#subverting dynamics

[maria-taiwin]

Priest has galaxy brain because any other danmei authors would have done Fei Du as a real predator who takes advantage on Luo Wenzhou, but instead we have Luo Wenzhou who looks at Fei Du and he just thinks: "Look at him, he's just a traumatized wet tiny cat, I can fix him (top him)"

[sorrelpaws]

They make such a nice couple. The king and queen are pretty nice too. Heheheh.

[forlouren]

I find it incredibly funny how Leslye will state something concerning Osha and Qimir so matter-of-factly, without any leg room for much interpretation and people will still go "no, it's actually y and z", as if they somehow understand the text greater than the writer herself.

[theprinceandthewitch]

See... part of me actually wants to know what Dana's thought process was with Luz's and Hunter's relationship.

Like... why did she decide to make Luz's type of boy "angsty warrior princes" even though Luz's type of boy could have been literally anything else?

Why was Luz's relationship with a prince highlighted as important since WBW? Even going to far as to make Luz write a romantic scene between her and a prince in Sense and Insensitivity. Hunter would not make his debut until season two, but they felt the need to bring him up in SAI.

Why wasn't there more of an effort to make sure Willow was there for all of Hunter's important moments?

Why did they keep hammering in the Lunter = Caleb/Evelyn parallels, even when Luz was dating Amity? If you want to argue Luz had to be there for all of Hunter's moments because she's the protagonist, it doesn't explain why they wrote these parallels. Especially the ones that came up in Hollow Mind and Thanks to Them.

Why is Luz honest with Hunter in Thanks to Them when she has never been honest with how she feels with any other character -- not even her girlfriend? What makes Hunter different from anyone else? She could have just kept how she actually feels to herself and it would have changed nothing. It's not like Hunter wouldn't have given his speech to Luz if she didn't tell him how she feels... cuz she literally tells everyone how she feels after Hunter comes back to life. This decision is strange and unbelievably haunting... because Thanks to Them brought up the Caleb/Evelyn lore in an episode where Luz's relationship with Hunter was the focus... oh okay... i guess this is nbd then. Like I'm just supposed to not make a big deal abt Luz being honest without having the truth forced out of her... okay. I guess i also shouldn't make a big deal about the other choice to have Hunter know Luz's secret in Hollow Mind.

You really just did that for reasons that are toooootally not shippy, huh? Mhm, okay! Sure, I believe you! [this is sarcasm, btw]

Why did WAD make Willow stand in front of Flapjack's grave with Hunter, even though the only other character with significant ties to Flapjack is Luz? WAD even made it clear Luz feels guilty about Flapjacks death... but she still isn't shown to pay respects to Flapjack post timeskip... WAD is gaslighting me into thinking Willow has significant thematic ties with Flapjack... as if she has a deeper relationship with that bird than Luz did. And just to make it even worse, they give EVERYONE Flapjack tattoos even though no other characters besides Luz and Hunter are tied to Flapjack. Especially Amity... like girlies first and last conversation with Hunter was when he made her feel bad about her relationship with Luz in Eclipse Lake... but the show is gaslighting me into thinking Amity and Hunter are friends or something. TOH LOVES tricking me into thinking certain character relationships exist...

I'm not going to ask why Hunter is unconcerned with Luz not coming through the portal right away in FTF because I already know the answer. This episode exists almost exclusively to make sure Hunter's arc ends with him holding pinkies with Willow. FTF is really funny for pulling this little stunt at the beginning because it's completely out of character for Hunter LMAO. Not sure why they've made such a big deal about Luz's and Hunter's relationship, just to pretend like it doesn't exist in FTF; only to then bring it up in WAD by having Hunter and Amity guide Luz out of the illusion... nightmare thing. They just cant stop bringing up Luz's relationship with Hunter even when both of them are dating someone else, it's so crazy.

[undead-moth]

So The Bear ends season 2 with Carmy fucking up his pretty serious relationship with Claire. They spent an entire season developing this relationship between Carmy and Claire, and now it's over, and not just over, but abruptly and painfully over. Throughout this same season, they continue to develop Carmy and Syd's relationship, incorporating undeniable nods toward an eventual romance.

Then in season 3, they have Carmy dealing with the fallout of his painful fuckup, that ended a relationship that was, as I said, pretty serious, and was developed over the course of an entire season. They do this while continuing to develop Carmy and Syd's relationship, and while their interactions are mostly tense this season, they continue to incorporate blatant nods toward an eventual romance.

This is happening at the same time they have opened a restaurant, and Carmy is under enormous pressure, pressure that has been made worse by his breakup. Pressure to make the place a success, to live up to his potential, but also to make sure that Tina has an income, that he gives Marcus's mom what she wanted for Marcus, that Ebra, elderly and at the point where he really needs to be retiring, continues to have a job, that he doesn't endlessly waste his uncle's money, and crucially, so that the restaurant can earn that star Sydney is dreaming of, and that Carmy didn't even want.

And yet there are people genuinely criticizing The Bear for not canonizing SydCarmy this season, when...?

The man just went through a devastating breakup -

At the same time he opened a goddamn restaurant -

And is clearly going through the crisis of a lifetime -

And on top of that, he's just quit smoking.

Do you think, in real life, that it's realistic someone in that situation would immediately turn around and start seeing someone else? Do you think the writers would have spent a whole season developing Carmy's relationship with Claire, just for Carmy to shrug it off like it was nothing when it ends?

I'm even more baffled by the idea that SydCarmy not becoming canon this season is because the writers this whole time, have just been, what? Fucking with you? Straight-baiting you? Or do you think that just because they didn't canonize SydCarmy this season that this is indicative that they didn't intentionally allude to a future romance between Syd and Carmy?

I will tell you right now that The Bear is one of the most purposefully written shows I've ever seen. And while I will say that this season might be the weakest so far and wasn't what I was hoping for either - Nothing on that show is an accident. Nothing means nothing.

The writers of The Bear are too good to have accidentally implied SydCarmy was a thing. They are also far too dedicated to their vision for The Bear for them to be throwing things in just to fuck with you.

Have some patience maybe? When was the last time you watched a show that didn't hand you something the moment it was hinted at? Aren't you tired of watching shows that skip to the good part? Which is, as a result, not as good as it would have been?

[decarbry]

dabi: *insults* yabureme: master has given yabureme a connection with a loving, living creature?

[jimmyspades]

"The concept of a last stand sounds so heroically romantic, doesn’t it, Donald? But there’s a good reason why we didn’t see what happened to Butch and Sundance. Being riddled by bullets and left to rot under a scorching Bolivian sky does not a sequel make. And if you’ve surmised nothing about me by now, know this—I’m gonna be around for the sequel." THE BLACKLIST 1.09 "Anslo Garrick (No. 16)"

[chicago-geniza]

Episode on "kink" in the Renaissance and they're talking about taking heteronormative patriarchal marriage on its own terms and erotiticizing the power dynamic implicit in the institution and making it explicit through mutually pleasurable domination and submission and I was like. Come on, guys, that's the premise of Every Period Romance Novel and also Pride & Prejudice Fanfiction, we've been over this,

[direwombat]

tfw u establish a theme early in a wip and then u gotta figure out how to continue weaving and developing that theme in a way that's satisfying throughout the rest of it...

[justsomeguycore]

fundamentally the reason power unbound didn’t work for me is because i don’t want the powerful english lord to be the dom and the impoverished italian pornographer to be the sub. i want the other way

[ehliena]

Omega Kunigami fighting against his submissive nature to be the hero.

Alpha Chigiri being more beautiful and nurturing than all the other omegas.

[hsslilly-blog]

in my beautiful version i think hunt offered claire the lead role in the last duchess in 2016. i love nepotism and cronyism <- that’s their entire relationship if you think about it. but she refused it because: 1. she’s very proud and 2. she actually wanted to build her career first. i think her acting career is literally the only thing in her life that she would not take the easy road. it’s something too dear to her. and well it’s basically all she has. i think claire would hate to have her career defined as a director’s lead actress from that point on instead of a lead actress in a movie period. maybe when she’s more established he can put her in whatever film he wants to. and he will. but anyway she only accepts the role after she gets her first oscar nom in 2018. notice how his loser ass waited three years (release date in 2019)

related to this as well, i think claire would hate to be known as hunt’s something in general. that’s one of the issues she had with marrying him. i mean barely anyone knows they’re together anyway before they get engaged. i do think this is something that kinda stems from the genesis of their relationship, but it’s also a claire thing. like i said, she’s very proud. she gets his surname but you will Never see her referring to herself as Claire H*nt or using his surname in any shape or form. i won’t either. it feels super weird who even is this person. not my beautiful princess Claire Swanson

[ihatethiswebsite77]

If Kyle ever found out Cartman liked him he would simply just- not believe it for one second.

If by some chance Cartman decided to be genuinely nice to Kyle upon discovering that his feelings for him go a little bit deeper than just "hatred" that he's called them for all the years they've known eachother. You know just doing little things that you'd usually never see Cartman doing. Enough to raise a few eyebrows but not so far as to say that Cartman is a changed individual. Kyle would immediately catch on to these small changes, and then proceed to be suspicious. Kyle knows that he shouldn't trust Cartman as far as he can throw him, especially when he is being "nice". To the point where he would seek out ways to spy on Cartman just to see what he is up to. And when he finds nothing he will just end up questioning Cartman head on. And if by that point Cartman decides to tell him the truth, that he is being nice because he likes him. Kyle will not buy it. Not even consider it. His reaction will simply be "Stop lying, what is it that you are really scheming Fatass?" And I suspect that Cartman, being genuine for the first time in his life, will be quite thrown off by this. Cartman isn't one to resort to introspection in times of tribulation. He is simply going to be confused as to why Kyle is refusing to believe him when he is actually telling the truth. It fails to occur to him that all the times he has lied led to Kyle not trusting him. He can only percieve the situation from his point of view and that is that he is telling the truth and that that should mean that Kyle will believe him. And so for like a long period of time. Cartman will just put his entire focus into making Kyle believe him. Simply because he is an obsessive individual and he really likes proving Kyle wrong (even tho he likes him). That of course will only lead to Kyle being even more convinced that Cartman is scheming. Kyle's thought process will equate the amount of Cartman's effort, not to him being genuine, but rather to the scope of his scheme. And as long as that's the case Kyle will refuse to believe it. But there is one thing Kyle can't resist to fall for when it comes to Cartman. And that's when Cartman shows genuine emotions of being hurt or upset. After a while of trying to get Kyle to believe him and it absolutely just not working. Cartman gives up. Kyle being Kyle, feels a slight sense of triumph over not letting Cartman's "scheme" get the better of him, but as he notices Cartman talking to him less and less he begins to feel a slight sense of longing, almost as if he misses him. He decides to find Cartman and question him about why he has stopped (to gloat and inquire about his scheme of course, no other reason, or so he will tell himself.) And by this point. Cartman just wants to be left alone, returning to a more dejected and defensive attitude which is meant to cover up some hurt feelings. He entertains Kyle for a bit, but quickly it becomes clear to Kyle that something is wrong. This is not how he saw this scene playing out. And being Kyle. He wants to know more. He can't help but pry. And this time, when Eric tells him the truth. With the memories of the past few months coming at him like a tidal wave, he gets that big moment of realization. "Oh....Oh."

[the--highlanders]

forever thinking about victoria being the one to nearly hit the doctor when he's posing as salamander.... victoria saying 'I think I needed that' after smashing up a bunch of stuff on skaro..... victoria grabbing a gun out of jamie's hands and taking a shot when he can't........ she deserves to commit a little violence. as a treat.

[magenta-somethings]

i just learned of the bladolin theory 3 minutes ago & already i’m a supporter

[the-descolada]

I really really like how The Moon on a Rainy Night kinda lets you gradually realize Saki is a lesbian in subtextual ways to start, little moments, and then becomes a lot more clear about it as her own feelings start to become clearer. It's juxtaposed really well with her other anxieties about being a good friend for Kanon, and feels so fucking relatable to a lot of common fears that come along with internalized homophobia.