#she adds drama

[freckledsweetpea]

I truly cannot reconcile the amount of people calling Cressida a baddie and being very apologetic to her character who is a LITERAL DIRECT BULLY while so many people hate Penelope for having a gossip (truth) column that EVERYONE IN THE TON WILLINGLY SPENDS MONEY ON AND IS EXCITED TO READ. Y'all fatphobic. This is just a repeat of the clear racist favoritism of the people who watch Bridgerton with a different bias.

[xxcherrycherixx]

cupid's gals meet

[ccircusclwn]

Is it just me, or is that every time u draw Mk u draw her differently? 😭😭😭 (not hating)

im slowly but surely oc-fying her at this point 🙏🙏 also its bcs i try many styles i like a lot and since mk's character design is like forever dented in my brain. i draw her a lot

[caitlynmeow]

Donna knows her niece so well lmao

No, but really, Cassandra can't get more precious than this, she's so wholesome and adorable it's unreal.

Since she's easily influenced, baby must be protected at all costs!!

[ispridestillasin]

So I decided to watch a bit of Bridgerton with my mother, which I'm not really interested in (I don't really like period pieces unless it's a fanfic for a ship I like) but it's a show she enjoys so I sometimes catch her watching it and join her, and literally the only takeaway from the stuff I've seen with her is that Colin, Lord Debling, and Penelope should have all been poly

[spookyscarysnails]

Faith shipping

other silly faith edits

[khaopybara]

Trust a Lesbian to Judge You and All of Your Life Decisions While Looking Hot AF

It felt dishonest to make compilations of all of the main men in this show and leave Cheum out of it when she's part of the Messy F4. To be honest, Cheum dresses simply, but Lookjun makes all of these look very good. I really had high hopes for Cheum before this show aired, but at least she delivered when it came to her outfits. Also, her favorite pants (the jeans with a hole in the back and one in the front) was used around 11-12 times that we can see it.

LOOKJUN BHASIDI as NAMCHUEAM ( ONLY FRIENDS 1-12 )

[green-g3ck0]

I love these idiots

(Source; Cubfan135, Season 9, Episode 40, timestamp: 2:32)

[Transcript:

Cub: There-There’s some problems going on here- oh boy..

BDubs: *struggling to fly up to the nether roof* I can’t go straight!

Cub: oh! There he is! Ayee!

BDubs: *overlapping cub* I’m out! I’m free! I’m- *singing* fly away~!

Scar: nice job!

Cleo: *overlapping Scar* I have that problem too BDubs- its fine.

Cub: beautiful

End transcript]

[imperial-agent]

mr house never being able to replicate his courier six because they never let him scan them, so all he has are a few shoddy recordings he took to recreate the courier from. his replicas of courier six are flawed: none are as perceptive, resourceful and proactive. they aren't good at out-of-the-box thinking or improvising. their problemsolving, diplomacy skills and technological innovation ideas fall short of the original and are just another disappointment every time. they end up hollow shells like jane, marilyn and victor. letting new vegas go, ruin itself in pursuit of recreating his perfect right hand again, hope for another fruitful partnership and bright future of the mojave like they did before is so delicious it makes me sick actually send tweet ✌

[non-sims]

“They do know about him? Right?”

…

Will they or Won’t they  |  Chrono

PREV / NEXT

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!DISCLAIMER!

This part of the story was sitting in my drafts ready to go, way before I decided to private/rework the entire story. 

But this part is unaffected by my changes so I figured why not just post it. 

Thank you for reading.

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ROBIN: *looking around* You need to decorate this place.

MATT: It's a process, give me time.

ROBIN: I could help.

MATT: Nah it's fine.

…

ROBIN: So…

ROBIN: Why haven't your parents visited Kai yet? Or asked to?

…

ROBIN: They do know about him? Right?

MATT: …They knew that you were pregnant.

ROBIN: …Really Matt, Kai doesn't know the other half of his family. His grandparents.

ROBIN: Are you…hiding us-him. Are you ashamed of-

MATT: No. No, don't say or start that. 

...

MATT: Look I know, it's bad but…I'm not on good terms with them at the moment.

MATT: …Well my dad calls every once in a while.

ROBIN: What about your mom?

MATT: That's, the not on good terms with.

ROBIN: Why?

...

MATT: Who knows really, I know she hated when I just upped and left Willow Creek right after I graduated.

MATT: And hopping all over the place. For living in Del sol Valley.

MATT: And definitely for-

ROBIN: Ok Matt, that's enough.

MATT: I could never do right in her eyes…

...

MATT: I accepted that we’ll never be close like we used to but you're right. Kai needs to meet his family.

MATT: And I haven't seen my brother in so long. *laughing*

MATT: They live in Copperdale now, so a visit could be possible.

ROBIN: Well when are we going?

MATT: You're coming too?

ROBIN: Well yeah I have to.

MATT: I guess.

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PREV / NEXT

[frascospecimen]

I’m still mad about aba btw where is she

[bluesidez]

I should probably finish off at least one series before I start a new one, huh?

[showtoonzfan]

I think it’s funny how Viv keeps saying she good at writing angst and drama. Mama the real drama and angst is the Twitter rants and fights you get into when people give you mild criticism

Lmao TRUE.

Also I’m still not over that, the “I’m not good at writing comedy, but I am good at drama” nah sis you suck at both.

[pianapplez]

Hello there 👋👀,

So I just found your blog and had a lot of fun scrolling through all the pjo show crit😂 I couldn't help but notice that one tag you left on a post where you said you had some beef with Annabeth's portrayal in the books 👀 Would you mind elaborating on that if you're comfortable with it🙈? Because I absolutely share that sentiment, but it's sooo veeeery rare that I see other people express anything like it... I've found that trying to be a part of the fandom can be pretty alienating most of the time, if you're not exactly the biggest most devoted Percabeth shipper...😅 And often any criticism leveled at Annabeth just gets you a smack with the "internalized-misogyny" hammer... it's even worse in the tv show now due to... obvious reasons...

Again just if you're comfortable with answering of course🙈 There is a reason I stayed on anon after all...😅😂

Really glad you asked because i finally get to ramble about this heheheh (going forward, know that i skimmed over The Last Olympian to have a clearer sense of what I meant because that's the book where Rick fumbles her character more than the others)

i'm gonna try to make as much sense as possible but short answer would be, she's underdeveloped. Long answer:

She really got on my nerves in the last two books, with the whole Rachel debacle and then the Battle of New York. I can't really remember a single moment in those books where she and Percy aren't bickering or having heated discussions, which really made me question their friendship status. Of course, it's not like friends can't fight and it obviously builds up the (romantic) tension between them, but it got unbearable at one point.

I understand she's a teenager in an incredibly stressful situation that didn't even get to have a normal upbringing- she grew up way too fast (run away at 7, head counselor at 12) while also not really maturing, which is not a problem for a character, if it is handled properly. Given the fact that I am writing this, Riordan did not.

On the surface, my biggest beef is that Annabeth is not exactly held accountable for her actions (ie. treating Rachel a bit like shit and going off on Percy for a bunch of stuff.) I know Percy is to blame a bit here: as far as we know, in TLO he basically cuts the greek world out of his life as much as he can as a coping mechanism. And while yes, he never apologizes either, he doesn't give her nearly half the hard time she gives him: always either giving him the cold shoulder (there must be at least one example of this in the entire series but i cant be bothered to look it up sorry) or starting an argument only to then storm off (see the "you're a coward, Percy Jackson!" scene, which is not the fairest example since she was confronting Percy about ignoring camp but also was a bit too harsh about it) (especially after finally reading the prophecy and being under the impression that he was absolutely going to die when he turned 16 lmao) or just straight up storming off (see, Annabeth reacting when Rachel shows up for the first time during the battle of new york). While most of these feel, at least to some degree, fairly justified given how the entire situation does an absolute number on her emotions, she comes off a bit brattish and like she's trying to rile Percy up, especially when it comes to Rachel, which in the context of a battle that could mean the destruction of the world.... Well, it reads as a bit childish to me, and i wouldn't exactly have that much of a problem with it if it was dealt with in some way (a two-way apology would be nice).

After that first impression, i realized that Annabeth is barely ever anything else other than a plot device (when relating to Luke) or a love interest (when relating to Percy). This might be because the books are on Percy's POV. Hell, on the third book he's even conflicted when Annabeth is considering joining the Hunters of Artemis, aka, when making a choice for herself would mean he loses her (which is fine and dandy but it feels like Percy is more upset about her choosing her own path rather than being sad about not seeing her as often); we really only get a few glimpses of her, as in, actually her when she's on her own.

Obviously it's impossible to talk about Annabeth without touching on percabeth, which also is, in my opinion, what hinders Annabeth's character the most. On paper they sound great. The guy whose fatal flaw is loyalty falls in love with a girl whose been let down by people over and over, and she decides to never give up on the boy whose always had people give up on him (can't find one of the million posts that talks about this right now but it always goes something like that) And yeah, the bickering is really well written! But that's literally as far as it ever goes: they don't ever seem to have fun together, because 8 times out of 10 the bickering ends up being passive aggressive, and mostly done by Annabeth. My biggest gripe about percabeth is that their friendship seems to be based off... shared trauma. Literally. Other than going on quests together we are given no examples of them hanging out, nor a reason why they would want to spend time together in the first place, not even a shared hobby. Yes, in the fourth book they had a movie "date" planned but of course they didn't even get to it, and surprise surprise, they had a minor discussion, and surprise surprise, Annabeth was passive aggressive again. It's hard to picture them having fun together when even the author doesn't write in any scenes in which they get along smoothly (and before you say anything, a scene in which they get along where neither of them is about to die, and they're not talking about previous adventures. Gets a bit hard then, doesn't it?) It's even harder to picture them as a couple when the moment she gets upset about something, she starts coming off as emotionally manipulative (see, again, literally any conversation with Rachel or about Rachel)

To be fair, the books are relatively short and don't allow many "filler" chapters, if you will; there's always something happening to keep the main plot or a minor plot point moving forward, but it's not like there is no room to develop the characters' relationships, especially when we're talking about the main char and what is essentially his endgame. As an example we have Percy and Clarisse, or Percy and Beckendorf. Their interactions are brief but still hold so much weight.

Worst of all, Annabeth could be one hell of a character; what's most interesting of all is how being a daughter of Athena she is still incredibly emotionally driven, which is displayed very clearly with her fatal flaw being pride: her telling the Sphynx that her questions were too easy was not smart nor strategic: it was completely impulsive. I seriously think she wasn't far from being the best character in the series had she been given more time.

I guess i have as much beef with Annabeth as i have with Rick for doing her dirty. I really could sum this up with: while her emotions are justified, she acts upon them quite poorly. And this is what i mean when i say she's underdeveloped, because it would've been nice to see her come to her senses a bit.

Would love to read anyone's opinions on her character though, feel free to comment, even (or especially) if you don't agree with me!

[crookedghosts]

beware yall chapter 4 WILL be hitting you in the "real or not real" feels. I am weaving a web as intricately as Leo has woven his lies (disasterously, gayly). characters will be thrown into this mess and misunderstandings will be had. I'm not sorry 🫡🫡