#one of the biggest pet peeves is when people say tv show

[lumikinetic]

Man it makes me so bummed out that shows like Scorpion and Leverage just do not exist anymore, and not like the way I usually say "they don't make em like this anymore!" I mean literally if you went to an exec today and told them you had a show idea about:

A mainstay cast of 5-7 people with their own clear, distinct personalities and motivations

In a family dynamic that go through a new plot every episode

Over the course of 15-30 episodes per season with a 3-5 season run

Oh and each of those episodes are a tight 25 minutes, once you drop the commercials

We do a 40 minute episode ONLY for the season finale

They would look at you like you grew a second head. What do you MEAN shows don't work the way movies do and they need time and investment to gain traction! The Bear is like the closest thing to this but it's still so far away cause it's very much still a Streaming Era Show and the tone is just so radically different. The average media executive mind cannot comprehend a [Blank] Of The Week format anymore.

[creatingblackcharacters]

“Romance Will Not Solve Racism”- Interracial/Biracial/Blended Black and White Relationships and Families

I broke this lesson on white/Black interracial relationships and identity off from my multicultural lesson because this is one that demands its own talk. People think that the existence of interracial relationships, biracial children, and blended families means that we are “moving forward as a society”. While admittedly it’s no longer illegal- and the fight that went into it for the right was very important- it doesn’t mean that the world is “getting past racism”. Far from it, if I’m being very direct.

Tokenism

“It’s a given that they’re not racist, they’re in a relationship with a Black person.”

Some of the most antiblack racist people I’ve ever had the displeasure of witnessing are the ones that think they ‘could never be racist’ because they draw “Black” characters, reblog “Black” posts, or “enjoy” Black characters. What I need you all to understand, going into your creation, is the proximity to Blackness does not mean antiracism. In reality, they are usually just tokenizing Black characters and people.

Tokenism: “the practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to do a particular thing, especially by recruiting a small number of people from underrepresented groups in order to give the appearance of sexual or racial equality and equity within a specific societal system (workforce, school, university, movie, tv-show etc.)”

In other words, the token Black friend/partner/child/favorite character is the person that white people will point to, to suggest that they are not racist because there is someone Black that they can stand to be around. They value them as pawns, not as people.

This can and often does apply in these scenarios. A white partner that might be nice to their Black partner may switch up one day if said Black partner doesn’t act the way they want (‘you’re not like other Black people’), revealing a side they hadn’t before. Many white spouses have rejected their spouses’ Black biracial children or treated them less in comparison to their own white children. It has been noted that white foster families will adopt Black children for the money (because they’re ‘cheaper’) or performance value, since people don’t adopt Black children as much (one family even murdered all of them in a murder-suicide).

Meanwhile, the whole time, they ‘seemed so nice!’ Racism can come from ‘nice’ people. So moving forward this is something we need to keep in mind. If anything, you need to be even more aware of this when writing, as these characters supposedly have a close relationship.

“What are you mixed with?”- Colorism

It’s also not coincidence that many of the acceptable, “beautiful” Black biracial people are the Zendayas of the world. Light skin, looser textured hair. These are the Black biracial people that are brought to the forefront, but they are not representative of every Black biracial person!

Now, this is one of my biggest pet peeves, both in character design and in life, so say it with me:

BEING BIRACIAL DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY MEAN LIGHT SKINNED, AND BEING LIGHT SKINNED DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY MEAN BIRACIAL!

I want to bite everyone that thinks this lmao. People will see lighter-skinned Black people and ask “what are you mixed with?” It infuriates me, the idea that we are somehow more beautiful for that proximity to whiteness. The idea that being Black alone is not enough to be beautiful, there must be something else in you that makes it that way.

(I’ve also known some unattractive light skinned and mixed people so… It’s just not true.)

This belief easily permeates society, and that includes artists and writers who want a specific look for their characters. Every mixed child is NOT going to be light skinned!!! LET IT GO!!! “I want my character to have long, thinner textured hair, but I want her to have a natural ‘tan’ (their brown skin) so by being mixed, I can have that! How beautiful!” No. It’s very racist. If your goal is to obtain Eurocentric beauty standards for your character, but to ‘claim diversity and benefits’ in their Blackness, that is very much racist. Y’all gotta catch yourselves on that one!

"Passing"

I want to reiterate a point, that you’ve likely walked past many a Black biracial person and just assumed they were Black. Blackness is not just a skin color, but a measure of social standing as well. We have been socialized to think of Blackness as less than, so once someone has been perceived as Black, someone’s perspective will be affected by antiblackness, regardless of their complete background.

But, when it comes to being biracial with whiteness, there’s also the concept of “passing”, where you might have assumed they were white!

Now, this is a controversial, and U.S. American-centric, view that I’m about to express. People will disagree with me, and that’s fine. Colorism does offer privilege to light skin. But I am of the opinion that if you have to ‘pass’ as white, you are not White. White people don’t have to pass. They just are. No matter what other marginality they are, that whiteness is the one thing they can lean on. If you can have that whiteness and the privilege that comes with it revoked by sheer awareness of the Blackness in your genetics, you are not White, because white people can never have that happen to them. So you might be able to get away with whiteness, as long as no one knows!

It’s why things like the One Drop Rule, the Paper Bag and Pencil Test, and terms like quadroons, octoroons, creoles, mulattos and such exist.

Strong dependence on the Mammy stereotype in this movie aside, one of the main plot lines of Imitation of Life is a Black woman, Annie, and her mixed daughter Sarah Jane. Sarah Jane is beautiful, but most importantly she can pass as white (the actress is Jewish). But Sarah Jane struggles with the reality that her society treats her better when she’s ‘white’ but will immediately and violently turn their back on her when she’s revealed to be half-Black. She hides and rejects her Blackness to protect herself from the pain, but rejecting her Blackness means rejecting her beloved mother, and everything she’d done for her. Annie dies of illness and heartbreak, having accepted that this is the choice she’s made.

(also, Trouble of the World by Mahalia Jackson is one of my favorites)

Fetishization vs Reality of Black biracial children

Again: people like to place a lot on the existence of Black biracial babies. They think the existence of a Black biracial child means that race simply isn’t a factor. They’ll seek the ‘beauty’ of mixed children, plus the performance points of ‘non-racism’ because they exist. Imagine your own parent- whom you’re supposed to love and trust- treating you as violently as the world outside; treating you like those puppies people get at Christmas where it was fun as a concept but ready to toss by Easter because they’re no longer titillating. Black biracial children are not toys, and they are not symbols: they are human beings!

If you plan on writing a white parent to a Black child (biracial or not) that is a GOOD parent, then they need to be aware of their child’s specific needs! There are still things that will apply to your Black child character that are different from a white one that your white parent character needs to know. Otherwise, your Black and Black biracial viewers will notice that this kid would not realistically be safe, healthy, or happy.

This includes learning to do their hair, or where to take them to get it done; recognizing when some conversations just aren’t ones they can have on their own, when they are treating their Black child like their life experience and day to day needs are that of a white child’s. I recognize that every story isn’t going to center racism, but if your story does want to acknowledge it, this also includes learning how to catch when their child is being discriminated against by their own white family members (just because THEY as a parent are okay, doesn’t mean their families are), in school or in other social spaces. That child might be in danger, but if their white parent does not recognize that, they will not protect them!

Antiblack racism from white parents has been spoken about often amongst Black children. Children of color in general adopted by white parents can speak on it. The rapper Logic has rapped often about his white mother calling him slurs. You can tell when a Black biracial child’s hair is not being done properly because their white parent does not care to learn, and is trying to physically force whiteness upon them via assimilation. It can actually be incredibly damaging for a Black biracial child to have a white parent that does not know how to take care of a child that will face the world far differently than them.

This can include feeling excluded from certain parts of your identity, just because you aren’t “enough”. One example multiculturally is the pressure to assimilate. For example, some Latino families not teaching their children Spanish, or Kenyan families not teaching their culture, to assimilate in (white) American culture.

Very often, white people no longer in a relationship with their Black partner will isolate their Black biracial child from their Black family, thus cutting off access to half of their heritage. Thus, many Black biracial kids find themselves confused about that line. Ideally, their parents will be healthy enough to have those conversations and strengthen their self-identity, regardless of their relationship with one another.

So when you’re writing your character, they should not be telling them that ‘we don’t see race’, or any other things that imply that the Blackness within them is somehow shameful or doesn’t need to be acknowledged.

How to actually treat a Black partner

Any Black person (with any self-respect, let me clarify) will not want to be with someone that’s racist. This doesn’t mean that their white partner will be perfect immediately, but they should still come in with some decency.

I personally do not find it romantic teaching someone how to treat me like a human being. I’m passionate about these topics and education on them, but there’s still a distance between you and I, reader. You are a person I don’t know, that could either learn from what I teach (which is good!) or decide to… Well, stay racist, and be treated as such 🤣 But I would never give my heart to someone that I’m unsure of. It’s far safer to be with someone that has already done much of the work on their own, or at least has put the effort in and will continue to do so.

Black viewers do not want to spend time watching a white person realizing they’re a human. Partners are supposed to be a space of respite and security. How can you be safe and comfortable if someone’s always throwing microaggressions at you (unintentional or not), refusing to or incapable of understanding your perspective when it counts, only understands your experience on a surface level, or is determined to ‘make it not matter’… and then call it love?

Like if a white character is giggly because ‘omg they’re listening to “Black” music they’ve never heard before’ or ‘eating “Black” food’ because of their Black partner, that’s… god I’d close the book immediately. We’re not a different species. That’s not romantic, it’s just weird. You can have a new experience without treating it like your white character is going to the zoo and reading the exhibits.

Your white characters should be learning and applying constantly- consent to touch hair and body, learning what not to say or when it’s not their space to speak on a topic, learning about how the world treats their partner so that they can understand. This includes their own friends and family- why would a Black partner want to be with someone that doesn’t defend them from racist family members?

Your white character may not always get it right, and that’s fine*. But one thing I’ve discussed in a prior ask is that the bar for knowing if your relationship with a white person is a safe one (at least, at that moment) is if you can correct them. If you can tell your white person that they have done something wrong, something racist, or that there’s something they should know to continue this relationship, and they react well? Okay. That’s an opportunity for writing character AND relationship growth!

*There’s levels to this; obviously there’s some things you can’t (or shouldn’t) come back from

Depicting this may be hard for someone that… that hasn’t had that conversation. I have been able to write that sort of scene. But if you’ve never had that conversation, you won’t know how it goes. I have to be honest with you… This is where it would be good to have Black friends that feel comfortable enough to have these conversations with you. I mean, you shouldn’t go make friends just because you want to use them for creation. That would be disrespectful. But if this is something that you want to write, I would highly suggest that you grow familiar with microaggressions and acts of antiblack racism, so that you can understand WHY they are a problem. Can’t really apologize and “not do something again” if you don’t know what that something is.

Fetishization of Black Partners

The Jezebel and the BBC stereotypes come into play often via the idea that a Black partner is something wildly exotic and can be used for sexual experimentation. ‘Wanting to know about big Black dick’ or ‘if all Black girls squirt’ is objectifying. You can write us in your sex scenes- many of us do enjoy sex and can even be kinky! But watch that you’re being respectful, from your descriptions to your dialogue. We’re not raging sex beasts and sex toys for your fantasies. We deserve care and our needs met as well.

There’s also this thing where white girls will date a Black man to ‘spite daddy', and when they’re done rebelling, that Black man is left in the dust, maybe even accused as an aggressor to excuse her ‘leaving’ her own (he manipulated her, tempted her away from the right path). We may side eye you if you have a white character ‘fake dating’ a Black person or ‘friends with benefits’- not because these tropes are racist, but often can be written that way if you’re not paying attention.

One controversial example is that of Rege Jean-Page’s character in Bridgerton. There’s a scene where his love interest essentially forces him to come inside her during sex. Now, there are people do enjoy consensual-noncon. The issue is that 1) some Black viewers who watched felt disturbed at the imagery of a Black man being forced to breed, especially given that historical context, and that it wasn’t treated as seriously, and 2) this scene if he had been the one forcing her would never have been received as well, especially with a Black male lead- it would not have been received as ‘spicy CNC’.

Interracial relationships- specifically with a white woman and a Black man- may also be looked upon with worry by Black family members. There is a history of Black men (and their surrounding Black community) being lynched for ‘defiling white women’. It’s not unusual for us to worry that we will not be safe in a white partner’s homes or lives, and will be asked to leave our information, who we’re with, and what part of town we’re in or going to. Get Out was a fantastic example of this; of how the only reason Chris escaped was because a friend of his knew where he was and came to get him. Otherwise, he would have been body snatched. So your ‘fake dating’ interracial AU might seem silly and fun to you, but a Black reader might look at it and go ‘wow, I would never put myself in this situation or deal with this sort of treatment without extra planning’.

As a side: the gigantic Black/Brown man in chains and a tiny white man holding those chains as symbolism for BDSM or 'possession'… Yeah that’s usually just racist beast and slavery imagery recycled. Please. I beg. I’ve almost never seen the opposite in fan art, and we all know why. There’s got to be something else we can use.

Black Parent, White Child

This is one that I almost never see talked about! Partially because our society deems any child of a Black person also Black, but there are blended families where there will be an existing child- and that child might be white! But we don’t see white kids adopted by Black families as much as we do the reverse, and there’s a reason for that!

There’s a difference in the dynamic! White parents with Black children are often seen as ‘saving’ them. I was once friends with a nice, older white (also racist, as it turned out) neighbor of mine, and people would often look at me like I was some poor, piteous negro child when we went to the store. But if my 50+ year old father were to walk around with a preteen white girl, people would react far more defensively.

Think about this: toddlers have tantrums, right? The world is ending in a heartbeat, that’s just where they are mentally. You’re ready to leave the store, they aren’t: boom. Tantrum.

A white toddler falling out into a tantrum and getting hauled off by a Black parent could very well get that parent arrested or killed if someone, misunderstanding due to their pre-existing biases, calls the cops for ‘kidnapping’. And that white toddler might not know that, but that’s the amount of power that they hold over that Black stepparent as a BABY.

There was a Black Twitter thread that discussed what Black people would do if a crying white child came up to them and looked lost, and part of the discussion was that people were genuinely afraid to be seen with this child, because someone might assume that THEY made the kid cry, and it would get them hurt. Has nothing to do with not liking white kids, but the fact that we live in a world with a literal hair trigger on us- the last thing we need is to be seen as a threat to a white child.

Viewers will be affected by this bias as well. White parental characters to Black child characters will be given more grace and understanding versus the opposite.

A good example (of parental figures/mentors) is from Across the Spiderverse, with Peter and Miles vs Jessica and Gwen. Both mentors were a part of the Spider Society, both were in the wrong about how they treated Miles (damn near the whole Society did, which is another message on how we treat Black and Brown kids there!), and with how they treated their respective mentees. But Peter is treated with far more grace, despite his actions symbolizing that disappointment that Black kids often experience from white adult mentors that we’re supposed to trust, than Jessica Drew, who treated Gwen like the business mentor she was. Jessica was not motherly (remember that Mammy stereotype?) to Gwen because it wasn’t her job to be. But people were furious at her not ‘treating Gwen better’, for ‘putting her own child in danger’ and ‘not considering how Miguel would react’. But they were not as angry at, or offered more potential forgiveness, to Peter, who failed at the very same things with Miles.

Writing a Black Parent

Okay, so yes, there is ‘Black parenting’. To be honest, you’re not going to be able (and shouldn’t attempt) to write that, because it is a very specific experience that you’ll only know if you were brought up in it. Bringing up Jessica Drew again, another perspective to consider is that people thought she was a ‘bad mentor’, but as far as how my Black childhood went, she was quite gentle and firm.

Black parents are still humans, and parenting is still parenting. Be normal about it. All you need to do is keep in mind that we’re offering all of these characters and their relationship dynamics the understanding and writing they deserve.

If you’re writing a healthy relationship, there needs to be a sense of trust and respect between everyone involved, and that can reveal itself even in small interactions. If you’re writing a complex or negative parental relationship, that’s fine, but you’ll have to avoid certain overarching stereotypes of Black parenting styles (The ‘ghetto welfare queen with six kids’, the ‘absent thuggish father’, the ‘overaggressive woman that beats her kids’, the ‘Strong Black Mother who don’t need no man’). Make sure they’re a complex or bad parent because they suck, not because they’re what you think of when you think of Black parents.

Conclusion

There’s no free passes from antiblack racism just because you’re close to Black people; there’s no ‘invite to the cookout’ just because you don’t say slurs. This applies to your writing as well. It is not a given that your white character is in the clear just because they have a Black partner, children, or friends. If anything, they’ll need to be putting in extra work to maintain that intimacy. These are different forms of love, but all love takes effort, and it certainly won’t hold if they’re not being considerate of their loved one’s identity. By incorporating this level of thought into your writing- however subtly- it will show your Black viewers that you as the writer are aware, that you actually thought about us in these more intimate settings. Because as you and your white characters need to know, it’s the thought that counts, but the action that delivers!

[eddiediazismyhusband]

This is what gets me when people write in depth analysis about how dumb they would be to not go there with queer Eddie and with Buddie. Like yes, I agree it would be incredibly stupid and bad writing - unfortunately as much as I want that to reassure me(and I’ll admit some days when I’m sad and need to not be I pretend to let it), it doesn’t. Just because it would be stupid and bad writing doesn’t mean they won’t do it. We’ve seen this show repeatedly make bad writing choices before. I’ve watched TV shows time and time again screw things up in the eleventh hour, I’ve seen so many shows set things up and then take a hard left turn into the dumbest plots in existence. And they get backlash for it but still do it. So as much as I want to believe that because logic and basic literary analysis says Eddie is queer and Buck and Eddie are each others’ best match - that isn’t a guarantee of anything. I’m also preparing myself that if we actually do get a queer Eddie storyline and buddie canon - there is a high possibility that they stumble through it in a ridiculous and poorly written way. I want more than anything for that not to be true but it is still a very distinct possibility.

this is exactly my feelings- like one of my biggest pet peeves are people making posts as if buddie is 10000% happening and there is absolutely zero possibility of it not going that way which i’m sorry to be a debbie downer once again but that’s just not true

what kills me is everyone in the fandom keeps talking about “it’d be so ooc for _______”, seemingly forgetting the fact that s7 was ooc for so many of the main characters to the point that we were all ragging on the writers about it… like if they were able to write a season so sloppy and terribly ooc what makes you think they won’t continue to do so, especially after tim just said “i don’t like to plan out seasons”

ooc writing happens in tv shows all the time. just because something wouldn’t make sense for a character/plotline doesn’t mean they won’t just do it anyway. like I’ve said before, tim has shown us that he only cares about shock value and drama- telling us himself in a interview that “i can’t just let them be happy, then no one would watch” (which is such total bullshit but this is the man who decided to make eddie have an emotional affair with a doppelgänger of his dead wife rather than just, yk, confirm his queerness)

i get it. it’s disappointing. you don’t want your favorite shows/characters to tank and go off the rails. but unfortunately, it has happened time and time and time again in network tv, and 9-1-1 is not immune to this.

i fully agree with the posts and analyses that detail how the show has set up buddie being the only satisfactory endgame relationship between them, and how it would be foolish and bad writing for them not to, but unfortunately (as you said in your ask) this show has made god awful writing choices frequently (literally the entirety of s7 is proof of that) and they have jumped through hoops to avoid buddie canon countless times— there is nothing stopping them from doing it again.

and this idea that just because they’re talking about buddie openly must mean they’re going canon is ridiculous. the short is reaching the end if it’s run; if it even gets renewed past s8, it’s very unlikely that they’ll go past s10 at the longest. they just moved to a new network, baited the fuck out of buddie pre-s7 and then didn’t give us anything and people are still watching. they know that as long as people think there’s a possibility of buddie canon that they’ll watch the show— it’s textbook queer/shipbaiting. 9-1-1 is not immune to this just because they’ve said “we don’t want to be accused of queerbaiting” in the past. we’ve reached a point where the network queerbaiting won’t cause enough backlash to warrant them being cautious anymore. it’s a dick move, yeah, but these creators are in this job for one thing: money. they have proven they don’t actually give a fuck about meaningful storytelling. it’s why they rely on cheap drama and shock value to get by bc they know people will tune in anyway.

i completely understand wanting to be hopeful and optimistic. i will forever be hopeful for the day that buddie finally go canon (although i hope they ditch the mustache before then because i don’t want to think of my alcoholic uncle when i see eddie kiss buck for the first time) and when it does i will be so fucking happy after waiting for 6 years.

but that’s the thing. i have waited for 6 years. i’m tired of getting my hopes up each season bc “guys this is literally the closest we’ve ever been there is no way they aren’t going to go there now” just to get slapped in the face by the showrunners and writers. i’m not going to get my hopes up about it just to be let the fuck down once again. and frankly, i don’t wanna see the fallout when we are let down again because people decided to convince themselves that it was 100% for sure set in stone happening when in reality it’s really not.

[thisnightissparkling089]

Everything with an 8 or a 2, plus 50 😊

2. what's your favourite colour?

Purple!

8. would you rather watch a rom-com or a drama?

Depends on my mood, but I typically choose Rom-Com's. Though, honestly, (old lady thought coming on in 3...2...1...)I feel like they don't make rom-com's like they used to in the 2000's. There used to be like 2-3 a year. The last romcom I can remember seeing is Isn't it Romantic in 2019. But I did love that one!

12. i'm giving you a plane ticket, where are you going?

My husband and I have been looking into a trip to Germany, so I'm going to go with that.

18. cotton candy or ice cream?

Ice cream. I just had some the other night from our local shop that was vanilla ice cream with reeces peanut butter cups and pretzals mixed in...😳 sooo good!

20. biggest pet peeves?

Right now, people who choose to consume Fanfiction without interacting is the first thing coming to mind.

21. describe your style/aesthetic

Well, I work from home, so it's mostly sweats or yoga pants or pjs lol. But when I'm going out, I like casual but stylish. Dark wash jeans, blazers, nice tops. In the fall/winter I love pairing outfits with a scarf. In the spring/summer I like flowy tops. Idk that I really have any kind of 'set style'

22. what's your favourite thing about yourself?

My ability to perserve. When the cards are stacked against me and I'm in a shitty situation, I never just give in. I find a way to make things better and work my way to something better.

Also, my ability to find and surround myself with genuinely good people. I like to think I'm a very good judge of character.

23. what's your favourite day of the week and why?

Well, it used to be Friday's, but now it's Tuesday's. Tuesday's are Rookie days and we all get on her and go crazy together and I smile because it's the closest I'm going to ever get to us being in a living room together hanging out and watching our favorite show together.

24. morning or night person?

Night person. I have never been and never will be an early riser.

25. tea or coffee?

Coffee in the morning, tea at night.

26. you can only read one book for the rest of your life. what book is it?

Hmmm...I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy because it was so damn impactful.

27. you're stuck in a lift with your favourite tumblr account who is it?

Listen, it's a tie right now between @sisterofficerlucychen because we could entertain each other for hours and @queseraone because you'd make friendship bracelets, and we could talk Taylor Swift for hours.

28. do you have any siblings?

1 sister. I always wished I had more!

29. what's your biggest fear?

Dying, and the uncertainty of not knowing what's on the other side.

32. what is your comfort movie/tv show?

Aside from The Rookie, The Golden Girls. I used to watch it on Lifetime with my grandmother when I was growing up. I've seen every episode hundreds of times, and I still laugh like it's the first❤️

38. what is favourite gemstone?

Sapphire, such a stunning color!

42. favourite flavour of ice cream?

The aforementioned ice cream earlier in the post. But I also like Strawberry, Cheesecake, and Cookies and Cream.

48. what's your favourite fruit?

Mangos and Peaches

50. nothing. i just wanted to say that ily. ♡

😭😭 I love you too, you're the best, and I always smile when I see your handle on my page!

[jerzwriter]

Tobias and Casey, 2, 9, 11

Ethan and Eva, 13, 20, 24

Hey love! Thanks so much for the asks - I desperately need to spend some time with my blorbos so I appreciate them! ❤️

From this list

Tobias & Casey:

2... Who is your best friend?  Tell us about them!

I think both of them would absolutely say that they are each other's best friends because they are. I don't think all couples are best friends, no matter how much they claim to be. Being a best friend is a special level - you have to be able to tell each other anything without fear of being judged, but you know that they will also be willing to tell you the truth - even if you don't want to hear it. They should be the first person they want to call when something good or terrible happens. They have to enjoy each other's company and laugh together. This is NOT every couple, but it is Tobias and Casey.

But it's important to have other friends, too, and they both know that. For Tobias, his other best friends would be Kerry and Sasha (OCs - more about them here) and Ethan.

For Casey, it would be Sienna and Bryce. She becomes very close with Kerry, too, but always respects the boundary that she is Tobias's best friend. She'd never want to put her in a position to feel she has to choose between them.

9... Are you a spiritual person?  If yes, what do you practice?

The answer here may shock - Casey was not - at all, but Tobias was. He is the perfect way of showing we don't know who people are at their core by what you see on the outside. He wasn't a holy roller, by any means, but he absolutely had strong faith. He grew up attending the church where his paternal great-grandfather was a pastor and a civil rights leader. Church on Sunday was part of his life as a child, he even served on the children's choir (which is where we learned he had a great voice.) Did he live a pious life? Hell no. But did his faith steer him throughout his life? Yes. It did. I wrote a fic about this, Just a Little Faith. Casey was agnostic, leaning toward athiest, and didn't believe in much. But after her near death experience, falling in love with Tobias, and becoming pregnant with their child, she started to have a shift in her point of view. This is one of my favorite fics :)

11... What is your favorite type of media (TV, movie, books, etc)?  Name some specific favorites (which shows, movies, books, etc do you like)!

They kind of like all of them. LOL But they're both avid book readers. I would say that's where they find sustenance, followed by movies. TV is something they enjoy, but it's more for relaxation.

Books: They both love non-fiction most of all, and there are many James Baldwin and Bell Hooks titles amongst their favorites.

Some of Tobias's specific favorites (I'll stick to books since they played a big part in how they fell in love) : The Covenant of Water (Abraham Verghese), Dying: A Memoir (Cory Taylor), Lies My Teachers Told Me (James Loewen), The Return (Hisham Matar), and The Alchemist (Paolo Coelho)

And Casey's: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou), All About Love (Bell Hooks), Beloved (Toni Morrison), Atonement (Ian McEwan), and The Invisible Thread (Schroff/Tresniowski).

Ethan & Eva

Man! I really have to get back to that, don't I? lol

13... You’re given an unlimited budget to build anything you want!  What do you build and where do you build it?

Ethan would build a modest but lovely home on a secluded private beach somewhere in New England. Very traditional, think shingle style, surrounded by beautiful landscaping and pure serenity.

Eva would love to have two small homes in her genealogical homelands of Greece and Cuba. Since Cuba is not a possibility at this time, she'd probably build in Puerto Rico or the Dominican Republic. In Greece, it would be on an island, but NOT Mykonos or Santorini! They'd be small, but comfortable, homey places.

20. Describe your biggest pet peeve.

Ethan - Pointless meetings - especially when he has to put up with board members and such.

Eva - Rude people.

24. What would you consider your main love language?

I would say it's quality time for both (however, I have not done the test for them, I have for E/K and T/C lol)

Thanks so much for asking! :)

[columbusfilm]

after having instagram on my phone for three days i can now pinpoint i think my biggest pet peeves that make the app just completely unusable

videos that are framed against some adversary that either a. is just a miserable person online who criticizes everything or b. straight up doesn't exist. you could post something i'm completely interested in but framing it in this format is sooo annoying. for example i saw one today that was a video of some delicious-looking food. but instead of just being informative or being a nice video of some food it was framed as "him: why would you go to the mall for food? me: (food video here)" like who is he??? why do i care what he thinks? just show me your food!

videos that are focused on how exceptional either you or the content creator or both are for doing something. like "i do this all the time but apparently most people don't have an internal monologue?" or "people who watch reality tv are actually more intelligent than average people" like omg a. sorry yes other people do have thoughts. you are not the only person to have thoughts. i'm sorry if this is devastating to you. and b. this is just completely nonsense i don't have anything to say. your choice in hobbies does not affect your "intelligence" which btw is not even measurable come on.

this is a combo of the above two perhaps but videos which frame some new interesting thing by making a negative comparison to some other existing perfectly good thing which is completely different. example: "why would you go to paris or rome when you could go to (insert random italian mountain town here)?" well i'll tell you. it's because paris and rome are completely different places with completely different things to do from random mountain town and basically the only thing they have in common is being located in europe. hope this helps. like you have all this beautiful footage of this beautiful town! just share this? it doesn't have to compete with paris...

clickbait info in caption videos. like i don't need to explain this one. either share the information in the video or make a non-video post!

ragebait videos. these are everywhere but its people doing or saying something insane in order to get engagement via comments and shares. and it's soooo obvious but i guess it works because they do get a lot of engagement!

i think most of this comes from the importance of engagement to turn a profit. but it is depressing how its practically impossible to avoid these types of users. i enjoy seeing my friends' stories and posts and sharing with them but i constantly think at what cost.... i'm always a little excited to redownload instagram when i am planning to post something and i get a fun hour or two of scrolling out of it but after a few days i'm always relieved to delete it again.

[paladin-n-cleric]

doing a thing, thanks to @michealdearest

50 of random questions. reblog and let people get to know you!!

1. who is your favourite tv show otp? byler

2. what's your favourite colour? don’t have one

3. favourite quote? anne’s fav from awae

4. what's your zodiac sign? scorpio

5. what is your middle name?

6. when is your birthday?

7. what is your love language? maybe physical touch

8. would you rather watch a rom-com or a drama? drama probably

9. three places you want to go to? a beach. italy. a tv set.

10. favourite perfume/scent? freshly baked cookies

11. what’s the last song you listened to? come together — the beatles

12. i'm giving you a plane ticket, where are you going? costa rica

13. chocolate or vanilla? depends on the food.

14. cake or donuts? donuts beat an average cake but carrot cake sounds better rn. and i have it at home :)

15. you can only wear one colour for the rest of your life, what colour is it? maybe red, which would include pink

16. favourite quote from a book?

17. you are in a fight, which tumblr account are you getting to help you? payton aka gay pissy boy mike but she left tumblr

18. cotton candy or ice cream? oooh ice cream i think. it’s broader

19. what's your dream career? actor

20. biggest pet peeves? snoring. jesus

21. describe your style/aesthetic. 2020’s in that it’s a mix of decades and aesthetics

22. what's your favourite thing about yourself? myself

23. what's your favourite day of the week and why? saturday because it’s the first day without stress

24. morning or night person? morning but i don’t actually do anything about it. i stay up late and wake up late

25. tea or coffee? tea

26. you can only read one book for the rest of your life. what book is it?

27. you're stuck in a lift with your favourite tumblr account who is it? hmm maybe @demadogs

28. do you have any siblings?

29. what's your biggest fear? death by being trapped. (buried alive, drowning, etc)

30. what is your favourite word and why? not my fav but i always think of discombobulated

31. you're in a bookstore and you can get any three books you want, what are they?

32. what is your comfort movie/tv show? jane the virgin i think

33. if you had to describe your tumblr with only 5 words what would they be? cinnamon roll with some aggression

34. what celebrity/person in your life do you look up to the most?

35. what's the worst tv show/movie you have watched?

36. what is your favourite/lucky number?

37. favourite flower?

38. what is favourite gemstone?

39. you can dye your hair any colour and it would look good regardless, what colour are you dying it? natural redhead color but NO it wouldn’t look good on my skin. whatever

40. you can go back or forward in time, how far back/foward are you going? either 40 or 120 backwards. at least 100 forwards.

41. it's your last meal, what are you eating? shut up!!!!

42. favourite flavour of ice cream? mint chip idc

43. you can have dinner with one person dead or alive, who would it be? i don’t know!!

44. you can only use one product for the rest of your life, what product is it? conditioner idk

45. favourite time of the day? whenever the sun is rising

46. do you get complimented often? (if not here you go: you're an amazing person ♡) thank you! yeah a bit

47. what languages do you know/want to learn? learning spanish. i want to know spanish, italian, and ASL

48. what's your favourite fruit? mulberries and passion fruit

49. the characters from the last tv show/movie you watched are planning your wedding, who's planning it? grace and frankie

50. nothing. i just wanted to say that ily.

[nerdy-spooks]

The Frog Brothers Headcannons.

(Alright and Here are my Frog Brothers head canon's.)

Edgar Frog:

•Obsessed With Rambo, And Other wartime Movies or TV Shows Like Mash.

•Loves Horror Comics and Horror Movies, He's been obsessed with them since he was a little Kid especially Supernatural ones.

•He actively Trains For His fight against the Dangers of Santa Carla, Has studied various military tactics.

•Despite His Tough Exterior, He can Be incredibly Soft usually only towards his brother though.

•He's a Huge Nerd, He really is in various aspects. Couldn't Flirt with a girl his age even if it was to save his own life lol, probably because of how stiff and grumpy he acts.

•He can't really make friends to save his life because he and Alan interrogate the hell out of everyone.

•He has a Bunch of Bandanas, a whole drawer full of them. He also really loves Flannel.

•He has a few different plushies from when he was a little kid, their his comfort Plushs and he refuses to get rid of them, He just likes to hug one of the various Plushs to calm himself.

Alan Frog:

•Is the most Shy out of Both Brothers, he's also a bit more introverted, However he will speak his mind if he feels like it.

•He's Convinced that The Life Guards at the Beach are Sirens, Lord knows these boys think everyone in town is some supernatural creature.

•Much like his brother He thinks he's a badass military man and he takes himself seriously, He demands to be taken seriously.

•His biggest pet peeve is having to deal with all the different people trying to steal from their parents store.

•He has A Drawer full of different camo jackets and Military Berets.

•He's The Peace talker out of both himself and his brother. He also is preparing his parents basement into a shelter in case of a alien invasion, what can I say their a bit odd.

•He has a soft spot for animals, but he would suck at taking care of a pet.

Both Brothers:

•Their very competitive with one another about a lot of things but obviously is just for fun no real harm done.

•They Both own so much Camo and Military esc items it's actually insane.

•Unfortunately Their Parents are Neglectful, Which is Why the Boys act so Tough, But really deep down their just Awkward Geeky Teens.

•They Both are Quite 'Brave' and have a bit of an Ego, They really act like 87 year old war veterans.

•Despite Their Parents bring As High as a Kite, the brothers claim that their parents are fine and that they aren't really being neglected, Rip The Frog Brothers.

•Edgar and Alan Have tried to cook for themselves on multiple occasions but it doesn't go well, lots of burnt food

[mallowmaenad]

19, 26, 34?

19:A fact about your personality

I have multiple.

26:My biggest pet peeves

Being rude to servers, wasting food, people that project their feelings onto the actions of domesticated animals and babies for fun, when an easily recognizable thing in a foreign piece of media gets localized into something stupid, "cute" animal videos where the animal is being mistreated, exotic pet owners, expensive rice, expensive soda, when tv shows' seasons are spread over multiple streaming services vs. all being on one or more, people that find kate upton attractive, people raising their voices, cars that have the bass turned up so loud you hear the chassis rattling like its going to explode more than you hear the actual music, people that tell you to "just google it", ghosting, people making arguments against nobody because they want to look enlightened, christians acting oppressed, people that hate the homestuck and hlvrai fanbase, people that make fandom their whole personalities, conspicuous consumption, people who talk about firebombing walmarts n shit who have never done anything in their lives to help their communities, when I send something to someone for them to read and they never get around to reading it because they don't have the patience to, overconfident men, when someone eggs me on and on to play a video game so we can play together and then when I start playing it they suddenly don't have any time to play it with me anymore, when settings have lore than make whole swaths of species ontologically evil, people who are picky about grammar and spelling, people who say skyrim is the worst elder scrolls game, having to play tabletop RPGs by "official play" guidelines, delivery fees that don't even go to the delivery driver, people who talk about cool weapons "not being practical", hats with poor craftsmanship, the feel of wearing converse shoes, youtube accent, cis white dudes being at the forefront of progressiveness in pop culture, people assuming you understand whatever references they make to a thing adjacent to something you do know about but personally don't care about, farting in my direction, uncreative misappropriation of the word "golem", wanting to fuck league of legends characters, people that think cat girls are more popular than puppy girls in real life, deodorant, people that get pissy about buying pre-minced garlic, when arizona ice tea is more expensive than 1 dollar a can, mr. beast's face, the term "thicc" and its consequences, people who like fat asses and thick thighs who hate it when girls are fat, when people conflate the dnd class list as having actual ramifications in wider fantasy media, people who think weed is bad, asking for criticism and only receiving complaints, people that say chinese-american or texmex cuisine isnt "authentic", formalities, out of character lewd fanart especially if it's of a strong, dominant woman in a submissive position with toned down muscles, when RPGs butch bait me,

blonde girls with no personality, NHentai's tag search system, mid shounen dominating the western anime scene, when someone says something is "so gay" but its just their fandom headcanons, when one take from a post or article gets so popular when you bring up the thing it's related to people can't not bring it up every time the topic appears, people that try to get the attention of zoo animals, people that own over 700 dollars worth of firearms that aren't collectors like actual collectors not fuckin Clint from the suburbs that feels like a man only cause he owns an AR-15 and a Desert Eagle , lack of cool and edgy plus size character designs, when people call transphobic caricatures "GNC AF", gum immediately losing its flavor, the olive oil industry, when people tell me "just emulate it" or "just pirate it" and roll their eyes when I tell them I'm worried about viruses, games that rip off grand theft auto, when charity bundles on itch.io are 80% unfinished PWYW proof of concept demos put there to get good will advertising, people who are concerned with Wario's honor, lack of plus size yuri, people who turn their noses up to foreign foods, RPGs with character customization that won't let you play as a girl, doing my taxes, when people are coy about details, dudes that want to fuck alstolfo, slowed with reverb remixes, the memeification of phonk, the price of video games, waiting on game downloads after putting the disc into the console, people doing me favors and getting passive-aggressive about it later when I didn't ask for it/tried to ease the burden of it as much as possible, when people ask me what I want on my burger when the menu clearly outlines what toppings the burger is meant to come with, trying to find a tf2 classic server without additional weapon mods that break the game, polo shirts

34:What I find attractive in women

Interesting personality, eager to praise, understanding, warm, enjoys eating, weird, decent fashion sense, messy bedroom/car, doesn't wear any strong artificial scents, progressive stances on neurodivergence and psychology, physically affectionate, has incorporated something like a kind of animal or fantastical concept into their identity, caring, vaguely maternal at times, willing to play video games and watch youtube poops, sense of humor, soft, will do drugs with me in a level-headed manner, likes goofy looking cocktails and desserts, not above eating a 5 dollar hamburger on a date, into fat girls, has a broad definition of what sex is, ideally transgender, nice lap to lay head in, endurance to have 300lbs on top of them for some period of time, willing to buy things for me, kinky in a cringe way, a bit ugly (by society's standards), older than me, into obscure animes and music, appreciates a good cup of coffee, lax style, cringe resistant, quiet, into plushies, total nerd, in terms of appearance I like a very diverse range of those to the point where it doesn't factor in as much but I find conventionally attractive people boring and visible ribs make me feel concerned and uncomfortable

[hellhound5925]

Get To Know Me asks:

12, 15, 22, 27, 29, and 30

Thank you for the Ask!

12) What is something you want right now?

Tickets to see Ghost/ for them to come back to the US because I need them in my life 😂😭

15) Personality description.

I have a hard time explaining myself so we shall see how this goes 😂 I tend to be kind of quiet at first but the more you get to know me the less I shut up (ask my husband). I’m definitely outgoing, hardworking, and tend to forget to take time for myself because I get too caught up in things. Pretty sure I have undiagnosed ADHD because sometimes things get wild (like Jutty, iykyk). 9 times out of 10 my brain is working faster than I can keep up with 😂 Not much of a party girl but if you’re in my friend group, theres nothing I love more than spending quality time with my small circle.

I hyperfixate on things like you would not believe. Like when I like something I REALY like something, I’ll eat, sleep, and breathe it until it runs it course or it stays i.e. Supernatural, Starwars, Ghost, and Sleep Token. And then it will likely become a tattoo 😅

My heart is always with other people. I work in a field where I care for people with developmental disabilities and theres nothing that makes me happier than to see people who cannot succeed on their own succeeding even with help. I’ve been told I make a great leader in my field as well.

I’m also not someone who gets angry but when I do, someone really must have done something quite bad. I am a quietly angry person whose usually blowing up on the inside but you’d probably never know it other than the dead silence.

I hope that was that answers that!

22) Descrption of Crush.

🤔 Like fictional or real life? Personality or looks? I guess I’ll start off by saying I’m not a looks person. Obviously I find people attractive but its always been about so much more for me. Someone who is caring and patient enough to put up with my brain is good enough for me 😂 I’ve always been drawn to the personalities like Hunter but obviously he’s beautiful to look at so double win.

27) Things I hate…

Disrespectful people. This is one of my biggest pet peeves I guess we can say. Like you don’t have to like me and I don’t have to like you but you will NEVER catch me being disrespectful to someone. I give it and expect people to give the same which I really don’t think is a big ask.

Grape/Cherry flavoring. I took medication as a kid that made me sick to my stomach that was flavored like that 🤷‍♀️

29) Favorite Film

Corpse Bride (2005) (at least right now because it tends to change)

30) Favorite Tv shows

Supernatural, The Bad Batch, The Mandalorian, The Witcher (these are shows that I will default to when I can’t find anything else to watch).

[malka-lisitsa]

⭐️

MY EXPERIENCE IN THE ROLEPLAYING COMMUNITY

⭐️ my roleplay pet peeves

Oh youre just setting me up for hate arent you Kenz?

Biggest one is people who do not actually know their characters. God OOC actions drive me INSANE. JUST MAKE AN OC.

People who pick a single aspect of their character and reduce them completely to that. Example: People who play Elena like a Saint, people who play Katherine as a slut, people who play Stefan as ONLY RIPPER AND OR DEPRESSED RIPPER ADJACENT.

People who play villain characters and then cherry pick what they would and wouldnt do, yes my guy you are writing a monster who has and will continue to do terrible things. You do not have to write them out but they absolutely did happen and you dont get to just take that away bc they make you uncomfortable. Write a different character if you dont like that one being shitty like that.

GIANT GIFS

"Removed from canon and written in-" Just say AU interpretation.

one line in reply to three paragraphs. try a LITTLE BIT guys.

PEOPLE WHO CANCEL PEOPLE AND ACTORS WHO DID SOMETHING FUKKIN YEARSD AGO AND HAVE BEEN UNPROBLEMATIC SINCE. CHILL. PPL MAKE MISTAKES. FUCKING CHILL.

pr0n blogs

People who come after people for writing a villainous character doing villainous things. If it's IC THEN ITS IN CHARACTER. GET OVER IT. GOD are you also gonna write a letter to the show writers? And the actor for having the AUDACITY to do it on tv? Actually if you do this to rp blogs you probably would, please dont. Leave ppl alone.

banned FC lists (even tho I myself will not rp with other Ninas fc characters)

I WOULD put Anon hate on here but really I like tearing them apart. I actually havent gotten any in a while and I do hope shes doing ok. I hope you found peace hun, glad to see you've evolved.

PEOPLE WHO CHANGE FC OF CHARACTERS FOR NO REASON. (and for reasons Idk it just irks me when ppl change canon fc Idk.)

Theres more but I already look like an elitist and I absolutely am, wont even deny that fact. So there you go LKMNFDSK<F NSF.

[pyshcic]

𝙻𝙰𝚈𝙴𝚁 𝟷: 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙾𝚄𝚃𝚂𝙸𝙳𝙴.

NAME: mary alice brandon, alice cullen (whitlock). EYE COLOR: blue. HAIR STYLE / COLOR: black, short and choppy. it forever appears as though it's still awkwardly growing out, if you really look at it, but she styles it in such distracting ways so as to make it feel tastefully designed. described once as a "spiky halo". HEIGHT: 4'11". CLOTHING STYLE: here's her wardrobe pin board. an eclectic mix of gothic modernism, odd and sometimes ostentatious ––  it's built on her academic interest in fashion over decades of existence, having studied the topic in detail. it always appears she's just ahead of a trend, and yet still true to a constant aesthetic all her own. BEST PHYSICAL FEATURE: i think her eyes are easily the most stunning aspect of her, they have a warmth to them that is difficult to maintain as a vampire in my mind. that and their natural shifting of color, from dark brown/red to a milky white during visions.

𝙻𝙰𝚈𝙴𝚁 𝟸: 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙸𝙽𝚂𝙸𝙳𝙴.

FEARS: losing jasper, above all. losing any of her loved ones, really; she acts impulsively to protect them and goes so far as to put others in danger to achieve their safety. she has a quiet, unspoken fear that perhaps she's a bit crueler than she thinks. GUILTY PLEASURE: oh she's a sucker for social media! she posts ootds quite often and has pinterest boards, etc. she also loves romantic comedies. she loves to watch silly reality tv show competitions because she finds it distinctly human and absolutely fascinating. BIGGEST PET PEEVES: people not following her advice. bella wearing jeans. AMBITIONS FOR THE FUTURE: it's difficult to say, she doesn't plan much in terms of aspirations, she just follows the flow of her instincts and what people around her (namely jas) would like to do. all in all, her only real goal so to speak is to love and be loved by the people around her.

𝙻𝙰𝚈𝙴𝚁 𝟹: 𝚃𝙷𝙾𝚄𝙶𝙷𝚃𝚂.

FIRST THOUGHTS WAKING UP: she does not sleep! WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT MOST: what activity she can rope her darling and sometimes unwilling friends into in order to ease her own boredom. stocks and fashion trends, secondarily. WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT BEFORE BED: she does not sleep :( WHAT THEY THINK THEIR BEST QUALITY IS: she's kind, and loving. and she's happy –– she's always so happy. her tendency to smile is above all her greatest attribute. and she likes to consider herself a very wise giver of advice (though many would beg to differ).

𝙻𝙰𝚈𝙴𝚁 𝟺: 𝚆𝙷𝙰𝚃'𝚂 𝙱𝙴𝚃𝚃𝙴𝚁 ?

SINGLE OR GROUP DATES: oh, i'm so sorry jasper ... group dates. though of course, both, ultimately, but she loves socialization, so the idea of having herself, jas and other people out on the town is absolutely envigorating. TO BE LOVED OR RESPECTED: loved. BEAUTY OR BRAINS: why not both!! if she had to choose, admittedly it would take her a long time to decide on it, but she'd probably end up going with brains. probably. DOGS OR CATS: cats.

𝙻𝙰𝚈𝙴𝚁 𝟻: 𝙳𝙾 𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚈…

LIE: yes. she will absolutely lie especially when it helps her get closer to an end she's specifically seeking. BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES: yes to a certain extent –– she's confident in her abilities and her cleverness. she believes that she could handle most anything. however, she does remind others she's capable of failure when it comes to her visions and best guesses. she can only be so reliable. BELIEVE IN LOVE: oh in every iteration, every meaning of the word. so fully and completely it consumes her!

𝙻𝙰𝚈𝙴𝚁 𝟼: 𝙷𝙰𝚅𝙴 𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚈 𝙴𝚅𝙴𝚁…

BEEN ON STAGE: i think she would have been, yes! but likely not in any way that brings too much attention to herself, if only for her and her family's safety. but i think she's unafraid of public performance, certainly. CHANGED WHO THEY WERE TO FIT IN: in a literal sense, yes, because if she had not had the vision of the cullens she would most assuredly have no qualms drinking human blood. and of course, she acts the part of human in order to keep up appearances. but generally, in a more overarching sense, she tends to keep fairly true to herself.

𝙻𝙰𝚈𝙴𝚁 𝟽: 𝙵𝙰𝚅𝙾𝚁𝙸𝚃𝙴𝚂.

FAVORITE COLOR: i think it changes almost on the daily. perhaps today it's a muted purple, tomorrow a vibrant evergreen. FAVORITE ANIMAL: crows. FAVORITE BOOK: ah, how difficult ... emma by jane austen, i think. FAVORITE GAME: she does love a good game of baseball. otherwise, chess.

𝙻𝙰𝚈𝙴𝚁 𝟾: 𝙰𝙶𝙴.

DAY THEIR NEXT BIRTHDAY WILL BE: as she's unsure her date of birth, she tends to switch around the actual celebration to her liking. for a while, she and edward would celebrate on the same day (6/20) due to an inside joke of the pair being akin to long lost twins, given their somewhat similar appearances, abilities, and year of birth. so, if following that, the next day it would be would be a Tuesday. Eugh... she may switch it to something on a Saturday. HOW OLD WILL THEY BE: canonically, 122yo. take or leave a few years depending on the verse, and also depending on edward's age because i tend to assume alice was born in the same year.

tagged by: @dinopunching thank you darling ❤️ tagging: @praive, @newborne, @rosulie, @matreart, @delightedends, @e5me, @subdivines, @wormregards + anyone else who'd like to :3

[lunar-years]

one of my biggest pet peeves from the finale is the implication that ted ceased to interact with everyone in richmond once he returned to america. didn’t go to beard’s wedding? didn’t see sam play in the world cup? never brought henry to experience patented roy kent training? it’s just so weird and seems to be the antithesis of the show itself. —fic anon

Hmmm I think this doesn't actually bothers me! In part because I don't necessarily think it was implied that he ceases to interact with them. We didn't see enough of the "future" to know whether or not he's still still talking to these people. He could be taking annual summer vacations to England and texting Beard back and forth all damn day, for all we know! So if you'd like to envision that he was in the stands with Henry watching Sam, or that he drops by Richmond in a year or so to visit and check out how Roy Kent's running the place and catch a game, I think it was left very, very open for us to do so!

Not attending Beard's wedding is the only thing on the list that is definitely confirmed, and I will say it did strike me as very odd on first watch. But I ended up liking Brendan's response to that question in his Reddit AMA; He was basically like "Beard and Ted have the kind of relationship where they can go years without seeing each other, but then when they do it's like no time has passed." I have really wonderful friends like this myself, who matter so deeply to me but I rarely have a chance to physically see or even talk to. So that solidified a lot of things for me and in the end it felt right to me.

Personally, I think Ted absolutely still talks to many of them. I think it's been very established by the show and the writers themselves that Rebecca and Ted are (platonic) soulmates. I also like to think Nate regains the kind of relationship they had in season one, and the two of them are very close. They definitely send old-fashioned postal mail to each other across the pond all the time in the canon that exists in my head, lol. Like "Just thinking of you!" "Happy Corned Beef Day!" random cards and shit. I read a very lovely inlovewithnight fic that was set up as like press releases/articles/gossip columns set post-season, and a little part of it was that Ted comes back for an event at the Dogtrack and does a little meet and greet with fans. I really loved that. At the very least he's definitely watching all of Richmond's game still in America with Henry and supporting the team.

Overall, just because he's in America doesn't mean he's cut off from the world. It is an apple tv show, after all, and that means that all these people have iPhones that are critical devices to their wellbeing and used well and often 🫡

[jdeanmorgan]

hiiii sonny here are some sleepover questions!!

what are your top 3 series other than 911? have you ever met a celebrity? and what are some of your biggest pet peeves?

hope you have a great weekend!!! 💜✨

hiii bon!!!! <3

my top 3 shows outside 911... hmm... okay so I'll say the ones I always inevitably end up rewatching countless times: supernatural, glee and law and order svu

but i have to give it up from some honorary mentions: american horror story, interview with the vampire, sense8 and chucky the tv series.

I have met a few, yeah! Only mostly icelandic ones, though. But i'll say the one hollywood actor i've met is owen wilson, and i asked him if he was an actor cause my brain was not comprehending who he was cause like. what was he doing at the bus top in iceland lmao.

biggest pet peeves... hmm... i think it's snoring. like i know people can't control it but it makes me irrationally angry. i always put on headphones and try and ignore it when it happens around me haha

thank you, bon! I hope you have a great weekend too!!

[griefbuilt]

–   CHARACTER STUDY   -   JEREMY GILBERT 

LAYER 001 :    THE OUTSIDE.

NAME  :     jeremy  grayson   gilbert

EYE   COLOUR  :     hazel

HAIR  COLOUR  :     brown

HEIGHT  :  6’3   and  a   half  (  rounds  up  to  6’4  when  asked  )

CLOTHING   STYLE  :   dark  colors  ;  casual  (   flannels  ,  combat  boots  ,  leather  jackets  ,  t-shirts   ,   band  tee’s  ,   jeans  ,   button-downs  ,   tank  tops  ,  leather  pants  ,  hoodies  ,  sweatshirts  ,  briefs  ,   black  nail  polish  (  less  common  )  ,  suits  and  dress  shoes  for  weddings  and  funerals   )

BEST   PHYSICAL   FEATURE  :      smile

LAYER 002 :    THE  INSIDE.

FEARS  :  isolation   ,   loneliness   ,   abandonment  ,   loss   ,  helplessness  ,   betrayal  ,  unexpected   touch   ,  unexpected   loss  of  contact   ,  loss   of  control  ,   loss   of  autonomy  ,  crowded   spaces  ,  forgetting  ,  being   forgotten.

GUILTY   PLEASURES  :  junk   food  ,  watching   trash   reality  tv   with   caroline  ,  stealing  from   chain   stores  ,  takeout  ,   true   crime   shows  ,  shitty   vampire  /  werewolf   movies   ,  singing   taylor   swift  in   the   shower   ,  ‘  borrowing ‘   small  things   from   friends   to  hoard   away ,   long   showers   ,   men.

BIGGEST   PET   PEEVE  :    bad   tippers  /  unnecessarily   rude   to  customer   service  reps.

AMBITIONS   FOR   THE   FUTURE  :     keeping   everyone   alive  (  particularly  tyler  and   stefan   ,  since  apparently   they’re   bad   at   that  )  ,  maybe  graduating  (  ?  )  

LAYER 003 :   THOUGHTS.

FIRST   THOUGHTS   WAKING   UP  :  ‘  too  early  ‘ or  ‘  time  to  go  back  to  sleep  ‘  or ‘  fuck  i  shouldn’t  of  done  that ‘  (  most  frequently  )  ;  rolling  over  to  grab  mindlessly  at  the  person  he’s  with  (  in  a  relationship  )  ;  ‘ .....again ?  ‘  (  when  regaining  consciousness  after  a  near-death  experience  )  

WHAT   THEY   THINK   ABOUT   MOST  : ‘ is  (  insert  person  here  )  doing  alright  ‘  or  ‘  how  the  fuck  did  this  happen ‘ or  ‘  how  the  fuck  are  we  going  to  get  out  of  this  ‘ or  ‘  i  wonder  what  mom  /  dad  would  say ‘ ;  generally  thinks  about  death  a  lot

WHAT   THEY   THINK   ABOUT   BEFORE   BED  :    ‘ i’ll  deal  with  that  tomorrow ‘  or  ‘  why  do  i  feel  like  i  forgot  something  ?  did  i  forget  something  ?  maybe...  etc. ‘ or  ‘  please  let  this  be  fixed  in  the  morning.  let  it  just  not  be  real  ‘ or  ‘  fuck  it.  too  tired  to  change ‘ or  ‘  tyler....  ‘  

WHAT   THEY   THINK   THEIR   BEST   QUALITY   IS  :  his  astonishing  ability  to  rise  up  from  the  dead  like  fucking  lazarus  when  people  try  so, so  hard  to  kill  him  ?  or  he  doesn’t  give  up  on  people,  even  when  he  should.... or  he  gives  great  head  or  his  loyalty  to  the  people  he  loves

LAYER 004 :    WHAT’S BETTER ?

SINGLE   OR   GROUP   DATES  :    single

TO   BE   LOVED   OR   RESPECTED  : loved….

BEAUTY   OR   BRAINS  :   beauty

DOGS   OR   CATS  :    dogs   (  how  he  wishes   tyler   was  pettable  )

LAYER 005 :    DO THEY…

LIE  :   yes      

BELIEVE   IN   THEMSELVES  :  no  

BELIEVE   IN   LOVE  :   yes

WANT   SOMEONE  :   yes  

LAYER 006 :    HAVE THEY EVER…

BEEN   ON   STAGE  :    yes  (  if  his  elementary  school  performances  count  )  

DONE   DRUGS  :   yes  (  started  smoking  pot  at  thirteen  ;  started  in  on  benzos  and  painkillers  after  miranda  and  grayson’s  death  and  branched  out  from  there  )  

CHANGED   WHO   THEY   WERE   TO   FIT   IN  :  yes  (  tried  to  fit  in  more  during  childhood  (  eg:  being  more  like  matt  /  tyler  )  but  gave  up  relatively  quickly  ----  quicker  than  he  thinks  some  people  would’ve  liked,  at  least  ;  has  begrudgingly  killed  his  compassion  to  stay  alive  /  useful (  it  wasn’t  half  as  valued  in  him  as  it  was  elena,  anyways  )  )

LAYER 007 :    FAVOURITES.

FAVOURITE   COLOURS  :   green  ,  black  ,  gray  ,  blue  , that  one  shade  of  pink  his  mom  used  to  wear  all  the  time  ,  the  sunshine  yellow  that  reminds  him  of  caroline  (  and  only  that  yellow  )  ,  brown  like  his  sister’s  eyes  or  his  dad’s  eyes  or  his  grandfather’s  eyes  -------  they  were  all  the  same  shade  ;  he  didn’t  get  them

FAVOURITE   ANIMAL  :     dogs  

FAVOURITE   BOOK  :   battle  royale  ;  slaughterhouse-five  ;  cat’s  cradle  ;  as  i  lay  dying  ;  blood  meridian  ;  junky  ;  fight  club  ;  trainspotting  ;  the  hellbound  heart  ;  house  of  leaves  ;  the  exorcist  ;  good  old  neon  ;  pickman’s  model  ;  the  terror  ;  the  indifferent  stars  above  ;  in  cold  blood  ;  gun,  needle,  spoon  

FAVOURITE   GAME  :   dishonored  ,  red  dead  redemption  ,  fallout  ,  silent  hill  ,  dead  space  ,  resident  evil  ,  scrabble  ,  clue  ,  connect  four,  uno,  risk,  blackjack,  pool,  cheat,  poker,  beer  pong,  stump   (  would  1000%  play  dnd  with  wade  tbh  )  

LAYER 008 :    AGE.

DAY   THEIR   NEXT   BIRTHDAY   WILL   BE  :   october  13th

HOW   OLD   WILL   THEY   BE  :      20

LAYER 010 :    FINISH THE SENTENCE.

I LOVE  :    too  hard

I FEEL  :     too  much  or  not  at  all

I HIDE  :     to  keep  people  comfortable

I MISS  :    my  mom

I WISH  :    things  were  different

[writerdgabrielle]

Jotting down things to remember

One of my biggest pet peeves is mysteries where the reveal has zero connection to the rest of the plot.

I'm looking at you, Pretty Little Liars.

Full disclosure, I haven't read the books. I want to. They are on my TBR. And I know from other people who have that there are some major differences between the books and the TV show. But knowing how the show ended, the reveal of who A had been . . . Well, no spoilers but there were literally no clues (in the TV show) until the final act. Like five episodes from the end, we meet A. Then we finally get A's connection to the Liars IN MIDDLE OF THE BOND VILLAIN SPEECH! ugh

And that is something I FEAR in writing mysteries. Will the reveal make sense? Will readers be angry about the reveal in all the wrong ways?

(I mean, it's okay for readers to be angry at the characters when they finish reading. I'm even comfy with some "WHAT KIND OF MONSTER ARE YOU?!" anger directed at me . . . but not "I wasted precious hours of my life for THAT?!" anger. That's the opposite of a goal)

Have I laid out sufficient clues without giving it all away in the first chapter? At the same time, however, I've asked people these questions POINT BLANK and am still not satisfied with their answers. I am not 100% certain I'd be satisfied with anything outside of "No, you need to fix XYZ," so that's a me problem.

I think one of the most critical elements in a reveal at the end of a mystery is that the "bad guy" was visible all along. It needs to be someone the readers know and recognize but without hanging a sign on them that says, "IT'S ME! I DID THE THING!" There needs to be moments all throughout the story where the reader says, "I KNOW WHO IT IS!!" only to have their theory dashed on the jagged rocks below in the next chapter.

And that's where I worry I'm not qualified to do this.