#peter wolfe

[florissaur]

[incorrect90snicktoonquotes]

Cindy: Are there any pizza rolls left? Virginia: Heffer ate them all. Peter: All twenty-four. Heffer: I was peckish.

[renaultphile]

Peter Wolfe on Mary Renault, 1969

In spite of these disclaimers, however, the final judgment of The Charioteer must be warmly positive. Although the subject matter of the book makes it a chafing experience, its probing honesty awakens our moral responsibility to an urgent social problem. Had Mary Renault designed her novel as easy-going popular fiction, she would have sacrificed its grating persistence. The nature of Laurie Odell’s commitment and the inevitable loss of his human ideal may well encourage posterity to praise The Charioteer as her finest work.

Thank you to @bigzombiephilosopher-blog for recommending this book, which is unusual in being an attempt to evaluate Mary's literary career while she was still writing, at a time when her subject matter was still controversial. Some of the historical context is helpful too, particularly his theories about social cohesion and where she fit in to the turbulent times of the 30s. Even then she seemed to be a writer who was hard to categorise. You'll have to read the book to find out what his 'disclaimers' on TC were! Well worth a look, he does not mince his words and has some 'interesting' opinions on the novels too. Made me think about what makes a good book.

[doverstar]

there's such a massive history with doctor who and it hit me lately that the sensation of seeing that the companions and doctors you watched in real-time have become the past is a sensation every fan has felt for 60 years. at some point people missed jon pertwee and could remember watching him recently, even though tom baker was on tv as the doctor now and they liked him too. and nowadays we miss rose tyler and martha jones and amy pond and clara oswald and donna noble and tennant and smith and capaldi like those people missed baker when davison took the stage. like people missed ace and wondered if the show would ever come back, and then got excited and still felt it wasn't quite the same when eccleston was announced. like. it feels so recent, like just yesterday rose saw the tardis for the first time, but that was twenty years ago. feels like the doctor just made the speech in 'the rings of akhaten' and that was a decade ago. clara is gone, amy is gone. peter capaldi went from gray to white. and the show is going on and children will think of ncuti gatwa and millie gibson and huge white tardis corridors when they think of doctor who in the future. to them, david tennant is already what tom baker is to us. this story has a huge legacy. when you're watching doctor who, it ironically begins to feel like you're making history just by watching it.

[jade-bright]

Stiles: Do you think your family likes me?

Derek: My uncle literally bribed you to marry me

[casually-eat-my-soul]

Fully prepared for everyone to disagree but just my head cannon Peter sees stiles as an actual person (with autonomy) while he sees others as chess pieces to use because he recognizes stiles is similar to him.

Like it’s made fully clear that stiles is his favourite. Lydia brought him back to life, but the minute she plays her piece, he’s done.

Peter is a super morally grey character who manipulates and tricks his way through the seasons. He doesn’t get close to people but he favours stiles. He asked to give stiles the bite rather than take it from him. Because he sees stiles is just as clever, and thus stiles gains respect and becomes a person rather than a piece.

He is also number 1 sterek shipper, he tries to manipulate they into getting and staying together like he did with Paige, and stiles throws wolfsbane in his face

[itbeaheadcannon]

i've always just headcannoned that Stiles has keys, passkeys and codes to everyones stuff. you have a house key, car key, or something needing a code? Stiles has several copies on himself and hidden elsewhere.

like this dude has sticky fingers, and eyes everywhere. he's got the ability to get it into the sheriff's station, the school, hospital and vet. like if it's a mildly important place or is just slightly interesting, chances are high; he's got a key and code to get in

every time they try to change codes or keys, he has copies made a day later. no one is safe. no one.

people try to complain to the Sheriff, in the hopes he'll be able to stop him

he tells them all to suck it up.

while Stiles is the light of his life, he's also a feral gremlin,

the sheriff has been trying to keep him out of his stuff since he could walk

stiles also 100% has house and car keys to all of the pack

it drives argent insane that he can't keep him out

they've tried changing their stuff

it doesn't work

he also somehow got their passwords

(it wasn't hard, they're all stupid and have easy to guess passwords)

((besides Lydia and Danny))

[takaraphoenix]

Oh, that Peter-Stiles dynamic is just so fascinating. Right off the bat. I remembered that it fascinated me, but I didn't remember that they are fascinating right from the start.

The tension in their first meeting at the hospital. How Peter, who has hurt or killed everyone he encountered so far, just... circles his prey until Derek gets there to defend Stiles.

The way Peter just. Tore into Lydia without a thought. But didn't harm Stiles at all.

The way Peter only bit Scott out of opportunity but wants Stiles in his pack - because Stiles is "the clever one" - and actually offers Stiles the bite. Doesn't force it onto him, fully giving Stiles the choice and then leaving without doing... any harm at all... when Stiles says no.

Obsessed with how obsessed Peter is with Stiles.

[waywardshadesofgeek]

Lydia: We need your help. I’m asking nicely.

Peter: You honestly think batting pretty eyes and a killer smile is enough to get my nephew and I to do as you say? Please try again.

Stiles: I would kill for some ice cream right now.

Derek: I’ll get my car.

Peter: Who do I need to kill for it?

[eventually27]

Me reading fanfics when i should be asleep 💀

[theking-mustdie]

how it feels to be a teen wolf fan in the year of our lord 2024

[endiness]

[nightlark100]

Stiles sets up a betting board rather early on, figuring it'll be something that might help the betas bond a bit. It started off with a few silly things but the main category quickly became 'what is going to try and kill us next'. The name was changed after Derek expressed concerns over how cavalier Stiles was about dying and instead became 'what is going to put us in danger next'. The rules were simple:

Each of them contributed to a pool.

Each beta was given the opportunity to change their pick after something tried to kill them or once a month (if things were quiet)

Winner got the contents of the pool

If there was no clear winner or if there was more than one and they didn't want to split it, pack could make an argument for why their pick was the closest.

Scott put down 'Peter betraying the pack'

Peter in retaliation put down 'Argents being Argents'

Both refused to change it.

Stiles put down 'Dereks love life'

Erica put down 'Stiles losing his mind in a haze of caffeine after too many sleepless nights researching'. Boyd silently added his name against that pick as well.

The problem was Stiles seemed to always get it right. No matter what he wrote down each time, it usually happened in some way.

Derek's love life - a barista he'd been tentatively flirting with at the coffee shop turned out to be a succubus

Extreme cold (mocked by the others for being written down in the middle of a heatwave)- an abominable snowman popped up and set off a cold spell that even werewolf heat and Isaac's scarves couldn't ward off

Scott's cooking - After breaking some of Melissa's kitchenware while trying to make a romantic meal for Allison (the exact details of how remain a mystery, although Isaac was involved) and replacing it with a new set from a cute little shop that seemingly popped up out of nowhere, the pack quickly found out that there was a poltergeist attached.

The only time he didn't put anything down, was when he got possessed. And Peter argued that he technically still got it right since the only thing in his section was his name... Which was accurate in its own way (Stiles was not pleased by this logic and refused to talk to anyone for a long time)

He began to get gradually weirder and weirder with his picks, not even really trying to win after a while. He was a little confused and concerned by his strange predictions and hoped that eventually it would get too absurd to possibly come true.

Musical theatre - a siren showed up and almost lured Isaac into the swimming pool with her voice.

Killer Tomatoes - Lydia ended up nearly choking on her salad

Hummus - Jackson managed to ingest poisoned hummus and became practically feral.

Puppies - Stiles woke up one day to a very stressed Derek with an armful of his now tiny canine betas. Stiles didn't mind that one so much.

[twdxtrevor]

Peter would absolutely be there stirring shit up

[jade-bright]

Before Stiles and Derek find out the other is part of the supernatural.

Stiles: Who are you talking to?

Derek: No one.

Stiles: You're talking to the air, Derek, and at a volume like you're talking to someone

Peter, from a distance, grinning: He's smart, good choice nephew

[omgtheywereawooomates]