#that we see Erin

[clarissasbakery]

these squilf and leafpool designs came to me in a dream…. what do we think

[themoonstonechronicler]

Have i mentioned that i love erin ruunaser

[rookflower]

just like heaven

[bonefall]

It is... fascinating, how a harrowing story of colonialism and abuse is during right at the surface of DOTC and the Erin's just refuse to see it. If they'd just leave into those being the themes, this might have been my favorite of the series.

Wind Runner keeps bouncing around in my head. It bugs me more and more with each passing day that the takeaway people have of her is entirely about Moth Flight, and not about the chapters upon chapters of The Settlers being bigoted against her for recognizing Clear Sky as the threat he is.

Jackdaw's Cry, Sharp Hail, Clear Sky, abuse towards kids is barely mentioned. The fact Clear throttled baby Alder isn't even on her wiki page, as of 3/31/2024. Even Gray Wing is remembered as the sweetest and nicest boy ever, even though he's nasty to Thunder in several chapters.

It's like... Wind Runner has this tragic story about how nothing she ever did was ever enough to appeal to The Settlers. She dragged a woman back to a domestic abuser to appeal to them, sold out her morals and acted like the rogue who abandoned her, changed her name and sat through a proselytizing session, and she's always just a filthy foreigner to them.

On her own land. The home where she had been born and raised.

"NOTHING BUT A ROGUE WITH A ROGUE'S NAME."

But SHE'S the one who gets widespread fandom flack for being a bad parent. A bad MOM specifically. It feels like there's this WHOLE story about abuse bubbling under the surface of DOTC, between family, between settlers and natives, between leaders and subordinates. But it only gets applied to the Bad Mom. I can only cry.

[flowersfortheghost]

i was on pinterest at like 2 am and spent like 5 minutes comparing gwen's hair at the beginning of atsv and later in the movie

LIKE POOKIE UR HAIR GREW SO DAMN MUCH

[hazel-callahan]

Minetta's Ploy: (n.) a technique used to trick your opponent into thinking that they know you, that they can anticipate your next move.

i love we love you, kit tanthalos ∞

[exocynraku]

you know i actually wouldn't be surprised if the clans went to a new territory in changing skies cause of the twolegs especially since 2/3 of the main characters are KNOWN to have moved territories before (tawny forest -> lake, leaf gorge -> lake)

[blazingblorbos]

Phenomenal.

Absolutely phenomenal

Web event releases and literally all it is, is Arlecchino killing 2 (3) men. Congrats. here's your rewards!

I saw a tweet earlier this morning that said

"genshin saw people mad at chiori for throwing a man out of her shop and their honest reaction was making arlecchino kill one in her teaser"

AND I CACKLED SO LOUD so seeing this now, I just had to share it with you all

[hoohoobeanie]

spencer and the girlies will always be my fav friendship dynamic

[booasaur]

Willow (2022) - 1x01 || 1x02

[amtrak12]

HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY!

So there's this Season of Drabbles thing that I just discovered yesterday??? Basically a drabble exchange that's open to virtually any fandom/character as long it's already been nominated. I'm late to the summer party, but sign ups are still open through June 30! I tried to sign up last night but 3/4 of my fandoms/characters hadn't been nominated yet.

👀 Well, I fixed that now. My nominations for Warehouse 13 and Ghostbusters 2016 (and Law & Order SVU -- WHAT? I'LL DRABBLE ABOUT IT. FUCKING TEST ME!) along with some missing characters from nominated fandoms have all been approved! \0/

So maybe think about signing up too? 🥺👉👈 Because if you request/offer WH13 or GB16, we might get matched up. 💜

[derrygirlstrash]

Not to start shit, if you know me you know I'm a "ship and let ship" kinda gal and saying this I truly have no problem with James/Orla as a ship it harms no one and plenty of people like it, I like people having fun... that said...

I have never understood the common argument that James/Erin as a ship makes no sense and James/Orla should have been the ship instead. Often one of the arguments is that James/Erin wasn't set up while James/Orla was and I'm sorry... what? James/Erin have at least one ship heavy episode each season as well as plenty of background moments and several significant moments in Erin's Diary.

Even if you ignore all the background moments of the two holding hands, being inside each others personal space, the times where they're clearly matching and whatnot. There is at LEAST the implication that Erin would ignore her supposed crush for James, that she cares what he thinks, that Erin is James's type, that they're aligned in creative values and match each others energies, that Erin thinks he's handsome, that James thinks she's beautiful, that she can't imagine her life without him, etc.

James/Orla have some touchy moments... that's kinda all they have as far as romantic coding and I don't see how those two hugging in the Season 2 finale is somehow more significant than what setup James/Erin have throughout all the seasons.

Honestly, while I can see Orla liking James - you could build a case for it and convince me even though I see Orla as ace/aro in my own personal headcanons... no one has ever been able to give me a convincing argument for James liking Orla back. It kinda feels like you have to ignore that he never has a reason to fancy Orla back and just project onto him that.

Which, again, go off if that's your bag I think their friendship is fun and I could see making a ship out of it, but the common argument is that the SHOW makes a better case for James/Orla and like, no? No it really doesn't? It's just not main girl/main boy and some people really don't like that trope or Erin as a main and I think that if you say the show didn't set up James/Erin well and you argue the show would have been better with James/Orla based on what's in the show, you just might not like Erin very much?

I've also never been able to make sense of the argument that James/Erin is somehow the trope that 'guys and girls can't just be friends' like, is that not also James/Orla? Y'know, besides that Orla isn't a girl. They do use she/her during the show time period though and some people who argue this think Orla is a girl, they just think they're not THE girl. So somehow it's better even though it's the same thing.

Basically what I'm saying is that shipping is fun and we all oughta do it. Every ship besides the obvious ones is potentially fun and I'm down for it, but there is one ship the show was setting up and we all know what that ship was and I think it would be better if we all were honest about it.

PS: "James was gay the whole time!" Truthers, if you made it through this post somehow I'd like to offer a compromise: James Maguire is the most bisexual coded male character in media history we can all win here.

[bonefall]

Have you thought about how Squirrelflght's second and final trial would go? (Or her nine lives ceremony, assuming she doesn't die for Bramble's manpain before receiving them.) I like to think after Ashfur's circus, perhaps even her detractors would be at least a little more sympathetic to her.

I absolutely cannot imagine it going any other way than 100% well. I don't even think she'll need a Trial the second time around. After all the shit that happens in BB!TBC??

Recognizing the impostor, definitely being among the first people to know for sure

Joining and aiding the rebellion, if not being one of its primary leaders

Taking over ThunderClan as soon as she's able (with the very frustrating Lionblaze Coup ripped out)

STILL being against the idea of killing the impostor, to try and save as many people as possible, not knowing what's going on

Getting dragged in and then escaping, her first thought being "I need to get help and go back"

Even after all Bramblestar has ever done to her, decreeing that warriors NEVER leave another cat behind

Will definitely be one of the reasons why the Sisters come in to help send so many cats in. Right there is a practical reason for her enemies to acknowledge the value of Fire Alone (though she would be frustrated they even needed A REASON when it was always the right thing to do)

And, most importantly, Ashfur fucking ate Skystar. A 'circus' is putting it nicely, Ashfur just destroyed a big part of the afterlife (the Meadow of Young Stars) and one of Squilf's biggest detractors was murdered by another one.

She looks SO correct right now, you would look stupid for even trying to say "well let's put her on trial. again. after the last one went soo well."

[needlefail]

Important-Role Dead-by-First-Book SIBLINGS :33333

Casual Redtail and his sister ✨✨Spottedleaf✨✨

[pernillecfcw]

The collab we all needed 💙🤩

[roobylavender]

obv the movie is titled zoey 102 but the most annoying thing about it was that we didn't even really get to see quinn and logan in their relationship. like the focus was almost always on their conflicts with regards to the marriage but the first real moment between them where it wasn't about that conflict was when they had their first dance and quinn teased him about the oyster shuckers. and it was such a small moment but i loved it and i want more insight into their daily life and the everyday teasing and uplifting and idk like again obv the title is zoey 102 but i don't think most people would disagree that it fully being a movie about quinn and logan would have been so much better. like the zoey and chase plot took up so much unnecessary space and their sudden bout of closure didn't even make sense bc they had one conversation prior to it after over a decade of mutual non-communication so why was any of this more important than quinn and logan. esp logan tbh. like quinn kind of had the liberty of a few moments to herself where she expressed her worldview in her own way but logan had close to none up until the proposal and yes i do love that he's quinn's number one supporter but i also wanted to know what that was like outside of the context of the wedding if that makes sense. like how he exists in their day to day relationship. there were glimpses of that in the final wedding sequence but i wanted so much more and i know the idea of a spin-off is so delusional at this point but the cast do apparently want to do it and i for one would love an exclusively quinn and logan spin-off where zoey and chase can be side characters ig 🙄 so.. why not!