#someone ask me to elaborate please

[pali-and-proud]

My finals ended yesterday and I ended up sleeping for 11 hours. I can think again.

I want to take a moment to just talk about perspectives. How Buddy percieves Chase, how Chase percieves Buddy, and how Deacon percieves both.

Buddy's POV of Chase is so beautiful to me because Chase is just such an enigma to him. He's so quick to bicker and insult, and he routinely says the most ridiculous and outlandish things that Buddy can't even respond to, and then he turns around and is so selflessly caring and kind and considerate that it nearly always takes Buddy off-guard. Buddy knows the more about Chase than vice versa, and yet Buddy never seems able to expect what Chase is going to do.

I could be wrong, actually, but I think almost all of their conversations end with or include Buddy being confused by something Chase said, or something Chase did. And Chase is doing it all with a shirt, guys.

Chase's POV of Buddy is nearly the exact opposite. Chase knows NOTHING about Buddy, outside of phobias and fashionware, and Deacon's the one who has to remind him about that. Chase is good at reading people; we already knew that. Chase is GREAT at reading Buddy.

He's aware of Buddy's need for attention. He's aware of Buddy's barbs--knows when Buddy's being mean, and when Buddy's trying to be nice. He's aware that Buddy's situation is concerning enough to warrant outside help, and that Buddy won't ask for it. Buddy isn't really a mystery to him--the only real question is how to get Buddy to trust him. Which is insane, really, since we've seen in the current arc (vampire) that Buddy did genuinely trust Chase.

(I could go so far as to say the only part of Buddy that Chase doesn't easily/accurately understand is how CHASE fits into Buddy's life, but I will digress)

Deacon, though? Ohhhh, Deacon. Deacon's role is SO much more important than I think people give it credit for. Deacon is the only way we get a true outsider's glimpse into Chase (he tells us about Chase's money problems, he explains why Chase loves new stuff, he reminds us that Chase's dream to be a singer/dancer/idol isn't realistic and that Chase logically knows that, and he breaks down some of Chase's quirks.)

Deacon is also, uh, how we see Buddy respond to someone he doesn't have an embarrassingly obvious crush on. It's so easy to forget that Buddy is actively trying to treat Chase better until you see Buddy interact with Deacon for two seconds, in which Buddy's managed to be both smug and/or jealous. Yes I haven't forgotten that Buddy is jealous of Chase's cousin. Yes I do think thats the funniest reoccuring joke.

So Deacon having a really good view of both characters--where he can trust Chase's judgement while also being the logic that Chase sometimes forgoes AND can be cautious of Buddy due to past actions while also understanding that Buddy is more complicated than initial assumptions--it's important because it helps ground the characters.

And in direct contrast: Buddy's dislike of Deacon is completely rooted in his terrible understanding of Deacon's role to Chase. Buddy's first conversation with Deacon is him telling Deacon he should stop doing the stories because he's in over his head, despite Deacon having prepared more than Chase ever did. Buddy continues to yell and berate Deacon for his choice in book, despite Deacon actively choosing books he/Chase would enjoy, which is what you (according to Buddy, at least, and my inferences) should ideally do.

Chase's POV of Deacon is a bit more convoluted, and this post is already pretty long; I don't know if anyone's actually reading all this. He's just such a younger cousin; he doesn't idolize Deacon, but he does expect Deacon to have the answers. They're such older/younger brother coded. From the beginning, Chase has wanted to hang out with Deacon. It's almost tragic, honestly, that Deacon has such a high opinion of Chase that he never really shares, while Chase shows his high opinion of Deacon so often that a completely separate person was able to get jealous.

I took my psych final yesterday. Surely this is what my professors would want me to use my knowledge on.

[wwwvrly]

ok be honest,,,, if i write a drabble for cate would you want puppy!cate or bunny!cate ?

not me also thinking about sassy kitty!cate…

[made-my-peace-with-all-the-bad]

Thinking about members of the gang keeping certain things of Johnny and Dally’s and finding their friends in different things they see

[vaultedoverthehorse]

Newsies and The Outsiders have so much in common-

[lovesickmarauders]

Barty crouch jr with a multitude of piercings and body mods you mean the world to me

[leedalemonboi]

Alastor helping feather preen! Husband material :)

[dishwaterblonde15]

rlly am no better than an elder millennial bc why am i watching this tv show about the mob in new jersey n wondering which hogwarts house each character belongs in

[cindersandotherlovestories]

I can genuinely write essays about the correlation and complicated sibling relationship that is Amelia and Derek Shepherd. Like I can sit and genuinely explain why they are perfectly written despite Derek’s ending

[diemlizzie]

every time someone says shakespeare was actually a woman an angel loses its wings

[arkeusruin]

FUCK YOU! disables your ghouls

[reiningsoral]

computers are eldritch horror

[made-my-peace-with-all-the-bad]

Thinking about Trip not understanding Marcia and that killing her inside. Because he loved her, but he never tried to actually understand her.

[bakersgrief]

Trauma responses

Yose: Screams if you touch his head/hair unexpectedly or without permission.

Eliza: Sneak up behind her, intentionally or not, and you'll be lucky if it's only a fist in your face.

Magnolia: The mild mannered Midwesterner will get belligerent the moment you try to keep her in one place or stop her from leaving a room.

[tekken-tag-tournament-3]

Ships that have a lot of canon behind them are amazing.

Bullshit made up rare pairs are also fun, though.

[but-i-want-to-live-with-you]

A lot of the discussion I've seen over Helena Eagan either frames her as "an evil liar who pretended to be her innie and stalked mark to manipulate them and gather information for lumon" or "a poor precious baby who's trapped and wanted to be her innie so bad she tried to become her and fell in love/became obsessed with mark"

and to be honest I think both arguments are pretty shallow. I think it's something more complicated and I don't want anyone to forget the ways helena's showed innocence OR the ways she's been an antagonistic force.

like, she obviously did look down on the innies, didn't have respect for their autonomy, and went along with her father's will and she should be held accountable for all that. and yes, she's also a victim trapped in a cult, but that doesn't make her a baby. We need to take her seriously because for all we know she could have done much worse. I don't think we have to water down characters or come to premature conclusions in order to love/appreciate them. It's okay to say we don't completely understand a character and still be able analyze them. The nuance is what makes helena so compelling!

I have a lot of things to say and I WILL make a full post breaking down all of helena's appearances if people will hear me out lol

[hazel-nethzzz]

George & Martha are probably like the only constant… alive talking thing ig that Hermes talks to. Like daily. Always with him (in his main form). & theyre not human. obviously. Do any of yall mayhaps think Hermes has taken some of their snake habits. :3