#or your username really

[daily-basil]

what if. What if basil but he was wearing this

That outfit looks REALLY pretty on him

(The outfit is from Devil Inspired if Google is to be trusted)

[nebulo-philiac]

We gotta stop pretending that the "censorship/antishipper" movement is run by dumbass children when most of the people who actively participate on there are GROWN ASS ADULTS who say stuff like this, this person has 25+ on their bio😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[erinwantstowrite]

if you want people to get into the canon comics and lead everyone away from fanon misinterpretation (which is a losing battle because there will ALWAYS be this) then why not be helpful instead of being a dick about it 🤨

the comics are hard to get into because it's hard to know where to start, and there's so much content that people are able to fill themselves in by reading fanfic or watching something on tiktok or seeing posts about it on here. perhaps instead of telling people they're stupid for not realizing your favorite character is being mishandled by others, you could write up a list of your favorite comics and/or how, if you could read them for the first time again, you would order your favorite comics to get the best reading experience. and also write your own fanfiction and draw your own fanart or make a passionate post, answer questions politely

[conflictofthemind]

Thoughts on "Escape from Camazotz"

Oppressive Suburbia, Conformity, and Season 5 Themes

I've long thought that a major focus of Season 5 will be the contrast between the families of The Wheelers and The Byers, and exploring how non-traditional family environments can be freeing vs the oppressive structure of the nuclear family.

In a Wrinkle In Time, Camazotz is a planet controlled by the big bad of the book, the "IT", who forces the citizens into a conformity that resembles American suburbia. All of the houses the same, the citizens the same, doing the same things at the same time without individual identity. Without anything different. Different means a lot of things, but with Stranger Things dropping different in reference to Will's identity and the presumable themes of this season, it will heavily codify as queerness and how it threatens the cisheterosexual family model.

Henry was raised in the 1950s, a decade still revered by conservatives for it's traditional family dynamics that supposedly were the peak of culture and happiness for all. That was all a lie, of course, and Henry knew so as he shows to Nancy and Eleven during his monologue. The second most conservative decade aside from the 1950s in American society is widely considered to be the 1980s.

The Creels will serve in parallel to The Wheelers; the worst example of what they could become and the damage that this type of family could do to a child that is different in any way. Notice how Vecna selectively shows Nancy visions of The Wheelers dying, but not anyone else she may consider family or friends (like Jonathan).

That is; unless they change their ways and come together as a healthy functioning family facing their traumas, The Wheelers will be toast.

Karen has been moved up to a main character role this season. Ted's actor says the father starts to show up more for Holly (hold that) and realizes he wants to act differently. Holly has been recast. Finn has said Mike goes on a much more personal journey this season, and steps up as a leader.

Oh, also: the catalyst for all of this is that Holly goes missing. The contrast will help show how the Byers (including El and Hopper here) were able to pull together and help solve Will's disappearance, versus how the Wheelers as a closed off nuclear family grapple with Holly's vanishing.

Each of the Byers is in some kind of a non-1950s conformist relationship, but particularly Will (not in one now but we all know he will be). I think El might represent, after she breaks up with Mike, the fear of the unmarried woman being satisfied without a husband. The above shot really emphasizes my point.

I predict that Will will end up coming out to his family rather early on, and we will see all of them immediately accept him with little surprise or push-back. Will is a visible gay man who comes from an open minded non traditional family (divorced, non-married, adoptive) that is willing to have honest conversations.

But this theme will place the most focus on the Wheelers. Mike is the main character of said family and this will particularly focus on his arc, and his acceptance of his queerness in the midst of suburban conformity.

He is not visible, he comes from a Reagan-supporting family who don't communicate with each other. He is not particularly close with his family like Will is. He pushes his feelings down and tries his damn hardest to be normal despite it all. His trauma hasn't really been addressed at all. He is falling back into his usual habits - the one thing he dared to do different (grow his hair long) has gone back to how it was.

It's not all doom and gloom though. This season above all will be a redemption arc of the American nuclear family, how they choose to escape their conformity and learn to be there for each other, thus overpowering Vecna. Not that the Wheelers are going to end this personally.

"Great, more hysteria. Just what we need". "It's the news, now indistinguishable from the tabloids".

[velvetwyrme]

( ❌ ) Sorry! That name is taken :(

Figuring out a username is tough. So... why not outsource it ;)?

The upcoming chapters of Flipping Fate require Edge to have a username, so we figured we should open that up to y'all to decide! This is all for fun, so go buck wild! Do you want to give him the coolest, most badass username? Or perhaps you want him to be embarrassed to even type it? (Maybe his brother got into his account and changed it?)

We'll hold another poll with your submissions once this poll ends so that you guys can decide what username he gets stuck with >;3c

[valewritessss]

You know what I find so funny? That I’ve come across a lot of people on TikTok that have something against this one account that posts pjo content. I do too, I mean I got into an argument with them because they kept saying percabeth is strained because annabeth made Percy feel suicidal. And I ended up blocking them because they made a story saying that percabeth shippers need to calm down in their comment section because we’re crazy or something like that. And I just wanted to scream like this isn’t because you don’t ship percabeth, it’s because you constantly bash annabeth, unintentionally but prominently make Percy this stupid victim that can’t feel for himself, and think pereyna and Perachel had better development (not to bash pereyna or Perachel shippers, but in canon, this is just obviously not true). And I thought I was the only one who had something against this person but now people are speaking up about it I guess and I think it’s so funny because I’ve BEEN having problems with them.

[alphabetblue]

changes of state by gowingovabored on ao3 seized me by the throat and wouldn't let go until i finished these. everyone go read this fic right now it's taken up all of my waking thoughts!!!

[may be obvious but these were traced over existing images. the original pics are under the cut.]

[djevelbl]

I love when ppl watch pvpciv bc is total wild experience. Anyways I just love the history and all the characters

I'm barely about to finish episode 2 so I can't really talk about the story side of things much but oh my GOD it IS wild — on one hand I wanna grab pvpciv!evbo and hug him, and I'll kill EVERYONE IN THE ROOM AND THEN MYSELF if something happens to him

On the other, every time he says pvpciv!tabi is his gf I feel like screaming /lh

[corviiids]

hey i know i make silly posts on the internet but i am also a real human being with feelings

[azaharinflames]

Do you think that if Ryan chooses not to renew his contract then that will sink the show or save it? Because I’m in two minds and a lot of it depends on Tim being able to breathe new life into the show with an exciting new character (or Ravi, I choose Ravi) and I genuinely don’t know if he’s capable of that.

I might hate for this, but - I don't think it will sink it.

Will the more toxic buddies leave? Maybe? I wouldn't be surprised if they still stick around to hate on the show. But even if they do leave, they're not that big of a demographic. I know in their minds there are millions of them, but that's simply not true lmao. So maybe some audience is lost, but honestly, I don't think it's nearly as many people as some may think. And this because (again don't kill me)...

Eddie just isn't all that. Fanon builds him up a lot (as usual is the case) but on screen? The writers have barely known what to do with him for years. He's indisputably a part of the firefam, but he's not a key piece of it, if that makes sense. No one fully relies on him, and they can survive without him. Even Buck tends to go for advice to Maddie or Bobby before he does Eddie.

Would the series lose? A bit, yeah. Don't get me wrong, I don't think his exit would go unnoticed. It would definitely be a challenge to fill his spot. But I don't think his exit would be detrimental, not in the way other people leaving would be.

To compare, I do see Angela leaving as the ultimate sinking of the boat for 911. Peter as well. But I don't think Eddie holds enough weight to sink the boat - not with the way writers have been treating his character, you know?

I hope this made sense haha. I didn't mean to be hateful, just honest.

Take care <3

[pjharvey]

ok, it does freak me out that i’m apparently STILL one degree of separation on this site from people who hated me when i was a teenager and somehow still haven’t moved on from this, and part of why i’m currently reaching out to emdr therapists and got a ptsd diagnosis is because i’ve been the victim of several incidents of stalking, but ultimately i think that’s very sad behavior and like you really can’t be happy if you’re spending that much time thinking about me and i don’t even know you and we don’t even know each other.

[tazmiilly]

hi hello! i just came back from tumblr after 1000 years and i would like to say hi because you were. i think. one of three artists that have been my idols for almost a year now (20 days until a year)? so hello and thank you for being my inspiration for so long and i hope the new year brings lots of good things for you :-)

aww hello!!! welcome back!!! I'm absolutely honored to have meant something like that to you (and for so long)!! I hope your time here treats you well and I hope this year bring plenty of good to you too! 💛💛💛

[jabberwockprince]

reworking this old ass oc and trying to figure out colors <3

[llondonfog]

YOU

YOU GET IT

i don't mean to ramble but i am so emotional!! about them!! how much lilia truly loved him at first sight that it manifested beyond a simple blessing to physically alter his appearance!!

i'm just consumed at the thought that lilia's love overcame the knight of dawn's raging genetics and punted them out of the way to ensure that while silver may never carry fangs nor pointed ears, he will never doubt his father's love for him when he looks in a mirror from now on and sees the blessing of the night, of moonlight, woven into his very hair.

the knowledge that silver is love made visible— the love of his parents to care for and protect their child from a world of war and suffering; the love of his father, a true love so powerful to leave an indelible mark on both their hearts so much so that we're traversing what should be the greatest agonies of lilia's life.... only to realize that they were all necessary, that he accepts them even, if it meant finding his greatest joy imaginable, that he would relive them all to cherish the memory of finding silver; the love of one of the greatest mages to have lived, the fae prince himself, who sought to halt time to stop the tears of the human closest to his heart; the love of his childhood friend, who would have stopped at nothing to save him and whose happiest dream was not complete without silver's presence.

he's the glue of this silly little family, the symbol that unconditional true love can come from your greatest enemies and be the mercy you need to finally welcome peace into your heart.

yana toboso what the genuine fuck have you done to me

[the-blossica-fan]

Hello again!

Do you ever encounter or know people that remind you of the characters in Reverse 1999?

(Not necessarily like look exactly like them but more of exhibit characteristics similar to them.)

In my case, my math teacher reminds me of 37 since she was considered a bright star by her peers, codes on an old computer back then, created theorems for a NEW ALGEBRAIC SYSTEM (there are only 20 of these in the world, if it passes it would be 21), and she has a scary amount of intricate knowledge on mathematics (like she mentions the origins of Greek letters, Pythagoras, and other origins of Math randomly).

My maternal family reminds me of the Dittarsdorfs since the women have an affinity for the spirits (like my mother, aunt, and sister), descended from nobility, mental issues due to said spirits and in general, and were considered beauties. When playing E lucevan le stelle with my sister, she looked at Isolde and was felt concerned due to their similarities. Personally Isolde reminds me of a mix of my sister and mother's situations.

Welcome back Comrade!!

Mmm, I never had a feeling like that, I'm never able to put together two personalities or traits together to form similarities 😓

My Lord, are you sure you didn't accidentally meet the real r1999 characters?/silly

That's pretty impressive actually, I don't know what surprised me the most, your teacher or your maternal family.

It's so amazing. Especially because it means that not only are they creating characters that can be relatable to real life, but also because the similarities are really shocking.

[disdaidal]

Someone who constantly embarks on ship wars and fandom wank... doesn't sound too mentally stable. It's sad, really.

Dedicating all that energy and free time to arguing about fictional characters and their relationships, instead of channeling it into something more relaxing or creative, sounds destructive.

Seek help, please. Before it devours you completely.