#she could be meaner

[ofbreathandflame-archive]

All I’m saying is, everyone is always saying Nesta is nasty and mean…but I think she doesn’t go low enough😭

[mountainmagpie]

Every friend group should include:

[gideonisms]

my hot take that will get me screenshotted by 2-3 ianthe bloggers is that griddlehark is actually more toxic than harrianthe. when you think about it both parties can Leave harrianthe eventually even if they'd still have to see each other. The power imbalance just isn't that severe. and I don't even think ianthe wants it to be. I think SHE thinks she wants it to be a sexy power imbalance but when it comes down to it and the moment arrives when harrow would fuck her out of desperation to be safe, ianthe turns away. She doesn't want harrow that way. She wants harrow to forget Gideon so they can be lyctors together forever. She wants to mutually maim each other. I think it's even consensual maiming. harrow broke one of gideon's ribs when gideon tried to leave her!

[trappedinafantasy37]

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We should have gotten Kagha and not Halsin as the druid companion from Act 1. In the short time that she is in the game, Kagha is a far more interesting character than Halsin is. She is also someone who can either be made better or made worse and would balance out the number of companions with malleable alignments. Kagha would also be a fantastic character who would constantly challenge and question the player character's decisions as she already does this while in the grove.

I'm not saying Halsin shouldn't be in the game, I'm just saying Halsin is wasted potential being a companion and would have better served as an NPC. Especially since his entire storyline involving Isobel was cut which was a massive L on Larian's part.

In fact, I truly think that if Kagha was a companion, her helping Halsin in Act 2 with the Shadow Curse would serve as a fantastic moment for her to truly atone for her actions in the grove. I also think it would be pretty neat to see how Kagha would have reacted to Arabella now having new magic thanks to her proximity to the idol of Silvanus. I think it would be fascinating to see how she'd interact with all the tieflings in Act 2 and 3. I sometimes try to tell myself that Minthara has no reactions with them cause the tieflings don't actually know it was her specifically who was trying to raid the grove and she doesn't know any of them. But the tieflings and Kagha do know each other and they all know what Kagha tried to do. Her entire redemption arc could be saving the tieflings at every avenue, cause they always need to be saved!

And, my god, don't even get me started on the interactions between Kagha and Minthara. You would end up having two companions who wanted to kill the tieflings, but for vastly different reasons, and neither of them having any remorse for it! I would love to watch how that conversation would play out between the both of them. Especially since Kagha already has a pretty positive opinion of drow and their methods. She would probably be the least judgemental of Minthara and would be the most accepting of who she is. I can genuinely see Kagha and Minthara becoming really close friends and that would be very concerning.

Dammit, now I'm over here brainstorming exactly how Kagha as a companion would actually work on a technical level depending on the choices you make in the grove...

Also, I really want to kiss Kagha.

[dootznbootz]

Genuinely disheartening that when looking through OdyPen creations or even just stuff where it doesn't villainize Odysseus and/or knows he didn't cheat or even just that he loves Penelope, I'll often find that it'll make Helen and Menelaus out to be cruel or mean to them and/or like they're a toxic couple as well. Like OdyPen are my faves but like...so are Helen and Menelaus. Don't do them dirtyyyyyy.

[berrymoos]

rg cait cg maddie:

—but it's caitlyn crying & crying & crying for something she cannot have, something she thinks she has ruined (her & vi; vi is her biggest weakness & at that, a hindrance to the work she has found herself doing, but goodness, it hurts to be away, hurts not to see her because of her own mistakes) while maddie's trying everything to make her feel better: stuffies, pacis, bottles, cuddles . . . but what she gives isn't the same as what vi has; she doesn't even know why she's crying. she doesn't know caitlyn's safe space is gone. she doesn't know caitlyn just wants her flower back.

[venvellan]

astarion approves of mean choices, fandom cheers

lae'zel approves of mean choices, fandom booing

yall actually love mean characters AND you love citing their trauma to defend them. but you treat one of these people like a silly quirky murderboy and the other like she doesn't deserve basic respect

[bluespiritshonour]

It just hit me now how alike Katara and Zuko are. And how biased I personally am.

Katara does something cruel/insensitive.

Me: God forbid women do anything.

Zuko does something cruel/insensitive.

Me:

[ai-higurashi]

Y'all are sleeping on the fact that Beakley and Duckworth were forced to live under the same roof for several years (my guess is about seven) with each other as the main company.

[reineyday]

finished watching netflix atla! i think the hate is unjustified lol like all that hate seems a little too intense for what i think the show missed. it didn't hit all the same notes as the original show, yeah, so i'm not sure it quite succeeds as an adaptation, but as a standalone show it's pretty good. and i might have some gripes with the characterization, but there was love in the casting and in the costumes and the world, and that goes a long way for me.

[aroace-poly-show]

ummm revamped showtime at 25 mafuyu thoughts. smth smth her mom was a struggling actress who gave up on it and i am debating on whether she immediately pushes mafuyu to do acting as a way of living vicariously through mafuyu’s future success or her initially not allowing mafuyu to act bc she believes its a pointless and worthless thing to pursue from her own experience but then she sees actual potential in mafuyu and the way people praise her and decides to let her act. either way bc of her past failure she really pressures mafuyu into aiming for fame and stardom and performing on big famous stages when mafuyu originally only wanted to make people smile with shows. mafuyu then loses this true passion for shows and forgets why she wanted to do them at all like her whole thing in canon. yeah

[dykedvonte]

As someone who is knee deep into an Emily centric fic that delves into what her time with Benny was like (with heavy emphasis on them learning to get along and learning from each other), I would love to hear your thoughts on what you personally think happened between them!

Honestly I feel like it’s pretty cut n dry.

Benny probably stopped by the fort a lot when he would run around the Mojave figuring out how to take down House and take over Vegas. Emily was likely the most technologically savvy and Benny became interested in using that. A gal who knows her way around a wire is just what he needs! She likely wasn’t a great medic, handling more of the followers equipment but Benny would insist on being treated by her. He likely anguished about House and how much better the Strip could be for the people. It was a lure and no matter how smart Emily was, she took the bait.

One of my pet peeves is Benny’s canonical CH stats. Like Benny is an asshole but he cons and manipulates a lot of people, including Emily. He gets away with a lot of it unscathed too! I like to think he can be very charismatic and charming, it’s a means to an end to him tho, he doesn’t really get anything out of being a flirt all the time. Emily admits she wasn’t drunk when she was seduced by him and so I like the idea they made Yes-Man and Benny put on the charm that some how makes him irresistible and they got down and dirty. I doubt he would try to give her a reason to be distrustful as they share a very common goal: Independence for Vegas. I think it’s more Emily got outplayed. She thought she got a good in with the Strip for the Followers and a good friend with benefits too. Then Benny acted like himself and screwed her over. Likely cause she started making plans that didn’t focus on the Chairmen and had a lot looser lips about what they’d been up to.

I find it interesting Benny only refers to her as a “friend” when he explains how he got Yes-Man reprogrammed and I don’t know if it’s not to implicate her if he got caught or you snitched or he has a twinge of guilt about throwing her out. She was trying to be genuinely helpful after all.

[rusquared]

having watched all of Fleabag with a friend of mine, some kinda switch has been flipped in my brain that allows me to consume media now. so i binged all the available episodes of The Apothecary Diaries.

[outrockoakley]

IN:

SAYING I LOVE YOU MORE TO MY FRIENDS

MAKING GIFTS

LEARNING MORE LGBT+ HISTORY

SEWING MORE PATCHES ON MY LEATHER JACKET + CLOTHES

TALKING TO STRANGERS

BEING MEANER TO ANYONE WHO TAKES ADVANTAGE OF MY KINDNESS

TRAVELLING

LETTING THE DAYS GO BY, LET THE WATER HOLD ME DOWN

RECONNECTING WITH FAMILY

LEARNING TO LOVE FOOD

TREATING MYSELF BETTER

TOP SURGERY (PLEASE)

OUT:

OVERWORKING MYSELF

BEING AFRAID OF WEARING COLOR

NOT DRESSING WEIRD ENOUGH

LETTING SHAME STOP ME FROM BEING CONFIDENT

WATCHING THE YEAR PASS BY FROM MY BEDROOM WINDOW

SELF SABOTAGING MY HAPPINESS

NOT LETTING MYSELF DO SOMETHING BECAUSE I "DON'T KNOW ALL THE RULES"

ALLOWING MY ANXIETY TO TURN ME INTO ITS PRISONER

[fartemis-crock]

I keep considering BG3 au but she's just barbarian minthara.

[boysborntodie]

Nobody's actually allowed to hate Cherry ever. Like hating on any other character can be excused but if you hate Cherry, then I'll just assume you're misogynistic.