the post about how we can’t explain WHY Eugenides is the perfect unreliable narrator without spoiling the books did just remind me that I once convinced my friend to read the books and then she wanted multiple of them at once to read on a trip, so I created a carefully secured paper book cover to hide the title of the third book from her
I'm sorry but how can you watch the end of the curse of the black pearl and not think that Elizabeth, Will, and Jack are poly???
"If all I have achieved here is that the hangman will earn two pairs of boots instead of one, so be it."
"It's right here, between you and Jack." "As is mine."
"So this is where your heart truly lies then?" "It is."
And Jack telling Elizabeth they never would have worked, all fond and apologetic, feeling awfully like compensation for and the masking of real emotion. And how he approaches Will with the same earnest quality before pulling back into the easy compliment toward his hat.
Like, excuse me? That is in love behavior if I've ever seen it
I think the mark of an excellent story can sometimes be how truly heinously EVIL the villain(s) can be. A lot of the emotions I experienced while watching the episode last night were a nasty combo of disgust and fear of Ludinus and his gang. And thinking back on it, I'm mostly pissed at the fucking villains for fucking over and shitting on characters in the precise method that would torture them the most.
Beau, who was kidnapped and bound literally and figuratively for most of her life, getting chained up so much she can't even flex a finger.
Caleb, who prides himself on his magic and who permanently afixed an antimagic collar on his abuser as punishment, having one used against him.
(Also BOTH of them getting mind controlled AGAIN after multiple times being fucked with by that shit like UGH)
Ryn, priding herself on being able to move places quickly, being petrified and then losing an arm so she will struggle casting spells.
Kiki, being forced to stay still and let someone kick her while she's down, despite her amazing HARD EARNED power.
And Vax, emerging from the aether probably for the first time since Vex's wedding, determined to save his love, only to be tortured and enslaved bc he dared to show his affection.
(And Kiki having to watch)
And idk, there's something about all of that that just makes the villains that much more awful, and therefore it will be that much more satisfying if/when they are finally defeated.
nothing long! not really a lot of reading at all this week tbh
💖💖 +163K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖
Appetite (the_deep_magic) - The Eagle of the Ninth: Marcus/Esca, 13K - very satisfying incubus fic
Too many men on the ice (imperfectcircle) - Original Work, Hockey: Himbo Bisexual/Neurotic Gay, Himbo Bisexual/Grumpy Bisexual, endgame Himbo Bisexual/Neurotic Gay/Grumpy Bisexual, 18K - just DELIGHTFUL! Sunshine himbo hockey player meets stressed doctor - they make it work but himbo's grumpy teammate might cause some friction? Luckily polyamory is there to save them all!
Think I'm Finally Clean (fuck_me_barnes) - MCU: Stucky, 4.6K - reread, fave - "In which sub Bucky wishes for rougher handling by normally gentle dom Steve, and gets probably more than he bargained for."
📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺
Beyond Paradise - s1, e1-6; s2, e0-3
Ghosts (US) - s3, e6-8
Murdoch Mysteries - s16, e8-13
QI - series S, e14; series U, e1-3
D20: Fantasy High: Junior Year - "The Last Stand" (s21, e15)
D20: Adventuring Party - "Nighttime Ecstasy" (s16, e15)
🎧 PODCASTS 🎧
⭐ Worlds Beyond Number - A County Affair ep1 "CRIME-a-doodle-doo!"
⭐ Worlds Beyond Number - A County Affair ep2 "FAIRmageddon!"
Worlds Beyond Number: Fireside - Fireside Chat for A County Affair ep1: "CRIME-a-doodle-doo!"
Worlds Beyond Number: Fireside - Fireside Chat for A County Affair ep2: "FAIRmageddon!"
The Sporkful - Alyse Whitney Brings Big Dip Energy
Throughline - The Union Strike That Changed The History of Flight
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Reppin our Weird Hometown Traditions
⭐ Hit Parade - We Want It That Way Edition
WikiHole - March Madness (with Rory Scovel, Natasha Leggero and Sabrina Jalees)
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Showgirl Magic Museum
Welcome to Night Vale #246 - A Story about Him
⭐ Switched on Pop - Berlin's Hottest Club is Rico Nasty & Boys Noize
99% Invisible #578 - Anything's Pastable: Eat Sauté Love
Vibe Check - Death and Taxes
Better Offline - How A Chinese Glycine Manufacturer Went Viral ft. Louise Matsakis and Tianyu Fang
It's Been a Minute - An argument for the art of whistling
Ologies with Alie Ward - Columbidology (PIGEONS? YES) Part 1 with Rosemary Mosco
Pop Culture Happy Hour - Hot Ones And Conan O'Brien
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - How to make the best show about New York with John Wilson
Wiser Than Me - Julia Gets Wise with Ina Garten
Throughline - Ralph Nader, Consumer Crusader
Today, Explained - The great American squatter panic
Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Late Night
⭐ Song Exploder - War "Low Rider"
Endless Thread - Green Memes
Pop Culture Happy Hour - Fallout And What's Making Us Happy
Short Wave - An 11-Year-old Unearthed Fossils Of The Largest Known Marine Reptile
Dear Prudence - My Wife’s Bipolar Diagnosis Is Creating A Rift in Our Marriage. Help!
⭐ Strong Songs - "Heart of Glass" by Blondie
Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! - Judith Butler
Worlds Beyond Number - WWW #12: Prisoner's Dilemma
my post series recommendation is that if you've never listened to the orchestral version of hero by faouzia while thinking about Wilhelm and Simon's utter trainwreck of a romance, you should. I think you should.
Surprised, Flash? Don’t be! They’re all subversives. Shapiro is one of those pacifist marchers... Mota was an army psych case... and this Garrick... is one of those panic-peddling scientists who writes about the dangers of atomic power, Flash.
Jay Garrick in The Flash 50th Anniversary Special (1990) #1
what the fuck does the demons' ability to manifest their forms based off of willpower mean for the law of conservation of mass in the dmc universe......
red flag characters to a certain degree don’t exist and the entire concept is pretty dumb and nuanceless because what it means to like and appreciate a character varies so much from person to person and fandom to fandom and thus is basically impossible to generalize. that being said if there ever was one though it’s definitely anders dragon age
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I’m so fucked up about simon. His character arc in the main series was set up that ice king becoming a simon again was inevitable. It wasn’t a matter of if, but when and how.
but now that it’s happened, it’s the worst thing that could’ve happened to him.
he had friends! a special secret club of wizards he had matching rings and would go on roadtrips with! he wasn’t even really a problem anymore!
betty’s character is so fantastic. she traveled through time for him. She went insane for him. She become a god for him. But him being Simon was easier for her. Did she ever truly consider if it was what he wanted? She’s not even there with him. She’s not there and now he’s Simon and he’s more isolated than ever.
He lives with humans! At this point, Finn has known him longer as Simon than he knew him as Ice King. Ice King is just an old memory now. But Simon is over a thousand years old. “Simon Petrikov” is just an old memory too. He’s human again, but not really.
What’s worse is how smart he is. He’s an intelligent and emotionally competent man. So he really, truly, profoundly knows how deeply fucked up his life is. He’s so aware of it.
wouldn’t it be easier? If he was stupid and naive and magical? does he miss magic? maybe not ice, but magic itself? would he try to learn? Does he remember the password to Wizard City? Would they even still let him in? there’s a school. He could learn magic again. but would he? Doesn’t Simon Petrikov like learning about magic?
Everything Stays. He’s still here. But he’s different now. Everything is different now except it’s not because the world stayed the same and he’s the one who changed. He can’t go back. Except he did, in a way, and it wasn’t even his choice.