#so they do their best to not discredit him in any way. even if it's just with a silly endearment they can't quite shake off.
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in the baby prime orion au during sentinel's reign the high guard got used to referring to optimus as 'little prime', half because they were paranoid of being spied on and didn't want to give anything away and half because that's just what he was to them. their little prime.
and even after they're banished from iacon half of the decepticons never stop calling optimus 'little prime', not even long after the war goes on for thousands and thousands of years. is it an endearment? an insult? a reminder of better long gone times? a way to tell him he will never quite be as great as his fallen siblings? just simple habit? no one knows but the truth is it quite depends on who you ask but also they're all lying so you can't trust any of them
#i talk a lot <3#transformers one#optimus prime#baby prime orion au#the few members of the high guard who stay with optimus also call him 'little prime'#but only in private. they more than anyone understand who delicate OP's hold on the primacy truly is#so they do their best to not discredit him in any way. even if it's just with a silly endearment they can't quite shake off.#but that's enough to make it so OP can never quite bring himself to hate being called 'little prime' even when he's pretty sure it's meant#as an insult. because he will always remember the affection it once held. and hope he can earn it back one day.#tf one
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Ok I do want to chime in on the convo but actually this is gonna be really long because Iâve been planning to make a huge post about this since the tour trailer came out. Like genuinely I messaged some people asking for tips on how to make a big conversation post weeks ago and then just never did it. So here goes I guess.
I am a firm believer they are going to hard launch soon. In some way shape or form. Before tour starts. That is a stance I have held ever since I watched pizza mukbang 2. And I have explanations.
My main points come from the coming out parallel surrounding Dans internalized homophobia and trauma responses and fear of rejection (more on that later), and also my hypothesized â3 stagesâ of the gaming channel revival.
I believe that when the gaming channel was revived, starting with the Heartthrob video, they entered stage 1: experimenting with audiences desire for a return to content. This was a phase they themselves discussed in Dans Birthday Stream and in Pizza Mukbang 2. The first few months were experimenting with what a new audience would look like and how much they were wanted, in what contexts, and what kind of content. I also think this wraps into the dynamic difference between Dan and Phil as people. Note, I love them both dearly and want nothing but the best for them both. It has been made clear that they did very different things during the hiatus, with Phil initiating the gaming channel comeback. Before Dan came out, he was under an immense feeling of guilt and pressure, even by his own mind. He had the option of leaving the internet forever, and he certainly considered it. Finish off the gaming channel, go on one last tour, and leave. Never having to adress anything again. But he didnât do that. He came back. He came out. And he was greeted with the kindest, warmest, most accepting response. And he did work! He wrote a book! He went on a solo tour! And to echo both Dan himself and all of the community, he needed this. He needed this time of healing and this era of self discovery. He wouldnât be who he is today without it, and Iâm so proud of him.
But Phil? Oh Phil was just cruising along. Thatâs not at all to discredit any form of hardship Phil went through, but it certainly wasnât the same. Phil was making content before Dan was, back in 2006. In uni, Phil was comfortable in his sexuality (or some form of queerness). But he waited. He waited to come out until Dan was ready. Because heâs a wonderful partner. He was happy continuing Amazingphil regardless of hiatus, of Dans needs, because he knew he didnât have to pressure Dan into anything he didnât want or wasnât ready for. And then, presumably when Dan was ready, Phil proposed a gaming channel comeback. Just try it out, just see how it feels, low commitment. And what happened? Once again, they were showered with love and adoration and support and acceptance. Was the fandom different than how it used to be? Absolutely. But it was beautiful and loving. So thatâs stage 1. Experimenting with content and viewership and re-entering the branding of Dan and Phil (Games).
Then, I believe after stage 1 came stage 2. Experimenting with audience reaction to Dan and Phil as a couple. I want to stake my claim here that everything they do is meticulously curated. Sure, Philâs toe popping out of his sock wasnât purposeful, but it was certainly handled intentionally. Theyâre extremely seasoned creators, and everything they do is for a reason. (Thatâs why I love rpf hehe). This, my âstage 2â, is when they were dipping their toes more into phan stuff. The orange heart. The âgayâ community tab. Using the âph-â prefix THEMSELVES a lot more. Dab and Evan comparisons. This was the middle ground. How would people react? Would they turn away because itâs too much? Would they begin stalking and creeping all over again? Or would they accept these people for what they are. As much as people like to think Dan and Phil are just silly whimsical guys who are perfect no matter what they do (which is accurate as well tbf), they also know what theyâre doing. They do these things on purpose to gauge audience reaction, to see how people feel about it. As others have said, what we see publicly is just a tiny sliver of their real life. Yea, even the domestic videos. Itâs curated. And itâs wonderful. Itâs so endearing they choose to share these things. Even in times of uncertainty. But that uncertainty was met with absolute acceptance.
Which is how we get into stage 3. I think âstage 3â started developing around the time of Dans Birthday Stream, but really actually started when the tour trailer was posted, and then all the videos after that (pizza mukbang, dressing each other, chained together, tiktoks, etc etc). So, very recently. But something shifted. Maybe itâs in the air, maybe itâs just me, maybe we all need to go outside. But something shifted. Dan and Phil, but especially Dan, saw how they were being accepted and took that as an affirmation. An affirmation that everything is going to be okay. They can commit now. They can go full on. Full hard launch.
I think everyone has a different definition of hard launch, and even I think it varies by context. But what I mean here is not necessarily them making some video called âDan and Phil are romantically togetherâ and staring at the camera with a gun to their head. It doesnât, and shouldnât, have to be that.
Straight people get this privilege of being assumed straight without having to âcome outâ. They get this comfort of having relationships without having to scream it in everyoneâs faces.
And I do indeed agree with what people mean when they say they have already hard launched. Theyâre husbands, soulmates, 4000 year old tortoises, âbasically any other gay coupleâ, more than just romantic, yea. I get it. But people are fucking stupid. Non-queer people donât understand nuance, and need everything handed to them on a silver platter. Dan and Phil are together. People who try to twist and turn to try and âproveâ theyâre anything but a committed romantic and sexual relationship are ignorant at best, but mainly using homophobic wishful thinking. However, thereâs more to go. Thereâs a reason weâre all âterrifiedâ for what is to come. Because everything, the past 15 years of all of our lives, of their life, is coming together. Itâs genuinely beautiful.
So what do I mean by hard launch then? Well, I mean a lack of censorship (besides whatâs reasonable. Though weâd all love to see them fuck on YouTube, Iâm not sure thatâs happening any time soon). I mean a lack of shame. A lack of hiding. And itâs already begun. Thatâs what I feel stage 3 to be and have been. In pizza mukbang 2, they say things such as âcheers dearâ, which is intentional. The âgay unclesâ and the âkneeingâ is all intentional. Itâs not just throwaway jokes, itâs them looking us in the eyes and saying âwe see youâ. I have a whole list of stage 3 things. The intentional Incohearant cards. The âmy face hurts from smilingâ comments. THE HANDS ON THE SHOULDER TO THE HAND ON THE KNEE. Them being so open about their secluded romantic holiday. The relentless Phil bottom jokes. The yaoi day tweet from the outfits video. The âwho would jump for you like that dog jumped for that manâ âyouâ. Itâs all there. Itâs all intentional. And Iâm so grateful for it.
One of my mutuals who I talked about this with (not gonna name cuz idk if they want me to) talked about their theory that DNP have given barely any info about tour because it requires some form of hard launch to preface it. And honestly? I didnât even realize that was a theory. I sort of already accepted that as fact. How open IS the door gonna be?
So yea, I hope this makes sense. Please feel free to respond with or send asks of any nuances or questions or theories youâd like to add. I donât intend this to be shaming anyone who thinks differently. Even if I may vehemently disagree with someone in my head, I donât think these people are evil or malicious or objectively bad or deserving of hate. These are just my thoughts. Iâll likely be adding more. Thanks for reading.
#dan and phil#phan#dnp#dan and phil games#phil lester#dan howell#dnpgames#amazingphil#d&p#daniel howell#three stage theory
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Tell me some FANON facts that you don't like
I think I've already mentioned most of them, but I'll quote them again with summary explanations:
The "Happy Robin" and "Angry Robin" thing.
Especially Jason as the "Happy Robin", not because I have anything against Jason being happy as Robin, but because the fandom generally infantilizes him excessively, makes him behave like a 5-year-old instead of a 13-year-old. Plus, I do like the post-crisis Jason, more rebellious and with more personality.
Tim being an insomniac coffee addict.
Tim is the brother who falls asleep anywhere, at any time. If you're not careful, the guy has already slept for 14 hours between micro-naps and is going for more hours.
Tim being an extremely thin, delicate and shy boy.
He's so cool in canon, I just can't stan his fanon version.
Dick being the laughing stock of the batfamily.
Like, he's literally probably the most respected member (not after, ALONG with Batman), and probably one of the few whose threats would be taken seriously by everyone, but the fandom only has him as comic relief for being the most optimistic and cheerful of the family.
The thing about Alfred only letting Jason in the kitchen because he's the only one who knows how to cook.
He taught Dick to cook in his own kitchen- Dick has cooked for his family before, and he's lived alone for almost 10 years - how could he not know how to cook? If he is banned from the kitchen, it is because he climbed onto the fridge as if he were a cat, or because he is delirious with fever and refuses to rest.
Dick living in the mansion again.
You want my man to have a nervous breakdown???
That they lower the abilities of some family members in order to exalt others.
Just because Cass is better at fighting doesn't make the others useless? Plus I think it's canon that some can beat her, not all the time, but like, in sparring matches they can actually beat her sometimes too? Just because Tim is the "detective" doesn't mean everyone else is bad at it? Just because Jason is the best with guns doesn't mean the others don't have good aim?
Duke being the normal one in the family.
NO ONE is normal in that family. Not even Alfred.
When they make Dick a mediocre student.
My boy was a top student, kinda a nerd but also a athlete, don't discredit him like that.
Jason being Tim's Robin.
Tim was first a fan of Dick Grayson and then a person dude, there's no way.
Jason calling Tim's replacement 24/7.
While the relationship between Jason and Tim is not as close as the fandom presents (they usually use facts from Tim and Dick's relationship to make him act like that with Jason), Jason doesn't live in a spiral of hatred towards Tim either, maybe at first, but then things calm down quite a bit between them.
The sexualization of Dick's character.
I don't mean like in canon, I mean how people directly turn him into a whore who would have sex with anyone who offers to him. Like, no???? What's wrong with u???
I actually hate that with any character, but it happens more with him.
Bruce being too perfect that none of his kids can even surprise him.
Canonically Dick scared him more than once, and I'm sure his other kids also managed to surprise him at least. Let the guy be a human, he's not an omnipresent god.
Completely ignore Clark and Dick's uncle-nephew relationship.
I don't think I need to explain this.
That's what I can think of now, there's probably more to it, but aha-
I don't completely hate these facts, and I don't mind people using them exactly, but I don't like it when they pass them off as canon- If you like it more than canon, it's completely valid, they are fictional characters and it doesn't hurt anyone, but don't expect me to agree with you if you tell me that's the true personality of the characters, u know?
#ask blog#batfamily#canon vs fanon#I seriously don't care if people prefer fanon#I'm just not one of those people#the canon characters are so complete and cool that I can't help but love them like that
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The Family Business Ch. 10
WandaNat x Reader
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Summary: Natasha and Wanda have a talk about their feelings for you. After that emotional conversation they meet you at the hospital to visit Dragos.
An: If I were to say things get more real next chapter how would you feel...
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The rest of the work day drags for Natasha and Wanda. Both women having other things on their mind. However, with Kate and Y/n out of the office on a hectic day like this, they couldnât afford to dwell too much.
âSestra, can we call it a day? I've never taken this many calls in my life,â Pietro barges into his sisters office.
âIf you want to go home, then go,â she waves her hand dismissively at him.
âWhatâs got you so snappy?â
When Wandaâs eyes meet Pietro sheâs glaring at him, âIf you havenât noticed Iâm trying to run the company our father built on my own.â
Pietro raises his brow, âOn your own? Discrediting my work is normal for you, but to act as if Y/n wasnât running this place last night is bullshit.â
âWell sheâs not here now,â Wanda mumbles under her breath.
âWhy? Where is she?â
Wanda canât hide the small clench in her jaw, âKate took her home. She wasnât feeling well.â
âSheâs in good hands sestra if thatâs what's worrying you,â Pietro tries to console her.
Wanda doesnât want to speak about it any further, âIâm going to see papa whenever Iâm done with this do you want to come?â
The way that Pietro's goofy features turn serious never cease to amaze Wanda, âI canât tonight, I have a date.â
Wanda rolls her eye, âYouâd rather get laid than see our father?â
Pietro shakes his head, âNo, but this isnât just some girl. I want this to be serious and I canât afford to stand her up.â
The red head is slightly surprised, but she nods along, âIâll tell him about it, I bet heâd be glad to hear you taking something seriously for once.â
He chuckles a bit before going quiet. He looks at Wanda similar to the way a needy child looks at their parent.
âDo you think heâll wake up?â
âHe has too,â the words are heavy as they leave her lips. She has a small smile placed on her face as she continues, âMama will kill him if he doesn't.â
âDonât work too hard sestra,â he speaks sincerely taking his leave.
âEnjoy your date,â Wanda says as he walks out of the door.
When he leaves she lets out a heavy sigh. For the first time today she lays her head down on her desk, exhaustion starting to plague her.
Thoughts of her responsibilities as the person in charge rain down on her. This was the end goal that she wanted, but never at this great of cost. She wished her father would wake up and reclaim his place because she didnât feel ready.
She was focusing as hard as she could, but her mind always strays to her brotherâs best friend. Your delicate skin pressing against hers in the morning or the strong arms that wrapped around her waist, or those doe eyes that she could sense staring at her.
Wanda debates for a moment before pulling out her cell phone and dialing the girl. It rings for a while before there's finally an answer.
âHello.â
âHey, little krolik. I just wanted to check on you. Nat told me you went home today,â Wanda keeps her tone level.
You sigh on the other end of the line, âIâm ok. I think I just got a little overwhelmed. Iâm sorry for stepping out, I know that's not how we do business.â
âItâs no different than me leaving yesterday. This line of work takes a toll on you.â
She canât see it, but you nod, âIâm feeling better now. I still want to go see pa- Dragos. Maybe I could have Kate drop me off and Iâll meet you two there?â
âYouâre with Kate?â Wanda canât stop herself from asking the question.
âYeah she took me home and decided to keep me company,â you say nonchalantly.
âI couldâve taken you,â Wanda tries to play it cool.
You disagree with her, âI didn't want to bother you while you were working. It was a hectic day, truth be told I didn't even want to leave.â
Wandaâs tone is strong as she speaks, âI will never be too busy for you Y/n.â
âWanda-â
âI mean it. I know Iâm supposed to move past it, but I missed a lot while I was gone. I couldnât be there for you like I wanted to. Now that Iâm back Iâd like to be there for you as much as I can. I still want to be the one you lean on,â Wanda let herself be vulnerable with you.
You were taken aback by her admission. It felt like it was impossible for you to come up with a response. It wasnât like she was saying something you hadn't heard from her before, but her words felt heavier somehow.
âI know you'll be there for me, Wanda . You don't have to prove it.â
Wanda frowns lightly, âIâm not trying to prove anything. Iâm just- itâs hard knowing Iâm not the first person you come to when youâre in need. I know you've grown out of needing people for the most part, but I donât know. Iâm not making any sense. Nat and I will meet you at the hospital.â
Wanda doesn't give you a chance to respond as she hangs up the phone. She scolds herself about how needy she sounded during the call.
âI think Iâm finished up for today, whenever youâre ready to go,â Natasha strolls into the office.
Wanda stares at the computer screen for a moment, âI should be ready in half an hour.â
Natasha plops down on the couch of her wifeâs office. Itâs silent for a moment until Nat shifts on the couch which makes noise fill the office.
âSo, do you want to talk about it?â
â About what?â Wanda keeps her attention on the screen.
âWhat I said about being jealous of Kate?â
Wandaâs brow furrows, âNot particularly.â
Natasha strides over to the womanâs desk chair and places herself in Wandaâs lap. Wandaâs arms loop around the womanâs waist holding her in place.
âWe need to talk about this moya lyubov,â the spy places gentle kisses on the base of Wandaâs neck.
The other woman whines, âWhy?â
âBecause weâre married and youâre in love with Y/n,â Natasha states plainly.
Wanda rolls her eyes, âYou were jealous too.â
Natasha nods, âI was and I donât have a problem admitting it.â
Wandaâs face buries itself in the crook of Natashaâs neck, âSo what does this all mean?â
âI like her too,â Natasha states bluntly.
â I donât want to lose you,â Wandaâs voice is small as she speaks to her wife.
Natasha softly places her hand on Wandaâs chin, forcing their eyes to meet, âYou will never lose me Wanda. I married you because Iâm completely, utterly, madly in love with you. That feeling hasnât gone anywhere.â
âI love you too,â Wandaâs eyes shine as they bore into Natashaâs.
â I think we should think about what it would be like to add Y/n into our relationship dynamic,â Natasha speaks, but it sounds like a question.
Wanda tenses briefly, âI can admit that I have feelings for Y/n, but I donât know if I can act on these feelings Nat.â
âWhy not?â
Wanda closes her eyes, âIâve known her too long, Nat. Sheâs the same age as my little brother, not to mention she's his best friend. If she doesnât feel the same way, this will ruin everything.â
âDetka-â
âI donât know if itâs better or worst that we both want her. How would we even tell her Natasha? I donât want to lose anymore time with her,â Wanda begins to get emotional.
Natasha cups her wifeâs face in both of her hands, âBaby, I know youâre scared. This is scary, Iâve never been in a situation like this, I donât have all the answers. All I know is that you love her and I think I could too. Weâve spent so much of our lives sacrificing for others, but Iâm ready to sacrifice something for my own sake, arenât you?â
âI am, but not at the expense of my relationship Y/n. I just got her back, Natasha. Iâm not saying I never want to tell her, but I canât do this now,â Wanda tries to turn her head away from her wife.
Natasha doesnât let her, but instead places a soft kiss on her wifeâs lips. Wanda relaxes under Natashaâs touch, feeling all of the stress of the day seeping out of her body.
â Donât hide from me, Wanda. I want you to share your feelings, I wonât ever judge you,â Natasha whispers against the taller womanâs lips.
âI donât want to disappoint you. I know youâre ready but-â
Natasha shakes her head, âItâs not just about me, itâs about us. I donât want to push you to do anything you arenât ready for. If you want to pursue Y/n, Iâm with you, but if you donât, I'm still with you.â
Wanda nods softly, âI want to, but I- I need time.â
Natasha kisses her again, âWhenever youâre ready baby. Now finish up so we can go.â
âYouâre not going to move?â Wanda questions her wife.
Natasha lets out an exasperated sigh, â You canât work around me?â
Wanda scoots herself into the desk. She slightly pushes Natasha to press into her further. The spyâs head is in the nape of Wandaâs neck.
âI can and if Iâm being honest itâs my preferred method of doing work,â Wanda begins to focus on the computer again.
She works diligently with her wife in her lap. Having Natasha there makes her work go by a little faster and feel a lot less stressful. She finishes up within the hour.
Once sheâs done Wanda shoots a text to Y/n saying that they were headed to the hospital. The girl replies saying sheâll meet them there.
Natasha drives, one hand on the wheel and the other holds Wandaâs hand. Her thumb caresses the back of the passengers hand trying to provide comfort, knowing that this was not an easy task for her.
Wanda had only visited her father once. She hated seeing him in such a fragile state. It almost didn't feel like he was her father. He couldnât be the same man that took her to the city fair, the same mam that placed flowers in her hair, the man that invested his entire life in her dreams, it couldnât be. This wasnât the man that kept her safe from her nightmares, because looking at him in this state was beginning to feel like one.
When they arrived they went inside the building.
âIf you donât tell me what room he is in you won't live to the end of the week to regret it,â you argue with the receptionist.
Kateâs behind you her hand resting on your shoulder trying to pull you out of the conflict.
âIs there a problem here?â Natasha speaks up first.
âItâs family only mam, one more outburst and I will have security throw you out,â the receptionist said causing a vein to pop in your neck.
âNothing that concerns you,â the receptionist snaps at the spy.
You interrupt, âYou don't talk to her like that.â
Before things escalate any further Wanda slams her hand on the receptionistâs desk with her card under her palm.
âNow tell me what room my father is in, â Wandaâs eyes look fiery as she stared at the receptionist.
The receptionist looks at the card her eyes go wide, âTerribly sorry for the mix up Mrs. Maximoff, didnât know she was in your company.â
Wanda peers down at the receptionist, âYouâre lucky Iâm feeling generous today. I don't ever want to hear you address either of these ladies in a disrespectful manner again.â
âYes, Mrs. Maximoff sorry about that. It wonât happen again. Heâs in room 286,â the receptionist looked ten sizes smaller.
You canât help but give the woman a death glare as you head towards the elevator. Kate stops you on the way.
âIâm going to head home are you going to be alright?â Her eyes subtly glance in Wanda and Natashaâs direction.
âIâll be fine Katie,â you reassure her.
âOk just checking. Text me later and make sure you're taking care of yourself,â Kate pulls you into a tight hug.
The sound of someone clearing their throat ends your hug with the doe eyed girl. Kate smiles at you upon the release of the hug, she then waves goodbye, leaving you with the married couple.
âAnd youâre sure you and Kate arenât dating?â Wanda canât help, but comment.
You roll your eyes, âPositive, Katie and I are just friends.â
âWhat did you do after you left work ?â
You all pile into the elevator as you answer, âNothing really. We just watched some tv and ordered some food. How was it at the office?â
Wanda goes to answer but Natasha stops her, âNo work talk out of the office.â
âWell then what are we going to talk to Dragos about?â You attempt to joke in hopes of brightening the mood.
â You can call him Papa you know?â Wanda takes her time looking at you.
âI know-â
She cuts you off, âMama too.â
You nod to yourself, âI know, itâs just not my normal.â
Natasha speaks up, âIt honestly feels like youâre fighting against their names when you say them. Mama and Papa sound natural coming from you."
âIt feels like they are my parents.â
âThey are,â Wanda grabs onto your hand as you approach Dragosâ room.
The air feels different when you enter the room. Itâs hard to look at him in such a state. He lies still on the hospital bed with machinery hooked up to him. There are less machines than originally, but still too many in your eyes.
Flora sits by the side of the bed with her hand in his. The view is somber, it takes nearly everything in you not to cry. Almost as if she can sense the tension building in your body, Wanda squeezes your hand.
âHowâs he been Mama?â Wandaâs moved closer to her motherâs side, dragging you with her.
âThe same, but the doctors are saying that's a good thing for now at least,â she sighs heavily.
âAnd how are you Mama?â You ask looking over the womanâs features.
Flora sends you a small smile, âIâm tired sweetheart, but Iâll live.â
âHave you been going home?â Wanda questions further.
âTo shower and change clothes.â
Wandaâs voice takes a stern tone, âMama, you need to rest.â
The older woman shakes her head, âI can't leave him for too long.â
âHe wouldnât want you spending all your time here,â you say softly.
âItâs not about what he wants for once. If he didnât want me here he wouldâve listened when I told him going to meet Fisk alone was a bad idea,â she glares at her sleeping husband.
âIâll have his head for this,â Wanda gets agitated at the mention of Kingpin.
âBlowing up the ports wasnât enough?â Flora comments.
âPower move, just to prove that there are no cracks in our business affairs,â Wandaâs jaw sets.
Flora looks at her daughter, âHeâs not going to take this lying down.â
âI know.â
You squeeze Wandaâs hand to reassure her, â Weâll be ready for him."
Flora lets out a sad laughter, âYou sound just like him Y/n.â
â Thatâs a compliment for the ages. I hope I could be half of the person he is,â your gaze falls into your lap.
âYou already are. You kids have always made us both so proud.â
You desperately want to ask more about Dragosâ condition, but you refrain. The conversation stays light as you reminisce about the man.
Natasha doesn't say much, but her presence does provide someone to share with. She's hearing most things about her father-in-law for the first time. She's getting a good look into the man he is.
She pays attention to the way you and Wanda both light up when sharing stories. It warms her heart to see the two of you looking genuinely happy for the first time in weeks.
When itâs time to go the mood drops a bit, but not too much. Itâs when Natasha goes to follow Wanda and Y/n out of the room when Flora stops her.
âYou make sure they're taking care of themselves,â Flora hugs the redhead and whispers in her ear.
Natasha nods, âI will Mrs.Maximoff.â
They head home after that, exhaustion finally catching up to them.
A small dilemma plagues your mind when you get home. Part of you wishes to go with Wanda and Natasha into their apartment where you know you can get a good night's rest. The other part of you tells you that you shouldn't make it a habit. It's a lose-lose situation.
Begrudgingly you decide to go to your own apartment.
âIâll see you guys later,â you try and give a small goodbye.
Wanda grabs your forearm, âYou can come over tonight, if you need to. No matter the time. Alright, little krolik?â
Your eyes shift over to Natasha who smile, showing agreement with her wife, âThe door is always open for you.â
You struggle to keep your composure, âThanks, Iâll keep it in mind.â
Your house feels extra empty as you enter. The weight of the day sets into your system. Getting ready for bed seems pointless as you know you wonât be getting any sleep.
Staring at the ceiling seems different, knowing that across the hall was the woman that you had spent your teen years pining over. Yet, knowing that she could love you didnât make your heart flutter like it was supposed to. It sent an anxiety running through your chest.
You knew that she was probably curled up in the bed next to her wife. Her drop dead gorgeous, kind hearted, Russian spy, wife. A woman in a league of her own, in her own right.
The thought didnât make you jealous, but it had an adverse effect on you. You wanted to be there, to be involved, to be a part of what they had.
You groan placing a pillow over your head in a dull effort to quiet your thoughts.
Your phone rings on the dresser and you pick it up, and mumble a hello with the pillow still over your head.
âCome over.â
âNatasha?â
Thereâs a hum over the line, âYes, are you coming or do I need to come get you?â
You shuffle out of the bed, keeping the phone to your ear, âIs something wrong?â
âWell-"
Sheâs cut off by her wife, âCome to bed little krolik. I need the extra warmth.â
Natasha chuckles, âWanda refuses to sleep in your absence. Sheâs getting a little grumpy.â
â Iâm not grumpy. Tell her to hurry,â Wanda argues with Natasha.
This makes your heart flutter like itâs supposed to, âAre you sure itâs ok Nat?â
â Lisichka Iâd be lying if I said I didnât want you back in our bed.â
You feel a blush take over your features as you exit your home.
â Ok, open the door,â you murmur and it takes no time for the spy to let you into her home.
Natasha looks exhausted as she grabs you by the arm and drags you wordlessly to the bedroom.
Wandaâs already in the bed and when she sees you she does a grabbing motion towards you. You shake your head before climbing into the bed. She wraps her arm around your waist and snuggles closer to you.
âYou sleep here now. Itâs better for all of us,â She mumbles against your skin.
âOk,â you donât fight her on it, knowing sheâd probably forget in the morning.
You look up at Natasha shyly. She still stands over the bed. In a similar fashion to Wanda, you stick out your arms for her.
Natasha grins as she climbs into your arms. You carefully drape your arm over the spy, resting your hand against her flat stomach.
For the second night in a row you find yourself comfortable in their bed. You all think about how you shouldnât indulge in this feeling, scared it wonât last.
Itâs like the couple can read your mind. Wandaâs hold on you tightens and Natasha turns to face you. They keep you safe in their embrace and the thoughts in your head quiet.
No one says anything, but you all feel it. Thereâs a shift in your relationship and you wonât be able to ignore it for much longer.
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I think people who assume Harry is completely free tend to overlook a lotâespecially things he shows during his concerts and in some interviews. Starting with the queercoding, but also those really vulnerable moments. You can literally see it in his face what it means to him when he waves a rainbow flag. And when he says things like âthat doesnât happen to people like meââitâs heavy.
And I don't blame them because Harry's public image has been pushed very hard, especially with dwd and that stunt with the director. But If you really pay attention to the details, itâs pretty clear that Harry isnât fully free. Heâs just doing what he can, playing the game with everything heâs learned along the way.
Iâm sure heâs negotiated as much freedom as possible over time, and what we see is a gradual result of that. I really hope in this next chapter, with all the leverage heâs gained, heâs been able to secure even more freedom.
I honestly just wish the best for both H and L.
yes exactly. you put it so well â thatâs the thing about public perception. in order to see H & L the way that some people do, you have to be willing to accept a version of events that genuinely doesnât make sense unless you ignore⌠well, everything.
to believe that version, you have to believe that:
harry was a womanizer from the very beginning. that he dated half the girls at bootcamp and then moved on to older, high-profile women who just happened to boost his image (taylor, kendall, olivia). that heâs a commitment-phobe whoâs never had a long-term relationship. that he leans into queercoding and wears obviously queer clothing just to sell albums â even when he doesnât know heâll be photographed. that he writes intimate songs about home, about loving the same person through every season of life â despite having no personal experience with any of that. and that he deliberately distanced himself from the other boys in the band â especially louis â because he thought he was better than them.
louis, meanwhile, apparently changed his entire personality between 2011 and 2013 for no reason. that he got angry at a magazine for implying he supports LGBTQ+ rights. that he got a triangle on his achilles heel because he just⌠liked the shape. that he wears t-shirts and brands with overt queer symbolism (Tchaikovsky, All Out, Only the Brave, Maison Margiela) without realizing or caring what they mean â even though he loves fashion. that he used to call himself âcampâ and âflamboyantâ all the time, but only as a joke. and that he had a long-term girlfriend during the band, which is clearly why no fans ever had a shot â not because he was gay.
and thatâs just the surface level stuff.
the more you pay attention, the worse it gets.
you have to eat a lot of narrative gymnastics to believe that version. honestly? in some cases, you have to make more illogical leaps than even the most unhinged larries do. you have to completely discredit every contestant whoâs ever spoken out about x factor. every person whoâs criticized modest management. every lyric change â like: âwomen just donât feel rightâ, âiâm hoping someday i could be openâ, âi canât compete with my boyfriendâ, "hopelessly devoted to Lou", etc. â has to be chalked up to coincidence or queerbaiting or⌠misheard. and you have to believe that none of it means anything â even when it obviously does.
iâll always go back to the metaphor harry gave us in the As It Was music video â the red pill and the blue pill. just like in The Matrix: the red pill means you wake up and see the truth. the blue pill means you stay in a comfortable illusion.
so many people would rather take the blue pill. and honestly? i donât blame them. itâs easier. itâs lighter. it doesnât force you to confront how corrupt the industry is. how normal homophobia still is. how much trauma they endured. to accept that kind of truth â especially about people you love â takes a toll.
because once you see it, you canât unsee it. youâll always question the narrative. youâll always feel that unease when something doesnât add up. youâll always see through the bullshit.
and yeah â sometimes I wish i could close my eyes too. especially in this world, in this moment, where everything is already so heavy. but i canât.
so we keep paying attention. we keep listening between the lines. we keep hoping the next chapter brings them more peace, more truth, and more freedom.
because theyâve earned it. and they deserve it.
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SUNRISE BABY
trans ftm!sebastian vettel x male!reader
request: full fic of a seahorse dad reader or driver??? - @spoonfulofmilo + hii !! i was just wondering if you could do more of seahorse dad seb đ
summary: you and your husband spend a quiet morning together.
warnings: seahorse dad!seb (obviously), playful banter, protective!seb, seb and reader are dorks (affectionate), one little joke about seb having cheated on reader but it is very obviously a joke and not real
word count: 591
the soft silence of early mornings in switzerland were everything to you and sebastian.Â
it wasnât that your days were over-the-top, but with a four year old, a two year old, and another on the way, the two of you relished in any alone time you could get. even just sitting on the porch and watching the sunrise seemed perfect with each other.Â
âcoming to the tail end of this, huh?â you murmured, standing behind seb with one hand wrapped around him to rest on his bump. âyou feel ready to have another one running around yet?â
seb smiled. he leaned back against your chest and rested his hand over yours. he took a sip of his tea and sighed. âdefinitely ready to be able to see my toes again ⌠not sure how ready i am for the crying, but i know itâll be worth it.â
âit will,â you agreed.
a light kiss pressed against your husbandâs temple was extent of the interaction for the next few minutes. that was the wonderful thing about your relationship. you didnât need to speak to be able to feel like you had spent quality time together. you didnât even really need to interact. just standing like this, watching the sunrise and listening to the birds chirping fill the otherwise silent morning was enough.Â
âyou think this one will let us sleep a little more?â
seb laughed, swatting your arm gently and turning his head to give you a disapproving lookâonly slightly discredited by the smile tugging at the corners of his lips. âyou leave my babies alone, they tried their best.â
âyour babies?â you teased. your lips pressed light kisses down sebastianâs face before you reached his lips. âi thought they were our babies, seb? or is there something you need to tell me?â
âiâm so sorry âŚâ he replied solemnly, obviously just playing into the joke. âi didnât want you to find out like this âŚâ
an amused huff left your lips as your hands dropped to the rub your husbandâs baby bump. âyou hear that, bean? papaâs being mean to me.â
âi am not!â seb protested lightheartedly while slapping your hands away from his belly.Â
âthen what are you doing?â
âprotecting my babies,â seb argued with his signature cheeky grin. âitâs your fault for insinuating that the girls were bad babies.â
you scoffed playfully, spinning him so he was facing you. âthat is not what i said! they were beautiful babies, iâm just hoping this one is a ⌠quieter beautiful. or are you telling me you enjoyed the screaming?â
seb hesitated.
âno âŚâ he admitted begrudgingly, a small smile on his face. âyouâre still on diaper duty.â
âyou know eventually youâre gonna have to change a diaper, right?â
âfour years, two kids, and youâre still putting up with it. are you sure i will?â
you laughed. it never failed to amuse you that seb knew exactly how whipped you were for him. âyeah, yeah, so i love you or whatever.â
âor whatever?â he gasped dramatically, poking your cheek with an exaggerated pout. âexcuse me, sir, but that is not an acceptable addendum to saying you love me.â
âoh, forgive me, i meant to say i love you, i adore you, light of my life, my one true love, the only man to ever exist in my eyes,â you replied, just as dramatically. âbetter?â
âbetter,â seb agreed, leaning forward to kiss you.
if you got to spend every morning with him like this, you were sure youâd die a happy man.Â
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author's note: seahorse dad!seb i adore you. anyway, thought this was cute, hope you guys like it <3 (hopefully this doesn't flop like my last written fic lol)
comments + reblogs appreciated!
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About his "trigger warnings"
I mentioned here on tumblr that I used to have a number one favourite book writer. I guess not anymore. After all the SA allegations and other stories that got leaked by people around him (his collegues, co-workers etc.), I realized he's an abusive asshole and I owe you all to say that openly here. And some of the assaults date back decades now, which means he didn't just wake up one day and changed into an asshole, he most likely was always one.
I read the foreword to his book Trigger Warning again. I feel like I took a peek beyond his fake persona there. He writes about trigger warnings like it's some exotic curious little trend that kids on the internet came up with, finds it a bit peculiar like a daddy trying to understand their kid's hobbies, then proceeds to use them like a funny teasers for his short stories ("can you find the big tentacle hidden among the pages somewhere?"), only to finish it all up with a punch straight to your face: real life doesn't have trigger warnings, so always watch out for yourself. On the surface level? This all sounds like a slightly misguided, maybe even witty intro. Nothing is said with malice, right? And yet, the message underneath it all was always to discredit trigger warnings as a concept. That's why that delivery line is at the very end of that intro. You're supposed to be lulled into agreeing how silly it all is. I dunno if he did it on purpose or did it without thinking much about it, by habit, but that intention is there and it's disguised with concern and attempts to sound kind. A peek beyond the nice guy mask. No wonder I could never finish that anthology of short stories. The cognitive dissonance caused by the foreword sticked with me like a bad aftertaste. My intuition told me this was all wrong, I just couldn't find the words to express it.
And you know why it works so well as a disguise and why we tend to believe he didn't do it on purpose? Because hey, he just said the facts, the truth! Reality indeed doesn't have any trigger warnings, what's wrong with saying that! Yes, that statement is true. Using real statements in carefully woven context to sell a lie, is an example of an excellent manipulation. So allow me to untangle it or, in other words, to reveal the magic trick behind it.
Why do trigger warnings exist? Isn't Gaiman right, aren't they counterproductive, you might think, because by avoiding triggers you will never get better at dealing with them? Indeed, here's the catch, because the answer isn't a simple yes or no here. Yes, often to recover from trauma, you need to expose yourself to it in some way - like for example, through exposure therapy (or even just classic psychotherapy). But also No, because there's no rule that says you will officially recover only after you're fine reading fiction about sexual assault (for example)! Some triggers will dimnish, some will not, and the best you can do for the latter is to avoid them altogether. Triggers are extremely personal, but you can learn to manage them, in ways that respect your own boundaries, but never by giving up your right to selfcare. You see the difference?
Back to therapy bit for a moment. To recover, often you need to go through with it. But here's the thing - you do it in *controlled environment*, accompanied by a specialist that is there to help and calm you down afterwards. And you only start to do that once you feel *ready* to face it. Now compare it to a situation of reading a book (yes, a book, which usually never has any trigger warnings, because that's such a silly fanfiction thing). You come upon your trigger without any warning, preparation or support around you, you're left with the aftermath of possible panic attack or other symptoms completely on your own. It might take you weeks to recover from it, because perhaps you weren't yet in any therapy that could help you manage your triggers more effectively. But then you tell yourself it's fine, minimizing your own emotional reactions, because *it was just a book*. But, you realize, even years later you still remember it and you might finally accept the harsh truth that you're still not fine with it.
Now imagine same situation, but the book did have trigger warnings listed. For example, about sexual abuse. You would see that and leave the bookstore without the book, because you would know you're not *ready* for that. And it's fine not to be ready, be it yet or ever. This is about consent and selfcare, both are essential to process through trauma and recover. The books without trigger warnings rob selfcare, consent and a choice from us. They teach us we should always ignore our triggers and push through. It's sadly a reality that is widely accepted so Gaiman is right, nothing in reality will flash you a warning. But he's also wrong: it doesn't mean we can't make the life a tiny bit easier for those of us who are traumatized, instead of leaving them with all of that on their very own. This part, he doesn't want you to even consider. He doesn't want you to imagine the positive side of living in a world in which real books warn you about triggers, because then it would prove that it *can* become a reality in which real things (like books) warn you of triggers. They can't shield you from everything, but that's also not the point: it's just to make some things feel more safe, for everybody.
(As a side note, being triggered is not the same as stepping outside your comfort zone - those are two different matters! Though yes, stepping outside your comfort zone in an extreme way CAN become traumatic as the result as well).
I guess Neil Gaiman just thinks some people are too sensitive and should just get over themselves. You don't need those warnings, they won't protect you anyway. Have you tried not getting traumatized? How dare you think your selfcare is more important than reading my questionable fantasies? You're missing out if you skip my book (that has no proper trigger warnings) and you have only yourself to blame! I provide you a safe environment to explore your traumatic triggers, you should be grateful! And how is your book providing a safe environment exactly, author? Did you even try to put a safety net there for your reader? Do you even care? Of course you don't. But you will pretend like you do: by providing a very ingenuine effort that is mostly meant to be a pat on your own back for cleverly dismissing the very concept of trigger warnings, while pretending to play along with it and exposing their lack of power in the process. Disguised as a coincidence, lack of understanding or unskillful attempt written by a slightly ignorant daddy-like figure. What an irony that you do it by nearly surgically focusing on the blind spots of the concept, proving at the same time you do know the mechanism behind it pretty well. You knew what you were doing and how you were doing it.
Or at least, this is how I see it: I might be wrong on the details, but I'm sure I caught the gist of the manipulative behaviour there. An abuser always wants you to step out of your comfort zone, get surprised by a trigger, and to make sure you're outside your safety net. Because then you're an easier target, more likely to agree to harmful things (be it real actions or just harmful beliefs delivered to you by the author of a book, like in case of *trigger warnings being pointless*). They want to groom you into thinking that you're just being silly and see things that aren't there.
Trigger Warning's foreword is exactly that and I feel disgusted, now that I finally recognize my own feelings about it. I probably didn't find words for it before, because I wanted to believe Gaiman had good intentions behind it, they just didn't work out very well. Except that was never the case and that's why it never felt right. That good intention was never there, but it sure *looked* like it was. Also it took me way too long to realize people do things like that on purpose. You know what, Gaiman? Thanks to gaslighting efforts like yours it took me also way too many years to accept that selfcare IS OKAY.
So many people now think nothing was ever genuine about Neil Gaiman because his nice guy mask slipped. A mask he used to hide his autism behind and appear neurotypical/feel accepted thanks to it. Whenever a really advanced mask like that slips, the cognitive dissonance becomes a huge gap between a mask and actual self in perception of other people. Still, your autism is not an excuse for things you do and say, and definitely doesn't excuse assault as simple miscommunication - and yes, he did try to justify lack of consent this way. "I'm autistic, I read the body language wrong and wasn't even aware of it". Hey, you could have, like, asked. There's no shame in getting confirmation in words :P but it's just a poor excuse anyway, the truth is he didn't care if it was wanted or not, as long as he got adoration and powertripping thrill out of that, and that's the best case scenario here.
I believe the allegations. I won't be able to read Gaiman's books anymore, I honestly can't see them the same way I used to anymore. I loved Coraline and The Graveyard Book, and Smoke and Mirrors. I feel disgusted knowing that he openly claimed to be a feminist while at the same time assaulted so many people and used emotional manipulation so they won't #metoo him. He even went as far as to claim "always believe the victims", but once the allegations flew his way, what did he do? Blamed the victims, even called them mentally ill! I also feel now like his books are also just full of deception, meant to hide harmful beliefs under quirky words and imaginative tales. And I might never be able to stop feeling this way and I don't owe him a second chance anyway.
Good Omens stays in my heart though, because sir Terry Pratchett put a lot of work into it and it shows. I feel like I would show him disrespect if I discarded it. Let's say it becomes a Gaiman Who Might Have Been But Never Was, for me.
#neil gaiman#neil gaiman allegations#gaslighting#emotional manipulation#please use those trigger warnings#they really can help people#this post might be uneccessarily spiteful and very very angry#but my feelings need a safe venting space#and I owe people explanation why this guy is not my fav author anymore#everyone deserves to know the truth#especially because bots and algorithms push positive posts about Gaiman to hide the allegations from sight#the allegations been known for months but I only learned about it lately thanks to random vid on YOUTUBE ffs
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no literally like I do think she gravitates toward and responds better to female leadership (even though she told mohan she could take constructive criticism and immediately started arguing scvbnbcvnmgfchjjf) but it drives me crazy when people are like "oh she's just a MAN-HATER đ but it's okay because she was abused đ but she was suspicious of langdon because he's a MAN in power" as a way to gloss over the fact that his behavior was objectively inappropriate and she was doing the smart and responsible thing by paying attention to drug inconsistencies
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YESSS exactly! There is definitely truth to the fact that she has an issue with male authority figures, but that has more to do with âwell she and her best friend were assaulted by a trusted male adult and then her best friend killed herself, so yeah, obviously sheâll be wary of men in positions of power.â Itâs not based on her visibly responding poorly to male leadership, but rather an understandable trauma response. And like...it doesnât cause her to distrust any of the men on the show.
Because what we see is that she responds well to those who mentor her, regardless of what gender the mentor in question is. Mohan is blunt...after asking Trinity if itâs okay. Collins is firm but not unkind. So is Ellis. Abbott scolds her for doing the procedure by herself (and reminder to those who need it, she did try to find an attending first), but also praises her for good work done (this combo helps foster trust). Robby is crashing out with the David stuff on top of everything else, but he still takes the time to tell Santos she did the right thing. Garcia is the first person to be encouraging and treat her as an important asset to the team (she and Santos fight later, but Santos still trusts her because Garcia encouraged her first). Santos responds positively to all of these...because she is not being scolded (a little, yes, but not just that). She is being mentored, she is being guided.
The only person she really has an issue with is Langdon. And...this needs some nuance. Itâs not because heâs a male authority figure per se. Itâs because heâs a male authority figure who seems to have it out for her and is not shy about showing it. He yells at her, puts her down when she tries to bring up concerns, pulls rank frequently, etc. He thus comes across to her as that kind of male authority figure: the kind she needs to be wary of, careful around, because who knows what heâs capable of.
(Ofc on Langdonâs end, he clearly sees so much of himself in her (which is especially clear when he complains about her to Robby to discredit her) that itâs causing him to be harsher on her than the others, which just reinforces Santosâs perceptions of him...and so the vicious cycle continues).
Look at how quickly she takes the blame for Mohan, knowing how pissed Langdon is and wanting to protect her. Look at how instinctual that is. Santos has done this before, with someone she loves (maybe her best friend at some point, maybe her siblings if the show does indeed let her have younger siblings) in the face of a powerful adult who wants to hurt them. Take the pain, be the shield, do not let the person behind you be hurt. Emotionally (which is the case here), physically, it doesn't matterâthe pain is hers to bear (especially after she failed to protect her best friend from it. Hey, for all we know, maybe her best friend was this for her too).
And YESSS she didnât report Langdon because he was a man with power over her. She reported him because there were multiple drug discrepancies that he brushed off, and she found it suspicious and investigated and reported it. Which, as Robby said, is what youâre supposed to do! See Something, Say Something is a very common refrain in hospitals. Especially when Langdon was not only stealing drugs, but also diluting certain medications and not telling anyone, putting patients in serious danger!
(Given that the drugs he was taking were benzos, he likely wasnât high on-shift (benzos are depressants), but...the theft and dilution are pretty bad in and of themselves)
The takeaway is clear: Santos is likely wary of men in power initially, but she doesnât necessarily have a problem with them unless they reinforce her fears of possible harm. Langdon does. Robby and Abbott do not.
#trinity santos#the pitt spoilers#like...she probably DOES have an issue with male authority figures#but she does not let that majorly influence how she treats the male authority figures in the pitt#if it informs how she sees langdon...then that's only because langdon himself reinforces that with his aggression towards her#trinity santos DOES have flaws! and when they're called out in a way that isn't yelling...she ACKNOWLEDGES that#but she can't possibly do that with langdon when he's proven that any mistake of hers will be met harshly
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weird ask but. for context, im an artist with 0 online presence. also anxious đ does anyone know if engaging in drama/discourse & having someone essentially smear/accuse you as a rapist. and like... effect your art career (negatively). a massive amt. besides Internet Drama mfers. (one of my worst fears is someone exploiting my dissociative issues (amnesia, etc) and accusing me of doing smth i havent/being someone else im not.)
especially respondig in an "unprofessional* " way, i always get so anxious at how tf im supposed to interact publicly
(*emotional/swearing/from heart) (idk what im doing idk what most ppl do. im so fkciing anxious. what if my natural speech and mannerisms gets me clocked as Unprofessional. or swearing at ppl who consistently harass/smear campaign ME tanks MY art career. what if important ppl believe them, not me, or dont wanna risk doing business w me. What if
Any sort of false accusation can have severe negative effects.
That is why people like Wis and Majora are being so adamant about making their own severe false allegations against Yam, Sawyer, and Cass. Especially Yam, as he's spoken out against her own attackers in recent times, and they want to discredit him.
Because yes, false rape claims especially can ruin a career completely. That is why the victims on this blog are speaking as they are. That is why Wis and Majora are making them to start with.
Reacting with as much of a level head as possible with evidence against those claims and/or of unreliability in the accuser is all you can do when faced with these. Hence the creation of the document in the pinned of this blog.
You don't have to be professional, just leveled.
Believe me, I understand the fear. I think in this day and age, most individuals have this worry, because of how often it happens. How often false accusations are weaponized against individuals, by people like Majora and Wis.
We've seen it with larger people like Kwyte, Will Wood, and more.
We can only hope we get our word out when volatile lies spring up.
Tldr; You're allowed to react to your own harassment. It's human to. And it's best you try to explain your side, with as much evidence as you can provide, with at least some calm. Not professionalism, but calm. Even if you don't feel completely calm.
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yknow, for all those people who use â3x wdc winner vs 3x race winnerâ as an insult, i donât think you realise that thatâs not exactly an insult.
yes, itâs true that max is a 3x wdc winner, thatâs why heâs one of the best. thatâs why heâs one of the most respected drivers. heâs got the talent, and heâs got the fast car.
and yes, itâs also true that lando is a 3x race winner, thatâs because he just got a fast car. heâs learning. heâs adapting. heâs made mistakes, on and off track, but heâs learning. and the fact that in his first year of getting a fast car, heâs p2 in a wdc is amazing.
max has had a fast car for a long time. he has adapted to that as well. he knows his weaknesses and strengths, and he learns from it and uses it to his advantage. heâs had that time to learn to be in a fast car and win races. iâm not discrediting him. iâm saying that, as every other human on earth, he learned from his mistakes and heâs doing extremely well.
lando got a fast car this year. not even the whole season, in fact. he hasnât had time to adapt to having a fast car after driving a mid field car for five and a half years. heâs still in that process of adapting. heâs making mistakes, but he will learn from them. he said he needed to work on his qualifying last year, and this year, heâs got 7 poles in total. heâs amongst the few mclaren drivers who have gotten more than 5 poles in one season. thatâs an achievement of its own. he knows that he needs to work on his starts. you best believe that next year, heâll be so much better at it.
he knows that this season he made some mistakes off track as well. but, as compared to the start of the season and now, heâs gotten much more mature, and much better at using his words correctly. the current situation about him saying it was luck was taken completely out of context. but, haters have a small brain, and a low attention span, so they wonât watch the entire interview.
max has had way more experience than lando has. to use that â3x wdc winner vs 3x race winnerâ for a duo where one has significantly more experience than other, not just in a fast car, but also in f1 overall, seems stupid to me.
max won his first race in 2016. and then, he won his first wdc in 2021. sure, lando has a fast car now, but to put an unrealistic expectation on him to be on par with the greatest f1 drivers almost immediately after he wins his first race is a little too much.
this constant need of people to belittle these drivers, whether its lando or max or literally any other driver, is so surprising to me, because none of yall would even be able to drive an f1 car in clean air for one lap, let alone a full race. especially, not at a speed that they do.
these are my opinions. if you donât agree, please fuck right off. if you send me hate, i will block you. i donât give a fuck. if you have something to add or have a counter argument, youâre free to do so respectfully.
#f1#formula 1#lando norris#formula one#ln4#max verstappen#im actually scared to add the max verstappen tag#cause i know that the verstannies will come for my neck#iâd write about unrealistic expectations that fans have imposed on other drivers as well#but i need to do more research#lando and max are my favs#so i know more about them
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notes: no specific gender but implied female reader (you get called lovely like once), reader has a dad whoâs a high ranking official in inazuma, this is literally my first time writing in like a year i hope you enjoy it donât mind my rusty skills iâll get better i promise (ă
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The head maid found it unusually quiet in the halls of Tenshukaku. Normally she would hear the footsteps of the other maids walking about as they carried out their chores.
But as she walked past the west hallway, her questions were answered. At the end of the hall, all of the maids were crowded around the large doors that were open just a crack. The head maid knew there was a meeting between the Tri-Commision and other esteemed officialsâ but itâs not like these meetings were something the average person would find inherently interesting.
She walked towards the end of the hallway to reprimand the others for being off-duty, but before she could say anything, loud shouting came pouring from the meeting room, echoing in the halls.
ââso aggravating! You are a sorry excuse for a living being that not even nature wants to take credit for your very existence!â
You take a gasp of air after your long berating remarks. The room is silent, and every pair of eyes are looking in your direction. Not that you would know of course, your gaze only rests upon the blue-haired person sitting across from the table.
âWell,â Ayato rolls his eyes at you, not even bothering to meet your gaze, âitâs no wonder as to why your father cannot find you a suitable marriage candidate. Who else could stand to be around such a boisterousââ
âI swear, Ayatoââ
âThatâs Lord Kamisato for you. Or have you forgotten your manners again?â Ayatoâs eyes shift towards you, an indifferent expression worn on his face.
âManners donât apply when Iâm talking to aââ your colorful insults were interrupted by a loud slam on the table. Your eyes follow the source of the sound, only to meet Kujou Saraâs strong gaze. You feel yourself growing smaller in your seat, any feistiness you had quickly dwindled as you remember the environment youâre currently in.
âAlright, thatâs enough. Both of you. Might I remind you two that you are in the presence of the Electro Archon herself?â Sara says, clearly fed up with the bickering. Though she didnât yell at the two of you, the firm tone of her voice still carried weight to it. You sheepishly look around the room. On one end of the table, other government officials awkwardly avert their gaze from you. Seated at the other end you see an amused looking Guuji Yae, next to her the Raiden Shogun, her own expression aloof.
âAww, what a shameâ this was entertaining to watch,â Guuji Yae chuckles, before turning to the Raiden Shogun, âdo let them continue, Ei. Iâm having too much fun.â
The Raiden Shogun stands, her gaze unwavering as she looks between both you and Ayato. She looks towards him first.
âLord Kamisato, please keep your provocations at a minimum. All of us are on the same side, doing our best for Inazuma. There is no need to chastise others.â She turns to you next, âAnd may I remind you that you are here simply to stand in for your fatherâs absence. Please do not do anything that would discredit his honor.â
Both you and Ayato murmur out small apologies before the meeting proceeds. Youâre a bit embarrassed for your outburst in front of others, including Electro Archon herself. But you couldnât help it. Ayato always found a way to get under your skin no matter the situationâ whether it was at a festival or a fancy dinner party with other distinguished families, he never failed to seek you out and rile you up.
You tried your best to focus on the rest of the meeting, taking thorough notes to present to your father later. However, as the meeting went on, you felt as if there were a pair of eyes on you. Maybe you were being paranoid, but you couldnât shake the thought that Ayato was staring at you. Yet every time you glanced in his direction, his eyes were always elsewhere.
Naturally, your thoughts kept drifting towards him and you found yourself having to refocus many times and pay attention to others. Even when you werenât bickering with him, Ayato found a way to disturb you in silenceâ how typical of him.
You couldnât thank the heavens more when the meeting finally concluded. Eager to get out of here, you quickly pack your things before thanking Raiden Shogun for her grace towards you today. Your footsteps felt almost lighter as you made your way out of the main building, but just like that, they felt weighed down as the voice you most dreaded to hear calls out your name.
Ayato appears by your side, paired with his smirk that you wanted to desperately wipe off his face. âSomeone sure got worked up today.â
âDo you ever take a day off?â you mumble, walking past him and down the stairs.
âAnd where do you think youâre going?â he asks, catching up to you to walk alongside you. You donât know why he keeps trying to bother you, and frankly youâre not sure if you have enough patience to keep your composure, even out in public like this. You barely had enough to do so inside, and you were in the presence of the Electro Archon herself.
âHome, where else?â you respond, walking just a bit faster. But Ayato is relentless and matches his pace with yours. If anything, heâs having an easier time keeping up this pace than you areâ a realization that only further infuriates you.
âAlone?â he lets out a small scoff, âDoes your father not have guards escort you back?â
âItâs not a far walk back.â Yes, it was unusual for someone from a family as distinguished as yours to be walking alone without any form of protection, but truly your familyâs estate was not that far. If anything, most of the journey home would be taken up by walking down all of the stairs in the courtyard just outside Tenshukaku.
âIâll escort you back. And donât even think about refusing.â
You sigh, slowing down to walk at a pace thatâs far less exhausting. He was right, even if you did refuse him, your words couldnât stop him from doing as he pleased.
âWhatever,â you murmur, giving up on the idea of a peaceful walk home.
âBesides, Iâd be remiss if I allowed someone as lovely as yourself to be unaccompanied on their journey home.â
His words make you freeze. Ayato has commented many things about you, but lovely was never one of them. And for whatever reason, it causes your brain to go blank. You canât help the way your stomach seems to be doing backflips at this simple complimentâ and try as you might, youâre unable to hide it on your face.
Ayato sees your expression, a smug grin plastered on his face.
âCute,â he chuckles, becoming more amused when he sees the way you grow more flustered.
Like you had mentioned earlier, the walk back to your familyâs estate took no time at all. For whatever reason, a small part of you felt disappointed at how brief this walk was. Youâre not sure why you would want to spend anymore time with Ayato, but you couldnât deny it either. But here you are.
He stood before you, just in front of the main gates, smiling down at you. Though this time, it wasnât the usual smirk that would always annoy you. No, this time it looks almost softer, something youâve surely never seen from him before. The more you looked at Ayato, the less he looked like the arrogant bastard you were so accustomed to. Maybe it was a lighting trick, but in your eyes, Ayato appeared to be charming, handsome even. You could feel your heart beat faster, your mind in a frenzy as more and more thoughts about Ayato swirl in your head. And though you do your best to put on a poker face, to act cool and casual, you swear you could see it in his eyes that he can read right through you.
But he makes no comment about it. Instead he leans down slightly, bringing his face closer to yours.
âI hope you can take your fatherâs place again at our next meeting,â his voice is soft this time, and only full of sincerity.Â
You can only nod in response, your words escaping you. As Ayato leaves, you canât help but watch his figure up until it leaves your line of sight. And when youâre left alone, you press your hand to your cheeks. Theyâre incredibly warm. Perhaps youâre coming down with something, though deep in your heart you know itâs not that. But for now, you choose to push those thoughts aside.
As you make your way into the estate, you aim to find your father, wanting to propose a certain someoneâs idea about the next meeting.
#by val#ayato x reader#kamisato ayato x reader#genshin x reader#ayato x you#kamisato ayato x you#genshin x you
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gonna be honest, i never bought much into the âHamletâs fatal flaw is inactionâ take because what no one ever seems to mention is that he has a pretty good reason for said inaction (zero actual proof) and within about an hour of resolving this heâs gone and killed a man. which is very much an extreme immediate action in my humble opinion. and he follows it up with an absolute whirlwind of whatever the opposite of inaction is (more extreme and reckless action which results in the deaths of about 7 more people before the play is up).
No, I doubt inaction is the best word to describe where he went wrong. The play does leave it a little ambiguous, which is why we have hundreds of years of debates about all this, but personally, I believe Hamletâs true fatal flaw is pride.
Which is impressive, given how much he seems to loathe himself at points. But Hamlet spends the entire play acting like heâs the smartest person in the room, looking down on and discrediting the people around him, and no matter how much reason they may give him to do so, this is ultimately what I think sends him down the wrong path.
Itâs made clear with Polonius, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern especially, given that itâs this pride explicitly that gets the three of them killed. Hamlet is shown to consider himself multiple times their intellectual superior, running circles of wit around them in acts 2 and 3, in both of their second scenes, even mocking R&G to their faces for their attempt to play him. And this sense of superiority seems to be his path of reasoning when it comes to distancing himself from and justifying their murders- when Hamlet discovers heâs killed Polonius, his first instinct is to call him a fool, and as he drags the body out of the room, his final words on the matter are to again reinforce the idea that Polonius was a âfoolish prating knaveâ and that his death was divine punishment. With R&G, he kills them without remorse, remarking to Horatio after their deaths that they are ânot near (my) conscienceâ, and that their deaths were their own fault for meddling where they shouldnât have. Even when Horatio rightly points out that killing them was of no benefit to him and actually worsened his situation as there was now a time limit on Hamletâs plans to enact vengeance imposed by the news of their death returning and Claudius taking more drastic action, Hamlet shrugs him off. Hamlet justifies their deaths at the time by bringing up the letter meant to kill him, but before heâd even found out about the letter or been sent off at all, in the same scene as Poloniusâ death Hamlet tells his mother of how he wishes and expects to see the pair âhoist by their own petardâ, suggesting a level of premeditation. All in all, Hamletâs intellectual pride is a large part of why these three die, and in the ways they do.
With Ophelia, Hamletâs pride wounds her as he refuses to let her even respond as he accuses her of cheating on him, and as it stops him from considering any options aside from him being correct, ever. He doesnât listen to her, doesnât let her explain, and doesnât follow up with her besides sexually harassing her publicly and in front of her conservative father and then murdering said father. When he finds out about her death, and hears her brother mourning, his first instinct is to try and ONE-UP HIM, to claim that he loved her more and that heâs more saddened by her passing (after being the entire reason for her death). Iâm not even kidding, he starts listing things heâd do that he thinks Laertes wouldnât or couldnâr to try and âbeat himâ at his girlfriendâs funeral. And Hamlet never considers in the moment that he might have played a part in her death, or might not have been a great boyfriend. He just wants to be better.
And itâs literally Hamletâs pride that leads him to the fencing duel where he dies in the first place. Itâs explicitly and obviously stated by Claudius and Laertes that they want to play on his jealousy of the attention Laertes has been receiving over his fencing skills and the pride he has in his own to offer him a challenge he canât (and doesnât!) refuse. It works, without a single hitch, because Hamlet cannot turn down an opportunity to prove he is better than someone at something. Horatio even tries to get him to turn it down, as they both instinctually know itâs a trap, but Hamlet is too prideful to leave.
Hamlet never considers himself to be wrong about the decisions he makes. Itâs either deserved, unfortunate but ultimately deserved, or not his fault. Things happen, and everyone else knows less than he does. He readjusts his moral compass to align with whatever justifications he needs to be ârightâ, and he doesnât look back. The closest he gets is feeling remorse for putting Laertes in the same situation heâs in, but his apology shifts the blame from himself entirely, even going so far as to victimise himself as well. He is too prideful to leave Claudius to Godâs judgement, opting not to kill him in the church which is the turning point for everything going wrong.
And he never sees the consequences as the results of his actions. As he dies, he begs Horatio to live, to tell his story, as he believes itâll save his reputation. Because it looks bad, sure, but if you just see it from his perspective, itâll all make sense!
So thatâs just my thoughts on it anyway. Hamlet does perhaps have a bit of an overthinking problem, but at the same time, itâs his spontaneity and recklessness that causes lasting damage. Hamlet may be cowardly and afraid to act in faith, but at the same time itâs often doubt that keeps him in check, and to commit murder solely based on the account of a spectre isnât necessarily a noble act. Despite his seeming self-hatred, suicidal tendencies, and habit of beating himself up over every little thing, itâs a recurring and unsubtle theme that- when Hamlet acts on the belief that he is superior to those around him, without fail, bad things happen.
#hamlet#hamletposting#shakespeare#hamartia#fatal flaws#rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead#classic literature
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2024 Was a Great Year for Elriels
The end of the year is approaching, and unfortunately, there's no announcement yet, but Elriels definitely have plenty to be grateful for this year.
On the contrary... (Quick rant...I'm allowed one a year)
The other side has enjoyed complaining and discrediting articles and large companies commenting on Elriel...
Why?
I suppose it's because their side of the fandom has nothing new to talk about with their ships?
All they have are:
Commissioned art pieces paid for by themselves (great for the artists and Elriels do commissioned pieces to so... touche)
Screen Rant articles. This website is a way for free lance writers to make some money. Honestly, if you want to dive into them, go ahead, but these article centralize on the writers' opinions and click bait/SEO. And no, I'm not going to hunt down these writers' information to discredit. People are allowed to have their opinions and make money however way they want. Just at least take a moment to look at the titles for Screen Rant articles vs. TIME, TODAY, and E! News. You'll see a difference going forward in this post.

Additonal unnecsssary "official" weeks/ "spontaneous" days for ships and characters due to the belief that Elriel fans ruin everything
Anyways, let's dive into this year's pro Elriel content â¤ď¸
January 30th, 2024
TIME- Time magazine is a widely cited resource and maintains high standards of journalism. In this particular article, only Elain and Azriel are mentioned as a possibility for the next ACOTAR book.

January 30th, 2024
TODAY Show- A sit-down interview with SJM. (This particular part of the interview I condensed together on Canva because of the limited pictures we can include on Tumblr) Below, Sarah talks about fate, the idea of exploring rejecting mates, and free will. (Lucien and Elain?) She also discusses her characters ending up with someone who offers growth and joy. (Azriel and Elain?) SJM can't tell us in black and white that she's doing this, but COME ON people. There's a reason she discusses it.
Oh, and the TODAY show decided to like/comment on Elriel comments ONLY.
Side Note: If interested, take a look at this tumblr post for a lovely, thorough breakdown. ( @courtofblooming )
April 19th, 2024
Guilty As Sin Instagram Story from SJM- Sarah loves her little crumbs, and this song honestly encapulates Elriel. We unfortunately don't get confirmation from SJM, but I'll include some of the lyrics for you to judge.
This cage was once just fine
Am I allowed to cry?
I dream of cracking locks
Throwing my life to the wolves
Or the ocean rocks
Crashing into him tonight
He's a paradox
I'm seeing visions, am I bad?
Or mad? Or wise?
What if he's written 'mine' on my upper thigh
Only in my mind?
One slip and falling back into the hedge maze
Oh what a way to die
I keep recalling things we never did
Messy top lip kiss
How I long for our trysts
Without ever touching his skin
How can I be guilty as sin?
What makes it even better? Audible and Spotify commented ONLY on Elriel posts in relation to this song. You won't find these particular companies commenting on any other ships of the fandom.
Side Note: The other side of the fandom tries to discredit these influential companies by stating the person behind the account doesn't represent the whole company or just enjoy saying the companies comments aren't credible. Multi-million dollar companies are NOT going to waste their time and reputation on fanon created ships. These companies are business smart and only invest in what's profitable. There's a reason they make millions...ELRIEL is profitable due to canon evidence. Simple as that.
December 2nd, 2024
Bloomsbury and SJMaas Updates announce that the audiobooks are now available on Spotify- Bloomsbury, SJM Updates, and Spotify are in close collaboration with each other. Makes those Spotify Elriel comments even more satisfying. â¤ď¸

December 9th, 2024
SJM 2024 Author of the Year Spotify Video- Although we got little news for the coming spring about audible books, us as a fandom had a lovely time dissecting the video. Yet again, Spotify only commented on Elriel comments.

Side Note: Take a look at these tumblr posts for an inciteful look into the significance of tea cups/Elain ( @offtorivendell ) and an excellent interpretation of the Spotify video. ( @wingedblooms )
December 13th, 2024
E News!- I know this particular article has ruffled some feathers, but it's entertaining none the less! Gotta love the nod to Azriel's wingspan. IYKYK (And yes, it's credible... it's owned by NBC Universal... the same company that owns TODAY and 33% stakes of Hulu through Comcast (Comcast owns NBC Universal, and the stakes are through NBC Universal). I only add Hulu due to the ACOTAR TV series being developed through Hulu.)

December 17th, 2024
Goodreads- This is just a little star on top of the tree, but it's great to know that ACOFAS made it into the top 10 most read overall books this year. (Interesting how ACOSF didn't make it...) Notably, ACOFAS is the bridge for future spin-offs. (Also interesting how a particular character isn't seen in ACOFAS...)
(ACOFAS pictures taken from @psychologynerd post linked below)
In Conclusion...
As an Elriel, I've truly appreciated the continuous confirmations for Azriel and Elain for the future ACOTAR 5 book in small, simple ways. Even better knowing that Spotify and Audible have outwardly commented on ONLY Elriel posts.
As the year 2024 ends, I'll treasure these little nuggets of positivity until the announcement day! I have a feeling 2025 will hold some excellent news for the fandom. Until then, have a wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year!
P.S.
If you know of anymore pro Elriel content from this year, by all means, write a comment. đĽ°
#elriel#elain x azriel#pro elriel#elriel supremacy#azriel and elain#acotar#elain acotar#elain archeron#azriel acotar#pro elain#acofas
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at first i didnât think the âfadel is faking it to get info on styleâ thing was a genuine theory people were believing but i saw so many people thinking it in the comments of an edit of the scene in the woods on tiktok and just. i fear it comes from a genuine misunderstanding of fadel as a character.
like in general fadel is just. not a liar. like i feel like one thing weâve learned about fadel is that despite coming off cold and kind of mean and you know being a literal assassin, he has very strong morals, and it seems like one of those morals includes honesty. or in the very least - not lying. cause obviously he has to a certain extent for his work as an assassin, but in general most things about that job go against fadel as he is - he just justifies it all by telling himself what their mother told him, that these are bad people who deserve it. and he has so many opportunities to lie to style and say no i donât like you, or no, i donât find you attractive, or x y z, but his method of dealing with style is always avoidance, rather than directly lying to him. so for him to fake a very real, very vulnerable confession, it just doesnât make any sense.
especially because the other thing we know for sure about fadel is that he does Not do vulnerable. he has an extremely rough and hard exterior for a reason - even BISON says he thinks fadel is rough on the inside as well. if even bison, who is fadelâs brother and the person he cares about the most, believes fadel isnât capable of love and vulnerability, i donât believe for a second fadel would want to or even be willing to fake that kind of thing. his vulnerability in that scene came from a genuine place and breaking point - you can hear it in his voice. which like, shoutout to joong because his acting in that scene was fucking incredible and i feel like itâs a discredit to him as an actor to claim any of that felt fake but i digress. and sure, maybe fadel is just a good actor, and sure he likely has the best poker face, but with how allergic he is to acknowledging his feelings, i donât believe heâd be able to fake it.
plus, we also know for a fact he wasnât lying because we saw during the episode the ways he was missing style - he didnât even ask anyone anything at his morning jog, so we know for sure he wasnt just looking for style for show.
and while i understand wanting to justify the fact that it seems like he broke quickly, i just think if you feel the need to question that, you havenât actually been paying much attention to fadel at all. or you just have a fundamental misunderstanding of how repression works. because fadel has been repressing himself for very likely years, has been holding in an insane amount of pain and grief for so long - like, itâs clear that even bison is unaware of the fact that fadel once had someone he loved and lost. which means the only people heâs talked to about it are the strangers at the loss support group - IF that because i would not put it past fadel to never say a word at those meetings, i mean in both instances that we see him in the group setting, he doesnât say anything even before style shows up.
fadel has had his heart walled up and been dealing with his grief and loss all on his own. and he has spent WEEKS pushing style away and trying to keep him at arms length. so of course, of course when someone comes in and not only says they want him, his heart, and comes in with sledge hammers to tear down those walls, theyâre gonna crumble.
and you know maybe iâll eat my words, but i just canât fathom the idea that any of that confession was fake to fadel, and i think if you do youâre just misunderstanding him.
#you donât get him like i do đŤśđź my sweet boy đŤśđź#the heart killers#fadel kasemsan#fadelstyle#my analysis#mine
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I am so beyond sick of having to read how much certain stans romanticize Daemonâs relationship with Laena, and discredit his entire relationship with Rhaenyra, all because of a simple sentence they read about some singers singing whatever bullshit.
Daemon Targaryen didnât fall head over heels for Laena, and you donât even have to read the next passage in the book to know that.
The short version of the truth is this: he wanted Rhaenyra. He couldnât have her, so he moved on to the next best thing. Laena was the only other Valyrian bride available and heiress to the great Velaryon fortune. She was a catch, and she didnât have much competition in Daemonâs eyes, so he went for it. Daemon never even saw Laena as an option until after Rhaenyra was denied him. Get it?
As for comparing Daemonâs two marriage lives and saying that he was the happiest with Laena: it wasnât Laena that made him happy. It was the life away from Court and away from all the drama. And letâs not forget that there were three in this âhappy marriageâ. Rhaenyra was constantly visiting Driftmark. Yes, Laena was her best friend but letâs be real here. She was going over there for Daemon.
Laena was never a target for the maesters because she was not a contender to the throne and so, of course, there was no point in saying anything bad about her or about her marriage life. She was a side character and not of much importance.
Of course Rhaenyraâs marriage to Daemon became tumultuous. They were fighting a war. War changed them both. Had things been different, they would have spent many happy years together on Dragonstone, flying Syrax and Caraxes all throughout the day and having sex throughout the night. Iâm pretty sure they couldnât get enough of each other, especially after how long they waited to finally get together. Thereâs a very good chance Rhaenyra was already pregnant with Aegon by the time they got married.
Daemon didnât even wait the proper mourning period after Laena died, before he remarried.
Itâs pretty clear that Rhaenyra was it for Daemon from the start. She was the one he wanted and he was determined to have her one way or another.
I mean, GRRM himself admitted that he created Daemon because he couldnât find the right husband for Rhaenyra. Daemon was made for Rhaenyra. Theyâre the it pairing of the story. Any others who came and went in their lives were obstacles.
Had Daemon received a raven from Viserys, giving him Rhaenyraâs hand in marriage, do you honestly believe he would have gone through with that duel? He would have abandoned Laena right then and there, and flown back to Kingâs Landing to marry Rhaenyra.
#daemon targaryen#canon daemon targaryen#rhaenyra targaryen#canon rhaenyra targaryen#daemyra#team black#anti laena stans#asoiaf#canon asoiaf#fire and blood#the dance of the dragons#pro daemon targaryen#pro team black#a song of ice and fire
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Was lying awake last night thinking about the way that Samgirls "see Sam as a woman", which is something I find so bewildering, and I think I finally came to a conclusion that makes sense to me: (some) Samgirls ascribe such an undue and non-canonical level of helplessness, victimhood, and lack of autonomy to Sam that it makes them see him as a woman due to (internalized) misogyny.
I can't rationalize it any other way. Plenty of Deangirls and Casgirls woobify their fav to extreme extents, but there is nowhere near the absurd degree of feminization that I see in the Samgirl fandom. I literally never see anyone call Dean/Cas women (except in trans headcanons), even though (and I am not in Casgirl Tumblr so I can't speak for that) Deangirls often enjoy highlighting Dean's more feminine likes/traits, draw him in feminine clothing, call him things like babygirl (but not literally thinking of him as a girl), etc.
Like, Samgirls can call Sam "woman-coded" (and ugh I *hate* when ppl call characters "woman-coded" but that's another convo) but they can't point to anything exclusive to Sam other than sexist stereotypes like his long hair or lack of adherence to a hyper-masculine diet. Other things that people have pointed to to call Sam "woman-coded" are things that Dean experiences as well to a comparable and sometimes greater degree (sexual assault, denial of autonomy, objectification) (and Dean is more directly compared to Mary from a narrative perspective than Sam is, and Dean was even the one who acted as John's spouse/Mary replacement in canon).
(also hi we're mutuals đ¤ I prefer to keep thoughts like this off of my blog but I was really interested in the conversation this might provoke)
First of all, hi! Love seeing mutuals in my inbox. đ So much to unpack here, but I'm gonna do my best.
Disclaimer before I get into it: when I'm talking about Samgirls I'm not talking about Samgirl Fandom as a whole (just a loud vocal minority who've been trolling my mutuals' inboxes for a while). I vibe with a ton of Samgirls and I'm literally never going to come for someone who likes a character more than my fave. I also straight up don't believe in echochambers, and differing perspectives on media and character analysis is good for enrichment.
I also just wanna say for the record, I am a HUGE SAM LOVER. This is not me bashing Sam as a character at all. I'm just talking about how some parts of the fandom talk about Sam.
Yapping under the cut:
There's three huge problems with the entire "Sam is woman coded" discourse: 1) bad Sam character analysis, 2) fandom bullying, and 3) mistaking "maternal Dean," trans Dean, and Dean's relationship with gender in general analysis with Deangirls actually thinking that Dean was purposefully coded to be a woman.
Character Analysis
Whenever I see someone say that Sam is "woman coded," it's usually because of one of two reasons. Either it's because someone is taking certain character traits of Sam (he likes dieting, has long hair, went to college (?), verbalizes liberal beliefs, etc. etc), or it's because there are a few arcs where Sam deals with lack of body autonomy and sexual assault/objectionable (as you said).
To the first, I roll my eyes because Sam is a very masculine presenting person who never once in the show has a moment where he struggles with masculinity vs. femininity. Like he just doesn't, I'm sorry. And there's nothing wrong with that! Sam has so many interesting struggles that he does go through, like his relationship with family members, trying to achieve redemption for things that he's already been forgiven for, struggling to determine whether his life is real or not, etc.
The second one I can't entirely discredit, because Sam does have his autonomy taken away by Lucifer, and it is implied that he was assaulted in hell by him (and he was molested by Meg). I can't shove it into a "Sam is woman-coded" box, though, because Castiel and Dean also have had their autonomy taken away (and don't get me started on how many times the show implies that Dean was assaulted numerous times).
(I also find it a little disgusting, personally, that someone being assaulted or objectified makes them "woman" coded. It's disrespectful to woman who actually have been assaulted, and also disrespectful to men who are victims of assault.)
So yeah, I think that "Sam is woman-coded" is bad character analysis. There just isn't a reading for it in the text.
Fandom Bullying
I think certain Samgirls also lean into "Sam is woman-coded" for gross, fandom purity culture reasons. That's the best way I can describe it. Woman=good, man=evil, gender essentialism. Sam is a woman so Sam is good, but everyone who's mean and hurts Sam is a man so they are evil.
Some Samgirls are just kinda mad at Deangirls tbh
Sooo I'm gonna be real, in my personal opinion I think that "Sam is woman-coded" is a weird, but direct reaction to Dean having a bunch genderqueer readings, and also being explicitly written as a Mary parallel in the show. I'm not going to get too deep into this, but as you said, John treats Dean as a partner (that's a whole other post), he's more Sam's parent than John and Mary ever were, and he's one of the most nurturing characters on the show. He also has a fun relationship with femininity vs. masculinity which has made him the topic of a ton of trans readings.
I don't think this makes him "woman-coded." I think this gives Dean a unique relationship with his gender. I wouldn't mind if Samgirls talked about Sam having a relationship with gender (even though I don't personally think he does, or at least not in the same way Dean does), but instead we gotta hear about how Sam is "woman-coded."
And lets be so fr. Woman coded isn't even a thing. It's as dumb as saying someone is minor coded for being short.
#watch the sodium intake#biblically accurate sam#fandom misconceptions#ask#csa/noncon talk#im gonna be so real#i put 'sam is woman coded' in the same box as people who say that jack is 'child coded'#GO AAAWWWAAAAY
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