be real: theyâre actors. Their job is to sell their attraction so people will watch the show. Thatâs the point of their work.
Outside of playing their characters, WT (walking and talking outside of work or being seen interacting) is also thrown in as âevidence,â but even then⊠theyâre colleagues! Of course, theyâre going to have some level of friendliness. So whereâs the solid proof? Why is this idea of them being secretly together so persistent? Why do we cling to the crumbs but never acknowledge the lack of an actual loaf?
Now letâs flip the narrative to what everyone is actually talking about: Nicola and Jake Dunn (JD). Thereâs been so much speculation and, honestly, the evidence there is glaring. Pictures of them in Malta, NYC, concerts, dinners with friendsâand not just casual group shots. Thereâs that one where theyâre holding hands outside a restaurant, and you canât convince me they were expecting paparazzi there. And her phone screensaver? Him. She even just posted a photo to her 6.5 million Instagram followers with him casually in the background. Are we really going to pretend she didnât know what she was doing there? Isnât that confirmation at this point?
Hereâs where Iâm stuck: if Nicola wants to keep her life private (which is absolutely her right), why is she feeding the narrative of being in a relationship with JD? She hasnât done anything to deny it, and her actions seem to support it more and more. Posting a picture with him in the background, allowing herself to be seen holding hands with him in public, attending multiple events togetherâthese arenât the actions of someone trying to shut down rumors. If anything, it feels like sheâs subtly confirming the relationship without outright saying the words. Why is she adding fuel to the fire if she doesnât want people talking about it?
And letâs be honest, if she were doing all of this with Lukeâpublic outings, dinners, intimate moments, social media postsâthe fandom would absolutely lose its mind declaring them a couple. So why is the narrative different because itâs JD? Why is this relationship so downplayed by some fans when sheâs doing all but holding up a neon sign that says, âYes, Iâm with himâ?
Hereâs where Iâm torn. Do I want her to be with Luke? Absolutely. Theyâre adorable together, their chemistry is off the charts, and yes, it would be a fan dream come true. But⊠if sheâs with JD, itâs honestly upsetting. Letâs address the elephant in the room: heâs 13 years younger. Thirteen. Thatâs not a small age gap, especially when sheâs closer to 40 and heâs just barely into adulthood. Itâs hard not to feel frustrated about it. The power dynamics, the life experience gapâit just doesnât sit right with me.
And what if she comes out sheâs actually with JD and confirms a long-term relationship? What excuse would fans have then? How would Lukola survive off these crumbs if the whole loaf is clearly JD? Would people still deny it or cling to some âoh, theyâre just friendsâ narrative?
This whole situation is just confusing. I like Nicola and want her to be happy, but the mixed signals are maddening. If sheâs with JD, I canât help but feel disappointed for personal reasons (again, that age gap). If sheâs not, why does it look so much like she is? Why is there so much effort in keeping it vague? And why does Lukola live off crumbs when thereâs clearly no solid proof?
Maybe I should just leave and block anything related to Nicola and stick to reading Polin fanfiction. At least there, we know how the story ends. This is what happens when you ship real peopleâitâs exhausting, messy, and makes you question why you cared in the first place.
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Hereâs what I know, one of the co-creators denied in an interview that there was anything romantic about jayvik. When I wrote the tags I hadnât actually listened to it, only heard people saying. I did look for the original video to answer, and here it is:
So though he doesnât outright say theyâre a straight bromance, he does still fall into that common argument of âoh itâs like men canât be friends and people want to put romance in everythingâ which as you pointed out, itâs just not true. So yeah, jayvik was, according to him, not meant to be romantic at all (or queer platonic, as far as we can tell. Wouldnât be surprised if that concept wasnât even considered), just a complex friendship. Itâs also not lost to me that he emphasizes the âhumans are really complexâ but never with a âso multiple interpretations can be validâ, which to me does seem like insisting against those interpretations.
I have heard however (and this time I have no source) that some animators and voice actors did ship jayvik and that it informed the final product, informed the animation. But as far as âword of godâ goes, one of the creators clearly wasnât on board and denied the romantic tones clearly seen. Which is completely different to how LoK creators acted in the aftermath of Korrasami, and why to me it felt so disappointed. His interview is more akin to 2010s queerbainting than it is to a trailblazer like Korrasami. Such missed potential.
But, for now as far as I am aware this is all the âoficialâ response we got. Perhaps itâs too early to judge from one of the creators alone. But I wonât be holding my breath.
okay so a couple more nuanced thoughts about the whole JayVik thing
if you're not satisfied with the ending we got for them, I get it.
I know ppl have been handing this around celebrating that all the queers get something in Arcane but. I mean, MAN if this lineup isn't a perfect illustration of where there's still work to be done when it comes to equal treatment of queer relationships in media.
but at the same time, personally, I'm still mostly satisfied with what we got. and not because of "let men be platonic friends". cause jfc how often do we have to say it: they are never anything BUT platonic friends. "the moment is stronger because it's platonic" look, as a whole ass aspec person: shut. the moment would not have been cheapened by a queer kiss. but I digress.
the reason I'm alright with this might be because I expected worse. like, way worse. that, and also this moment did not feel cynical to me, or queerbait-y, or like it was trying to satisfy all sides. it felt very earnest to me.
and I haven't kept up with creator interviews or anything, but from what I've gathered, there seems to have been a certain. lack of unity? when it comes to how the different parties viewed the relationship between JayVik, starting with LoL's notorious reluctance to confirm male characters' queerness, and ending with statements from writers and staff being pretty contradictory when it comes to these two.
so personally, this looks to me like a situation that might be a bit similar to Korrasami. it's giving "we all know what this is, but this is as far as we can/are willing to go."
do I still think that's kind of unfair? yeah.
do I have a couple other gripes with Arcane, and esp its ending? you know it! (mostly as in. Jinx is not really dead. right? you can't be fr about that.)
but when I add everything up, I'm walking out of this with a very positive tally. and that includes JayVik. and I think recognizing that there's still work to be done is important, but I also think if you're handed one of the most epic queer love stories in history, even if it doesn't dare speak its name, it's alright to be happy about it!
#Iâm not really that well informed on the production of arcane so please donât trust me#Iâm mostly repeating what I heard around#arcane spoilers
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Yall bare with me. I watched a new show with gays in it.
#YES ITS STEVEN UNIVERSE#honestly i didnt watch it for so long bc the fandom from what i gathered was RANCID like the infighting i saw???? horrific#im just here for the fun gay relationship drama and hearttugging plot and pretty animation#anyways i finished the whole series and we started the new Future show and eh the new ones fine so far?#not disappointed but also like Why Are We Here#i wanted more but it got wrapped up pretty tightly#like...... so far the new one just feels like Hey Remember All This?????#i do!!! i just watched all of it!!!#again its not bad. but stories end for a reason ya know?
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i really donât think itâs âtypical dragon age fandom nonsenseâ for people to be genuinely upset about the world state choices. combat, level design, art direction, gameplay gimmicks, those have all varied across each dragon age game. the one thing thatâs remained constant are nods to our previous choices.
i wasnât expecting my HoF to come riding in on a griffon, but i canât find a monument dedicated to warden tabris somewhere around the anderfels? lucanis couldnât have some lines about the time that one arainai boy was stirring up trouble in antiva city? youâre gonna tell me that making a mage the new divine wouldnât have some impact on nevarra and antiva? on the anderfels, the supposed most devout militant andrastian nation in thedas? youâre saying nobody in the north is paying attention to who rules orlais or ferelden? come on.
#dragon age#yes iâve seen john eplerâs explanation on only wanting to carry forward choices that they could âreally do something with.â#and i understand what heâs saying and iâm curious to see how those 3 choices they brought forward will impact the story!!#but iâm still disappointed. and i think telling people why they shouldnât be disappointed is just gonna make them More disappointed.#also donât really appreciate dev comments like âcareful what you wish for with cameos. it just gives us an excuse to find new and horrific#ways to kill your faves teehee đ€đ€â like okay???????? what???#alistair came back twice & could be fine both times. loghainâs inquisition cameo was so meaningful because who the hell expected to see him#again? leliana can straight up die in origins and yall brought her back anyways. like what are we doing out here.#also when i think of âtypicalâ nonsense for this fandom itâs people doxxing each other over fictional character opinions. or what#fictional side your fictional inquistor took in the fictional mage-templar war. or just plain old racism.#NOT âdamn itâs fucking upsetting that this excited replay iâve been doing of the previous games and all the recommending iâve been doing#for new fans to play the other games before veilguard has turned out to be pretty fucking pointless.â#might as well tell someone to watch a letâs play of trespasser and thatâs it.#11/26 in a hater mood so iâm turning rbs back on lol. go forth & be petty
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Hey Digital Extremes, why are you limiting our play style to only one romance? Thought this game was about player choice. Let us choose to have the gameplay option of polyamory! đ
There should also be a platonic New Years night option too that involves no romance for those not comfortable with it!
#Amir Eleanor Aoi & Lettie are all looking real nice đ» I need to go to the höllvania central mall more often awooga#Iâm super disappointed that youâre asking us to pick only one in a game where we have the freedom of choice at our finger tips#signed a polyamorous tenno who wants some casual polyamory rep in this game plz thanks#no but seriously Digital Extremes Iâm begging hands & knees here give us polyam rep NOW#Iâm demanding this; monogamy makes me uncomfortable give us the option to choose multiple NOW please#the heteronormativity of only kissing one person on New Years is very disappointing & I mean that genuinely#also they are all flirting with each other anyway as is in the relay (aside from the siblings of course)#so why canât we flirt with multiple of them too?? it just feels like a waste of an interesting idea kinda also make a aromantic path too#Iâm aware Arthur Nightingale & Eleanor are siblings but let us CHOOSE multiple partners to kiss for New Years dang it!#Quincy is also super hot so like having us choose only one feels very limiting & yes I'm being for real asking for this#there is time to improve this feature DE please im being so fr right now#maybe hanging out with the 2 nightingale siblings on new years night can be the aromantic option; im just saying! đ#new years night with a nonmonogamy & aromantic option please & thank you; not asking for much here; I'm really not#warframe 1999#warframe spoilers#warframe#tennocon 2024#tennocon#the hex#the hex syndicate
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it just hit me that the movie is coming out next month imgonna throw upppppppp
#to be clear this isnt an excited post this is a scared post .#i feel kinda guilty about it with how excited i was about the first 2 movies#but i just cant be anymore paramount and the scu have disappointed me so much within the past year in so many ways ......#shadow is one of my favorite characters his lore makes me go crazy and is one of the things that pulled me into loving sonic so much#but i literally felt nothing while watching that trailer aside from confusion at some of the writing choices being made#like i wasnt expecting an exact recreation of sa2 but why is sonic working with gun . wtf is gerald doing here . why are there no girls .#the only positives to me were things that were cool visually . which doesnt outweigh all the things that have annoyed/disappointed me#like who cares about another cool sonic and shadow fight scene we already have plenty of those .#Anyway. saw some of those new promotional images.#i swear to god if they actually start calling shadow+eggman+gerald team dark#like they suggested they might in that survey from a while back#im gonna become the joker for real#(insert the NO that is NOT solid snake image but it says team dark instead)#also maybe im taking the hedgehog games way too seriously here#but having gerald still be alive and present in some form feels like such a bad idea from a story perspective ... like .#for one shadow lost Everything in the gun raid having gerald still be here feels like its undermining that in a way#but also gerald's whole thing in sa2 is being long dead but still impacting the story despite that . why is he ALIVEEEE#and why is he here over rouge ???? do they just hate women or something#(before someone goes ''it would take too much time/money to animate another cgi character''#maybe the movies should have just been fully animated if that sort of thing was a concern . just saying)
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god i finally watched new episodes my honest reaction is jgiwoaoKzmxmkwkakkak
#it kinda doesnt feel real for me idk why#like i do not actually process all of it??#tho I DO have ideas and thinking i did pay attention#maybe i've just had a wild day i guess#but also oh god vex'ahlia broke my heart#twice#first time were when scanlan was talking how he couldn't be at two places at the same time to help 'em and she said nobody gives a fuck#i feel so bad for scanlan rn i love him#haven't watched campaing to the bard's lament yet but oh fuck im too spoiled i do know what happens where (a little bit)#the second time was when she said she really cares for percy i started crying at that moment#also im a lil bit disappointed cuz i thought we would get percys death and vex's spech but we got âi open the door completly nakedâ scene ->#and im very happy we got it like oh wow i didn't expect that#but idk im just a girl and i love percahlia's slowburn#since i watched 64 eps of actual campaign it become hard for me to not compare campaign and tlovm cuz obviosly its very different#but with percahlia in tlovm we don't have hours and hours of campaign context#(we don't have percy making her arrows)#and i understand why cuz 100+ streams 3+ hours each is one thing and animated series with 12 eps of 25 minutes is another#but as i said previosly it is very hard for me to not compare it#by the way i do think changes in tlovm make sense#cuz like?? i think vex is more sharpy in tlovm than in campaign?? like#like she punced scanlan in first season and in campaign they are kinda good friends and i really love them??#*punched#and i think she's more ?? bossy i guess?? idk how to put it into words but in my head it makes sense âi open the door completly nakedâ ->#goes earlier than âi shouldve told you its yoursâ cuz shes playing pretend even more than in campaign???#acts like its casual when its actually isnt AT ALL#and im glad percy said âwhat is it i wantâ to vex cuz its kinda like that scene in campaign when percy talked to vax#when he called them all family for the first time and said he's trying to find what he wants in life#i love percy and vax dynamic btw#i wanted to write even more here but apparently i can do only 30 tags wtf#they want me to actually write posts oh no. hate to put it all in tags but im too nervous abt posting on the internet
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ohhh, da fandom, how i've not fucking missed you lmaooo the new game's release is still a month away but already i'm reminded exactly why i became convinced i'd never want anything to do with that franchise again. jesus christ. except this time im 30 and hopefully better at tailoring my online experience to not exhaust me & make me pissed and anxious (even if half of da tumblr is like. already laser-focused on making this a shit experience for everyone who stumbles upon their fuckass posts huh hfgjhjhjd)
anyway i'm listening & learning & blocking even MORE tags & not looking at SHIT until i play the game myself <3 For Real this time. "oh but surely it's just an innocent opinion and not a spoiler or anything--" that is the devil talking. all posts abt veilguard rn are full of shit, on account of The Game Isn't Fucking Out Yet How Are You Guys Already Having Novel-Length Opinions (TM)!!!! anyway i simply don't need that kind of energy in my life
i enjoy these games too much to be chased outta here by deranged drama i'm not even a part of again đ get fucked & god unbless
#don't mind this both the readmore and the tags are just one long rant on the topic of Bitching About The Dragon Age Fandom <3#personal blah#sdjhfjkj that one post making fun of this fandom and its drama and callouts.... it really is LITERALLY like that no exaggeration#y'all are so fuckin stupid god bless! idk what's funnier#the people who already formed a full comprehensive opinion abt the game based on the spoilers and scraps of news we've been given#(the opinion is of course that it's All Bad!! what else!! 'veilguard will NEVER be origins idk why i even bothered' it's so dark in here)#OR the people who full ass expected some masterpiece of storytelling that will tie in EVERY single loose strand of story together#and that will bring ALL of the previous playable characters and ALL the companions back (or at least SURELY the ones they like!! duh!!)#be so fr rn đ it's a new game!! new story!! for the love of god can we move on long enough to experience something new#& also you guys KEEP getting big mad disappointed by EVERY new bioware game. Why Did You Think This Would Be Different.#we've BEEN here before. how have we not learned anything#you hated da2 and inquisition too like jhjhgjgfhh at this point maybe Adjust Your Expectations at least a little? Just A Thought#shoutout also to the people who are mad about how much the game seems--key word SEEMS mind you--to be focused on solas#i'm super not crazy about him either but the game was literally called dreadwolf for most of it's development like. what did you EXPECT#ANYWAY. fjghfhjkd#dav#<- that's for my blog navigation. potentially. i might start tagging all the games for myself again idk we'll see#god i needed to get this off my chest fjghjhjk i feel so light now. emptied all my annoyance into the void and now i'm all đđ
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