#this was drawn before 3B

[kissedbyaphrodite]

What is Stiles Stilinski?

Okay so am I really gonna talk about a character from a show that ended in 2017 and was relatively mediocre with weird plotlines that sometimes went nowhere at all? Yes, yes I will. And am I really gonna talk about something that has been talked about multiple times by multiple people for multiple years and that is just now tired and worn down? Yes, yes I will.

Also, I will give credit to @anchoredtether , who made this post, which I will use also as a source for the points I will make here.

Glad we got that out of the way. Now let's go.

So, we all know the whole deal with Teen Wolf's Stiles Stilinski, teenager of Polish descent who has ADHD and anxiety, as well as both daddy and mommy issues, who uses sarcasm as a defence mechanism.

In the fandom there has been a very strong theory that Stiles is a magic user, ever since episode 8 in season 2, when Deaton tells Stiles he needs to be the spark

This is obviously just an analogy and means nothing, right? Wrong!. As pretty soon after, Stiles has to use Mountain ash to close a circle of mountain ash, yet before he can close it, he runs out of it, he even shows he has no more ash. Then, however, he closes his hand, and seems to almost will mountain ash into existence, since a small bit falls from his hand, managing to close the circle. After that, he breaks the circle without touching it.

Most of the theories regarding Stiles' status of a magic user/supernatural being stem from season two, since this season has many moments where he achieves the impossible. BUT, before I talk about that, I'll just talk a little about him pre-show.

So, Stiles had three childhood friends, Scott, Theo and Heather; he's also had a lifelong crush on Lydia. Out of these four people he seemed to be drawn to, Scott turned out to be a True Alpha, Theo was turned into a Chimera and Lydia was a banshee; I know it was all a coincidence and such, but even Stiles himself said "One time is an accident, two times is a tragedy, three times is a pattern". Meaning THIS cannot be just a simple coincidence.

Now yes, back to the show.

So, again, season two is where we begin to see the whole "Stiles may not be fully human" thing, not only with his scene with Deaton but also with a scene in "Abomination", in which Stiles (Who often reminds people he's the weakling human) manages to spend 2 hours holding Derek (An Alpha Werewolf who's extremely heavy) in a pool while Derek is completely paralysed (something that only professional coast guard swimmers can do) and even then, many times he just randomly pops out some inexplicable strength all throughout the show (Such as knocking over a vending machine, something that weighs around 400 pounds or even more)

In episode 10 of season 3 (The Overlooked) Cora Hale, a werewolf, is dying from mistletoe, yet Stiles manages to save her by giving her CPR, and she only revives after he gives her mouth to mouth. And in the finale, he gets into a car crash and develops a head injury, an injury which should absolutely render him either concussed or severely traumatised with vertigo and unable to do much at all; yet he somehow manages to run through a massive storm and try to find a cellar at night with no idea of its location save for a vague idea. Yet somehow, he managed to find the EXACT LOCATION he needed to find.

In that very same finale, once they rescue their parents, the cellar they're in starts to collapse, and Stiles, using an ALUMINIUM BAT manages to hold the whole structure up from collapsing. Which like, listen I get that aluminium bats are strong, but you cannot tell me they can do THAT.

Then, in season 3B, Stiles is possessed by the Nogitsune, a dark kitsune. Now, his possession alone raised questions, because the Nogitsune possessed Stiles, the weak human of the pack, when he could've possessed hunters! He specifically targeted Stiles.

Obviously, the Nogitsune did seem to have powers, but he still was inside a human body, in this body he managed to somehow survive being electrocuted when Stiles was tased by Chris, managed to break metal cuffs without getting hurt, and he was also supposedly dying of frontlobal dementia, and is later completely fine, we are lead to believe that it's a trick by the Nogitsune but like, what if it wasn't? throughout this whole ordeal he also seems to lose the ability to read, yet later regains it (I seriously doubt that wasn't Stiles' willing himself to regain his skill).

In this part I will copy what anchoredtether said.

Stiles can suddenly hold down werewolves. Angry IED werewolves and spazzing werewolves dying from rare mistletoe, might I mention. Sure, Scott’s an alpha werewolf, but Liam is really strong, Derek has even mentioned that. Stiles shouldn’t have been able to hold him down. And again with Brett, Derek had very little werewolf strength at this point and Stiles was able to hold Brett down. He's also able to suddenly have control over shifted Malia who desperately wants to crush his bones? Malia clearly had no control over her shift, and he was able to influence her to shift out of it. (that’s something I’ve only seen Alphas do when they roar). There was a meta about this, but the way Stiles held the lacrosse stick from Coach while realising it was the weapon in the stab pictures, there should have been no way for him to keep holding it with only human strength. The only way Coach gets it back from Stiles’ grip is when Stiles is paying more attention to the pictures than the stick.

In "The Chemist", Stiles is being held at gunpoint by The Chemist, however, he is saved by rafael McCall, who shoots him in the head. anchoredtether talked about this scene in the same post I linked, and linked another post, made by @darachmoon explaining the argument, which I will link right here. Quoting anchoredtether:

Exit wounds are typically larger than entry wounds, and the wound on the Chemist’s forehead was bullet size, very precise. Another thing, is what McCall says later on in his testament:

“Having heard the perpetrator’s threat and countdown, I made visual confirmation of the barrel of the weapon pressed to the potential victim’s head. Determining the danger to be imminent, I felt no choice but to respond with the use of deadly force.”

There’s a few things up with this statement. A) McCall never saw the barrel of the gun. He couldn’t have if he was behind the Chemist and made that shot to kill him. It’s physically impossible, unless he somehow sidestepped to see the gun and then stepped back behind the Chemist to shoot him, which if that’s the case, Stiles would have seen him. B) He never says that he shot the Chemist. In a statement like that, you would say flat out that you shot the Chemist.

Which leads me to believe, with the additional conviction that the hole in the Chemist’s head is an entry wound and not an exit wound (and that there’s 10 bullets from McCall’s gun), is that McCall is leading them to believe he shot the Chemist to cover up the fact that it was actually Stiles

There's also a lot more I couldn't touch/Talk about, but anchoredtether's post is just soo good and amazing that it easily explains a lot, if not all, of the reasons behind this theory of Stiles being a magic user (Whether that's a witch, a spark or psychic)

Thank you for reading! And I hope you liked it!

[the-gateway-to-madness]

It sorta bothers me that post-series people are still complaining about 3Below being disconnected from the rest of Tales of Arcadia. For me, it was a refreshing break from the densely-packed fantasy lore and an intriguing peek at the way the universe beyond Arcadia and Earth functions. I liked the character arcs and interpersonal connections. And there was ample room for me to come up with a bunch of my own headcanons, which I love! I absolutely love being able to slot pieces of my own mind and soul into an existing world! I don't like shows where I'm told how every little detail works, that's way too much to remember. Instead I want enough to create an idea of the rules and how things might have gone/might continue to go and fill in whatever else I want.

Also, I think 3Below was SUPPOSED to be a lot more connected before Wizards got cut down. Tons of ideas didn't make it into the limited series run- I remember hearing stuff about Mordred being involved, a lost Krel arc, and I'm sure a lot of lore that would have bound the worlds together more closely. When they mentioned Gaylen's core came from Earth, there was clearly supposed to be more to that, but it got cut out. I'm like 93% sure Gaylen was a being who was part of or similar to the Arcane Order, but was drawn to the cosmos rather than to a part of the Earth. That would indicate that Akiridion tech and magic are compatible because Akiridions' energy-based life was initially magical, but those roots were largely forgotten because of how old a civilization Akiridion is. They've been spacefaring since humans were cavepeople. If the Order existed from the primeval dawn of the world, and Gaylen left not long after that, Akiridion could be millenia ahead of Earth. Or, heck, maybe Earth was the first or only livable world, and Gaylen created the Order to look after it before going off to try to find or create life elsewhere. I always headcanoned that Seklos was more powerful than most Akiridions or even the Royals that came after her, given the fact her core alone was enough to stop Gaylen while in the modern era it requires two royal cores. Maybe she was created by Gaylen to be Akiridion's version of an Arcane Order type being, and she created normal Akiridions, which she then had kids with, diluting her power in the Royals that followed. There's so much ancient history to unpack from just the tidbits we were given.

As for the modern era, there seems to very distinctly be a major intergalactic connection. The drunk ship operator in episode 3 of 3b s1 that the Zerons interrogate talks about ship classifications, which indicates a universal or at least an interplanetary system of ship ratings. We also see interplanetary tourism, and signs that Akiridion is one of the most advanced and influential planets out there.

3Below doesn't need to continue the plot of Trollhunters to be a valid part of Tales of Arcadia. It brought an energy to ToA that was somewhere between Star Trek TNG and Babylon 5, and I love how it expands the weirdness of Arcadia. If it was supposed to be a continuation of Trollhunters, they would have made more Trollhunters. But it's not Trollhunters, it's 3Below. And Wizards isn't Trollhunters either! I honestly think that Camelot, Douxie, and the world of wizards could have been written such that the Trollhunters cast was much less focal, and that if they'd given the show the time it needed and deserved to tell its story, it would have been fleshed-out and fascinating all on its own, with or without the TH gang. Where are the magic users beyond the reach of Camelot? Are there merfolk, sirens, harpies, dryads, more dragons, or other sapient races living on Earth with their own civilizations and magic and cultures? There are so many worlds and so many potential stories out there, on Earth and beyond, in the Tales of Arcadia universe. Arcadia just happens to be the narrative meshing point of them all. And I think that's a really cool way to build a universe.

Anyway, thanks for coming to my TED talk, here's more Akiridion development as a treat for making it this far.

[quixoticall]

This Could Get Ugly 5. Recording Studio 3B

Summary: It's 1983 and The Downsides need another lead singer and you just happen to need a band--it's a perfect match. The only issue? You have to pretend to be in a relationship with your bandmate, Steve Harrington, but you can't help but be drawn to the band's broody guitar player.

pairing: s.h. x fem!reader, e.m. x fem!reader, j.b. x n.w., r.b x n.w.

warnings: Brief mention of pregnancy, Steve in his King!Steve era briefly, again with the misogyny

A/N: Happy Stranger Things Day! I want to say thank you to everyone who's reading this old and new readers alike! Every notification makes me so excited and I'm just happy to be here, ya know?Listen, I know we're really Steve-centric right now but you got to trust me on this, we are laying a FOUNDATION here right? Remember we're covering six years' worth of drama and we are just getting started, trust me!

wc: 4.8k

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STEVE: Yeah, I know I had fucked up. Like, as soon as the words were out of my mouth, I regretted them. I don’t know why I did it, I think I felt threatened or something. Listen, I think about what happened all the time and there isn’t one singular moment that we can pinpoint where everything went south, really, we all made mistakes, a lot of them. But sometimes, I can’t help thinking to myself that if I had just handled that day at the restaurant better, our whole lives would’ve been different. Or… who knows? Maybe not, maybe we were always meant to end as bad as we did.

***

June 7th, 1983–Los Angeles, California

A few days after your lunch with the Downsides, you see your own face peaking at you from the cover of a Subrosa magazine on a grocery store newsstand. 

You glance around before surreptitiously crouching down for a closer look.

It was a grainy picture of you and Steve, sitting across from one another at lunch, clearly in conversation. The picture had been taken from outside the restaurant and framed in such a way that it looked like it was only the two of you dining together. You can tell by the looks on your faces that it was before everything had blown up—the two of you looked like you were enjoying yourselves.

Sultry Songstress Sees Upside with the Downsides’ Flirty Frontman reads across the top of the page, and you gag. They sure do love their alliteration over at the Sub.

You briefly wonder to yourself what Steve and the others will think of this once they see it. Shrugging that thought off, you toss the magazine into your cart.

***

You actually find out pretty quickly what Steve and the others think about the cover later that evening when you receive a call from an unknown number.

“Hi, it’s Robin,” you hear from the other line as soon as you pick up.

“Hi Ro—”

“Robin Buckley, from the Downsides? I don’t know if you remember me, but we met at lunch the other day when my friend made a huge ass of himself and— ow, Steve that hurt, God.”

Sounds of some sort of physical struggle echo through the telephone line until you decide to interrupt.

“Hi Robin, of course I remember you and your ass of a friend, what can I do for the two of you? Also, how did you get my number?”

You’re more curious than bothered when you ask the latter question.

“Four.”

“Pardon?”

“Four. There are four of us. See, you asked what you could do for the two of us but it’s not just me and Steve. Nancy and Argyle are here too—” At this point, you hear a faint ‘hello’ and ‘what’s up’ from the background—"For the sake of full disclosure I felt that I should mention that. Jonathan is visiting his family in Lenora Hills, otherwise, I’m sure he’d be here too. Oh, and to answer your question I got your number from Murray.”

“Uh-huh.” 

You glance at your wristwatch; there’s a party in the Hills that you were planning on going to and you were going to have to leave soon if you didn’t want to be stuck in traffic all night.

As if she had read your mind, you hear some shuffling on the line before Nancy decidedly takes over the conversation with a much more serious tone.

“Hi, sorry to bother you this late but we wanted to ask if perhaps you had seen the latest issue of Subrosa? It seems like you and Steve are on the cover.”

Exhaling a laugh, you answer, “Yes, actually, saw it at the grocery store today, sorry you guys didn’t make the front page, I’m sure you’ll get them next time.”

“What? No, I mean, have you read the article? They’re printing lies about you both,” Nancy stutters out, indignantly.

“They’re saying that you and Steve had a private lunch and that he’s been seen sneaking out of the Hotel Mormont for weeks and that you might be pregnant? They’re even alluding to a fight breaking out between him and Jason Carver of all people.”

 This causes you to fully chortle.

“I wish, that guy deserves a few punches to the face. I wouldn’t worry too much about it, though, everything they say about me is a lie.”

“What do you mean? Aren’t they supposed to have some journalistic integrity? Don’t they get in trouble for printing lies like this? Have you tried to contact their editors about this?”

The confusion you feel about this conversation is outweighed by how weirdly touched you feel that these girls who had only met you once seem so offended on your behalf.

“No, I mean, it’s a gossip rag, not like The New York Times or anything,” you placate, “and after all the terrible things they’ve said about in the past, I’m kinda just glad they got a half-decent picture of me.  I appreciate you all calling about it though.”

And then, after a beat, you address the band’s lead singer, who has been oddly quiet throughout the whole exchange.

“I hope being pictured with me didn’t sully your reputation, Flirty Frontman.”

Really, you didn’t care if Steve was bothered by the whole thing, you just hoped that he wasn’t making his bandmates call you on his behalf. You didn’t know what to make of the guy quite yet. On one hand, he was completely sweet to you most of the lunch, he spent the meal asking you questions about yourself and refilling your drink without you having to ask. But the tantrum he had thrown reminded you a little too much of the dangerously self-absorbed musicians that had grown sick of these last few years.

“Me? No, I’m fine. Did you see how great my hair looked?”

You laugh silently at his answer. His hair did look great in the photo, but you were not about to give him the satisfaction of letting him hear that from you.

He continues, “Plus, they never really said anything terrible about me. They’re like, totally after you which is why Nance and Rob have been so worried, I guess. Are you good?”

His question comes out more hushed than everything else he’s said, and you are once again reminded of the earnest smiles you exchanged across the table a few days ago.

“I’m fine, Harrington, this is a regular Tuesday for me.”

With that, you bid goodbye to the band, citing your lateness, but not before expressing a very sincere thanks for their naïve concern.

The unexpected phone call makes you hit traffic, as you had predicted. You spend nearly an hour and a half in the back of a cab, the whole time, you can’t stop replaying the conversation you just had in your head.

Maybe there was more to the Downsides than met the eye?

***

This theory is proven, in part, after Hopper sends you a demo recording of some of their songs the following week.  

The Downsides, you quickly find out, are good, like very good. Their music is like nothing you’d ever heard before: experimental and fun but polished and very technically sound. Steve’s vocals are annoyingly impressive—his growly timbre grounding the lighter sound and keeping it from sounding too saccharine. You can see them dominating the charts and blowing The Letterman’s and every other one-trick band out of the water.

The track they wanted you to jump on was part of the demos Hopper had sent out. It was called “Feel It”, a romantic song, tinged with melancholy but paired with an upbeat synth sound.

You had been sent a copy of the lyrics that included a cue for you to come in.

You practiced your part for days, agonizing over how you wanted to deliver the lyrics, and eventually, you came up with exactly what you wanted to do after making some minor adjustments.

You were actually excited to record the song until you remembered that you would have to come face-to-face with the band’s two asshole guitarists again.

On the day of the recording, you tried your best to be early, but you had been up tossing all night which caused you to oversleep then you lost your keys, and you were moving at the time, so your things were all over the place. You also had to turn around and come back when you realized you had forgotten the gift basket of cookies you were planning on bringing for the band—something left over from a package Charles Riva's team sent you as an apology for him blowing you off. All in all, you were about thirty minutes late.

You pulled into the Starcourt parking lot a harried mess and as you rounded the corner into the studio, you could hear the booming voice of Eddie Munson.

“She’s probably stuck circling the parking lot trying to find some working-class sucker to park her car. Harrington, why don’t you go check out there? Maybe you’ll get papped again and get another 5 minutes of fame.”

You hear Steve respond and while you can’t make out the words, you can tell he’s annoyed, embarrassed, or possibly both.

You can see the faces of every other band member fall like dominos as they each caught sight of you rounding the corner to stand directly behind Eddie.

Eddie though doesn’t seem to pick up on what’s clearly written on all their faces and persists through his tirade, “She’s only coming for the photo opp anyway—she doesn’t care about any of this.”

It’s Argyle who finds his voice first, “Eddie, man, isn’t that her?”

Eddie whips around and with comically wide eyes, looks down at you, grimacing.

You consider telling the guy off but decide against it.

If there is one thing you have learned these years it’s that while the male artists can throw fits, yell, scream, and even damage equipment without anyone as much as blinking an eye, one emotional misstep from you and you would be branded a diva. They would say you were difficult, rude, and find any excuse to toss you aside like they had so many women before you and you refused to let them have that satisfaction.

So, instead, you smile at the band, eyes lingering on Eddie for just a moment longer than on anybody else, to let him know that you had heard him, and then say brightly, “Sorry I’m late everybody. I brought some cookies.”

***

EDDIE: Yeah, it was a dick thing to say, and I regretted it immediately and not just because she brought us cookies.

I wasn’t—that wasn’t me.

I was just so angry about everything that I had lost, and I didn’t know where to put it all and then she shows up: this rich, spoiled girl who just seemed to float through life without a single fucking care or struggle, and suddenly I had an easy target.

I felt bad about it until she changed my fucking lyrics.

***

Unlike their guitarists, most of the band seemed pleased to see you and you spent a few minutes greeting everyone and handing around cookies while Eddie and Steve kept their respective distances—Eddie, sulking in a corner and Steve doing a poor job at pretending to tune his guitar.

“Okay kids let’s give the voices some space to do their thing,” Hopper says waving them through the door sounding more like a disgruntled parent than a manager.

In the end, it’s just you, Steve, Murray, and the sound booth tech. The latter two are busy prepping the sound and mic, leaving you and Steve standing in the back.

“Hey, I wanted to apologize about what I said the other day at lunch,” he leans in close to your ear, his eyes transfixed on his shoes.

“I didn’t mean it—not really. I guess I was just lashing out because, well, they keep changing things about the band without even talking to us. First, they made us go pop, then they made me give up lead guitar to Eddie because his previous band didn’t want him anymore, and then it seemed like they wanted to replace me with you and like, it’s not that I wouldn’t want you it’s just that—well they never even asked what we wanted, you know? I was frustrated about that, and I took it out on you and I’m sorry about that.”

You watch him as he digs the toe of his sneaker into the carpet, eyes downcast, clearly waiting for you to respond. You’re too busy contemplating his words, however, because an apology was the last thing you were expecting from him, much less such a sincere one.

Out of all the difficult men you had dealt with in your life—producers, musicians, lawyers, managers, former flings, hell, even your own father—you had never received an apology from any of them regardless of how poorly they’d treated you.

Steve’s eyes finally trail up to meet yours, searching your face for signs that he didn’t say the wrong thing yet again.

Seeing no trace of dishonesty on Steve’s face, you decide to trust the apology for what it is and nod in acceptance.

“I get it,” you say, and truly, you did, “I’ve had most of my career decisions made for me, and a lot of times, they weren’t really what I wanted. It makes the whole thing feel kind of…empty, doesn’t it?”

His face floods with relief as he nods along in understanding.

“Yeah, like does success matter if we can’t do things our way? Me and Rob, we’ve been best friends since we were little and this has always been our dream and now that it may be coming true, it doesn’t feel like we imagined. I guess that’s kinda stupid though, expecting things to be like you imagined them as a kid,” he laughs at himself nervously.

“No, it’s not,” you counter, “that’s not stupid at all.”

You understand Steve’s disillusionment completely because it mirrors your own.

“Listen, I get how you feel, trust me, but you got to keep going. You guys are good, and I think you could all be big one day and then it’ll be you who’s calling the shots and then you can kick me and Eddie to the curb,” you clearly say the last part in jest but that doesn’t stop the shame that rolls across Steve’s face.

“Hey, don’t say that. You’re really talented and we’re lucky that you’re doing us this favor. We’d be even luckier if we could get you to stick around. Munson I could give or take, though.”

His joke makes you laugh so loud that Murray turns around and glares.

***

Steve was sent into the booth first to record his final vocals for the song, leaving you to observe.

As they set Steve up, your eyes kept bouncing over to the newly appeared Eddie, trying to figure out what exactly he was doing there.

“I wrote the song,” Eddie explains, after catching your eye.

“Oh,” you say, not bothering enough to hide your surprise, “well, congratulations, it’s a good song.”

You catch him eyeing the plate of cookies at your side. You open your mouth to offer him a cookie, but the echo of his words rings fresh in your mind, so instead, you reach for one and make a big show of savoring it.

Steve records his part of the vocals in five takes. He appears a bit nervous at first but eases into his groove rather quickly.

As the audio engineer is setting up the booth for you, you feel your own nerves rise. You wanted this to go well. You wanted to impress Steve and Hopper and even Eddie.

They signal you into the booth and the first two times, you record the song exactly how it’s written. Then, on the third one, you switch up the final chorus.

The original lyrics were: Fear in your heart, can’t conceal it/ But baby, my loves your cure, can’t you feel it? / Lay your hope bare next to mine/ and even if the world caves in, we’ll be fine

You changed the lyrics to: Fear in your heart, can’t conceal it/ But baby, my loves your cure, can’t you feel it? / Lay your flaws bare next to mine/ because when the world caves in, I’ll leave you cryin’

The change was slight, you thought, but meaningful.

The original version—Eddie’s version—was too hopeful. It was a boring portrayal of lovers staying with each other through thick and thin.

Your change added some conflict and dimension to the narrative. You made it better.

“What the hell was that?” Eddie pushed past Murray to yell into the mic that fed into the booth.

You roll your eyes at him dramatically interrupting your take, “I was just trying something out.”

Hopper pulled Eddie back by the shoulder while Murray wrestled the mic from him.

“Woah, sweetheart, pump the breaks. That was good. Better than the original. Can we run that one more time but with your lyrics instead? Harrington, we’ll re-record some of your parts too.”

Hopper has to all but carry Eddie out the door after he hears that.

***

EDDIE: The thing that pissed me off the most was that her version of the song was better. I just didn’t want to admit it because I wrote that song about Chrissy, about how even though I was so scared I was going to fuck up our relationship, she understood that and was willing to work through that with me. Her version was much closer to what actually happened and that hit a little too close to home.

***

“Woah, what did you two do to Eddie?” Robin demands as soon as you and Steve are dismissed into the hallway. “Hopper pretty much had to drag him out in tears!”

You worry at your bottom lip, caught in the wondering eyes of the group. At the time, you felt like you were doing the right thing, but now you wonder if you had forgone the common courtesy of at least letting him know you had changed the song. You didn’t want to come across as unprofessional as he accused you of being.

“I should probably go talk to him,” you say in response.

“Geez, Robin. Was the third degree really necessary there? This is just like last week’s DMV visit all over again,” Steve chastises as they all watch you walk away.

***

You find Eddie in the smoking area, cigarette in hand. “Hey, listen can we talk—"

Eddie turns dangerously to face you, cutting you off.

“You know what your fucking problem is? No one’s ever said no to you so you think you can do whatever the hell you want and that everyone else just rolls over and gives it to you because you’re so pretty and charming and rich.

“Well, you may have the rest of those assholes fooled but I see right through you, okay?”

Your eyes narrowed in response before you snap back.

"First of all, you don't know anything about me, so stop pretending that you do. I have worked hard to be here, just like the rest of you, and as far as this song goes, my name is going to be attached to it too, so I have just as much of a right to give input as you or Steve. It was wrong that I didn't say anything to you beforehand, sure, and I apologize for that, but let's not pretend that you've been the epitome of professionalism here either because you've been an ass to me since we've met, and I don't know why but I won't stand for it again. Fuck you, Eddie Munson,” you spit out before turning on your heel and stomping away.

***

EDDIE: That was hot, not gonna lie.

***

“Are you really going to let some mangy metalhead from Bumfuck, Nowhere keep you from finally doing what you want?” Murray asks exasperatedly when you call him to complain about the exchange later that night.

“Listen, I’ve recorded a lot of songs in that studio, some of them great, most of them mediocre, but today blew all of them out of the water. The band’s never sounded better and neither have you, frankly. If you gave up the chance to finally write your own songs and sound this good while doing it, that would be flat-out idiotic. You know that, right?”

The line goes still.

“Yes,” you finally say.

“Great, now that that’s settled, why don’t you get some rest, huh? Ruining Muson’s day must have tired you right out.”

You exhale a laugh before saying goodbye.

Although you would never say it to his face, you were grateful for Murray. It was nice having someone looking out for you.

***

MURRAY:  Brenner loved the track. After that, we had a very short time to make a lot of big things happen. The Downside’s debut album was already 70% recorded, but now that we had a whole other person on vocals, we had to scrap a good portion of the work they had already done and rerecord with our new vocalist. We couldn’t even celebrate our victory because we were just getting started.

Those poor kids had no clue what was coming.

***

When your phone rings a few mornings later, you suspect it’s Murray again with an update on the song, and while you’re right about the message, you’re wrong about the messenger. 

“Hi, it’s Steve, uh, Harrington. Obviously,” you hear a familiar voice crackle over the line.

“Oh? And to what do I owe the honor Mr. Obviously?” you respond.

“Oh, very funny. Listen, I wanted to call and let you know that we just heard from Hopper that Brenner and his guys liked our song, and they want us to continue, you know… recording together and stuff. So, yeah, would that be something you’re interested in… being a part of, you know, the band?” his voice wavers a bit as he asks.

“Is that even a choice?” you fire back, “I was under the impression that once Brenner gave the go-ahead, it was pretty much a done deal.”

He clears his throat in response, “I think you deserve to have a choice. I talked to the rest of the band, and they agree and if you don’t want in, we’ll back you… even if that means breaking our Starcourt contract.”

The line goes silent as you contemplate the gravity of what Steve has just said. The Downsides would be willing to put their own career at risk just to assure you the luxury of choice.

The answer was easy after that.

“I’m in,” you say after a few moments of terse silence. “I want to be a part of the band.”

You can all but see Steve pumping his fist on the other side of the line.

“That’s great! That’s great news. I’m glad my asshole tendencies didn’t put you off,” he laughs, relieved.

“I mean, it was a tough sell,” you tease back, “but I think we can be good together. The band, I mean.”

You wonder if you’ve said the wrong thing when his joyous peals of laughter stop suddenly at your words.

“Actually, um, about that,” he begins, once again nervously, “I’m really grateful that you’re giving us—the band—a chance and that you were nice enough to record the single with us in the first place. And, I mean, I know I’m already pushing my luck with the universe and you but maybe—uh, maybe today it’s my turn to be the luckiest guy in the world? Who knows?”

You have absolutely no clue what he’s getting at, and you let him know as much.

“Right, hm, I was wondering if I could take you out, on a date, to celebrate us becoming a band but also like, you know, a date. I know I made a total ass of myself, but I really like you, and I think you're gorgeous and talented and smart. I know I may not deserve another shot, but I would love it if you gave me one.”

You’re at a loss for words. First, you’re not even sure if you want to trust Steve fully, not quite yet. Sure, he apologized, but a part of you wonders if he only did it to get on your good side once he had seen how your pre-established infamy could serve him after that Subrosa article ran. Murray mentioned how radio runtime for the few EP songs The Downsides had in the rotation tripled since the publication. It definitely wouldn’t have been the first time you were being used like this.

Even if you could find it in yourself to look past that (and who knows, maybe you could?) there was still the matter of what Murray and Hopper had so delicately mentioned that day at lunch.

“I’m sorry, Steve, I don’t think that would be very professional. Especially on account of our…  front-facing, romantic narrative.”

“Our what?”

***

MURRAY: I thought that Hopper had gotten his team on the same page about the more personal aspects of the band’s arrangement, but apparently, I was wrong. None of them had any clue what was going on and the thing about running a ruse is that people that are in on it kind of have to know that they’re in on it.

A few days before we began re-recording, the girl called me all in a tizzy because she accidentally spilled the beans, not knowing that Harrington had no clue at all about the plan.

I then call Hopper; it turns into this whole thing. We had to arrange an emergency meeting with the two of them and the entire legal team.

A bit slow on the uptake, that Harrington kid, but he got there. Eventually.

He was harder to convince than the girl, though. At least she didn’t have a problem with lying to the public. But Harrington was all about that Midwestern “integrity” and “letting the music speak for itself”. Hop eventually had to spell it out real simple for him: either they do this, or the entire band was cooked.

STEVE: I guess after like 15 years the ruse is finally up, huh? Yeah, the relationship was fake. Or, at least, it started out that way. Listen, it was complicated and we’re getting ahead of ourselves.

But, if you’re asking about what I was thinking when they finally told me their plan, well, I wasn’t happy or on board at all. It felt like we had already given up so much of ourselves for this—like, where do you draw the line, you know?

But then Hopper reminded me that it wasn’t all about me: Nancy had dropped out of college to be in the band, Jonathan…he had his sick little brother to take care of, and even Munson was going to be in trouble if he didn’t fulfill his contract with Starcourt.

It was selfish to say no, in my opinion. And really, what was I losing? I got to make music for a living and parade around, pretending to date a total hottie while doing it. I mean, the only way it could’ve gotten better was if the relationship had been real.

***

After what feels like days—but is most likely hours—with the Starcourt legal team, you and Steve are finally released with a very long grocery list of instructions that include a minimum number of required public appearances; a very specific list of acceptable PDA; and interestingly, enough, a sample NDA in case either of you wanted to “be involved” with anyone on the side.

“Nothing says romance like NDA, right?” you weakly joke in an attempt to break the ice.

“How are you so okay with this?” Steve shoots back, seemingly stunned.

“Well, it’s not like this is my first rodeo, or my fourth, or my sixth.”

And before he can question further, you tell him everything, starting with Jason fucking Carver.

***

STEVE: I couldn’t believe it. They had been forcing her to pretend to be involved with all these guys for years. It was super fucked up, but she stuck with it. That’s how much she wanted it. How could I possibly let her down after that? Especially with my own selfish, dumb feelings? She was right, we needed to keep it professional, no matter how hard that was going to be for me.

NEXT CHAPTER 🎤

Taglist: @rexorangecouny , @persophonekarter

[buckybarnesss]

Can we start a discussion? When it comes to Teen Wolf & Shipping. Do you know of any other age difference ships that don't get as much pushback that Sterek does? Such as Marrish, Because despite the antis complaining against it it's still in the top 3 ships of all time.

haha so we've chosen violence this morning.

@dear-massacre and i have brought this up before.

teen wolf is not the show to be watching if you're looking for "unproblematic" content. age gap ships have always been like at the bottom of issues with the show lol.

sterek is the ship that has always gotten the most push back. mostly because of it's exposure and the way the show queerbaited the fuck outta it. it's the one most people are aware of even if they haven't watched the show. therefore, it's the one that gets the focus.

hold on to your butts.

now i didn't watch s5 till the show had ended but people did find the age gap concerning and gross between jordan and lydia despite lydia being 18 at the time.

lydia turned 18 in season 4. natalie and her discuss this at the lake house i believe in time of death. this makes the birthday we see for lydia in party guessed her 17th birthday.

parrish tells jared in riddled that he's 24. by the time of 5a which takes place during the first semester of lydia's senior year 2012 she would've still been 18 and he would've been 25 because 3b was the first semester of their junior year 2011 so 5a is a year later.

jordan and lydia have a 7 year difference. while their age gap is concerning because of the power dynamics jordan wasn't grooming her and it wasn't illegal. i think the writing shifted to try to imply that they were drawn to each other because of the banshee and hellhound connection.

jordan giving those andy dwyer vibes.

now let's take a look at thiam. a pretty popular and accepted ship.

theo is the same age as our core characters. he is in their grade and knew them when he was young.

our baby beta liam was a freshman when he was introduced so that makes him a sophomore when theo is introduced in 5a.

by the time theo and liam become frenemies the age difference between them is basically the original age difference from the pilot presentation script as derek and stiles.

aiden and ethan were both romantically and sexually involved with lydia and danny in season 3 despite making it clear they were only pretending to be high schoolers. they may have been in their early 20s but they were adults fucking minors by deception.

danny's whole dating history is suspect too due to it being implied he had an older boyfriend and he was seen going to a gay club. like what. he's supposed to be the same age as our core gang. he did have a mild thing for matt though who was at least a peer.

there's also harris being shown to be at the rave with a much younger woman (21 he says). like bruh. this is never addressed.

mason and corey. liam and hayden. stiles and malia. lydia and jackson. allison and isaac. scott and allison. lydia and stiles. scott and kira. paige and derek.

those are all age appropriate actual canon relationships. i would also add derek and braeden too.

no one gives one episode wonder heather shit about kissing stiles nonconsensually either.

derek's age is never canonically given but like c'mon. in s1 he doesn't act that much older than scott and stiles. he acts like their peer.

jeff and the writers did age him up a bit because they realized they made derek 13 when he was involved with kate. they were uncomfortable with him that young and instead pushed it up to near 16. (still fucked).

i've seen it discussed on the subreddit (🤮) and people seem to deluded themselves into thinking derek was older when he and kate were involved. ding dong they are wrong.

visionary tells us plainly that derek and paige were sophomores (hello scott parallels) and kate got her nasty hands on him not long after paige died.

i think after sterek the most discussed age gap issue discussed is derek's seduction/enticement of erica. it was definitely out of pocket and questionable behavior on his part but it is rarely brought up by the antis that erica jumped him and kissed him nonconsensually later. or the manipulation and rape by deception jennifer commits.

notice a theme? people age up derek to try to say what kate did wasn't grooming and statutory rape and deny that what jennifer did was also rape. they'll deny derek any and all victimhood while turning it around on him calling him an abuser towards stiles and basically calling him a pedophile because of the sterek ship. antis really want to make a canonical victim of multiple instances of sexual abuse into the abuser.

or worse they'll call real life people these things over a fictional ship.

where have i heard this kind of narrative before i wonder? 🙄

besides, derek only does the steering wheel thing in retaliation for stiles using his body as enticement for danny without his permission. stiles is the one who did the bad thing and crossed a boundary. it's not nice or really acceptable for derek to harm stiles like that but there's context to the action. it wasn't random. it was pointed. he never does anything like this again and in fact spends a vast majority of his time trying to protect stiles.

nothing sexual or even overtly romantic occurred between derek and stiles in canon. their only crime was having too much chemistry.

the antis are mad because people ship sterek and it's not even canon. it's all fanon. sure i'm of the belief a deep connection and attraction is there between them but it's all subtextual and never acted on by either party.

let me reiterate this: antis are mad over a hypothetical ship of two fictional characters that never happened in the source material.

besides, by the time the show ends and i mean the last, last scene there's been a 2 year time jump. when the show ends it's 2015. stiles would've been 20 fucking years old and by the time of the movie he's in his 30s.

i think by then he'd be allowed to ride derek's dick off into the sunset if he wanted.

[fairytale-poll]

ROUND 3B, MATCH 1 OUT OF 4!

Propaganda Under the Cut:

Ella of Frell:

She's had a "gift" of obedience placed on her, and her quest is to figure out how to get rid of it. I love her

he's under a curse that makes her obey any order given to her. She met her Prince Charming (Char) when they kids, and they became friends. Her stepsisters found out about her curse while they were at boarding school, and because of that (and some things they made her do) she ran away to try and find the fairy that cursed her. When she does, the fairy says that she doesn't do magic anymore, because she realized her gifts were actually curses, and refuses to remove it. Ella goes back, and is eventually demoted from "lord's daughter" to "maid". She still writes letters to Char (currently in a foreign kingdom, but before that, when he came to try and talk to her, her sister forbid her from leaving her room so she would have all his attention), but eventually stops and even writes a fake letter from her sister to convince him that she never cared/doesn't care about him, because she realized it would be too dangerous for them to be together; with her curse, she could easily be made to hurt or kill him. Flash forward, and Char returns home. The king throws balls, and she goes, because even if she can't be with or let him know who she is, she just wants to see him again. Char is drawn to her, and for a lot of the three balls, they're together. At the end, her stepsister gets jealous, and right as Char proposes (because Ella, despite having to lie about her identity, is the most honest person at the ball and a friend already), she grabs her mask, revealing her identity. Char reaches her home before she can leave, and there's a whole scene where he finds out she's a scullery maid, that the letter was a lie, and says that she doesn't have to be Ella if she doesn't want to be, and she says she's not, and he asks if she loves him, and she does-- and then it's all ruined because he accidentally orders her to marry him, and then her stepmother tells her to, and all the while she's fighting the curse, because she doesn't want to endanger him and their nation, and doesn't want her step family to be rich and powerful, and finally-- she says no. She gets so excited to say no, to refuse, that she didn't even fully realize she broke the curse until Mandy (her fairy godmother) tells her. Anyway, they all lived happily ever after. Ella is one of my favorite Cinderellas ever and I really hope I did a good job of explaining her and what her story is about (it's been a while since I've read the book)

I was so enraptured with this book as a kid, it had such an impact on my young mind. Got me into fantasy.

BEST CINDERELLA!!! please use the picture from the book cover and not the movie 🙏

She breaks her curse spell in such a magnificent way. Like yes she embodies the whole “kindness” and “courageous” characteristics that Cinderellas are known for, but for her she’s been forced to be obedient as well. And while she thinks can rise above anything she soon learns she will just hurt so many more people that way. She chose to be self-sacrificing because it was the one way she could express her love that wouldn’t harm anyone (then). But! But! She also ends up getting to be selfish! And that is also a great kindness! To herself and to those whom love her and she loves in return.  All that after she breaks the curse.

She can mimic languages. :) She refused to marry the love of her life and thus broke her curse. :) She fell in love via letters. :) She lied to the royal family that orange carriages are very popular in a nearby city.

brave, smart, a linguist, a nerd, she evolves steadily and beautifully throughout the book, with a sharp voice that never stops being distinctive and fun to hang with.

complex character coool as fuck premise and also. the nostalgia of it all

Cinderella / Prinzessin:

Referred to as Cinderella in the anime, prinzessin's been an iconic part of the game since she came out, often appearing in beginner's first viable decks on duel links. her anime portrayal is purposely OP, and ends up being one of the most memorable parts of that entire arc. her glass slippers are also iconic due to their powerful effect as a spell card, and the ability to keep them in play means a lot of players may include prinzessin in their deck even if they originally weren't going to. Ya just can't put her down, babey!

Even though she only appeared briefly in the anime in a very short filler arc in the final season, she is still one of the first female cards I think of from the classic anime. Adore her! Also the KC Grand Championship was the best filler arc (probably helped that it was short and sweet.)

She's the main part of an entire Cinderella themed deck. While she's called Cinderella in the anime, the card game calls her Prinzessin to prevent any risk from Disney despite the story being public domain.

[best-fnaf-song-competition]

CONGRATULATIONS TO IT'S BEEN SO LONG!

Full list of matchups under the cut!

Additional links:

The original spreadsheet showing every nomination in the order it was given

My own alphabetized spreadsheet that you can use to find specific details on one song

Playlist of every song that was nominated

Playlist of the 64 songs that made it into the bracket

Round 1A

FNAF 1 Song (The Living Tombstone) VS. Die In A Fire (The Living Tombstone)

It's Me (TryHardNinja) VS. Nightmare By Design (TryHardNinja)

Labyrinth (CG5) VS. The Mangle (Groundbreaking)

Not Here All Night (DAGames) VS. Five More Nights (JT Music)

Night 2 (FNAF Musical) VS. Night 4 (FNAF Musical)

Our Little Horror Story (Aviators) VS. Fazbear Family (Stupendium)

Before (Shadrow) VS. Bonnie's Mixtape (Griffinilla)

Expectations (Dheusta) VS. Already Dead (Kittensneeze)

The Puppet Song (TryHardNinja) VS. Make This Puppet Proud (Adam Hoek)

Built In The 80s (Griffinilla) VS. A Pizza The Action (Stupendium)

For You (Nightcove_TheFox) VS. Dead But Not Buried (TryHardNinja)

They'll Find You (Griffinilla) VS. Back Together (Stupendium)

Another Five Nights (JT Music) VS. Look At Me Now (TryHardNinja)

Run Run (CK9C) VS. Follow Me (TryHardNinja)

Never Be Alone (Shadrow) VS. You Belong Here (JT Music)

I Can't Fix You (The Living Tombstone) VS. Join Us For A Bite (JT Music)

Round 1B

It's Been So Long (The Living Tombstone) VS. I Got No Time (The Living Tombstone)

Dance To Forget (TryHardNinja) VS. The Bonnie Song (Groundbreaking)

They'll Keep You Running (CK9C) VS. This Comes From Inside (The Living Tombstone)

I'm The Purple Guy (DAGames) VS. Salvaged (NateWantsToBattle)

Too Far (CK9C) VS. Just An Attraction (TryHardNinja)

Afton Family (KryFuZe) VS. Mechanical Instinct (Aviators)

You Can't Escape Me (CK9C) VS. Daddy's Little Monsters (TryHardNinja)

Follow You (Nightcove_TheFox) VS. A Child Like You (HalaCG)

Always Come Back (NateWantsToBattle) VS. We Don't Bite (JT Music)

Drawn To The Bitter (Dheusta) VS. Showtime (Madame Macabre)

Dream Your Dream (TryHardNinja) VS. Sweet Dreams (Aviators)

Don't Come Crying (TryHardNinja) VS. Creepin' Towards The Door (Griffinilla)

We Want Out (DAGames) Vs. Stay Calm (Griffinilla)

The Finale (NateWantsToBattle) VS. Springtrap Finale (Groundbreaking)

Circus Of The Dead (TryHardNinja) VS. Left Behind (DAGames)

Break My Mind (DAGames) VS. You Can't Hide (CK9C)

Round 2A

FNAF 1 Song (The Living Tombstone) VS. It's Me (TryHardNinja)

Labyrinth (CG5) VS. Five More Nights (JT Music)

Night 4 (FNAF Musical) VS. Our Little Horror Story (Aviators)

Bonnie's Mixtape (Griffinilla) VS. Already Dead (Kittensneeze)

The Puppet Song (TryHardNinja) VS. A Pizza The Action (Stupendium)

Dead But Not Buried (TryHardNinja) VS. Back Together (Stupendium)

Another Five Nights (JT Music) VS. Run Run (CK9C) VS. Follow Me (TryHardNinja)

Never Be Alone (Shadrow) VS. I Can't Fix You (The Living Tombstone)

Round 2B

It's Been So Long (The Living Tombstone) VS. The Bonnie Song (Groundbreaking)

This Comes From Inside (The Living Tombstone) VS. Salvaged (NateWantsToBattle)

Too Far (CK9C) VS. Afton Family (KryFuZe)

You Can't Escape Me (CK9C) VS. Follow You (Nightcove_TheFox)

We Don't Bite (JT Music) VS. Showtime (Madame Macabre)

Dream Your Dream (TryHardNinja) VS. Creepin' Towards The Door (Griffinilla)

Stay Calm (Griffinilla) VS. The Finale (NateWantsToBattle)

Left Behind (DAGames) VS. Break My Mind (DAGames)

Round 3A

FNAF 1 Song (The Living Tombstone) VS. Labyrinth (CG5)

Night 4 (FNAF Musical) VS. Already Dead (Kittensneeze)

A Pizza The Action (Stupendium) VS. Back Together (Stupendium)

Run Run (CK9C) VS. I Can't Fix You (The Living Tombstone)

Round 3B

It's Been So Long (The Living Tombstone) VS. Salvaged (NateWantsToBattle)

Afton Family (KryFuZe) VS. You Can't Escape Me (CK9C)

We Don't Bite (JT Music) VS. Creepin' Towards The Door (Griffinilla)

Stay Calm (Griffinilla) VS. Break My Mind (DAGames)

Round 4

FNAF 1 Song (The Living Tombstone) VS. Night 4 (FNAF Musical)

A Pizza The Action (Stupendium) VS. I Can't Fix You (The Living Tombstone)

It's Been So Long (The Living Tombstone) VS. Afton Family (KryFuZe)

We Don't Bite (JT Music) VS. Break My Mind (DAGames)

Semifinals

FNAF 1 Song (The Living Tombstone) VS. I Can't Fix You (The Living Tombstone)

It's Been So Long (The Living Tombstone) VS. Break My Mind (DAGames)

FINALS

FNAF 1 Song (The Living Tombstone) VS. It's Been So Long (The Living Tombstone)

[usermischief]

Do you ever think about how rough of a time Isaac is having in Riddled? He gets woken up before the sun is even out and the first thing he learns is that something is wrong with Stiles but Scott’s got no clue what. Then, Stiles calls and says he’s injured and also he thinks someone is in the room with him, and he hangs up the phone so now Isaac and Scott have to be afraid that someone is responsible for harming Stiles and that someone is currently with Stiles. They head to his room and learn that Stiles apparently thinks he’s at the center of several unsolved cases and has stabbed his bed and now they have to inform the sheriff his son has gone missing somehow. Also, their death omen friend has a bad feeling about this and these feelings only occur when someone is about to die, so it’s less than good that she felt herself drawn to their missing friend’s room. They learn he’s driven to the hospital but of course, things are never that simple in that town so Stiles isn’t there but was for some reason up on the roof. Derek tells them that Stiles was having some sort of an internal struggle with himself and really, all Isaac wanted to do was get some sleep, not deal with a packmate being at the center of some weird problem. Isaac has to go find Allison who has evidently decided to go incommunicado. They finally locate Stiles and Isaac learns that Allison’s phone was very suspiciously off like someone didn’t want her to get in touch with the others, and then Isaac heads off to the hospital and gets electrocuted badly enough he stops breathing and doesn’t heal for quite a while. He gets possessed by one of those freaking flies and only actually comes to later. Isaac was having a real bad time in the Nogitsune arc, it’s entirely possible he doesn’t know what’s going on for like half of it. He’s never told on-screen that Stiles is the one possessed, maybe he didn’t know until he actually saw Void Stiles or he heard others say it; he could’ve asked why they weren’t asking Stiles for help, got the shortest explanation in history, and said that that was less than ideal but was a good reason not to ask Stiles for help, all while internally panicking over the fact that this time, the enemy would be wearing the face of a friend and they can’t even hurt the enemy because that means hurting Stiles (sidenote, the Nogitsune really did hobble everyone in the town by possessing Stiles: the police via the sheriff, the hospital with Meredith, the werewolves via pack and wanting to protect Stiles)

Dude, Isaac wasn't having a good time since the show started. Let's be honest here. But yeah, 3b really must've stressed the poor guy out. Especially when he wakes up to learn that Stiles is evil... but also not really. And then he is suddenly evil because there's two of them.

Which reminds me... they had the chance to go for a "who is the real Stiles" plotline. I cannot believe the nogitsune didn't do that??? He tricked Melissa... I mean, seriously. Let nogi stay in s4. They have to deal with the Deadpool and the fact that there are two Stiles' running around. So Stiles is targeted too, and the viewer is never really sure was that really Stiles? Sorry.... that... was not part of your ask, but the thought hit me, and I couldn't stop it ����

[randommothxd]

Hello

If you don't mind me asking

How is my commission going?

frankly,I'm not sure I'll be able to do it /srs i apologize that it never got finished but here's why:

1:I lost the images/references you gave me

1A: without the references/imagss,I'm not able to draw it.

2:The reason it originally took a while (before i lost the images) is because alot of stuff has been happening in my life

2A: because of all that stuff, art hasn't been the focus and I actually haven't drawn in a while. I draw the sketch and than don't do anything past line art (if I get to line art)

3: If the art commission is not something from a Fandom I know or if it's to complicated, I will probably still say to you that I'll draw it because I don't wanna be rude, but, it's rare that I'll draw it

3A: if it's from a Fandom I don't know, I don't know the characters personality,likes,dislikes,or anything about them,so I can't draw it accurately. Plus, if it's not a Fandom I know,I'll likely not wanna draw it because I won't like it

3B: complicated stuff is hard to draw,so I prefer not to draw it.

Sorry it this sounds rude and you have the right to hate me for not being able to draw your commission!/srs But at the end of the day: I'm a immature 15 year old on tumblr.

Sorry for not drawing it

Please understand

Bye :D !!

[k00321198]

Assemble (continued)

For this part of assemble I focused on the queen having power over the king. Which unfortunately isn’t all the way true but she can still check a king. I focused on

Patriarchy, traditionally defined, refers to a system of social relations in which there is gender inequality between socially defined men and women.

In these systems of gender inequality, women find themselves disadvantaged in various ways within social relations and organization. In a patriarchal society, the status of women is considered secondary, in fact it is. Considering the social roles of men, the role of men is considered superior while the role of women is considered secondary. - Patriarchy - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

I have drawn and pointed before it is of moves where the queen wins in a few moves.

The next drawing is of all the pieces of chess however the queen is at the top and the king is in last place. When you look up ‘chess pieces’, the king is always at the top, so it was nice to make a new piece where she’s on top (using water Colour).

The last piece I made is not accurate chess pieces but of a more abstract piece of the king bowing down to the queen which you would never see in any form of chess (hypothetically). I made this piece in 3b pencil and then outlined in black ink pen).

[awbublie]

OKAY explaining more on the choices i made :3~~~~~~~ Aphmau:

flower crown from Garroth(gets gifted a new one before the other wilt)

has heavier Indigenous Mexican features i.e. broader face, prominent cheekbones, almond eyes, wider nose, full lip

𝓶𝓲𝓬𝓻𝓸𝓫𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓼

on the sturdy and short side

her outfits at first are very simple common wears, but after cadenza moves into phoenix drop her closet consists mostly of empire waists and poofy dresses. SHAWLS

Kawaii~Chan

her fur is everywhere except her face and hands, kinda like izutsumi from dungeon meshi

devon aoki inspired, so wide face, caramel tone, small full lips, smaller nose, and a bit flat faced.

permed hair, i love the idea of her diy-ing her hair

wide eyes and her eyebrows are hidden by her bangs

shorter than aph, and more chubby as well

wears common wear with frilly aprons. she has a collection

Katelyn

long hair, has silver hairs growing in already, eye bags galore

long triangle shaped faced, larger hero nose, pinkish tone, falconed eyed and tight small lips

muscular on her arms and top heavy, shes working on her quads atm. TALL

i wanted to say rhea rippley but one i found that suited her build better was early monica granda

her prized armor

Cadenza

i wanted to give her red feathers to match her chicken transformation but i settled on cream colored...maybe she has red feathers else where like her arms?

meteli always felt more Italian inspired, so she has an Italian tan, medium-long lips(she likes reddish tints on her lips), sun bleached hair(its supposed to be more orange), and a long face with smooth cheeks and a pointier chin

she has a more pointer nose

average height with a lean rectangle body

i think she looks a lot like Laurance so its hard to tell that they're not bio siblings.

later on after the time skip she starts covering her feathers as the people of meteli grow less sure of her as a lord if she has any "flaws"

SHE HAS A NEW FIT EVERY DAY!! so if i can draw her in anything!

HEADPIECES SNOODS VEILS

Nicole

very pale after living underground for a while....looks a little malnourished at first

wanted her to have more of a molly ringwalled face, erm but i didn't get that across very well; so lets just say her face is well-defined,oval eyes, and has a dainty nose.

thicker brows, pointier lips, longer lashes, and rounded brows

wears poofy shorts because she can!! whos gonna care if shes showing her legs!!

muscular but over all still lean and taller than most.

Lucinda

I LOVE HOW SHE CAME OUT OMG BECAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN HAPPY WITH HOW I'VE DRAWN LUCINDA OVER THE YEARS AND IT FINALLY CLICKED

3b-3a hair i know i still can improve on her hair design, I'm not very knowledgable on it but i want it to look like she takes well care of it and its healthy and shiny

i want to draw her in more hairstyles

fuller figure and tall- i want her to be luxurious in dress so she does wear heels!

has more of the sleepy eyed look because that's the only eyes I've ever imagined for her

small wide nose, chubbier cheeks, pointy top lip

she wears what she can make living off of the village, but once shes in phoenix drop her closet is still sleek and dark!

IK I MISSED SO MANY theres still donna, zoey, michi, emmalyn, hyria, ivy, zianna SO I MIGHT DO THOSE SOON >.<

i love dressing and drawing women

i really wanted to focus on making sure i got their facial structures and tones right. i might add another post later explaining their features!! I LOVE DRAWING WOMEN I LOVE IT SO MUCH

i spent so long drawing men HIDING MY TRUE PASSION !!!

[casspurrjoybell-32]

Burn For Me - Chapter 3b

*Warning Adult Content*

Conner Carmichael

“Well then... let's cool it down.”

I watched her lift her hand up to the surface, when steam suddenly began to appear around her hand, before she pressed her hand against the hot metal.

She winced a bit, before I watched as the whole side of the cell frost over, in a light coating of ice and it continued to spread further, wrapping around the corners, out of sight and up top.

“Try it now,” she said her eyes closed in focus. 

I never knew she was an Elemental. 

I crouched down bracing myself, using my leg muscles I sprung myself in the air high enough to catch the end of the edge and pull myself up.

It was still hot up here but bearable enough to touch, thanks to Constance.

Once I was kneeling on one knee, I scanned the top and noticed the latch to a little trap door.

'Well... what do you know?'

“Hold on. Okay? We'll get you out,” I said, loud for the person, I was so compelled to save.

I reached out towards the now ice-covered latch and yanked hard enough to break it causing the door to swing open.

Once the door was open, it felt like a sauna as hot steam rose in my face.

Coughing I waved away the steam the best I could before peering down in the murky cell.

“Where are you?” I asked squinting and leant further over the opening.

“Hey?”

I don’t know where it came from but a blast of fire rose up from the opening and into my face.

A scream ripped it's way from my lips and I lost my balance tumbling forward into the cell.

I hit the floor hard with an echoing bang but I could care less about that as I franticly patted my face and hair making sure I wasn’t on fire.

But the weird thing was I should be in pain since a blast of flames just blew in my face but surprisingly I felt nothing but a warm breeze.

“Connor,” Constance’s frightened voice resonated off the wall around me.

“I’m fine but I've fallen in,” I called back looking at the light coming in from the ceiling door.

Man... thank God for Constance’s powers cooling down the place, otherwise I think my body would have melted to the floor.  

“What the hell?” she exclaimed loudly.

Wait…. where did those flames come from anyway?

What was it?

Some sort of security measure?

The familiar sound of chains came from behind me and I jumped forward whirling around to face the person who had been locked away in here.

Sweat trailed down my face, since the heat was worse down here.

The cell was dark, hindering me from seeing anything, combined with the steam making it horribly cloudy.

“C-can you tell me your name?” I stuttered slightly.

No answer.

“I’m... Connor.”

The steam was slowly escaping through the door, making it much easier to see.

The form of a person sitting on the floor became visible thanks to my wolf’s night vision but I still couldn’t see their face.

What was I doing?

Deep down, I’m sure this person wasn’t an axe murder, as Constance claimed but that didn’t mean that they were completely innocent.

I mean, why would the school build such an elaborate type of cell instead of using the numerous regular ones that lined the walls of this place if he wasn’t?

“I don’t know why but I was drawn to this place and I found you, so I’m not sure as to what I’m supposed to do to here,” I rambled while second guessing myself.

“Connor?” Constance’s voice was distant, as I walked closer towards the shadowy figure.

The strong scent of smoky mint assaulted my nose, then and my body began to vibrate all over, drawing me closer and closer.

Just then the air finally cleared and I met the blackest eyes I’d ever seen... his hair was long and dark hanging in his face, in a stringy damp mess.

I froze suddenly... everything in me came to an abrupt halt, as we stared at each other.

But what I saw made me clench my fists, a man chained up to the wall, shackles around his ankles and wrist preventing him from moving, even a foot from the spot he was in.

His dark eyes held no emotion at.

My wolf howled out in an outrage.

I had never felt him so angry before but the sight of the state of this man, boiled his blood to the core.

And just like that, I made my resolve, we were getting him out.

“We're going to get you out,” I told him firmly.

“Hey, Constance,” I called looking up in the ray of artificial light through the door.

“Yeah?” she said a moment later.

“I need something to cut these chains.”

“Where the hell do you expect me to find something like that?” she jeered.

I paused for a moment think of a faster way to get him out so we didn’t get caught.

As I surveyed the wall next to him, a strong grip wrapped around my wrist and I was unexpectedly attacked by a swarm of smoldering tingles resonating though my whole body bringing me down to my knees beside the guy.

With a strained throat he forcibly whispered...

“Mine.”

I snapped my head towards him, his face inches from mine as I stared at him in shock.

Just then my wolf growled and the word I least expected to hear was screamed in my head.

‘Oh shit.’

[darylmerrill]

7 Things I Believe About YOU.

God loves you. 

“I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” —Jeremiah 31:3b NIV

You are fearfully and wonderfully made. 

I thank you, God, for making me so mysteriously complex! Everything you do is marvelously breathtaking. It simply amazes me to think about it! How thoroughly you know me, Lord! You even formed every bone in my body when you created me in the secret place; carefully, skillfully you shaped me from nothing to something. You saw who you created me to be before I became me! Before I’d ever seen the light of day, the number of days you planned for me were already recorded in your book. —Psalms 139:14-16 TPT

You were created for a purpose. 

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. —Ephesians 2:10 NIV

You’ve got problems. 

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” —John 16:33 NIV

You’re a sinner. 

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. —Romans 3:23 NIV

You’re a saint. 

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. —1 Peter 2:9 NIV

You have a future.

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” —Jeremiah 29:11 NIV

[atridesmediator]

(this was on my other blog BUT i’ve had a problem so re-reupload on this account)

[3-stones-deity]

oh yeah these exist now! all posts in the queue have them added and im currently working on editing existing posts. it was hard to find lines that were short enough to not be overwhelming to see on every single post and that would fit most things from each era but heres what i came up with.

#(through the woods we ran) - everything going up until true colors. ik thats a big range but to be fair the fandom didnt absolutely explode until afterwards. also i wasnt here until true colors! so i dont have as close a connection to that era. lyric from "mountain sound" by of monsters and men.

#(some lone consequence) - everything from true colors to the darcy reveal in the final s3a trailer. the death thrice drawn animatic was so defining to this era for me so i used a line form the song here. things after the reveal but from before oct. 2 also go here if they dont feature darcy--canon darcy just breaks the night!marcy pattern that feels more fitting to this era.

#(another thousand times) - season 3a and the mid season hiatus. lyric is from "devil town" by cavetown bc i had a s3a fic project named after a longer version of the same lyric ("i'll lose my mind at least another thousand times"). smth abt it fits not only the era itself but also how it felt to experience the season airing as it did.

#(know who your friends are) - season 3b and shortly afterwards. the end gets a bit fuzzy bc some topically related posts from a week or two after the finale will be here as well, but mostly ends with the finale hype dying down. lyric is from "the call" by regina spektor. it both fit the feel of most of this half of the season (the next line is "as you head off to the war") as well as the finale and reflecting on this fandom ("you'll come back when they call you, no need to say goodbye")

#(what makes its way back) - anything posted after may 2022. it is (ofc) a quote from the hardest thing.

im thinking abt adding tags for Fandom Eras--i didnt get here until true colors but im thinking. pre-tc, tc&summer 2021, s3a&hiatus, s3b. idk what the tags themselves would be tho

[translaytonblr]

constantly thinking about desmond sycamore but with natural hair

[beansprean]

Queening the Pawn - part 1-2

Started this before s4 ended; couldn’t get over this crazy twist idea. The timeline is somewhere vaguely after season 4 but handwavey about the end, only really canon up to The Wedding. And yes I am aware that all of my longer form comics fall under the genre “two homosexuals having an argument” lmao

Part 1-2 Part 3 Part 4-5 Part 6 Part 7

Masterpost

(ID in alt and under cut)

ID: 1a. Comic panel, Nandor and Guillermo standing together on a mottled red background with vague yellow candlelights. Guillermo is drawn up angrily, leaning into Nandor's space, saying, "So, why won't you make me a vampire?" Nandor is leaning back to roll his eyes, irritated, one hand on his hip as he groans, "Oh, not this again." 1b. The background darkens slightly. Nandor turns away from Guillermo to face the viewer, shoulders hunched defensively, hissing, and rubbing his temples as if struck by a sudden headache. Guillermo leans around him to continue arguing, "Yes, this again! You promise, and I wait, and you re-promise, and I wait more, and still nothing! You've never even given me one good reason!" Nandor groans in irritation. Guillermo continues to badger him, "Have I not done enough? Don't I deserve it?? Why won't you-"

2a. Close up of Nandor as he whips his head around to face Guillermo, snarling with fangs out and eyes gone yellow, shouting, "Because I have already tried!" The background is darker still. 2b. Comic panel intersecting the corner of the previous, reaction shot of Guillermo staring in numb shock, brows furrowed in confusion. "...What?" he says shakily.

3a. Zoom out to see them both, chest up. The background is now the deep red of dried blood. Guillermo, still staring with building panic, continues, "What. What did you say? What does that mean? ...Nandor." Nandor half turns away with an irritated scowl, waving a hand dismissively in Guillermo's face. He replies airily, "I said nothing. Forget this, Guillermo." 3b. Merged action panels as Guillermo moves quickly. In the first, his left hand darts out suddenly with a grabbing motion. In the second, his right hand snatches a stake from behind his back. The background is so dark it is nearly black.

4a. The background blooms into bright red with spatters of darker red and white as Nandor's back is slammed suddenly into a wall by Guillermo's hand fisted in his cravat, face screwing up in pain. 4b. Guillermo leans up chest-to-chest with Nandor, his left fist now pulling at his cravat and the right holding a the tip of a stake to his throat. Guillermo's expression is less rage then desperation as he commands, "Tell. Me." Nandor looks back at him with hesitation and no little amount of fear, right arm hovering up uncertainly at Guillermo's side.

5a. Close up panel of Nandor's throat as he swallows nervously, the tip of the stake digging into his skin. He opens his mouth and begins, "If..." 5b. Reverse shot, close up on Guillermo as Nandor continues, "If you knew, you would have left." Guillermo flinches, still holding on to anger as tears well up in his eyes. The background, now black, is spattered with dark old blood. /end ID