#so that doesn't bode well

[tuiyla]

I know you're on your BtVS feels rn, but I was wondering what are your thoughts on how Cordy was treated in AtS season 4...

Oh boy!! BtVS and AtS feels are pretty much the same to me. I'm so glad someone asked but rest assured I was going to rant about it unprompted anyway, at some point.

My thoughts are 👿👿😒😕🙄 Buckle up!

After how good season 3 was Cordelia and how I finally felt like she was on a show that deserved her, they go and do this. I found the whole season disappointing but particularly Cordy's role, or lack of it. So like, what, was Cordy just not actually there for the majority of the season? They're gonna retcon my girl like that, make it divine intervention that she got the visions and used them valiantly? It feels very disrespectful to the character who's grown SO much. It's like spitting in the face of her whole LA journey. The audacity to have her arc end like that last season only for them to turn around and say SIKE! Ha, you thought she could earn being a higher power? Please. It was all orchestrated.

Ngl part of me was glad it wasn't actually Cordelia who slept with Angel's son (choosing to believe that was fully Jasmine's possession) but still!! And the fact that she was nothing but a puppet this season. The fact that they had to go with a stupid pregnancy storyline. They reduced her to not only a pawn in what was going to be a hugely empowering story but also to little more than an incubator. I already disliked the one episode storyline of forced magical pregnancy that she had with Veronica Mars co-star Ken Marino back in s1. And the Darla pregnancy already didn't sit well with me at all in how it used her character as a prop to further Angel's story. But this? This is both of those combined and worse. I quite honestly hated it more than I've ever hated any other Buffyverse storyline. The Trio were just annoying and not funny. This was insulting.

I was going to make a disgusted post when Cordy and Connor slept together but I was like, well that is Yikes but let's wait it out. Maybe... maybe the moment can be redeemed. And then joke is on me because it somehow got worse with the Jasmine reveal. I found it so hard to take this story seriously and all the while I was thinking of how callously Cordelia's character was sidelined in favour of this bs. I hate that she became something for Angel and Connor to fight over, I hate how she was robbed of her agency and I hate how she ends the season in a freaking coma. I hate that all of this happened to her without Cordelia having any say whatsoever. I think she was treated appallingly this season. Again, how much of it was even Cordy at all? Maybe Spin the Bottle really was her but that was (pre-)BtVS season 1 Cordy. Where was my AtS s3 Cordy? In a fucking coma apparently. Ah, I'm just mad about it. Clearly, lol. All of it is highly disrespectful and frankly gross.

Please tell me I'm not alone in feeling like this Anon, please tell me what your thoughts are on Cordy in s4. Justice for Cordy, jfc.

[werewolf-cuddles]

Sent in another support request because my first one appears to have been completely ignored.

[jakeperalta]

I get why people complain about the overexposure of celebrities..... I'M sick of hearing about taylor and I'm a fan :/

[myreia]

— iv. broken | trust

Trust. It isn’t easily given, nor is it easily accepted. He was the first person she trusted in Eorzea. She doesn’t know how or why, but she did. She took that risk. In the years that followed, there was a time when their friendship had disintegrated to such a degree that it was a stab to the gut, and all they knew was how to twist the knife deeper. Even then—even through that—she trusted him. Trusted him when they were both broken and stupid and fuelled by spite and hate and grief. The faith she has in him is a different kind now. Stronger, implicit, as natural as drawing breath. When they are in the thick of it, he is her guardian and she his shield. She trusts him. Even when he is being impetuous and stubborn and a fool. Even when he has no regard for his own well-being. When sacrifice is a word that comes terrifyingly easily to his mind.   She knows he will do the right thing. And she will be there, to pick him up when he is broken, just as he has done for her. Come what may, she will be there.

[eddiegettingshot]

i'm sorry like ik people think it's cute and sweet but something about tommy telling buck he doesn't think buck's ready, and buck just like, rolling over and accepting that he wasn't ready until eddie told him (twice) to... not do that and call tommy. and then tommy being like i had no negative feelings i just didn't want to pressure you. when he could have just as easily been like, i was a little hurt and concerned about jumping into things when this is so new for you. it's not working for me!!!!!!! buck is literally just being pushed around by a current and refusing to actually swim and no one's really making him agghghghghhhhhh

[gil-estel]

making my mom listen to the podcast for me so she can tone check it 😔

[taradactyls]

Trying to Tread Water: Chapter Thirty-One

The Elizabeth/Darcy Marriage of Convenience fic no one asked for

Chapter Thirty-One: Being in London for the season does provide this (dis)advantage for Elizabeth - she gets to see firsthand how Miss Bingley and Mrs Hurst act among their friends. If nothing else, at least Elizabeth is entertained. Because she has some serious reflecting to do after the ball, and that dance with Mr Darcy. They might be married, but they agreed to no romantic expectations, and suddenly she doesn't at all understand how her husband is making her feel...

Read on Ao3 here

First reviews of Chapter Thirty-One: "Love love love!!!" "Great chapter as always and I'm so glad the story is longer than 30 chapters because I just can't get enough." "What a great chapter! One of my favorite qualities of the original is how deeply and sincerely human all the characters are, and you capture that very well with your own prose! The peeks at contemporary historical events, and various characters reactions to them, were really interesting too :) ... The dramatic tension/flow of the story moves very naturally from development to development, and, as always, I am so eager to read more. Thank you for sharing!" "As a fellow history lover - ROCK ON. This has quickly become one of my top fics on this whole site (and I've been on it for over 10 years 🥴). Amazing work!"

Story updates on Ao3 fortnightly, with Chapter Thirty-Two coming out on the 31st May.

Story tags: Elizabeth/Darcy, Marriage of Convenience, Unrequited Love, Not Really Unrequited Love, Slow Burn, Pining, Pining Despite Being Married, Mr Darcy thinks his worst enemy is Wickham but maybe it's himself.

[bonefall]

I think this’ll also strike down a lot of the multi animator projects. I feel like the fandom is the only thing keeping the series alive, and to send a survey where people can talk about how much they love it only to shoot their fans in the back and themselves in the knees is kinda gross. Not to mention the fan games. I love warriors but this made me lose so much respect.

The vague wording of that last part, "any project that could infringe on trademark or copyright" makes me REALLY concerned for projects like Clangen.

The whole paragraph REEKS of corporate speak for, "we're going to branch out our IP and start thinking of fanworks as competition"

I think the projects are safe for now, but part of me is now wondering if they did that survey as a Nintendo-level backstab to try and get people to name projects to destroy.

[raayllum]

thinking about how finnegrin backs out of the deal with callum (because the offer was for callum's freedom, not rayla's) even when callum goes along with it so it doesn't work out vs aaravos genuinely keeping his word to viren and giving him the instructions but viren won't go along with it so it doesn't work out and

the deal - mitski

[titenoute]

About Veilguard.

So far, the feeling I get from how the lore is handled, how the characters are depicted and the fact Varric, who's NOT part of the adventure (so far at least, idk if he will later) YET is narrating the story....Reminds me of a very old headcanon that DA2's storytelling was strange and a bit over the top BECAUSE Varric was the one telling it. So yeah personally, that's how I'm going to view DAV's story. Or, if prefer a sadder take, Varric is currently dying of his wound and this is his fever dream before he dies. (Of course, this could simply be a case of 'bland storytelling' I am very aware. But a revelation happened in the game that was just....So weirdly linked to Varric and so over the top that I couldn't help but )

[nobodybetterlookatme]

Duality of man fr lmaoooo

[altruistic-meme]

absolutely wild that when i decide to rot in bed all day, I don't lose service ONCE, but when I get up and go sit on my couch or try to move around and be productive I get blast with 9 hours no phone connection

[megabuild]

i'm SO glad i'm not the only one thats become obsessed with adie adiecraft i love his vibes so much

HELL yes hes just a little guy and i love that. but theres also something fun about picking up a character that has literally Zero content and just getting to play in that space ...

[therivergirl]

Me: has hyperflexible joints and has (possibly) developed a mild case of post-COVID arthritis in my fingers. (Not sure on that last part, haven't done any testing, but I read up and I do match the symptoms and some diagnostic criteria)

Also me: works a job where I type a lot (family medicine, the paperwork is WILD), my current "main" hobbies are writing, cooking and sewing and when I'm not doing my hobbies, I'm texting people on Discord

Also also me: why do my fingers hurt each day???

[morningstargirl666]

See, this is why I restrain myself from editing, because things like THIS happens

[jessiesjaded]

And now I've condemned myself to a night of fretting by looking up treatment for cat elbow dislocation 🙂