#this season does hurt

[sentientsky]

“She never begs. She never gives any ground. She knows that she's right.”

(this is still a wip, but i’m not sure if i’ll actually get around to properly finishing it—i’m posting this here just in case)

[troubled-bog-witch]

Funniest thing about Malevolent is how profoundly Arthur does NOT fit the usual manic pixie dream human bill. Ok I have watched COUNTLESS eldritch entities Better Themselves and Embrace Humanity through the Power Of Friendship it's an S tier trope it's one of my favorites. It's just that the human friend in question usually isn't a blood covered PI toggling between suicidal and homicidal so fast the guy in his head gets whiplash. John bettered himself out of sheer desperate necessity when it became apparent that ONE of them had to pump the brakes on charging into danger and solving problems with murder and it was not going to be Arthur

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I'm sorry I let down my guard.

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[autisticandroids]

CASTIEL: Stop. What's the point if you don't mean it? You fear me - not love, not respect, just fear.

[youtube with closed captions]

a godstiel pity party. i'd like to thank an anon i got way back in february of 2021.

[seilon]

my only complaint about 2005 dw is that we didn’t get more episodes with gung-ho mortal baby jack harkness. absolutely smitten by that fucker

[gojosbf]

the nanami kento who watched his best friend die because the system failed them the nanami kento who swore off the jujutsu world because he didn't want to see more deaths the nanami kento who still helped gojo teach kids because he was asked to the nanami kento who wanted to get married but when he wasn't a sorcerer the nanami kento who always provided constructive criticism with a bit of praise to keep the kids motivated the nanami kento who always looked out for kids the nanami kento who said being child is not a sin the nanami kento who treated yuuji like a normal sorcerer kid even though he was the vessel for king of curses the nanami kento who tried to hide the fact that the ones yuuji killed were transfigured humans because he did not want yuuji to feel guilty the nanami kento who never worked overtime except only when he wanted to finish off mahito so yuuji doesn't have to deal with him the nanami kento who was ino's idol because he did everything right the nanami kento who stopped nobara from joining him further in shibuya because she was a child the nanami kento who asked maki to stay back when daigon appeared because his grade was higher than hers the nanami kento who made sure megumi wasn't throwing away his life in protecting them the nanami kento who sent for shoko as soon as the situation got worse the nanami kento who wished he could visit malaysia for vacation the nanami kento who did not want to die as a curse, as a burden on yuuji even in his last moments the nanami "you've got it from here" kento

[dariusaurs]

i think dinostar is such an interesting ship right now even if i've kind of turned away from it after this season. the problem is that it's complicated, and fandoms historically don't like nuanced situations or takes. i don't think it's fair to say darius is putting brooklynn on a pedestal, since from his perspective, she hasn't done anything wrong, and kenji has been framed as this unfair partner to her. it does feel like his feelings are very immature and more of an infatuation right now ("if he loved you half as much.."/"unless?"), especially when you compare them to kenji's own feelings for brooklynn - his girlfriend who he's loved for 6 years - but that isn't a horrible thing, it's just different. i do completely understand if people dislike the ship right now, and even criticize darius' way of handling the accidental confession, but i just think people have been way too harsh on all three of them without being willing to see that all of their perspectives are different

[blueberyboy]

Finally got caught up with Malevolent so here are the silly guys AND HUMAN JOHNNN

Also a small thing featuring Kayne

[sukibenders]

Bridgerton in s1, s2, and the spinoff essentially: LW has done nothing helpful, she only adds harm to society's reputations, especially that of women and young girls who have little means of ways to protect themselves. It's why so many are scared that their every move is being watched. It's very evident that, whoever she is, has nothing better to do and probably wouldn't be accepted or forgiven by the Ton if their identity was revealed.

Bridgerton s3, for some reason: Oh LW is amazing (because it's Penelope) and is a true testament to how someone can overcome such harsh trials and come out on top (because, of course, being "ignored" gives you the right to weaponize your power and privileges to harm others, even those who you've never spoken too, just because you want to be seen, even though you hide behind an anonymous gossip sheet). Some people should even be jealous of the feats she's overcome (because, yes, it perfectly makes sense for a feminist character to be jealous of someone who's only used their power to hurt women and young girls for some cash and entertainment, totally makes sense).

[bmpmp3]

yor ass hurt.

Done

[needanaccount2readarcaneposts]

reminder that amanda overton doesn't know what in the god damn hell she's talking about, as she has proven repeatedly this season

🙏

[dashing-disaster]

I need someone who's smarter than me to be real with me right now. Are there any chances that this is just temporary and they're going to work this out? If yes, are they fair chances?

I'm just entirely unable to wrap my head around this right now and I'm honestly still in shock. This came out of nowhere and I thought Tim loved Tommy and this relationship? Wasn't that what everyone was saying?

Idk I am just absolutely devastated right now. Bucktommy was what got me through my days and now it just doesn't feel joyous anymore, even the fics can't fill this gaping hole because this gigantic cloud of sadness is hanging over it.

This is just the culmination of a truly terrible week and I don't even have any friends who are also in the fandom.

And on top of it some of the buddie fans are so incredibly cruel about it. How can you find so much joy in someone's genuine pain?

[primussavethesemechs]

Arcane season 2 act 2 spoilers

So uh

Anyone notice that vander gave powder her mother’s cup? And that jinx still uses it?

I’m gonna go play in traffic now 😁

[seaweedstarshine]

Late to the game as I’ve kinda been kinda non-here for a minute but I scrolled through the Dot and Bubble tag, and thought I wanted to write this post into existence.

There's this part in Doctor Who Unleashed where RTD says this:

“What we can’t tell is how many people will have worked that out before the ending. Because they’ve seen white person after white person after white person, and television these days is very diverse. I wonder, will you be ten minutes into it, will you be fifteen, will you be twenty, before you start to think, everyone in this community is white. And if you don’t think that — why didn’t you? So, that’s gonna be interesting. I hope it’s one of those pieces of television you see, and always remember.”

And I'm like. Yeah. But the reason this works even as well as it does is largely thanks to the work of the previous showrunner with the previous creative team, which was notably the first era to have any writers of color (amongst other firsts in terms of inclusivity in directors, composer, actors). While Chibnall fumbled whenever he tried to write about race himself, he did have the self-awareness to have Black and South Asian writers writing the episodes where race is the focus (and a female writer for the episode where sexism is a focus; my point is, he seemed to know his shortcomings).

I wonder what the current creative team looks like? (not really, but I wasn't 100% sure for all of them)

To quote RTD:

“...before you start to think, everyone in this community is white.”

This is pretty non-self-aware, right? It's pretty “It is said, and I understand this, there was a history of racism with the original Toymaker, the Celestial Toymaker, who had ‘celestial,’ and I did not know this, but ‘celestial’ can mean of Chinese origin, but in a derogatory way,” right? (from The Giggle Unleashed) It's pretty “and I had problems with that, and a lot of us on the production team had problems with that: associating disability with evil,” right? (from Destination Skaro Unleashed)

—none of which are issues that should be overlooked, but think how much exponentially better they might’ve been addressed if he’d consulted with Chinese writers and wheelchair-using writers before going straight to giving the Toymaker weird fake accents and making Davros walk?

How many Black or non-white people do we think saw the Dot and Bubble script before it landed in Ncuti’s hands?

And this just keeps happening.

And like, from some of the shocked responses I've seen from white viewers to the ending of Dot and Bubble, maybe the episode's unsubtlety was needed? From the way RTD talks about it in Unleashed, the episode was written with a white audience in mind, Baby's First Microaggressions (where of course the microaggressions come from people who are pretty self-admittedly white supremacists). Ricky September, a more seemingly normal depiction of someone in the racist bubble of Finetime, seemed like an interesting element, up until the way he died.

The ending worked for me, because I do think the Doctor's reaction is true to how the Doctor would react. I just keep thinking of how much better the core themes could've been handled by someone with actual lived experience on the subject matter.

[remyfire]

One of Charles's roommates was in a fraternity and he damn well knows it

[whitegownsandflowercrowns]

The Gwayne and Alicent conversation was easily one of my favorite parts of the whole episode. Them discussing Daeron (and more or less explaining why he wasn’t mentioned in Season 1), probably having the first emotionally honest conversation that anyone has ever had in that entire family, and just their dynamic…I loved it so much.