#shannon speaks

[lucyllawless]

Agatha essentially saying Death is the only one who can match her freak what a fucking icon

[actually-a-menace]

The Deadpool & Wolverine film and soundtrack are the gayest thing I’ve seen in my fucking life and I’m 90% sure it’s cured my depression

[thegoblinwitchqueen]

It’s my birthday today! Officially 31!

I ask you to remember the 300 innocent Lakota people killed by American military at the Wounded Knee Massacre on December 29, 1890 and how that trauma still has an effect on our Indigenous people today.

I’m a history lover and think of them every year when my birthday comes.

Anyway, I get to work from home today and I get a paid hour off!

[irememberyoufern]

Sooo like why can't I see any notes in my activity? I get in app and it says like 10 notes in my activity but when I go in there there's nothing and there's nothing from the last few days??? I have android, my app is up to date and my phone even did an update today too. What am I missing?

[tatestripedsweater]

TITTIES

Now I have your attention

As it’s a New Year soon I will be going to be writing longer writings (I say confidently) which means I won’t be taking requests. You are more than welcome to suggest who you would like to see small snippets off but I will most likely write about some ideas I’ve been sitting on for a while for now.

So, this is a warning but if you do send in requests I will most likely delete them. Not out of spite but I don’t think want to disappoint anyone.

Also side note to the person who requested the Steve angst for Christmas, I apologise but I wrote it but it didn’t turn out very good and I was ashamed of how it turned out and I couldn’t post it.. I won’t post something I’m not proud of.

[daniclaytcn]

eddieshannon is actually like crack to me because a good part of why it's so compelling is how the entire narrative about shannon and her relationships with eddie and chris has been completely colored by her death, to an extent where it's practically impossible to derive the nuanced, naked truth. eddie is not a reliable narrator when it comes to shannon. in most aspects he tends to be pretty self-aware, but when it comes to shannon? nope. he's put her on this insanely high pedestal, to the extent that it's actually unfair to all three of them—it's unfair to shannon because it strips her of the agency she exercised in making her decisions, bad or good; it's unfair to christopher because he likely feels that he can't express any kind of resentment or other negative feelings about his mother, even if eddie never intended to make him feel that way; and it's unfair to eddie because he winds up taking on a larger portion of the blame than he deserves on himself. where is the truth? he treats her like a martyr and a saint, but she was just an ordinary woman who was flawed and complex. he loved her so much but so much of that love is so colored by guilt and self-flagellation at this point that you genuinely can't tell whether what he's saying about her is the absolute truth or is just him looking back through rose-colored glasses. etc.

[clarity2electricboogaloo]

This is silly idc

Im excited for unraveled. I think it’ll be fun

[mercuryferns]

So, my Czech friend was telling me something really interesting about Kaz’s name. Apparently in Czech, “kaz” means a flaw, a defect, if you make an adjective of it, it means "rotten". As he said, it suits the “dirtyhands” persona perfectly.

However, this also made me reflect on the more “Dutch inspired” names of the book, and specifically Wylan van Eck. I speak Afrikaans (a Dutch creole). Dutch people can sound off in the comments if it’s different for them, but these languages are obviously mutually intelligible so I’m going to assume what applies to us applies to Dutch too.

Wylan’s name was an issue for me for a huge reason: It’s spelling is aggressively American English, while the character himself is tentatively “Dutch-coded”:

1.) “W” doesn’t exist as a sound in Afrikaans. The letter represents a “v” sound.

2.) “Y” also doesn’t really exist in the same way as it does in English. In English it seemingly means whatever you want it to be in the given moment. But in Afrikaans, it’s “ay”. As in the word “ray”.

3.) “a” never means “ih”. Depending on accent it’s usually either “ah” or “uh”.

This may seem inconsequential, but let me tell you my surprise when my partner told me that his name is actually “WHY-lin”. WHATTTT??? I’ve been saying “VAY-lahn” this whole time????

(Not to mention his surname also means “of me”, which is clever, but to be honest it reads a bit stupidly to someone who speaks the language being imitated. She succeeded in other ways though!)

[fulltimecatwitch]

FUCK THE HOT PRIESTS CALENDAR I NEED THE KEN SATO CALENDAR IN MY LIFE 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[lucyllawless]

I love how Rio gives that small grin when she gets up to follow Agatha when she walks away from their campfire confession moment. She just hops up and goes after her wife like it’s second nature.

It says “I’m used this part of Agatha and I know exactly what to do when this happens.” And then proceeds to gently run her fingers through her hair.

[stagefoureddiediaz]

So our yellow and blue high school coming back to us in 804 in another episode with home in the title and the connection to Eddie we got in 504 and seem likely to get in 804 got me thinking.

The mascot of that high school is the bluejay and they have very interesting symbolism connected to them, all of which play very well into what has been set up for Eddies journey this season!

Bluejay's are considered strong and protective birds and can be seen as loud, and aggressive, but the can also be seen as lucky or a symbol of good things to come.

Bluejays are connected to to the throat chakra - birds generally are connected to the throat chakra because both are connected to the element of air, but the bluejay is also connected through the colour blue. The throat chakra is related to authentic interpersonal and creative self expression and gives voice to the heart. It is said that if your throat chakra is blocked the person will have trouble expressing themselves and their truth and finding the words to explain how they really feel.

It is said that seeing bluejays in your life is telling you that you you need to work on your self - that you are not being honest in your communications because you are afraid that if you speak your truth you will not get what you want or need.

Bluejays are also connected to confidence - encouraging us to behave more confidently so that we can achieve more and gain the outcome we want and live our truth. The other aspect of the bluejay is judgment, both by ones self and by others. Bluejays are often judged because they appear bold and strong and can be aggressive, but those traits are signs of strong survival instincts, loyalty and intelligence - both intellectual and emotional. Seeing bluejays in your life can be a sign you are receiving unfair judgement from others, possibly because holding strong boundaries is triggering that persons ego.

Bluejays mate for life and stay with their partner all year round (some birds don't do this even if they mate for life!), they are family oriented birds - remaining loyal and protective of their family group. Their appearance in your life, especially after the breakdown of a relationship is said to be a sign that you need to work on healing your wounds so that you can honour the truth of your heart and move on and be happy.

Doesn't all of this sound very much like Eddie and what he is struggling with?! It does to me!

The fact that there are so many heart metaphors connected to bluejays and that they are being tied into the Wizard of Oz theming on the show - as we saw early on in s5 in the build up to 'Home and away' and again so far in season 8 in the build up to 'No place like home'. Its very telling!

Things just keep on getting louder and the idea that Tim is basically doing a redux of season 5 but as he would have actually done it had Fox not blocked things is feeling realer than ever!

[tentotea]

what if you were a catholic girl from texas and got pregnant by your high school boyfriend? what if you only got married because that's what you're supposed to do? what if your husband enlisted in the army immediately after your son's birth? weren't you young and scared too? what if he left you alone with his parents who hated you? what if your husband reenlisted without you telling you? what if he refused to relocate so you could care for your dying mother? what if when you tried to be a part of your son's life again your husband refused to let you see him? what if he only agreed to make things work because he thought you were pregnant? what if you wanted a divorce? what if you were hit by a car and your life was unceremoniously cut short? what if your memory was defined by you being a wife and mother? what if your name was shannon diaz and your grave is a thousand miles away from home?

[kissofthemuses]

Oh. The news of Shannon Doherty's passing hit me harder than I expected.

Charmed has had such a special place in my heart and my life since I found it on my tiny little TV in my shared bedroom when I was like 8 years old.

I didn't follow her career or anything but Prue came to mean a lot to me over the years. And I'll always be thankful to Shannon for that.

She was so strong for so many years. I hope she's at peace now. 💜

[daniclaytcn]

ranking the 911 love interests™ based on how canon has treated them, from worst to best:

marisol: has been treated the worst BY FAR. doesn't have a last name. doesn't have job. is barely even involved in the storyline of her own boyfriend cheating on her. rip

ali martin: deserved better honestly :( only appeared for two episodes after the earthquake arc, to get together with buck and then have conflict with him...and then they broke up off screen.

natalia dollenmeyer: pretty much in the same boat as ali. again, rip

ana flores: at least she got a bit of a personality when eddie broke up with her?

tatiana: didn't see much of her but the show allowed her to be a bitch and then grow from her mistakes so kudos for that

tommy kinard: pretty much still a plot device, only has the advantage of actually having a backstory at this point. will have to wait and watch!

eva matthis: had significant development and had an impact on the narrative, continued to haunt henren until season 5. very well-written tbh!

taylor kelly: personally i found her boring as fuck, but at least she got a personality, a job, independent character motivations and a backstory. which is more than i can say for the rest of them!

shannon diaz: probably the most complex guest character on the show by far. continues to haunt the narrative. wish they'd let her rest though.

abby clark: don't think she actually counts as a love interest tbh, and she was literally the protagonist of s1. 10/10!

[clarity2electricboogaloo]

These new Sophie and keefe portraits are literally how they look in my brain yall don’t understand how mentally unwell I am over them

LOOK AT THEM SOBS

[jess-bradford]

can't wait for eddie to ask kim to dye her hair brown and get bangs and then in the finale marisol, in her full nun get-up, pushes her in front of a car