#upset the set up

[kala-ya-aan]

Docile...every last one of us...like really wtf?😖✊🏽

#UpsetTheSetUp #BurnTheEstablishment

[anna-scribbles]

emma dupain cheng on the brain😽🎀

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[lucabyte]

Different standards

[joshuamj]

Been enjoying EoW so far!!

Redraw of this:

[jinglerat]

why are you looking for morally upstanding characters in a COMEDY ACTUAL PLAY SHOW

grow up. you ever watch john wick and think "oh but the henchman has his own family back at home. why would john wick stab his head with a pencil and leave the henchman's family to fend for themselves?"

no you don't. you think "oh sick kill method, mr john wick. it reinforces your character and reputation throughout your previous movies. can't wait to see what you do next."

GET OUTTA HERE

[mugentakeda]

category 5 jetko moment

[ecofear]

i dont think ive ever seen a fandom clutch so hard to their preconceived conceptions of characters before the games even out that they can write 461 pieces of fanfiction and shove em on ao3

[aardvaark]

even though i know the leverage team gets back together as soon as season 2 starts and we barely see any time of them being apart, it makes me unreasonably upset that they not only spent six months apart, but that they didn't know they'd all join back up eventually!! like wdym hardison spent months trying and failing to track down parker?? wdym parker gained a family and then spent half a year alone again?? wdym eliot had found a way to do some good or have some kind of purpose until it was suddenly over?? wdym nate & sophie had finally caught up with each other but came to realize that neither of them were in a place to have that relationship and spent months not knowing if that had been their last chance??

[currymanganese]

They didn't even have or show

Marcus' cousin Terrell (whose graduation he mentioned in Braciole in Season One) attending in his mom's funeral.

Where in God's name was Marcus' family???

[transmechanicus]

WASP moms be like “Your decision to get another tattoo has left me scarred and deformed”

[cursedvibes]

I'm simply gonna treat jjk like Naruto. If Kenjaku (just like Orochimaru) survives for no apparent reason only to live their happy gay life far away from the protagonists' bullshit, then I fully support it. Who cares about whatever else happened in the ending, about the lack of consequences or gravity to the situation, when Kenjaku and Takaba are having fun and doing comedy together.

If we do get a Part 2, it's just gonna be another Boruto situation. I'm tuning in if we get a glimpse of Pinchan and a hint at Heian lore and that's it.

[mayhaps-a-blog]

It's struck me how sharp Edwin is towards Crystal in the first episode. And while I still think a lot of that is his resistance to the change in dynamic, the incursion of a living person (potential threat) into the space he has built for himself, and fear that Charles might leave him - he always said he missed kissing most, and here's this living, breathing, attractive girl who he just played hero to - I'm also wondering if he, well, recognizes Crystal

As a bully.

She's catty, she's sharp, she's mean. She's fun, he quips, with the sharp kind of sneer you'd reserve for, you know, the "fun" kids, the popular ones who everyone loved - everyone but their victims.

And Edwin, well. His bullies killed him.

Oh, bullies killed Charles too, but Charles was friends with them first - and he is, in some ways (but not others), much more forgiving than Edwin. He tries to see the best in everyone - the murdered teens in episode 5, Crystal, even his father, who he downgrades to "rough". It takes a lot more for Charles to give up on someone.

But Edwin was bullied. He was picked on, had his cap stolen, probably more. And then he was dragged from his bed and sacrificed, and had 70 years of torture to stew.

He sees Crystal and he sees someone just like them. Fun! Sharp! Flitting around from game to game, only caring about themselves, abandoning everyone else when things get scary.

And then?

Then he blows up at her. And she agrees. She agrees that the Becky Aspen case is more important than her problems; she begs to help.

She proves herself more than the catty bully he thought she was. And he softens - immediately. They switch to planning mode, together, and Edwin goes from blocking Crystal out to... compliments. Oh, he's still his own brand of catty, but it goes from instantly shutting her down to acknowledging her success, an almost protective (if admittedly patronizing) put-off, and less... sharp poking. Less pointed. Less "fuck off" and more "ugh. You." Instant siblings :)

They open up to each other. They find common ground - genuinely wanting to help, and willing to put others first. And that forms the basis of their eventual friendship - and opens the way for them both to discard their masks of anger, and learn to be kinder.

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

I’ve been doing some stream of consciousness thoughts re: Akechi and I think my final opinion on that whole situation is just… it sucks.

Like I’m not going to say “woe is he” or anything because boy, what are you doing. What the hell are you doing. You doomed yourself!!! Because of your own stupid pride!!! Akechi.

But I’m not going to say “cool motive still murder” either because. Can you imagine. Being that lonely and that hungry for anything resembling affection and pride in your person that you’d shatter yourself into pieces just to find a shard that they like best because you’ve grown up being told again and again that you are unwanted and unloveable as you are. Fundamentally. And all you have is this singular drive that makes you feel worse and worse about who you actually are inside so you double down on your fake image because at least fickle fame is better than nothing and it’s all you’re going to get at this point, but at the same time this drive is also the one thing you feel you’ve had any power to determine or enact, and you did it all yourself when the world expected nothing of value from you, so yeah, of course you’d pursue it harder to the point of violently self-destructing - only for that all to get wrenched away with “you never fooled me and I was just puppeteering you all along and I never needed you”, pulling the rug out from under your vengeful purpose, your autonomous image, and your starved core desire, all at once. And then your asshole dad’s twisted headspace image of you shoots you point blank.

He dooms himself because he thought he was already doomed. Caught up in a cycle of cruelty to both himself and others, that he saw no point in trying to escape from, and didn’t want to, because it would mean relinquishing the (it turns out) quite fragile image he’d painstakingly built up. He’s a product of his environment, which led to him making god-awful choices, which in turn trapped him in a worse environment. How many people have died here or become grievously injured as a result of it all.

What do I even do with this. It just all around sucks.

[kingofmyborrowedheart]

The way that they’re showing the kids be angry/resentful/upset at their godly parent’s lack of involvement in their lives is soooo good. It presents the idea that Percy or Annabeth or any other camper could very easily turn and support Luke later on down the line since that’s the one thing they all have in common.

[elevenenthusiast]

If those leaks about stranger things 5 on twitter are true then i have nothing else to say other than that it sounds ass.

[color-beyond-lines]

It’s Phum’s growth in immediately acknowledging he made a mistake and wanting to make things right.

It’s Peem’s vulnerability in finally admitting how he truly feels about Phum.

It would have been so easy for the argument to escalate into a fight spurred by jealousy. In fact, five episodes ago, that’s what it would have been. But Phum and Peem’s relationship has progressed, and Phum has learned from his past mistakes, so instead we get a beautiful discussion about feelings and expectations and understanding each other.

I also loved how both Phum and Peem had their friends to support them in the midst of it all. Phum actively sought out advice. Peem’s squad didn’t let him isolate himself. The friendships remain critical to the story and the romances.