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bluerosefox · 3 months ago

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One-Sided

So uhhh

I was thinking of more Dead Serious prompts but my mind went wondering and came up with something else.

What if Danny is dating Respawn!

So this is like a one-sided Dead Serious idea with Danny already dating Respawn (idk their pairing name sorry)

So, now hear me out, what if Danny or rather Phantom joins the Titans or maybe as a young adult joins the JL.

And what if he does his best to avoid being around Robin unless it's for actual missions. Now Robin, Damian, didn't mind this at first in fact he approved of it cause you know it's Damian. But like a cat being ignored he gets curious as to why and starts trying to seek Danny out to find out.

But again Danny is doing his best to avoid the other hero.

Damian eventually gets a crush on Danny after watching Danny go eldritch/ghost king mode and is trying to figure out a way to woo the half ghost.

HOWEVER Danny is in a relationship already, a good one too, with Damian's kinda clone/half brother Respawn. He hasn't told any of them because he knows the bad blood between him and the others. And add the fact Respawn still does mercenary work and Danny doesn't mind but knows those in the Titans or JL do, he doesn't tell any of the heroes whose he's dating.

Danny is keeping his distance cause he knows his boyfriend gets jealous and clingy whenever he comes back from meetings that Robin is in.

#danny phantom #dp x dc #blue rambles #danny fenton #crossover #danny phantom dc #writing ideas #random idea #dpxdc #Danny is respecting his BF wishes cause he knows how he feels about Damian #Danny is still friendly though but distant #he knows how jealous Respawn can get about Damian/Robin #he knows this bad blood between the two has to be figured out on their own time too #thankfully Jazz is helping Respawn process his emotions and trauma so hopefully soon #i like to think Dani is the reason why Danny and Respawn meet btw #she was exploring and either finds him with Deathstroke as theyre training and she wants in on the fun #and becomes friends with Respawn before eventually takes him to meet her template #he at first was thinking he was going to HATE Danny cause you know kinda clones solidarity #but is baffled with how Danny actually treats Dani with love and respect #or she finds him still in the League and gets him the heck out after finding out hows hes been treated and takes him to Danny #again he thinks hes gonna hate Danny but instead falls for him instead #Respawn gets clingy when Danny returns from League/Titans meetings #he doesn't want to lose one of things he got to claim as his OWN #Danny low-key is flattered though and his ghost side loves it cause you know obsessions are a ghost thing

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lovecolibri · 2 months ago

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Okay, but I am *obsessed* with these FaceTime calls because we have talked a lot about the Abby parallels/contrasts with Eddie leaving but still keeping in constant contact, but have we talked about the Shannon parallels/contrasts???

Like, we see a video call in Eddie begins where Shannon basically uses Chris to get Eddie on the call so she can pick a fight (forcing Chris into the middle of it) about something she KNOWS Eddie does not have the capacity to sit and discuss with her at the moment. Like, he's not at an office job dodging her calls and coming home late so they can't talk, he's literally in an active war zone and flying off to rescue injured soldiers and he is STILL trying to do the video call while being berated for being a bad dad and partner and feeling like a failure.

Contrast that with Buck being a calm, steady, reassuring presence every time Eddie reaches out, and affirms that Eddie can trust his instincts on what to do with his own son! He gives Eddie the support Eddie needs, and we don't see Eddie being forced into anything, or being caught at inconvenient times because they are communicating so clearly and talking whenever they can and working things out together!

It's just such a clear contrast to everything BOTH of them are used to from their previous partners and so full of love and support and having each other's backs like.....it's happening! It's happening on our screens before our eyes!

#911 #buddie #lol at the people who after last episode are crying sympathy for shannon like sorry not sorry #but eddie will put himself through hell just to be close to his baby because he cannot live without him #and the second he realized chris WASN'T happy and his parents were putting the same pressure on him they had on eddie #he got him out of there because he will always do whatever it takes for his son #but she left her baby behind and couldn't even be bothered to send christmas cards or call her baby on his birthday? please #you won't catch me slipping #tim was absolutely correct that the audience would not forgive her and with eddie and chris as mains grief was the most interesting story #now if they'd just let eddie and chris talk about the anger and trauma of being abandoned #instead of brushing it aside to only focus on the 'good' parts (most of which chris would barely remember if at all)#that would be great and would be so healing for them and allow them to move forward

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forever-and-whats-left · 5 months ago

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Why do people always write fics about Christine and Erik marrying, yet never have him take her last name. LET HIM HAVE A NAME YOU COWARDS! LET CHRISTINE HAVE A FAMILY AGAIN!

#not even an erikstine shipper #cmon people #if you're going to do fluff actually let Christine be a character instead of having her be a comfort device with all her backstory erased #also Christine needs comforting #I'm talking therapy but a moonlit trauma dumping sesh is the best we've got in the victorian era #I need Erik to indulge in marital bliss LIKE HE GOD DAMN ASKED FOR #I want walks in the park #I want him delighting in the stupid things like coming home to someone #or forehead kisses #or cooking her breakfast #fuck #I'm going insane #don't make me write erikstine I hate them #I love them #I hate them a little less than I love them #but not by much #phantom of the opera #Gaston leroux

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shallowseeker · 29 days ago

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“but shal, how could crowley have slept with naomi when fergus macleod wasn’t alive yet????”

well. for starters, “mesopotamia” could’ve just been a general poetic.

but also could be as simple as… he didn’t.

he has intel on her. and he’s posturing, as usual. because that’s what crowley does.

double entendres and innuendos are his weapons of choice to sow distrust, suspicion, discomfort, derision. to put you off balance, if he can. (and if that fails, he’ll switch to insults or, at worst, incessant goading.)

And the thing is… almost ALL his posturing is sexual. it’s how he wields power (from what traditionally tends to be from a weaker position)

it’s more about how he operates and fergus’s victimhood/ historical demon trauma more than it is a statement of de facto truth

he wants you to read into it

get distracted; get discomfited

just long enough to take your eye off the ball or give him the upper hand in a power struggle

#posturing characters #weak position banter #about crowley #crowley and naomi #fergus’s demon trauma #one of the fascinating things about crowley is #like rowena and sam he is not good w ppl nor particularly charismatic #which makes him a weak hell king #the sam rowena crowley triad of ambition #they’re all three wily persistent dangerous #but not naturally charismatic by nature i don’t think #sam’s moreso got a heroism ppl respond to but not as natural at decision making responsibility carrying #sam is better in larger groups seems to struggle when they get too close #crowley tho #anyway he inspires no loyalty in hell #then he spirals in a fit of caesarian paranoia and keeps reaching for more power to solve for his own inadequacies #crowley is excellent with tactics leading up to a power grab #lucifer has similar issues but has more cognitive empathy i think #lucifer is confident and crowley isn’t #and lucifer’s cognitive empathy contrasts crowley’s most self-directed emotions (crowley’s insecurity at work)#for example…#sam tries to kill crowley and crowley is like ?????#conveniently propping himself and his own efforts up INSTEAD of remembering he killed ppl sam saved and loved like 2 seconds ago #lucifer’s cognitive empathy is like oh yeah 👍 guess i deserved getting locked in AU world #lucifer isn’t just physically stronger… he’s better at reading ppl than crowley is #uncool kids table with sam metatron rowena crowley #crowley is NOT self reflective very much at all #i can count on one hand #crowley is actually less introspective than lucifer which is saying something #like sam crowley analyzes others but rationalizes his own behavior

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rustedleopard · 8 months ago

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I feel like if Chujin was still alive during the events of Undertale Yellow, his and Clover's relationship would be incredibly rocky. Pacifist!Clover could bring him around to tolerating them (after all, they have that sort of effect on everyone), but it would be more in a "this human is the only 'good' human" manner than a "maybe I should reevaluate my opinions on humans overall because you can't judge an entire group based off (very biased) stories and one bad experience." Even then, that opinion would be subject to change should Clover ever get frustrated or behave "too aggressively" or act in any manner that isn't perfectly docile. If Clover ends up attacking a monster then it's "humans are just as horrible as they were in the war stories, I should've known better" regardless of the circumstances that could've pushed Clover to fight. Suffocating expectations and endless demands for patience when he wouldn't ask the same of a fellow monster.

And heaven forbid he ever meet Clover on a No Mercy Run...

#undertale yellow #i hc that his parents were involved in the war and he was born after monsters were sealed underground #so he's one degree removed from all that trauma which is understandable why he'd be so afraid #but at the same time Blackjack had similar circumstances and he came around to liking clover and judging based on character #instead of by who someone is.#sometimes you need to sit down and realize that the problem is you and your views instead of everyone else but he doesn't strike #me as the sort to do that type of self reflection.#Chujin is a character who is absolutely ruled by his fear. he leaves kanako and dalv alone after they were attacked by a human #to sicc axis on integrity. he hinged his whole career on building guard robots (and judging by some of the paperwork in the Steamworks #he was the only one who wanted to build guard robots).#he destroyed his health and left his wife a widow/his child fatherless to craft a serum to defeat humans.#he experimented on a human (child's!!!!) soul and ordered his wife to k.ill an INNOCENT human.#he literally says that humans are incapable of decency in any form!!!!! the writing is on the wall!!!!!#not to sound like I'm bashing on his character because he did do a lot of good for the underground. he made the honeydew resort heater #and Martlet's balcony. and it's implied he built the bridge between the wild east and Starlo's family's farm with the fox-bell #symbol on that bridge. he inspired martlet to take up woodwork which put her on the path to joining the Royal Guard and meeting clover #he likely did a bunch of other good things as well that never got brought up. he did do some good actions.#but he is not someone that i would call a good person.#(realized i ended up with a long string of tags down here. if someone wants to screenshot it and add it to the post go for it)#edit: i find it utterly fascinating that he calls humans incapable of decency yet acknowledges that there can be a pure human SOUL #what an utter hypocrite! i doubt the contradiction ever even occurred to him!#uty analysis #char: clover #char: chujin ketsukane

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seaweedstarshine · 1 year ago

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“They engineered a psychopath to kill you.” “Totally married her. I'd never have made it here alive without River Song.”

Sources: Let's Kill Hitler, Diary of River Song: My Dinner With Andrew, Closing Time, The Husbands of River Song, Diary of River Song: The Furies, Diary of River Song: Animal Instinct, The Ruby's Curse, Time of the Doctor

#I don't know if this makes sense but I'm having fun #this is not an attempt to assign meaning to 'psychopath' but to explore how river relates to the identifier in relation to her trauma #and obvs not trying to equate implications of what river does with kovarian- rather examine how the abuse shaped her #river song #doctor who #ive got so many ideas for these and im wasting my 'time off' making gifs instead of taking advantage of #the ability to ignore work emails to get done other massive work projects. oh well #you know what. since this is my second media set in a row ima start tagging them like so-#edits by seaweed #words by seaweed #madame kovarian #crispy!master #the master #I deliberately didnt include the psychopath lines from Picnic at Asgard bc im saving it for a set about River as a demiurge :D #oh and I'm saving 'my bespoke psychopath' for a possible yowzah post surrounding 'two psychopaths is too much for one tardis' line #is SO much easier to do this to express my thoughts than writing words. you don't even KNOW how many incoherent essays in my drafts #okay ima get back to work #and then sleep

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valewritessss · 11 months ago

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When people say Annabeth was an unreliable narrator and her stepmom was actually nice to her…

#annabeth chase #because percy met annabeths parents once and didn’t see how they were so bad but we then got her pov of it in MoA I think #but they’re choosing to say she was an unreliable narrator instead?#people use the term unreliable narrator too loosely #anything that they can’t understand is apparently the result of an unreliable narrato #or anything they don’t want to understand #yes her stepmom was concerned when percy told her what happened to her #but does that mean what annabeth said happened was false? no #it’s actually really simple #no thinking caps needed #pjo #I won’t tag as pro Annabeth post because I don’t think they are anti annabeth but that they refuse to let her have any trauma #bc they don’t like the idea of adding to her character and giving her character more than just being annabeth #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians #heroes of olympus #hoo #leah sava jeffries #mark of athena #percabeth #the lightning thief #the titans curse #unreliable narrators #but people just throw that term around

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princessofghosts-posts · 2 months ago

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Fandom view of Percy

Ok y'all,let's unpack this one too.

My last serious post was about Percy backstory and how his trauma is rarely acknowledged by the fandom and sometimes by Riordan himself. At the end of it I also wrote how the fandom is most at fault for this,and how it also inflicted on Rick writing of him.

And let me tell you why and how.

First of all the "Percy is dumb and can't do anything without Annabeth" stereotype. Fortunately this one is slowly fading away,but I tell you that in the PJO italian fandom it was something. Most of the ff I read had this,or a variant of this,stereotype. It got to the point that I also started to think about it too,before remembering how he was in the books. 2018/2019 was war on Wattpad for this.

Percy is extremely smart and has an high Battle IQ. We are talking about the same dude that fought Kronos and won (credit to Luke's help too) and kept the world from being destroyed twice. The only reason why people started to believe that was because Percy himself has loe self-esteem,so people often don't realize how much things he downplay of himself. Also,do I need to remember you all that most of the first 5 books no one explained things to him? They literally thrown him out there in the greek world,after a basis tutorial,and said "go figure out it yourself". Chiron and Annabeth never told him about his prophecy,so it was normal for him not understanding shit. He didn't know and nobody told him about it,and that's something I'm always mad about,but he isn't stupid for this. He actually adapts to a situation pretty quickly,even when he almost doesn't know anything,and that's impressive. He was the one to make the plan in TLO,he positioned the campers and went to help them right and left when he could. It was his plan,not Annabeth's. He does a lot of things without her,both in PJO and HoO,so he isn't confined to her and he can still function without her. Like she can without him. They have each other back and help each other,sure,but he was never depended of her.

Then we have the "silly guy obsessed with blue food",another popular one that I hated for how much it got redundant. This also is almost everywhere and I'm sick of it because people don't understand what really means for Percy blue food.

We are introduced to blue food in TLO,when Percy talked about how it all started because Gabe didn't believe the food could be blue,and that it was stupid. Sally went out of her way and made sure that the food was actually blue,and ever since then they had it as a sort of tradition. The blue food was born to oppose their abuser. And that's why for Percy is so special. Because it was the only thing that Gabe couldn't ruin for them and couldn't snatch away,and it's also one of the few things that Percy had controll over during his childhood. All of the other things? Gone,Gabe took them all with his gambling habit. But he couldn't break the blue food. And that was something that probably grounded them. In PJO he only talk about it in the TLO,but in HoO,during their stay on the Argo II,he always ate something blue. And again in this situation,blue food didn't changed meaning for him,because it's the only familiar thing he still have of himself while everything is going to shit. Like the seeds kept Nico alive in the jar,blue food grounded Percy to a small sense of comfort and controll in what was happening. It's more deep that what people thing.

The "joke/a frat boy that would stay out partying all night and make horrible jokes to his friends" after he got accepted at the College in New Rome. Not a very popular one but I saw a couple of them,and N O. That's not Percy. Percy personality is nothing like the "popular guy" troupe,he would stay in his and Annabeth apartment rather than staying out all night. He is extremely good at met others comfortable with him,but e is actually pretty awkward and shy around people he just met. The would spent his time with his friends or doing something he likes,rather than taking part in frat parties. He ain't a frat boy,he is one of the most kind and gentle character out there. We are talking about the same guy that turned down immortality and godhood (who actually does that??) because he wanted the gods to be better parents. He is everything except this.

"Percy was disappointed after Nico told him he wasn't his type anymore" is one of the worst probably. This actually is everyday and I'm sick of it because the jokes are old,overused and OOC. Fortunately some people actually get the memo and are aware of it,but most of the time the jokes are still there. Which sucks.

Percy was confused about Nico confession because for him it was so out of blue. It happened after the conflict and the newly fresh ended prophecy where he actively took part in,and untill 12 hours earlier was still fighting for his life. He has a low self-esteem,remember? So of course when it cames to relationship he doubts himself often and don't see himself handsome. This is the same guy that in MoA asked himself how could Annabeth still love him after knowing how and what he was. You think he thought that Nico got a crush on him? Nah. He is also pretty obvious when it cames to his own relationships (because he is pretty aware of other people's). BotL had the whole crew in love with him and he was clueless of it. He never took it on personal and was probably confused on how,why and when. So the "I'm not your type!" jokes are stupid and after a while not funny,and extremely repetitive.

"Percy is OP and could fight a god/overthrown the whole Olympus without a problem". Did we read the the same books? Apparently no because this is bullshit.

Most of this was born from the fact that Percy isn't afraid to call out wrong doings,especially the ones done by the Gods,and he can be quite disrespectful with them because tired of their games,and another part is because of the Akhlys scene in Tartarus. But half of those things are in his thoughts. They are still Gods and he is a demigods,those are things he can never change and can't go beyond. He is powerful but not that powerful. He can't overthrow the gods both for the difference of power and because it would go against Percy himself as a character. His fatal flaw is loyalty. His is loyal to his friends,his loved ones,Annabeth and his dad too. They have an ok father-son dynamic (I already talked about it in the other post),and going against the Olympians would be going against his father too. And again,he did all of that shit in the first serie because he didn't want to end up like Luke,and now people hc him that way? Naaah. That's crazy. And the "Dark Percy" everyone talk about is just the one that snapped in Hell,where he wanted to survive. Why does he have a fault at that and why people think it's a different Percy than usual? It's the same,only when he is pushed to his limit. There isn't a Dark Percy,it's just Percy that did everything and the gods still decided to use him again and again because they can. Which is depressing as fuck but put emphasis on the distances that there are between Gods and demigods.

There are probably more but I already covered the main/most popular ones. Of course if there are any others you want to discuss about feel free to comment, rebblog,ask,or something. I'm always open to deep talk and overanalyzing of characters.

Now,going on with the last part of this post,at the start I said that the fandom view of Percy influenced Rick writing of him. And I want to explain why.

You see,while some author are completely out of reach from their audience,there are some that are pretty familiar with it and like to mingle with the fans. It's not something bad actually,it means the writer take us in consideration and is aware of how the readers feel about his books. Constructive criticism really do wonders for a product. But it also has his negative effects too. When the author is too close to the fandom,they can assimilate some of their idea about a certain character.

Take the Rowling for example. That woman was out for Draco Malfoy fans since they put him on a pedistal,and went on about how "he is so misunderstood","he is an anti-hero","he isn't evil he just didn't have a choice","Draco is the best character ever,idk why people never talk about him","he is so underrated",and many more. She actually took part of a CG (acting like another reader) with some fans only to emphasize how bad he actually was,and not misunderstood,and those same fans kicked her out because she didn't understand his real character. She then proceeded to dislike him more and I think she published a couple of updates on Pottermore about him,and how the character wasn't an innocent guy everyone made him about. Crazy right? But put emphasis on how much shit can happen when an author gets too close with their readers.

Rick is also close with his readers,and he is quite loved by the fandom. He interact with the fans a lot between books and series updates,or when someone ask him a question on the books/characters. And again, that's quite ok and sweet and all,but it can also damage the author view of his own characters when the whole fandom decide to mischaracterized them.

I didn't read the new Percy Jackson serie and I probably never will because I'm going to stop at Nico serie. Rick showed that he values more quantity over quality,and at this point he is just writing books because he can. I stopped at HoO a couple of years ago,and I'll read TOA only to have a good picture of what happened before TSATS since I've wished for years to have a Nico centred serie.But I'll stop there. Anyway I'm not immune to spoiler and quite like to spoil myself,so I'm always updated. And this is why,I want to ask,what the fuck was Riordan thinking with the way he wrote Percy? Because apparently he is a totally idiot that needs Annabeth to say smart things for him to do something. Like he can't think with his brain and needs Annabeth for everything. And wait! Who else interpreted Percy that way? Oh right! The fandom. The fandom that Rick fairly interact with. You think that an author doesn't know what his readers think about his books or characters? Especially if it's something that almost everyone agree on about? That they don't know or care? Wrong.

They got people that frequently check social media for them and update them on the most big things. For years the fandom had a popular hc on Will (the one about how he could glow in the dark) and in TSATS he apparently can actually glow in the dark. The hc isn't an hc anymore because it's canon,and that's not a coincidence. Like how Percy got written like a stupid idiot. His own author mischaracterized him because the fandom has a different view of him,so he decied to stick around with it.

We are our own greatest enemy. We fear that new fans (especially the ones that will enter the fandom with the TV-show) will mischaracterized the characters once the future seasons will be out,but we ourselves have already done that. And this time it got so bad that Riordan himself decided to stick with it. As if he never wrote Percy like the genius fighter he was. And I'll never like this.

#percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson and the heroes of olympus #heroes of olympus #percy jackson #rick riordan #pjo fandom #character analysis #trauma analysis #stereotypes #we are our biggest enemy when it came to Percy #Percabeth #mischaracterization #a really horrible one actually #Percy isn't stupid and he doesn't need Annabeth to do things for him #what do you mean that Rick himself wrote him that way???#fandom influence is real on author that are too close with them #he also won't overthrow Olympus when he spent 5 books to make sure to save it #he didn't want to be like Luke and people hc him that way #like what???#he also isn't obsessed with blue food #that's literally the only comfort he had while the world was ending again and he didn't know that to do #the “You aren't my type” isn't funny and most people actually misunderstood it very badly #the guy wasn't disappointed he was confused and didn't know that to think or do #he also isn't a party guy #he will stay with his friends and girlfriend instead of going crazy in parties #fuck jk rowling #draco malfoy got used as example here #harry potter

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avonsnumberonefan · 10 months ago

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before I watched the finale I tried to avoid spoilers but bits still got through, except I got the idea that blake would actually betray avon. so, let's run with it!

#blakes 7 #blake's 7 #b7spoiler #what if instead of death avon got another trust-based trauma...... 🥵

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shybasementkid · 7 months ago

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#stanley pines #this part kills me every time i think about because bill #who absolutely DESPISES stan #goes out of his way to insult him #and got defeated primarily because of him #doesnt want to elaborate. and he doesnt NEED to.#the other descriptions of everything else between his shames darkest secrets and such are detailed explaining exactly what happened.#but there he doesnt NEED to detail anything. hell he only needs a sentence for you to get how bad it was: please dont make me elaborate.#not only his history with survival sex work and trauma surrounding it but his homeless years in general #also. bill WANTS to see stanley in pain. he wants him to suffer. he enjoys it and every other part of everything hes been through #and instead of doing what he'd do with anything else hes actively avoiding it. he doesnt go into detail.

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saint-nevermore · 6 months ago

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bit worried about cash this week since i dont get paid anything substantial until mid December, anything helps! on top of needing to get amenities my phone bill for this month is now overdue and it would dting to pay two months worth at once. my pypl and kofi are @ saintnevermore as usual. thankx in advance

#auuuuggghhhhhhhhhhhh hey i know youre busy and have a lot to catch up on. but what if it was alter bullshittery and trauma time #i know u got work to fo but i think we should proceds being horrifically manipulated in highschool instead 😇😇😝#rahhh rahhhh rahhhhh rahhhhhhhh (breaking things screwming etc)#i am so fucking mad. anyway help :')

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popiplant · 1 year ago

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me when i fuck it we ball

#ortismypassion #undertale #sans #papyrus #flowey #frisk #i did not lovk in i actually got locked the fuck out abd climbed through the window instead #anwyasys i think about them alot. too much #thinking about them all remembering resets and all burdened by tue fact that theyve all killed each other and they've all watched each othe #die over and over.#but its ok they're silly with it now and are not totally a little co dependent and trauma bonded abd cant be away from each other for a few #minutes at a time #anwyags i have this scene in my head of toriel opening the bedroom door and looking at them all fondly . a soft smile on her face #before closing the door and sighing. letting a worried frown mar her face #because shesso worried about them.#worried about how they seem so close yet they have not known each other for even a month before getting to their surface home #and how theyre never apart #or how all of them get nightmares and seem to seek each other out for comfort. so mucn so that theyve all moved into one room together #anwyays do you get me. do tou get it (wjo tf is reading this anymore)#they've been through so much and seen so many things that theyre not the same peoplen they were. never will be.

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felonytaxevasion · 8 months ago

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Can I hear more about the worm vs the boys please if you want to expand on it on tumblr? I love worm and I don’t really like the boys and I can't quite explain to myself why

Yea absolutely! Im sure there's some other Wormblr posts out there that go into this in more depth but I can paraphrase what I was saying to my friends.

We were mainly discussing the concept of "edginess" and excessive anger, violence, and shock value in media and I brought up Worm and The Boys as examples so that I could sort of warn my friend about the tone of Pact without directly spoiling anything. My main thesis is that Worm is incredibly super duper edgy, however it doesn't come across as nihilistic and misanthropic like The Boys does.

I feel as though too often The Boys is usually taking the stance of "well humans suck so if you gave humans superpowers they would find unique ways to suck and the only thing separating normal people from monsters is power. So no one should have power" which I don't inherently disagree with to an extent. It's an exaggerated critique of capitalism and celebrity. But it's also such a gross way to look at humans/the nature of humanity.

Contrast with Worm that says "bad people with superpowers will use their powers to do uniquely horrible things. But good people with superpowers will also be out there doing uniquely and incredibly good things for the benefit of humanity. Every human as the potential for abhorrent cruelty. But it is just as true that those same humans all have the potential to do good."

I think it's really important that the two final and most major antagonists in Worm are motivated by nihilism and hatred of humans. Jack Slash and Scion both have the philosophy of "Humans are cruel. The parts of humanity that are good are losing out to cruelty. Why try and fight it. It's easier to just kill everyone". Contrast Taylor who, I'm 99% sure, never for a second questions if humanity is worth saving. Everyone around her in Gold Morning says "there's nothing we can do so we should at least die happy" and Taylor says "I cannot die happy unless I spend every second of my last day fighting for the miniscule chance to save humanity from extinction". Taylor and the fucking insane lengths she will go to save humans when she doesn't even like them all that much is the heart of Worm. (And like don't get me wrong worm is also about Taylor fucking failing to not partake in human cruelty at basically every opportunity. Quite possibly the worst anyone's ever done it. But that doesn't change the fact that she is trying and in the doing is pushing the audience to try as well)

And on the other hand I think the attitude of The Boys kind of just IS Jack Slashs. I honestly cannot even fathom what the take away is meant to be beyond "people are fuuucked up dude". If I wanted to be especially cruel I would say that I think a large majority of fan base for The Boys was generated on the basis of shock value and the incredibly strong performances from the cast. It's easy to get in to season 1 because it presents a horrible world with no redeeming qualities but you can assume in later seasons "they're gonna figure it out! Good will win out! Or at least good will lose for reasons that connect with the audience and make it a tragedy" but three seasons later theyre floundering to find a message and a reason people should care about the world and it's characters.

At the end of the day TLDR I think worm works because it has something to say and uses edge to support the thesis. The Boys exists more as a framework to explore cruelty in fiction and I just don't think it has a lot to say outside of that.

#theres other things too #like i think worm is better at balancing the gore with lighter moments #and watching the boys feels more like youre being held hostage in a nonstop trauma conga line #we could also get into the politics and how worm is actually willing to engage with critiques of systems as a whole #but The Boys genius critique of american capitalism is just 'would work better if we put good people in charge instead of bad people'#I could also go on about how the first person perspective and taylor being entirely unreliable encouraged audience participation #Worm asks us to see taylors point of view and decide on our own if we agree #you can watch The Boys with all of zero introspection #you could just say Wow Those People Are Bad and never have to wonder if you could ever reach a point where you did the same things #but im not sure i could organize any of my other thoughts into anything coherent so this is all i got for now

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do you still write for jj?

ooooh not only do I write for JJ but I kiss you on both cheeks for giving me an excuse to talk about one of my favorite obscure JJ thoughts. JJ x ballerina!reader (gn so technically ballet dancer reader, but you do dance pointe and in a more feminine style in pas de deux so do with that what you will)

They thought you were a kook for the first few summers since you clearly went to school off the island. It turns out you're not, you're just a scholarship kid to whatever fancy school you go to (something that Pope LOVES to pick your brain about since he's dying for a scholarship to his dream college)

at some point or another, there's a hurricane. you end up sticking it out with the other pogues. that's when they notice how... weirdly flexible you are. especially JJ. mostly JJ. it started off small, with you stretching a little while you guys are hanging out in the aftermath since the day after a hurricane is always a free day. JJ looked away from you for like two seconds and you just fuckin... dropped into a perfect split. he's surprised by this obviously, but he's more surprised when you seamlessly shift to a split on the other side, then a center split, bending and moving with impossibly flexibility. then a moment later, you're asking him "hey can you grab my leg?" as you stand up and stretch into a scorpion/needle pose. soon you're dragging him out of the room to "help you with something else." he FULLY thinks yall are about to hook up, but instead you put on this beautiful, artsy, erratic piano music, kick off your sandals or sneakers or whatever, and begin moving like a fucking vision.

you're rambling to him while you dance like it's nothing, but his jaw is on the fucking floor.

"This is the solo I learned last semester," you chuckle while spinning like a little figurine atop a music box, or something in a snow globe, or... wherever else he's seen ballerinas in passing before.

"If I'm rusty by the time I get back, Miss Raine will kill me." you chuckle playfully.

after a few moments, you finish, posed delicately on the ground. you look up at him, your cheeks flushed, your eyes glistening with mirth.

"holy fucking shit," he exclaims, making you blush. "goddamn, princess, that-"

he trails off with a disbelieving chuckle.

"That was fuckin' incredible," he says with a breathy laugh, then nudges you playfully, looking at you more closely like he must have missed something all those times he looked at you and never saw this magical ballet fairy hiding inside you. "you've been holdin' out on me." he teases.

"okay, okay, here's where I need your help." you begin, trying not to get too distracted. you reach out and grab his wrist, holding out his left arm palm up. "I'm gonna run at you like this-"

you demonstrate, taking a step forward. his attention is locked onto you even harder from the moment you grab his arm.

"And kinda... kick my leg around," you do just that, so you're twisted around and facing away from him. he lets out a little noise of surprise. you know it must seem convoluted and ridiculous, but you really need help practicing this lift.

"I need you to wrap your arm around me like this," you say, bending forward with one leg extended behind you, the other supporting you, so your stomach rests on his bicep and his hand holds the small of your back. "And then place your other hand right on my ribcage here."

"oh, my hand will be wherever you want it, cupcake." he says, making you roll your eyes at the (only half joking) innuendo.

"okay." you say, taking a step back. "you ready?"

the first few times you walk through it together are clumsy and slow, a mess of limbs and giggles, but eventually you get it. you call your friends in to show them the bluebird lift you've been working on, even having successfully taught JJ how to lower you and do a few basic steps with you to conclude. you both get through it unscathed, and your friends reactions are very similar to JJ (with only slightly less innuendo and teasing from John B and Pope), and as JJ giggles and demands you come at him so he can lift you again, you start to see a lot of potential in him.

maybe, just maybe, you can shape that potential a little more over the summer. your ballet academy always has scholarships for boys available since they're always in demand in the performing arts. you think there might just be a chance for JJ to do a lot more lifts with you.

#drabbles #outer banks #outer banks x reader #outer banks drabbles #JJ maybank #JJ maybank x reader #JJ maybank drabbles #ballet!JJ #THIS IS MY FAVORITE BRAIN ROT AU IVE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT #ITS SO WEIRD AND SPECIFIC BUT AUUGUGHHHH BALLET!JJ JUST HITS DIFFERENT #ITS GIVING SKATER BOY BY AVRIL LEVIGNE BUT INSTEAD ITS YOU WERE A CLASSICALLY TRAINED BALLERINA/HE WAS A SURFER TURNED BALLET DANCER #CAN I MAKE IT ANYMORE OBVIOUSSSSS #also I have an ex friend who is HORRIBLE at singing (I normally never say that about people but she gave me nothing to speak kindly about)#and she was obsessed with that song #I didn't love skater boy by avril (also genuinely surprised I only got one letter wrong in her name before) by avril lavigne before #but after knowing this person I wanna puke a little whenever I think of it bc I can only hear it in a voice that I can only describe as #the scene from the family guy sherlock holmes episode where the dead bodys organs are replaced with bagpipes and sewn back up #and brian and stewie jump on the stomach and play that one song #toxic ex friend used to sound like she had bagpipes in her stomach and was being weakly and erratically punched by a fatigued amateur boxer #every fucking time she would sing #HORRIBLE breath control. nasally. horrible diction. could not stay on key or on tempo to save her life #so yeah anyway #doubt she'll ever see this much less read these tags but girl if you do??? no you didn't. do not fuckin interact w me girlfriend #and yes this is the same bitch I had to block on ALL social media platforms INCLUDING youtube pinterest gmail kakaotalk and several others #I tried to block her on spotify but unfortunately you cannot block people on spotify (last I checked)#anyway enjoy ballet!jj and this bizarre and vague borderline trauma dump lol #to quote that line from fiddler on the roof “may god bless and keep the czar far away from us”#relieved to say she is not my circus and ergo I am not responsible for any related monkeys

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