#probably bev tbh

[purecommemasolitude]

It’s a shame the rest of Black Friday doesn’t translate to the outsiders super easily because guys hear me out. I know the first instinct would be Darry = Lex but hear me out. Darry in the arc of Tom Houston

[princess-glassred]

Here's a very silly idea i had for a little losers club misadventure:

It's the school's annual track and field day and all the loser's club kids are excited to participate, most of them have at least some rudimentary knowledge of sports and some of them even have some skill like Mike and Bev, so they're all very pumped. Even the people who are not very good at sports like Richie and Eddie are still pumped because Richie gets to run around willy nilly and Eddie gets to do something different than just lay in his house with his mom all day. Their fun day hits a snag though after the first round of games ends and everyone takes a break to check the rankings so far and the gang notice Henry Bowers is miraculously last place in all of them.

Henry might be strong and fast but he only knows how to use it in regards to violence or bullying, things like teamwork, following the rule book, and even listening to people telling you how to play the game is lost on him so he winds up in last place everytime. Take the violent blood lust, bigoted opinions, and trauma from this guy and you're just kinda left with a kid who doesn't actually know how to do much because he just bullies people all the time. Go figure.

The loser's think this is actually reallh funny at first until Stan points out how if Henry humiliates himself in a masculine competition like this, ESPECIALLY to them, he'd probably be in a pissed off mood for months and take it out on every member of the group. He'd be extra violent, extra mean, extra cruel, it'd be like when he got braces, but, like, a million times worse. So unfortunately for them it no longer becomes a matter of winning the games anymore, now they all have to intentionally try their hardest to lose in hopes that Henry doesn't actively try to kill them tomorrow. And yeah, letting Henry Bowers beat you is painful, but i'd reckon getting your face cut off is even moreso. He sucks so much that the losers aren't even aiming to make Henry win, they just wanna all rank one spot below him so he doesn't blame them. Richie could literally stand still and Henry would still find a way to lose at basketball.

This of course leads to whole heaping of silly antics, when Henry is criticized for poor sportsman ship, Richie tries to one up him by breaking a baseball bat in half but kinda just struggles with it for a while until he gets too winded and gives up. Everyone has to just quietly shut up while Henry trash talks them, but thankfully his insults are far less nasty than usual since they're around teachers. Eddie's mom shows up, enraged to find out Eddie hid the fact they were doing track and field day from her and promptly leaves with her son, which Eddie is supremely thankful for cause it means he doesn't have to pretend like Henry's better than him anymore. Richie begs to be taken with him and when he doesn't, Stan consoles him by joking that if Henry beats them all to a pulp after this Eddie can take care of them in the hospital.

When the second round of games ends and they see the scores still haven't changed Bev just loses it and screams "How can anyone be so untalented they can't even win when seven people are cheating for them?!".

All and all... it's a very frustrating experience tbh.

[alaskan-wallflower]

I find it really funny that in the musical they say "whoever wins the rumble, owns the park" cause I strongly feel that the part itself stays empty for awhile cause Bob literally died there. Plus no socs want to go there cause Bob died and a lot of greasers probably avoid the place cause that's where Bob died and where Johnny killed him. And ik the gang avoids that place, especially Ponyboy cause that's where Bob died, Johnny killed him, and that was the last time Pony really hung out with Johnny in Tulsa

Exactky-I always found that line kind of funny tbh. Especially since in the musical that’s where most of the violence happens? Like when Bev puts her cig out on Two-I could be wrong, I’ve seen the show once and I didn’t really pay as much attention because I wasn’t hyperfixated it on the time lol-but I think that’s also where the rumble happens though if i’m not mistook? but regardless i think it’s more of a symbolic thing, like whoever wins this fight gets the territory that is kind of like no mans land at this point y’know? i think it was just for symbolic reasons. i think it’s up for interpretation though!!

[boxwinebaddie]

to all the guardian angels watching over me --

for you, my treasures, i am working on a gift,

something to lift our spirits while i lift this curse.

( god, i wish i had taken PE a bit more seriously. )

now, it's not much...

but because i've been experiencing alot of stress/panic attacks lately, if you are looking for a little hurt comfort, but mostly comfort, i am writing up a little think piece about Ravesey!Style X Anxiety, what situations/subject matters might be stressors, nervous tics/tells,

and, naturally...

...what the other boy might do to comfort them. <3

again, it's not much ( i wish it could be more, but alas, i have been trying to write for months and my hands hurt almost as much as my heart does ), but i wanted to try and ease back into writing things again, i am inspired endlessly by your requests/questions, would like nothing more in the world than to answer them and hopefully heal the world with a little hate...from ravesey style.

( so you better smile, pendejos. )

but first, a sappy, crappy thanks from ur poorly functioning uncle.

many of you have asked what my days are like ( i'm sorry i got a little graphic and morose down here, but on the bright side, i'm only five ft, so it's far less stuffy than six feet under, right? khlks. what can i say! even as a gallows girl, i'm shallow. <3 call that preposthumo(ro)us. )

buuut anyways, a lot asked how to make my dog days better but tbh? i'm a cat person ( i miss lily :/ ), so i don't need compliments.

your company is more than enough.

( tho, i do 'preciate the gifts you're leaving on uncle death's doorstep )

...so, um...

*rubs neck nervously and accidentally strains it*

Thank You. :'}

on terribly hard days, ( any sans you ) when i wake up with the skin on my face red and broken open after another round of failed antibiotics from another lazy er diagnosis that i don't have/but must because my voice shakes when i talk and i pick my skin when i'm scared, my body heavy, puffy and yet far too light from exertion, a disgusting jaundice yellow against the bruise blue tile of my bathroom floor, trying not to gag as the nauseating, patronizing voices of ugly male doctors echo in my ears with this horrible thing brewing in my body like poison...

..i open your messages, i read your kind words, tell all the loud men in lab coats to shut up, i put the dnr down, and decide...to save myself.

i sit up slowly so i don't get whiplash or come crashing down to earth, ( yk, i've heard it hurts to fall from heaven, but then, hells not far off. )

i think about how if i don't do this, no one will relentlessly hit on my rant park girls and ruin their day, i think of what little silly drink i will weakly brandish in my hideous, chewed up hands for my bev check that day, it helps if i imagine us all together at a picnic table one day, laughing, smiling, drinking our drinks, just dillydalling the day away,

a perfect, beautiful day.

talking about our perfect, beautiful boys.

just me and my perfect, beautiful girls.

but right now...

it's just Fucking. Me. again.

and this biohazardous BITCH who won't pay rent.

and i finally make it up for air, i savor it, then hold my breath so i don't scream at god or waste my very important air on another stupid arrogant man who won't listen and doesn't care, gritting my teeth so hard, all sound and movement softens ( a very sick kind of kindness ), stupidly clinging to my sweat-laden shirt, all cotton and rotten hope,

trying very hard to be 'good', to be a positive role model even outside of the classroom full of small children i loved very much but was too sick to send off to off to the kindergarten i prepped them for...these weird, funny, odd, special, tiny little people i raised in place of their rich, idle parents; tied their shoes, sang them songs, taught them to spell their names...and will probably never, ever see again.

-- but who would want me to practice what i teach and be brave and not cry as i try to remember which parts of the lymphatic system will release pressure in each sagging limb, painstakingly putting my broken doll parts back together by myself in that cursed fucking bathroom which knows me better than any ex i've ever had...

...and because of your strength, my loves,

i remember everyday why even though i am some woman's annoying, inept, yappy purse dog pomerainian that accidentally got dumped on the side of the busy highway, a dumb, useless, fancy, fluffy, fussy thing, doomed from the start, dead on arrival, taken and afraid, shaking in my siren clog hello kitty crocks, scared shitless, with no survival skills, no self-preservation, no strength, that somewhere, way past this horror movie scene, far beyond night that never ends...

crimson dawn B R E A K S.

and it looks a lot...

Like Your Smile. :)

HYH.

-uncle nina xx

[stitchwraith-stingers]

compilation post of background guys ive givens names

@ilikemicrowaves for u.... some of them have more info on them then others since i put them in a worldbuilding au i . never talk abt nowadays lol

ill start off w these two since you already know about them cuz i mentioned them a second ago loll, heather on the left and cynthia murphy on the right

heather is a horse girl with a bananas single father, probably knows vaugely about coswans existance since shes in timmys school, she wins the idgaf war

cynthia can walk without her crutches (will need to research what specifically her condition can be, since other then this frame i havent seen her with them) and is jenkins twin whos absent half the time, probably had to bury their pet together

the muslim kid is nadia elmahdy (which might be the only 1 with an actual name on here) she is the gossiperrrrrrr and probably runs school confession accounts on instagram, finds trev fascinating like a testtube baby, wannabe detective and sticks her nose in places she probably shouldnt (was accidently canonized to have a fairy in a gag but im too attached to this one that i cant rlly imagine her w one my baddd)

the other kid with crutches is freya lovejoy, she collects rumors she hears from the grape vine and tries to stop nadia from doing reckless behavior in the name of fucking around and finding out, shes transfem and admires hazel from afar (i have a crackship w them #tbh) and specifically has POTS, shes aprils cousin and one of the teachers daughter, in dino in dimmadelphia its shown that she has a sibling but i dont have anything for them lol

this is april mack, shes is semi-verbal and is amy krentz daughter so she doesnt rlly talk to anyone and is jut kinda dubbed violin kid cuz she brings the damn thing everywhere, owns some black market where in extange for some trinkets she can make you a custom braclet, and also has a fairy (i dont remember what first name i gave her but her last one is dawnblaze iirc) she is like syphilous or whatever that guys name was ITS SO OVER. WERE SO BACK every single day

this ones ivan popovic! slavic beam, i specifically made him polish iirc, i like to imagine him and bev have friendly rivalry, he might be a little bit shy tp speak to freya aaaaaaaand thats all i have on him sorry

and also these guys which i dont have anything, in order: rusty? rory? reed? (dunno what to call him, something that gives off an autumn or fox vibe for sure, i can tell hes british), aspen (i see them as non binary, yolo, also apparently they smell rlly good?? has a godparent) and liam? lovejoy (who i decided is freyas other sibling, along w the 3rd mysterious one)

^ i dont have any concrete names for them so they could change if i decide to post them for whatever reason

also not enterly relevant but i gave most of these guys names in my wc au, guess whos who

[willgrahamsbecoming]

why chilton?

AAALRIGHT im going to assume you're coming from my confession thing (chilton is the most reasonable character) so i'll answer that first.

(coming back up here after writing a bit, this is long and spoiler-y so i'm adding a read more. @ vic youre already up to season 3 just wait ok)

also a disclaimer: i'm writing all of this from memory while freezing in the wind at the bus stop. errors may follow

chilton may be a dumbass when it comes to his own actions BUT everyone is tbh so thats kinda just the baseline

however! he was one of the only people to believe will. he saw the evidence (albeit the little of it there was, since hannibal left very little) that pointed to hannibal, and he was able to put aside his positive associations and think critically about it

jack and alana both let their personal connection to hannibal cloud their judgement until it was too late. which is understandable! i love both of them as well. but out of those three people we see regularly interacting with hannibal personally, having dinner as friends (or more!), frederick is the only one who was willing to consider that hannibal was the ripper

of course beverly did as well, but she wasnt close with hannibal, and breaking into his house without telling anyone where she was going unfortunately docks some reasonable points. sorry bev </3

(and bedelia. but she didnt really try to do much about it except send smoke signals in the form of wine and truffles. i can understand that though. go get your europe holiday girl)

he was also the only one to see hannibal and will's fucked up relationship in season 3 ("with those two [disembowelling] is tantamount to flirtation" in aperitivo).

and now for more general 'why he's my favourite' stuff!

i really love his character arc - it's almost circular, and hes still recognisable as the frederick chilton we meet in entrée by the time the number of the beast is 666 rolls around, but he's taken his experiences in and grown as a person, imo. still confident, still egotistical, but still Changed.

and the fact that he's still the same by the end is really meaningful! because we all know that this man is a human punching bag - he went through so much over the course of the show, but he got back up every time. he's an incredibly strong person for that (and probably a little - or very - stubborn!), and it's very admirable. he held his head up and he faced abel gideon after he vivisected him (he stood right in front of him! the man who had broken out of restraints more than once!), he sat and ate with hannibal (more than once, we can assume) after he'd attacked him in his home and left three mutilated corpses for him and left him pretty much for dead

(im sure jack wouldve shot him if he hadnt surrendered and been someone familiar, and he wouldve likely been tried and if found guilty, executed much like hannibal should have been without frederick and alana saving his ass)

of course, this insistence on standing his ground led to his unfortunate fate in s3e12, but it's not his fault he didnt forsee a third attempt on his life. his strength is admirable nonetheless

i'd dock reasonable points for 'trusting will graham' but everyone did. that's another baseline. (aside from bedelia, i suppose. but her first impression of him was hannibal's pathetic little rambles in hannibal-mandated therapy)

also he's a funny little guy and has some of the best lines in the show. and he's played by raúl esparza who did so INCREDIBLY like holy shit

okay i think im out of stuff to say and i'm nearly at my stop thanks 4 reading

[izzyspussy]

controversial take but like. i don't like trans eddie headcanons because i feel like.

1: his entire character arc and storyline are so intrinsically wrapped up in the outside expectations of his assigned gender and sexuality as a straight man and how having the specific pressures associated with that hinder him as a developing person. i don't think him being afab makes sense in the context of his story and the character interactions, especially with his mother (and therefore also It, and therefore the entire plot, because that's how that works in this case). i simply don't think you can make him afab and still have even remotely the same fundamental storyline, and if you don't have that then you don't have that character anymore.

characters where their gender is not so inherent to their arc and/or is not quite so dependent on the specific experience of one particular gender and the socially attached sexuality don't have this problem. say izzy hands, whose gender is not that important beyond that the generalized thesis of his canon is "this is what it means to be a man". he could be any type of man and still be the same guy playing the same role in the narrative and having - generally speaking - the same dynamic with the other characters. or dean winchester, whose character does have some dependency on the gender and sexuality expectations others have for him (and that he has for himself), but in a way that is a little more nebulous and not concretely connected to the actual plot. the villains would be the same, the plot points would be the same, and even the primary on-screen character dynamics would be - again generally speaking - basically the same if he were afab. i really do not think this is true for eddie.

i think you could still have eddie if you made him a trans woman. and i even think you could make a close enough mirror of him as a cis woman (if you did it right re: the themes and why his gender is so important in the original and how that would translate, which in the cis-swaps i've seen in this fandom has not been the case - but then again cis-swaps as a general rule are not very good or well thought out lol). but i really think that in order to make him ftm you'd have to change so much about how the story goes, and if you try to keep everything the same it doesn't work narratively/mechanically speaking. things just plain would not have happened that way, and no one seems to even try to make them happen the way they would have in those different circumstances.

and because of this, most trans eddie headcanons really come off as shallow and even though i know in most cases they probably aren't they do feel transphobic to me. like... why him? because he's small? because he's prissy? because he doesn't perform and arguably does not enjoy the specific kind of masculinity expected of him, one of the fundamental conflicts of his character as-is like i mentioned above? why not, say, mike or ben? hell, why not bev?

and 2: i think it's important to acknowledge and be comfortable with and celebrate when cis men and trans men have experiences that can strongly relate to each other. as a trans man, i really identify with eddie and some of the experiences he's had or that i imagine he would have if his story continued.

this is obviously more personal and not so much connected with narrative coherence, but a cis man who knows how i felt the first time i wore gender affirming underwear, or finally had sex with the right gender dynamic, or shed the gender roles assigned to me one by one until i was just left with who i genuinely am, or made the choice to recover from childhood gender-motivated abuse, etc etc etc is really validating and nice. and tbh i think that is its own kind of representation.

it's not just true that trans women and cis women both have Women's ExperiencesTM and that trans men and cis men both have Men's ExperiencesTM, but also that many experiences we might associate with transness are not exclusive to transness and nor are they things that only happen to or are felt by people of the same assigned gender. like. it's not only that trans women have experiences of womanhood that cis women have, it's also that cis women have experiences of womanhood that trans women have (and the same goes for men), you know what i mean?

and it's just really disappointing to me that ftm trans eddie specifically is the most popular trans headcanon in the IT fandom, to the point of any other trans headcanon being fringe. and that it does generally seem to be because of transandrophobia-typical reasons like his size and "feminine" qualities (and frequently he is made to be more "nonthreatening" as well, even when not trans smdh). and that no one seems to want to engage with the particular gendered experiences involved in his character unless they make him trans first (in which case tbh they just erase them Differently, not less).

you don't have to be trans to have a complicated or interesting gender! you don't have to only identify with people who are just like you! sometimes trans men and cis men is the same! i just wish we could do something different one time!!

[consoledacup]

This took longer than expected sorry lol. & the post got long af, so I stuck to a general overview of the friendship dynamics that establishes the foundation of the Vortex — rooted in season 1 main plot points (b4 1x13). While others were involved, I don’t think they played as big of an influence, evidenced by the impact + outcome of later season fallouts. I can explain my rationale (tomorrow/next week) with a similar writeup of Layla/Liv/Asher/Spencer plots points contrasted against my writeup in this post. Just comment & let me know. (it would only be the AA specific parts of this post, not the general shit I wrote at the beginning).

General Opinion of media representation of Vortex dynamics:

- I wish industry ppl would talk about how written creative endeavors bound to relationship anarchy (RA) can validate the ‘stable Love Dodecahedra (LD)’ Ending Trope type where ‘everyone stays friends’ (eg, the vortex); but, how “relationship hierarchy [RH] as a coercive structure reflective of our culture’s value system” cannot see that in media nor in real life.

- In other words, it’s only successful to the extent that viewers are convinced the work FEELS & IS

- (a) realistic irl and in the show &/or

- (b) justified in-universe insofar that their willing suspension of disbelief (WSOD) is retained as they watch.

- RH (the ‘societal default settings’ of relationships & love) & RA are NOT common knowledge. Which helps explain why such written creative endeavors have been unsuccessful amongst the subset of viewers unknowledgeable about RH & RA. & tbh that is likely a VERY large subset.

RH (the ‘societal default settings’ of relationships & love) & RA are NOT common knowledge. Which helps explain why such written creative endeavors have been unsuccessful amongst the subset of viewers unknowledgeable about RH & RA. & tbh that is likely a VERY large subset.

- Unpopular opinion, maybe even a fact, is that vortex dynamics are very much realistic and have probably always happened in real life. The subset of viewers who know/acknowledge/understand this don’t need to be convinced of that nor of retaining their WSOD.

My thoughts on the lack of media representation w/Vortex Dynamics that actually break down (behind & on screen) what’s happening:

(A) Keep this info in mind:

- The characters are no different than the aforementioned subset of viewers unknowledgeable about RH & RA. There is a common tendency, esp prevalent during minorhood, to form or explore personal/intimate relationships within a ‘Romantic Sex-Based Relationship Hierarchy’.

- Additionally, the split model of attraction—or the idea of different forms of attractions beyond romantic and sexual—is also not common knowledge.

(B) What does that mean in practice for AA?

- We weren’t told, but it’s highly likely that Asher & Layla explored/questioned their personal/intimate relationship status as friends along RH imposed lines b/c they felt differently toward each other than (a) they felt about the rest of the Bev crew &/or (b) they did during their elementary-ages.

- So, I’d assume that before Lasher & Ashlivia actually acted on anything to redefine their relationship status as childhood friends, none of them ever even knew to question/consider whether:

- their “relationship categories are determined by an absence vs presence of sex &/or romance” (the RH mentioned above);

- RH “creates [in]equality of all their personal/intimate relationships, behaviorally & emotionally”;

- they “view being [a sexuality: eg, gay/pan/ace/straight thru] a sexual relationship”;

- they force themselves into “compulsory sexual or romantic experiences & relationships”‬ & what that means.

(C) How does this factor into what actually transpired on our screens in AA? (examples & explanations provided).

The varied friend configurations of Layla, Liv, Asher & Jordan were central to each other, introducing post-middle-school friends with their initial Beverly Crew friend group & then integrating them in to form The Vortex (e.g. Spencer, Coop, Patience, Jaymee). After every major and minor issue they faced, they were always able to lean on that foundation, mend what was broken, and keep building and working on these different friendships. I’d say to the point that, if they wanted to, they could reliably describe themselves as the “we don’t have to talk every day. we can go long stints and when we do interact it’s like no time has passed” type of friends. None of the friend configurations for them are vortex, person, or situation dependent. JJ is central to maintaining the Vortex as a whole though.

- Imo they never were successful with Simone bc of how they introduced her and just her whole storyline mainly being centered around Jordan; Not to mention, only 1-2 ppl really started building a genuine friendship with her that was completely separate + capable of lasting outside of Jordan. & I think she realized this as she left that Xmas party in 5x01.

*BONUS CRUCIAL S1 EXAMPLES/CONVOS*

Ashlivia, Laylivia, & Lasher’s friendship foundations proved to be firmly rooted based on their actions post Layla/Liv/Asher Fallout + bumps along the way of their friendship healing journey:

- Liv helping Ash on the bench post-homecoming dance (1x07)

- Laylivia 1x08 convo clearing the air and apologizing for everything that they had both done. Convo ends w/Olivia asking about the state of their friendship bc she doesn’t want to lose her best friend again. Layla responds honestly that she isn’t sure & that it’s gonna take some time.

- 1x09 has Layla trying to save Asher bc he’s been skipping school. She tries to convince him to start going back to class, tells him he’s wrong that nobody wants him at school and that there’s always a way back. He thinks she means as bf/gf and gets mad when she clarifies she meant football, not them bc she’s w/spencer.

- 1x10 Laylivia starting their friendship healing journey + Layla to Gabby “what is important are the real friends in my life—people like Olivia, who stand by me no matter what—the kind of friendship you clearly know nothing about”.

- (1x11) Liv/Ash/Layla friendship dynamics

- Liv saving Asher the morning of the combine after noticing he hadn’t checked in

- Layla covering for Liv at combine check-in while she was helping asher

- Ashlivia post-combine bench convo

- Laylivia convo about saving Asher bc he’s in a bad place like Liv was, but how she had a family who forced her to get the help she needed. So they “just need to be that family for Asher”.

- Ashlivia ‘back on the team’ convo

- Laylivia solution for Asher living in his car is for Asher to stay w/Layla even after the 1x09 confusion & awkwardness

- 1x12

- Layla goes to Spencer’s for a quiet place to study bc Asher is staying at her place

- Layla dealing with Spencer’s jealousy issues about Ash staying with her.

- Asher offers friendly advice to Spencer to return the favor regarding the wrecked car incident: “Don’t make the same mistake I did and lose the best thing that’s ever happened to you. I know this is going to sound crazy coming from me, but you can trust Layla.”

- Lasher convo after seeing JJ/Jor/Spence (asher gave her a ride to school bc she dropped her car off at the dealership):

- A: “You know it’s bad when even JJ is still pissed at me.”

- L: “You were friends before you were teammates, he’ll come around.”

- A: “I betrayed my team almost cost them the homecoming game. I’ve got a lot to make up for”.

- L: “And you will.”

- Layla worried about Liv being late to class. Tracked her down to talk about & give her a gift for her 1yr sobriety. Liv opens up & Layla gives support and advice. Cancels her date with Spence to stay with Liv bc she was having a rough time.

Laylivia 1x08 Convo:

- L: “Look we both said some pretty harsh things last night & I’m still mad as hell at you.”

- O: “I’m sorry that I slept with Asher, and I will keep saying it until—“.

- L: “I get it. You were high. But I’m still really hurt, and not just about the Asher thing. I’m upset about us. You let me believe you didn’t want to be my friend anymore, and you let me be with a guy who would cheat on me with my best friend”.

- O: “I know. And it was wrong. I told myself that I was doing it to protect you, but the truth is, I was just protecting myself. Everything that you said last night was true.”

- L:”Well, if I’m being honest, you weren’t wrong either. I knew you liked Spencer, and I was too afraid of not being miss perfect to admit I liked him, too. I’m sorry.”

- O: “You don’t need to apologize, Layla, okay? Not to me, not after what I did. And yes, I had a thing for Spencer, but I’m moving on and Spencer is a really good guy for you.”

- L: “Yeah well, he’s a really good guy who’s trying to uncomplicate my life by saying we should just be friends right now. Probably for the best.

- O: “Is it?”

- L: “Idk.”

- O: “What about us? I really don’t want to lose my best friend again.”

- L: “Honestly, um idk about that either. It’s gonna take some time.”

I really like examining the characters and dynamics this way. Thank you for writing this all up, @lostnonbinary Share whatever else you'd like! :)

It makes perfect sense why the Beverly Crew kinda set the early foundation for the flow of the Vortex. I think, growing up, these five kids found stability in each other, no matter what else was happening. And like you said, at times, it was a "maybe we don't talk all the time, but I'm still here for you." Because Layla and Olivia fought hard for their friendship, even while navigating real hurt and tension. And Olivia fought really hard for Asher while no one else was looking for him. And Jordan fought really hard for Layla when he noticed she had successfully pushed everyone else away. And Asher fought really hard for JJ even when he was at his worst and didn't wan his attention. I wonder what those dynamics looked like as they grew up together, and I'm sure there are many more examples of one member caring for the other.

And then you have Coop's and Spencer's fierce friendship with each other, and they, with Patience, join this Beverly Crew to form this Vortex. I have to say I like that people have slowly become close to each other, and to me, no one dynamic or relationship has seemed forced. I hope we continue to see that slowburn of connection next season and maybe see more fun, unlikely pairings like Asher/Coop.

Whether the Vortex reflects real life or not has never mattered to me personally. It's a show, it's fun, it's messy, and it's also just kinda beautiful to watch these characters take care of each other.

[aberfaeth]

lover and speak now for the album ask game?

THANKS BEV these are fun bc i do have mathematical ratings from that time i ranked every tswift song

lover

The best song on the album

cruel summer hands down. song of the summer. cant believe this wasnt the title track tbh

My favorite song on the album

cruel summer but specifically the versus me cover of cruel summer. if u and havent listened to that go do it rn rn immediately

My least favorite song on the album

this is tough bc like four songs on this album do instill a visceral hate and rage within me but i think im gonna go for you need to calm down, which instills the most visceral hate and rage within me

The most overrated song on the album

everyone shut up about the man forever or im going to become a misogynist for real

Most underrated

idk if daylight is actually underrated but its like one of my favorite taylor swift songs of all time so it deserves more hype regardless. this or i think he knows which is so fun and should be discussed

The banger of all bangers

miss americana and the heartbreak prince <3 O-KAY!

Rate from 0-10

6.8/10 according to my spreadsheet and i stand by that

speak now

im going by the old version bc i simply havent listened to enough of the vault tracks and also my opinion would be skewed by the presence of patrick stump, no matter how underutilized he was on that fucking song

The best song on the album

probably enchanted. i feel i can be a basic bitch about this one

My favorite song on the album

haunteddddd i love an orchestra i love screaming

My least favorite song on the album

mean

The most overrated song on the album

dear john is like. fine.

Most underrated

IF THIS WAS A MOVIE >>>>>>>> JUSTICE FOR HER

The banger of all bangers

better than revenge. this is also why rating by the old version is crucial bc the misogyny is what makes it fun

Rate from 0-10

8.34/10 according to the spreadsheet. i think this one is definitely affected by nostalgia bc this was like MYY tswift album when i was in middle school but i still enjoy the songs the same so like

[ssaalexblake]

I'm imagining a Picard timeline where Jack Does go properly seek out Picard to actually meet him and not, you know, that, bc Bev that's kind of mean to your kid, does he really deserve having to talk this out on his own??? She said she encouraged him to go meet his father and whatever anybody feels about this whole thing, it Is very much like passing the buck to not go and explain everything and instead leave it to your son who had No part in the decision making that left him a stranger to his father. Should not be His responsibility, imo. Parental bullshit is not the fault of the child even when the child is an adult.

I mean, I assume this was an oversight bc tbh I didn't think of it till later (but also, I'd probably think harder if I were actually tasked with writing it ngl), but it does nothing to stop making Beverly look really callous. Except now it's to both of them.

I feel the urge to just defend her from this show 😐

[humanoidtyphoons]

hmm ig… put more simply

tng. you could call the crew found family, personally i read them as besties at work. picard still at times feels like a father to his crew, despite his aversion to getting close to them, with the exception of bev crusher, his breakfast bestie and secret crush.

voy. they are found family as a crew. janeway is a busybody who loves knowing who is doing what and electing them to be the leader of their specific passion projects/suggestions. but i still kinda see her as everyone’s mom with maybe the exception of tuvok. i know i probably don’t see chakotay like that either, but… bestie isn’t a joint position to be shared between tuvok & chakotay imo. (lol!) chakotay is like a secret third thing, but idk the specifics.

ds9. this is where it’s tricky bc family is integral to sisko. he’s fantastic to jake, and the sisko fam moments are a highlight to an insane degree, and this carries through with sisko and his own father, and how cooking bonds them.

but if i’m like. looking at sisko in regards to the ds9 crew. they feel distant to me? he never isn’t an overseer, which is absolutely his role there. it feels more bureaucratic than close. he does slowly get his ideal baseball team tho. like he’s close to dax, i do think he gets closer to kira. but… overall, idk. it feels kinda arm’s length in a way that never gets broken?

it doesn’t have to, tbh. that in itself is interesting to think about and is a unique flavour to a show.

again, just. wanted to mull it over tbh.

[blokecorelouis]

honestly

just had the most annoying experience. i’ve been looking forward to clubbing for like a year now and my friend just came to visit to go clubbing and have fun and she literally just bailed on those plans an hour before we were set to leave. AND i had included another friend in these plans who I THEN HAD TO BAIL ON LIKE AN HOUR FROM GOING OUT. and another friend who is kind of a new friend who i also had to bail on. and she bailed because she has a fucking cough. i understand that health anxiety and health ocd suck but also like fucking why AN HOUR BEFORE WE WERE GONNA LEAVE ??? like take a fucking xanax or something. ik im being a cunt right now but im kind of pissed. also my partner has been like struggling with sex stuff and the idea of polyamory keeps coming up and i dont even know if i want that but like it feels like im already reassuring them all the time so despite what they say it feels like it isnt an option. idk i just wish everyone was on my wavelength and ik thats not how life works but sometimes that fucking sucks. like why am i 23 and i barely have sex once a week, make like $500 a week which is barely enough to survive, and i also havent been to a club in over a year. also i wish my partner liked clubbing but they dont. i just wish i didnt feel like im missing out on so much. ik i still have time but fuck it feels like even when i try to go out and be young and dumb and full of cum im being blocked from that experience. now its 2 am and instead of like stumbling out of a club and calling an uber im sitting in bed typing up this mess of a post on tumblr while my partner sleeps next to me and my friend probably scrolls through tiktok. and thats the other thing is instead of trying to salvage the evening and enjoy hanging out inside and drinking margs and having homemade dinner it was fucking depressing because she was mad at herself for not going out and it was just lame. like there was no reason for this night to feel boring and i feel like a precious saturday night was wasted. i know im just feeling like an asshole right now but tbh i wish i couldve just gone out with the other friends i had to cancel on and let her be mad at herself alone. but frankly i think that wouldve made me a kind of shitty friend and partner since my partner would have had to stay with her and have an awkward night. just overall feeling annoyed and wishing i had my partner to talk to about this but by the time my partner and i can actually talk its gonna be like three days from now after i come home from work. i hate my fucking job !!!! i wanna get out of food and bev so bad but i need the money right now. i have to remind myself it will end or i feel suicidal. also ik its not a big deal about clubbing tonight but this friend just lets her anxiety rule her life sometimes and i feel for her but also its shitty when that effects other people. and i kinda dont know what to do about my partner situation im feeling kind of trapped which sucks cause im so in love with them but idk i think i wanna consider couples therapy but they said they want to go to individual therapy first which is valid but they havent gone. and i get that it can be scary and triggering for people but i need something to change or i guess i need to settle for just wishing we had more sex. am i entitled for wanting more? i feel like every other part of our relationship is so great and the sex used to be so frequent and it just doesnt feel the same. i need to go back to therapy so fucking bad. idk im just having a shitty night and i wish it had gone differently. thanks for listening tumblr void.

[80-ursa-major]

binged midnight monologuesmass.

SPOILERS

went in blind so when SUDDENLY VAMPIRES i was like what the fuck. And then they killed Riley aaaahhh. But I saw he was on the next episode so I kept watching and then he died again. For real this time. noooooooooo! And then I thought I might as well finish it and pre-emptive tl;dr it was laughably bad.

the priest actor people praise? zero charisma, he was like you got an average joe from the streets and told him to recite sermons. and his voice droned and droned omg stop talking! Riley's monologue wasn't good either tbh but his voice (ok fine and his face) was easier on the ears (and eyes) so at least you could watch. But the teacher lady argh her monologues were cringe and then they fucking replayed them so she could have the final montage and I just couldn't do it. She does that thing with her eyes, they're so open and not blinking like she's trying to hypnotize you?? Idk maybe her husband told her it looks good on camera. Btw I was shook when I found out because he didn't add even one chaste kiss with Riley but he had no issue with five uninterrupted minutes of a gross demon sucking her neck. Ooof.

I almost forgot the worst monologue not because of the theme or the actor (at least he put some passion in instead of blahblah) but the TIMING. The doctor tells you, the policeman there's a contagion and idk maybe hopefully you have some ideas to minimize victims? And he's like I'M THE VICTIM! And launches on a long-ass life-story about how he's the best dude but the evil west still hates him cause he's a muslim. Like sir this is a wendy's. The show is reaching its end, the apocalypse is coming, the (non-white?) lady simply came to you because you are the only cop so this is literally your job. So many episodes and you couldn't give this man a proper place to rightly explode about this injustice. Ironically enough mr. flanagan this might be a macro-aggresion pfffft. Oh and his son needed a little more screentime or at least show when he took the eucharist but then again imagine if he had had a monologue too, lord help me! XD

As for the vampire (did he forget he could mimic voices? he was like the only one who should have gotten a monologue but didn't bah) come on now! I know what the bible says about angels. I get that some people had a vested interest in pretending he was helping them but this creature looks like the most generic movie demon. Did the oil spill affect the water and everyone's iq dropped or something? Speaking of iq I love Riley but my boy is pretty dumb too. Like self-immolate in front of everyone to convince them or go to the mainland to convince them to help. Don't fucking traumatise the woman you love who already lost a baby. It's even dumber cause he couldn't stop seeing the dead teen so he should know what it does to a person.

Ending was batshit! Like what was this dude's plan? How would they all immediately control themselves? No wonder everyone just goes crazy and for added dumbassery they burn their homes and then achieve clarity and accept they have to die. Sure sure no one was selfish enough to hide in the shade of the trees or under a blanket. Even Bev (best acting probably) just starts digging lmao. In a way this was a good comedy. I also like the tender love Riley's parents had and his brother escaping with his gf was great. But can they really reach the mainland? And who'll be paying for her therapies? And if the demon had died earlier wouldn't everyone else be cured??? Oh well no one cares.

most ironically enough despite the ten thousand long monologues the best part was just those two lines Riley scribbled and wasn't even there to deliver them himself. DUST!!!

lastly and most importantly fuck you fuck you fuck you for those dead cats. Should have stopped watching right there.

[alykatsevents]

i’d love an IT (specifically the losers club) romantic matchup (and a platonic one if that’s okay)! i’m asian american, bi, genderfluid (afab), and 5’3. my hair is short-ish and kinda fluffy, it’s also currently dyed purple(my favorite color), blue, pink, and green and i tend to change it often. i love poetry, singing, and stargazing. i’m also super into horror movies (my favorite holiday is halloween). my favorite school subject is chemistry but i also really like english and especially theater. i really love plants and i have a collection of language of flowers books. i dress in a very dark academia kind of style, mainly because my favorite movie is dead poets society, but i do like having splashes of color in my outfits. my favorite animals are crows and wolves. i love to swim but i’m also so scared of drowning bc it’s almost happened to me more than once lol(mostly in waterparks). i taught myself how to roller skate. my room is constantly a mess (probably bc of my adhd) except for where i keep all my crystals. i have a small vintage music box collection. i love rainy and foggy weather.

thanks so much! basically no one does anything for IT anymore

I (romantically) match you with....

Beverly

~She thinks your hair is so cool, wants to dye hers

~She loves your poetry and likes reading poems with you, Y'all send them back and forth, she doesn't write them but she copys them down for the ones that remind her of you

~She borrows your flower meaning books, she loves reading them

~She beings rocks to you

~Yall go roller skating for dates

~She studies chemistry with you bc she sucks in it

(Pls she's so pretty)

I (platonically) ship you with...

Ben

~Bestfriends

~Yall have watched dead poets society together

~Yall read poems together

~You, him, and Beverly go to the movie theater often

~Hes the third wheel for you and bev tbh

[justanotherloser-butinagayway]

H, T, Y :)

HOLY SHIT THANKS

H - What is your favorite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., tv shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)

tbh im usually into books and musicals. stranger things and it caught me completely off guard cause ive never been in a fandom for movies or shows but whatevs

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending, about anything at all (gender identity, sexual or romantic orientation, extended family, sexual preferences like top/bottom/switch, relationship with poetry, seriously anything)

all the losers are trans. they just are. richie's somewhere on the nb spec probably demiboy. eddie's a transmasc. and so is bill. and so is ben. stan's agender. bev's either nonbinary or transfem. even if its not these specifically i literally die of happiness everytime i see trans losers. dont even get me started on t4t reddie

Y - What are your secondhand fandoms (fandoms you aren’t in personally but are tangentially familiar with because your friends/people on your dash are in them)

um wednesday for sure. a lot of my mutuals are swifties and i love them for it. the goldfinch (I PROMISE IM GONNA READ IT SOMEDAY) six of crows and a few other books from people who follow me cause were in the same book fandoms

[ar-bi-trary]

At 16, Richie Tozier has landed a job at Blockbuster and it couldn't make any more sense. 

He knows movies- becomes the movies when he does his impressions. 

So he spends most nights after school recommending flicks to the customers and organizing the displays to shuffle his personal favourites to the front. Well, that used to be his job before Stan joined the team and all organization became his domain (that and rewinding the returned tapes). 

Regardless, he's good at the job. And he follows the rules... mostly. Sometimes he let kids slip out with R rated movies because when was curiosity a bad thing? And most of the time they come back with stupid grins and want to rent another. It’s good for business is his argument, though the boss has never once confronted him about it.

When he's off for the night he heads to the snack displays and shoves all the expired candies and chip bags in his backpack to take home. That, and on Fridays, he'll 'rent' out the newly arrived moves that haven’t been put on the shelves yet.

Then on Saturday nights- which he miraculously managed to get off in return for more weekday hours- he invites the Losers round to a movie night at his. They gather around the television in the living room. Usually, Mike, Ben and Stan take the couch, Bev settles into the armchair sprawling sideways so her legs hang off the armrest, and Richie and Eddie take to the carpeted floor side by side laying chest down with their heads propped up by their hands. You might think they've gotten the short end of the straw but this puts them closest to the big heap of snacks that Richie dumps from his bag. Stan rolls his eyes when he sees the stash but he can't complain about it being stealing  (they'd already argued that point to death), then he'll reach over and snatch a Kit Kat bar for himself.

They only press play on the movie after Richie gives them a sales pitch with only the back description to go off. Whether or not the movie is actually as good as Richie sells it as is usually a fifty-fifty chance but that doesn't usually matter. If its a bad movie it gives them the right to talk over the film and you can bet the bad jokes come out, everyone joining in. 

The genre of the movie is also fairly random, usually an action film or a comedy but it depends on what's circulating in the store.

In October, it's horror flick after horror flick and its always too Bev and Richie's delight. (Stan, Mike and Eddie don't seem to think they're quite as fun). Richie finds he likes these movies best- not for the gore (though awesome)_but for the fact that it gives him the excuse to hold Eddie's hand. Even if in order to do it he has to thoroughly insult Eddie for being a scaredy-cat first. 

In December the holiday films come out. At one point they've exhausted every Christmas option so they prod at Stan to tell them about the 'hidden Hanukkah' films and Stan finds them the most unheard-of movies they've ever laid eyes on. (Though they do make time to watch Gremlins near the 25th as Richie claims its the only valid Christmas movie).

Then February runs around,  and it becomes inevitable that they'll end up watching a romance. When Richie pulls out the movie selection, he's met with groans. He tries to play it off as romances being the only new options in store but he has to shove Stan who knows full well that wasn't the case. Richie then argues that its something they can make fun of and everyone agrees to it eventually.

The flicks are, as expected, sappy- flooded with emotion and full of terribly cheesy flirting. Richie spends most the night reworking the lines to be about Eddie's mom- poking him in the cheek to get his attention every time he thinks up a new one. Stan watches him with a shit-eating grin on his face that says he knows full well why Richie had picked only romances. 

It isn't just good for him though- Ben and Bill both look incredibly flustered throughout the night and keep giving glances at Bev. She gives them polite smiles back but if anything she seems the least interested in the movie- flipping herself upside down at one point to even more looks of the desperation of the two boys ogling her. 

It's nice though, and when the next February rolls around no one questions Richie on the genre choice. It becomes as much as of a tradition as the other holidays. (Although, they skip it in 1993 because Richie forces them to watch Groundhog Day over and over for a whole movie night).