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FORGOT TO POST THIS HERE Happy birthday Reigen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#reigen arataka#mp100#mob psycho 100#kageyama shigeo#mp100 ekubo#mp100 dimple#serizawa katsuya#kageyama ritsu#hanazawa teruki#kurata tome#myart#mp100 fanart#so many characters tags ohmygod#swear I finished this drawing on time I just forgot to post it on here </3#Mob is going to chuck the cake and stop it right before it hits Reigen's face btw#spook him a little on his birthday and waste no cake <3#this was actually a wip from last year but I fixed it a bit because my art style changed... I improved!!
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Oh boy... OH BOY... I was reading through comments and tags under that Flint vs. Stede post (and before that in Silver vs. Oluwande post) and OH BOY RANT INCOMING
Feel free to ignore. No, I'm prickly about this.
I LOVE how people are like "Black Sails fans are so mean why are they like that T.T ?" in the tags and comments.
LET ME TELL YOU.
So we have this show that has been marginalized and has been pushed to the side for years. A show that has excellent plot, wonderful intrigue, magnificent representation and well-written, 3D characters that are complex and relatable. You get your edgy queer men (whether you want to characterize Flint as gay or bi, doesn't change the fact that he likes dick whichever way), you get your edgy queer girls (Anne), you get your flamboyant whatever-the-fuck-Jack-Rackham-is (<3), you get sweet gays (Thomas), you get confused bisexuals (Eleanor, Silver), you get straight sweets (Miranda) and straight angery dicks (Woodes Rogers), and competent, edgy straights (Vane). Oh! A competent, master-of-the-house lesbian? Check (Max). You even have asexuals, or that is what I shall forever classify Billy as. You have a f/f sex scene in the first damn episode, ffs. You get threesomes (sexual, romantic), you get couples, you even have Silver in a brothel orgy.
But sexual representation is not ALL! You get goofy pirates (Jack Rackham), you get serious pirates (Blackbeard), you get balls of rage (Flint), you get chill, laid-back sea dogs (Gates), you get competent little weasels (Silver), you get incompetent rats (Dufrense). You also have marvelous extras and side characters (Beauclerc the marksman, Captain Fruit-Fruit, Idelle... OHMYGOD IDELLE <3333).
There's the political plot that's historically accurate, the story's plot that's Flint's big gay rage, there's the sociological context of being painted as a monster, there's the gold hunt, there are ships correctly operated by crews of more than five fucking people, there are guns, blood and realistic injuries. You get quotations and allusions to Shakespeare, Cervantes, Julius Caesar, Marcus Fucking Aurelius, a metric ton of other classical writers. You get so many tropes done right it's astonishing and too effing long to list them all here.
On top of that, there is the picturesque landscape, absolutely gorgeous ships and very accurate portrayal of how life looked back then.
We had to defend that show when it first came out, the actors had to fucking fight homophobic assholes upon the airing of season two (IMAGINE THAT), people who loved it had a hard time going around, although admittedly it's a "fandom" hard time, not a "real life" hard time. We persisted, we persevered, and now we're here, clinging to what's left of our fandom, because we are admittedly all over the place and we don't have "troops" on any one social media, which makes our numbers small in comparison to other fandoms, and makes fandom interactions very limited.
Now imagine that there aired a show... a pirate show promising a lot. And then the show turned out to be an office-type comedy with no lesbian/bi women representation (I may be wrong, but I did watch it out of curiosity, didn't see any, just guys). A show that the whole plot of is just a rendition of the Beauty and the Beast for pirate times with so many historical inaccuracies (couching your crew like a bunch of office workers? Plz. The way they speak and the concepts they talk of that weren't there? It's like they were sitting around a fire, holding hands and singing kumbaya). And don't get me wrong, there's place for those shows as well, and maybe it works for you (and great for you too!).
We tried to ignore it, really we did. We basically gave it the eyebrow-raise-huff-ignore thing that you do on the internet when you want someone to enjoy their stuff and are not interested in it yourself.
But you know what happened? Suddenly there were people on twitter tagging everyone and their dog from Black Sails with renditions of Flint/Izzy (Izzy who comes across as an extreme asshole at best and a homophobic shit at worst and you can't fault people for reading it like this). Let that sink in - our fandom babe Flint, who had his whole life ruined due to homophobia and homophobic assholes is suddenly being shipped with a guy who suspiciously fits the description a bit too much for our tastes. Wouldn't you get angry? Of course you would, we're all very protective of our babes. We are, you are, everyone is. We asked you not to do this, and while I admit that hurling curses your way might not have been the most polite way of asking you to stop, the message was clear enough. What does OFMD fandom do? They all double down. Double fucking down on fanfiction and tagging everything in BS again, pairing Flint and Izzy together, writing things way out of the realm of any possibilities because most of the writers didn't watch BS (I did read their comments on that. They weren't even sorry). If you take such character and throw him into a work of art that can and will be seen as controversial, you should at least have the decency to do your homework on the original work he comes from. Otherwise, to our eyes, you're taking the most wronged man from our beloved show, wronged due to his sexuality, and throw him together with a literal asshole just to see them fuck because they would look pretty (and that's an actual comment from one of the artists, I shit you not). Wouldn't you feel a bit angry about that? I bet you would.
What's worse, people loving Black Sails and not liking OFMD usually point out how narrow the representation is, how improbable the show is and how they're not remotely invested in the plot. It's a cheesy show for your average Sunday afternoon, don't make it into something it's not. It's not a political statement any more than Guess The Tune is.
What's more, when I've seen attempts at people pointing out the obvious flaws in plot, in logic (how many people crew that ship exactly? How is he not dead after being stabbed clean through with a sword?), all we've gotten was "Oh it's not that type of show, OBVIOUSLY", "it's just a comedy, duh" and my personal favorite "you just DON'T UNDERSTAND IT BOOMER". (I'm a late Millennial, thx). Every attempt was chucked out the window. What got me most, tho, was the high praise of OFMD IS THE FIRST SHOW TO [insert whatever queer thing it did supposedly]. No, it's not. There was even a post on twitter that debunked all those claims one by one. I get it, you're happy that you got your gay pirates, good for you. But give credit where credit's due, otherwise you're gonna piss off a lot of people. People who watched our show struggle and crawl so that your show can run today and be fine and accepted widely.
And personally, I felt disappointed watching it because of the lack of representation. Disappointed that Ed turned out to be just as rainbowy as Stede. Don't get me wrong, I don't have anything against rainbowy, ultra-sweet characters that are big softies. I love them. But not everyone in the lgbtq community is like that. Actually, it's the minority. There are your sweets, there are your glittery rainbows, but the majority is on the more... inconspicuous part of the scale. And there are edgy people (like myself) who don't like glitter, pink, feathers, fluff and a shitton of other things this show had in abundance. You know what made me wince while watching? When I realized that the only person who I could remotely like for the way they weren't so glittery-rainbowy-sweet was Izzy, and I hated him because he was an asshole. Even Jim got the fluffy af oranges arch. So not my (and others') cup of tea.
So yeah, our recent anger and rabidity is not based solely on one post about an insignificant poll (that you're winning only because our fandom is significantly smaller and most people are dispersed between different sites). It's all those things combined and it's the result of them.
And no, I'm not going to finish it with a "please forgive us if we seem a bit angery, we're coping". Flint wouldn't.
#black sails#rant#im not sorry#flint vs stede#silver vs oluwande#ofmd#the only time im using that tag#were angry and heres why
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OK. UM. first of all, hiiii! <3 ok lemme just gush a lil bit:
1. I LOVE UR FIC OHMYGOD HOLY SHIIIIIIIT
2. god, i don't even have the slightest idea of how tennis works, but this is just so????? like?????? you know. and i kinda get how the play goes?? YOU'RE AN AMAZING WRITER GOSH.
3. i actually remembered most of the characters?? considering there's a lot of em, this is practically a miracle. again, you're goddamn amazing. i dont know how. maybe the pace is great, but definitely THE CHARAS ALL HAVE PERSONALITY/DEPTH??? like, i actually even remembered the side charas!!! mike, thalia, diego, felix, that cool ass girl in that shooting game, etc. umh just perfecto.
4. THE TENNIS MATCHES ALL FEEL SO SATISFYING!!! <3333333 omg. i feel like WUOOOOOH u know. i feel so cool playing a cool talented mc omg im loving it (i play a i-win-everything type of mc becuz im a perfectionist with a fear of failure) the matches me on edge in my seat oh gosh <3 and when u win it somehow just go WOOOOOOOH again!!! AAAAAA<3
5. aw, and of course, my beloved rivals to lovers rayyan <3333 *sigh* the slowburn.... (hes actually my first & only one. i go: ohhh tension!?!? and make a run for it. um, if it's ok to ask, is there a lot of content in the romance area as of now or in the future? like, replayability in terms of romance? im sorry if this is rude, i didnt mean to, i suck at words & i wont ask that again.)
6. FOUND FAMILY YAY! FOUND FAMILY YAY! <33333 (we genuinely lack those in the if community pls.) soulmates w/ sam. ride or die diego. very reluctant ride or die G (imma be honest, his name is just so hard so my head for some reason just go Guacamole 😭). aww tobin u very big cinammon roll ill protect u. shenanigans. & others too many to name honestly.
7. help this is just so good i had to force myself to sleep at 3am for a 7am lecture and i sat in the front rows and i put my head on the table and the fricking professor called me out ohmygod- BUT IT WAS WORTH IT GODDAMN!! ILL DO IT AGAIN IF I HAVE TO! HA! i cant wait for the next update- i'm gonna have this fic in my head for the next week oh pls noooooo. (no pressure tho. u do u author! take ur time!!! ill be here to support u, whoo!)
8.ALL IN ALL, I LOVE IT I LOVE THIS I LOVE EVERYONE I LOVE YOU AUTHOR *runs over & hug you w/ consent* <333333333333
ok. um. that's not it but if i continue it's literally gonna be an essay so i'll stop.
author. i will die for this fic. ahaahahahah. if i may ask, what's ur fav IFs? (i really, really love this one so im kinda hoping maybe u have similar taste in IFs eheh. again, im sorry if this comes as rude or insensitive.) oh uh & if my long rambles bother u, i won't send it again sorry.
<333 okok. take care of urself, dont forget to eat healthy, drink water & good sleep. have a nice day :D
Wait. I think I might have missed replying to this I am so sorry!!! It gave me so so much joy. Maybe I subconsciously did not want it to leave my inbox haha.
1. And 2 -> THANK YOU!
3. Gosh this is such a great thing to hear. There are a looot of characters, and I definitely worry sometimes that it gets to be too much, but I think the IF is getting long enough for me to give enough-ish screentime to each character... though it takes me a while to cycle back to different side characters. I cant believe you remembered the cool ass girl in laser tag! :)
4. AWESOME to hear! 🥰
5. Yup, being a character driven IF, there will be a lot of romance (or friendship) beats / moments in the IF (which is already true now). The next couple of chapters will follow the same mix of sports, school and romance / hanging out, so you should already have a sense of how much romance there'll be (it'll just keep unfolding / developing for each of the RO routes!)
6. Hehe found family is my fave trope to insert in stories as well.
7. Hahaha aww oh no fictional college life is catching up to your real college life!!
8. HUG YOU BACK (with consent)!!🤗🤗
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Thank you for your reply, KO! This is the anon from #asked and answered 176.
1 yes i like your fics, i like no apologies the most because we had insights to emmy's career and life in sf. Emmy might find herself boring, but ive always been a busy body reader so i would eat up everything about her personal and professional life in sf. I still hated will there, but thanks to you i hated him 5% less
2 "Ummm. I do think it’s a little weird that you’ve read multiple PD books, and even finished the DN series… especially since you were looking forward to Will. Because I hated Will for the first three books and if I weren’t curious about Emory, I wouldn’t have finished the series at all."
KO, you've underestimated a loyal hate reader's journey of hate reading 😂 i love pd's writing and i love some of their books that were not DN because of the chemistry of the main lovers (theyre not bad as many have said actually), but i still hated the ongoing misogynistic dynamic that they always had in their books. Its like having an author that you majorly like what they do, but their side mistakes were big enough to irritate you so you remember them, kinda thing. Do you have these kinds of author that feel like this towards? To answer this simply: pd's books are like worms for brain for me. Like when i read books by Colleen hoover, or hd carlton, sophie lark, lauren asher, or susanne valnti &peckham. It's the kind of toxicity you need from time to time but still get mad and disappointed by your low expectation at their shit ass plot and mfcs and fmcs anyway, yk.
KO, i cant lie, im just a hater first, a hate reader second and a reader third 🤣 once i stop, i cnat quit. Like damon torrance, that punk ass devils night philosopher said, sometimes you just want to feel everything including the ugly ones you know, and like michael crist the logician, you just gotta own it, before it owns you, GOD HAHAHAH i cant believe im using them as my metaphors right now!! Please bare with me here.
3 "I also find it equally weird that your first impulse after finishing a series you hate is to go to the tag of the character you hated the most? I mean, I’ve definitely clicked on hot-takes I know I’m going to disagree with and hate-read things, but it’s not my go-to."
hmm? KO, i think... youre just not as toxic of a reader than me, ohmygod, im so sorry! 🤣☠️ im really of those people that will immideately look up one and two star ratings on goodreads so that i know my feelings and thoughts were validated by other haters, lmao! Do not mind me, its not a good thing, but like damon torrance said, live, love, laugh, and hate, you know 🤩
4 thank you so much for your recs, i also actually grew up watching hana yori dongo! I watched the kdrama version too but idk if i'll watch the thai version. I have less patient for dramas now unfortunately, and the last drama i watched was "celebrity" on netflix, and i still havent finished it, even after 3 month ☠️ I used to love kdramas and lee minho was so popular back then, so i also watched him in "the heirs" too. Ohmygod his hairsyles in both dramas (boys over flowers and the heirs) were so funny, but i remember enjoying these stories a lot. I believe these two kdramas were released during the time where kdramas were having a lot more angsty romantic relationship than platonic ones and they both stood out among many others, not only because of lee minho, park shinhye and bunch of k-idols acting there, but also because of the friendships and platonic relationships shown that were fun to watch. It's a break from other dramas like moon embracing the sun, or my love from another star that were romance-heavy, yk. But tbh, i prefer my love from another star and moon embracing the sun more than bof/hyd and the heirs. If there are two recs i'd like to give you, they would be "hotel del luna" and "sky castle". God damn, i cried in every single episode watching these two dramas. They really touched my soul, everything was so good!
5 i havent scrolled through your blog and notice your recs for sempre, but from your recs, i checked and saw its goodreads rating and it's pretty high! Maybe i'll check it out if im interested. Seems like a mafia gang story? I need to be in the mood to be reading mafia stories because my first ones were from reading kpop mafia fanfics from years ago and the latest and the last one were the made series by danielle lori. The made series were entertaining but i noticed that i didnt care much about mafias? Hahahahah idk, and idc much about vampires, and wolf stories either, but i like faes. Not Sarah j maas type of faes, but holly black's and cassandra clare's. The ones that are beautiful, creepy, complicated and loves/have to lie but cant. So yeah, thanks for recommending sempre!
6 as for alex, im tired of her, and honestly i dont want to think about her anymore. I'll pretend nightfall alex never existed, and nightfall will grayson fucking died a gruesome death, becoming of two stupid selfish best friends who think theyre the only suffering in this world. You know this reminded me of a quote by madeline miller's Circe that really fits will's selfish behaviour especially in blackchurch: “He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.” thats exctly how i felt throughout blackchurch. Because emmy always had to heavylift whatever bullshit that alexwillaydin put out to her. And as someone who was so used to just move forward and not caring about her small losses because she had suffered worse, emmy just had to act like she was okay with all the little hurts and cruelty cause by people, just because she loved them/will and wanted to not give up on him and give him a second chance, because he was hurting and she understood that he cared then (🙄). Good thing, she admitted she was at fault partly too, but god, i hated when she felt like she need to go above and beyond for a man who admitted didnt care enough about her. Gods, these mf men need therapy frfr.
7 "I truly am sorry that it was such a bad experience for you. You’re welcome to stick around, but I’m sure since you hated so much, you’re ready to move on after unloading like that. But it’s all good either way. I hope you’re on to better and better things."
No need to be sorry, but you're right, i'm starting some new reads right now, and idk why, but kandi steiner, liz tomforde and laura pavlov really do be hitting with their releases!! Like their stories are not dark romance so tat cleansed me from devils night series a bit, and they are so fun to read! They gave me melanie harlow's vibes. If anyone's interested, i suggest checking out Blindside by Kandi Steiner, Right Move by Liz Tomforde, and all of these four authors backlogs tbh. Kandi Steiner even have like a college frat series? Which i havent checked out but it sounds fun, and its called Palm South University series.
I dont have anything else to add as well, thank you for reading my rants, have a nice day! I think this will be my last one, so goodbye!
KO, you've underestimated a loyal hate reader's journey of hate reading
Hey!! Okay. This is very helpful! Thank you for the insight. I’m not a stranger to hate watching/reading and (used to) do it frequently. And I would complain to all my friends about all the horrible stuff that was happening, but they knew I was having a good time.
It’s harder when I don’t really know who I’m talking to, to tell if I should take it seriously or if they’re enjoying the trash like me. We’re completely on the same page in that case so ignore very thing I said about not getting it. If you’re having a good time hating it, I got you!
i think... youre just not as toxic of a reader than me, ohmygod, im so sorry!
I might not be anymore but I definitely used to be, ngl. And I don’t know if you can end up running a DN blog without having some toxicity left in you??? I mean. We’re not here because this work was a masterpiece, am I right?
I don’t currently have any authors I must read/hate-read. Like I’ve said, I haven’t had the time to get into a lot of new stuff lately, and my tastes have changed. They could always change back, since reading is a mood-based activity. For now, though, I’ve left the dark and toxic behind for something that makes me feel good about the world.
i also actually grew up watching hana yori dongo! I watched the kdrama version too but idk if i'll watch the thai version. I have less patient for dramas now unfortunately
Oh my god the Kdrama! It was my first Kdrama. Fond memories. And no worries, I haven’t touched any drama in years. Truthfully, I think the only reason I can get into the Thai version is because of the familiarity.
but from your recs, i checked and saw its goodreads rating and it's pretty high! Maybe i'll check it out if im interested. Seems like a mafia gang story?
It is, kinda? But it’s really layered, with a good plot and great characters. I could ramble about it for a while, but I don’t think anyone is interested currently, so I won’t burden you with it 😂
holly black's and cassandra clare's
I did really like the folk of the air series, and I read the spiderwick chronicles in middle school, but I haven’t gone back to holly black in a long time. I did want to read the new one but haven’t had the chance.
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Oof Alex. Now that I know where you’re coming from, I can completely agree. I’ve been re-reading and analyzing her intro in Nightfall and how weird it was; how it derailed everything in the worse way. Sometimes, when writers are stuck on where to go with a scene or plot, there’s a tactic that’s recommended: have someone walk in with a gun. It causes enough of a upheaval to keep the plot moving. I’m not sure if that was what Alex was supposed to do, but it really didn’t work for me for a lot of reasons.
Because emmy always had to heavylift whatever bullshit that alexwillaydin put out to her. And as someone who was so used to just move forward and not caring about her small losses because she had suffered worse, emmy just had to act like she was okay with all the little hurts and cruelty cause by people,
Yes! She had to work so hard just for a little, and what killed me the most is reading her scenes where she agrees with them.
She has the moments of clarity, where it seems she remembers why she did what she did, and she's not sorry, and that she wasn’t to blame for what happened to Will. Then next minute… she’s back to blaming herself for no reason? I’ve said many times before that Emory’s guilt is misplaced, and at certain times, it can’t be ignored that it was really PD pushing this “Emory deserves this” narrative, but I just can’t jive with it at all. There's a question on her good reads page where she says that she thinks Will is the most justified in his hatred.
And just... no. He's not. Literally none of them were justified in their hatred. They had the right to feel wronged. Sometimes we feel wronged, even if we carry some of the blame for what happened. But to say they were justified is just over the line. I really wish PD had more balance when it come to assigning blame. I think this series would have benefitted if one of the themes of the story was that everyone makes decisions, and right or wrong, we have to living with them. These are the consequences.
Like their stories are not dark romance so tat cleansed me from devils night series a bit, and they are so fun to read!
Yeah, it’s always nice to find something new that works! Thanks for the recs. I hope if anyone is looking, they’ll look them up. Sorry I didn’t have more strong female friendships, but they can be tough to find in todays romance climate.
I totally get you not coming back. It was absolutely a blast talking to you and thanks for the clarification! It always helps.
Have a great one, KO
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20 Questions for Fic Writers!
Thanks for the tag @queerofthedagger <3
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
103!
2. What's your total AO3 word count?
494,845 - which is honestly insane
3. What fandoms do you write for?
I wrote solely for Harry Potter for a longggg time, but nowadays I just write for Merlin, Stranger Things, and the MCU
4. Top 5 fics by kudos?
All I Need (is you and you) - (Golden Trio Poly) (Harry Potter)
Impressions - (Harrymort) (Harry Potter)
On Bending, Breaking & Believing (Merlin) (Merthur)
you were born to be a martyr (you refused) (Harry Potter) (harrymort)
my heart's a hieroglyph, it talks in tongues (Stranger Things) (steddie)
5. Do you respond to comments?
Sometimes! I have a bad habit of opening a comment and going "ohhh i should answer that" and then i promptly forget about it five seconds later so....
6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
Either my angsty harringrove fic I wrote for Mona - we've made a graveyard out of the bone white afternoon - or my Merlin fic where I made The Darkest Hour worse :) - the weight of one man's grief
7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
It's gotta be this steddie fic, I think this is one of the fluffiest things I've ever written - and in the darkness you will see the sun
8. Do you get hate on fics?
Nope! Thankfully I'm not popular enough to get hate on fics, the most annoying thing I get is people being a bit too demanding
9. Do you write smut?
Occasionally, but usually only for sambucky
10. Do you write crossovers?
I haven't! But i have at least one marinating that I do really really wanna write
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I'm aware of......
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Also not that i'm aware of!
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Yes! Impressions - (Harrymort) (Harry Potter)
14. What's your all-time favourite ship?
Ohmygod why would you even ask me this question.... god I guess it has to be either Merthur or Steve Rogers x Tony Stark.... those are the OG ships (excluding any Harry Potter ones), I cannot pick between them and I won't thanks
15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you will?
Oh god, I have this huge Stranger Things steddie fic that was originally meant to be for the big bang before i dropped out - i only have like 20k? 25k? written and my estimate was like 80k or something....god i'd love to finish it, the plot is Fantastic, but I really just don't know if I'll ever get back to it.
16. What are your writing strengths?
Probably prose and uhh someone told me once I was really good at like, narrowing in on the small details, also writing grief
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
writing fluff! the struggle is real and that's mine
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language?
I've done it a couple times but just for like pet names
19. First fandom you wrote for?
Harry Potter
20. Favourite fic you've ever written?
I think I'm going to say drawing lines - it's the best character study of Gwen I've ever written and I think she deserves more character studies honestly.
No Pressure-tagging: @alchemistc @m-b-w @yammz @rocketnebulas and anyone else who wants to do it! <3
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Fic Origin Story
Tagged by @doublel27 and my most beloved @stereopticons ❤️
What was your first fandom (reading and/or writing)?
Okay, you’re going to laugh... but I’m pretty sure it was Twilight? The fandom I got really, really deep into was Glee. I’m not proud of that, but here we are lol.
What was the first story you ever wrote (even if it was never posted) and what made you decide to write it?
My first story EVER? Oh boy. I was probably around seven or eight. My elementary school had this program called ‘Pinky’s Press’ (our mascot was a flamingo named Pinky), where we could write and illustrate stories, and they’d bound them into these little books. I was literally in the second grade, so it was probably something like “This is Lollipop. He is a unicorn. He eats apples.” (That wasn’t my story - fuck if I remember what I wrote about, but that’s, like, the gist of where I was probably at developmentally. 😂) My mom probably has the stuff I wrote for Pinky’s Press in a box somewhere, tbh. I don’t know how many I did, but I know I participated a lot lmao.
My first fic was definitely in the Twilight fandom. It was on FF.net, and I couldn’t tell you what it was about, but I do remember I had a whole series.
What’s a piece of advice you would give to your younger fic-writing self?
It doesn't have to all be angst. It's FINE to let your characters be happy. Please get some therapy. Also, you're queer.
^ This was Julie’s answer and... Honestly? SAME.
What’s an early fandom interaction that stuck with you (be it a nice comment, a friend you made, a fic that got a lot of feedback etc.)?
Honestly, I think the feedback that I got back in the day and the friends that I made through fandom back in high school (a few of whom I still have some contact with!) played a huge role in my continuing to write. Having people tell me they enjoyed my silly little works kept me going, especially back then. Hell, it may have something to do with why I pursued a career in writing.
tldr; Comments and kudos matter, folks. Leave them.
Post a sentence or two from one of your older fics, and a sentence or two from a newer one (if you want).
I could not do that even if I wanted to. I have no idea what my FF.net username was. I am wracking my brain, but... I got nothin. However, here’s something that I’d really like to finish:
Whatever he’s saying dies in his mouth when the door to the café opens and a man he now recognizes slips through. By now, David has memorized the lines of his face; he knows the way his eyes crinkle when he smiles, and how his honey-brown eyes catch the light. He’s already traced his gaze over the slight curl to his hair in those pictures — thought about how it’d probably create full-on ringlets if he gave it the chance to grow. He knows how nice he looks in a suit… but he doesn’t know his name. Just the sight of him fills the empty crater in David’s chest, but he doesn’t know his name.
“Ohmygod, David,” Alexis says, reaching across the table to slap his arm before looking back over her shoulder. “That’s him! That’s the button!”
He flaps his hands. “Shh!” David demands. “I fucking see him, Alexis.”
tagging: @lilythesilly, @blackandwhiteandrose, @maxbegone, @dinnfameron, and anyone else who wants to share!
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Wait am I just misremembering things or did Lily Sunder and Cas really barely interact in the ep where they resurrect Jack? Because it's like. Here's a man who helped in the murder of your daughter and now he's begging you to help bring back his son. LIKE. HELLO. That's super fucking compelling. I think it should have been Cas who made the "you know how it feels to lose a child; please don't make us lose him too" plea instead of Dean. I think the impact of that scene would be better (and also more convincing given. You know. Dean wanting to kill Jack for a good chunk of their intial relations lol).
The scene could go many ways. You can have an angry Lily, who rubs it in hard, the irony of their situation. How unfair it is that Cas has the chance to do what Lily failed to accomplish for decades.
You can have a more sympathetic Lily, who looks at the face of this worn and weary angel and sees someone completely different from the merciless soldier she met a long time ago.
You can have different combinations of these and more. I wish there were more fics exploring the dynamic between Lily and Cas. (If you have fic recs, PLEASE send them here.)
78 notes - Posted January 30, 2022
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One of the most annoying responses I see when discussing S9 Dean's toxic moments is "oh that's just the Mark which means dean is absolved of all moral responsibility for his actions" which is. Huh?????? That's such a boring and stupid response and it's kinda on par with the way some folks excuse everything that late-seasons Dean does by saying "oh that's just Chuck manipulating him, which means he totally can't be blamed for the things he did" which is also soooooooo.
Like. Okay. On the one hand I kinda get the impulse to go straight to a Doylist explanation and blame the writers for writing Dean in such egregious ways (because it's TRUE) but like. Personally I tend to find that boring after a while. This is my weaker argument.
My stronger argument is that by refusing to grapple with the events of canon by transferring the blame to some other external force (blaming the Mark/Chuck for the Watsonian, blaming the writers for the Doylist), the characters aren't really given justice
What I mean by this is that it leaves the characters in an awkward stalemate.
On Dean's part: "If there's a force external to me that I can blame (e.g. the Mark, Chuck) then I don't really need to grapple with the things I've done." This is harmful not just to himself but to the people around him, particularly his loved ones who are typically the ones affected by his actions.
This type of thinking actually hinders the characters' ability to properly deal with the events and possibly make amends. They have no mechanism for moving on other than sucking it up and brushing things under the rug.
Take, for example, Cas' internality in the face of all of these things that Dean did. It's natural for Cas to feel negative emotions in response to All Of That (e.g. anger, sadness, resentment, fear, etc). However, if it's true that Dean really isn't to blame for all of That, then Cas' emotions have nowhere to go. "Dean has tried to murder my son multiple times and I have plenty of Feelings about this but actually it's not his fault because he's been manipulated by God so now I just have to suck up all these emotions." LIKE. That is totally NOT healthy for your psyche, angel or not.
The characters end up not being capable of grappling with the consequences of things because agency and moral responsibility keeps being shifted into these external forces.
91 notes - Posted February 1, 2022
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I know that post-canon baby jack fics are usually written for fluff but EYE personally think they should be used for evil more often. I want a non-god, toddler jack who doesn't remember much of the very traumatic first three years of his life but still has some glaring triggers. Like. For example, toddler jack is EXTREMELY claustrophobic. Every time they enter a small and enclosed space, he immediately cries and starts clinging on dean and going "I'M SORRY I'M SORRY PLEASE DON'T LOCK ME UP" and both sam and dean feel their guts turning, knowing that they did that to jack. The only small and enclosed space that jack tolerates is the impala. Anyways. Society if more post-canon fics grappled with what sam and dean did to jack before giving us a "happily ever after".
91 notes - Posted January 28, 2022
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Hey folks welcome to another evil and fucked up fic concept from yours truly:
S13. Okay. Dean is still fucked up with grief, and the combination of fear, anger, and resentment he feels towards Jack is certainly not a good mix. Still, he prefers these latter emotions because at least they're actionable emotions. You can run away or fight that which you fear or resent, but what do you do to the rotting void of grief?
All these negative emotions eventually spiral into some form of paranoia, a constant stream of "What if he turns evil? What if he takes even more from me?" Over and over in his head.
Now. What if. While they're searching the bunker for resources to help them deal with Jack, Dean accidentally stumbles upon something in their storage: a metal crown and a set of spikes. A contraption that Crowley left behind—Naomi's tools.
In fear of Jack turning evil, Dean picks up Naomi's lobotomy contraptions so he can program Jack to "not be evil."
When Dean straps down Jack into the chair, he gives the kid his very first smile. "Don't worry, kid. I'll make sure you'll never lose your path."
When Cas is finally resurrected again, everything's fine and cool and happy. And then Jack goes "Oh yeah I have weekly tuning sessions with Dean." And Cas asks. What "tuning sessions." And he watches in horror as Jack puts on the crown that Naomi uses for the lobotomies.
Cas confronts Dean about this. They fight. Cas was about to leave with Jack. Dean panics; he orders Jack to hold Cas down and prevent him from escaping.
With Jack's help, Dean tearfully straps Cas down to the chair and puts the crown on him. "I'm sorry, Cas. But I can't lose you again."
Everything is fine and cool and normal. If Sam notices some odd behavior here and there, he tries not to think too hard about it. Besides, this is the first time that they had been this happy and peaceful for a length of time, why ruin it?
Eventually, however, Sam can't ignore things any longer. His suspicions eventually lead him into finding out what Dean's been doing this entire time.
Sam confronts Dean about it. They fight. When Sam was about to take Jack and Cas away from there, Dean utters a trigger word and makes Sam fall under his control.
It turns out that this isn't the first time that Sam found out what's happening, and that Dean has been repeatedly rewriting his memories this entire time.
At first, Dean just asked Jack to erase Sam's memories. This plan doesn't work long term because Sam either just rediscovers what happens or regains his memories. Dean then ordered Jack to gradually and discreetly feed Sam some grace and transform him into as close as an angel as possible so that the Naomi's tools would work on him as well.
This bit is from jay @casnation , thanks for this: Sam repeatedly wakes up and tries to get Cas and Jack out of there but they’re programmed to take him to Dean if he does this. Like, he could totally escape if he didn’t try to save them every time.
There will be a point where the brainwashing gets so severe that they basically lose their personalities in a way that even Dean cannot ignore anymore. And so he "reprograms their personalities back" based on Dean's perceptions of them.
Crucially there will also be a point where Dean realizes just how bad he's fucked up (ideally in conjunction with the realization that he's living with three husks with zero personality), but he's trapped himself into a corner. Because he KNOWS that the moment he undoes the programming, they would all run the fuck away from that bunker and leave him alone. And he would rather reprogram them ad infinitum rather than face the consequences of what he did.
Another incredible quote from jay: "Pygmalion carving himself not just a lover but a family."
More stuff below the cut (specifically how Mary reacts to All of This when she returns from the Apocalypse World):
Dean does NOT have the guts to lobotomize his own mother. He can stomach doing it to Sam and Cas because he's already pretty good at ignoring their autonomy. Which means that Dean has to employ more subtle methods of hiding things from Mary.
He can order Cas to reaasure Mary that "everything is fine." He can also order Jack to distract Mary by bonding with her.
Here's another bit courtesy of jay: "Mary notices something is up with Sam first and Dean just says “How would you know? I’ve know him his whole life, he’s fine, you’ve only been back a year!"
Another jay bit: "no thoughts just mary looking up and realizing the bunker is a clockwork recreation of her fantasy of married life with john with cas as her role. and she has no idea what to do"
I have no idea how to end this. We can go with the more horrific route where Mary never discovers what's truly going on and so they're all just trapped there, Pygmalion and the family he carved.
The other option is that Mary finds out. This has two potential outcomes: (1) Mary convinces Dean to undo the programming. They all run the fuck out of there and leave Dean alone to face what he did. Or, (2) In a desperate attempt to keep his family together, Dean orders Jack and Cas to hold Mary down and make her forget what she discovered. The story ends with Dean, tears in his eyes, putting metal spikes in his mother's skull.
(Also. I want y'all to know that there are more fucked up parts to this but those shall remain in the dark corners of our discord chats lol)
124 notes - Posted March 8, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
Hypothetical destiel pairings that are sooooooo important to me:
- stanford era dean and s15 divorce arc cas
Imagine Cas seeing a version of the love of his life that doesn't carry the amount of baggage he currently has. A version of his love that has not yet pointed a gun to his son.
- s4 cas and s13 widower arc dean
Imagine Dean seeing this version of Cas. He's so young! And he still haven't died a single death for you just yet. You look at this angel and think: you haven't fallen in all the ways that matter just yet.
- endverse cas and s15 divorce arc dean
Imagine Dean experiencing a whiplash when endverse Cas confronts him and says "in the worst ways, you're a lot similar to my Dean. Sometimes I think you're even worse."
- faith dean and emmanuel cas
You're dying. You're dying and your dad won't even answer the phone but here comes this man, this faith healer who looks you in the eye and says "you're not a machine, Dean." Who looks at you and sees someone worth saving, someone who you can barely see.
- post-rapture cas and mark of cain dean
"I serve Heaven, I don't serve Man. And I certainly don't serve you." Imagine a post-lobotomy Cas seeing his charge at his very lowest and seeing what he's told confirmed by his very eyes. That the Righteous Man is not who he thinks he is.
- s3 dean and post-swan song cas
You're going to hell. You're going to hell and you can't stop it but here comes this angel who has fallen for you, who rebelled against heaven for you. And you can't stop thinking whether or not you were born with this rot, with the curse to poison everything you touch. But the angel says "I would fall again a million times if it means I get to protect you from perdition."
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according to the bf commentary it’s actually shopper no 3 . I am having an identity crisis I do not know what to do
it won’t let me reblog my other post but here’s me being annoying and asking about bf but !!
#shopper no 4 sounds a lot better but ohmygod#ive been such a little brat ebvause everybodys annoying w hcb . ted deserves it . hes a bery interesting character#fuck fuck fuck#im tired ill deal w this in the morning#do i just change all my posts to shopper no 3 ?#even in the commentary curt goes to call him no 4 but roberts character had previously been called no 4 and he stumbles and changes to 3#and it MAKES SENSE that hes no 3#kinda#but#i have so many long tags saying no 4 i think im just going to change the short simple ones
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ohmygod i just saw the new west side story and let me just fangirl for a second without being critical because !!!!!!!! i have thoughts: (spoilers under the cut but like,,,,, yeah. you knew that.)
SO MANY THINGS TO LOVE OMG I LITERALLY JUST GOT OUT OF THE THEATRE TEN MINUTES AGO LET ME SEE IF I CAN REMEMBER THEM ALL.
MIKE. FAIST. giving the people what they want sIR!!!!!!!!!!!!! he did such a good job and made riff sO. compelling. and i love that for him. man really said he’s gonna give it his aLL. and he dID. god bless you mike faist,,,,,, i understand now why i suddenly saw an uptick in riff fics in the wss tag, asdfghjkjhgfds. he dID THAT. love you sir!!!!!!!!!!!
and not to be a Ben Cook Stan on main but ben cook doing officer krupke???? making me enjoy the song that was generally ~meh~?????? GOOD FOR HIM. it’s what he dESERVES.
and that honestly brings me to my next point but!!!!!!!!!!! they let the jets be kids!!!!!!!!!!!! there were so many scenes that made them kids and it literally makes the entire story that much more of a gut punch because they’re just children! it doesn’t excuse it no sir but it makes it tragic and just,,,,,, amazing. that scene where they were playing with the gun?? or the whole officer krupke scene? or even the playfulness of i feel pretty or maria putting on lipstick only after bernardo has left and can’t chastise her for it????? asdfghjhgfdfghjhgfd. beautiful story telling right there.
(i kinda still wish we got to see more of the sharks in general, and more of the sharks just being kids, but it’s fine it’s fine.)
BUT SPEAKING OF THE SHARKS LET ME JUST TALK ABOUT THE SONG AMERICA REAL QUICK BECAUSE!!!!!!!!!! they’re dancing through the streets!!!!!!!!!! not just on that rooftop!!!!!!!!! they’re not confined to one small space but are able to claim the streets for themselves!!!!!! idk, i just,,,,, loved that we got to see them out. there. not confined to hiding in the shadows or the rooftops or the dark. i kinda still wish we had a rooftop scene, simply because i like the aesthetic of a rooftop, but DANCING THROUGH THE STREETS. it’s what they deserve.
and while we’re on the topic of the dancing!!!!!!!! can i just say i love that they did long takes???? that they let them dance and show off their skills????? so glad we had some good choreo that could be showed off properly. i aDORE IT.
and aNITA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARIANA DEBOSE WAS GIVING ME EVERYTHING AND I ADORE HER FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!! the most engaging character, quote me on that, she stole eVERY scene and it’s what she deserves. asdfghjhgfdsdfghjhgfd her humor!!!!! her dancing!!!!!! her gRACE!!!!!! her anger and her sadness and her disgust overflowing at the end!!!!!!!!! ariana debose did that and i don’t think this movie would have been as good as it was without her. give ariana debose all my money and all my love. she probably doesn’t need it but it belongs to her regardless.
and how could i forget bernardo????? i love his side story of being a boxer (kinda wish he got to beat up on tony a bit more since his fighting prowess was really built up to but eh.) and i love his relationship with anita. give me more of tHEM, thank you. david alvarez was honestly giving me so much, making my love for bernardo so much more valid. he had so much depth and was going oFF in so many scenes. he was giving the camera his everything.
also!!!!!! the choice of having maria and tony ~go behind the bleachers~ for their first meeting was doing so much for bernardo’s righteous anger. wonderful choice that really Heightened The Stakes. love that sm.
also,,,, while we’re here, i might as well mention ansel elgort. he did good! i don’t like him, personally, but he gave a very solid performance. i like the backstory they gave for tony. it really added to his complexity as a character (and moved it away from a romeo & juliet story line, but honestly that’s a concept for a different day) and gave his motivations reasoning. i have Many Thoughts on how they changed up the song Cool just because it’s one of my favorite numbers, but what they did with it was so eye catching! so fun! so creative! so amazing! thank you for that rendition of cool, because riff got another song and the whole Gun plot was really well done imo. it shows up already smoking and very clearly has Relevancy and thematic meaning and then the way they fight over it in cool? A Concept™ let me tell you. a fully certified, ~bon appetit~ meal. i was fed.
(but also, like,,,, when i listened to the soundtrack a few months earlier, i couldn’t help but feel like ansel elgort, in his solo songs - like maria and something’s coming - was just a little behind tempo. or maybe he just didn’t have the Up And At ‘Em i wanted. watching the show, it’s not so noticeable, and the dancing and choreo during something’s coming really helped, but,,,,,,, just,,,, jump the gun a little, tony (no pun intended). have some pizazz. some life. think that something is coming.)
and okay!!!!! i have held my silence for far too long!!!! rachel zegler was hERE. and she did so much?????? girl gave maria so much agency, and if you weren’t a strong maria fan now, i think you will be because while, yes, they girlbossed maria just a little bit, it makes sense, it feels in character, it was really just a magnification of opinions the other maria already had, and honestly,,,,, zegler pulls it off so well it doesn’t even feel like that’s what they did. idk it just felt like they amplified her character. they didn’t ~Modernize~ her because it was still maria, with just a tad bit more spine. idk idk. maybe i’m just in love with rachel zegler’s performance, who knows? the only time you could argue they took it too far was when she kisses tony behind the bleachers but also???? that tracks???? she was sO. READY. to dance with boys and wear red and go to the dance and experience things! it makes sense imo.
(one critique i have, though, is that her big moment after tony dies and she takes the gun from chino felt a little........ tame? maybe it’s just because i was a Changed Woman when i watched natalie wood’s maria (i know i know but sTILL) go feral. after tony’s death, and i wanted something closer to that. i wanted her to scream at chino and the alley and everyone else!!!!!! i wanted the death of tony to be when she contextualizes the death of bernardo and is filled with hate and gutted of everything else!!!!! because when bernardo died, she just shifted all of her love and hope onto tony and couldn’t lose him and was willing to give it aLL up, but then she loses tony and it’s like she’s lost everything all over again!!!!! because she has!!!!!! and she screams at everyone around ‘you murderer’ because they aLL murdered bernardo and tony and riff and she takes the gun and it’s shaking in her grasp, and she points it at eVERYONE. not just chino and then she says ‘how many can i kill and still have one left for me?????’ and i just!!!!!!! so many eMOTIONS happen in that scene and like,,,,,, i wanted more of them from this version. it felt like the height of the conflict was riff and bernardo and anita, and maria and tony were sidelined in the final 10 minutes of the film. idk idk. i also just wanted her to hold onto him just a little longer. make it feel like it was a big a deal as it was.)
AND WAIT THE BLOCKING FOR THE TONIGHT SCENE!!!!!!!!! how they’re literally separated through so much of it!!!!!!!! how it gave me the ~romeo climbing to reach juliet~ vibes!!!!!! how maria still keeps distance between them with the ladder once he makes it onto the balcony, only to then reach him!!!!!!!!!!!
I also loved how the singing was a little like,,,, in universe? like, sometimes with movie musicals they break into song and no one like,,, remarks on it? it’s loudness? it’s sometimes over the top nature? and it’s fine in a stage production because ~suspension of disbelief~ and whatnot but in film it can sometimes feel.... idk, clunky? but they remark on it sometimes and it just made it feel more a part of the story telling. idk idk.
and the one hand/one heart was actually so good??? how they included the conflicted dialogue in the middle??? the way it was in both english and spanish??? okay, then. just make me love their love i guess.
i liked how they addressed anybody’s a bit more. anybody’s was definitely a character will potential, and this version knew it. i like how anybody’s and tony had a bit more of a friendship in this one - with the brief scene at the dance, and anybody’s claiming tony believes in his ability to be a jet - i wish a little bit, though, that the movie capitalized on that when anybody’s goes to take tony to hide somewhere. but also like,,,,, the movie was getting a bit too long. i know i know. there was already a lot there, i get it.
i loved how somewhere wasn’t sung by tony and maria (i know, shocker!) but it comes at such a tricky time in the narrative, i’m glad that it was more a ~theme~ than a conversation? i also like how they showed that a somewhere could happen. not without its faults, and not without its hardships - like the idealistic tony and maria hoped - but it did in fact, exist. i also think it leaves maria’s acceptance of tony a little more ambiguous, which is nice since a lot of people’s main problem with maria is sLeEpInG wItH tHe GuY wHo JuSt KiLlEd YoUr BrOtHeR. and like,,,, yeah. big issue. it’s not great. it still happens. it bothers me too, but also, like,,,, don’t use that as a crutch to dislike maria? it’s a fair argument, but i hate that it’s the only one i hear. give me a better reason to dislike maria!!!!! be creative with your criticism!!!! this way, how it all went down is a little ambiguous. we’re not sure how maria exactly feels, and that’s how it should be!
i love love lOVED the inclusion of rita moreno!!!!!!!!!!! she has aLWAYS given me everything and coming back?????? doing the movie?????? giving such deep moments with somewhere, the ‘maria is dead, tony’ scene, and the whole ‘i’ve watched you grow up and this is what you’ve become’ part?????? give her my everything. my heart and soul. rita moreno!!!!!!!!!!! what an absolute star.
oh!!!!!!!!!!! the moment where the somewhere theme started to play and it’s cut off by the train before tony and maria’s date!!!!!!!!!!!! obsessed.
maria wearing a blue dress at the end when she rushes toward tony!!!!!!!!! because tony (and the jets) have been washed in blue and bernardo (and the sharks) in reds and browns and she’s effectively chosen!!!!!! she goes from white, with a splash of red - really just for show more than anything else - to a full on blue ensemble! many thoughts. it reminds me of how, in the 2010 revival, maria sings in spanish almost exclusively, but in A Boy Like That/I Have A Love she switches to english halfway through the song because she’s chosen tony!!!!!! i love little things like that!!!!!! stating her position thematically!!!!!!!
also,,,,,,, hehe dresses go ~swish~ when they dance pretty.
the whole ‘you’re so tall’ bit when maria and tony met behind the bleachers was giving me eVERYTHING. wow, i actually loved them and adored that.
i’m sorry but everything about anita and bernardo made me go absolutely unhinged and!!!!! the flirting through the hanging fabric!!!! the kissing behind the fabric!!!! the whole ‘in english’ tease!!!!! they’re in love your honor, and it always makes me gasp, then, when maria says to anita “you were in love, or so you said” because how very dare you???? how dare you imply anita did not love him????? can you not see it???????? is it not right there before you, maria?????? stOP comparing you and tony to them pLEASE. and the way ariana debose breaks down at that line!!!!!! girl UNDERSTOOD THE ASSIGNMENT and i’m on all levels except physical sOBBING on the floor of this chilis.
did i mention that picking out newsies cast members was so much fun? my mom literally asked me “how many of them do you know?” and i had to laugh.
the cinematography was decadent. so!!!!!!! pretty!!!!!!! so!!!!!!!!! admirable!!!!!!!!!!!
everyone’s already mentioned it, but the impending doom of the entire neighborhood being torn down anyway was honestly a really interesting theme of the story, and i’m glad it got it’s screen time here. i mean, i remember in the 1961 version, you saw some parts of the neighborhood already bulldozed or marked for it, and the fact that it was brought up was really compelling! i think it honestly helped shed so much tragic light on riff’s character, specifically, because for him, the entire conflict is about turf only. whereas with the sharks it’s less so about that and more about,,,,, not being harrassed and stolen from and cheated and killed, so to see that all of the fighting would truthfully mean nothing at all - and to know that going in - really does something for riff that the 1961 version doesn’t. he’s so desperate here, and for what? he even remarks on it! he says he doesn’t know why! damn....... this movie really did that.
and cHINO????????? it’s actually kinda funny how little plot relevancy he’s had in the past, for being the one to shoot tony in the end (although, the argument could be made that there’s strength in tony’s death having very little rhyme or reason to it) but this version gave him something and !!!!!!! how did they know to choose the shy one in the funky glasses???? how did they know he’s always my favorite????? how did they come into my home, decide what would specifically make me engage with chino, and execute it so well???? i’m glad chino had something to give to the story, but i’m sad he had to be the shy one in the funky glasses. i’m sad he had to be my favorite tropes. why did they have to massacre my boy?
(also.... uhh...... side note, but were any side character’s names used frequently enough to be remembered? baby john was always given more relevancy than the others, so it’s fine i knew his name so soon, but i honest to god didn’t know who ice was until like,,,,, 5 minutes to finishing. and why are the sharks still not given as many names as the jets? i just...... i want to know who action is. who juano is. who indio is. even who a-rab is (pLEASE tell me they renamed him though. i thought maybe he was ben cook but did cook’s character even have a discernible name? i’m bad at remembering without subtitles.) or what about maria’s friends? consuelo? or what about rosalia? i know i’ve watched the 1961 movie and read the script more times than others so i probably learned these names from sheer exposure alone, but i need to know their names. maybe when it comes to disney+ i’ll finally know bc subtitles......)
and the costumes!!!!!!! the dresses!!!!!! the cut off shirt for riff!!!!!! and bernardo’s entire color scheme that was just,,,, *chef’s kiss*. i kinda miss the purple suit from the 1961 version, but his red tank top????? thank you, sir.
that’s all for now, but when i think of more things later, i will add them.
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This could be reaching a bit but why do I feel like more people have suddenly gotten interested in Fran because her new actress is more 'conventionally pretty'? Nearly every quote on the official tweet or post here and on ig has been like "wow she's gorgeous she looks just like Daphne now." SOmeone here mentioned that they wished the actress they'd gotten had the same body type as Ruby and I'd have to agree, it feels wrong to have Fran with a Daphne/Phoebe-esque figure now when Ruby was very much not
Omg you're not reaching and the WAY OUR MINDS WORK!! I was thinking of doing a post on this after answering my asks but alot of asks came in hshshs so I'm glad you asked and reminded me! Thank you anon :)
I was just feeling really sad on Tumblr after talking to a friend who was excited about Frannie when she wasn't before - as she should Frannie is a brilliant character and I'm glad she's getting attention even if its not with Ruby - and went to see if Twitter was missing Ruby too.
There's JUST SO MANY comments like "Ohmygod now she looks so interesting to me! I'm going to pay attention to her now" or "THIS is the face that took Michael's breath away" and just little comments like that. I don't know these people - I dunno if they meant to be malicious or backhanded. But like why do you all who like Hannah and clearly couldn't care less about Ruby have to bring looks into it? Can yall stop being weirdos for one minute and just be happy Frannie is getting an arc or more scenes since we're getting a bigger name?
Like if you're sad about Ruby leaving, be sad and mourn with me but don't attack Hannah for her looks. You're allowed to be skeptical about her pulling off Frannie because we haven't seen her in a role like that before (correct me if I'm wrong yall I don't know her full filmography and role types).
On the other hand - a bigger hand now that everyone has their attention on Frannie - what we AREN'T going to do is put down Ruby's version of Frannie. I literally saw someone on the tag basically calling her boring and that Hannah will have "more personality than her and book Frannie." Sorry to YOU for not seeing it but Book Frannie always had a delightful personality. And of course, Ruby didn't draw people like the GA and non-Fran fans in, she was never given the chance to.
As @psyche-edits so eloquently put it here while it's not the exact comments on their post I've seen on my dash and Twitter, it's in the same vein of putting Ruby down to hype up Hannah and that's not cool.
You can hype one or the other without putting one down and you can hype them both up! Be grateful we had Ruby for the last two seasons (I know we barely had her but it's not like they didn't cast Frannie at all) and be excited for Hannah can do.
If you have shit to say about any of them keep it yourself and PMs, we don't need tearing down of their looks and Ruby's vibes not being good enough on the dash or in the main tag.
As for the body type line, I got another ask just focused on that so I'll answer that in a bit and link it here!
#Bridgerton#Francesca Bridgerton#francesca recasting news#Ruby Stokes#Hannah Dodd#Trivia's Stamp of Approval#kanthypants & eldest daughters stamp of approval#kanthypants and eldest daughters gc
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"911? I'd like to report a loser" + venti
SDFJKLDSJFKLJKDSLFKLJDFS anon this is EXCELLENT thank u so much lmao
[send me a dialogue prompt from this list and a genshin character!]
tags: xiaoven preslash, background tartali, college au (based a bit on this post - x)
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This is a bad idea. He should turn around and text Zhongli that he’s feeling unwell and go home. Get into bed, fall asleep. Wake up with the dawn and go about his usual schedule.
But he made Zhongli a promise, and he will see it through, no matter the toll it takes on him.
With a shaking hand, Xiao turns the handle of the front door of some nondescript house - currently made less nondescript by the thud of loud music and flash of colored lights - and steps into the party.
“Dibs!” someone shouts, loud and nearby and Xiao’s head swings around, his face warms, but nobody’s looking at him. The place is a cacophony of voices and noises and music, he argues to himself, so there’s no reason to get so keyed up over nothing. It’d just startled him.
Still, he pulls out his phone.
Xiao: I’m here by the front. Someone just yelled ‘dibs’. Don’t make me suffer this alone.
He hits send, then tucks his phone back into his pocket and glances around. Recognizes nobody, of course, because this is a party filled with people from Zhongli’s classes and department, and Xiao is an outsider.
Why did he have to tell Zhongli he was standing by the front? He should’ve found somewhere less conspicuous to stand, somewhere he could tuck himself away in a corner and avoid the eyes that seem to drift to him from every person that passes.
Hell, why did he have to come at all? Zhongli would’ve let him out of it if he’d protested enough, or claimed some imperative homework or project or exam coming up.
He blows out a sharp breath, then stumbles back as someone rushes past him - yes, he knows well enough how to manipulate Zhongli. And Zhongli knows well enough that he’d never dream of doing so.
With a huff of irritation - and a quick glance confirming that he hasn’t received any messages from Zhongli - Xiao stomps off in a random direction. If Zhongli isn’t even here yet, he’ll-
“Xiao!” Relief floods Xiao’s veins at the voice, and he turns to find Zhongli waving at him from down a hallway. Light shines behind him, haloing him in yellow-white. Xiao weaves his way through other partygoers milling about, drinks in hand or- gods, or making out against a wall. His stomach drops as he squeezes past them, heat flushing his cheeks for no particular reason.
“Xiao, I’m thrilled you were able to make it.” Unlike the rest of the guests, Zhongli has a glass of wine in hand, and he takes a sip before wrapping Xiao in a one-armed hug. Xiao leans into his side, for just a moment, pretends he isn’t here, surrounded by a million people he doesn’t know and-
“Zhongli!” Xiao startles at the voice, swears it sounds unexpectedly familiar. Against all reason, he grits his teeth when Zhongli releases him.
“Venti?” Zhongli’s gaze fixes somewhere past Xiao, and Xiao doesn’t turn quickly enough. The guy races over, nearly slams right into Xiao on his way to Zhongli, and Xiao stumbles back a few steps.
“Zhongli, ohmygods, I just-” The guy - Venti, apparently - groans, then, and buries his face in Zhongli’s chest. Xiao ignores the sudden wave of jealousy. “Some hot guy just walked- he just walked in! Walked right in, and d’ya know what I did?”
Zhongli casts a glance at Xiao, huffs out an amused breath. Venti tips his head back, stares up at Zhongli just as he turns his attention back to the guy.
“What did you do?”
“I shouted ‘dibs’.” A pause, and it takes a moment for those words to filter into Xiao’s head. Then his face burns with heat, and his eyes go wide, and panic floods his veins - this is the guy who’d-
“Ugh, what am I gonna do?” Venti laments to Zhongli. “I mean, he was- he was just so pretty, I probably freaked him out…” Zhongli’s hands land on Venti’s shoulders, and he pulls him back just a bit.
“Did you? Have you spoken to him since, ah, that incident?”
“I can’t talk to him, did you not hear what I just said?” Venti whines, and Zhongli nods sagely.
“Perhaps it’s unwise of you to assume that he’s offended by the comment. For all you know, he-”
“He might’ve found it endearing!” Some other guy - gods, how many people does Zhongli know? How many people are there, that he’s so comfortable with that they can swing an arm over his shoulder and hang on him like they’re- Xiao cuts off that line of thought. He’s not the only person entitled to Zhongli’s time or attention.
Venti huffs out a breath, pulls back and crosses his arms at this new guy.
“In fact, this lovely gentleman you’re speaking of might’ve fallen head over heels for you at the first sign of- uh…” He glances at Zhongli, and Zhongli quirks a brow. “Whatever you said. Or did.” He grins back at Venti now, and even Xiao is a little irritated by him.
Venti shoves at the guy, which does very little aside from make him burst into laughter.
“Xiansheng, Venti’s bullying me,” the guy whines, tucks his head into the crook of Zhongli’s neck, and Xiao’s stomach swirls with something unkind. Especially unkind, because Zhongli’s lip ticks up at the corner, and Xiao can see the lightness in his expression. Xiao crosses his arms over his chest, tries to bury that bad feeling deep down and ignore it. Zhongli deserves good things.
He blinks, startles when Venti whips out his phone and holds it up to his ear.
“Hello, 911?” Xiao’s eyes widen, but Zhongli does not look particularly concerned by this, so Xiao exhales slowly and tries to calm down. “Yeah, I’d like to report a loser?”
In spite of himself, Xiao coughs out a breath of unexpected amusement - it’s not really that funny, except that it kind of is, for how absurd an insult it is.
It is at this point that Xiao realizes his mistake - Venti whirls around at the sound of his almost-laugh, and his eyes go wide when they land on Xiao.
“Hot guy!” he yelps, then slaps his hands over his mouth, and it takes Xiao a terrified moment to realize that he is referring to Xiao. In his panic, Xiao’s gaze flicks up to Zhongli, only to find him smiling.
“OhmygodsI’msosorryIdidn’trealizeyouwere-”
“Breathe, Venti.” Zhongli’s voice, and Xiao pretends he’s saying it to Xiao as well. It takes an unexpected effort to make his lungs function, and his skin feels impossibly hot. Just as warm, he expects, as the bright-red flush on Venti’s cheeks.
Venti lowers his hands just below his chin, and he gives Xiao an apologetic sort of smile.
“I have had a lot of drinks and I- you’re just, you’re really pretty, and it’s not an excuse but I, uh-” Venti breaks off there, then turns to Zhongli with a panicked hum. “Help?”
“Venti, this is Xiao. Xiao, an old friend of mine, Venti.”
“Great, introductions made. Xiansheng,” the other guy, still hanging on Zhongli’s side, interrupts. “Can we leave now?” Xiao’s stomach turns at the way the guy stares at Zhongli’s lips, the saccharine-sweet and seductive tone.
“Ugh, gross,” Venti speaks Xiao’s thoughts aloud. “Get a room.”
“That’s the plan,” the guy says with a grin and a wink, and Venti grumbles something under his breath as he turns away.
“C’mon, Xiao, let’s find somewhere we don’t have to watch them make out for an hour before Zhongli finds his shame.”
Xiao startles at the warm hand that slips into his, and he glances over his shoulder as Venti leads him away.
Zhongli catches his eye, then offers him a reassuring smile.
The panic swirling in Xiao’s stomach quells a bit, and he turns back to find Venti grinning at him.
“I know we got off on a weird foot,” he says as he drags Xiao through the crowded space. “But do you think we could start over?”
Xiao’s hit with a wave of fresh air as Venti drags him outside, and the cool evening breeze does wonders for the heat still lingering on Xiao’s cheeks. Venti slides to a stop a distance away from the nearest people, then drops to the grass and tugs gently at Xiao’s hand.
He glances around, a little uncertain, but...but he would absolutely rather be here than around Zhongli and...that other guy. And better this than being surrounded by a sea of warm bodies and loud noise and-
“Okay,” he says as he lowers himself to the ground beside Venti, and Venti grins wide.
“Hi,” he says as he extends a hand - the one he’d just released from holding onto Xiao’s. “My name’s Venti, nice to meet you!”
“Xiao,” he says as he takes it, and a smile touches the corner of his lips. “Likewise.”
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so...the last year has been rough. for everyone. but i’ve been lucky in a lot of ways, especially with the people in my life, and i wanted to take a second to thank some people on here. because genuinely, you guys mean so freaking much to me. i’ve had a lot of online friends in my life but none that feel so much like family. these are the people who have carried me through the last year, who’ve made me feel seen and heard and supported me in all my endeavors and just been wonderful to me all around. i love you guys, and happy new year <3
i’m about to get into it now. and i’ll try not to cry too much along the way.
@neshatriumphs nesha, when i say that you’re our fandom mom i mean that you’re my family, i mean that you’re my biggest supporter, my inspiration, my rock, the person who makes me want to be my best self, all the time. i can’t explain to you what your support has meant to me over the years. whether it’s leaving me incredibly kind notes on my fics that make me want to write more just for you, or sending me asks when you know i’m feeling down, or just making me laugh with your hilarious takes, you have always, always been there for me. you’re the toughest person i know and you make me want to keep pushing every day. you’re so incredibly talented; your ideas are just always stunning and inspired and despite being humble about it you’re amazing at everything you do. your art, your writing, your aesthetics, all of it. loeg and share-a-lair were just spectacular and such a show of how complex and original and smart your writing is. barring just your talent you’re also an inspiration in how passionate and kind and dedicated you are. you care for others everywhere you go. you come on here and constantly make me want to be a better person. it’s not just me, either—you’ve taken on the role of helping all of us in any way you can, and you just make us feel loved and supported and give us someone to always look up to. i love you. plain and simple, you’re my family, and i’m so, so grateful to have you in my life.
@juliesdahlias you know when you meet someone younger than you and you’re like how do they have this much talent in their body? and you can’t even be mad about it because you just want to root for them and you want good things for them and you think of them like a little sibling? that’s me around you all. the freaking. time. pearl, i’m constantly blown away by how smart and driven and passionate you are. you have so much talent to offer the world and i love seeing you thrive more than anything. you inspire me every freaking day; i mean, your tiara thief drabbles literally made me pull my fic out of my drafts for the first time in months. every time you post it’s something iconic and beautiful, whether its your fics or your edits or your headcanons. and not just that, but you’re so incredibly supportive of everything i put out there. like with ths, the way you latched on to it and are one of our biggest fans and made content for it literally as soon as we started!! that was amazing!! you’re just such an incredible person in every sense of the word; you’re talented and hilarious and kind and passionate and i love you so so much. i cannot wait to watch you do amazing things because i know you’re gonna be one of the greats. ily.
@ciara-knightly i can’t even put this into words. i’m sitting here trying to say it right and every time i start i just turn into “!!!!!!!!” cause i love you so much. i know i’ve said this before, but shona, you’re honestly like my older sister. this whole year of just, really getting to talk to you beyond tumblr has shown me how honestly kind, passionate, smart, and supportive you are. talking to you is one of my favorite things in the world, whether it’s rambling about tiara thief, or discussing feminism in media, or just getting life advice. you always know what to say to lead me in the right direction and reassure me that things are gonna be okay. i look up to you more than i can tell you; i’m constantly inspired by your talent and your drive. you’re endlessly supportive and you make me laugh all the time, and i hold literally every convo we have close to my chest because it means so much to me to just be able to have them with you. i’ll never be over the fact that you basically discovered jatp, or us talking and making predictions for weeks before it aired, or us plotting out the whole dystopia novel together—which, even though it didn’t really pan out, was such an amazing experience because i got to do it with you. and i absolutely scroll back through our convos on a regular basis to scream over our tiara thief headcanons. everything i’ve done with you has been incredibly fun and meaningful, so what i’m trying to say in this very long winded way is that i’m so, so glad i know you, and i can never thank you enough for everything you’ve done for me.
@bitchmilsky lizzie, i literally think of you like you’re my little sibling. my weird, crazy, hilarious, incredibly kind and supportive and creative and amazing little sibling. ever since i met you you’ve been nothing but fun and friendly and wonderful to me. your posts never fail to make me laugh and i love seeing whatever you’re up to, even if it’s video games that i understand nothing about. you have so many fun ideas and you’re so freely yourself, it’s honestly inspiring. the things you make are always adorable and every time we go live together and chat i always have so much fun, and talking and i just want to meet you in person so badly because i know we’d be an amazing, unstoppable duo and that you’d make me laugh until my sides hurt. i’m still waiting on that cross-country road trip. we could roll the windows down and belt our way through the entire hd musical soundtrack, and it would be epic. for real, though, you’re one of my favorite people ever, and i hope this year brings you nothing but fun and good things because that’s what you deserve. i’m sending you a million virtual hugs and also booty shorts that say poggers on the ass. i love you <3
@zackmartn i know i’m gonna start crying right now because i love you so much and i’m trying not to because i just did my makeup but dammit, nikki, i just love you so much. i remember when i first came on here and was afraid to talk to you because i was like “ohmygod she’s so cool she’s the king of this fandom she’s amazing” but i thank god that you reached out to me every day. i honestly can’t imagine my life without you; you’ve been such a presence in it for so long that you’re inseparable from it. even the times i’ve gone on hiatus i’ve been stalking your blog from a distance like “i just wanna know what she’s up to...”. you’re honestly like an older sister to me and you’re one of the people i admire the most; you’ve been through and continue to go through so much and yet every day you come on here and decide to be a freaking light to all of us, to make me smile, to support me literally endlessly. like, the amount of times you’ve driven me to near tears from your reviews of my writing is ridiculous. the freaking umana fan club?? the way ths is one of your top tags??? it’s just...insane and such a show of how boundless your support is. and that’s not even getting into how freaking talented you are!!! i stare at your gifsets all the time!! and your fics like....holy shit you literally created this whole universe that i’m so freaking invested in and is better than literally anything that canon could ever do, and i know i’m honestly terrible at responding to messages but i hope you know you never have to start holding back with me. most of the time when i get stuff you send i have to sit there and get my thoughts together and that takes forever, but i love love love reading it anyway. the way you get excited about the things you love is everything, it’s something that i really really love about you, and i hope you continue to keep that passion and love for everything. and i hope that this year brings you nothing but good things, because you deserve that more than anyone. i love you.
@willexs eliza, babe, i know we joke all the time that we were put on opposite sides of the ocean because we’d be too powerful if we were together but i really think it’s true. imagine us meeting. the universe just wouldn’t be able to handle it; it would implode. listen, you’re literally like my twin, my other half. we have so much in common that it’s honestly ridiculous. we operate on the same brainwave, and every time we talk i’m blown away by how easy it is and i honestly love it so much because i could not have picked a more talented and creative and fun person to work with. writing ths with you has literally been like...one of my favorite writing experiences ever. i can’t believe that it started on such a whim because it’s such an important part of my life now and getting to have you next to me while we figure this whole thing out is honestly the best part. it’s not just all the characters and dynamics we’ve created, it’s the fact that i can send you incoherent ramblings at ungodly hours and you’ll pick them apart, it’s the 3-hour phone calls to make playlists, it’s you always making me feel heard and inspiring me. it’s this like...excitement of building towards something amazing with someone i love. you understand me on this crazy and fundamental level, and sometimes it blows my mind how similar we are and how well you know me without us having even met. i feel like we’re the embodiment of “nobody gets me like you”. and i know i’ve said this before, but i really do think you make me a better writer. i love how you make me laugh, i love that you always have the best takes and i love how talented you are with your incredible adorable art and your fics and your gorgeous edits and i love that we egg each other on and hype each other up. i love that, despite being on opposite sides of the ocean, we’re still best friends. and i love you <3
@cactus-con lou!!!!!! i literally just...ahh i love you so much!! i know i’ve said this before but you were the first person i talked to in this fandom, and you made me feel so freaking welcome. and that has never changed. talking to you is so easy and natural, and you make me feel loved and heard all the time. i love getting to share stuff with you because you always always always hype me up. not just that but like...your talent?? literally unmatched!!! you’re amazing at everything you do it’s ridiculous. i love love love all your artwork, i could stare at it literally all day. you have so much talent and i literally cannot wait to watch you do such great things with it. i just...you’re such a wonderful person to everyone around you. you spread all this love and support and kindness and i think you’re one of the most genuine people i know and i’m so so glad i know you. i hope this year treats you so well because you deserve nothing but good things. i love you. <3
@owenjoyners where do i even start?? brooke, you’re like my other twin. i know i’ve said this before but it’s literally insane to me that we’ve known each other for less than a year because it feels like i’ve known you my whole life. you are such an incredible freaking person. you’re funny and you’re kind and you’re talented and you make me smile every damn day. i love getting post notifs from you because i swear to god i light up every time. your gifsets are always gorgeous, and i’ve watched you learn and improve and you’ve gotten so good, it makes me so happy every time. your art??? you say you’re just starting out but i can’t even tell you how much i love it. your fics!!! you’re good at everything and it’s honestly ridiculous. and it’s not even about your consistently amazing posts, i also just...i love talking to you more than anything, even if we’re just simping over owen together. you make me laugh all the time and you always hype me up; you’ve let me ramble about my fics and helped me get my ideas together, you’ve talked stupid life stuff like school and college with me, and you’ve given me someone to go to whenever i need it. i think of you as one of my best friends and i can’t get over how fast we clicked or how easy it is to talk to you. i need you to come visit me so i can give you so many hugs and we can have a sleepover and talk for literally hours on end. in the meantime, we need to call again sometime because that was honestly so much fun. i love you with all my heart.
and some people i want to say thank you to, because even though we don’t talk as often as i’d like you’re still amazing, and you make me smile all the time, and i love seeing you on my dash or in my notes: @taylorswiftrulestheworld @onplanetmars @dr-rigatoni @swellviews-finest @symphonic-concert @molinasmercer
#nikki tag! 💛#lizzie tag! 💜#nobody gets me like you tag ❣️#nesha tag! 💟#brooke tag! 💙#lou tag! 💚#shona tag! 🌟#heather tag!#otter tag!#jamie tag!#k tag!#faith tag!#monisha tag!#pearl tag! 💖
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OHMYGOD I just saw your tags on your last Grade for Each Other ask on your Lukanette blog and it just hit me how that line that Fu said at the end of Origins has SUCH a sour taste to it now all things considered up to this point?? Like dear God above it really just now hit me like a ton of bricks??? Any thoughts or analysis you wanna share feel free ‘cause I’m like going nuts with this epiphany right now????
I mean, first of all--kjdngjnfdgjdfg you read my taaaags!
And secondly, sure! I don’t mind!
(for context, this anon is referring specifically to the line, “Those two are made for each other!”)
Nice ego stroke there, Fu, by the way. He might as well have been like, “What good choices I’ve made! It sure is impressive how great of a guardian I am despite my sentimonster murdering everyone in a temple over one hundred years ago!”
The thing that’s always gotten me about dEsTiNy is just that it usually feels contrived. Like, I frankly don’t want to hear about “destiny,” I’d rather be told and shown why I should be rooting for these two characters to get together.
So far, I have nothing, and the logic of “well they’re the ladybug and cat and therefore they’re soulmates/meant to be/mAdE fOr eAcH oThEr (the latter of which could’ve been a meta joke but doesn’t work in the context it's given)” is... well, silly.
Not to mention that it just comes off as an excuse to slap them together for screen time. Let’s be real; how often do Marinette and Adrien hang out outside of class (when them being in the same class was coincidence) + being superheroes (which is also coincidence)? Okay, now add that in with how many times they’ve hung out because other people purposefully meddled and made it happen (”Kung Food”), or because one of them interacted with the other only for someone else (”Animan”/”Frozer”/technically “Gorizilla” as well since Adrien came upon Marinette by accident and only asked to hide out at her place because she happened to be who he found).
If people wonder why I ship Lukanette and Adrimi over the love square (I don’t mean to turn this into a ship-centric thing but it’s important to my argument), this is just one of the reasons why. They might’ve come together by coincidence (Marinette being on the Liberty for a music festival with circumstances leading up to her being chosen to find Luka and Adrien happening to be in the fencing class that Kagami joins), but when they meet and hang out together, it’s because they’re choosing to.
(look how HAPPY Adrien is in that right picture; JUST LOOK AT HIM)
(also, Luka is smooth as silk, as always; straight to the point and honest, which is what Marinette needs in her life)
And then you look at it from the love square’s side, because people can say however much they want how, “Well, the show isn’t over yet! They’re going to build a closer bond and fall for each other’s other side by the end!” but why hasn’t that happened yet?
From Episode 1, Adrienette is the lighter equivalent of Adrimi. Marinette and Adrien are in the same class, they’re supposedly friends, they have the most screen time out of everyone else, yet we’re three seasons in and for what?
Lukanette/Adrimi versus Adrienette is the difference between a connection being made and a connection being forced.
And if the argument is that they can’t be together actively because they’d “fall in love with each other too fast” and then the show wouldn’t have its romance subplot, that certainly isn’t working for LadyNoir.
The reason this comes back around to destiny and Adrien being “made for” Marinette is to point out the cruelty of saying that everything that happens to Marinette (either because or for Adrien) is just meant to be.
All the suffering she goes through in her pursuit of Adrien is meant to happen. She hasn’t gotten him yet, not because he’s the wrong guy, but because it’s “not time yet.” You guys all saw in “Chat Blanc” (where she’s canonically tried five hundred and sixty two times to get Adrien’s attention, by the way) that Lucky Charm gave her an eraser when she could’ve just told Adrien that the gift was from Marinette and Nathalie wouldn’t allow her to hand it over, but “destiny” said no, you have to go back and tell your friends that you couldn’t do it and also you get the knowledge of knowing that giving the guy you like a gift nearly caused the end of the world.
They’re meant to be and only when the show decides that they are. Marinette is kept far away enough from Adrien to where she can’t be actual friends with him, but close enough to where she can still pine and think he’s all that. If she chooses Adrien, it’s either going to be because destiny (like, learning he’s Chat and they’ll just magically get together) or because Luka will be taken out of the equation in some way (I’m going to burn a thousand bridges if they pull the “well, I like him, but I don’t LIIIIKE him, and that’s okay because you can’t force love,” thing). The idea that they’re going to get together because they’re “made for each other” is ridiculous when I’ve been shown no actual evidence of that and it boils down to the showrunners being like, “oh, they’re made for each other, but they can’t even be basic friends yet because we say so.”
They’re made for each other in the literal loosest sense of the word, in that the creators made them to get together in the end, and all the garbage Marinette has to go through is just “meant to happen” and “to forward her character.”
You know, because I fully expect a fourteen-year-old girl with a thousand responsibilities to find time to work on herself.
#((This ask was well-timed too since I’m doing some Treatment of Marinette Season 3 stuff right now (videos are hard).))#((Also I hope this is what that anon wanted me to talk about or I'm gonna feel really dumb lol.))#category: salt#relationship: love square#other: ask and answer#((I feel like there was a quote from Astruc on Twitter))#((about how ''the point of Lukanette and Adrimi'' is to make Adrien and Marinette grow first))#((I wish I could find it because I want to tear it to piece but just know that I HAVE WORDS ABOUT THAT TOO.))#((Maybe it was a translation by another Twitter so that's why I can't find it.))
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you know, where I'm headed, there'll be trouble...
...Ok, but can we talk about Sins of the Past?...
I’m not usually a fan of pilot episodes. Even the ones for my very favourite tv shows. They don’t tend to age well, hardly ever look like the shows they will become, and often suffer - like many First Seasons - from a laundry list of Unfortunate Things: actors still unsteady on their character’s legs, inconsistencies in plot and pacing and motivation, secondary characters that are too one-dimensional, low-budget wardrobe and set design. It takes time for a show to settle into itself and then a little more for it to evolve. So, it can be tough to revisit pilot episodes - awkward and maybe a little cringey.
Surprisingly, though, that’s not really the case with Sins of the Past. I say ‘surprisingly’ because the first episode of Xena Warrior Princess automatically starts out at a disadvantage. It’s a mid-90s, syndicated, genre television show, so it already contains a lot of elements that are fundamentally at odds with our modern sensibilities regarding visual storytelling. Coupled with the fact that it’s the first episode too? Well, you’d expect that it would feel dated and silly and trivial, but it doesn’t!
It’s actually kind of a joy!
Don’t get me wrong, the episode isn’t perfect. The visual aesthetics feel very late last-century, and the social mores of the mid-90s means there’s a woeful lack of kissing between Xena and Gabrielle (yes, even this early in the series, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO SEE IT TOO, DON’T BE COY), but the storytelling holds up remarkably well. And, as far as first episodes go, it does a brilliant job of laying the groundwork for what the show will ultimately become: the Greatest Love Story Ever Told. Not just on tv. Ever.
Yeah, I said what I said.
On the surface it sets up the series’ two most obvious narrative arcs. Xena’s journey towards forgiveness, redemption and self-love. Gabrielle’s daring first steps into a world of adventure, heartache and self-discovery. But nestled in there too - the interstitial tissue connecting the two - is the show’s third, and arguably most fulfilling (and surprising?) storyline: the slow and magical weaving together of Xena and Gabrielle themselves. Their lives; their journeys; their hearts. And, ohmygod, it’s so fucking amazing and epic and lovely and the Greatest Love Story Ever Told.
So, let’s talk about where it all began. Let’s talk about SotP. Only, where to begin?!? There are so many moments worthy of exuberant and detailed praise. I have prepared a list:
Like this moment here. This glorious moment of first meeting...
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When Xena first lays eyes on Gabrielle. And she’s immediately struck by the sight of this farm girl - brave and foolish - who throws herself at Draco’s men in exchange for the safety of her fellow villagers. And I swear in that moment you can hear the rusty hinges on Xena’s heart creak slowly to life in knowing anticipation, as Gabrielle unwittingly takes a chisel to Xena’s defenses.
Or here. When Xena lets herself be distracted...
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The Warrior Princess. Confident and sure and untouchable. Completely disarmed by some young thing in some podunk village somewhere. Completely at the mercy of soft green eyes and youthful round cheeks and strawberry-blonde hair. Mesmerized by the tickling sensation of recognition as it cascades across her body when their eyes finally meet and hold.
Or, this gift of a scene. When Gabrielle wants so desperately to tag along with Xena.
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And the entire time she might as well have a neon sign hanging above her head that flashes ‘Only Gay in the Village!!!’. Not that Xena isn’t immediately aware of this fact. She knows precisely everything she needs to know about this girl sitting in front of her. She knows it deep in her marrow. A long forgotten instinct dancing and swirling to life in the sleepy valley nestled between her lungs.
And here, just a few heartbeats later. When Xena pretends to act as if she doesn’t actually want Gabrielle to tag along.
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Only she does. Desperately. Except, she doesn’t know what to do with that feeling. So she drapes it in casual indifference and accessorizes it with empty threats, all the while secretly hoping that this inscrutable farm girl understands, is up for the challenge, feels the undercurrent too. And Gabrielle does. She tastes it on the air. Her blood is buzzing with anticipation. Make her mad? Of course, that is exactly what Gabrielle wants. No, not the ire, but the feel of the thrum that will course through Xena’s veins when her heart is set to pounding and her chest to heaving. Gabrielle wants to wield the mallet. Wants to see the fire in Xena’s eyes directed squarely at her. Wants to know the intensity of Xena’s scrutiny. She wants all these things very much. Even if she doesn’t quite know it yet.
Then of course there is this scene. When Xena is raw and vulnerable and exposed…
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And Gabrielle just steps from the shadows, like sunlight slicing through a storm cloud. Like her heart is saying: ‘I’ve been whisperin’ to you through the ether, listenin’ to your cry.’ And goddamnit, if they haven’t finally found each other again. This is a fucking homecoming! Of course I wanna talk about it!!!
But then there’s this. These two fools are already in love, can’t you see?!?
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But they’ve always been in love and they’ll always be in love. It’s muscle memory, the way one holds the other’s gaze. The smile that forms on their lips. The warmth that colours their cheeks. The pull, the pull, the pull. The inevitable surrender. The glorious fall. And somewhere back at the beginning of time and somewhere in the future when it all ends and here in this moment they just fucking know: ‘You were whisperin’ through the ether, letting me know you’re mine.’
All these moments. All these things. All of it, I want to talk about all of it. And maybe one day I’ll have more to say. But, right now I want to talk about Gabrielle’s prognostication skills.
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I’m being serious, though. I know this scene was played for laughs - Gabrielle says ‘do her’ and everyone giggles like a fifth-grader. It’s just an off-hand comment that Gabrielle tosses out there to get herself out of a tricky situation. Just a bit of inconsequential fun. Only it’s not inconsequential at all, it’s fucking prophetic.
And I’m not just talking about the fact that one day Gabrielle will actually get close enough to Xena to ‘do her’ - yes, that kind of do her, and ohmygod, just...
<ASIDE:> THIS BEAUTIFUL ASSHOLE SHOW KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS WOULD BE BY USING THAT LINE, THE SHOW FUCKING KNEW AND IT WENT THERE ANYWAY. GLEEFULLY. LIZ FRIEDMAN, WAS THIS ONE OF YOUR SCRIPT NOTES? LIZ? LIZ! LISTEN LIZ, IT’S OKAY, YOU CAN TELL ME. BECAUSE IT WAS A CHOICE, AND BOY WAS IT. A. CHOICE. SO, FAM, DON’T LET ANYONE TRY TO TELL YOU THAT THE SUBTEXT WASN’T THERE FROM THE BEGINNING. IT WAS THERE AND IT WAS DELIBERATE, AND YOU CAN FIGHT ME ON IT. </ASIDE>
No, I’m talking about the fact that this silly little throw-away scene both perfectly distills the essence of Gabrielle’s character - clever and unstoppable and pure-of-heart - and encapsulates the show’s most tender truth. And that is this: Gabrielle, the unsuspecting and innocent farm girl from Poteidaia will do the one thing that certainly no man - though handsome and strong and commanding - and, arguably no one ever, has been capable of doing. She’ll slip past Xena’s defenses and completely disarm her. Not physically, of course, but emotionally. And not to do harm, but to love unreservedly. Through all the changing seasons of their lives. For all of time. And the fact that this very poignant and romantic and fundamental truth is draped in humour and accessorized with innuendo makes it all the more perfect for a show that, on its surface, is campy and sexy and ridiculous, but at its core is tender and earnest and profound.
But, ohmygod, is it ever a wild ride. And Gabrielle, sweetie... you precious baby gay, giddy the fuck up.
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UP NEXT: Chariots of War
#xena warrior princess#xena#gabrielle#xena and gabrielle#xena rewatch#season 1#s01e01 sins of the past#SotP#xwp#otp: for i am dying of such love#let the gay begin#diablog
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S3A - E1
Okay, instead of making like massive reblogs of thoughts as I have them for the episodes, I’m gonna just make a massive bullet point list that I’ll add to throughout the episode, so you get One post per episode instead of “Like all nine million of them.”
I put Read-More’s because I care.
Thoughts (of which I have far too many):
I’m in the first ten seconds of the fuckin episode. Why the fuck is Braeden electrocuting Isaac? Like, look, I wanna like Braeden. I have issues with her entire moral system, but I still wanna like her cus’ she saves Isaac. But...how am I supposed to do that when the literal first thing she does is electrocute my boy??? He’s knocked out, not DEAD (not that that’s how shocking someone’s heart even Works) and it’s not like she needs to trigger the healing process. He’s already got Gaping slash wounds on his chest. He’s hurt enough. ALSO. “Be quiet”?? R U Serious? You’re electrocuting him. YOU try being quiet with fucking jumper cables on your chest.
The CGI...is so bad. Oh my god. What the absolute fuck. it looks like Sharkboy & Lavagirl. And why aren’t Ethan & Aiden’s claws doing anything to the bike?
I AM CONFUSION. If the twins don’t have to take their pants off to do the Transformers shit, why do they have to take off their shirts? Can...can I just skip that? Make the big bad werewolf wear an ugly hybrid of two of their stupid ass sweaters? Or do Ethan and Aiden really just like being shirtless that much? (I wouldn’t put it past them)
What is with Braeden and the electricity?
The writing in this show, what the fuck? “I thought I told you to hold on” EXCUSE ME, ma’am. He literally just passed out. His bad I guess.
Guess who has to add the anti-scott tag to this now? Anyway, I hate that Allison’s bit in the intro is her kissing Scott and then drawing the bow. Like, they’re broken up. They don’t get together in this season. Why are they kissing in the intro? That had to have Totally pissed off Scallison fans.
There’s my boy, holding up lizard tattoo designs. Pls tell me he took a pic and sent it to Jackson with the caption “It’s YOU.” Like, yes, way too soon, but man it’s fuckin funny.
This tattoo artist is a good-ass salesman. However, p-sure he’s not a good-ass artist if he had to wrap Scott’s arm up That badly. Like...they have stuff for that. Fuck, the one I got on my ankle, they used SaranWrap and Tape. Just needs to be kept out of the open air for a bit. You don’t need like eight layers of gauze. I do feel for Scott tho. That tat probably cost him like $50-75 before the tip. Oof.
Eyyy, time to be salty. Ya’ll know I love Allison, but does it get any more clear that she totally bailed on everyone after the warehouse? She went to France! She doesn’t even know what happened to Jackson after he got cured. ALSO. Lydia says “Derek taught him the werewolf 101.” Not Scott. Derek. XP
Lydia, honey, leave Allison alone. If she doesn’t want to go on the double date, go alone and make it an orgy. Fun, right? Wait, no. Don’t. You’re 16. Don’t do that!
When exactly did they “agree to give each other the summer”? She said “I’m breaking up with you.” he said “I’ll wait” and then she cried into her dad’s arms. Like...why didn’t we get to see this apparently incredibly important conversation? (maybe because it didn’t happen??)
I fucking LOVE the “I’m just gonna say hi. HEYYYYY! You know....they probably didn’t see us.”
The most horrific thing about that moment was the bad CGI.
I WANNA POINT OUT how cute it is (in a like, sad way cus’ she’s terrified) that Lydia is close enough to Stiles now that she immediately goes for his side and they like insta connect with the eye contact. Not in like a Stydia way, but like, they’re close. she trusts him and goes to him when she’s scared, even though he’s human and you’d wonder if she shouldn’t go to Scott instead, since he’s the werewolf.
SCOTT WHY ARE YOU TOUCHING THE DEAD DEER. Your ability to smell chemosignals/sense emotions has nothing to do with touching. Stop poking the dead animal.
Wait, WHY is there a full moon in that shot? The full moon isn’t for like a week! I COUNTED.
...what? Why the fuck does Braeden think Scott’s an Alpha? Why tho? Like, seriously? WHY? He’s not an Alpha yet. Nowhere near it. And if she knows bc Deaton told her (i think he was the one who hired her) then shouldn’t she know he isn’t one yet? IF SHE KNOWS that she can tell Melissa abt werewolves, WHY doesn’t she know that Scott’s Melissa’s son? Where is the LOGIC?
Scott’s morning routine is giving me Legally Blonde vibes. ~my perrrfectt dayyy, nothing standing in my wayyy~
I can’t tell. did Allison get highlights, or straight up dye her hair brown?
This sweet moment between her and her dad. Yes. Pls.
I will admit, I like getting to see each of their mornings.
Lydia...who are you fucking? Honey, you’re sixteen. Why isn’t whoever the fuck is in bed with you also getting ready for school? What.....the fuck?
Completely different Beacon Hills High School set. I really can’t blame the writers for that.
Wtf Davis? You list Erica and Boyd as being 17...since when? They’re supposed to be entering their Junior Year of high school. They would be 16 GOING ON 17. ANd what the hell do you mean Erica’s birthday is August 16th? She said in the last season that she’d “Just turned 16 a month ago” that was Spring semester. ???? Come on, guys. Seriously. Writing 101, getting to know your characters. I don’t know anyone writing a novel who doesn’t know the exact birthday of their characters. Plus, they cut 2 in. from Gage Golightly’s actual height, while adding an inch to Sinqua’s (according to google, which isn’t always reliable) Whatever. Boooooo.
Uh...that principal was threatened by the Argents. Victoria herself promised to torture him if he didn’t resign. Why does he look so surprised by the fucking sword in his office? For that matter, why is he at the school at all? He KNOWS the Argents attacked him. This should cause problems!
Honestly, Lydia, I love you. Like, go for it. Nothing wrong with not wanting to date and just wanting to have fun. My issues stem from YOU BEING 16. Yes, teenagers have sex. But this is ridiculous. Why is there so much sexualization? I knew a grand total of like....two teenagers who had sex at 16? and like one who did at 15 (which they say in canon she and Jackson were banging before her birthday). Like, it’s not nearly as common as y’all are making it out to be. Knock it off.
WHEN DID MELISSA MEET ISAAC PROPERLY? WHEN did that HAPPEN?
....so why didn’t Derek answer the phone? They literally never explain? He shows up, so...why didn’t he answer?
I’m SO InCredibly Disturbed by Jennifer having everyone’s phone numbers. HOW? In What Way is that REMOTELY appropriate? WHY did no one question it? Why didn’t STILES or LYDIA question it?
So tiny, bugs me so much. He didn’t turn his phone off. He turned his screen off...is it that hard to have him do the right one?
uhhh. Werewolves can smell other werewolves. Wanna tell me why Isaac can’t tell a werewolf just walked in the room? An ALPHA no less?
why TF are Kali’s iris’ and pupils so fucking massive?
So...what was the deal with the birds? Don’t they say later that Jennifer like summoned them? So they aren’t from the Alpha pack scaring animals? And also, how would the Alpha pack be scaring animals if they’re like, in the middle of town? They said in S1 that “wild animal sightings are up” like what 75% or something? “As though something is scaring them out” but that made sense, bc we knew Peter was running around in his full-shift (it’s a fucking full shift, it’s just fucked up) in the woods. But these Alphas aren’t, they’re integrating. So is it Jennifer that the animals are afraid of? Like, does she have sPoOkY aura or something?
More bad CGI.
WHy is no one responding to the woman stumbling around in nothing but a hospital gown?
ONCE AGAIN. Werewolves can Sense Werewolves. SCOTT you sensed Isaac in a BOYS LOCKER ROOM. DUKE IS RIGHT THERE. WHT THE FUCK?
angry smoker doctor “Why don’t you wheel this joker out of here?” “I’m gonna go smoke” Grrr
Sir. clearly your mask wasn’t tied on appropriately. it shouldn’t just Fall Off when you touch it. there are Protocols! STOP THE SPREAD. also, someone wanna tell me why none of these alphas can keep their claws in? A lil flashy flashy red eye would’ve done the trick just fine.
Okay no, seriously what the FUCK is up with these contacts, you guys? THEY”RE MASSIVE???
Ugh, can I just *swoons* “I’m an Alpha!” slice “So am I.” That is just so fucking smooth. Woo. I feel so safe ohmygod. PLUS. Derek KNOWS Ennis. I can’t imagine how satisfying that had to be.
Uh, Derek, honey. You’re Isaac’s legal guardian. You can just Sign Him Out of the hospital. With clothes and everything. What are you doing?
Honey, what do you mean the county took it over? If they were gonna do that they’d have done it six fucking years ago. Unless you gave it to them, it’s still yours? I did the research. Like HOURS of it.
What do you MEAN there’s a magic healing herb that helps with Alpha wounds? Since when do Alpha wounds need extra healing, I thought they just took a lil longer? ALSO why is it growing INSIDE your house???? SCOTT. Isaac is fucking UNCONSCIOUS. Can your tattoo fucking WAIT A MINUTE?
I have so many questions. WHY does Braeden know who Allison is? If Lydia’s immune to magic, WHY is Braeden able to bruise her? WHY can Braeden DO magic? and WHY is Chris allowed to take Lydia out of school?
ALLISON you had Geometry LAST YEAR why are you holding a GEOMETRY BOOK??
ohhhhmygod, Derek. Derek. DEREK. Your eyes are pretty on a normal day. That little Blink and ruby reds thing? Ohmygod. I just. I wanna take a picture and just stare at it BUT. how tf does this whole red eye thing work? You can see in the dark....but now you also have x-ray vision? You know, I could believe it was thermal vision...maybe? If Scott was still healing for some reason maybe the tattoo would be brighter? Otherwise I have no idea what is going on.
BUT SCOTT”S NOT 18??? He’s Still fucking 16, or even 17, but not 18. WTF? He needs parental consent in the first place (i should’ve mentioned this in the other note abt the tattoo)
uhh...seriously? When someone breaks up with you and tells you not to talk to them anymore...why do you need a reward for doing as they asked? Like, yeah, you’re sad, I feel that. But making it a ‘reward’ sounds kinda weird. You know what makes it really easy not to text the ex that doesn’t wanna talk to you? Delete her number.
WHY THE BLOWTORCH? SOMEONE WANNA EXPLAIN? Peter’s not covered in tattoo from when he was literally burned alive, why the FUCK would a blowtorch create a black tattoo on Scott’s skin?
DEREK. HONEY. Why would Stiles be able to hold Scott still??? Scott’s a werewolf.
All this bullshit to explain away Posey’s tattoo that he got. Like, damn dude, we all like tattoos, but you have a job that needs bare arms on the regular. That was kinda rude.
Where did braeden get clothes? I forgot to ask.
uhhhh. Ephemeral might technically work in that sentence, but that’s still really awkward.
WHY THE FUCK DID YOU DESTROY HIS DOOR? YOU FUCKING ASSHAT. And WHY the instant fucking grr face? “why’d you paint the door?” uhh, leave him alone? He can do what he wants? It’s his house? Also, don’t get all fucking rude about the alpha pack. He told you it was a rival pack.
KALI. PUT SOME FUCKING SHOES ON. JESUS.
Why exactly does Scott see the symbol and INSTANTLY put together that it’s got anything to do with the Alphas or the animal attacks? Where is the logic jump there?
What exactly was the POINT of popping your claws if you were gonna kick her in the face???
UH, Melissa? Why didn’t you tell Scott that there was a whole other person with Isaac?
What is with the face touching, Duke? I’ve never known a blind person who actually wanted to rub their hands on my face to ‘find out what i look like?’
Really not a fan of all these weird jumps and camera angles with the awkward reflecting.
WOah WOah. Allison gets to PAINT her APARTMENT? Wtf kinda BULlshit is that? My landlord won’t let me do that. Rude.
I know they’re imprisoned and it sucks, but they’ve been there for four months, they had to have gotten bored. Do you think they broke into any of the security deposit boxes to see if anything was left behind?
Last thoughts: They really went for it with this episode. I have plans to change a lot of it. Hopefully I can mesh the changes with the general plotline.
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Too Long (A Stiles Stilinski Fanfic) - Chapter 15
**First couple of posts have a different title but I changed it because I didn’t like it :)**
Summary: Teen Wolf with a female main character alongside Scott and Stiles? Here it is. Ramie McCall is Scott’s twin sister and best friends with both her twin and Stiles. The trio’s friendship means the world to all three of them, so what happens when there are more than friend type of feelings present?
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A/N: Sorry this took so long! My amazon account wasn’t working for a bit so I couldn’t write. I skipped over a lot of things because while they’re important to the show’s storyline, I didn’t think they were necessary to fully put in here. Season 3 is coming and I am very excited!
MASTERLIST
Chapter 15 - Bruises
Season 2, Episode 10, 11, 12
As they were walking into the police station, Derek mentioned to Ramie that there was something important he needed to talk to Scott about. He didn’t say what exactly as when they walked in, it was clear there was trouble. The officer that was usually at the front desk was dead on the floor behind the desk. Derek held a finger up to his lips and crept towards a closed door down the hall, where they could hear muffled voices. Ramie crept behind him until suddenly, she felt a sharp pain on the back of her neck.
“Derek,” she hissed, as her knees felt weak. She reached for the wall and leaned against it, sliding down it as her knees gave out. Just as Derek was about to turn, the kanima tail flicked down from the ceiling again, slicing the back of his neck as well. Jackson jumped down from the ceiling, being only part kanima, and grabbed the back of Derek, holding him up as Scott opened the door in front of Derek.
“Oh thank god,” Scott let out a breath, but not a second later, Jackson pushed Derek onto the ground, him falling limp in front of Scott, Stiles and Matt.
“Ramie!” Stiles tried to move towards her, but Matt moved quickly, holding a gun up right to Stiles face. Ramie sucked in a breath as Stiles froze, backing up. Matt gave Stiles a death glare before leaning over Derek.
“This is the one controlling him?” Derek asked from the ground. “This kid?”
“Well Derek, not everyones lucky enough to be a big bad werewolf,” Matt said as he leaned over Derek. “Yeah, I’ve learned quite a few things lately. Werewolfs, kanimas, hunters. It’s like a fucking halloween party in the town every full moon. Except for you Stiles, what do you turn into?”
“Abominable snowman,” Stiles shrugged sarcastically. “It’s seasonal.”
“Yeah I’m the Tooth Fairy,” Ramie called from the hallway, Jackson turning and hissing at her when she spoke. Matt cocked his head to the side and Jackson lifted a clawed hand, slicing the back of Stiles’ neck as well, who fell on the ground completely on top of Derek, who grunted. If the situation was different, Ramie would’ve thought the situation was quite comical. Suddenly, the sound of car door slamming made Matt stand up.
“Is that her?” Matt asked. Ramie’s eyes narrowed, looking to Scott for an explanation, who gave Ramie a look she couldn’t read. “Do what I tell you to and I won’t hurt her. I won’t even let Jackson near her.”
“Scott don’t trust him,” Stiles called from the floor. Matt grabbed the back of Stiles’ shirt, flipping him onto his back and put and a foot on the op of his chest, nearly his neck. Stiles started to grunt, his face getting red.
“Is this better for you?” Matt spat, Stiles struggling to breath underneath him.
“Stop!” Ramie yelled from the hallway, feeling tears form in her eyes. Matt ignored her.
“Fine, fine just stop,” Scott yelled.
“Then do what I tell you to,” Matt spat back at him.
“Okay alright. Stop,” Scott agreed, Matt finally taking his foot off Stiles, who coughed and sucked in a huge breath. Matt and Scott walked to the front of the police station as Jackson grabbed Ramie from the hallway, dragging her into Sheriff Stilinski’s office, along with Derek and Stiles.
“Sti, are you okay,” Ramie tried to look over at Stiles from her place on the floor, but she couldn’t move her head. She felt tears fall down her cheeks.
“I’m okay,” Stiles coughed slightly. “It’s your Mom Ramie. Your Mom is here.”
“Why is she here?”
“She was on a security tape from the hospital, when one of victims was killed,” Stiles explained, his voice shaky. “We wanted her to I.D. Matt so my Dad could arrest him.”
“We need to do something,” Ramie said, panicking.
However, this was definitely easier said than done. Considering the three of them were paralyzed, it was nearly impossible. Stiles spent the whole time consoling Ramie as she panicked, hearing her mother’s yells and gunshots. Derek was trying to get the kanima venom out of his body, it working better for him thanks to his superhuman abilities. Eventually Scott came and moved Ramie and Stiles to an interrogation room to keep them safe.
Stiles and Ramie missed nearly all of the action that night. Everyone made it out safely, except for Matt. Scott explained to Stiles and Ramie that Gerard, Allison’s grandfather, had killed Matt so he could take over being the master of the kanima. Scott also informed them that Allison was working with her Dad and Gerard, not afraid of killing Jackson. This shocked Ramie the most. She knew Allison was struggling with the death of her mother, but she didn’t think she would cope by taking the side of the enemy.
Then, the McCall twins also had to deal with their mother. Melissa had seen Scott in full wolf form that night, and not surprisingly, was very confused. Scott and Ramie both tried to talk to her many times about it, to explain to her everything that had been going on in their world since the night Scott had been bitten. It took Gerard threatening Scott and nearly killing Melissa to get her to talk to him.
Ramie, of course, had to work when things started to get crazy again. She had 3 missed calls from Scott when she checked her phone after work, and learned from calling him back that she missed more than just a lacrosse game. Jackson had dropped dead, literally, during the game. Scott and Isaac weren’t sure what was happening with him, but he seemed to be covered in some weird, gooey cocoon, which was certainly going to be hard to explain to a medical examiner. Scott told Ramie he and Isaac were planning to steal Jackson’s body, because they weren’t quite sure if he was actually dead. He also told Ramie that Stiles had gone missing after the game, but Sheriff Stilinski had just let Scott know he was finally home safe.
Ramie rushed over to the Stilinski residence to check on Stiles, since Scott had no idea what had happened to him after the game. Her legs burned from pedaling her bike so fast the whole way to their house, and she was completely out of breath as she banged on the familiar front door. Noah let her in and she nearly leaped up the stairs, taking them two at a time, and knocking on Stiles’ closed door when she got to it. She heard a grunt from inside that somewhat sounded like come in, so she pushed the door open to find Stiles laying on his stomach on his bed.
“What happened?” Ramie panted, as Stiles turned his head towards her. His cheek was bloodied and brusied, as well as his lip, which was split on one side. “Stiles, ohmygod.”
She ran over, sitting on the edge of his bed as he sat up. Ramie grabbed his face on both sides to inspect it, him wincing when her thumb got close to his cheekbone.
“What the fuck happened to you, who did this?”
“The Argents,” Stiles said quietly as Ramie dropped her hands from his face. “Boyd and Erica, they were trying to leave. They wanted to find another pack to join. The Argents captured them and have them hidden in their basement. I was trying to help.”
“We have to go get them,” Ramie said instantly, standing up off the bed. “We have to help them, and we have to help Scott and Isaac save Jackson.”
“Slow down,” Stiles said calmly as Ramie started to panic. He grabbed her hands and pulled her back down to sit. “Do you see my face? I’m lucky this is all they did. And whatever happens with Jackson, it’s going to get ugly. I can’t let you go there and get hurt.”
“I don’t care about getting hurt, I care about saving our friends,” Ramie said stubbornly, pulling her hands from Stiles. She knew if she let him get under her skin she was done for. “If we can save lives it doesn’t matter if I get hurt along the way, I’ll be fine.”
Ramie stood up again and walked towards the door, Stiles jumping up behind her and grabbing her hand again. She turned back towards him angrily, pulling her hand out of his grasp.
“You’re not going anywhere,” Stiles said, reaching around her and closing his door.
“You are absolutely not the boss of me,” Ramie seethed at him, glaring up at the taller boy.
“Here’s the thing, Ramona,” Stiles said. Ramie was about to bitch at him for using her full name, but he continued talking before she got the chance. “You say you don’t care if you get hurt. Alright, fine. But do you know how I’ll feel? If anything happens to you? I’ll be devastated. And if you die? I will literally go out of my fucking mind.”
Ramie opened her mouth, but Stiles cut her off, his voice rising.
“Death doesn’t happen to just you, Raim. It happens to everyone around you. Me, Scott, your Mom. Everyone standing there at your funeral trying to figure out how the hell to live their lives when you aren’t there. Look at my fucking face!”
Stiles stepped forward, the anger in him clearly growing as he pointed at his face.
“Do you think this was actually meant to hurt me? Do you think the Argents care about hurting the human friend who does nothing?” He continued, nearly yelling at this point, stepping forward again. Ramie backed away from him again, tears brimming her eyes as her back hit the door, slamming it the rest of the way. Stiles stopped at the loud noise, and noticed the tears in her eyes. His face softened, realizing how worked up he had gotten.
“I…” he started, clearly uncomfortable. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to-“
“It’s fine,” Ramie cut him off. “I should go. I need to find Lydia. She’s probably upset about Jackson.”
Ramie heard Stiles call after her but she ignored him as she left his room, and he didn’t follow behind her.
…
Ramie went straight home and went to bed, feeling too overwhelmed to do anything else. She woke up the next morning to Scott snoring loudly from the next room over, and for a split second she didn’t think about anything supernatural. A moment of peace. Then, everything came back to her. Jackson, Matt, the Argents. She ran into Scott’s room, waking him up immediately and questioning him on everything that happened the previous night. Scott explained that Jackson was never dead, but morphing into a new version of his supernatural self, who was then killed by Derek and Peter, after Derek had bit Gerard, which promptly killed him.
Ramie was relieved, for Lydia’s sake, to find out that Jackson escaped death yet again, and had finally turned into a werewolf, no longer a kanima. Despite Allison briefly siding with her insane Grandfather, Scott obviously forgave her, but Allison had ended their relationship. Scott said he was going to wait for her to be ready to date again. He seemed pretty upset, but was definitely trying to hide it. Ramie took a deep breath after Scott explained the happenings of the previous night.
“Guess I shouldn’t have gone to bed so early,” Ramie half chuckled.
“I was honestly shocked you didn’t show up with Stiles,” Scott laughed, as Ramie gave a half smile, looking down at her hands. “Did something happen?”
“Stiles just freaked out on me last night,” Ramie said. “He was pissed at me for wanting to help.”
“He just wants you safe, as do I,” Scott gave her a small smile. She shrugged, standing up from his bed, wanting the conversation about Stiles to end. Everything surrounding him lately had been so confusing, and Ramie didn’t want to share those thoughts with her brother.
…
After everything supernatural subsided, the end of the school year came quickly, and before Ramie knew it, she was packing as much as she could into a very large suitcase. She was spending the summer in England working as Nanny, and couldn’t wait to get away from Beacon Hills for three months. Her Dad surprisingly bought her the plane tickets for her birthday, and the family she was working for offered good pay, so her Mom reluctantly decided Ramie could go.
Grabbing her neck pillow off her bed, Ramie trudged down the stairs with all of her things, dropping them at the front door. Melissa was meant to be home anytime to bring her to the airport.
“You’re really leaving me for the whole summer?” A voice came from behind her. Stiles was leaning against the doorway to the kitchen, arms crossed and a pout on his face.
“You’ve got Scott,” Ramie gabbed a thumb at his brother, who was sitting on the couch with a bowl of chips.
“You know you’re my favorite McCall though,” Stiles continued, a crooked grin crossing his face. Scott chucked a pillow at him, which nearly knocked over a lamp in flight. Ramie followed Stiles into the living room, sitting down on the arm of the chair he flopped into after grabbing the bowl out of Scott’s lap and shoving a few chips in his mouth.
“I will miss you, both of you,” Ramie said, looking between the two boys. She was definitely nervous about going, but she knew she needed a break from the madness of Beacon Hills.
“Isaac hasn’t stopped whining about you leaving,” Scott gave Ramie a mischievous grin, and she rolled her eyes. Ramie heard Stiles let out a puff of air next to her, but she didn’t look at him.
“He’ll live,” Ramie said, shrugging. She promised Isaac they could Facetime and text and call, but the boy was extremely upset about her leaving for the summer. He was excited about having to have a long distance relationship, and neither was Ramie.
Ramie’s thoughts about Isaac were interrupted by Melissa honking from the driveway, signaling that she was home and it was time to leave.
“Guess that’s my cue,” Ramie sighed, standing up and walking into the entryway, pulling on her backpack and grabbing her things. The two boys followed her like puppies, watching her get her things together. “So this is goodbye.”
Scott instantly frowned, jumping forward and tackling Ramie in a hug. Her eyes brimmed with tears. Scott and Ramie had never been apart for longer than a week or so. When she pulled away she saw a tear drop down his cheek, and which caused a few to drop down her cheeks as well.
“I’ll bring this to the car,” Scott sniffled, grabbing Ramie’s suitcase, leaving her and Stiles alone. She turned to the buzzcut boy, who was shuffling his feet and staring at the ground, hands shoved in his pockets.
“A summer without the annoying sister starts now Stilinski,” Ramie joked, trying to break the tension. Stiles looked up, his eyes meeting hers. They looked sad, and his mouth was slightly open in shock.
“It’s not like that at all,” he said quietly.
“I know, I’m just teasing,” Ramie reached up and put a hand on his bicep, before dropping it quickly when his eyes darted to her hand.
“I’ll miss you a lot too,” Stiles said, making eye contact with Ramie again. “You’ll Facetime and text and call me?”
“You know I will,” Ramie replied, not being able to help the smile on her face. She walked towards him, wrapping her arms arounds around his neck. He bent slightly to hug her back, his head resting on her shoulder. The two didn’t let go of each other until another honk came from the driveway, causing them both to jump apart.
“Be safe, text me when you get through security, and before you take off, and when you land-“
“I will,” Ramie cut off Stiles’ rambling. His cheeks flashed pink and he gave her a small smile. “Don’t get into too much trouble this summer, Mischief.”
Stiles eyes shot to hers at the use of the nickname his Mom and Ramie used to call him long ago. His eyes looked glassy and he pulled her into another hug, this one much tighter than before.
“I’m gonna miss you Ramona.”
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