can we talk about how crystal's ancestors probably were aware of the girl she used to be but still decided to help her in the long run, how loving and kind they were to crystal and how helpful they were in her journey to her prior self. and also how badass they are in general. like.

i hope after discovering crystal's parents don't care about her she takes more time to visit her ancestors in her mind just to chat

Crystal spending the whole season trying to find out who she is and in the end not liking who she used to be and knowing she has people who will accept her for who she is now. Gonna go cry

Hello gay people of Tumblr!

Do you like:

Good Omens

Supernatural

Doctor Who

BBC Sherlock

Lockwood & Co

Neil Gaiman

Doom Patrol

The Sandman

DC/ Vertigo comics

Canon and well written queer characters

Well written, complex characters

If so, you should watch Dead Boy Detectives on Netflix!

the problem with autism is sometimes you want to do something (brave) but you need someone to gently walk you through each step so you know what will happen. and people don’t like doing that

Y'ALL FUN FACT: rewatching the show over & over again from the same account apparently lowers the rating that's counted. for ex. the first gives .100, second will give it 0.75 then down w the third- BASICALLY THE POINT IS THAT ONLY REWATCHING IT ALONE WON'T HELP. TALK ABOUT THE SHOW, POST ABOUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA & RECOMMEND IT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN.

ALSO, WATCH EACH EPISODE FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE V END WITHOUT SKIPPING ANYTHING. THE VIEWS GLITCH IF YOU DO THAT.

p.s. i've been watching a lot of interviews lately man & the way i had cried watching that last episode, tells me that i want these actors AND characters to succeed & be happy. so, please everyone, let's watch the show & earn our boys a second freaking season!!!

p.p.s. REBLOG THIS POST ‼️i don't need your fucking likes IT WILL DO NOTHING. (sorry i'm kind of mad at netflix for putting all this pressure on us)

Sort of bums me out that so many people didn't seem to Get the Cat King so here are my thoughts:

So let's start with Edwin's crime. He uses something the cat desires (a sardine) to lure the cat to him and then uses an enchanted string to trap the cat with magic. He demands the answer to a question in exchange for its release. Edwin knows it is dangerous to use magic on a cat, that it violates Rules but he does it anyway.

Binding a creature and agreeing to set them free under a certain condition is very Classic Fairytale. its also a favourite trope of Neil Gaiman's (he did not write this show but his influence is there). In both the Sandman and his novel Stardust (and the film adaptation) trapping a creature with magic and demanding a task/favour in exchange for their freedom is an extremely important plot point. Edwin binding a cat and demanding an answer in exchange is exactly in line with this Fairytale trope

And so is the Cat Kings response. The Cat King is a trickster. What he does to Edwin is exactly what Edwin did to one of his subjects. He entices Edwin, he binds him with magic and when Edwin demands to be free he turns his own words against him "why all the fuss for one little spell?" Edwin did something wrong. He imposed his will/magic on another creature and the Cat King is punishing him for it in a way that is poetic. Its fairytale. its trickster. its classic.

I've also seen people complain that the task Edwin was given 'count all the cats' is 'impossible'...except its fucking not. Edwin does it. He does it so well he actually BEATS the Cat King ("you didn't count yourself" Are.You.Kidding.Me. Classic!Fairytale!Vibes!)

The Cat Kings choice to bind Edwin to Port Townsend is good on so many levels. From a storytelling perspective it forces characters who can travel anywhere in the world to stay in one place, and increases the stakes for these characters who are supposed to be on the run. From a genre perspective...its an excellent use of fairytale tropes using both Rules of magic, a protagonist who is unkind to a seemingly weak creature who is punished by a more powerful law, a binding, a task to complete, etc

Which just leaves the character perspective which it ALSO does really fucking well and introduces the final aspect to the Cat Kings character. He's seductive. He is responsible for Edwin, 100 years old ghost boy, finally unpacking his internalized homophpbia. he is the catalyst (cat pun not intended)

He pushes Edwin, challenges him, at times literally forces the truth out of Edwin, but he really never does violate his consent. Significantly Edwin is attracted to him, like its an important part of his character that he is. He may not like the Cat King but he is attracted to him!

The Cat King is such a great example of a trickster, a morally grey character who imposes a sense of justice on Edwin after he crosses a line, but also has his own selfish interests and meddles. Hes so important to the plot of the show, to Edwin's character arc, to the genre.

And he's just fun. Unapologetically queer, powerful, complicated. Silly little outfits. Petty cat behavior. Deep heart.

Some of you just didn't get it. And I'm sorry for you. because the Cat King is Excellent actually.

How do Edwin and Charles just live in their apartment? Are they haunting it so nobody wants to live there? Are they renting?

And then I thought adorable young kid that was dragged to hell for no reason and punk kid that died too young and has daddy issues?

My headcanon is that their landlord is John Constantine and just gets paid in magical artifacts when they get something he finds interesting but otherwise never bothers them.

Not enough people taking about the beautiful animation sequences during tragic mick’s story and the story of Esther

I adore how the theme of her story is that she is a good person and she just needed good people around her to show her that she can be a good person

I honestly find Crystal Palace's story so interesting. We know from her memories that she had a lot of toxic anger and wasn't a particularly good person, but that's not who she is at her core. When Crystal loses her memories, while she may still have some anger (who wouldn't considering what she went through with David the Demon?), she is a kind person who wants to help others. She was willing to risk her life with the dandelion sprites to save Niko and was even willing to go to Hell with Charles to rescue Edwin. Crystal is a really good person, even if she wasn't before. That tells me her essence is good, and makes me wonder what it was about her life that made her behave the way she did. Was it her neglectful parents? Or something more? I'm not justifying her past behavior or trying to excuse it, but I think it's really interesting to explore how someone's circumstances could make them toxic and angry, and how maybe removing them from those circumstances (like when Crystal lost her memories and met Edwin & Charles), they could change into someone healthy and good. I also love stories that depict second changes. I'm eager to see more of Crystal's story and watch her continue to evolve & grow as a person.

Id like to propose we invent a paper document u can have where it states that youve had a prescription for so many years, that u can just have it. Walk into any pharmacy. 200 miles from home. Nobody has ever heard of you. Show paper. Get prescription. For free. A prescription diploma. You put in so many years on this prescription, you graduate from having to ask for it. Life could be so perfect.

I know it’s not hard to point out reactionaries hypocrisy when it comes to like safe spaces or hug boxes or whatever but genuinely how much of an echo chamber do you have to exist in for you to think this is a reasonable thing to say

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I’ve been openly asexual and active in the effort to educate people about asexuality and aromanticism both online and irl since 2012 and buddy the tone of it all has changed over time let me tell you. We used to have fun around here. We used to have hope.

Like yeah there was always The Oppression and The Angst and all the other problems but we used to have fun with it. There used to be a lot more asexual pirates are not here for your booty type memes. We used to have online gatherings where we posted selfies with playing cards. We used to wear black or white rings on the middle finger to signal to each other in public. We used to take just anybody that vibed with the labels. There used to be way more cake jokes.

i think "it takes a village" shouldn't be just "to raise a child". we should understand it takes a village to do literally everything we do. all day every day. without our communities we would not have drinking water or electricity or clean streets or food or shelter or anything. we cannot do any thing alone. we just can't. and with that comes the fact that you are not alone. you already have a community, seek to be an active part of it, you will feel better. reach out and thank them, they're happy to have you too. i promise. it takes a village to live.